Essay About Singapore

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Singapore is multi-racial, multi-lingual country with ethnic Chinese (76.2% of total population), Malays (15.0%) and ethnic Indians (7.4%) making up the majority of population. It is really a wonder to think that a country with quite a short history like Singapore has many races and ethnic groups coexisting together. Since I first arrived at Singapore, I have always been interested in these multiple races of Singapore and the history of how they came to be. Yesterday, I got a chance to peek into the history of one of the most prominent ethnic groups in Singapore, Singaporean Indians. All the class members of the ELBC class-3 including me went on a field trip to the Indian Heritage Centre which exists just beside a famous …show more content…

One such example is a necklace made of 62 coins. The image of Queen Elizabeth and the image of a pair of strong arms can be found respectively on each side of the coin. They are the symbols of the two strongest countries back in that time, Great Britain and France. This necklace told me the story of the difficult journey of two lovers back in colonial times. This piece of work can only be described by one word - unique. There were also a lot of luggage displayed. Miss Evelyn told us that they were the belongings of many Indian immigrants who had to cross the dangerous ocean without a place to sleep. There were also four passports displayed. Miss Evelyn told us that those passports are the symbol of improvement of travel between India and Singapore. After that, we went down to the third floor to view more exhibitions. The very first things that caught my eyes on the third floor are two photos of step-wells. The breath-taking architecture of Indians amazed me. As I walked through the exhibition, I realized that the hands that created these amazing architectures were the convicts and prisoners, especially political convicts, who were transported from

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