Two folds:
・Chinese nationals know little of Singapore's nation-building circumstances. De-sinicization was for survival, tho LKY regretted it'd gone too far.
・This shift has resulted in Singapore’s alignment with Western ideals & anti-China bias, notably among the Westernized.
SG isn’t doing this for white masters. It’s seen what ethnic tension explodes into. Malaysia 1969. Indonesia 1998. Anti-Chinese pogroms, hundreds dead. A multiracial state with those neighbours can’t take racial incitement lightly.