Minorities. Policy｜The situation in Australia and Singapore is more complicated. How to effectively promote inclusiveness?

Australia used to be a country full of racist policies. In the past, it had implemented a racial policy against Asian immigrants, allowing only white immigrants to flow in.

However, today, the authorities are working hard to promote inter-ethnic cultural exchanges and identities to help different ethnic groups to integrate; on the other hand, as of June 2020, the total population of Singapore exceeds 5.69 million, and the foreign non-resident population has reached 1.65 million. people.

Of the total population, Chinese descent accounted for 76.2%, Malay descent accounted for 15%, Indian descent accounted for 7.4%, and the Eurasian population and other ethnic groups accounted for 1.4%.

Regardless of nationality or race, Singapore is a population "melting pot."

How can these two countries effectively promote policies to achieve social integration?

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Minorities in Hong Kong's Mainstream Society: The Invisible Other

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What kind of multi-racial harmony policy should Hong Kong learn from the international community?

In Hong Kong, ethnic minorities are the "invisible others", and various policies or infrastructures that promote social integration have not been able to eliminate self-centered superiority and remove the filter of "non-self race". Turn the "other" into "us".

Take language as an example. Many ethnic minorities in Hong Kong face many difficulties and injustices because of their poor Chinese. However, education policies have never taken this issue into consideration. When they work in society, they often run into trouble because of their ignorance of Chinese. .

Australia and Singapore language education and policies are diverse

The Commonwealth of Australia formulates a national unified curriculum syllabus so that states have a unified national reference standard.

Australian language courses are for students from kindergarten to tenth grade (equivalent to Hong Kong's Form 4), which is convenient for students to develop language skills and application skills from an early age.

In addition, the authorities have specially set up second language courses to ensure that students have the opportunity to learn other languages.

Singapore has a complex race, unlike Hong Kong and Australia, which are relatively "single". The languages ​​spoken by different races are even more complex.

The government has listed English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil as official languages ​​in order to reduce the complexity of the language and express equal treatment to the languages ​​of all ethnic groups...

For details, please read the 294th "Hong Kong 01" e-weekly report (December 6, 2021) "

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