Yahoo! News Singapore, 19 Aug 2013Assuring his audience that this was "not the usual National Day Rally", Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke at length on the challenges ahead of Singapore, and measures the government hopes to adopt to deal with crucial issues such as healthcare and education.
Announcing a "strategic shift", he made many encouraging promises: social safety nets will be strengthened, measures will be introduced to ensure the possibility of upward social mobility, the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) grading system will be revamped and MediShield Life will make sure that people can afford healthcare in their old age. Small steps, perhaps, but small steps in the right direction.
"We're all in this together," he said.
So far, so good. But when PM Lee began to address the issue of affordable public housing, it became more and more apparent that no, we're not all in this together. Full story
