Tag Archives: Loyalty

Having interacted with many Chinese nationals during work and sometimes socially, I am astonished whenever I hear the proclamation of Singapore owing loyalty to China, or that we would do well to be part of their family. I wish I was joking here, but when my cousin's in-laws(she married a Chinese national) came to Singapore, they literally spoke of our country as if it was a part of China. There's no argument, no discussion, no questioning. We simply are a part of China, just as water is wet and fire is hot. What is their government teaching them?

During the war my late father, who was then an officer in the Civil Defence was busy risking his life evacuating people from buildings bombed by the Japanese warplanes. Compare this with what the father of someone in the ruling party did, collaborating with the Japanese invaders while many of our countrymen were being tortured and executed. And I am a Malay and they dare question my and my community's loyalty to this nation. That is where it hurts!

I am Singaporean Indian Muslim, but because my mother tongue is Malay, most Chinese friends would assume I'm Malay. I was asked by a classmate of mine (Chinese) whether I would defend Singapore if we were at War with Malaysia. She was genuinely asking and wanted me to answer. I was taken aback because my loyalty towards my nation was being questioned for the first time in my life. I would not call it deliberate racism on her part but because of the notion she has or was brought up with, it led her to question my loyalty.

Thank you for publishing this. I have a confession to make, I have live for more than 5 and a half decade here, by birth and by education. I have gone through the days of where our country was still a swamped area. Our kampong days we have had was in a very bad conditions, till late LKY makes the impossible possible.

"I was a small fry in the army. But I was a BG's pet. Once I quarreled with a Major who was visiting the camp (yeah I accidentally bumped into him and as I was in a hurry, only whispered a sorry but he was not too happy about it). He asked to see my immediate superior and I brought him to the BG's office and he suddenly became very quiet. As he explained, I continued to cut him and told the BG my version of the story. The BG shooed him away.

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Singapore needs more citizens and permanent residents, and the children of the Gurkha officers would be prime candidates. Some were born here, many have studied in local schools, they know our cultures well, love Singapore and can assimilate easily. I welcome more Singapore-born Gurkha national servicemen, nurses, social workers, teachers, engineers and hospitality staff.

Similarly, Lance Corporal (LCP) Iqmal Faiz felt that [email protected] was a meaningful event as it "broadened the mindset of the general public" to what the Navy does in general.The weapon specialist from LST RSS Resolution was in charge of briefing the public on the CIS 50 machine gun. As it was his first time briefing the public, he got off to a rather nerve-wracking start. However, the 22-year-old eventually got the hang of it.

The formation of a committee to address the concerns of Malay-Muslims over how their loyalty to the nation is viewed is "not necessary", Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said on Thursday. This is because even though there might be "perceptions in the community" that must be dealt with, there have been improvements in the achievements of the Malay-Muslim community that should not be ignored, he said, echoing the comments made by Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar (Ang Mo Kio GRC) in Parliament on Wednesday.