singapore: socio-cultural setting
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Socio-Cultural Setting:
Singapore
Reported by:
Clara Jean H. Gavila
(BSEd 3-C, Group 5)
Socio-Cultural Setting:
Singapore
Way of Life
Like many other Asians,Singaporeans value a strongwork ethic and close familyrelations. But some traditionshave been altered by Westerninfluences and Singapore’s rapid
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Singapore
industrialization andmodernization. For example,unlike families in China and Indiawhere several generations mayshare the same housing,Singaporeans of Chinese andIndian ancestry live in small,nuclear families. Housing favors
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Singapore
smaller families, as most unitsconsist of small apartments inhigh-rise buildings. Westernclothing is common, and foodsreflect the Chinese, Malay, andIndian origins of the people.
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Singapore
Social Issues
Since Singapore became anindependent state in 1965,government policies havebrought orderliness andefficiency to the country.Examples are supplanting slum
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Singapore
and squatter areas with high-risepublic housing projects, andstrict controls on air and waterpollution to ensure a healthierenvironment. While thesepolicies draw few objections,other aspects of Singapore’s
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Singapore
social engineering areoccasionally considered extreme,such as one campaign that urgedwell-educated couples toproduce children. Thegovernment has discontinuedthis particular campaign, but it
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Singapore
remains committed to definingand promoting—either by law orthrough official campaigns—theappropriate public and privatebehavior of its citizens. Outsiderssometimes also considerSingapore’s criminal
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Singapore
punishments severe. Singaporestresses, however, that its strictlaws and sentences have madethe nation one of the safestplaces in the world.
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Singapore
Culture
Singapore’s cultural life reflectsits past colonial administrationand the country’s diversepopulation. Chinese, Malay,Indian, and British influences areapparent in Singapore’s art,
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Singapore
architecture, and fine arts.British colonial architecture, forexample, is represented by theParliament House, City Hall, andthe Raffles Hotel. Chinese,Hindu, and Islamic architectureare represented in the ornate
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Singapore
Shuang Lin Temple, the SriMariamman Temple, and theSultan Mosque, respectively.Singapore’s National Museumcomplex consists of one museumdevoted to the contemporary artof Southeast Asia, one to Asian
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Singapore
cultures, and the third to thehistory of Singapore.
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Singapore
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