Talking about " poor people " . You know, chinese are normally " thin skin " . I am quite certain, there are thousands and thousands of people who has not enough to eat. Being " thin skin " " shy " , they will not come out and tell the whole world that they are poor and having not enough to eat. They rather suffer in silence and have a little more prestige in life rather then branded as very poor.
So, what happen ? the Govt. will rather tell the whole world that there are very few " poor " people in Singapore.
Thats why the Govt. spent millions and millions on upgrading our surrounding areas and make them more pleasing for outside visitors. Internally , alamak thats the owners problem. Dirty nevermind , tourist will never see the inside, they will only look at the outside and said " WOW. Singapore is GREEN, BEAUTIFUL, RICH and everybody is happy and healthy........the OUTSIDE will tell.