Eugene K B Tan

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

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

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

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