Knowledge@SMU
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-2011
Abstract
Democratic societies require the participation of its citizens in order to function. A quick, obligatory visit to the polling station counts, of course, but that may not be enough. If a country is "to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress", citizens must care enough to share their constructive views – and in the absence of that, ask "inconvenient questions". Speaking at SMU's Wee Kim Wee Centre Lunchtime Talks, Viswa Sadasivan, a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore, believes that such questions are necessary to "provoke and stimulate" the country's leaders to greater heights. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disciplines
Law
Copyright Owner and Holder
Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012
Licece/Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Article ID
1338
Subject(s)
Law and Public Policy
Citation
Knowledge@SMU.
For a better world, ask "inconvenient" questions. (2011).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/209