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Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2019 SECONDARY FOUR EXPRESS/ FIVE NORMAL (ACADEMIC) HUMANITIES (SOCIAL STUDIES) (2273/01) 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, index number and name on the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer both parts of Question 2. Write all answers on the answer booklet provided. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This question paper consists of 7 printed pages.

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 2 Prelim Examination 2019 Secondary Four Express / Five Normal (Academic) Humanities (Social Studies) (2273) Section A: Source-Based Case Study Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates. 1 Living in a diverse society Study the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources you are told to use. In answering the questions you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. 1 (a) Study Source A. What is the attitude of the cartoonist about racial harmony in Singapore? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Source B. How useful is this source in showing the state of racial harmony in Singapore? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Sources C and D. Having read source C, are you surprised by Source D? Explain your answer. [7] (d) Study Sources E and F. Do you think the activist in Source E will agree with the author in Source F?? Explain your answer. [7] (e) Study all the sources. ‘Singapore has achieved racial harmony.’ Using sources in this case study, explain how far you would agree with this statement. [10 ]

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 3 Prelim Examination 2019 Secondary Four Express / Five Normal (Academic) Humanities (Social Studies) (2273) How does Singapore respond to racial diversity? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. In a culturally diverse society like Singapore, there are be both positive and negative responses to racial diversity. When differences are embraced, Singaporeans look beyond racial differences to see one another as Singaporean first. This leads to lending a helping hand to one another when the need arises, an exchange and appreciation of different cultures, and a respect and regard for different beliefs, customs and practices. On the other hand, when racial diversity is not handled properly, it can give rise to misconceptions and prejudices that could lead to discrimination. Singapore has attempted to find a way around such negative impacts by implementing policies to help integrate the different races in Singapore. Policies like creating common spaces and the Ethnic Integration Policy in public housing seek to enable Singaporeans of different races to interact and integrate. While some Singaporeans feel that the policies have helped achieve racial harmony in Singapore while others dispute that Singaporeans are racially tolerant at best. Study the following sources to assess how Singapore responds to racial diversity.

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 4 Prelim Examination 2019 Secondary Four Express / Five Normal (Academic) Humanities (Social Studies) (2273) Source A: A cartoon published by the Ministry of Education during the Racial Harmony Forum in 2007. Source B: An extract from an article published on the Humans of Singapore blog, 10 October 2013. Racial harmony has always been branded by the government as the key element in maintaining stability in Singapore. Unfortunately, this might have been overplayed. Racial harmony has always been rosy pictures of interracial camaraderie. This false impression unfortunately caused delusionary images among Singaporeans into believing that we truly understand other races. Regardless of race, aren’t we all Singaporeans? We should take pride in sharing the same identity of being Singaporeans, instead of continuing to trick ourselves into believing that we truly understand others and “racial harmony” does exist. The word racial harmony in itself is an oxymoron — how could something so discordant be harmonious?

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 5 Prelim Examination 2019 Secondary Four Express / Five Normal (Academic) Humanities (Social Studies) (2273) Source C: An extract from a study on racial harmony conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and OnePeople.SG, published on 30 July 2019. Percentage of respondents perceiving discriminatory treatment when at work Never Rarely Sometimes Very Often Chinese 62.8 26.5 8.5 2.2 Malay 40.4 24.4 25.7 9.5 Indian 43.7 24.3 22.6 9.4 Others 61.9 21.2 8 8.9 Source D: A post from SGAG, a social media website that publishes local humour content, published on 25 July 2016. When an old man was found bleeding and shivering after he fell down from his bike at Pasir Ris, a Malay man and his wife applied pressure on the old man’s wound and called the ambulance. Another Malay man ran to the nearest clinic to call the doctor for help and kept a lookout for the ambulance. A Chinese woman comforted the old man after she managed to contact his family members. An Indian man helped shift the bicycle to the side and provided wet tissues to clean off the blood. A Bangladeshi man used an umbrella to shield the old man and the doctor from the rain. This is racial harmony at its best in Singapore!

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 6 Prelim Examination 2019 Secondary Four Express / Five Normal (Academic) Humanities (Social Studies) (2273) Source E: From an article by Kirsten Han, a well-known journalist and anti- government activist, titled ‘Regardless of race, language or religion’, published on 9 September 2017. The Singapore government has long adhered to the CMIO (Chinese, Malay, Indian, Others) model. The CMIO model may have worked for an earlier Singapore in creating harmony but it has long obscured greater diversity in present day Singapore, reducing citizens to four broad groups while ignoring the diversitythat exists within each race. Far from making Singapore colour-blind, the limitations of the CMIO model has triggered concerns of hindering racial equality in Singapore. Moving away from the CMIO model will not automatically solve the issue of racism in Singapore. However, it could be the first step in allowing people to stop seeing themselves as hyphenated citizens – Chinese-Singaporean, Malay-Singaporeans, Indian-Singaporean – but simply as Singaporeans. Source F: From an article by a Tamil Singaporean who is pro-government and has published a book on promoting integration amongst Singaporeans, published on 22 January 2016. Singapore is one of the most racially and culturally diverse countries where different communities have coexisted peacefully for decades. The responsibility for keeping racism at bay lay squarely with the Government's determined effort. Harmonious living would not have been possible if not for the coexistence of the Chinese, Malay, Indian and Others (CMIO) classification, the national pledge, the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, the Group Representation Constituency system, and the assurance of common spaces. To me, the CMIO model is an assurance that, while all races are counted, the majority race cannot dominate and the minority races are not left behind. Doing aw