How do you hiphenate yourself as a Singaporean?
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Hi,
In Pm's speech, he mentioned about trying to learn from America and we will hyphenate, Australian-Singaporean, Chinese-Singaporeans, Chinese-Chinese Singaporeans. This is the US way of using hyphenation, i.e. Heritage-Nationality.
He tried to use the illustration of hyphenation, i.e. follow the Us way of hyphenation instead of the Europe way, to convince us that Singapore should adopt the US half-citizenship policy and welcome more foreigners to get half-citizenship in Singapore. I believe he also hint Singaporean to open our arms to immigrants arriving in Singapore.
Can the arrangement of race and nationality, using the hyphen, be in the order of how one view his priority of heritage? For example, a person who thinks that he is a Asian-American has a self-image of a Asian prior to American, also provided he has emotional need to understand more about Asia culture. If he feels that he is a American-Asian, he would not be emotionally obligated to learn about Asian heritage.
I feel that if a Chinese from China comes to Singapore, he would feel less left out compared to an Indian from India because chinese is the majortity in Singapore. Even Singaporeans has a tendency to stay with the same ethic groups. It would be very rare to find a Chinese, for example, who treat a Indian from India or Filipino from Philipines as good as a Chinese from china.(this is my belief) We can probably treat them well and guide them a little. However, to make the feel like Singapore is their home would be pretty difficult because of their previous cultural heritage. Unless, they manage to find a clique which is of the same cultural heritage and share the same views as them.
In fact, Indian in Singapore and Chinese in Singapore should be hyphenated as Indians-Singaporean and Chinese-Singaporean. This is because, people of the same cultural heritage is likely to stick together. I am not saying this is a absolute case but I observe that this is how majority of the people act. I suppose i feel more sense of security sticking with people of similar cultural backgrounds and beliefs.
Just for curiosity sake, can you guys and gals, pls give me some of the feedbacks as in which identity comes first to you? Is it your cultural heritage or your Nationality? For example, you feel like you are more "chinese" or "indian" or "malay" or "any race", then ur main identity of urself would be your race.
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mie iish singaporean-chinese.
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Peranakan-Singaporean-Chinese
ah, what's with these hyphenations.
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hmmz,
technically speaking how do you become a Peranakan-Singaporean-Chinese. Are you a Chinese with a Strong national identidy as a Peranakan who later migrated to Singapore but still not sure if you can cope with the Singaporean culture? -
I can imagine the theme of our 50th NDP 8 yrs from now.. 'United in diversity'. So what happended to 'One People, One Nation, One Singapore'?
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chinese, then singaporean.
my race is more important to me than my nationality. i can emigrate to change my nationality but i cant change my race.
how many singaporeans have left singapore for another country?
how many foreigners are now singaporeans? the figure is growing by the day. -
Hey, like that, we have a lot Malaysian-Chinese-Singaporeans!
As well as some Malaysian-Malay-Singaporeans!
FARK!
Why don't PM says try to emulate Hollywood? Why only follow USA's use of hiphenation? What about HUman Rights? Why not follow USA on that?
Gov is getting wackier and wackier....
When on earth are they going to be INGENUITIVE instead of FOLLOWING this and that??
WTC! -
to me, identity is seen from left to right.Originally posted by sgfreedom:hmmz,
technically speaking how do you become a Peranakan-Singaporean-Chinese. Are you a Chinese with a Strong national identidy as a Peranakan who later migrated to Singapore but still not sure if you can cope with the Singaporean culture?
meaning I see myself as a Peranakan in culture, Singaporean in terms of nationality with some Peranakan identity and Chinese as my genetic ethnicity.. -
MM already said no Singapore culture liao.Originally posted by Quincey:I can imagine the theme of our 50th NDP 8 yrs from now.. 'United in diversity'. So what happended to 'One People, One Nation, One Singapore'?
40 years of nation building and trying to unite Singaporeans all flushed down the drain just like that. -
Pay them another million dollars per year.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Hey, like that, we have a lot Malaysian-Chinese-Singaporeans!
As well as some Malaysian-Malay-Singaporeans!
FARK!
Why don't PM says try to emulate Hollywood? Why only follow USA's use of hiphenation? What about HUman Rights? Why not follow USA on that?
Gov is getting wackier and wackier....
When on earth are they going to be INGENUITIVE instead of FOLLOWING this and that??
WTC!
Creativity comes at a cost you know. -
Martian-Venus-Singapore-Chinese
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ang-mo-kio-blk-512-#05-03-hokkien-canto-male-singaporean-chinese
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Hey Dragg,
There are many reasons why i believe heritage should come before nationality. What you mention is one of them. -
Londoner.
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global citizen better lah.Originally posted by HENG@:Londoner. -
no im pretty much a londoner who was simply born n grew up in sgOriginally posted by LazerLordz:global citizen better lah. -
singapore-chinese, singapore-indian
country 1st, culture second eg. china-nese -
male-chinese-singaporean-young
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Hi Alex-Kusu,
I am not trying to say how hyphenation is correctly use as a language. American use hyphenation differently from Europeans so either way, you are correct to a certain extent.
In this post, my main concern is for people to discuss which identity is more important to them and their identity will be arranged from left to right base on the strength of identity.
For example, I am right if i say that you are a human, you are a , you are a . However, we all know that human is the strongest identity. Hence, base on inheritance, i.e. the passing on of attributes, we are biologically human--. This is a extreme example but if use the hyphenation in this way, - or -, you are still following the context of this thread.
The way you use the hyphenation will depends on your self-image. If you think that being a Singaporean is ur outmost identity, and u think ur identity of race not strong, then you can call yourself a Singaporean-Malay or Singapore-Chinese depending on ur race. In your last post, you did not show which of ur identity is stronger. Is it Singaporean or your race?
Thank you for participating in this thread.
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Peranakan-Singaporean-Australian??
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PSAOriginally posted by breytonhartge:Peranakan-Singaporean-Australian?? 