Mar 2, 2013

of chan chun sing: "the rich marry the rich, poor mix with poor"

Chan Chun Sing made these comments during a Mandarin interview on Channel 8.

We discover, regardless of which society, in the long run, the rich will marry the rich and their children will have more opportunities. And those who are not rich, will form another type of social condition. And that is, those who are not rich and do not have much opportunities will stick together. In the long run, if this situation doesn’t change, will polarize the whole society. For example, if we look at some of the other countries, the rich are really rich and the poor are really poor. This has a great impact on the cohesion of the society as a whole. Therefore our aim is to give more opportunities to Singaporeans. Regardless if you come from a rich or poor family, the moment you start school, we hope that all will start from the same starting point. It won’t be the case where one will be far behind from others.