From the Archives: Youth in Action (Sept 1991)
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Woohoo! NDP tix balloting is back
Here’s something to lift your Monday blues: You can now ballot for this year’s National Day Parade and two preview shows from today (Jun 6, 2022). That’s right. After two years of low-key celebrations, NDP is back with a bang and wi
PSA: FairPrice offering 10% discount for 4 cooking oil products from now till June 1, 2022
To help consumers cope with the increase in edible oil prices, FairPrice is offering a 10 per cent discount for four cooking oil brands from now till June 1, 2022. They are: Knife Brand cooking oil (2L) at S$7.20 (retailing at S$8.05)Rice
7 excerpts from DPM Heng’s speech at launch of book on Albert Winsemius that explain S’pore’s success
At the launch of the book “Albert Winsemius and Singapore: Here It Is Going To Happen”, which chronicles the life of Singapore’s chief economic advisor Dr Albert Winsemius, on May 23, 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat highlighted ...
Spore’s & M’sia’s Health Ministers discuss each other’s hawker culture in viral video
Singapore’s Health Minister Ong Ye Kung was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a work trip from Mar 23 to Mar 25, 2022. He met up with his Malaysian counterpart Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and gave us a teaser of the good news
17 years ago today, LKY said this about S’pore’s journey toward water independence
At the Marina Barrage Commencement Ceremony on Mar. 22, 2005, Founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew spoke about Singapore’s water story and how the PAP government delivered on the promise to clean up rivers. Here is his speech in full. The Singa
S Rajaratnam’s Global City speech in 1972 was the eureka moment for the generation of its time
It’s an oft-repeated narrative: how Singapore transformed from mudflats to metropolis in just one generation. Not immediately obvious was the genesis of the “how” and that it was first outlined in a speech by founding Foreign Minister S Rajaratnam in ...
Singapore is world’s most instagrammable place in 2022: Travel site
UK Travel website Big 7 Travel has placed Singapore on the top of the list of the most instagrammable places in the world for 2022. Singapore edged out Boracay, Philippines to clinch the top spot in the site’s annual list of 50
How to build a stronger and more cohesive society amidst the pandemic
By Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam My fellow Singaporeans, In this fifth Ministerial broadcast, I will talk about the challenges we face as a society, and how we must work together to strengthen our social compact in the years to come. The Cov
We are here to discuss how we can build our future together: Heng Swee Keat
At the Building Our Future Singapore Together dialogue on June 15, 2019, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat spoke about his vision for Singapore: that government and the people can build a shared future, one where everyone will have a part to
The real Singapore story is society-wide upliftment: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam delivered a speech at the Economic Society of Singapore SG50 Distinguished Lecture, explaining how we achieved broad-based social upliftment with a vibrant economy. Here’s his speech in full. The story of ...
A clean and incorruptible system is part of the Singapore psyche
It took strong political leadership from the founding members of the PAP to build Singapore’s brand of incorruptibility, which is etched in the Singapore psyche and is well known throughout the world.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke at the ...
From open sewer to reservoir in the city: Singapore’s water story as told by Lee Kuan Yew
At the Marina Barrage Commencement Ceremony on Mar. 22, 2005, Founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew spoke about Singapore’s water story and how the PAP government delivered on the promise to clean up rivers. Here is his speech in full. The Singa
PM Lee’s ‘Inclusive Society Forged by Common Purpose’ speech at his Swearing in Ceremony in 2004
Friends and Fellow Singaporeans When Mr Goh Chok Tong persuaded me to enter politics in 1984, it was a big change from the army. I had gone to university on government scholarships, and benefited from the Singapore system. As a boy, I
NDR 2004: PM Lee announces 5-day work week for civil service
In Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s first National Day Rally in 2004, he spoke widely, slaying several sacred cows along the way. He also introduced the 5-day work week to the civil service, laying the foundation of the 5-day work week culture
In full: Lee Kuan Yew’s inaugural Ho Rih Hwa Leadership Lecture 2002
In the inaugural Ho Rih Hwa Leadership in Asia Public Lecture Series in 2002, Founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew spoke at length about entrepreneurship and called for change in values and mindset to unlock entrepreneurship in Singapore. Here’ ...
In full: Lee Kuan Yew’s ‘rainbow’ speech that inspired a nation
In this speech to the Singapore Press Club on Jun 7, 1996, founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew answered the question: Will Singapore survive Lee Kuan Yew and had a special message to young Singaporeans. This title (Picking up the gauntlet: Will
Of big shoes, team spirit and a fresh mandate: ESM Goh’s first National Day Rally speech
Friends and fellow citizens, this is a big occasion for me. It is also a difficult occasion. I said that I was not going to wear Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s shoes, but I found myself stepping into his shoes tonight. I am
Societies which do not educate and realise potential of women are worse off: Lee Kuan Yew in 1975
In his speech at the NTUC International Women’s year on Sep. 1, 1975, founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew spoke about how Singapore must educate and use the abilities and energies of our women, putting in motion childcare services near workpla ...
Life’s better short, healthy and full than long, unhealthy and dismal: Lee Kuan Yew
My belief: life is better short, healthy and full than long, unhealthy and dismal.
Lee Kuan Yew on the withdrawal of British military presence from Singapore
Founding Prime Minister laid out the options in Parliament after the British announced in 1967 that they would be withdrawing their military presence from bases all over Asia, including Singapore. It is a problem of considerable magnitude and complex ...