We all love being Singaporeans.

From the Herald Tribune: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/10/asia/AS-Singapore-Gong-Li.php

SINGAPORE: Chinese actress Gong Li has become a citizen of Singapore, the government-controlled Straits Times reported Monday.

Gong, 43, was sworn in with 149 other new Singapore citizens, holding her fist to her chest as she recited the country's pledge, the newspaper said.

Gong, who starred in 2005's 'Memoirs of a Geisha' and in 'Miami Vice' a year later, had been scheduled to be sworn in as a Singapore citizen in August, but failed to attend the ceremony.

China does not recognize dual nationalities. (So does Singapore mahh.) 

Gong, who was born in China's Liaoning province, married Singapore businessman Ooi Hoe Seong in 1996.

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(From Telegraph and China Daily.) 

This has very unfortunately spark off debates: 

"All traitors will be nailed to history's mast of shame. We should resolutely reject any futher contact with such people," on person said in a chat forum on the popular portal Sohu.com.

But i found this quite amusing: 

"Why doesn't anyone ask why people want to emigrate? We see one Chinese person after another take US citizenship," one person said on Sohu. "Why don't we see Americans taking Chinese citizenship?" 

And this makes it very clear why it rocks to be a Singaporean (: 

In August, Gong's close friend and hairstylist David Gan told the Singapore newspaper The Straits Times: "She travels a lot and it's convenient to hold a Singapore passport. A lot of stars like to stay here (Singapore) too. There's no paparazzi. When I walk down Orchard Road with Gong, nobody notices." Singapore citizens enjoy visa-free access to 122 countries and territories.

I love my pretty red passport with esplanade prints <33333