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Helping Singaporeans build wealth remains key to building a fair and inclusive society. The challenge is in determining how best to do so.
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Singapore has been a social investment state, with social policy geared towards building up citizens’ human capital, savings and assets.
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“We want not only to help people to tide through difficulty, but also to boost their sense of drive and purpose, and strengthen their sense of agency and ownership over their own circumstances.”
Speaking at the debate on the President’s Address on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong highlighted Singapore’s focus on social empowerment

