Driving into town from Changi International Airport in Singapore you follow a boulevard that is planted on both sides with neatly spaced bushes and trees, and on reaching the city itself you see serried ranks of high-rise buildings and clean, orderly streets where everyone seems to be speaking English. Turn on the television in your hotel and the first thing you hear is a greeting in English, Chinese, Indian and Malaysian.
由新加坡的璋宜國際機場往市區行駛，兩旁花木扶疏，市區裡櫛比鱗次的高樓規畫整齊，乾淨整齊的街道上，英語交談的人群穿梭著；打開電視，一開場即是以英語、華語、印度話、馬來話四種語言的問好。