Singapore Perspectives 2018 “Together” — Panel III Singaporeans Living Longer – Asset Or Liability

Institute of Policy Studies

The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) held its annual flagship Singapore Perspectives (SP) conference on 22 January 2018. The theme of SP2018 was “Together” and it considered Singapore’s demographic challenges and opportunities as a global city-state without natural resources. The third panel considered the need to prioritise measuring and maximising human welfare over GDP per capita and challenged common misconceptions of aged persons as liabilities to society. The full programme, including presentation slides and speakers’ remarks, are available on our website: http://lkyspp2.nus.edu.sg/ips/event/s... Speakers: 08:11 mins: Professor David Canning, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and Professor of Economics and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health 29:02 mins: Dr Kanwaljit Soin, Practising Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon Moderator: 50:22 mins: Q&A moderate by Associate Professor Corinne Ghoh, Next Age Institute, National University of Singapore.