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National Day Rally 2009
Global Warning
We are not alone. Singapore's key challenges, raised by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech on Sunday night, are also being confronted elsewhere
4 Challenges facing Singapore
National Day Rally 2009 highlights
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong focused on four key issues in his sixth National Day Rally speech this year - the economy, healthcare, social harmony and shaping Singapore together....
Excerpts from PM Lee's Malay speech
How Singapore's Muslim community reacted to Sept 11 terror attacks in US...
PM Lee starts National Day Rally speech
In the Malay speech, he highlighted that Malays are an essential part of Singapore's community and credits their success to education...
New sectors emerging
PM Lee cited the digital and interactive media industry as a blossoming industry in Singapore...
Optimism for Q3, but more job losses possible
PM Lee said he is confident that Singapore would overcome the economic challenge, but stressed the need to step back...
Some jobs better than no jobs at all
In his National Day Rally speech delivered in Malay today, PM Lee said he was heartened that many malay workers are using SPUR...
S'pore brand a powerful weapon
In his National Day Rally speech given in Mandarin earlier this evening, PM Lee noted that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were affected more greatly in the financial storm...
   
Local Warming
I grew up in an unusual place, a Chinatown shophouse filled from floor to ceiling with Taoist idols.
Don't take religious harmony for granted
PM addresses AWARE
At the National Day Rally 2009, PM Lee raised the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) saga as a case not to be followed...
Singapore can still be pulled apart by religion
While foreigners praised Singapore's racial and religious harmony, PM Lee said that feels that Singapore has not completely arrived and Singaporeans still have to work hard at it...
Singaporeans cannot be complacent
PM Lee mentioned that Singaporeans cannot be complacent. He said religious fervour is increasing, and we cannot completely avoid friction.
   
H1N1: We made a difference, says PM
PM Lee Hsien Loong extended his gratitude earlier this evening to the country for its efforts in the fight against H1N1...
S'poreans should watch out for obesity, says PM
Singaporeans should pay particular attention to tipping the scales and obesity, said PM Lee Hsien Loong earlier this evening...
Govt to push for filial piety
A Chinese old lady passed away. Her family members intended to use the void deck at the next block to conduct the funeral rites....
   
   

PM Addresses Aware
The Maintainance of Religious Harmony Act is a gem of a law world over should emulate. Non-believers, believers of faiths and faiths with other faiths are kept private and must not intrude into public sphere.

2009 - One of the BEST National Day speech
Singapore is unique in which we approach the issues differently from other countries. We cannot afford to tear the society into pieces in advancing certain race or religion. If there are widen gap of distrust in the society, it is very difficult to mend it.

Impressed with PM's clarification on religion/racial harmony
Reader impressed with his clarification of issues after watching first 1.5hrs of speech

Treat new citizens as equals
Apart fm thank you, it's still thank you. Thanks for the leadership, thanks for yr foresight and thanks for bringing Spore fm third world to FIRST. I look fwd to yr mentorship to bring Spore even BEYOND FIRST WORLD...
 

» Part 1 - State of Economy
» Part 2 - Healthcare
» Part 3 - Social cohesion
» Part 4 - How we've transformed Singapore

» National Day Rally speech (Mandarin Full version)
 
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