"We in fact do this often - setting up special committees comprising a group of Ministers," DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Such committees ensures that important issues are given in-...depth attention and options weighed by Ministers closer to the issue before Cabinet makes its decisions and takes collective responsibility.
It also ensures that the Government does not operate in silos and that national interest prevails over sectoral or private interests, and that the long term view prevails over the short view wherever possible.
"BUT WE HAVE A SYSTEM OF PRESERVING THE RULE OF LAW AND OF POLICY-MAKING THAT BALANCES PUBLIC AGAINST PRIVATE INTERESTS, AND THE LONG TERM AGAINST THE SHORT TERM, THAT'S STILL A RARITY IN THE WORLD AND IS AT THE CORE OF HOW SINGAPORE HAS SUCCEEDED. Starting with the foundation that Lee Kuan Yew and his team built. And continuing through government under Goh Chok Tong and Lee Hsien Loong and their teams."- Tharman See More
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