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Orange Ribbon Celebrations mark racial harmony in Singapore.
By May Wong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 06 July 2008 1921 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore is commemorating racial and religious harmony on a national level through the month-long National Orange Ribbon Celebrations – the first of its kind.
It is organised by OnePeople.sg, the five community development councils, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, People's Association and the Self-Help Groups.
Over 5,000 people – Singaporeans, new citizens and expatriates – turned up at Clarke Quay in orange-coloured outfits on Sunday morning to embrace the idea of multiculturalism.
Orange colour symbolises universal friendship, kinship and familial ties.
Mayor of Central Singapore District Zainudin Nordin said: "We need to make sure that everybody understands that we are Singapore – multi-racial, multi-religious. We try to appreciate one another and we're highly tolerant of different ethnic cultures and so forth.
"At the same time, we want to ensure that if people have difficulties, we're there to help them and make them feel comfortable to integrate."
To further promote racial harmony, South West District plans to hold an arts festival, featuring cultural artworks and photography competitions.
Mayor of South West District Amy Khor said: "We also have another event that we call 'YourFilm.sg'. This is a short film and animation competition, and one of the themes that they can focus on is racial harmony, what the youths' feelings are about racial harmony, and how they think we can work towards reinforcing racial harmony among the different races."
Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan also put on an Orange Ribbon Pin as a commitment to uphold racial and religious harmony in Singapore.
Some 180,000 Orange Ribbon pins are expected to be distributed across Singapore.
- CNA/so
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It was a cold, rainy, bleak afternoon when sixteen-year-old Diana, dressed in a borrowed parka that was too large for her, boots, and blue jeans, crossed the field to meet the heir to the British throne.
It was almost twilight when the two came face to face near Nobottle Woods.
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Diana, it was discovered later, first came to the attention of the royal family when she acted as a bridesmaid for her sister Jane's wedding that April. It was the first major social occasion that Diana attended as a young woman. And many of the royals were surprised at how beautiful and mature the once-gawky girl had become.
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A short time later, Prince Charles sent his valet to hand-deliver a formal invitation for Diana to accompany him that very evening to the opera and a latenight dinner at the palace.
Though she was flustered, and the invitation came at such short notice, Diana accepted. She and her roommate, Carolyn Bartholomew, hurried to dress and prepare Diana for her big date. The evening was a success, and an invitation to party on the royal yacht came soon after……
Although she was intimidated by the crowd at Balmoral, Diana was wise enough not to stay in the castle itself. She asked for, and was granted, an invitation to stay with her sister Jane and her young husband at their cottage on the Balmoral estate. (wow gold)
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When Charles went to Switzerland for a ski vacation, Diana missed him terribly. He called her after a day or two, and told Diana he had something important to ask her.
He arrived home on February, 3, 1981.Three days later, he arranged to see Diana at Windsor Castle. Late that evening, while Prince Charles was showing Diana the nursery, he asked her to marry him.
To his surprise, Diana treated his proposal as a joke, She actually giggled. But soon she could see that Prince Charles was serious. Despite an insistent voice inside her head that told her she would never be Queen, she accepted his proposal. (World of warcraft gold)
Di ana told Prince Charles over and over that she loved him.
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