Shanmugam highlights four key challenges for Singapore over the next 50 years

Published Mon, Mar 28, 2016 · 10:33 PM

[SINGAPORE] Four key challenges confront Singapore in the next 50 years, Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said on Monday (March 28).

These are: balancing financial prudence with higher social spending; a rapidly ageing population that does not replace itself; competition from abroad and terrorism.

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