What are the characteristics of Singaporeans?

1. Singaporeans are afraid of losing.

The "fear of losing" character of Singaporeans is famous almost all over the world. The most prominent manifestation is in enrolling children in cram schools. Many parents in Singapore seem strange to people from other countries. Even though their children have very good grades and do not need to sign up for cram school at all, they will still sign up their own children for cram school when they see other children attending cram school. Just because of "fear of losing".

According to the 2015 Singapore Household Expenditure Survey, Singaporean families spent as much as S$1.1 billion on after-school tutoring.

The reason why Singaporeans are "afraid of losing" is because of the sense of crisis that has arisen since the founding of the country. When Singapore was founded, there was no oil, no coal mines, and very scarce natural resources. The only thing it could rely on was the key geographical location of the Strait of Malacca, and the Strait of Malacca did not guarantee eternal prosperity. Therefore, Singapore could only rely on Be yourself.

2. Singaporeans are very curious.

In addition to being "afraid of losing", Singaporeans are also very curious, which is reflected in their love of queuing.

Singaporeans’ obsession with queuing has reached a crazy level. Singaporeans even queued up until midnight for the toys included in McDonald's meals. Not to mention when the iPhone was released, hundreds of people queued up overnight. Sometimes I don’t even know what people are waiting for in line, so I curiously start to follow them.

But it is precisely because Singaporeans have this strong curiosity that they can continue to explore and discover, and Singapore can develop rapidly and become one of the "Four Asian Tigers" in a short period of time. one!

In fact, people in every country have their own characteristics. No characteristic is absolutely good or absolutely bad. It is precisely because of the variety of characteristics that a diverse world is formed. .

The ancestors came from southern China, mainly Hainan, Fujian and Guangdong provinces. The Fujian, Teochew and Hainan native places in Singapore account for three-quarters of the Chinese in Singapore. The remaining quarter are mainly from Cantonese, Hakka and other origins. The dialect group of Fujian Province in southern China was the first Chinese group to immigrate to Singapore. The eclectic cultural characteristics add infinite charm to Singapore.