Singapore's Curry Protest

Food is not just for eating. Singaporeans are now using curry as a form of protest against increased immigration. Singapore has a population of 5.1 million and about one third of this consists of migrants. The majority of these migrants are from China.

The protest is a result of an immigrant family from China complained about the smell of curry from a Singaporean Indian neighbour's kitchen. A Facebook page has been set up for the protest in support of the curry family. Today some almost 60,000 Singaporeans would be cooking curry in support. What is significant is that

The curry case is said to have gone to a community mediation centre and the local family agreed it wouldn't cook curry when the Chinese neighbours were at home. But according to the Singaporean Law Minister K. Shanmugam this curry case happened some six or seven years ago. Just magine that.

Being highlighted now, will it have any impact on the Presidential election where four Tans are the candidates involved.

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