New rules on child's race

[HellAngel]

FROM Jan 2, parents will be required to indicate the race of their babies at birth - a move intended at giving mixed marriage couples more flexibility in picking their child's race.

The change, introduced by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Tuesday, will allow a child from a mixed marriage to take on either parent's race.

For instance, the newborn of a Caucasian-Chinese couple can be either a Caucasian, a Chinese, or a Eurasian.

Currently, the child's race follows that of the father, by default.

Explaining the rationale for the change, the ICA said yesterday that the change would give parents of mixed marriages the 'flexibility and choice to decide and declare' their child's race at birth.

If parents cannot decide the child's race when they register the birth, the child will take on the father's race until the age of 15 - at which point, it will be officially recorded during the application for an identity card.

 

[TeeKee]

Can they do this?

Race: Mixed (do you have a problem with that?)

 

[halsey02]

Really do not understand this change at all? Father : Singh, Mother : Chinese?? child at birth choices:

(1)Signh or
(2)Chinese

why not Chinese Singh?..mixed??

or they do not want half bred in the listing?...like some..like vivien....!!

 

[scroobal]

I just read the ICA FAQ on this. Looks like you can change anytime and multiple times. Quite hilarious.

FROM Jan 2, parents will be required to indicate the race of their babies at birth - a move intended at giving mixed marriage couples more flexibility in picking their child's race.

The change, introduced by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Tuesday, will allow a child from a mixed marriage to take on either parent's race.

For instance, the newborn of a Caucasian-Chinese couple can be either a Caucasian, a Chinese, or a Eurasian.

Currently, the child's race follows that of the father, by default.

Explaining the rationale for the change, the ICA said yesterday that the change would give parents of mixed marriages the 'flexibility and choice to decide and declare' their child's race at birth.

If parents cannot decide the child's race when they register the birth, the child will take on the father's race until the age of 15 - at which point, it will be officially recorded during the application for an identity card.

 

[halsey02]

I just read the ICA FAQ on this. Looks like you can change anytime and multiple times. Quite hilarious.

hmm... Martian, Vulcans...??? listed? no?

 

[HellAngel]

So in the future, we may have siblings of different race although from same parents?

Why is it that the authorities must have things in black or white when it is actually grey?

 

[scroobal]

only 3 choices either the race of the father, the race of the mother or an acceptable mixed race category such as Eurasian. So you can be interchange within this range.

hmm... Martian, Vulcans...??? listed? no?

 

[po2wq]

hmm... Martian, Vulcans...??? listed? no?

dat 1 grouped under aliens ...

 

[makapaaa]

Change to anything other than the majority race to get better chances when applying for PHoles? Yet another policy to favour FTrash!

 

[hairylee]

What so complicated.
Indian and Chinese mother - InChin

Chinese and indian mother - ChinIn

Malay and Indian mother - MaIn

Malay and Eurasian mother - MalEu

and so on

Maybe lump all together as Pariah.

 

[1sickpuppy II]

OMG does that mean in the future we have chings that look like an ah nehs and vice versa?

 

[scroobal]

Thats exactly right. No different to many chinese that look totally chinese but whose great grandfather was an Englishman, a Eurasian etc and they carry their surnames to this day.

OMG does that mean in the future we have chings that look like an ah nehs and vice versa?

 

[Sideswipe]

you take your father surname.

things are simple, don't make it complicated.

 

[scroobal]

Surname does not qualify for anything, here or elsewhere. Race does from HDB flats, standing for elections to nationality etc.

you take your father surname.

things are simple, don't make it complicated.

 

[Soul_Reaper]

Explaining the rationale for the change, the ICA said yesterday that the change would give parents of mixed marriages the 'flexibility and choice to decide and declare' their child's race at birth.

Another tool for the MIWs to play around with the ethnic race quota policy. KNN

 

[MarrickG]

It would apply to all except the Malays as no matter father or mother, the child is still going to be a Muslim? So it would make sense for the child to be a Malay as one would have more problem being a non Malay-Muslim.

 

[scroobal]

You are mixing race with religion. There are Chinese muslims, Indian Muslims and even Eurasian muslims. In Singapore you can be a Malay and be a christian. I always found it interesting that many singaporeans can't tell the two apart.

It would apply to all except the Malays as no matter father or mother, the child is still going to be a Muslim? So it would make sense for the child to be a Malay as one would have more problem being a non Malay-Muslim.

 

[halsey02]

dat 1 grouped under aliens ...

That is not Faraway Talents?

 

[niigata]

We should have only 2 simple groupings:
- Singaporeans (born in SGP)
- Aliens (others)

 

[1sickpuppy II]

Thats exactly right. No different to many chinese that look totally chinese but whose great grandfather was an Englishman, a Eurasian etc and they carry their surnames to this day.

So 1 day I might have to address a person looking like an ah neh Mr. Tan and a ching looking person Subramarnium? HARHARHAR