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NDR 2024: Mid-course tweak? PM Wong’s call for ‘reset’ aims higher
It comes across as an ambitious effort to change mindsets and set Singapore on a fairer, kinder path.
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PM Wong was quite persistent in his call for Singaporeans to reset many of their assumptions about what constitutes success and even what constitutes a good life.
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National Day Rallies (NDRs) are important occasions when the prime minister of Singapore gives a report card on the country’s progress, takes stock of the present and rallies the country towards a brighter future.
And when there is a new leader in charge, the annual event in August, Singapore’s month of independence, takes on a generational significance. So it was with new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s speech on Aug 18.
