Among the objectives of our year-long SG50 celebration are for the people to recall or learn about our nation’s history and to build better bonds as a nation.
Some of us complain often that life here is too hectic or monotonous. While we celebrate, we should think about what quality of life we aspire to for the next 50 years.
We cannot and should not pursue and live the same kind of life as in the past. Internal and external conditions have changed and keep changing; so are our expectations.
We must spend more resources to care for the aged. We should think of how to improve their quality of life in their remaining years. What kind of work could we offer those who have to work?
To be a respected society, we must maintain a certain level of dignity for our seniors. The recent debate on the Central Provident Fund is a good start, though the issue is only one aspect of a big picture.
With smaller families and more unmarried people, what can be done to protect the family institution and enrich family life in future? How can we improve schooling life? How can we improve working life and achieve better work-life balance?
How can we ensure that the interrelationships among various social groups or the social divides remain cordial or even improve? How can we better connect Singaporeans working overseas with us here and help them to adapt easily when they return?
How would the Singaporean identity evolve and how to strengthen it? We must visualise, plan ahead and handle these issues.
We need ideas to reset the nation’s vision, so we have a clearer direction of what to achieve for Singapore and ourselves.
Some of us complain often that life here is too hectic or monotonous. While we celebrate, we should think about what quality of life we aspire to for the next 50 years.
We cannot and should not pursue and live the same kind of life as in the past. Internal and external conditions have changed and keep changing; so are our expectations.
We must spend more resources to care for the aged. We should think of how to improve their quality of life in their remaining years. What kind of work could we offer those who have to work?
To be a respected society, we must maintain a certain level of dignity for our seniors. The recent debate on the Central Provident Fund is a good start, though the issue is only one aspect of a big picture.
With smaller families and more unmarried people, what can be done to protect the family institution and enrich family life in future? How can we improve schooling life? How can we improve working life and achieve better work-life balance?
How can we ensure that the interrelationships among various social groups or the social divides remain cordial or even improve? How can we better connect Singaporeans working overseas with us here and help them to adapt easily when they return?
How would the Singaporean identity evolve and how to strengthen it? We must visualise, plan ahead and handle these issues.
We need ideas to reset the nation’s vision, so we have a clearer direction of what to achieve for Singapore and ourselves.
