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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->THE National Courtesy Campaign was first launched in 1979 by the Ministry of Culture (now the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts) as a means of encouraging Singaporeans to be more kind and considerate to one another, so as to create a pleasant social environment.
In his 1996 New Year Message, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong highlighted the need for Singapore to become a gracious society by the 21st century. He emphasised that Singapore should not only continue to develop its economy, but should also complement this with growth in personal development and social behaviour. Out of Mr Goh's New Year Message, the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) was born in March 2001.
The aim of the SKM is to encourage Singaporeans to make a positive commitment to gracious living through simple acts of kindness in their daily activities. To attract members of the public, the movement came out with a tagline, Start It, Share It, Show It, and a song, Bring A Smile, written and composed by Dick Lee.
Over the passage of time and from my personal observation, I regret to say that the wide prominence given to the courtesy campaigns has not achieved the desired results. I have frequently come across inconsiderate, unkind and ungracious behaviour that has caused me immense irritation.
The latest: an inconsiderate and ungracious driver of a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).
On Sunday at about 10am, my family and I went for breakfast at Block 168 Bedok South Avenue 3. I was peeved when I saw the MPV parked across two parking spaces. The inconsiderate behaviour of the driver certainly deprived another motorist of a space.
Lionel De Souza
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->THE National Courtesy Campaign was first launched in 1979 by the Ministry of Culture (now the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts) as a means of encouraging Singaporeans to be more kind and considerate to one another, so as to create a pleasant social environment.
In his 1996 New Year Message, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong highlighted the need for Singapore to become a gracious society by the 21st century. He emphasised that Singapore should not only continue to develop its economy, but should also complement this with growth in personal development and social behaviour. Out of Mr Goh's New Year Message, the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) was born in March 2001.
The aim of the SKM is to encourage Singaporeans to make a positive commitment to gracious living through simple acts of kindness in their daily activities. To attract members of the public, the movement came out with a tagline, Start It, Share It, Show It, and a song, Bring A Smile, written and composed by Dick Lee.
Over the passage of time and from my personal observation, I regret to say that the wide prominence given to the courtesy campaigns has not achieved the desired results. I have frequently come across inconsiderate, unkind and ungracious behaviour that has caused me immense irritation.
The latest: an inconsiderate and ungracious driver of a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).
On Sunday at about 10am, my family and I went for breakfast at Block 168 Bedok South Avenue 3. I was peeved when I saw the MPV parked across two parking spaces. The inconsiderate behaviour of the driver certainly deprived another motorist of a space.
Lionel De Souza
