When Sunil first moved to Singapore, he had trouble finding an apartment. "I called up several landlords who had listed rooms for rent," Sunil, a Sri Lankan who spent eight years living in the UK, said. "Things would start out OK, maybe because of my [Western] accent - but the moment they heard my name, they'd blank out. Many said 'sorry, we don't rent to these people', or 'sorry, no room for Indi
