Why are Singaporeans a Third World people? Public figures react to Tommy Koh's comments

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Singapore a First World country with Third World people

"Many of our people don't give a damn for the environment when they should. Many of our people are selfish and unkind," -- Professor Tommy Koh

Examples of ungracious behaviour:

=poor treatment of foreign workers

=misuse of public property e.g. bike-sharing...shared bikes parked haphazardly in common areas, shoved into drains or even chained up for private use.

=not known for being gracious drivers 

=not clearing their trays at hawker centres

WHY we are ungracious:

=we have been socialised to be more focused on 'I, me and myself', and our own family, rather than the larger community and society

=bad behaviour could also be explained by unclear social norms.... the expectation of returning one's tray is not the same at every hawker centre.

=In a city, you begin to professionalise and monetise almost every role. Cleaning is a cleaner's job. I make a mess, somebody cleans it. I pay the guy to do it

=In order to protect themselves, Singaporeans have learnt to become more self-serving and less kind to others