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[k1976]

GE2025: Singapore voters can’t afford to ignore harsh new global realities​

National issues will dominate GE2025, but voters must heed global winds of change – and choose MPs who grasp how a small state can thrive.​

Bhavan Jaipragas

At its heart, Singapore’s imperatives haven’t changed since 1965, though the paths to securing them must evolve with the times.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
PUBLISHED APR 05, 2025, 05:00 AM


From now until the general election – which, by most accounts, seems just weeks away – conversations around dinner tables, over hurried lunches in CBD hawker centres, and at kopitiams on weekend mornings will likely revolve around the hot-button issues people can see and feel.

It’s not hard to guess what will be on the menu: Public housing – will HDB flats remain affordable? Cost of living – is the broad middle as well as those less well off getting enough help even as inflation tapers? And immigration – that perennial question of balancing the need to attract a diverse, high-quality foreign workforce while preserving and nurturing a strong Singaporean core.

That focus on tangible, day-to-day concerns is hardly surprising. It’s almost conventional wisdom, whether in our relatively subdued electoral climate or in places with fiercer politics, that local and national issues dominate.

GE2025: Singapore voters can’t afford to ignore harsh new global realities​

National issues will dominate GE2025, but voters must heed global winds of change – and choose MPs who grasp how a small state can thrive.​

Bhavan Jaipragas

At its heart, Singapore’s imperatives haven’t changed since 1965, though the paths to securing them must evolve with the times.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
PUBLISHED APR 05, 2025, 05:00 AM
From now until the general election – which, by most accounts, seems just weeks away – conversations around dinner tables, over hurried lunches in CBD hawker centres, and at kopitiams on weekend mornings will likely revolve around the hot-button issues people can see and feel.
It’s not hard to guess what will be on the menu: Public housing – will HDB flats remain affordable? Cost of living – is the broad middle as well as those less well off getting enough help even as inflation tapers? And immigration – that perennial question of balancing the need to attract a diverse, high-quality foreign workforce while preserving and nurturing a strong Singaporean core.
That focus on tangible, day-to-day concerns is hardly surprising. It’s almost conventional wisdom, whether in our relatively subdued electoral climate or in places with fiercer politics, that local and national issues dominate.

 

[k1976]

His wonderful world class pay depend all foks here

 

[Boonsiong]

There are many Bengali in Penang selling Bengali roti

 

[myfoot123]

It is not Sinkies' problems. The leaders who put all eggs in one basket are moron. Voters must also not place so many same eggs in parliament. Diversification is crucial, especially in time like this. I expect the Bengali to have common sense.