NO DIVISIONS, PLEASE

'Many of our colleagues are foreign workers. We must be fair and respect their contributions. We should aim for Singaporeans and foreigners to be one community so that it is one harmonious Singapore.' - MR GARY HARIS, 33, union leader at Union of Security Employees

FOREIGN WORKERS BRING GROWTH

'It will be difficult without foreign workers. A lot of Singaporeans do not like to work in the shipyard. With foreign workers, our company can grow.' - MR ALIAS TALIB, 44, general treasurer of Keppel Fels Employees' Union. Six in 10 of its 3,500 members are from Bangladesh, India, China, Myanmar and the Philippines.