... and political association within the confines of Singapore's criminal and civil laws. Singapore is a multi-racial society. Different races live in harmony with each other. It is quite an amazing spectacle for immigrants to see the public display of different religious celebrations in Singapore streets. Unlike the civic ideology that advocate non-interference in private values of its individual citizens, Singapore respect and promote the rights of individual in maintaining their group distinctiveness through cultural, linguistic, ethnic, or religious affiliation. The government even sponsors different ethnical support groups such Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA,) Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) and Eurasian Association (EA) to encourage the individual group's development and progress. Singapore also encourages the establishment of foreigner's associations such as Kowloon Club, American Association Singapore, Singapore Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Association etc. These associations enable the immigrants to maintain their cultural and linguistic distinctiveness and will ...

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