Singaporean blames social media for a lack of patriotic feeling among its citizens

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“Singaporeans tend to highlight and share all negative news about our country on social media, such as the faulty sprinkler incident at Jewel Changi Airport or how Singapore is the most expensive city to live in,” said Calvin Sim Pheng Hoe

“sentiment” of many Singaporeans on how they look at their country and how they feel for the tiny-state.

“Shouldn’t we be sharing more news about how proud we are to have achieved whatever we have today instead of putting our country down? What we have today is really amazing and marvellous, and we are the envy of many other countries,” Calvin added. “But why, as Singaporeans, do we not pride ourselves on our achievements? We have all contributed to our country’s success and I am proud to be part of this nation and country. Singaporeans should be proud that we have come so far in our journey, but also remind ourselves to be deeply grounded to continue to strive for greater success,” Calvin deplored.

Or when Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said, “Some people think that just because we are a small place, they can put the screws on us. It is not so easy… If they could have just squeezed us like an orange and squeezed the juice out, I think the juice would have been squeezed out of us… But it was a bit harder, wasn’t it? It was more like the durian. You try and squeeze it, your hand gets hurt.”

 

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