Singaporeans
must work together to shape their future: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: The future of Singapore depends on what Singaporeans
make of it together, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday
(Nov 29).
He was speaking at the launch of the Future of Us exhibition,
which offers a glimpse into what living in Singapore could be like
in 2030.
"What will our future be like? That's what the Future of Us
exhibition is about. It's up to each one of us to voice our hopes
and future dreams. To make the choices to realise these dreams. To
help one another and work as Team Singapore, to shape our own
destiny so that we can build our own Singapore that's inclusive,
diverse but united," Mr Lee said.
To that end, the Government is kicking off the SGfuture citizen
engagement series. The initiative will be led by ministers Grace Fu
and Chan Chun Sing, and will provide Singaporeans with a platform
to come together to share their views, aspirations and ideas for
the future through discussions and dialogue sessions.
The initiative builds on the nationwide Our Singapore
Conversation, the largest feedback-gathering exercise in the
nation’s history, which involvedinvolving more than 660 dialogue
sessions where Singaporeans discussed their views on Government
policies.
Mr Lee said he hoped Singaporeans will help shape their
collective future through the engagement series.
"I hope you will step forward to work with fellow Singaporeans
to shape our future – the Future of Us," he said. "So that by SG
100, we will have another celebration as happy and satisfying as
this."
Mr Lee added: "Fifty years from now, our children can come back
and tell their grandchildren: It was here they caught a glimpse of
what they could create for the future, and we were moved to turn
dreams into reality and to write the next chapter of the Singapore
story.
“And that is why after SG50, Singapore continued to be an
endearing and shining little red dot for many more years to
come."
The Future of Us exhibition runs from Dec 1 to Mar 8. It will be
the last major event to round up the nation's SG50 celebrations.
More than 85 per cent of tickets for December have been snapped
up.
- CNA/cy