SINGAPORE, Oct 18 — When it was announced two years ago that Muslim nurses in public healthcare would be allowed to wear the “tudung” or headscarf, while at work, the team at...
In the TODAY Youth Survey, 75 per cent said they agreed that youths should actively participate in civic discourse. — TODAY picSINGAPORE, Oct 18 — When it was announced two years ago that Muslim nurses in public healthcare would be allowed to wear the “tudung” or headscarf, while at work, the team at Lepak Conversations felt that they had played a part — however small it was — in the policy change.
“For other issues that weren’t as relevant to national initiatives, we didn’t see the same success,” Yulianna said. Just over half said they agreed that the Government is receptive to differing or opposing views about its policies. Over the past year and a half, the fourth generation of Singapore’s political leaders have been engaged in the Forward Singapore exercise, which has sought to canvas public opinions on policies that should be implemented to renew the Republic’s social compact.
Cape aims to build an empowered and active citizenry through civic literacy, and holds workshops and events to create spaces for youths to discuss civic and political topics in Singapore. Through his experiences in such engagement sessions, he believes there is a strong desire among civil servants and policymakers to listen to youth voices and create a more open and collaborative style of policymaking.Even though these youth groups have had some productive sessions with the Government, they agree that feedback after the sessions are inconsistent, making it hard for them to assess the value or impact of their contributions.
The group does not expect a detailed reply to every single submission they make, but a simple acknowledgement would suffice, Kristian said. “I think it’s not that they’re not receptive. Sometimes they are receptive, but it’s not consistent,” he added.“There is still a strong DNA within the Government towards an outdated, top-down style of state-society relations that is difficult to shake off," he said.
Most recently, he attended a dialogue conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Youth Council with Shanmugam about Singapore’s stance on drugs and the death penalty. “A better understanding among youths will allow us to instead look at individual policies put out by the People’s Action Party and figure out how to improve them, how to adapt them to the times, and so on,” said Putra.To eradicate this idea of a “black box” in Government, government officials must have trust and confidence that youths can contribute to policymaking, said political analyst and Singapore Management University law don Eugene Tan.
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