In 1975, then Foreign Minister S. Rajaratnam stressed to an audience in Beijing that Singapore's identity is a multicultural one.
While Singapore's predominantly Chinese ethnicity serves as a bridge for understanding and cooperation with China, it is the Republic's "consistent policy" to keep alive its various languages and cultures, to suit its collective needs, he told the Chinese officials.
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