A Spanish national’s praise for Singapore’s efficiency after he cleared immigration and took the MRT sparked lively discussion among netizens.
TikTok user @therealpercius, who goes by the name Percius, shared a 47-second video on Aug 16 with the caption, ”Absolutely INSANE. LOVE THIS COUNTRY!”
In it, the Spanish national lauds the efficiency of the MRT system, the service he has received and wonders how it is possible for him to clear immigration in just five minutes.
“Like I have a European passport, I got a Spanish one. And when I went to China, it took a couple of hours. When I went to Korea it took about an hour to enter.
“So generally speaking immigration in Asia is quite hard,” he says.
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“Tell me why I came to Singapore and then literally within five minutes I was through immigration. Sure, I had a pre-arrival visa and everything, but dude, five minutes?” he says incredulously.
He adds that Europe needs to learn from Singapore.
“Just start taking notes man, ‘coz Europe is like, I think, more than 20 years behind Singapore,” he says.
He also asks locals to comment if they feel the opposite about his impression of the city-state, and that it has been amazing for him so far.
Netizens say five-minute waiting time is too long
The TikTok video has racked up more than 160,000, 11,000 reactions, and 600 comments.
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