." This is why
it is a good thing, the
MM says, that the nation has
welcomed so many Chinese immigrants (25 percent of the population is now foreign-born). He is aware that many Singaporeans are unhappy with the influx of immigrants, especially those educated newcomers prepared to fight for higher paying jobs. But taking a typically Darwinian stance, the MM describes the country's new subjects as "hungry," with parents who "pushed the children very hard."
If native Singaporeans are falling behind because "the spurs are not stuck into the hide," that is their problem
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2010/01/singapore/jacobson-text