7 'PC' ways to make people-centric policies

• Main Author: CHAN, David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Public Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1849; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3106/viewcontent/ST_20151222_02.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

If asked to describe 2015 for Singapore, I would summarise it as "a people-centric year". For just about everyone - politicians, civil servants, community leaders, academics, journalists, social activists or the public itself - the attention was centred on issues that matter to the people. It may seem obvious that being people-centric should characterise how Singapore goes about things. But when people-centricity is driven by populist concerns or political correctness, the outcomes can be self-defeating at best and disastrous at worst. It is important that individuals, communities and the Government, who adopt the ideal of being people-centric, know what it takes to be truly so.