It's the naming of a gallery WITHIN the museum, NOT the name of the museum which has not changed.
The gallery detailed the 3 years and 8 months of occupation by the Japanese and what more appropriate name to call it than Syonan, the name change by the Japanese. ...
Do we erase 'Syonan' from our vocabulary and textbooks? Are we honouring the Japanese when we tell our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren that for 3 years and 8 months, Singapore was Syonan-to? Of course not.
We want future generations of Singaporeans to learn this bit of dark history.
Call it what it was: Syonan.
"Syonan" is a grim reminder of what can happen to a people if they are unable to defend themselves.
If we allow ourselves to become complacent, if we do not take our defence seriously, if we are careless about our defence, if we become defenceless, Syonan is a reminder that someone can just come in and change the name of our country.
To those websites who saw an opportunity to stir by calling the name a betrayal, every time you downplay the need for national service, every time you instigate Singaporeans to take a negative attitude towards national service or total defence, you are betraying the security of Singapore. See More
The gallery detailed the 3 years and 8 months of occupation by the Japanese and what more appropriate name to call it than Syonan, the name change by the Japanese. ...
Do we erase 'Syonan' from our vocabulary and textbooks? Are we honouring the Japanese when we tell our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren that for 3 years and 8 months, Singapore was Syonan-to? Of course not.
We want future generations of Singaporeans to learn this bit of dark history.
Call it what it was: Syonan.
"Syonan" is a grim reminder of what can happen to a people if they are unable to defend themselves.
If we allow ourselves to become complacent, if we do not take our defence seriously, if we are careless about our defence, if we become defenceless, Syonan is a reminder that someone can just come in and change the name of our country.
To those websites who saw an opportunity to stir by calling the name a betrayal, every time you downplay the need for national service, every time you instigate Singaporeans to take a negative attitude towards national service or total defence, you are betraying the security of Singapore. See More
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