SELF-RELIANCE & MUTUAL SUPPORT
PM Lee: We knew right from the start that to strike out and blaze a path on our own, everyone had to pull their weight and be counted. That is why Mr Lee Kuan Yew exhorted us over and over again to become a rugged society. Our people must be robust and tough, able to take hard knocks, always striving to be better. No one owes us a living and we have to make our own way forward.
But a rugged society doesn’t mean every man for himself. We are strong even though we are small, because we are strong together. The ethos of our society is that if you work hard, you should do well. At the same time, if you do well, we expect you to help others.
We must inculcate this same ethos in our young. That is why we encourage our children to play sports, and send them to adventure learning and character education – to bring up a generation who will grow up tough and able to work closely together.
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(Photo courtesy of National Youth Council – Outward Bound Singapore)
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