4)Why is social cohesion important ?

http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/speeches/2003/sp20030215.htm
http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/speeches/2003/sp20030517a.htm



Social cohesion is important especially to our small and natural resourceless country because it affects Singapore's progress and performance. Singapore is unique due to the fact that it's citizens are made up of different races.This is also a reason why there is Racial Harmony day . I think racial harmony day is a very important day because it is the day where we can learn more about other races and cultures , understand the differences between the races and respect the culture and beliefs .Racial harmony day is held yearly to instill the knowledge into the new batch of students .So when they grow up,they fully understand the importance . During racial harmony day , we can wear costumes of other races , sometimes there are activities and games from different races for us to try out and learn more .
Racial harmony day is also held so that any misunderstanding between the races would reconcile. Social cohesion is so important that we cannot take social cohesiveness for granted,one small neglect and all the painstakingly effort fostered over the years are undone. Social cohesion is a difficult task because it is only acheived when every individual makes the effort to learn more about different races,cultures and respect the difference,uphold the racial and religious harmony . The effort from each and every individual of singaporeans is what make us One People,One Nation .



here is a video roughly on racial harmony .










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