A russian psychologist once did a very interesting experiment.
He put a few rats in a box with adequate foods and water. The rats
live happily with one another before the psycholgist shift the box
walls to make it smaller. The rats eventually bite each other to
death. So which of the rats is at fault? None! The bloody stupid
wall is at faults. This is a very simplified conclusion but it
suffices here.
The problem with singapore is that this country is too small, has
no resources to relies on and therefore everythings have to relies
on its people. You can only make a human so efficient, beyond that,
they cease to become human. Even metal suffer fatique stress let
alone human. Not to mention neighboring countries are catching up
in efficiencies.
One fine day it will not be a war between the locals and Foreign
Talents, it will be a war between the rich and the poor; not
between nationalities, races nor gender. This is a worldwide
phenomenon, only difference is singapore will get to see this
effect before most parts of the world.