Government open to ideas, ready for tough choices: Halimah
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Janice Heng
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SINGAPORE'S government will be open to constructive criticism and new ideas, but cannot shy away from taking tough decisions in the national interest, said President Halimah Yacob in her address at the opening of the first session of the 14th Parliament on Monday night.
In her speech, which traditionally sets out the plans for the new term of government, she spoke of the new term's focus on jobs, sharing the benefits of progress, strengthening the Singaporean identity, and the country's evolving politics.
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