Brief background of the socio-cultural setting of Singapore

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Singapore
Reported by:
Clara Jean H. Gavila
(BSEd 3-C, Group 5)

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Singapore
Way of Life
Like many other Asians,
Singaporeans value a strong
work ethic and close family
relations. But some traditions
have been altered by Western
influences and Singapore’s rapid

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Singapore
industrialization and
modernization. For example,
unlike families in China and India
where several generations may
share the same housing,
Singaporeans of Chinese and
Indian ancestry live in small,
nuclear families. Housing favors

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Singapore
smaller families, as most units
consist of small apartments in
high-rise buildings. Western
clothing is common, and foods
reflect the Chinese, Malay, and
Indian origins of the people.

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Singapore
Social Issues
Since Singapore became an
independent state in 1965,
government policies have
brought orderliness and
efficiency to the country.
Examples are supplanting slum

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Singapore
and squatter areas with high-rise
public housing projects, and
strict controls on air and water
pollution to ensure a healthier
environment. While these
policies draw few objections,
other aspects of Singapore’s

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Singapore
social engineering are
occasionally considered extreme,
such as one campaign that urged
well-educated couples to
produce children. The
government has discontinued
this particular campaign, but it

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Singapore
remains committed to defining
and promoting—either by law or
through official campaigns—the
appropriate public and private
behavior of its citizens. Outsiders
sometimes also consider
Singapore’s criminal

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Singapore
punishments severe. Singapore
stresses, however, that its strict
laws and sentences have made
the nation one of the safest
places in the world.

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Singapore
Culture
Singapore’s cultural life reflects
its past colonial administration
and the country’s diverse
population. Chinese, Malay,
Indian, and British influences are
apparent in Singapore’s art,

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Singapore
architecture, and fine arts.
British colonial architecture, for
example, is represented by the
Parliament House, City Hall, and
the Raffles Hotel. Chinese,
Hindu, and Islamic architecture
are represented in the ornate

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Singapore
Shuang Lin Temple, the Sri
Mariamman Temple, and the
Sultan Mosque, respectively.
Singapore’s National Museum
complex consists of one museum
devoted to the contemporary art
of Southeast Asia, one to Asian

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Singapore
cultures, and the third to the
history of Singapore.

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Singapore
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Singapore
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