'Could the way our old people across the various communities have the answer to how we can improve inter-communal relations and find a way forward for Singapore?' — Tang Li, OPINION
"Could the way our old people across the various communities have the answer to how we can improve inter-communal relations and find a way forward for Singapore?" — Tang Li, OPINION
This year has been a bit of a challenge. I didn’t want to delve into the recent political scandals because everyone is doing that. Yet, at the same time, I don’t want to get into the usual “ra-ra” that comes from the one event where our military gets put to use – the parade. Somewhere along the lines, you had politicians who managed to convince the various communities that they were being screwed over by each other. You then had race riots and tensions, which politicians then solved. These politicians would then spend the next five decades reminding us that they had stopped racial tensions and made us happy to live together.
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