Paper 3 Oral : Picture Discussion (2009 Day 8)

This picture shows a handshake between the Chinese Family and the Malay family in a HDB flat.The handshake is a handshake of a Chinese father with a malay child.It looks like theres a chinese festival is going on. As there are decorations hanged and the Chinese family is giving red pockets or angpaos to the Malay family.

The chinese family consists of a father , a mother and 3 children. The Malay family consists of a mother and 2 children. They are wearing traditional malay clothes.Both family looks happy with smiles on their faces. The Chinese family is a rich family with the expensive furnitures on the background.

Probably before this incident,the chinese fmimly was inviting the malay family to visit their house for chinese new year as they are close neighbours. After this incident, the malay family will leave the house of the chinese family with a feeling of a big family as their relationship deepened from being mere neighbours.

Maybe what the photographer intention of taking this picture is that he or she wants to show a harmonious atmosphere between a chinese family and a malay family as Singapore is a multi racial society, harmony is one of the important aspect for singapore to stand as one.