The Business Times

Eugene K B Tan

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With Singapore at a “critical juncture” and the old playbook no longer sufficient, significant change is in the air.

In a chaotic world, Singapore doubles down on being a safe harbour

The president’s address to Parliament presented a sombre assessment of external threats, but his core message was a return to the nation’s foundational strengths

For now, expect more family-friendly and child-friendly policies focused on the health, education, well-being and life chances of our children. Every Singaporean child is precious, and our laws and policies must be unequivocal about that.
COMMENTARY

Rallying the family as the cornerstone of the refreshed Singaporean dream

While the country has to accept its low fertility rate and reshape its gender norms, a purposeful, robust immigration policy also has to be a part of its population strategy

People walking towards the Jubilee Bridge. All societies are governed by social compacts, whether implicit or explicit. In articulating the relationship between the state and the people, a social compact is, in essence, the substance of state-society relations.
COMMENTARY

Future of Singapore’s social compact rests on the shoulders of the people

The government cannot breathe life into a social compact, it is the people who do when they believe and are committed to it.

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong (right, seated next to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) will be promoted to become Deputy Prime Minister on June 13, 2022.

A workmanlike Cabinet reshuffle focusing on immediate priorities

It is not surprising that there was no comprehensive reshuffle this time when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the latest set of changes to his Cabinet line-up on Monday (Jun 6). The spotligh...

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