Tag Archive: race

Celebration Of 50 Years Of National Service Forgets Past Discrimination Against Malays

Despite all our gripes and grouches about National Service (and its yearly reservist call-ups) it’s widely regarded as A Good Thing for a variety of reasons: Singapore has too small a population to rely on citizens volunteering for the military, it forces…
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Damanhuri Abas: PAP No Champion Of Racial Equality, Malays Marginalised

This is another ugly truth of how labels are conveniently thrown by them at persons to distract from the issue of contention. They are no champion of racial equality. For if they were, there would be no discriminatory practises of…
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Dr Tan Cheng Bock: My Challenge Is To Uphold The Constitution, Not Undermine Race And Religion

My fellow Singaporeans The High Court has decided against my application. My lawyers are studying the 65-page judgment in which Justice Quentin Loh acknowledged that I have “put forward serious arguments on the start of the count”. I am, of…
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Nicholas Fang: Tackling Exclusivism Imperative In Dealing With Terror Threat Here

The refrain of the possible inevitability of a terror attack here has become almost as ubiquitous as the description of Singapore as a multiracial and multicultural society, where inclusivity and tolerance are key watchwords for social stability and harmony. Inclusivity…
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