By Vanessa Jalleh
THE registration of 'double-barrelled' race options for Singaporean children born to parents of different races will be implemented by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority with effect from Jan 1.
The new ruling gives parents of different races further flexibility and choice in deciding how their child's race should be recorded.
Couples of inter-ethnic marriages now have the additional option of reflecting both their races for their child as a 'double-barrelled' race.
Example: If one parent is Chinese and the other Indian, the child's race may be recorded as 'Chinese', 'Indian', 'Chinese-Indian', or 'Indian-Chinese'. Registration limited to only one hyphenation.
For government policies, such as the initial assignment to a mother-tongue language class in schools and the HDB's Ethnic Integration Policy, the first component of a double-barrelled race will be used.
There will not be any advantage in terms of policy considerations for those who register either a double-barrelled or a singular race.
This change was first announced in Parliament on Jan 12 at the beginning of this year.
*Singaporeans born before Jan 1 2011 to parents of different races may request for a change from a singular to double-barrelled race if they fulfil the eligibility criteria.
*This is on top of the existing options of choosing only one of the two different races - either that of the father or the mother - for their child.
*Details on the policy and registration procedures can be found on ICA's website at www.ica.gov.sg.
Stupid shit man. Race is nothing to do with identification. Why do they have to show what "race" when there is a picture on the IC?
Originally posted by ditzy:Because this is singapore. No matter how stupid it is you still have to do it. Don’t like it? Then fark off from here.
Who are you to tell me to leave the country? Just because someone likes their country, it does not mean that they have to love their regressing government as well.