Do you now see the parallels between Sinkies vs Tiongs, Sinkieland vs China, and PAP vs CCP?
For both countries, the citizens are very obedient to the various laws from their own government, but constantly looking to play punk or find loopholes when it comes to the laws of other countries.
The VEP thing was announced long ago. Some hiccups during implementation, but there was a grace period leading up to it.
I blame this on
厉害了我的国 patriotic propaganda from an early age.