ELITISM IS THE ISSUE, NOT RACE
It is not the race or skin colour that matters. Everything boils down to where one stands in the social economic ladder.
It is true that one prefers to mingle with people of a similar race, but this has to be ascribed to a shared closeness in culture, language and the like, with little to do with any perceived superiority of one's own race.
Lim Chee Khiam
RACISM KEPT AT BAY IN S'PORE
I am proud to think of myself as Singaporean Tamil although my identity card says " Ceylonese".
Minorities are resented and oppressed in many parts of the world, but, in Singapore, we are relatively lucky that racism has been kept at bay by the Government.
The National Pledge, Presidential Council for Minority Rights, group representation constituencies, and Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act are key contributors to that success.
S. Ratnakumar
SINGLISH NOT A CAUSE FOR WORRY
Many Singaporeans can switch easily from Singlish to proper English. They improve as they progress up the education ladder. It is impossible not to pick up Singlish if you are a Singaporean living in Singapore. It would also be very "unSingaporean" not to understand Singlish.
I do not think it is a cause for worry. A greater worry is the falling standards in our mother tongue languages and loss of knowledge of our dialects.
Seah Li Leng (Madam)
LANGUAGE IS FLUID
Singlish, and all other forms of vernacular English, is an example of how fluid and flexible language is in an ever-changing world.
There will be no place for those who wish to cling to the "glory" of "traditional" British English as time marches on.
We do recall the past with fondness. The elders of every society will always view their youth with contempt and see their own past through tinted glasses.
Jonathan Mark Macpherson
