In a lunchtime talk yesterday on Survival and Opportunities in an Uncertain World, presidential candidate Tan Jee Say says the President who wants to be an effective unifying figure must engage the government on its economic policies.
“To discharge his unifying role, the president must address the fundamental cause of the deep social division in Singapore and this is the underlying economic strategy of the Government,” he said.
Though Singapore’s economy has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade, the fruits of the growth is not shared equally among Singaporeans resulting in a widening income gap between the rich and the poor. Full story
