<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Serangoon Gardens foreign workers' dorm: Residents need to accept the inevitable
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I AM writing with regards to the Serangoon Gardens (SG) saga concerning the worker's dormitory. I am fully aware that much has already been said about the issue, however I would like to highlight one point that many people have failed to see even till now.
Singapore is a land-scarce country, and there are limited areas to construct buildings and house people. My point here is that we all need to practise tolerance and compromise with each other.
Residents in SG need to understand that they live on a plot of land no more special than people living in Boon Lay, and that Serangoon Gardens is not 'Serangoon Palace'. It is inevitable that there would be disturbances from the 'outside world' and the residents would have to tolerate such things.
Furthermore, everyone in Singapore has to do away with the stereotype that all foreign workers are robbers and rapists. Such criminals could well be your neighbours living in the private property next door.
I strongly urge the residents of SG to accept the fact that security measures are already in place and rest assured that SG is not the only place in Singapore that houses foreign workers. Daniel Law
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I AM writing with regards to the Serangoon Gardens (SG) saga concerning the worker's dormitory. I am fully aware that much has already been said about the issue, however I would like to highlight one point that many people have failed to see even till now.
Singapore is a land-scarce country, and there are limited areas to construct buildings and house people. My point here is that we all need to practise tolerance and compromise with each other.
Residents in SG need to understand that they live on a plot of land no more special than people living in Boon Lay, and that Serangoon Gardens is not 'Serangoon Palace'. It is inevitable that there would be disturbances from the 'outside world' and the residents would have to tolerate such things.
Furthermore, everyone in Singapore has to do away with the stereotype that all foreign workers are robbers and rapists. Such criminals could well be your neighbours living in the private property next door.
I strongly urge the residents of SG to accept the fact that security measures are already in place and rest assured that SG is not the only place in Singapore that houses foreign workers. Daniel Law