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A ‘we first’ Singapore is the hardest policy for PM Lawrence Wong to deliver
Any workable conception of a ‘we first’ society starts with this: The Government is not the main character.
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Prime Minister Lawrence Wong delivering his National Day Rally speech on Aug 17.
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The idea that Singapore’s social compact needs rejuvenation has run through much of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s domestically orientated, big-picture speeches since he took office – and in the year before, as he prepared for succession.
Fifteen months in as Prime Minister, with a landslide election victory in the bag, this looks like the golden thread in his governing philosophy.
