Description of Programme
Religious diversity and racial harmony are fundamental to modern Singapore, enabling its survival and prosperity against significant challenges. The ""Diverse Devotions, One People"" tour delves into Singapore’s rich immigrant heritage and historical instances of racial unrest and riots. It explores the historical conflicts fueled by religion and addresses contemporary terrorist threats stemming from religious intolerance.
Specific Learning
• Recognition of Singapore’s inherent weakness, its small and limited size. Challenges in meeting conflicting needs due to space limitations. Need for planning in Singapore
• City Gallery showcases the basis of Singapore’s success is its long-term planning and the need for innovation to overcome challenges. Includes a new segment on Smart City and Digital Defence
• Singapore as a melting pot of diverse races, religions and cultures, yet coming together as one people
• Religion often the cause of wars throughout the centuries. Religious diversity and tolerance in Singapore.
• Opportunity to visit at least 3 places of worship along Telok Ayer Street, actively promoting religious understanding
Learning Objective / Total Defence Pillars
Digital Defence
Social Defence
Psychological Defence
Location(s)
URA City Gallery, Telok Ayer Street places of worship (Masjid Al Abrar, Thian Hock Keng Temple, Fairfield Methodist Church, Nagore Dargah)
Mostly Indoor / Partial Outdoor
Rating
Duration
4 hrs
Session Timings
09:00 - 13:00
13:00 - 17:00
Pricing (per participant)
$40.00
Min 20 Pax
Terms and Conditions
Reservations are subject to availability and will be on a first-come-first-served basis. A booking/confirmation notice will be sent to the unit/department for acknowledgement once the space for the specific timing is confirmed.
In the event that the unit/department cancels a booking less than 10 working days before the start date, or does not show up on the event date, a late cancellation fee will be incurred.
In the event that participants arrive later than the scheduled time, the programme will still proceed according to scheduled itinerary and end at original scheduled time. There will be no ‘make up’.
The programme owner reserves the right to make changes to the content, date and time of the programme, without the consent of the unit/department.
Programme owner shall not be liable for claims resulting from injury or any loss of personal property to the participants, which may result due to their participation in the programme.
The unit/department can submit a Fee Waiver Request Form for absentees who could not attend the NE programme on event day for compelling reasons (e.g. sick with MC, on compassionate leave, etc.) within 5 working days upon conducting the NE Activity. Fees will not be waived for absentees without compelling reasons.
Units can request for one-time amendment to the booking (eg. change in number of participants, date and/or time of tour) at no cost incurred to the unit, when the amendment is made at least 10 working days before the event.
Any amendment requested less than 10 working days is subject to availability. In the event that programme owner could not accede to the changes and the programme has to be cancelled, Cancellation Fees will apply.