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Last Sunday night, I encountered a very touching incident which I want to share with the public. I was driving around Jurong East around midnight thinking about how I wanted to go to Red Hill View to eat my favourite Yong Tau Foo. As I was driving along Jurong East Avenue 1, I saw a PRC construction worker trying to flag down... 

星期天晚，已过了午夜，心里老想念着整个月来还没去光顾的＂午夜美味酿豆腐＂。 这时，在裕廊东一道的路肩上，站着一个男士向我招手，我如获至宝地靠了过去。他一开口说要去克兰芝，就知道是一位中国客工，我一边答应说没问题，一边客气地问他为什么三更半夜一个人在这里＂打的＂？（向来遇见客工我心里都会有一番敬意，哪怕他们在工地工作后一身泥，我还是恭敬地停下车载送，放下他们之后才把车停一旁清里） 开始时他有些怨言，嘟囔地说：＂都是因为去报警耽误了，没车搭了。。。＂我可好奇了：＂什么事得报警啊？＂他说得有点儿急，口音是北方的，我安抚他，要他慢点儿说，问哪里人，他说是河南濮阳县人，叫郑治山，今年... 

Even though Singapore was progressing well with rapid growth, this did not stop this old MP of Moulmein, Sia Khoon Seong, from pointing out the problems brought about by the influx of foreign labour force (mainly from Malaysia then). This was the kind of MP who worked tirelessly for the people under his care. His speech is self-explanatory. The...