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| What's Your Story? Photo Blurb Competition |
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Tell us your stories on friendships between different ethnicities and cultures. Share with the world what makes your story so special!
Submit your photographs depicting friendships between people of different ethnicities, religions or nationalities. Add a blurb of not more than 50 words to illustrate racial harmony at its best!
Click here to find out how to submit your entries and stand to win attractive prizes!
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| Visit by United Nations Racism Expert |
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As part of an eight-day mission, United Nations racism expert, Special Rapporteur Githu Muigai made OnePeople.sg one of the key stopovers in his first-hand study of issues relating to racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in Singapore. Mr Muigai was joined by Mayor Zainudin Nordin, OPSG Board members and youth facilitators in a dialogue where they shared their experiences in our collective efforts to champion racial harmony.
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It was indeed a great honour to host Mr Muigai who was treated with a presentation on OPSG, tour of premises and multi-ethnic refreshments on 24 April 2010. Mr Muigai lauded Singapore's remarkable achievements in the area of racial and religious harmony and commended Singapore Government's fundamental commitment to tolerance and racial harmony through policies. He was deeply impressed by the work achieved and Racial Harmony efforts undertaken by OnePeople.sg as well as various community partners and agencies.
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| Lunar New Year Celebrations at Sree Narayana Mission (Singapore) |
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OnePeople.sg and its youth volunteers brought much festive cheer to the two hundred residents of Sree Narayana Mission (Singapore), a multi-racial home for the elderly destitutes. Mr Shashedaran, General Secretary of Sree Narayana Mission kindly graced the event. We arranged for energetic performances from the lion dance troupe, Malay dance by students of Evergreen Secondary School and line dance.
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Assisted by the student volunteers from CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls, we distributed mandarin oranges to the residents. Their grateful smiles and words of appreciation made every effort on our part worthwhile. Click here to share our festive joy.
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| Nationwide Pledge Drive Unveiled As A Symbol of Graciousness By Minister Mentor |
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Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew unveiled the Nationwide Orange Ribbon Pledge Drive as a Symbol of Graciousness at the National Orange Ribbon Celebrations held on 18 July 2009. The Orange Ribbon drive rallied more than 150,000 pledges from people of walks expressing their personal commitment to uphold Racial Harmony and the Olympic ideals in support of SYOG 2010. All this over a period of just 18 days!
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This staunch community effort is showcased as a Symbol of Graciousness at Bishan Active. Read more about the Launch of NORC 2009 at Evergreen Secondary School on 1 July 2009 and the Racial Harmony festivities at the National Orange Ribbon Celebrations where Singaporeans and new citizens gathered for a fun-filled evening to celebrate our cultural diversity!
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| National Day Celebrations |
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OnePeople.sg celebrated its first National Day Celebrations on 7 August 2009, together with about 80 multi-racial children from Jamiyah Children’s Home, Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home, Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home and Kids United Home. To signify the celebrations, most of them were dressed in red or white – the colours on our national flag. |
| The event kicked off with a robust community drumming circle with children beating their musical instruments to the sound of the bigger drums from One HeartBeat. Music was definitely a way of to conveying how harmony can be achieved when we all play as ONE. To get the childrens’ off their chairs to dance the SB Vibrant Line Dance Troupe performed the “Go Go Stomp” and guided the children with all smiles to dance along. A short 3min video was screened where the children watched “My Home”, featuring the pledge moment competition. Questions pertaining to the pledge and its significance were asked and the children answered all correctly, much to the astonishment to all adults present! |
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With full assistance from the Circus Outreach team, children had a chance to try their hands on some juggling tricks. It was indeed a heart-warming moment to see the smiles and laughter on children having lots of fun with others from different races, a rare chance for some of them.
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The programme came to an end with all the children and staff singing the national anthem and reciting the pledge. The children quickly gathered around the cake to celebrate Singapore’s 44th birthday and to tuck in to a hearty dinner to commemorate OPSG’s first National Day celebrations. Certainly, a memorable event!
