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ochinaandelsewhere,forlackofsufficienttalenthere.soitisbetterforustoanchortalentsandjoinsingaore,andmakeourimportdtalentfeelwelcomeaspartofthesingaporeteam.

socialandpoliticalenvironment
   wewillcreateasocialandpoliticalmilieuwhichisconducivetooureffortstocreateanenterprisingandiovativesociety.thismeahavingthefreedomtomakepersonalchoices,andtobedifferent.youngpeopleeecially,oftenwanttobenon-conformist.wecanacceptthat,withinlimitsofdecencyofdecorum.wedonotexpecteverysingaporeantodreandbehavethesame.

beyonddreingdifferently,manysingaporea,inparticular,theyoung,wanttohavemoresayinthewaysingaporeisrun.

wehaveallowedfreerexpreionofdivergentpoliticalviews,solongasthisdoesnotcompromiselawandorder,nationalsecurityandnationalinterests.wehavesetupaeakerscorner.singaporeahaveformeddiscuiongrouliketheroundtableandthinkcentretodiscupoliticaliues.intheiritofdiscuion,thegovernmentwillfromtimetotimedisagreepubliclywiththeirviews.itsurelycaotautomaticallyaccepteverythingthattheysay,norshoulditsimplyignorewhattheysay.ifthegovernmentthinksthatsomethingtheysaidwillhurtsingapore,ithastorebutthem,ifneceary,forcefully.

butthisshouldnotbeseenasthegovernmentsmotheringfreeexpreion.thegovernmentwillnotregardyouasanoonentunleyouchoosetobeone.theroundtableisnotanoonent.butthethinkcentreisopenlycriticalofthegovernment.itisone-sidedinitspresentationofarticlesandviews,andthegovernmentcaotignorethis.

iknowsomepeoplewantevengreaterfreedom.butwherepoliticsisconcerned,iprefertoeaseupslowlyratherthanopenupwithabigbang.whengorbachevopenedupthesovietunionwithhis''glaost'',thesovietunioncollaedwithabigbang.weshould,therefore,pumptheairintothepoliticalballoonslowly.idon''tintendtochangemynameto''gohbachev!

newsocialcompact
   intheneweconomy,competitionwillbecomeincreasinglyfierce,thepaceofchangecanbeuettling.

thesocialframeworkwehavedevelopedtohelpthosewhocaotkeepupisgenerallysound.butweneedtoimproveit,sothatwewillholdtogetherasanation

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