Singapore Perspectives 2005 "People and Partnerships"

Singapore Perspectives is a flagship conference of the Institute of Policy Studies.  It is a platform for thought leaders to engage an audience of policy makers, business leaders, civil society activists and other interested members of the public on critical issues facing Singapore.  Its key objective is to stimulate lively discussions about the challenges the country is likely to face in the year ahead, while being cognisant of broader and longer-term trends that will affect us too.

The theme of Singapore Perspectives 2005 is ‘People and Partnerships’.  The first presentation of the Domestic Politics, and Economics sessions provide a survey of the landscape at the macro-level.  They will deal with issues of electoral politics and macroeconomic strategies for growth.  The second presentation of these sessions focus on what it will mean for the people, at the micro-level.  They will discuss the implications for jobs, our daily livelihood, and social cohesion.

The Special Focus Session is on Foreign Affairs.  We hope it will throw up ideas for strengthening our ties and partnerships at the government-to-government, and people-to-people levels with our neighbours, the major powers in the region and the United States.

To view Conference Programme, click here.

Media Coverage

• Radio Singapore International. 2005. Singapore’s ‘silver industry'. 4 February
• The Business Times. 2005. S’pore-M’sia ties back on even keel: Past year has shown that peaceful co-existence is achievable even though not all outstanding bilateral issues are resolved. 3 February
• The Business Times. 2005. Religion seen as most worrying threat to harmony. 20 January
• The Business Times. 2005. S’pore can now handle downturn better economist: But how effectively it adjusts to longer term challenges remains a question. 20 January
• The Straits Times. 2005. Little red dot is sometimes misunderstood. 20 January
• The Straits Times. 2005. Policy of gradual change ‘to stay’. 20 January
• The Straits Times. 2005. Slowdown? S’pore ‘shielded’. 20 January
• The Straits Times. 2005. Time’s ripe for S’pore to boost regional ties: This will benefit private sector and help resolve bilateral issues. 20 January
• TODAY. 2005. Caught in the middle: ‘Sandwich generation’ also needs to be taken care of, says sociologist. 20 January
• Channel NewsAsia. 2005. IPS seminar participants discuss political issues, problems of ‘sandwich’ generation. 19 January
• Channel NewsAsia. 2005. Singapore Tonight: Coverage on “Singapore Perspectives 2005: People and Partnerships". 19 January
• Radio Singapore International. 2005. Singapore’s evolving political environment. 19 January