I dislike the Pinoys to the hilt.
But let us not forget that every Asian cities in the past few hundred years owe it's glory to the Western colonists.
That including Singapore & Shanghai......yes!like Manila,Saigon,Colombo,HK,Singapore,Jakarta,Phnom Penh,Rangoon and etc etc were the creation of Western Trade.
Even today,the entire Asian dragons of the East including the emerging super powers like China,Russia,India and Brazil owes it's rise simply because the West trade with them and buy their products and services. Nothing more, nothing less.
If anyone wants to cut that vital link to the West is akin to cutting the proverbial golden goose for the golden eggs it lays.
Let us not forget this hard truth.