Strong views on multiple race identities

In a continuing discussion on the double-barrelling of race classification, Singapore Management University (SMU) assistant professor Hoon Chang Yau, who studies ethnicity, argued that race and ethnicity can never be 'neat and watertight categories'. What of candidates in a general election in a group representation constituency (GRC)? The law requires at least one to be from a minority race. Will a Chinese-Malay count as one, or will he be considered a Chinese? SMU law lecturer Eugene Tan believes the first listed race will continue to undergird the GRC policy.