Sunday, August 22, 2010

The National Pledge

The pledge was written by one of the founding fathers of Signapore, Sir Sinnathamby Rajaratnam in 1966. As Singapore was a multi-racial country, Sir S Rajaratnam believed that the language, race and religion were individual factors, however, the pledge emphasises that all these individual differences can be overcomed if the people cared enough for the country.

The pledge is...

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 quality
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress
for our nation.

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