WP Urges Govt to Engage Widely and Explore All Solutions

The Workers' Party (WP) has urged the Government to engage widely and explore all policy suggestions in good faith, including previously untapped ones.

- Ng Wei Kai

In its response to the 2025 National Day Rally, the opposition party said Singapore should "leave no stone unturned" in collective efforts to build a truly resilient nation for the future.

The WP issued its statement following Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's speech at ITE College Central on Aug 17, where he called for Singaporeans to unite to write the next chapter of the country's history and outlined new schemes to support workers and independent living for seniors, among others.

PM Wong also spoke extensively about the challenges Singapore faces, including an unstable global economy and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) impacting jobs and businesses.

The WP addressed some of the new initiatives, and added its suggestions and concerns.

On government efforts to address economic concerns, WP said it agrees that Singapore's economy needs to "keep up with the times".

Responding to a new scheme announced by PM Wong during the rally where community development councils will match workers with jobs near their homes, the WP said: "We agree with the approach of improving job-matching efforts for Singaporeans, and ask that the relevant organisations accelerate the setting up of this programme with the economic uncertainty ahead."

It added that in the party's experience, many residents referred to NTUC's Employment and Employability Institute receive career counselling, but "not the direct job-matching support they truly need".