SINGAPORE: Complacency could dull Singapore’s ability to respond to emerging threats, Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing warned on Monday (Aug 3), cautioning that Singaporeans should not take the country’s security and success for granted.
Speaking at a dialogue organised by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Mr Chan said complacency worried him most, warning it could undermine Singapore’s ability to navigate an increasingly uncertain geopolitical landscape.
“With every year of success, both on the security front, on the economic front, we might just be tempted – as Singaporeans – to think that … we will always have our rightful place in the sun, come what may,” he said.
Instead, Singapore has to continue earning its place in the world, he said.
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