In an attempt to socially engineer multiculturalism, the Singapore government has made it a rule that the next president of the city-state, which is largely a ceremonial role, must be a Malay, the minority Muslim population of the country. That’s not the only thing that Singapore is doing to maintain racial hegemony. In fact, Singapore has implemented a range of policies, including racial quotas in public housing to ostensibly prevent the formation of ethnic ghettos. See more about Singapore’s profound strategy for preserving social harmony.
Singapore is preserving social harmony with racial requirement for next president
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