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http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=58942#1
PAP using Chinese Clans to divide Singapore
New citizen Li Yeming, official of Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations.
When I read ST’s article Low refutes claim of ‘inciting xenophobia‘, I can’t help noticing that a member of the Singapore Fed of Chinese Clan Associations took a swipe at Low Thia Khiang. (Original ST article ):
Quote:
WORKERS’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang has refuted a charge that he was “inciting xenophobia” in his parliamentary speech on the Population White Paper.
In a letter to Lianhe Zaobao yesterday, he wrote: “WP’s alternative proposal does not reject foreigners. It places importance on economic growth and even more so on creating a sustainable future for Singapore.”
The anti-foreigner charge came from Mr Li Yeming, vice-chairman of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations research and publications committee, in an earlier letter to the Chinese daily.
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It has been made public that the PMO is working with the Chinese clans to help Chinese migrants integrate. Nothing wrong with that in itself. Except that the govt is so blatant, it sees integration as a Chinese issue, rather than a multicultural Singapore issue:
Quote:
http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=58942#1
A NEW Chinese cultural centre to integrate newcomers to Singapore and showcase the local Chinese identity will be set up by the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations (SFCCA)
It will be a one-stop venue that Chinese community bodies can use for anything from performances and exhibitions to networking events and seminars.
The cost and site of the centre have yet to be finalised.
The integration of new citizens will be one of the centre’s primary goals, said the federation’s president Chua Thian Poh yesterday when announcing the plan of the umbrella association.
This will be done by showcasing Singapore’s local multicultural identity through performances and exhibits.
The cultural centre will also be a central venue for new immigrant groups to interact with the established and longstanding clans in Singapore, he said.
The federation aims to have the centre up in five years’ time.
Mr Chua announced the plan at a Chinese New Year event organised jointly by the SFCCA and Business China, a networking group for building links between Singapore and China.
The project follows an amendment to the federation’s constitution about six months ago to let new immigrant groups join the federation.
Its recognition of the importance of the Government’s foreign talent policy was praised by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who was the guest of honour at yesterday’s event.
It has done its part to facilitate integration, Mr Lee said, throughinitiatives like organising tours for new citizens to the different clan buildings in Singapore.
Speaking in Mandarin, he said the Government is happy to help the federation’s cultural centre plan become reality. With a laugh, he added a caveat: ‘It’s easy to talk about it, but we have a lot of work to do.’
The Straits Times understands that the Government will provide a substantial portion of the funding for the new centre.
Asked how it will differ from other Chinese cultural institutions in Singapore, like the Chinese Heritage Centre at Nanyang Technological University, clan leaders pointed to two elements.
The first is that other institutions have more of a scholarly or museum bent. The new centre will be ‘dynamic’ and focused on activities, said vice-chairman of the federation’s research and publications committee Li Yeming.
The second is its focus on the integration of newcomers.
‘At the moment, we don’t have a special place for interaction between new and old clans,’ said Mr Chua.
President of new immigrant group Tian Fu Association Tony Du welcomed the plan. He said the centre would provide ‘a much bigger platform and more resources for us to network with older clans’.
In his speech, PM Lee also lauded clan associations for the focus on values and character in their schools.
We hope that the younger generation recognises that as citizens, they have rights but also responsibilities and duties,’ he said. ‘In chasing their own goals, they must also think of the country and society’s interests.’
‘Chinese school students all know the Confucian saying ‘Help yourself by helping others’.
Note the following:
1. Heavy emphasis on the highly sectarian approach of “Chinese culture” to help integration in a multicultural Singapore. Ha ha. That’s like saying let’s learn Bahasa Melayu, Jawi and the Quran to understand and appreciate the different cultures and religions of Singaporeans.
2. The total absence of other races/cultures. You call that integration?
3. Li Yeming, the guy behind the letter attacking Low TK, is the same guy who comes up with this rubbish explanation of using the very sectarian “Chinese culture” as an agent to “integrate residents in Singapore”, be they immigrants or locals.
4. The govt endorses this rubbish idea of integration, using ONLY Chinese Culture. Ha ha.
5. Worst part is that you, Sinkies, are funding this stupid plan as explained by Li Yeming, through your taxes.
Here’s another report on the same silly “let’s use Chinese culture to integrate the different races” in Singapore, be they immigrants or locals:
Quote:
By Chong Yee Lim
My Paper
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013
SINGAPORE – To urge Chinese Singaporeans to be inclusive and embrace diversity, clan associations will be working with a non-profit organisation to use culture as a “binding factor” between citizens and new Chinese immigrants.
Business China, which aims to strengthen ties between Singapore and China, said yesterday that it will be working with the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations (SFCCA) on this.
This follows Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s call last week for new citizens to make the effort to integrate with the community and be loyal to the country, as well as for Singaporeans to welcome them.
Oh, for those who don’t know the history of Chinese clans in Singapore, let it be known that the dark story is that the clans were first formed by triad members and gangsters. Chinese clans have a history of sectarian violence, protecting clan members’ interests which included drug trade, sleaze trade and other vice.
Today, this mentality of clan membership still lives on. That’s the reason why Li Yeming explains the very clannish and sectarian idea of Chinese culture to be the agent for integration (as well as attacks Low TK), never mind that there are other races in multicultural Singapore. Li Yeming is fast learning from PAP, ie how to divide Singaporeans along racial lines.
Here is my discussion on the dark history of the Chinese triads that is linked to the Chinese Associations in our early days - Stop over-glorifying the early SE Asian Chinese who had a dark sleazy past
Barrie
http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=58942#1
PAP using Chinese Clans to divide Singapore
New citizen Li Yeming, official of Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations.
