Mindmap
6: Living in a Diverse Society
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6: Living in a Diverse Society
Interactions in a diverse society
- Common space (physical space, shared values, common experiences); builds national identity
- Provided by government/non-gov organisations
- Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circles (IRCCs)
- - Community inter-racial and inter-faith platforms that promote racial and religious harmony - found in everyconstituency
- Organises inter-faith and inter-ethnic themed activities (heritage trails, talks, celebrations)
- OnePeople.sg (est. 1997)
- Spearhead programmes and initiatives fostering interactions and friendships among different ethnic groups
- CampTeen
- - Youth racial harmony ambassador programme - organises bonding activities among youth
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- CampTeen
- Spearhead programmes and initiatives fostering interactions and friendships among different ethnic groups
- People’s Association
- Promote racial harmony and social cohesion by bridging government and people
- Offers wide range of communtiy programmes and volunteering opportunitites
- Promote racial harmony and social cohesion by bridging government and people
- Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circles (IRCCs)
- Provided by government/non-gov organisations
- Common space (physical space, shared values, common experiences); builds national identity
Exchange and appreciation in a diverse society
- Attitude of oppeness
- Exchange and appreciation of culture
- Cultural exchanges
- Facilitate intercultural learning
- Fusion (food)
- Cultural exchanges
- Exchange of skills and knowledge
- Areas of research and development with overseas experts
- Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
- Internationally renowned scientists with expertise and knowledge move to SG
- H1N1 flu vaccine: from collab between A*STAR and Switzerland’s Cytos Biotechnology AG
- Internationally renowned scientists with expertise and knowledge move to SG
- Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
- Areas of research and development with overseas experts
Challenges in a diverse society
- Prejudice and misconceptions
- Hate crimes
- Arabs and Muslim Americans after 9/11 terrorist attacks
- Hurtful remarks
- Denial of rental accomodation
- Hate crimes
- Competition for resources
- Concerns over social mobility
- Refers to the movement of individuals between different socio-economic status, from high to low and vice versa
- Income gaps increasing; social mobility being limited
- May be due to shifting of jobs to regions with lower labour costs; affects lower income groups
- Emphasizes re-training and learning of new skills
- Upholding principle of meritocracy
- Edusave Scholarship (top 10%) and Merit Bursary Schemes (top 25%)
- Concerns over social mobility
- Concerns over standard of living
- Employment
- More foreigners, lesser job opportunities
- Construction sector: Rather hire foreign workers than to pay for local workers; reason for stagnant low wages for SGporeans in lower income group
- Tightened immigration framework; more stringent foreign workforce controls
- Reduce inflow of foreign manpower
- Monthly levy for Work Permit holders increasing since 2010
- Quotas for S Pass and Employment Pass holders reduced
- Eligibility criteria (monthly salaries) tightened since 2010
- Reduce inflow of foreign manpower
- More foreigners, lesser job opportunities
- Living Space and Infrastructure
- Increasingly congested public transport system
- Rail network expansion: by 100km to 280km by 2021
- More Integrated transport nodes
- Competition over healthcare resources
- More public housing hospitals and healthcare facilities
- Competition for availability of public housing
- Increasingly congested public transport system
- Employment
- Prejudice and misconceptions