By Christine Maria Lim Shi Hong

I am proud to be a Singaporean because Singapore is an ever progressing, multi-racial society, and we have friends from other races and religions. Singapore is clean and green, and here we live in harmony and peace, as we have no natural disasters. Singapore’s stability is due to the good leadership of our government. We also enjoy a very good education system in school. This is because the syllabus is appropriate and there are good and efficient teachers that are able to bring across the lesson to the students effectively. Moreover, the Singapore education system does not only stress on your academics but also aims for your overall development, including such factors such as character building and aesthetics. This can be done as schools provide extra curriculum activities and arts classes. However, if we did not declare our independence, we might have to follow another education system. So what are the chances of that form of system being as good and efficient as the one we have now?

Singapore’s independence day was on 9th August 1965, when Lee Kuan Yew announced Singapore^‘s separation from Malaysia. “For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I have believed in merger,” said Lee Kuan Yew. This was also the feeling of many other people living in Singapore at that time. So the people in Singapore worked together, to make Singapore prosper. Singapore’s independence day is important to me as it tells me that we do not need to rely on others, so long as we work together and strive for our goals, we will definitely make it. Looking at Singapore now, it tells us that actually we can survive independently!

Looking forward, I envision Singapore to be even more technologically advanced in the future. There might be floating cars, teleportation systems, and scientists might have found a way for us to sleep on clouds. However, as many things keep changing, what makes Singapore is still its people. The people will remain, gracious, loving and kind. Singapore will keep on progressing, and remain a harmonious, multi-racial society. Even when some Singaporeans go overseas to work or stay, they will still call Singapore home!

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