Amid global uncertainty, experts question if Singapore's "status quo" budget does enough to tackle inequality, AI disruption, and the pressures families feel. In what has become an annual event, the Social Inclusion Project (SIP) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), held a panel discussion on February 13 to dissect Singapore’s 2026 budget from the perspective of building a stronger and more inclusive society.

Singapore’s Family Empowerment Programme challenges traditional welfare systems by offering unconditional cash transfers. Discover its impact on families.

Singapore's Budget 2024, attempts to act on ambitions of the Forward Singapore exercise, which aims to refresh its social compact "for the road ahead"

In a bid to fast-track the legislation process of its new security law, Hong Kong gazetted its Safeguarding National Security Bill on Mar 9 and tabled it for vetting by its legislature on the same day.