The Common Good and Social Cohesion

Pulse 01 Sep 2025 At a recent dinner to mark the 35th anniversary of the Taoist Federation and Singapore’s 60th year of independence, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong emphasised that Singapore must work harder to prevent social and religious disharmony. Acknowledging that...

与AI共同生活——理想的世界?

2025年8月25日 《与AI共同生活——理想的世界? 》 你是否曾经设想过,与人工智能(AI)共同生活的世界会是什么样的?科幻作品如《黑客帝国》中的虚拟世界、《机器人总动员》中的友善机器人WALL-E,甚至《银翼杀手》中的仿生人都为我们提供了想象的蓝本。在这些作品中,AI不再是简单的工具,而是拥有着独特行为特征的生命体。如今这样的幻想或许正变为现实,人类已创造出AI——与人类形象接近的数码人物(Digital...

Religious Harmony and Social Cohesion in Singapore

Pulse 18 Aug 2025 This speech was delivered at a panel discussion on religious harmony and social cohesion organised by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). The event, which brought together delegates from ASEAN member states, was held at...

UNITY IN ENCIRCLED DIVERSITY

Credo 18 Aug 2025 “In the essentials, unity. In the non-essentials, liberty. In all things, charity (that is, love).” Many readers will be familiar with this saying by Rupertus Meldenius, a German Lutheran who wrote in the late 1620s. Less familiar, however, may be...