GREATER diversity in Parliament and Cabinet is part of Singapore's future, as the new government leads Singapore through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday evening. Read more at The Business Times.
As for the Cabinet, Mr Lee said: "With your mandate, I have formed the strongest Cabinet I could, to take Singapore through this crisis and beyond." He noted the multicultural nature of the team, with seven out of 20 full ministers being non-Chinese, as well as its different generations of leaders.
Calling for unity regardless of political persuasion in order to face the challenges ahead, he said:"The work of our new Cabinet and government has already begun." Mr Lee noted that the global pandemic situation has taken a further turn for the worse, with new infections and deaths rising, and repeat outbreaks in cities that had initially brought the virus under control. This is why Singapore is ramping up testing and tracing capacity as economic activity resumes.
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