The stories that can help shape S'pore's future

Dr Adrian W J Kuah, from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS, discussed the question posed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his 2016 National Day Rally speech – ‘Can things get any better after SG50?’ – and suggested that the answers lie in the narratives of reinvention, resistance and restoration. He opined that by unpacking our stories of the future, we can uncover and assess the reasons for our optimism, challenge the basis for our conservation, and guard against the nascent risks of insularity and fascism.

• TODAY, 23 September 2016, p12