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SOCIAL DEFENCESOCIAL DEFENCE

THE MEANINGS OF SOCIAL THE MEANINGS OF SOCIAL DEFENCEDEFENCE

Maintaining racial and religious harmony is critical to Maintaining racial and religious harmony is critical to ensuring peace and stability in Singapore. When Singaporeans ensuring peace and stability in Singapore. When Singaporeans understand and are sensitive to the cultures and traditions of understand and are sensitive to the cultures and traditions of one another, and build strong bonds across different ethnic one another, and build strong bonds across different ethnic groups, we help strengthen social cohesion.groups, we help strengthen social cohesion.

As one people, we have a duty to contribute to the As one people, we have a duty to contribute to the community by helping the less fortunate and community by helping the less fortunate and underprivileged among us, regardless of their race, underprivileged among us, regardless of their race, language, religion, age or nationality. By doing so, we can language, religion, age or nationality. By doing so, we can further strengthen social cohesion, and build a gracious, further strengthen social cohesion, and build a gracious, compassionate society.compassionate society.

Living in harmony, looking out for one another.Living in harmony, looking out for one another.

MY CONTRIBUTIONSWhenever my friends, regardless of their race, Whenever my friends, regardless of their race, language, religion, age or nationality is in trouble, language, religion, age or nationality is in trouble, I will always do my best to help them and by doing I will always do my best to help them and by doing so, we can further strengthen social cohesion, and so, we can further strengthen social cohesion, and build a gracious, compassionate society.build a gracious, compassionate society. As one As one people, we have a duty to contribute to the people, we have a duty to contribute to the community by helping the less fortunate and community by helping the less fortunate and underprivileged among us, regardless of their underprivileged among us, regardless of their race, language, religion, age or nationalityrace, language, religion, age or nationality . .

MY FEELINGSMY FEELINGSI feel that social defence is very important to I feel that social defence is very important to Singapore as this help mSingapore as this help maintain racial and aintain racial and religious harmony and is critical to ensuring religious harmony and is critical to ensuring peace and stability in Singapore. When peace and stability in Singapore. When Singaporeans understand and are sensitive to Singaporeans understand and are sensitive to the cultures and traditions of one another, and the cultures and traditions of one another, and build strong bonds across different ethnic build strong bonds across different ethnic groups, we help strengthen social cohesion.groups, we help strengthen social cohesion.

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