Armed with impeccable qualifications, talented foreigners who have come to Singapore think that they would be able to put their expertise to good use and move up the social ladder as rapidly as local elites. They are wrong.

• 他们原以为凭藉这些足够优越的资历来到新加坡，便能够大展拳脚，像本地的精英一样很快地发展壮大，可是他们错了。