‘Nature of politics’ the biggest ‘unknown’ future challenge for Singapore, says DPM Heng

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In his first interview since becoming Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Heng Swee Keat spelt out some of the challenges Singapore may face and spoke on ...

, pointed out that he and his other fourth-generation leaders of the People’s Action Party are prepared and working towards a “normative scenario” to keep politics in Singapore constructive and the country cohesive and united.

“Everyone promises that things will be easier, better and sometimes to the point of telling untruths. I think that is not the kind of politics we should have in Singapore.”“ to face it squarely and say: ‘Well look, how do we go about resolving this, and how do we create a better life, despite these constraints, despite these problems’,” he said.

He said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong is spending significant time thinking about how to restructure healthcare schemes and to enable more seniors to age at home. In turn, this creates other issues to tackle, such as how existing housing programmes can accommodate this and how ministries like the Ministry of Social and Family Development and Ministry of Health will reconfigure community networks to care for the elderly, he elaborated.

“I spoke to so many of our colleagues from the UK and they are really quite dismayed at how the political process has turned out. If you look at the debates, the two-party system – actually it’s more than two parties now – the fragmentation is very serious,” he said.

 

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