When I read ST’s article Low refutes claim of ‘inciting xenophobia‘, I can’t help noticing that a member of the Singapore Fed of Chinese Clan Associations took a swipe at Low Thia Khiang. (Original ST article ):
Quote:
WORKERS’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang has refuted a charge that he was “inciting xenophobia” in his parliamentary speech on the Population White Paper.
In a letter to Lianhe Zaobao yesterday, he wrote: “WP’s alternative proposal does not reject foreigners. It places importance on economic growth and even more so on creating a sustainable future for Singapore.”
The anti-foreigner charge came from Mr Li Yeming, vice-chairman of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations research and publications committee, in an earlier letter to the Chinese daily.
Quote:
It has been made public that the PMO is working with the Chinese clans to help Chinese migrants integrate. Nothing wrong with that in itself. Except that the govt is so blatant, it sees integration as a Chinese issue, rather than a multicultural Singapore issue:
Quote:
http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=58942#1
A NEW Chinese cultural centre to integrate newcomers to Singapore and showcase the local Chinese identity will be set up by the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations (SFCCA)
It will be a one-stop venue that Chinese community bodies can use for anything from performances and exhibitions to networking events and seminars.
The cost and site of the centre have yet to be finalised.
The integration of new citizens will be one of the centre’s primary goals, said the federation’s president Chua Thian Poh yesterday when announcing the plan of the umbrella association.
This will be done by showcasing Singapore’s local multicultural identity through performances and exhibits.
The cultural centre will also be a central venue for new immigrant groups to interact with the established and longstanding clans in Singapore, he said.
The federation aims to have the centre up in five years’ time.
Mr Chua announced the plan at a Chinese New Year event organised jointly by the SFCCA and Business China, a networking group for building links between Singapore and China.
The project follows an amendment to the federation’s constitution about six months ago to let new immigrant groups join the federation.
Its recognition of the importance of the Government’s foreign talent policy was praised by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who was the guest of honour at yesterday’s event.
It has done its part to facilitate integration, Mr Lee said, throughinitiatives like organising tours for new citizens to the different clan buildings in Singapore.
Speaking in Mandarin, he said the Government is happy to help the federation’s cultural centre plan become reality. With a laugh, he added a caveat: ‘It’s easy to talk about it, but we have a lot of work to do.’
The Straits Times understands that the Government will provide a substantial portion of the funding for the new centre.
Asked how it will differ from other Chinese cultural institutions in Singapore, like the Chinese Heritage Centre at Nanyang Technological University, clan leaders pointed to two elements.
The first is that other institutions have more of a scholarly or museum bent. The new centre will be ‘dynamic’ and focused on activities, said vice-chairman of the federation’s research and publications committee Li Yeming.
The second is its focus on the integration of newcomers.
‘At the moment, we don’t have a special place for interaction between new and old clans,’ said Mr Chua.
President of new immigrant group Tian Fu Association Tony Du welcomed the plan. He said the centre would provide ‘a much bigger platform and more resources for us to network with older clans’.
In his speech, PM Lee also lauded clan associations for the focus on values and character in their schools.
We hope that the younger generation recognises that as citizens, they have rights but also responsibilities and duties,’ he said. ‘In chasing their own goals, they must also think of the country and society’s interests.’
‘Chinese school students all know the Confucian saying ‘Help yourself by helping others’.
Note the following:
1. Heavy emphasis on the highly sectarian approach of “Chinese culture” to help integration in a multicultural Singapore. Ha ha. That’s like saying let’s learn Bahasa Melayu, Jawi and the Quran to understand and appreciate the different cultures and religions of Singaporeans.
2. The total absence of other races/cultures. You call that integration?
3. Li Yeming, the guy behind the letter attacking Low TK, is the same guy who comes up with this rubbish explanation of using the very sectarian “Chinese culture” as an agent to “integrate residents in Singapore”, be they immigrants or locals.
4. The govt endorses this rubbish idea of integration, using ONLY Chinese Culture. Ha ha.
5. Worst part is that you, Sinkies, are funding this stupid plan as explained by Li Yeming, through your taxes.
Here’s another report on the same silly “let’s use Chinese culture to integrate the different races” in Singapore, be they immigrants or locals:
Quote:
By Chong Yee Lim
My Paper
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013
SINGAPORE – To urge Chinese Singaporeans to be inclusive and embrace diversity, clan associations will be working with a non-profit organisation to use culture as a “binding factor” between citizens and new Chinese immigrants.
Business China, which aims to strengthen ties between Singapore and China, said yesterday that it will be working with the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations (SFCCA) on this.
This follows Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s call last week for new citizens to make the effort to integrate with the community and be loyal to the country, as well as for Singaporeans to welcome them.
Oh, for those who don’t know the history of Chinese clans in Singapore, let it be known that the dark story is that the clans were first formed by triad members and gangsters. Chinese clans have a history of sectarian violence, protecting clan members’ interests which included drug trade, sleaze trade and other vice.
Today, this mentality of clan membership still lives on. That’s the reason why Li Yeming explains the very clannish and sectarian idea of Chinese culture to be the agent for integration (as well as attacks Low TK), never mind that there are other races in multicultural Singapore. Li Yeming is fast learning from PAP, ie how to divide Singaporeans along racial lines.
Here is my discussion on the dark history of the Chinese triads that is linked to the Chinese Associations in our early days - Stop over-glorifying the early SE Asian Chinese who had a dark sleazy past
Barrie
