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What You Get WRONG About Expats in Singapore.

Ep. 542
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Our guest today has spoken to everyone from David Beckham to Jackie Chan, but what you may not know about him is that he gave up his British passport to become Singaporean. John Dykes tells us what locals get wrong about expats, why performative integration never works, and what he REALLY loves about Singapore!

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