SINGAPORE: Singapore must continue to protect common spaces and strive to maximise interactions with different groups to avoid losing faith in each other, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Sunday (Jul 24).
Speaking at the HarmonyWorks! conference at ITE College Central, Mr Wong said that spaces such as Housing and Development Board (HDB) estates, hawker centres and schools are important experiences for Singapore to build common ground on.
“We should never take them for granted, and therefore we should cherish these common platforms, common spaces, these institutions that bring us together, and work to make them even better,” he added.
However, there are still areas where interactions become more limited, resulting in fewer opportunities for shared experiences, said Mr Wong, who is also the Finance Minister.
“Over time, if we are not careful, we may retreat in our silos and find comfort in our own tribes and have fewer interactions with others,” the Deputy Prime Minister said during his speech, adding that it will become harder to understand those who hold different views.
“All this can easily increase misunderstandings, mistrust and undermine our social cohesion,” Mr Wong added.
Using the United States as an example, he said that such a scenario was not just a “theoretical proposition. Mr Wong cited polls where a third of Americans surveyed said they had good or a great deal of trust in their fellow citizens, compared to close to two-thirds from more than 20 years ago.
He added that two generations ago, close to 50 per cent of Americans said their neighbours were trustworthy, while today, it has gone down to 30 per cent and lower for younger generations.
“We want to ensure this never happens in Singapore, because if we start to lose faith in each other, our nation collapses,” said Mr Wong.
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