SINGAPORE: From Saturday, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will implement the registration of double-barrelled race options for Singaporean children born to parents of different races.
The change was first announced in Parliament in January.
It gives parents who are of different races further flexibility and choice to decide how their child's race should be recorded.
This is on top of the existing options of choosing only one of the two different races - either that of the father or the mother - for their child. For example, if one parent is "Chinese" and the other is "Indian", the child's race may be recorded as "Chinese", "Indian", "Chinese-Indian", or "Indian-Chinese".
The registration of the double-barrelled race will be limited to only two components.
ICA
said that for relevant Government policies, such as the initial
assignment to a mother-tongue language class in schools and the HDB's
Ethnic Integration Policy, the first component of a double-barrelled
race will be used.
It said there will not be any advantage in
terms of policy considerations for those who register either a
double-barrelled or a singular race.
For the presentation of
statistics, the current way of presenting the published race statistics
will be maintained. It will be based on the first component of the
double-barrelled race.
Details on the policy and registration procedures can be found on ICA's website at www.ica.gov.sg.
-CNA/ac
more confusion and identity crisis. bullshit.
Originally posted by QX179R:For example, if one parent is "Chinese" and the other is "Indian", the child's race may be recorded as "Chinese", "Indian", "Chinese-Indian", or "Indian-Chinese".
There is no such thing in this world as a person being "chinese-indian" or "indian-chinese".
stop your bullshit.