Leveraging on the overarching themes of “Head, Heart and Home”, Lee’s speech raised a spectre of questions and concerns, including the type of society Singaporeans would like to strive towards.
Unsurprisingly, there were more questions than answers. And rightly so — a dialogue among stakeholders must ensue since consensus rather than uniformity is preferred.
“Co-creation” is the much-vaunted approach in governance today even if the modalities and expectations of government-people engagement are still being worked out. Yet Lee’s announcement during the rally of the establishment of two new universities from existing academic institutions, the likely introduction of paternity leave in an effort to boost fertility rates and the creation of a new statutory board to oversee pre-school education are examples of this approach. Full story
