Singapore GE: Different generations have different takes on race, religion and Raeesah Khan case, says PM Lee | Malay Mail

Lee Hsien Loong and Nadia Ahmad Samdin at an e-rally on July 8, 2020. K. Shanmugam at a Tamil e-rally. — People's Action Party/Facebook images via TODAY

It touched on Raeesah Khan, a new candidate from the Workers' Party , and her social media posts that are the subject of police investigations. “The world has changed, attitudes have changed, younger people have a different perspective which we have to take into account because young people will one day inherit Singapore.”

However, he said that in the digital age, ideas from all over the world are picked up and things that never used to be sensitive in Singapore before have now become sensitive, because they are sensitive in other countries. Cultural appropriation is one example. “So that's the view we have proceeded on that has held tolerance and harmony. Not quite everything the young people aspire to, but I think quite a considerable achievement.”

“They are willing to have uncomfortable conversations, or conversations that may make some segment of the population feel uncomfortable, and they're brave enough to do so and I think it's good that this kind of new norm is being forged,” she said.

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