Publication Type
News Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2014
Abstract
Singapore celebrates its 50th year of independence next year, but what it means to beSingaporean continues to be a topic of discussion and debate.Of late, there have been passionate reactions to criticism of Singapore from those in ourmidst, Singaporeans and foreigners alike. To counter British writer Charlotte Ashton’slabelling of Singapore as suffering from a “massive compassion deficit”, bloggers andletter writers to the media cited examples of people giving up their seats to those in needon the MRT or going the extra mile to help strangers.
Discipline
Sociology of Culture
Publication
Today
ISSN
7237-4163
Publisher
Singapore Mediacorp Press
Citation
HOE, Su Fern, "Nurturing a culture of conviction: Developing the arts is a critical means of building S’pore’s resilience" (2014). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 2219.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2219
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2219
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