Finance Minister Lawrence Wong spoke at a conference on new tribalism and identity politics, organised by the Institute of Policy Studies and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, on Tuesday (Nov 23). Here is his full speech.
I spoke about race a few months ago. I noted then that a harmonious multi-racial society does not occur naturally. “One people, regardless of race, language or religion” – that didn’t fall ready-made from the sky; we made it happen – despite the differences of race, language or religion.
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Finance Minister Lawrence Wong spoke at a conference on new tribalism and identity politics, organised by the Institute of Policy Studies and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, on Tuesday (Nov 23). Here is his full speech.
I spoke about race a few months ago. I noted then that a harmonious multi-racial society does not occur naturally. “One people, regardless of race, language or religion” – that didn’t fall ready-made from the sky; we made it happen – despite the differences of race, language or religion.
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