Since I was young, I studied in a neighborhood school. And on the 21th July of every year, we will celebrate Racial Harmony Day. We are encouraged to wear different races traditional costumes and also we will learn more about the custom of different races and religion. We are taught the importance for understanding and have tolerance to other races that have different custom compared to our own.
We are also taught that the first Racial Harmony day was celebrated on the 21 July 1997 which is remind ourselves not to repeat the communal riots of 21 July 1964.Since I start receiving education, I have to spend time studying , understanding and also making friends with classmate of different races and religion.
The reasons why Singapore is so successful without riot are mainly because we have racial harmony between each other races. Hence, to maintain racial harmony in Singapore, we emphasize on the understanding and the tolerance towards other races. During our Chinese new year, our Malay and Indian friend will join us for celebration, this help us to understand each other culture more. Different race have different culture where we may not be used to, but we have to tolerate and try to understand that it’s their way of life. Example like, in the lunar 7th month the Chinese would burn offering to their decease. This may cause difficulty in breathing to other race, but we tend to tolerate and understand each other. This helps Singapore to grow as one strong nation.
-Tang Ming Wei
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