Chinese tend to forget their root and history ...just before independence there were half a million Chinese in singapore stateless ..likewise ,malusia ,more than 1 million Chinese state less....David Marshall was our CM than ,he negotiated with Chou En Lai ,the PM of China to grant these state less chinese sinkie citizenship ...Chou En Lai consented on the condition that the sinkie chinese would still have the rights to return to china ,if they ever wished
after obtaining citizenship...in short ,sinkie chinese would remain chinese citizens regardless ....David Marshall was not exactly charitable either ...he hoped to reap chinese votes in gratitude but LKY turned the table by appealing to chinese sentiments
even in malusia Tunku Abdul Rahman won almost 100% votes in the election ...so ,there was really no need to grant chinese citizenship...but he did ..and see what they are paying back in return today