When I assume the premiership, I will make sure that one of the first countries I visit will be Singapore.
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I’m not interested in making a mark, to be frank. My focus has been and will continue to be taking care of my residents, expressing my mind in relation to issues concerning policy and contributing without being too concerned about how the outcome benefits me.
I am not a criminal and I do not want to go through life being branded as one by my own country. It takes a psychological toll on you going through life thinking you are less than everyone else.
I’m glad there was quite a fair bit of failure quite early in my life … Through all those failures, I realised that, very often in a crisis, there are a lot of opportunities.
We wanted to target a different audience - one that normally buys food at supermarkets. We want to show them that all these food that they normally buy are thrown away and to get them to ask questions like why are all these good-quality food being thrown away.
The increasing polarisation of views on so many social issues is deeply concerning and can split our society at its core. How can we ensure more and safe spaces to engage in difficult and divisive conversations?
