SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (The Straits Times/ANN): All races are treated equally in Singapore with no special privileges for any, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (Aug 29). Making this point during the Mandarin portion of the National Day Rally, PM Lee said it is “entirely baseless” to claim that there is Chinese privilege here. But he also called on Chinese Singaporeans – who make up 76 per cent of the citizen population – to be understanding and accommodating of the concerns and difficulties faced by ethnic minorities here, especially in the areas of renting homes and looking for jobs. PM Lee noted that in the early years of nationhood, Singapore’s founding leaders stood firm on the overarching policy of racial equality, and that the Government was impartial when drafting laws and administrative measures not favouring any race. This fundamental founding policy was supported by the Chinese community and became the bedrock of Singapore’s multiracial harmony, he said. “Chinese Singaporeans made some concessions for the greater good. For example, to put the ethnic minorities more at ease, we adopted English as our lingua franca. The use of English put those who spoke only Mandarin and dialects in a disadvantageous… Read full this story
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