To me, Racial Harmony Day means to be united and the well-known phrase: live in harmony.In Singapore,as you know, there are 3 main races,the Chinese,the Indians and the Malays.In collaboration of the racial harmony day schools normally give privillege to student to come dressed in their ethnic costumes. From what I've have observed that most of the chinese students in our school come in their school uniforms. What I suggest is that students should atleast try to wear cross dress but ofcourse there's no forcing.Sinagpore is well-known to be a united country. If tourists visit Singapore there's no nessasity of asking more about Sinagpore. They would have straightaway noticed that Singapore is a multi-racial society. To promote racial harmony, schools conduct mini activites such as learning how to play other cultures' games,learning about the culture itself or having to try a few dishes of different races.One observation made from our class is that some of them tend to be sort of racist at times but most of the time they are fine. Just penning down my thoughts.
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong mooted the concept of "Inter-Racial Confidence Circles" (IRCC) for the constituencies and "Harmony Circles" (HCs) for schools, work places and other local organizations in January 2002. The primary purpose of IRCCs is to provide a regular platform for leaders of the various racial and religious communities to interact and get to know one another better. This will build confidence, friendship and trust among them.Preserving racial harmony is the key to singapore's success.You don't have to look very far in your country's short history on how the preservation of racial harmony placed singapore on the roadmap to wealth and prosperity.
This reminds me of our national pledge:
We the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people. Regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity, and progress for our nation. This is also one of the ways the government promotes racial harmony in Singapore.
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