AQ - violence/ Wu yinan

From passage one, the author suggested that "rates and criminal violence are higher in mobile and heterogeneous societies where it is hard to put down roots and establish the social glue that binds people into a community" I agree that this is one of the concerns which Singapore faces today due to the high influx of foreigners which might pose a harm to our society. Singapore is indeed a country with high mobility and is heterogeneous. Currently, roughly 40 percent of our population is made up of immigrants. The influx of immigrants may tear down our sense of belonging by diluting our culture and creates criminal violence only if the govenrnment did not intervene to prevent and ensure social cohesion as well as the encouragement of Singaporeans to accept the immigrants as one of us. Many locals were despondent to the fact that there is increased competition for job and resources with the immigrants. However so, Singapore's government had put in a lot of effort in trying to integrate and bond immigrants and permanent residents into our society. This is done through community based activities. There are also mega cultural projects being launched at the grassroot level to develop rapports and strengthen bonds between Singaporeans and immigrants, and a ten-million dollars integration fund helmed by the MCYS (Ministry of Community Youth and Sports) to oversee such an effort. Hence, this builds tolerance amongst the people and with this understanding, criminal violence could be avoided.

From passage 2, the author mentioned that "traditional parental control has disappeared and many Muslim families are headed by single parent". This social issue is strongly applicable to Singapore today. Indeed, parenthood had reduced over the years due to both working parents and changing lifestyles for both parent and children. This had lead to little time for communication between the two praties and traditional parental control seems relatively insignificant as compared to the past. Studies have shown that this lack of moral education will increase the chances for the child to commit a crime as he/she grows up as adults, and criminal violence is one of the examples. Nonetheless, Singapore's government had implemented policies like the "5-day civil servants work week" such that parents would have more time to interact with their children. Thus, this creates opportunities for parents and children to bond and as a result, insert some form of parental care and control over the child. Hence, reducing the risk of accurance of criminal violence in Singapore.