Hard work and togetherness have lifted the Malay/Muslim community: Masagos

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Confronted by worrying trends years ago, community leaders did not rely on easy solutions, he said.

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s Malay/Muslim community is on a good footing today because it has had the courage to face key challenges head-on while staying united in solving them, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli.

“They acknowledged Singapore’s system of meritocracy and that we cannot fall on quotas or affirmative action as an easy solution,” said Mr Masagos, who is also Minister for Social and Family Development. M3 is a tie-up between Mendaki, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore and the People’s Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council. The collaboration will mark its fifth anniversary later in 2024.launched an initiative in 2021 called Project Dian@M3Volunteers include Madam Maisya Abdul Karim, 47, who is from the pioneer batch of Dian ambassadors who have been befriending families living in rental blocks in Bedok.

Held at Conrad Centennial Singapore, the event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean as special guests, as well as community leaders and partners. In his speech, Mr Masagos gave an update on the community’s new endowment fund, Wakaf Masyarakat Singapura .that provide the legal foundation for the WMS, among other things.

 

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