Affirmative action in Singapore?

In my opinion, there is no case for affirmative action in Singapore to take against discrimination for quotas to enter local universities.

The Singapore government has always been fair to all races and provide equal opportunities for people of all races regardless of gender to receive education. As much as there have been cases where racial discrimination has occurred, it has always been resolved peacefully. Singapore's only resources are the people and we cannot afford chaos to break out and ruin our country and economy, hence the government is very careful to ensure peace and thus impose severe punishment to those who disrupt our peace.

The Supreme Court in America ruled that universities could not use quotas to ensure a minimum number of places for minority applicants but that they could take race into account when making admissions decisions which was in contradict with what the University of Michigan case where they had reserved a certain percentage of places for minority applicants. Having such a rule in the first place by the Court to allow universities to take race into account is a mistake in my opinion. When the Court has such a rule, racial discrimination occurs because discrimination against race can happen legally and openly.

However, the government in Singapore knows the severity of such a problem if they allow such a rule of taking race into consideration when admitting applicants into universities. Hence, the government is cautious not to overstep the fine line between equality and discrimination which is why everything in Singapore is based on meritocracy. One climbs up the ladder based on his or her merits where societal status, gender or race is not taken into consideration. Therefore, I believe strongly that there is no affirmative action that has to be taken in Singapore against discrimination of the criteria entering universities based on one's race.