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Singapore’s multiracialism is built on, among other things, the common space where each community has to make some compromises.

Singapore’s multiracialism is built on, among other things, the common space where each community has to make some compromises.

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Imagine a Singapore where a supporter of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) refuses to live next door to someone who votes for the Workers’ Party.

Or one in which a Progress Singapore Party supporter forbids his or her child from marrying someone who plumps for the PAP.

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