Singaporeans of Chinese origin amazed by China's latest development

As many Chinese tourists flocked to Singapore during the Lunar New Year holiday, quite a number of Singaporean dwellers of Chinese origin returned to China either for family reunion or sightseeing, and were all amazed at their hometowns' fast changes.

Better facilities

"It just takes 24 minutes to go by subway from downtown Xiamen to the suburb Jimei which is home to several colleges and universities, and the train cars are clean and of the first-class," Huang Fei, an employee of a Singaporean bank, recalled her first trip on Xiamen's No 1 Subway Line a couple of days ago, adding that the facilities were even better than those of Singapore.