Chinese Singaporeans
Chinese Singaporeans (simplified Chinese: 新加坡华人/华裔新加坡人; traditional Chinese: 新加坡華人/華裔新加坡人; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Huárén / Huáyì Xīnjiāpōrén) are a local ethnic group in Singapore, defined as Singaporeans of Chinese descent. Chinese Singaporeans constitute 76.2% of the Singaporean population, making them the largest ethnic group[a] in Singapore.[1]
Chinese Singaporeans Media
Chess at Chinatown, Singapore
Chinatown, Singapore was an enclave for the early Chinese immigrants in Singapore in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Chinese women in Singapore, ca. 1900. In early Singapore there were far fewer Chinese women than men.
The Lim Bo Seng Memorial at Esplanade Park commemorates Lim Bo Seng, a World War II anti-Japanese Resistance fighter who was based in Singapore and British Malaya.
Thian Hock Keng is the oldest Hokkien temple in Singapore.
The Ngee Ann Kongsi is based at the Teochew Building on Tank Road.
Ying Fo Fui Kun is the first Hakka clan association in Singapore.
Peranakans in Singapore were once concentrated in Katong.
Bilingual signage at the junction of Pekin Street and China Street, Singapore, photographed February 1969 × July 1971.
Chinese locksmith in Singapore, circa 1900.
Notes
- ↑ Or racial group as opposed to Malay, Indian and others, under the CMIO model.
References
- ↑ "Population Trends 2011" (PDF). Singapore Department of Statistics, Social Statistics Section. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2012.