Singapore is “not without agency” amid deeply worrying global developments, despite the country’s limitations as a small state, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said at the S Rajaratnam Lecture on Wednesday (Apr 16).

Addressing political officeholders, diplomats and senior government officials, he outlined the key thrusts Singapore plans to focus on. 

“We must respond with agility and resolve, and actively shape our own destiny,” Mr Wong said, noting that the country is now better resourced and more connected than before.

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