Dear All,
This is inreference that our youngs are becoming more aligned to
the Chinese ethnicity. I appeal to you to support my motion.
Singapore's success is in our openness, opportunities for all and
is and seen as cosmopolitan.
Our racial mixture of Chinese, Indian, Malay and Eurasian has open
many doors - politically, culturally and economically. Our success
in investing in China, India and many parts of the world is in many
ways due to our ability to bring the best of what we have in this
racial mix.
Singapore's distinct advantage lies in NOT being a Chinese state.
Our advantage is in being a place for everyone regardless of race,
language or religion. Our tolerance for differences must continue
and in fact enhanced in our social and cultural pysche.
The day that Singapore becomes a Chinese oriented state whether in
culture or outlook, is the day we will loose our comparative
advantage. We will just merely become a normal city - ie the same
as Hong Kong Shanghai and Beijing.
Why then should investors or foreigner want to come here to
stay?
Just look at Hong Kong. As soon as it becomes a Chinese State after
1997 and adopted policies to turn themselves more to China, their
distinct advantage was lost. Investors and foreigners prefer
Shanghai and Hong Kong is bypassed.
[quote][b]We must bring ourselves and our youngs to see ourselves
as Singaporeans and not Chinese. We will never be Chinese whether
ethnically or culturally, Our Lingua franca is English and our mind
set caters to the world and NOT to China.
China can be the greatest power but Singaporeans especially
"Chinese" Singaporeans will never be the Chinese up north. We must
NOT be or we will lose many of our best when the rest are alienated
and felt out of place.
It is still not too late to reverse the trend. Our youngs should be
educated to embrace the world and accept diversity with ability to
fit in to cultural diversity and not ethnocentrism.
Please support my motion. Thank you
[/b][/quote]
Hey mate, what the **** are you babbling about? What the hell is
your point?
What is the image of Singaporean, who has no mastery of
the English Language, nor the mastery of the Culture or Language of
one's own origin ?
Its because of the local education system, there is too much
shit to do and so little time. Students here are jacks of all
trades, but master of only some... and that some does not include
good mother tongue command.
IMHO, ideally there should be no racial differentiation
in Singapore. We can remain as Chinese, Malays, Indians or
Eurasians, but ultimately we must recognize ourselves as ONE race,
one kind of people, one nation. If there is such racial
differentiation, there is bound to be differing amounts of benefits
given to each race, and we cannot avoid comparisons between the
race [e.g. the article in ST about less MALAY kids passing Math].
When something like this happens, superficially nothing's wrong,
but you can never know what the people around you are
thinking.
We CAN identify ourselves without the racial segregation. Our
culture, Singapore's culture, is a blended one. A new culture,
perhaps?
In order to have one culture, you need to have one race. Either
by conflict of by peaceful decades of genetic enhancements. The
last 2000 years have been spent trying to achieve silly old
fashioned utopian ideals, its time for a great leap forward.
You only have me as your hope to rectify that. Hopefully I will
unite not just small countries like Singapore, but the entire world
with my genetics programme. The bond of flesh is strongest, it
transcends years of education in some white university... it is
stronger than training, it lasts longer than friendship... hell the
bond of flesh defines friendship here. I will harness the bonds of
flesh to unite us as humans, just be patient. Even if I can't do
it, I will set down the plans for another to do so when i become
nothing.
we have only had 30 years worth of culture, that's only
1 generation's worth, not much to base a national identity
on.
That is correct, everything takes time, so you people shouldn't
rush it. Rome was not built in a day... or something like
that.
think the National University of Singapore is becoming a
chinese institute of higher education....
Yeah its crazy. In fact the % of graduates in the population is
appalling.
However we are so unique we can never be a Chinese state
+ OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT CHINA AND SINGAPOREAN CHINESE
Oh you Singaporean Chinese people will side with the Chinese
when things like the: China Space Programme are successful, or if
China defeats the white man American in something. You will rejoice
because of your common bond of flesh.... and in that moment, ideas
of national boundaries will cease to exist... only in a moment like
that. Human beings are such hypocrites. I'm one too, even though i
am an abomination, i rejoice because people envy my dual culture,
being part of 5000 year old civilisations and great explorers and
imperialists that run in my tainted blood. And siding with white
americans when they push their weight in the world as a symbol of
Western power, oh yes, every white man rejoices along with the
American because of the bond of flesh.The point is: We rejoice and
band together when there is something to be proud about...
something to be superior in... and when we have something in
common.
