What on the street SG, prepare for

Some local cultural shock.

You will find that most people on the street of town center dun even speak mandarin well.
The lingual standard is still hokkien, may be  now with a channel 8 mandarin mix.
Many auntie are are still pure dialect speakers.
Some from mainland speak thier dialect that you never heard of, or wield mandarin tongues.

Not all appreciate the authorithy.
Prepare for some even outright sneer or even insults.
It's not that thier are not democratic or vocal. It's the ....

The better way is work from , ground and underground.
Than grassroots, People Association and NTUC.
Move up step by step natural.
Other than that, it's really too steep.