'Do you agree with criticisms of PAP?' PM Wong responds at youth dialogue
Unhappiness and frustrations about the government - even if they are without «logic and rationality» - is a reality everywhere, not just in Singapore, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (Jan 21).
Speaking at a dialogue session at the University Cultural Centre in NUS, he added that the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) will try to find solutions to Singaporeans' concerns - even if there are «no easy answers».
«We explain to you what the situation is to the best of our abilities, and then we find ways to move forward as a country,» said PM Wong to the nearly 900 students across various education institutions.
He was responding to a question from a student participant on who had asked: «Do you agree with criticisms of PAP?»
Wong addressed a wide range of topics at the dialogue, including the affordability of public housing, cryptocurrency, and same-sex marriage.
Moderated by NUS' vice-provost of student life Leong Ching, the session took a light-hearted tone when another student probed the prime minister about some of the criticisms he had heard about the ruling PAP government.