SFD Media Release
31 December 2010

Double-barrelled Racial Classification irrelevant for Singapore

We refer to the Singapore Government's double barreled racial classification that will be implemented from tomorrow.

This new racial classification will have no impact on current racially based policies surrounding mother tongue education, self-help groups, public housing and general elections (GRC minority candidate).

The changing racial demographics and rise in inter-ethnic marriages clearly point to the need to remove “race” classification altogether and move to a Singaporean Singapore where policy making is not race based.

Instead, the Singapore Government is moving backwards by introducing additional and complicated double-barrelled classifications that serve no policy or national unity purposes. Read more »