Tag Archive: race

Singapore Signs International Convention Against Racial Discrimination

The Republic signed the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) on Oct 19 (Monday) in New York, and is expected to ratify the ICERD in 2017. The ICERD is a United Nations Convention that…
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Najib Razak: Malaysian Chinese Are Sons Of Malaysia, Not Pendatang

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak assured the Chinese Malaysians today that he recognised them as “sons of Malaysia” and not “pendatang” or immigrants. He said that they were Malaysians above all, and they should not “worry too much about…
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Bilahari Kausikan: Young Chinese In Malaysia ‘Delusional’ To Think Malay Domination Can Change

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — Malaysia’s ethnic Chinese youth are “delusional” if they believe that Malay dominance in politics can be replaced by a change in the system, Singapore’s ambassador-at-large Bilahari Kausikan has said. Instead, the top Singaporean diplomat said…
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Tamil-Hindu Student Felt Real Discrimination And Racism In His Junior College

Post #1: “I entered the next phase of my life in JC not knowing much about the inequalities and discrimination faced by Singaporeans. I was from an English speaking Christian school and mixing around with other races was not much…
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