Full text of Lawrence Wong’s speech on race and racism
Finance Minister Mr Lawrence Wong’s speech on MULTIRACIALISM AND FAULTLINES delivered at the IPS-RSIS Forum on Race and Racism on 25 June 2021. The speech reproduced in full: Excellencies and distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen I am very happy to join you for this seminar today. Lately, several worrying incidents have given us pause to […]
Singapore’s financial system has weathered COVID-19 well thus far: MAS Ravi Menon
In his remarks at the MAS Annual Report 2020/2021 Virtual Media Conference on 30 June 2021, Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director of MAS said that the Singapore financial system has weathered COVID-19 well thus far. “Banks entered the crisis from a position of strength and have been a source of stability and support for individuals […]
Majority must take extra step to make minority feel comfortable: Lawrence Wong
Our multi-racialism is not perfect and we have to keep working at it deliberately to reduce our imperfections, step by step, Finance Minister Mr Lawrence Wong said at the IPS-RSIS Forum on Race and Racism (June 2021). We got to where we are today not through confrontation or compulsion but through mutual understanding and compromise, […]
Singapore’s multiracialism preserves, protects and celebrates our diversity: Lawrence Wong
Race is a highly emotive topic because the question of race is wrapped up with our identities, our cultures, our ways of life, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said. “The natural instinct of humans is to look out for people who are most like us, and to view others with suspicion,” Mr Wong said in his […]
Creating a new generation of jobs for Singaporeans: Chan Chun Sing
In his speech at the launch of the Temasek Polytechnic Advanced Manufacturing Centre (TP AMC), at Temasek Polytechnic, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing shared with students on how Singapore can scale up its manufacturing sector qualitatively and be in niche areas that will make us hard to displace down the road. To do this, Singapore […]
The simultaneous attack on NTUC and PA. A perspective.
The recent unrelenting attacks on NTUC and PA have raised more than one eyebrow. Why such a concerted effort to attack the two organisations? The Online Citizen (TOC) published 2 articles, one that claimed that the NTUC FairPrice ‘has been ripping off consumers for decades’ and another asking if PA and NTUC were ‘for the […]
Embrace a global mindset, yet treasure your local identity: Chan Chun Sing
In his closing remarks to students at the Pre-University Seminar 2021 Virtual Closing Ceremony, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing exhorts them to embrace a global mindset while treasuring their local identity. The minister was heartened to see their ‘determination and desire to co-create a vision for the future of our country’. Here’s the excerpt from […]
Making Sinovac an available option without compromising on standards
WHO on 1 June validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Following this, the MOH said the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine can be administered in Singapore under the special access route where private healthcare institutions can apply to be licensed providers for the vaccine under this special route. Questions have been asked including why the […]
Hope for humanity: has Israel found the COVID-19 treatment?
In addition to vaccination, effective drugs to treat COVID-19 will really remove the dreaded fear of the disease and allow life to go back to normalcy. EXO-CD24 In Israel, a reportedly effective Covid-19 treatment has been approved by the Health Ministry for Phase 2/3 trial. Called EXO-CD24, the Covid-19 treatment has been tried with success […]
Almost $17 billion in interest credited to members’ CPF accounts in 2020
Last year, a total of $16.9 billion in interest earned was credited to members’ CPF accounts. The upward trend to voluntarily top-up CPF accounts continues Since people discovered that CPF is a great way to build up their retirement funds through its attractive interest rates, there has been nan upward trend to top-up CPF accounts. […]