Singapore a Great Nation....

[Yappy]

Very good points.:thumbsup:
And that is why I say, Singapore in the early days was a great nation, although she is poor and has nothing at that time. A great nation is about the people, the poeple who made their dreams come true. And the irony is alot of them is collecting plates and cleaning tables in the hawer centres today.

Yes you are right.

It will still be happening accept that the helpers will be replace by more foreign workers.

This happen everywhere but at least they can have something to do.

The world is very real. Not everybody can have landed property. We always have the rich and the poor.

We can have only one Defence Minister and many soilders. They form the army.

 

[Yappy]

Yup it is an over-generalisation. All opinions expressed are fully personal, and should not be taken as more than that.

It's interesting for me to note that one of the times I felt really proud to be of Chinese heritage was watching Hero. that something so beautiful and Asian could be made by a Chinese made me very happy...

Other times I'm proud to call myself a Singaporean first and foremost, with Chinese blood.

I agreed with you wholeheartedly. However, I also feel great that we can have Chinese & India temples, churches and mosques within close poximity to each other.

Just look around, we see all races moving around happily inside Jurong Point and many of our Shopping Malls.

Isnt it great?

 

[Yappy]

how about the olympics?

i am always perturbed when people tend to bring up nothing other than tiananmen (not referring to you, btw) when they talk about china, if they are anti-china. certainly it's a stain, and a horrific event, but no (relatively) older nation doesn't have anything like that somewhere in the closet.

Decision have to be made else China may not be what she is today.

In any nation building, blood shed is inevitable and in such time of crisis, strong leaders are needed.

 

[mattlock]

I agreed with you wholeheartedly. However, I also feel great that we can have Chinese & India temples, churches and mosques within close poximity to each other.

Just look around, we see all races moving around happily inside Jurong Point and many of our Shopping Malls.

Isnt it great?

I don't know whether having temples of different religions close together = great.
in new york my doorman is latino, I buy my milk from a korean, I ride the subway next to an european and an african, I buy my food from an indian and am served the food by a mexican

In many countries overseas multi-racial coexistence is a given, a necessity, but they don't harp about it because to them it's natural.

it is interesting that our country is founded on the constructed myth of a multiracial society, which is why we stress it so much, whereas other countries' national mythology lies in other less tangible areas (the french revolution, the american dream).
Does that explain why we harp on it so much?

 

[Zplus]

It's still a great country. Expensive though....

 

[LittleWolf]

Just look around, we see all races moving around happily inside Jurong Point and many of our Shopping Malls.

Isnt it great?

... and when you listen to the people in the shopping malls, you hear racial slurs every now and then. Living next to each other is not living with each other. The racial harmony thing is often only skin deep facade.

 

[sORe-EyEz]

it is interesting that our country is founded on the constructed myth of a multiracial society, which is why we stress it so much, whereas other countries' national mythology lies in other less tangible areas (the french revolution, the american dream).
Does that explain why we harp on it so much?

agree with u on this. in a globalised world many countries can claim to have a multi racial & cultural society, not just Singapore.

maybe we have else to sing about? :embrass:

 

[waileong]

it is interesting that our country is founded on the constructed myth of a multiracial society, which is why we stress it so much, whereas other countries' national mythology lies in other less tangible areas (the french revolution, the american dream).
Does that explain why we harp on it so much?

We harp on it because it's been brainwashed into us via the National Education programmes.

But the reality is that people still mistrust other races a lot, which is why there's so much concern about foreign workers in our midst, for instance.

 

[Yappy]

I don't know whether having temples of different religions close together = great.
in new york my doorman is latino, I buy my milk from a korean, I ride the subway next to an european and an african, I buy my food from an indian and am served the food by a mexican

In many countries overseas multi-racial coexistence is a given, a necessity, but they don't harp about it because to them it's natural.

it is interesting that our country is founded on the constructed myth of a multiracial society, which is why we stress it so much, whereas other countries' national mythology lies in other less tangible areas (the french revolution, the american dream).
Does that explain why we harp on it so much?

That's why we are harping together.

Those mentioned are also great. We are one of them....

 

[Yappy]

It's still a great country. Expensive though....

We cannot be cheap as we move forward...

 

[Yappy]

We harp on it because it's been brainwashed into us via the National Education programmes.

But the reality is that people still mistrust other races a lot, which is why there's so much concern about foreign workers in our midst, for instance.

I dont agree with you.