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PM Wong’s challenge: Reversing the me-first instincts of Singaporeans

Getting ahead at all costs got Singapore where it is. But Singapore can be a more wholesome society if we look out a lot more for one another.

Instead of emphasising competition, Singaporeans need to be reminded to foster collaboration.

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Chua Mui Hoong

It was heartening to read that new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong plans to rethink all assumptions, and consider how things might be done differently in Singapore.

In an interview on May 10,

days before he assumed the premiership on May 15, he told reporters: “We are prepared to re-examine all our assumptions and consider, under different circumstances, different societal expectations and needs – what might we do differently.”

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