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SINGAPORE - This is the transcript of Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat's broadcast to the nation on Saturday on emerging stronger together.
When will the crisis end? Nobody can be sure. There is profound uncertainty – about how the pandemic will evolve, and how our livelihoods will be disrupted. I understand your anxiety. Some ask: Will I lose my job? And if I lose my job, can I find a new job? Will our children still have a bright future? Will my business survive?
Supporting Every Singaporean Our most urgent task now is jobs. Your job is our top priority. Because jobs are the most direct way for every Singaporean to improve our lives and support our loved ones. As our labour movement puts it, “A job is the best welfare for our people.” We are doing our best to keep viable businesses afloat, helping them hold on to their workers for as long as possible, so that you can preserve your livelihoods.
To succeed, we need to master the major trends reshaping the global economy, and speed up the structural transformation of our economy. With Covid, resilience and reliability will be more valued, Asia is likely to remain a bright spot. The shift to digital will accelerate. The way we live and work will be transformed. We must support our businesses and workers to ride on these trends, and re-imagine our economy for a post-Covid future.
Emerging Stronger as a Society As we build a stronger economy, we must also strengthen our society. To ensure that no Singaporean is left behind, we must strengthen our culture of solidarity, as Senior Minister Tharman says. The circuit breaker has revealed vulnerabilities in our midst. We have already begun forming these networks, such as the Youth Mental Well-being Network, Uplift and the SG Cares Community Care Network. We will form new partnerships around issues that you care about, and to make a difference through action.
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