3) I leave the country together with my family and give up my Singapore Citizenship. I hope I don't have to resort to the 3rd option, as I'm a very patriotic Singaporean, who is proud and loves his country. I joined in the Chingay celebrations with total enthusiasm but was very disappointed to see the pollution caused by burning of the Chinese paper money!!
Yes, I've written the above with total frustration. It's 4.45am on Monday, 26th Feb and I'm unable to sleep with the strong smell of smoke in my apartment and a severe sore-throat!! I'd phoned 999 to lodge a complain at 1.55am, and again at 2.10am but to no avail while some of the residents were happily burning the papers till 2.40am with no sign of the police in the vicinity. The 2nd time when I phoned, the person who answered ridiculously asked me where is Block xxx Hougang Avenue x? So much for intelligence and efficiency!! Both times I was assured that the police patrol car was on its way to the vicinity in matter of.......
2007-02-26 19:15:25 · 3 answers · asked by SINGAPOREAN1965 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think you overstate the problem. No-one will believe that you will leave the country and renounce your citizenship, just because of a little smoke.
On 5 November in the UK there are bonfires all over the country and fireworks, in what is a celebration of the defeat of a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate the then king. However no-one starts whining that they are going to quit the UK and renounce their British citizenship, not even the Catholics!
2007-03-03 21:13:42 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're frustration is very real and i sympathized with you cause i am asthmatic myself but you can do something about that, just be resourceful .
2007-03-06 02:20:23 · answer #2 · answered by tutero_k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think id classify it as 3rd world.
2007-03-04 08:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