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| Community Leaders Conference |
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OnePeople.sg organised the biannual Community Leaders Conference to discuss issues, current trends and developments pertaining to race and religious relations. The theme of this year's inaugural Conference was New Media: Challenges and Opportunities. The Conference focused on creating awareness among community leaders on the various new media platforms and discussed the impact of the new media on community relations.
A collaboration with National Library Board (NLB), the OnePeople Portal Online Racial Harmony Repository was also launched during this inaugural conference on 21 February 2009 at the Woodlands Regional Library by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sport
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| Total Defence Campaign 2009 |
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OnePeople.sg supports Total Defence Campaign 2009 as part of the Social Defence pillar. Total Defence is personal. What Will You Defend? How will you protect the Singaporean way of life and live harmoniously with friends and neighbours from diverse racial and cultural background?
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The Total Defence Campaign this year leverages on ground-up programmes to build community partnerships and elicit responses from all members of the public through various means such as the ‘What Will You Defend?” online video contest and the TD Pledge Cards.
To mark 25 years of Total Defence, five ZoCards specially designed based on the five TD pillars, circulated island-wide, collected and used to create a large montage wall that contained the views of Singaporeans from all walks of life. OnePeople.sg submitted a total of 280 Zo-cards to Nexus in support of the Campaign, which were then showcased on the TD25 Launch event Montage Wall at Suntec City.
We also supported the ‘What Will You Defend?” online video contest organised by Nexus which showcased a gallery for everyone to share their sentiments with families, friends, and the world. Click to see and hear the many different ways Singaporeans have answered the question ‘What Will You Defend?’ at the ‘What Will You Defend?” online video gallery.
A commemoration event ‘TD25’ was held on 15 February 2009 at the Suntec City Tropics Atrium to mark Singapore’s 25 years of Total Defence, with activities such as the premier of ‘Singapore 2034’,
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| YourFilm.SG 2008 Gala Awards Ceremony |
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Lights, camera, action! After a month long of public voting, YourFilm.SG came to a close on 3 December 2008 at the YourFilm.SG 2008 Gala Awards Ceremony held at the Cathay .
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Initiated by South West Community Development Council (SWCDC) in 2007, this nationwide short film/ animation-making competition offers a distinct opportunity to build a community of positive-minded youths, promote the digital and new media arts and create an awareness of national issues that impact the youths of Singapore today. In addition, it also serves as a platform for the discovery of talent for the film-making and animation industry.
The theme for this year's YourFilm.SG competition is What Moves You?, with the thrust being to facilitate youths to put into film or animation their expression of how national, community or personal issues move them into positive action with regard to their own reflections. The 4 sub-themes for the competition are Kindness, Inspirational Seniors, Multi-Racial Harmony and the Free Expression category. As the champion for Racial Harmony, OnePeople.sg supported the Multi-Racial Harmony theme.
The winning entries for the Primary, Secondary and Open Categories as well as the Thematic Films were showcased at the awards ceremony. Dr Amy Khor, Mayor of South West District, graced the Screening and Prize Giving Ceremony as Guest of Honour and presented the awards to the award winners.
The winners for the Judge's Choice are:
Primary Category: The Maria Hertogh Riots
Secondary Category: Village in Crisis
Open Category: Kindness...it starts small
The winner for the Racial Harmony theme is Colour Blind directed by Tan Khee Shian.
More videos will be available soon!
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| Harmony Beyond Boundaries |
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OnePeople.sg supported Harmony Beyond Boundaries on 20 July 2008 at Bishan Stadium, a Racial Harmony day family event co-organised by An-Nahdhah Mosque, Harmony Centre, Taoist Federation and Home United. This event aimed to strengthen social cohesion and building bonds amongst fellow Singaporean through sports, art and cultural performances. Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance was the Guest of Honour. Programme highlights included a Mass Workout, a Fancy Dress Soccer competition and a Spot Art Contest. 500 people attended the event
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| Launch of National Orange Ribbon Celebrations: Harmony Walk 2008 |
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OnePeople.sg, together with the Community Development Councils (CDCs) Self- Help Groups (SHGs), People's Association (PA) and Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) launched the National Orange Ribbon Celebrations in July 2008.
