PM Lee admits his govt lacks foresight, claims caught off guard by population surge, plans to clamp down on social media

XIN MSN News, 29 Jan 2013
PM Lee said Singapore is dealing with the issues of housing and transport today because the government does not have complete foresight of events.
He was responding to a question from a participant on how some 'policy missteps' happened.
Mr Lee also said the strains on the population didn't show up progressively nor gradually, but suddenly.
On why there is still a need to moderate social space involving social media for example, Mr Lee said the online community in particular is not moderating itself.
Extreme views are put out and responses and disapprovals are also extreme. So Mr Lee said this cannot be left to itself. Full story



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