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1. SOCIAL STUDIES - SEC 3
CHAPTER 5: BONDING SINGAPORE
How Singapore Manages Ethnic Diversity
Factor Explanation Elaboration
Fostering a National Multi-Racialism 4. Everyone is treated fairly
Identity and no race is favoured or
1. Everyone is given the same chance to
discriminated against
succeed, regardless of racial or
another race, thus it allows
religious background
Singapore to manage
Common Practices ethnic diversity well due to
the lack of riots.
2. Singing the National Anthem and taking
the pledge are daily practices that
foster loyalty and National Pride.
Bilingualism
3. The use of English links the different
ethnic groups and helps to improve
communication among Singaporeans.
Protect the Interest of Minority Representation 5. This will ensure that the
Minority Groups needs of the minority
1. Gives minority groups a say in the
groups are represented in
Government.
Government.
2. Presidential Council of Minority Rights
6. Ensure that Singaporeans
ensures laws passed in Parliament do
can cope and compete
not disadvantage any racial or
with one another equally.
religious groups.
7. Joint tuition provided for all
3. GRCs consist of at least one person
races provide
from a minority group.
opportunities for youths
Self-Help Groups to interact and get along
with each other.
4. CDAC and SINDA help the less-
fortunate members in their community
in terms of studies and job training.
Develop a Common National Service 6. Through frequent
Space interaction, Singaporeans of
1. Requires all able-bodied males to join
different race and religions
compulsory NS.
would be able to build
2. Males go through tough military better bonds with one
training to strengthen the bonds another.
between them.
7. Living together provides a
Opportunities Provided by Educational prosperous and
Institutions harmonious multi-racial
society
3. Everyone, regardless of race or
religion, can study in schools and
tertiary institutions.
4. CCA in schools encourages teamwork
and build better bonds.
Common Space
5. Every HDB estate now has an ethnic
quota to ensure that different races are
distributed evenly in every housing
estate.
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2. SOCIAL STUDIES - SEC 3
CHAPTER 5: BONDING SINGAPORE
Fostering National Safeguarding the Interest of Developing Common Space
Identity Minority Groups
- Allows people to see - Ensure voices of minority are heard - Create opportunities for
themselves as one. at government level. social cohesion.
- Create a sense of - Ensure minority groups do not feel - However, only focus on
belonging to the country, marginalised. students and NS men.
knowing that everyone
- They know that their opinion matter - Is only effective if all
has a part to play.
and a sense of belonging is created. Singaporeans actively make
- Withstand divisive impact use of the common space to
- However, this only concerns
of globalisation. interact with one another.
minority groups.
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