We forgot about democracy, justice and equality
By Gerald Giam
10 August 2009 | 1,589 Views | 3 Comments | 
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The Sunday Times did a survey of 100 Singaporeans asking them to recite the National Pledge. Here were the results:
- 35 people got it exactly right.
- 14 people could recall only some phrases.
- 12 completely forgot the Pledge.
- 39 others fared pretty well but missed out on a few words, especially those in the third and fourth phrases – ‘to build a democratic society based on justice and equality’.
Gasp! So this means that many Singaporeans know the importance of racial and religious harmony, and are happily pursuing prosperity and progress, but have forgotten about democracy, justice and equality?
Truly sad. Since the PAP government is not making any effort to educate Singaporeans on these values, I hope that civil society and the Opposition would, for the sake of our nation!
Anyway, for the 65% who couldn’t remember all the words of the Pledge, here they are:
We, the citizens of Singapore pledge ourselves as one united people,
regardless of race, language or religion,
to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality,
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.
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August 11th, 2009 at 12:05 PM
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August 14th, 2009 at 12:36 AM
See earlier post. The operative word is to build. Maybe because we’ve stopped building, ppl have forgotten totally about justice and equality, or maybe, they’ve just given up…..
August 15th, 2009 at 12:06 PM
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