SINGAPORE: Even as the Government works to prepare Singaporeans for future challenges, the People’s Action Party (PAP) must “abide by the ...
SINGAPORE: Even as the Government works to prepare Singaporeans for future challenges, the People’s Action Party must “abide by the principles which have won the trust of generations of Singaporeans”, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Saturday .
Delivering the keynote address at the PAP Women’s Wing annual conference, Mr Heng said the organisation has play a key role in this, by pushing for change to better support Singaporean women and ensure that they can participate more fully in society. While there were only four female Members of Parliament when the PAP Women’s Wing was formed, several decades later, there are 20 women who are MPs and eight political office holders.“I’m happy to see more women in political leadership and we must build on this,” said Mr Heng. “In our private sector, women now make up about one-third of senior management positions in Singapore.
Women in Singapore should also continue to"have meaningful work" while having the support to start a family, take care of parents or have other pursuits, added Mr Heng.
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