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The National Orange Ribbon Celebrations aims to promote racial and religious harmony by showcasing our diverse multi-ethnic and multi-national communities' customs and traditions as well as to create a platform to showcase the various resources and programmes available at OnePeople.sg, the CDCs and partnering organisations.
Harmony Walk 2008 marked the launch of Orange Ribbon Celebrations as the annual signature national event to rally Singaporeans together in celebration of racial and religious harmony. This street parade was a colourful display of the various ethnic music, dance, costumes and food.
Read more about Harmony Walk 2008 here and spot yourself in our photos!
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| Inter-Faith Prayer and Condolence Ceremony for Victims in Myanmar and China |
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In May 2008, two Asian counties have been unexpectedly struck by natural disasters with terrible casualties. First cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, then a powerful earthquake in Sichuan, China a week later. Singaporeans, together with people all over the world came forward to assist in the relief efforts. Apart from giving donations and participating in relief efforts, we can also pray for those victims and offer our condolences to their families and loved ones, and for those who survived.
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The Inter-Religious Organisation, Singapore (IRO) in partnership with OnePeople.sg, organised a prayer and condolence ceremony for the victims and their families in these two countries. This event was held on 24 May 2008 at OnePeople.sg. Religious representatives from the 10 major faiths in Singapore were present to offer prayers at the ceremony. About 150 people from all walks of life offered their condolences by writing their messages in the condolence books. There was a minute of silence to reflect on events that happened and remember the victims and their families.
Guest of Honour, Mr Sam Tan, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC and Executive Director, Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) and President of IRO, Mr Rustom Ghadiali, then presented condolence books to Myanmar 's Ambassador, His Excellency Win Minyt and First Secretary of China Mdm Zhang Rui.
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| Total Defence Exhibition 2008 |
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'Total Defence. It's Personal. Play Your Part'
Total Defence Campaign 2008 emphasizes the role each individual can contribute to Total Defence by simply being ready and willing to respond to challenges and to influence outcomes.
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Total Defence Exhibition 2008 was co-organised by MINDEF and 15 other Total Defence partner agencies, and Guest of Honour, Mr Ng Eng Hen, Second Minister for Defence, officiated the launch of the campaign on 12 February 2008. This month-long exhibition was first held at the Singapore Discovery Centre, thereafter moving on to the heartlands at Tampines and Toa Payoh Hub.
OnePeople.sg played its part in the Total Defence Campaign by driving the message of bringing Singaporeans of all races and religions to live and work together in harmony. We showcased a number of colourful banners depicting the various costumes and games of the different ethnic groups, and engaged people from all walks of life, especially children with games and videos. Together with the heritage trail booklets, ethnic calendar and brochures which were distributed at our booths, these helped to promote the understanding of the various cultures and traditions.
We were also present to share about the various programmes organised by OnePeople.sg which contributes to maintaining racial and religious harmony and strengthen social cohesion in Singapore.
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| Launch of OnePeople.sg |
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Unveiling a new identity and new logo. OnePeople.sg (OPSG) was launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 27 May 2007 at the Singapore River Promenade next to The Arts House. The re-branding of OnePeople.sg (formerly known as Central Singapore Joint Social Service Centre) was held in conjunction with the Community Development Councils' (CDC) 10th Anniversary Racial Harmony Celebrations.
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Prime Minister Lee was the Guest-of-Honour at the milestone event, which was also graced by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and the Mayors of the five districts, including Mr Zainudin Nordin, Mayor of Central Singapore District and Chairman of OnePeople.sg.
Fringe events were held at The Arts House and the Asian Civilisations Museum and more than 2000 people from schools, grassoots organisations, ethnic and faith-based organisations, youth organisations, Inter-Racial Confidence Circles, and other community-based organisations attended the event. Read more about the launch of OnePeople.sg and click to view photos of OnePeople.sg's birth!
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