premise: I am still astonished by the many accents you hear in Singapore . Chinese , Malaysian , Indian , Aussie and New Zealander , Japanese , Filipino . And in other fork - related sightings : At break yesterday , the hotel served finger sandwiches . Yup , you guessed it : everyone used forks to eat them . Why do you hear many accents in Singapore ?
hypothesis: Because there were fork - related sightings .