To [email protected]_arms:
I guess the main problem that led to the racial segregation in
Singapore is the lack of proper linguistic skills. For example, in
schools, the chinese learn Mandarin, the Malay learn their Malay
language, and the Indians have their own variety as well. On the
other hand, despite the government's emphasis on the importance of
the English Language and for them having English as their first
subject, not many of them are able to communicate in proper English
still.
Besides that, colour obviously is another issue. I wouldn't exactly
say that people are racist by nature, but it is just that we humans
have a tendency to stay in "home ground", meaning, to congregate
with people who are "like" us. For that, race and language
similarities apply strongly. From there, the significant trend is
that the chinese will start speaking in their mother tongue, and
same goes for the rest of the ethnic groups. And that's when the
standard of their spoken English begins its deteriorating
descent.
And then we get things like the Speak Mandarin campaign, and things
like Speak Good English campaign. What are they asking for, when
many people are already having a hard time speaking English, proper
standard English, let alone GOOD English which we would most likely
hear the highly educated speak. Right, great move by the
government. And ever noticed how "racist" TV Mobile is? Ever seen
an Indian or Malay programme being shown often enough to be known
or even at all? Nein...
I would say that the multi-racialism culture being promoted in
Singapore has much potential for further success, but until the
language barrier has been broken, its progress would be as good as
them pushing against a brick wall.
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As for the Chinese problem, the atrocious behaviour of their
government is no secret, and often enough, their peoples' as well.
I doubt that our government has looked seriously into that matter
of conflict between those students, but I feel that it is
potentially detrimental to us, if not for them. If those students
feel that they don't like being here, and while they are on a grant
for that matter, then it is only appropriate for the government to
send them back to whatever village they came from. Singapore is
facing at least 4% unemployment rate. 4%, 4 million people, you do
the math. And considering the fact that Singapore isn't a
particularly country, and that it is also recognized as a developed
nation, why should we sacrifice that 4% so that these ingrates can
study here? Their country is not only corrupt, God knows what form
of propaganda they were subjected to that they think their country
is so great, despite all the evidence of their misdeeds on the
contrary.
It's true that they may feel alienated by our people, but when they
come here with their noses up on their foreheads, it's no surprise
that our people are shunning away from them. I don't see the same
thing happening to the Europeans, Australians, Burmese, Indians or
Indonesians for instance. China may have been a superpower
centuries ago, but somehow they have managed to keep that feeling
inculcated in them, inappropriately may I add, even though they are
now only a developing country (hardly though, when you think of
them having only 2 or 3 big developed cities out of the rest of
their land). Then they bring their pride along with them here and
that's when the problem starts.
I wouldn't say that they're particularly intelligent; I would in
fact look upon them as "factory-produced". The government calls for
them, and up they come. They may be brilliant in Mathematics or
Sciences, but ask them to explain concepts without the use of
formulas and they're as confident as an elephant on a tightrope.
And considering that their language evolved from pictures mind you,
why would anyone, apart from them, think that their language is far
superior? Especially when it comes to areas like engineering, where
utmost precision of communication, not only calculation, is
require, could one expect PICTURES to be able to convey precise
details? No, I didn't think so.
So why, apart from economic trading, would the government want to
pacify their country? And at the expense of our demographics and
society's growth? I wouldn't think that it is worth it. Perhaps we
should look at developing Australia further instead. It's time the
Caucasians start working on being better again. I would hate to
think of a Singapore with dirty toilets and a culture where people
JUST HAVE TO spit everywhere they go, and converse as if they are
propaganda speakers.
