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In the old days, there was no need for quota for the number of Chinese, Malays and Indians for each block of HDB flats.
On our floor of ten units, there was only one Malay family, but before that I was the only non-Malay boy playing badminton and sepak takraw in the kampung.
I was the only Chinese in a Malay barber's shop near a Malay kampong when the riot started in Kallang. My Malay friends told me to go home and even escorted me home to my Chinese kampong. In our kampongs, there were no fights and no conflicts. We protected each other like brothers regardless of our race and religion. We were united and we were One Singaporean.
Those were good old days of my childhood.
With respect, I submit that the present day lack of identification as Singaporeans could be due to all the govt policies and campaigns. I believe that there is no need to implement rules and impose legislation to tell people where they should live and how they should live. When I was a young school boy, we were not bothered with whether or not the other individual is Chinese, Malay, Indian or Eurasian.
Even during NS, we were all one.
Unfortunately, now, although I have been away for decades, whenever I visit Singapore, I do feel and sense that Singapore has changed very significantly.
When we shifted into our new HDB flats, we were still very close and we still adopted our kampong spirit of protecting one another.Our doors were never locked and formed soccer teams comprising the various races. It was one great team and we enjoyed our multiracial and multireligious celebrations. I had my first nasi kambing in one of my friend's home when the mother invited all of us kids for Deepavali. We all sat on the floor and ate with our hands!!! We were Family!!!I suppose some of my childhood friends must be here somewhere in this SBF!!!
Excellent post bro. Agree with you.
Tis is one example - Old man things that muslim fundamentalism has influenced the local Malays but I would suggest that he marginalised them and they therefor became easy target for such influences.
Now you can clear the racial stratification and it had nothing do with the influx of FTs.
The younger generation have never seen the past harmony and might think that FTs might be a factor.
Tis is one example - Old man things that muslim fundamentalism has influenced the local Malays but I would suggest that he marginalised them and they therefor became easy target for such influences.
Now you can clear the racial stratification and it had nothing do with the influx of FTs.
The younger generation have never seen the past harmony and might think that FTs might be a factor.
Yes, our old schools and NS brought us closer togather as we met people of different communities.
We learned and trained togather, chiong togather, suffered and enjoyed togather. We became better togather.
I remember a fellow Chinese who use to assist his Sikh colleague to hold his long turban while the latter ties it over the head.
Thru such interaction we learned and came to respect different ppl and their beliefs. We were truly appreciative of each other.
We attended happy and sad occassions togather. We sympathise and emphatise with one another.
We cried togather when a close colleague passed away in the course of work. It was a great loss to us.
We donated to the building funds of all races and faiths.
We could connect becos of our past experience in schools and stay in kampongs during those good old years under the British rule.
Today, we have civil servants who cannot speak Malay at all. Some even don't know Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese and other dialects.
I remember a child pointing to a mosque from a passing train and telling the mum, "Mummy my teacher tell me this is Malay temple"
The poor mum kept quiet. What will happen when this young man grow up and become a MP?.
It is a sad state of affairs, but honestly things have worsened under this government's policies.
They created racial quotas which choked the interactive atmosphere. Creation of racial-based self-help groups aggravated the situation even further.
The PAP strongman of Jalan Besar had the nerve to hurt the feelings of the Indians. He harped on racial issues. What quality do this ppl possess?. ZERO........
Sadly, many like-minded ppl are still around.
They called it "picked by careful screening process". HA HA HA.
Little wonder why many are leaving Singapore in droves to Kiwiland, Malaysia, OZ, Indonesia and Thailand.
Now still got meaning meh:(
If i am not mistaken, some one say its only an aspiration. Not inspiration. I stand corrected.
