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
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[SINGAPORE] The relative political lull after the 2025 General Election, through which the ruling People’s Action Party secured a firm mandate, has now made way for the urgency of action in a more capricious world.
The opening of the 15th Parliament and the President’s Address last Friday (Sep 5) set out the government’s necessarily ambitious priorities, policies and programmes for the coming five years.
With Singapore at a “critical juncture” and the old playbook no longer sufficient, significant change is in the air. Yet, the salient subtext of the address is that what the nation needs in these unnerving times is to double down on the fundamentals.
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