Singaporeans are the citizens of the island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial and multi-cultural country.
Chinese (East Asian), Malay (Southeast Asian), and Indian (South Asian) women in Singapore, circa 1890. To promote racial harmony among the three main races, a Racial Harmony Day has been observed every year since 1997.
Men of Chinese, Malay, and Indian ethnicities gather at a street corner in Singapore, circa 1900.
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall
Singaporean Chinese or Chinese Singaporeans are Singaporeans of Han ancestry. As of the 2020 census, they constitute 75.9% of the resident population, making them the largest ethnic group in Singapore
Singaporeans
…Singapore is home to a people of a variety of origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial and multi-cultural country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian descent have made up the overwhelming majority of the population since the 19th century. The Singaporean diaspora is also…
Singaporean Chinese playing Chinese chess (Xiangqi) in Chinatown, Singapore.
Chinatown, Singapore was an enclave for the early Chinese immigrants in Singapore in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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.