Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim said he is heartened that Singapore has a legislative framework that tackles foreign interference issues, during a People's Action Party's walkabout on Saturday morning (April 26).
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00:00There are foreign interference from all over the world and especially in the heat of elections and
00:05we've seen it in other jurisdictions and I think the destination, the vision for Singapore must
00:11be determined by Singaporeans and Singaporeans alike. We are a unique society, we are a society
00:18with not just various races, we are a society with a heart but it's a unifying heart. So we
00:23see that when you hear news, when you hear postings, when you hear parties who are trying to influence
00:31the way we shape our politics, the way we shape our communities here, that's something that's quite
00:36concerning but I'm quite heartened that we have the legislative framework that we're having set up
00:41in the last parliament sitting to tackle all these issues and I think it's prescient, it's actually
00:48quite forward leaning forward facing for our government to actually have that protective
00:54measures because we need to protect our society the way we lead our lives, the way we choose our
01:01our future, the way we chart our forward ahead. So with that I ask all Singaporeans, we may have
01:06different thinking, we may have disagreements about how to make things done but I think we are all headed
01:12in the right direction, the same destination and I think all of our Singaporeans, even the
01:17traditional residents, they understood the importance of it that their voice must be their voice alone
01:22and not be altered by foreign interference.