Names such as Tan Tock Seng are well known in Singapura’s history. He was a philanthropist and best known for founding the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. But Tan was not the only person involved in setting up TTSH. Syed Omar…
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Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools were established in 1979 with the aim of developing in students high competency in English and Chinese. There are about 15 primary schools and 10 secondary schools under the programme. The inherent nature of the…
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The above is what most Singaporeans woke up to on 20 Jan 2016 in this article here. I am a Singaporean Muslim and my family have been in Singapore since the late 1800s. (Yes, Singapore was built from the ground…
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Saya berjiran dengan keluarga berbangsa india berugama hindu untuk hampir 15 tahun. Kami saling menghormati dan menyayangi walaupun saya tidak pernah mengucapkan happy deepavali kepada mereka. Malahan semasa memakai kain ihram untuk berangkat menunaikan haji beberapa tahun lalu, jiran hindu…
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We really need to think through the idea of ‘tolerance’ and ‘harmony’, and ‘extremism’. Is a person intolerant because (s)he refuses to say merry christmas to someone else? Does one turn into an extremist for having the belief that religious…
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