Here's what presidential candidates Ng Kok Song and Tharman Shanmugaratnam had to say about connecting with the younger generation of Singaporeans.
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00:00 young Singaporeans using social media has been the central task, trust of my campaign
00:07 strategy and I'm so glad that in the last three weeks I've been able to reach out to
00:13 so many young Singaporeans to see them doing social media, creating social media.
00:23 That is such an encouragement to me.
00:26 I think the most important thing is for us to inspire hope, hope in our younger generation
00:33 for the future.
00:34 I sense that there's a lot of anxiety about the future.
00:37 They feel that the future is not going to give them as much opportunities as in the
00:42 past.
00:44 So we must have this ability to encourage our young that if they do study hard, if they
00:51 work hard, Singapore has got plenty of opportunities for them.
00:56 So I talk about the three elements, self-help, government help, presidential help.
01:03 And I want to help younger Singaporeans specifically by helping them to be less stressed, hence
01:09 the practice of meditation.
01:11 I want them to develop more self-confidence, hence encourage them to take up public speaking
01:17 skills.
01:19 And above all, I want to encourage them to think about how to manage their personal finances,
01:26 how to save and how to invest properly.
01:29 Thank you, Mr Ng.
01:30 Mr Tharman, you're next.
01:32 Your time starts now.
01:34 I believe our young will write the next chapter of the Singapore story by being heroes in
01:41 their own stories.
01:43 And I don't just mean those who start off as star students, star sportspersons, but
01:50 every individual Singaporean.
01:52 We have a lot more potential in each individual Singaporean than we often recognise.
01:59 And it means not just telling everyone that it depends on them and they can make it, but
02:08 tapping on the power of collective support, peer support, teachers taking a particular
02:15 interest in the weaker student, giving them a chance, getting the reserves off the sidelines
02:21 and letting them play in the first team once in a while, letting everyone be a hero in
02:26 their own stories.
02:28 That's the next Singapore chapter.
02:30 And we can do it.
02:31 We can do it in the arts, in the sports, in academia, in science, in technology.
02:37 We've got a lot more potential than we often recognise.
02:41 Our brightest days are ahead.
02:44 (Music)
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