Singapore is dominated by the Chinese, who make up 76% of the community; the old English-speaking Straits Chinese and newer Mandarin-speakers are now well integrated. Indigenous Malays are generally the poorest group. Serious race riots erupted in the 1950s, but today there is little overt ethnic tension. There is a significant foreign workforce in Singapore; a recent labor shortage has forced the government to try to attract scientists from the CIS, Eastern Europe and Hong Kong. Society is highly regulated and government campaigns to improve public behavior are frequent.
