We Singaporeans are very Concerned: The Citizens’ Agenda 2025

Synopsis

New Naratif ran The Citizens’ Agenda to survey Singaporeans on this question:

In your opinion, what issues do you consider important to Singapore and think that the candidates in the upcoming General Election should talk about as they compete for your vote? Please give as much detail as possible.

This book is the culmination of The Singapore Citizens’ Agenda. You will find analyses of the data gathered, as well as the articles that we produced to explain and analyse the top issues.

About The Editor

Thum Ping Tjin (“PJ”) is Founder of New Naratif, a movement to democratise democracy in Southeast Asia. He is an award-winning writer, Rhodes Scholar, Commonwealth Scholar, Olympic athlete, and the first Singaporean to swim the English Channel. His work is on Malayan nationalism and decolonisation and, more broadly, Southeast Asian governance and politics. He has a doctorate in history from Oxford, where he was also a fellow between 2014 and 2022. His most recent work is Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore: The Malayan Generation, 1953-63 (Routledge, 2024).