What a secular organisation means in Singapore

What a secular organisation means in Singapore

YESTERDAY'S letter, "Challenging logic" by Mrs Carolyn Tan begs for a disagreement.

Mrs Tan had noted that the fact that the ousted executive committee of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) came from the same church did not mean that there was a "grand design to gobble up Aware".

What is important is that the ousted exco comprised Christians from the same church and all of them are Chinese.

Aware ought to comprise leaders from different races and religions because it is a secular organisation which aims help all women in Singapore regardless of race, language, religion, nationality and profession.

If all its exco members were Christian and Chinese from the same church, I believe non-Christians and non-Chinese would be less comfortable in approaching Aware for help. Aware, which claims to be diverse, would therefore lose in its mission.

No secular organisation ought to have an exco comprising members from the same race and same religious background.

Ace Kindred Cheong

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