For over half a century, Singapore has worked hard to uphold the principle of equality among our different races and religions.
It was over this fundamental principle that we separated from Malaysia in 1965 to become an independent country. Indeed, on the very day that we became independent, Mr Lee Kuan Yew declared that in Singapore: "Everybody will have his place: equal; language, culture, religion."
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