:(I grew up in an area where we had all the races represented - Chinese, Malays, Indians, Sikhs, Eurasians, Peranakans. Just in my block alone, we had all. Everybody kawan kawan. Different festivals come along and there was always food being passed around. Used to watch Uncle Choo training the original Lions just across my house. Those were the days of Dollah, Kim Song, Mat Noh, Rajagopal, Lim Chiew Ping, Eric Paine, Seak Poh Leong etc. Truly a national team to be proud of - all true-blooded Singaporeans and all races represented. Every match they played in was a time of national pride.
Remember as kids we used to play this childish prank called "Bayi simi sek" (Bayi what colour)? Even amongst our bayi friends, everybody took it all in good innocent fun and nobody took offense.
In NS, we used to tease one another with what would be considered racist taunts today such as telling our Malay colleagues or soldiers, "Oi Mat! Don't relak one corner leh! Move out!" or "Neh! Nabei you never bathe ah? Later, enemy can smell you from far lah deh!" or "Ch** B*e Ah Tan! Don't sit there like Tua Peh Kong lah! Go and collect store leh!" And everyone took it in the right spirit, laughed together and that's how we built camaraderie. Nobody went around kau peh kau bu about racism then. I doubt if the present generation of NS men can even feel comfortable talking to one another like that.
If you really think about it, the term "racism" only became fashionable in usage in Singapore in the last 10 years and its promulgation was started by all the chenghu mouthpieces. Go figure!
Remember as kids we used to play this childish prank called "Bayi simi sek" (Bayi what colour)? Even amongst our bayi friends, everybody took it all in good innocent fun and nobody took offense.
In NS, we used to tease one another with what would be considered racist taunts today such as telling our Malay colleagues or soldiers, "Oi Mat! Don't relak one corner leh! Move out!" or "Neh! Nabei you never bathe ah? Later, enemy can smell you from far lah deh!" or "Ch** B*e Ah Tan! Don't sit there like Tua Peh Kong lah! Go and collect store leh!" And everyone took it in the right spirit, laughed together and that's how we built camaraderie. Nobody went around kau peh kau bu about racism then. I doubt if the present generation of NS men can even feel comfortable talking to one another like that.
If you really think about it, the term "racism" only became fashionable in usage in Singapore in the last 10 years and its promulgation was started by all the chenghu mouthpieces. Go figure!
I won't be surprised that the chenghu was not too worried when 9/11 happened because it provided even more excuses to use the race card.
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Talk abt Malay weddings. During kamp days, i still remember during Malay wedding, i could see alot of Non-Malay guest at the reception. Got live band, and it was real loud. Louder than the Azan. Those days the most popular english song played during most Malay wedding were "Soldier of fortune" by Deep Purple. 
we were "One Country, One People" until LHL took over. Now we are very divided
truth be spoken... a lot of Chinese couples held wedding dinners under void decks in the 60s and 70s too...
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It doesn't work now because from the late 80s onwards, the chenghu has socially engineered it to the state we are in today because a truly united population is always a risk to an incompetent government.
i too was staying at a kampong
the kampong was 3/4 chinese and 1/4 malays and a little indians
there were a lot of gangsters in my kampong, but during the riot we all stood by each other
we make sure that people outside the kampong dont stir shit within our kampong
chinese protect the malays and similarly the malays were there for the chinese
i believe very it is because malay was the national language - and it was an easy language to master - so we have a common denominator when communicating to each other - almost everyone can speak malay
now the malays and indians finds it difficult to master mandarin and some chinese dont speak mandarin - therefore the difficulties to communicate and assimiliate
the kampong was 3/4 chinese and 1/4 malays and a little indians
there were a lot of gangsters in my kampong, but during the riot we all stood by each other
we make sure that people outside the kampong dont stir shit within our kampong
chinese protect the malays and similarly the malays were there for the chinese
i believe very it is because malay was the national language - and it was an easy language to master - so we have a common denominator when communicating to each other - almost everyone can speak malay
now the malays and indians finds it difficult to master mandarin and some chinese dont speak mandarin - therefore the difficulties to communicate and assimiliate
Aiyoh, back in the war years,
Makcik with big boobs, strangely dissappered not to be found again also have lah joe !!
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