No worries Tiongkok people doing very well
It is the poor stupid Sinki need to wake up and start to buck up before the long winters ahead.
Good luck if u still clings to hope of more hand outs ahead
1. While it is true that the ThreadStarter - Mr Syed Putra sought for an opinion from Singapore citizens, but still, background information will always be needed for one to make informed decisions.
2. Although majority of Singaporeans are Chinese, but many of our recent ancestors fled from the brutal Manchu Qing dynasty and more recent from CCP commies in the late 40s, into Taiwan, S.E Asia and more, not for glory or fame, but only to survive, to put food on the table for loved ones, family, relatives, friends and a better society thru the Rule of Law than what had horrifically happened during the devil Mao's ignoramus harsh and brutal rule....
3. Without Singapore and the late Deng Xiao Ping's efforts in 1994, modern China would not had existed.....
4. In the end, what happens in China, stays in China, regardless if our fellow Humans there are happy or not.... we in Singapore can help out as much as can, as we too need to survive..
5. However, in Singapore, we had built up a DEMOCRATIC society, thanks to the many, so many, from our founding, forefathers and current generations, that is an envy to the many others suffering Worldwide....
6. If hand outs / vouchers, gst rebates, etc are a yardstick to the progress and Civilization of Singapore, than that would be demeaning and an insult to the history of our modern Singapore.
Those Handouts/vouchers, etc are only miniscule, in monetary terms, meant to help in whatever we taxpayers can spare, as other National expenditures are high - healthcare, education, security, infrastructures, etc, etc, to help those whom are behind us, to uplift them, IN COMPARISION to the EFFORTS, many which are
PRICELESS - even a mere helping an old lady across the street, let alone much much more that had been displayed by fellow Singaporeans, that even went unnoticed, but
each personal effort, based upon our sacred National Pledge sworn daily during our formatives years, LED to the BUILDING UP of our Nation, that no other 194 Nations on Earth can deny, except the ignorant, the insane, those with axes to grind, those unscrupulous and more....