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Race in Singapore. The concept of race or ethnicity in contemporary Singapore emerged from the attitudes of the colonial authorities towards race and ethnicity. Before the early 2000s, the four major races in Singapore were the Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians. Today, the Chinese-Malay-Indian-Others (CMIO) model is the dominant organising ...
Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. Malay is the national language of the country, although English is the official language used in the educational system and by the government. The colloquial English-based creole used in everyday life is often referred to as Singlish, spoken by all races of Singapore.
Singapore is a multilingual and multiculturalsociety. It is home to people of many different ethnic, racial, religious, denominational, and national origins -- the majority of which are of Chinese, Malay, Indian, Arab, Eurasian, and Europeandescent. The Singaporean identity was fostered as a way for these different groups to integrate and ...
The Singapore Grand Prix[ a ] is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula One World Championship. The event takes place on the Marina Bay Street Circuit and was the inaugural night race and first street circuit in Asia designed for Formula One races. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] The original Singapore Grand Prix was held at Thomson Road from ...
The Singapore Department of Statistics broadly defines Indians as a race (or ethnic group), comprising "persons of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or Sri Lankan origin such as Tamils, Telugus, Malayalis, Punjabis, Bengalis, Sinhalese etc." [2] [3] Nepalis and Maldivians of Indo-Aryan and Dravidian descent would also fall under this category.
Politics of Singapore. General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members [c] to the Parliament of Singapore across 31 constituencies. [d] Parliament was dissolved and the general election called by President Halimah Yacob on 23 June, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. [2]
Eurasian Singaporeans is a term that refers to Singaporeans of mixed European – Asian descent. The term, which includes – but is not limited to – the creole and indigenous Kristang people, who form a distinct sub-group within the Eurasian community with their own separate language, culture and identity. The Asian ancestry of Eurasians ...
The Singapore Department of Statistics defines "Chinese" as a "race" or "ethnic group", in conjunction with "Malay, Indian and Others" under the CMIO model. [10] They consist of "persons of Chinese origin" such as the Hokkiens, Teochews, Hainanese, Cantonese, Hakka, Henghuas, Hokchias and Foochows, Shanghainese, Northern Chinese, etc." [11] Chinese Singaporeans are defined as the "Chinese ...