On grappling with threats from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam said at the Straits Times Global Outlook Forum that the country will have to recover quickly, stay united and remain confident in its ability to deal with problems.
“We have to be real about this. We have to harden defences on a whole range of facilities and installations. We’ve already been doing it and we will continue to do it,” he said.
“And fundamentally too over the long term, we’ve got to strengthen our Singapore model — of interacting freely, living together in the same neighbourhood, going to the same schools together and constantly deepening that sense of identity, where people first and foremost feel what they share in common as Singaporeans.”
No comments:
Post a Comment