Signs of social cohesion coming under strain in Singapore: IPS director

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three reasons behind why social cohesion here is being strained: income inequality, social media and immigration.

regardless of age or SES, respondents in 2024 were significantly more likely to prefer interacting with people of similar income levels

whether the Government’s own hand in many areas has “crowded out” opportunities for Singaporeans to engage each other organically, and if the state should pull back....likened the Singapore state to a banyan tree and spoke of the need to prune it so that civic participation could grow under its canopy.

critical thinking, like civic participation, is a muscle...while students may know the theory, they, as well as citizens at large, “are not being given the freedom to practise that muscle”.

dealing with “super diversity” in Singapore. One can rethink culture as not one of belonging, but one of becoming, where Singaporeans interact by thinking of where they are headed collectively