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WHAT HE OVER THE PROPER SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE''. OMITTED TO SAY WAS THAT WE, LIKE MOST OTHERS WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TACKLE THIS CONUNDRUM SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES, HAVE SO FAR BEEN UNABLE TO DRAW A CLEAR LINE BETWEEN THE TWO. IT IS AT LEAST OPEN TO DOUBT WHETHER THE SINGAPOREANS WILL SUCEED WHERE OTHERS HAVE

FAILED BUT THIS IS AN AREA WHICH WE ARE MONITORING CLOSELY GIVEN THE POTENTIAL POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-RACIAL, MULTI-RELIGIOUS, SOCIETY SUCH AS SINGAPORE.

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