Societies everywhere need immigrants but rather than to honor us ... These days a Singaporean professional is likely to have Filipino colleagues. With many more taking up service sector jobs, he is also likely to be served by a Filipino at a restaurant, supermarket, or doctors clinic. The estimated number of Filipinos working in Singapore tripled in the past decade to about 167,000 as of 2013 . . their rising visibility in Singapores society has drawn attention. Amid increasing general resentment towards foreigners, a backlash towards Filipinos has taken place.. anti-Filipino sentiment has continued to swirl online, culminating in a blog titled Blood Stained Singapore suggesting ways to abuse Filipinos, calling them an infestation. The suggestions, which included pushing Filipinos out of trains and threats to spray insecticide on them, alarmed the public. The blog was eventually taken down by Google for infringing content rules.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:03:24 +0000