There will be more assurance that Singaporeans’ basic needs at every life stage will be met. Read more at straitstimes.com.
One key move the 4G leadership team intends to make to take the country forward is to create more opportunities for all Singaporeans to chart their own path in life.
And there will be more assurance that Singaporeans’ basic needs at every life stage will be met, such as in education, retirement, healthcare and housing. The exercise sought to refresh Singapore’s social compact – the glue that holds society together – given the challenges facing the island, which range from a more fraught external environment and a rapidly ageing population to greater job insecurity due to rapid technological change.
By 2025, eight in 10 seniors should have access to active ageing centre activities near their homes under the Age Well SG programme. PHOTO: ST FILEThe report took in people’s ideas for Singapore’s future contributed at 275 dialogue sessions, as well as through surveys and roadshows. The Singapore dream, which used to be measured by the five Cs of condominium, car, cash, credit card, and country club, had fallen out of favour, but there was still a tendency for society to measure success by old yardsticks such as the size of one’s pay cheque or home, the report noted.
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