http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/big-read-foreigner-issue-are-we-ready-rethink
Higher spatial population distribution will lead to an increase in social tension but social tension is difficult to measure. Therefore, we can only monitor the symptoms of social tension from the mildest to the most severe civil disorders to detect the ever-rising social tension. Look like our government has not learnt from the past lessons and our sociologists are not being cognizant of our society.
Singapore increased its population the most in the last decade and our society encountered all forms of social tension within the last decade. The following civil disorders from the mildest to the most severe are: Vitriol, Conflict, Protest, Strike & Riot.
Let's look at the 5 civil disorders which happened before in SG:
Civil disorder 2014
Vitriol - Anton Casey
http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/anton-casey-loses-job-friends
Civil disorder 2015
Conflict – Jason Blair Unger
http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/cyclist-mischief-charge
Civil disorder 2014
Protest – Anti-Philippines protest
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-protest-against-filipinos-rekindles-anti-foreign-anger-175914561.html
Civil disorder 2012
Strike – SMRT Chinese bus drivers
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/-over-100-chinese-bus-drivers-in-s-pore-go-on-strike-105924025.html
Civil disorder 2013
Riot – Little India’s riot
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/little-india-riot-one-year-later-the-night-that-changed-singapore
From the aforementioned examples, we could see that SG encountered all the civil disorders (mildest to the most severe) in a short span of time from 2012 to 2015 because of the ever-increasing population which led to higher spatial distribution. History will repeat itself when we don't take history seriously and I can't find SG encountering all the civil disorders in other decades when there is no sudden influx of foreigners.
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