10
March
2018
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19:27
Asia/Singapore

Speaking truth to power: Vice or virtue?

Assoc Prof Zeger van der Wal from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS and author of the book The 21st Century Public Manager, noted that mandarins’ and ministers’ roles and interests in a political system are different. He opined that mandarins must be able to provide fearless advice.