Perhaps ours is a rather selfish desire: we hope qualified and talented people from abroad will come to work and settle down in Singapore while, for emotional reasons, we hate to see our own leave for other countries.

• 也许，这是比较自私的要求，我们希望海外各国有良好素质的人才，前来工作和定居，但基于牵系对同胞的情结，我们却不愿看到他们“离家出走”。