The latest rule allowing a person's "double-barrel" racial heritage to be recorded on his identity card has drawn a mixed response. For some, the new rule is seen as a response to changing realities. The implications of the new rule on policy, especially housing policy, are still unclear. SMU Assistant Professor Eugene Tan said that so long as there is a tendency for Singaporeans to group along racial lines, then there will be a need for housing authorities to have racial quotas. Also examining the issue, SMU Associate Professor Kirpal Singh said the idea in some ways give a legal status to an individual that is of mixed parentage.
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