By Sue-Ann Chia

LAW Minister K. Shanmugam stands by a controversial suggestion he made six years ago: that Singapore should have some form of affirmative action to ensure that able people from minority races are in top posts.

But this must not be done by having quotas or setting aside places for minorities.

'I don't talk about saving so many places for Malays, so many places for Indians, so many places for Chinese. That is the wrong way to go,' he said.

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