not just mel but perth is the same. there are lotsa african now
in perth.
you will be surprise, many couldnt not speak english.
On the otherhand, there are many chinese migrants who could not
speak english and often in my opinion, do not fit in well into the
aussie way of life.
singapore conditions is worse than aust.
The only way Singapore condition can be worse than aust is that
it is overcrowding, because Singapore is a small island and there
is no way to expand the livable area.
Look at it the other way, foreigners are squeezed in Singapore
and have to communicate with Singaporeans as well as other
foreigners, they will assimilate soon than we think.
In Australia, the place is so big, you can live all your life
there without speaking english. Many HK immigrants speak only
cantonese. and besides the asian immigrants, there are other
immigrants from eastern europe who do not come to Singapore. These
people dont assimilate either. In that sense, australia is already
much worse than in Singapore.
In Canada, same problem, but it is worse when you have cities
like vancouver with area for HK, for the Indians, primarily Singh,
and for those from Singapore and Malaysia. Such area is much bigger
than the Geylang here. Immigrants starts their own society there,
they don't integrate.
In Singapore, we have 4 official languages including Mandarin
and Tamil, and Chinese dialects are still used. there is no
problem for immigrants from China and India to communicate with
locals here. In Australia and Canada, the only official language is
English but you find all the immigrants speaking so many other
native languages. Vancouver even have Cantonese and the Singh
TV....may be in the not so distant in future, Cantonese will become
an official language in Canada.
Not too long ago, the english and the descendents of east asian
immigrants took to the streets to settle racial problem in
England. that is because the descendents of the east asian
immigrants, never took England as their home. Now the muslim
in the UK is asking for a change to the local laws to accept many
muslim practices in their schools and elsewhere.....
In the end, immigrants are everywhere looking for better life.
Ultimately, it is important if they would treat their new place of
settlement their home, whether they would assimilate into the local
society. The indians immigrants in UK never did, the HK immigrants
in Canada did not, the eastern Europeans in Australia are
not...
You think Singapore is worse, you really don't know what is
happening outside.
