He concluded with a call to continue the dialogue beyond the conference, bringing the lessons and perspectives discussed to the community, and to renew commitment to advancing harmony through empathy.

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Minister Chee reiterated the aim of deepening common space while respecting distinct identities, openness to careful policy evolution as society changes and warned of the dangers of divisive identity politics to society.

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The first session of the #OPSGIPS2025 Community Leaders’ Conference opened with a presentation by Dr Mathew Mathews, Head of IPS Social Lab and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies. He shared findings from the IPS Race, Religion and Language study,

He traced this philosophy to the evolution of the National Pledge — from an early draft that spoke of “forgetting differences” to the final version that commits to unity “regardless of race, language or religion”.

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