Publication Type
News Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2015
Abstract
If asked to describe 2015 for Singapore, I would summarise it as "a people-centric year". For just about everyone - politicians, civil servants, community leaders, academics, journalists, social activists or the public itself - the attention was centred on issues that matter to the people. It may seem obvious that being people-centric should characterise how Singapore goes about things. But when people-centricity is driven by populist concerns or political correctness, the outcomes can be self-defeating at best and disastrous at worst. It is important that individuals, communities and the Government, who adopt the ideal of being people-centric, know what it takes to be truly so.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Public Policy
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Straits Times
First Page
A19
Last Page
A19
ISSN
1692-9344
Publisher
Singapore Press holdings
Citation
CHAN, David, "7 'PC' ways to make people-centric policies" (2015). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 1849.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1849
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1849
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