in Singapore but are no longer practised or seen in China after the cultural revolution. This is especially true of regional rites and rituals practised by Singaporean descendants of Southern Chinese immigrants, which has somehow contributed to the revival of certain traditional religious practices in Southern China regions in recent years. There are also distinctive recognisable differences between the Singaporean Mandarin and mainland Chinese Mandarin accents. Colloquially, many Chinese Singaporean also speak a creole of Singlish and Singdarin or code-switch between English and Mandarin or a dialect. Many of the local Chinese varieties in Singapore, such as Hokkien, Teochew, or Cantonese, have also been largely acculturated and differ from what is spoken in China but still intelligible to each other. A 2016 study of Singaporean locals and the Chinese students around them had 52% of the former expressing agreement that both groups shared a similar culture. Relations with recent Northern Chinese immigrants Singaporeans and recent Northern Chinese immigrants have had a testy relationship in recent years. While the reasons for such a contentious relationship are multi-factorial, one of those mentioned was the cultural differences between the vast majority of Singaporeans whose ancestors were Southern Chinese immigrants and the newer Northern Chinese immigrants. Notable people Politics Ong Eng Guan, first and only duly elected Mayor of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore and Founding Father of Singapore. Goh Chok Tong, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore. Lee Hsien Loong, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore. Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam, 7th President of Singapore Toh Chin Chye, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore. Goh Keng Swee, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore. Ong Pang Boon, former Cabinet Minister. Wong Kan Seng, 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore. Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister of Singapore Lim Yew Hock, 2nd Chief Minister of Singapore. Chiam See Tong, 6th and 8th Leader of the Opposition. Low Thia Khiang, 9th Leader of the Opposition. Business Tan Tock Seng, served as acting Kapitan China of Singapore (government-appointed head of the Chinese community) and founder of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Tan Kim Ching, served as Kapitan China of the Chinese community, was also the consul for Japan, Siam and Russia, and was a member of the Royal Court of Siam. Tan Kah Kee, prominent Chinese