Singapore Perspectives 2015 «Choices» Opening Remarks & History»

Conference Singapore Perspectives 2015 Choices

The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) will hold its annual flagship Singapore Perspectives (SP) conference on 26 January 2015. The first in a series of events by IPS to commemorate Singapore’s 50th year of independence, the theme of SP2015 is “Choices” where we consider what roots us to this nation and defines us as a people. IPS Director Janadas Devan spoke of the events leading up to Singapore’s independence on 9 August 1965 in his opening remarks at the Singapore Perspectives 2015 conference.

Video on IPS Study on Perceptions of Singapore’s History: Part I. A video presentation of IPS’ study on historical narratives which Singaporeans identify as integral to the Singapore Story. What are the historical events that are most known and most important to Singaporeans? The first segment of the video presents key findings from the study. which was done by the IPS Social Lab.

Video on IPS Study on Perceptions of Singapore’s History: Part II. The second segment of the video showcases three themes which resonate most strongly with respondents – Nation Building, Differences and National Resilience. Focus group discussions with Singaporeans from different generations shed light on how and why they identified certain historical events as influential and which aspects of Singapore’s history inspire them. "The study was done by IPS Social Lab". The video was done by NYP students. Although the defining features of what it means to be Singaporean may be amorphous, one thing is certain: we may have become Singaporeans by accident 50 years ago, but we remain Singaporeans today by choice.

In particular, we will consider the key choices we have made in three arenas — politics, economy and society — over the last 50 years. Speakers, drawn from among Singapore’s public intellectuals, will contemplate: the choices our founding leaders and pioneer generation had to make in order to overcome the obstacles that a newly independent nation-state faced; what would have been our fate if they had made different choices; and whether the choices they made are still relevant today. As in the past, Singapore Perspectives provides a platform for close to 800 leaders in their fields and interested members of the public to look at the dynamic challenges that Singapore will face in the coming years. We hope that by building bridges between different individuals, we can promote an exchange of views and encourage the emergence of better solutions to policy challenges.

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