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On Political Participation

Mr Low's response to the Population White Paper.

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I'm sure many of my fellow Singaporeans felt some unhappiness after reading through the White Paper or even by simply hearing the phrase that our population will surge to 6.9 million in 2030.  As for myself, I worry about the future.  My parents are old and they are still working really hard.  They have concerns about their healthcare costs and do not know how long more they can work.  As their only child, I really hope that one day I can support them financially but I am uncertain about when I can afford to do so.  Like many other twenty somethings, I have to work, pay for bills/household expenses and part-time studies loan etc.  As I am soon entering the next important stage of my life - marriage, I foresee that there will be plenty of challenges ahead.

I do think that as a Singaporean, we need to be concerned with our state affairs as we are directly affected by the policies in place.  I used to be one who finds listening to parliamentary speeches and reading up on current affairs articles boring.  Perhaps, I am not in the habit of doing so since young which resulted in the aversion and disinterest.  However, since GE2011, the online media gave me a platform to understand more about Singapore politics and from then onwards, I really do believe that each and every Singaporean born and breed here should know that they have a stake in this country we  called home.  With that, I am not saying that we should only get information from a particular source but rather, be exposed to more channels of information to get a good idea of the picture and judge for yourselves.

I believe that more political participation is good for our future (no matter which side you are on).  We need to feel belonged to our country and play a part in it.

Pam


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