:
"In a multicultural society such as Singapore, there
are bound to be
differences of opinion"
"Accommodate differences of opinion in society, urges
Dr Yaacob
Minister-In-Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim."
File photo: MediaCorp
"Consultation and accommodation important in
multicultural society" such as
Singapore, he says.
My tangential comment on unsolvable racial issues-countries
in Asia. Susiri
History.
Well, in 1947 huge India split off Pakistan, with much blood
shed, yet
today having more Muslims within than in Pakistan. Subject
to the same
problems.
Even Bangladesh split off 1972.
In 1965, far smaller Singapore with a predominant Chinese
population split
off but continue to control the others.
While Malaysia the bigger chunk with its considerable
Chinese population
(though contained now) yet hast its big racial problems that
simmers. All
yet subject to
outside influence any day any year.
Breaking up into even smaller units as a country is self
annihilation,
finally.
Subject by then two even control by even a few individuals
from richer
countries(- George Soros was possibly one such man whose
efforts near
destabilised Malaysia by suddenly withdrawing his invested
billions.)
'Getting Smaller is beautiful' has its inevitable
limitations.
Sri Lanka can consider itself lucky with
clear tight boundary of sea right
round.
This cultured (
now 2014) country is peaceful
including the north,
northeast and the east.
All provinces are economically dependent on the dominant western
province which produces 50 %
of the GDP.
One has to only note the ongoing population mix demographic
changes in the
last decades, including during war, of the western province
which draws in
all races for
economic reasons, with high degree of rapport among them.
Barring the
occasional, sporadic issues, perhaps less common than in most
other places.
Jksw
