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[COLOR="_______"]Updating political system will take a long time? A long time for what? Identifying which grandson, great-grandson and great-great grandson of Lee Kuan Yew will become the Prime Minister of Singapore? That will work for all Lee generations to come? [/COLOR]
Jan 26, 2010
INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES CONFERENCE
Updating system takes time
Challenge is to find a system that will work for generations, says PM
By Rachel Chang
In his speech, Mr Lee identified three key priorities: Restructuring the economy, addressing the population shortfall and updating the political system. -- ST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK
THE most difficult challenge facing Singapore is finding a political system that works for generations to come, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday.
He foresees the search taking the longest time.
In the meantime, the system must evolve with the times, rather than be static or frozen, he said at a conference examining challenges facing Singapore organised by the Institute of Policy Studies.
He was responding to Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh, who asked which of three challenges Mr Lee had highlighted was the most difficult.
In his speech, Mr Lee identified three key priorities: Restructuring the economy, addressing the population shortfall and updating the political system.
Explaining why the last was the most difficult, he said: 'You are talking about intangibles, not just about a few people whom you hope to identify for the next generation of leadership, but the ethos and the spirit of a whole generation of Singaporeans, and particularly the brightest and ablest who have the most options and highest ambitions, to feel that this is something worth doing.'
Jan 26, 2010
INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES CONFERENCE
Updating system takes time
Challenge is to find a system that will work for generations, says PM
By Rachel Chang
In his speech, Mr Lee identified three key priorities: Restructuring the economy, addressing the population shortfall and updating the political system. -- ST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK
THE most difficult challenge facing Singapore is finding a political system that works for generations to come, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday.
He foresees the search taking the longest time.
In the meantime, the system must evolve with the times, rather than be static or frozen, he said at a conference examining challenges facing Singapore organised by the Institute of Policy Studies.
He was responding to Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh, who asked which of three challenges Mr Lee had highlighted was the most difficult.
In his speech, Mr Lee identified three key priorities: Restructuring the economy, addressing the population shortfall and updating the political system.
Explaining why the last was the most difficult, he said: 'You are talking about intangibles, not just about a few people whom you hope to identify for the next generation of leadership, but the ethos and the spirit of a whole generation of Singaporeans, and particularly the brightest and ablest who have the most options and highest ambitions, to feel that this is something worth doing.'
