What Did Singkawang City Do To Win The Title Of The Most Tolerant City?

Singkawang Mayor, Tjhai Chui Mie

JAKARTA - Singkawang City, West Kalimantan, again won the title of the first Tolerant City in Indonesia in 2021. At least based on the assessment index conducted by the Setara Institute with a score of 6.483.

"On behalf of the City Government and the people of Singkawang City, I would like to thank the Setara Institute for holding this award-giving activity," said Singkawang Mayor Tjhai Chui Mie in Singkawang, Thursday, March 31, quoted from Antara.

The award certificate was directly handed over by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Suhajar Diantoro to him in Jakarta, Wednesday.

According to him, the success to achieve the title of a tolerant city certainly cannot be separated from the cooperation of various parties such as the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda), the ranks of the City Government, stakeholders, and the whole community of Singkawang City in maintaining the tolerance that has been well developed in Singkawang.

"This is thanks to our hard work so that we can increase the title from the second rank to first in Indonesia," he said.

From tolerance, of course, it can create a harmonious community life in accordance with the ideals of the founder of the Indonesian nation, namely Mr. Ir. Sukarno.

According to him, Singkawang City is a multi-ethnic city. Singkawang has 17 associations and Singkawang is a miniature of Indonesia.

"In accordance with the vision and mission of the Singkawang City Government, I and the Deputy Mayor of Singkawang, Irwan, are committed to realizing the Great Singkawang," he said.

In the vision and mission, there is his commitment to create a harmonious Singkawang City between ethnicities, tribes, and religions.

"We have to maintain that, because tolerance is the practice of Pancasila, so that with tolerance, the unity and integrity of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia will be created," he explained.

If all regions, especially in Indonesia, can maintain tolerance, he believes that Indonesia will become a strong, advanced country that can defeat big countries.