Many Singaporeans, including the highly-educated and socially-advantaged elites, still routinely display tardy and inconsiderate character traits which would have been frowned upon, if not outright condemned, in a more polite society.

• 许多新加坡人，包括受高深教育、地位优越的社会精英，仍然积习难改，时时表现出漠视他人感受的举止。 若在文明的社会里，这些行为即使不受到直言谴责，至少也是要遭人白眼的。