Here’s a summary of her address:
1. Securing jobs for Singaporeans
- Jobs will remain
our top priority for the next few years. The Government will continue to look out for lower-wage and mature workers
- We will resume air travel safely, to maintain Singapore’s role as a global and regional
hub. We will strengthen digital connectivity and help companies develop their links to new markets.
- The Government will also push for sustainable growth in our city-planning and infrastructure.
2. Building a Fair and Just Society
- To build a stronger and more cohesive society, the Government will do more to support every Singaporean, at each
stage of life.
- We will continue to strengthen safety nets in a financially sustainable way, support young families, and take good care of our seniors.
- We also
have to continue strengthening social mobility and broadening our conception of merit.
3. Strengthening our Singaporean identity
- In the longer-term, the key to Singapore’s success lies in our sense of shared identity.
- We must recognise larger forces are at play that test our solidarity and pull us in different directions, such as social media amplifying contenting voices and views.
- Our multiracialism is still
a work in progress - each successive generation will bring different life experiences and perspectives. Singaporeans must continue to work hard to listen to and understand one another.
4. Evolving our politics
- The Government and opposition both have roles to play to build trust in our public institutions, achieve good outcomes for Singapore
- We will encounter many differences in the views and interests of Singaporeans,
but we must learn to handle these differences constructively. On some issues, we can agree to disagree. But on issues core to Singapore’s survival and future, we must do our best to find common ground and build a broad consensus.
- The key question is how to forge a common cause together, regardless of our own political inclinations.
- President Halimah Yacob
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