'Truth' in the eyes of the beholder

THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: How should government and society respond to the seeming rise of a post-truth public?

Tan Chong Huat Managing Partner RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP

Singapore will not be spared the post-truth politics that Donald Trump and Brexit exploited. As the globalisation wave strikes nearly every corner of the world and as disruptive technology makes today's jobs irrelevant tomorrow, politicians will find ways to feed off the hunger and the anger of voters.