New Chinese centre to encourage multiculturalism, AsiaOne Singapore News

From Singapore which has traditionally, if memory serves me correctly, had a fairly active approach to managing relations among the various communities, including parallel institutions and where people live.

Appreciate any comments either confirming or correcting.

But some signs of more integration as we would understand it:

Performances at the upcoming Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre in Shenton Way will include collaborations with non-Chinese arts groups, said its chief executive Choo Thiam Siew.

For instance, non-Chinese musicians could be invited to play for say, a Chinese dance, he said, adding: “Chinese flautists already play together with Indian tabla musicians.”

Mr Choo was elaborating on the vision that the centres chairman Chua Thian Poh outlined at the buildings ground-breaking ceremony yesterday. The event was officiated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is the centres patron.

The 11-storey centre, Mr Chua said, will “encourage integration among all races in Singapore”.

New Chinese centre to encourage multiculturalism, AsiaOne Singapore News.