OPINION: Concerns about diluting republic's sense of identity - Seah Chiang Nee

The Star Online, 28 Dec 2013
A serious impact of increasing the foreign content of the population to nearly 40% has been a dilution of Singapore’s cohesion and national identity.
Nowadays Singapore’s leaders seem less keen to promote nationalism among their citizens than they did in the past.
In fact, several leaders have begun to describe Singapore as a city rather than a country. Full story

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