Conference "Singapore Perspectives 2018 "Together". The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) will hold its annual flagship Singapore Perspectives (SP) conference on 22 January 2018. In harmony with this year's theme of 'Together', Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat emphasised how various issues such as healthcare, ageing and finance come intertwined, the need to approach these issues "in a more cross-disciplinary way", and the importance of various organisations, both private and public, to come together to devise policy solutions.

Speaker - Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance
Moderator - Ms Debra Soon, Chief Customer Officer & Head Family English Segment Mediacorp Pte Ltd.

We hope the Singapore Perspectives 2018 Conference, entitled "Together", will contribute to the national discourse on Singapore's demographic trajectory, and how, if demography is destiny, we may urgently shape the mind-sets, policies and decisions today for the best outcomes for our current and future generations. This background paper provides some points for discussion during the conference, during which we hope to address these questions, amongst others:

• " What policies, institutions, and social and behavioural norms do we need to adapt, to enhance the standing of our longer-living Singaporeans as assets to society, rather than as a burden?
• " How do we sustain economic competitiveness and dynamism given an ageing workforce, and how to ensure maximum participation of Singapore's labour in economic growth?
• " How might the government apply taxation policies and utilise national reserves within the principles of fiscal sustainability and inter-generational equity, to promote a dynamic and inclusive economy and society?
• " How should our social care, social security and retirement funding systems be updated to enable Singaporeans to live longer lives successfully?
• " Will Global City Singapore be "no country for old men", or will it be a city-state for all ages?
• " To whom will Singapore belong, if the citizens of Singapore do not replace themselves?

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