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新加坡华人是什么样的华人?

新加坡华人是什么样的华人?

作者:《新加坡文献馆》 09年11月初,李光耀拥美制中言论引发了不少争议,其中有些言论认为李光耀数典忘祖,因为他们认为李光耀身为华人应该理所当然支持中国崛起。10月初,新加坡新移民回返‘祖国’参加中 国国庆检阅典礼的事件,亦引发沸沸揚揚的的争议。近日,另外还有一群人在呆头呆脑不亦乐乎的争议新加坡人傻不傻? 这三起事件可以分别视为新加坡人和中国人如何看待国家利益问题,如何看待效忠和国家意识问题,以及如何看待社会约束问题。 三者虽然各有不同但其间的共通性却可以归纳为一个简单的问题来探讨:新加坡华人是一个什么样的华人?解读了这个问题也就基本上可以回应这三起事件的争议原由。这是因为华人意识是发酵争论的基本元素。 新加坡传媒塑造的虚拟新加坡和真实新加坡之间有所落差。落差带来不实际的期待从而因认知偏差衍生出争议与随之而来的失望和不满。听凭局部与表面的报导,让好... 

Open letter to PM Lee expressing unhappiness at his pro-foreigner policy – Foreign workers (Part 3)

Open letter to PM Lee expressing unhappiness at his pro-foreigner policy – Foreign workers (Part 3)

By Tan Keng Leng MCYS Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan recently told a university student point blank that if Singapore does not take in large numbers of foreigners, then in 20 years time locals will have to pay significantly higher taxes to support an ageing population. With all due respect to Dr. Balakrishnan, since when did the Singapore... 

Photo Gallery: Launch of book “The Fajar Generation” by former ISD detainees

Photo Gallery: Launch of book “The Fajar Generation” by former ISD detainees

Photos by Amanda Lian Launch of the book - "The Fajar Generation: The University Socialist Club and the Politics of Postwar Malaya and Singapore" at the Alumni Medical Centre on the 14 November 2009, Saturday from 3pm to 6pm. The book contains essays written by Dr. Lim Hock Siew, Dr. Poh Soo Kai, Mr. Tan Kok Fang, Mr. Tan Jing... 



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