SINGAPOREANS have gone through campaign after campaign which sought to educate our citizens, ranging from young to old and educated to illiterate.

They were carried out in the hope that Singaporeans would adhere to certain habits and turn them into social norms.

However, new migrants who have been offered citizenship or permanent-resident (PR) status are not aware of what we have been through, such as facing fines for littering, spitting, killer-littering, urinating, sticking posters on public walls and property - the list goes on.

A new PR is presented with a copy of the Human Organ Transplant Act when collecting his or her PR identity card.

Perhaps the authorities could consider printing a booklet listing all the campaigns Singaporeans had to endure while growing up.

We cannot blame young students who do not remember these anymore, as their counterparts from other countries do not practise what was promoted in those campaigns.

Maybe all these campaigns should be brought back annually to educate new Singaporeans and PRs.

Where is the courtesy among Singaporeans these days? Just walk into a train or a bus and you can see a number of young, educated commuters sitting right under the "Reserved" sign with its huge arrow pointing to their seats, and graphics of the disabled, elderly and pregnant displayed just above.

They either pretend to be asleep or keep their heads down as they play computer games.

What is happening to Singaporeans? Does no one care that senior citizens and the disabled exist here?

Ms Anchanachi Narayanasamy Soma Sundaram

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