Roll Out the Champagne, Singapore!

She says to her son: ‘Take this. Remember where you came from.’ The son, only sixteen, sails to a new country where, together with other coolies like himself, he works very hard, toiling for hours in the hot sun. His back aches with the heavy loads, his hands are calloused. Over the years, he is so busy working hard, saving money and looking for opportunities to make more money that he has little time to think of the old country. The new country rewards him well. Soon, like many of his fellow workers, he decides to make it his home.