SINGAPORE – Conversations between the Government and Singaporeans over the past year have shown an emerging consensus on what the refreshed social compact could look like, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – Conversations between the Government and Singaporeans over the past year have shown an emerging consensus on what the refreshed social compact could look like, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Monday.
But in the end, success should be for each person to define as there is no single measure of achievement. On social support, Singapore has been careful in designing its social safety nets in a way that boosts a sense of ownership and agency over their own circumstances for the vulnerable groups, he noted.
On a sense of solidarity, Mr Wong said that society needs to be less about “I”, “me” and “mine”, and more about “we”, “us” and “ours”.
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