Staying open and maximising opportunities for Singaporeans go together: Tharman

Singapore

DESPITE growing divisions in the world, Singapore has to stay open in order to maximise opportunities for its people, said Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

At the same time, it has to manage this openness and assure its citizens of a stake in society.

"We cannot sustain our openness if we do not provide enough opportunities for our own people - it's not socially or politically sustainable.

"The two things go together."

He added that Singapore cannot be a middling business centre, but should be a regional and g…