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CHINESE
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Mr Zi Yongjian, 22, at the barber shop in Blue Stars Dormitory, where he works as a chef in the canteen. He feels foreign workers should not live too far from Singaporeans as there needs to be interaction between the two groups. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM
=> Why? Cos the Old Fart says so?
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->Where from: Many come from Jilin province in the north-east and Shandong province in the east.
Likely to see them: At shipyards, construction sites, and Chinatown on weekends.
Living in: Dormitories in Lim Chu Kang, Jurong West and Woodlands.
Mr Zi Yongjian, 22, has been here for a year and is from the city of Tai'an in Shandong province. He works as a chef in a workers' canteen at Blue Stars Dormitory in Jurong. He paid $8,000 for the opportunity to work here.
=> Wow! No wonder the Familee wanna bring them in. Good money for the Familee members!
His parents run a small eatery in China.
An only child, he came here to learn to be independent. His $1,000 salary is more than double what he would earn in China and he does not remit any money back. He intends to return in three years' time to get married. He spoke in Mandarin.
How do Singaporeans tend to see you?
They feel that workers from China are all poor people. Maybe because the rate of Singapore's progress has been faster than China's, they look down on us. Some people think we talk too loudly.
When I am talking with friends from China, strangers will sometimes rudely interrupt us and ask which part of China we are from. I am not very happy about that. Is it very important which part of China we are from? I think they are just using this as a way to tell us we are talking too loudly.
How do you feel about this?
I am disappointed. Singapore is a country that needs foreign labour, so I do not understand why Singaporeans want to distance themselves from us or reject us. They should learn to accept us.
=> It seems that the Familee's "FTrash create jobs of Sporns" b.s. has been a good excuse for FTrash to trample on Sporns in their own homeland! Of course, the 66% coolie rice bowlers feel shiok about it!
Singaporeans think foreign workers have bad habits. How true is this?
When my friends and I are walking along the street with a piece of paper in our hands, we have to always remind ourselves not to throw it on the road. In China, it would be natural to do that but in Singapore, it is an offence to litter.
=> Yet u've 154th running dogs accusing Sporns of being the culprits for the worsening filth in Peesai!
On public transport, I have also learnt that Singaporeans like it to be quiet.
Where should foreign workers live if Singaporeans do not want workers to live near them?
I do not think that foreign workers should live too far from Singaporeans because there needs to be communication. Only by interacting with Singaporeans can we learn how to better live and work here.
=> Then why not move into Oxley Rd, Holland V or Bt Timah Ave 6, etc, since these are the very people who import the trash?
Last words
Although some Singaporeans may look down on us, I have met many nice ones. I like it here because there are so many cultures and so much to learn.
CHINESE
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Mr Zi Yongjian, 22, at the barber shop in Blue Stars Dormitory, where he works as a chef in the canteen. He feels foreign workers should not live too far from Singaporeans as there needs to be interaction between the two groups. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM
=> Why? Cos the Old Fart says so?
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->Where from: Many come from Jilin province in the north-east and Shandong province in the east.
Likely to see them: At shipyards, construction sites, and Chinatown on weekends.
Living in: Dormitories in Lim Chu Kang, Jurong West and Woodlands.
Mr Zi Yongjian, 22, has been here for a year and is from the city of Tai'an in Shandong province. He works as a chef in a workers' canteen at Blue Stars Dormitory in Jurong. He paid $8,000 for the opportunity to work here.
=> Wow! No wonder the Familee wanna bring them in. Good money for the Familee members!
His parents run a small eatery in China.
An only child, he came here to learn to be independent. His $1,000 salary is more than double what he would earn in China and he does not remit any money back. He intends to return in three years' time to get married. He spoke in Mandarin.
How do Singaporeans tend to see you?
They feel that workers from China are all poor people. Maybe because the rate of Singapore's progress has been faster than China's, they look down on us. Some people think we talk too loudly.
When I am talking with friends from China, strangers will sometimes rudely interrupt us and ask which part of China we are from. I am not very happy about that. Is it very important which part of China we are from? I think they are just using this as a way to tell us we are talking too loudly.
How do you feel about this?
I am disappointed. Singapore is a country that needs foreign labour, so I do not understand why Singaporeans want to distance themselves from us or reject us. They should learn to accept us.
=> It seems that the Familee's "FTrash create jobs of Sporns" b.s. has been a good excuse for FTrash to trample on Sporns in their own homeland! Of course, the 66% coolie rice bowlers feel shiok about it!
Singaporeans think foreign workers have bad habits. How true is this?
When my friends and I are walking along the street with a piece of paper in our hands, we have to always remind ourselves not to throw it on the road. In China, it would be natural to do that but in Singapore, it is an offence to litter.
=> Yet u've 154th running dogs accusing Sporns of being the culprits for the worsening filth in Peesai!
On public transport, I have also learnt that Singaporeans like it to be quiet.
Where should foreign workers live if Singaporeans do not want workers to live near them?
I do not think that foreign workers should live too far from Singaporeans because there needs to be communication. Only by interacting with Singaporeans can we learn how to better live and work here.
=> Then why not move into Oxley Rd, Holland V or Bt Timah Ave 6, etc, since these are the very people who import the trash?
Last words
Although some Singaporeans may look down on us, I have met many nice ones. I like it here because there are so many cultures and so much to learn.
