Chua Mia Tee's works contributed to shaping Singapore identity: Tharman

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Chua's works have contributed to the building of Singapore's national identity, by helping different groups understand and empathise with one another and by connecting the young with the past, communicating to them what life was like in earlier days.

"When a new generation understands and feels that what the older generation went through is part of their identity, we become astronger nation," he said. "When we have that depth of identity, it allows us to have different perspectives, different views. Knowing that we have a common national identity allows us to have different perspectives or different views, as part of our evolving identity."

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