Uniformly segregated

When sending my daughter to school this morning, I noticed a lot of her schoolmates in police/army cadet uniforms.

It's quite a sad state of affairs that of all the members in these two uniformed units in the whole school, only ONE is Chinese! This information shocked me! I thought this situation occurs only to our police force and army recruits.

Shouldn't the happy carefree years of school be one of camaraderie and having fun? Why should race be a factor in school activities? It's not like a share in the nation's economic pie is at stake!

But I also ruefully acknowledge that the Chinese have a saying, ho chai um tong peng (literally, a good son will not join the army).

But the authorities in school and elsewhere are not helping much with their silly rules. According to my Princess, every member of these two uniformed units in this school MUST wear the tudung during official functions!