{"product_id":"policy-fairness-and-compassion","title":"Policy, Fairness And Compassion","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis collection of speeches, interviews and articles from\nCoordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K.\nShanmugam gives insights into his thinking on political and social issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt\nspans a period of over thirty years from 1988, when Shanmugam, then aged 29,\nwas elected into Parliament as the youngest Member of Parliament, to 2008 and\nbeyond, when he became a Cabinet minister holding the portfolios of Law,\nForeign Affairs and Home Affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe speeches start from when Shanmugam was a backbencher\n(for 20 years), pressing for more compensation for his residents and engaging\nin amusing brushes with government agencies, and continue through to when he\nbecame a Cabinet minister, enacting and changing legislation in diverse fields.\nThey add to the perspectives on how Singapore has been governed over the last\n38 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKasiviswanathan Shanmugam, SC, better known as \u003cb\u003eK.\nShanmugam\u003c\/b\u003e, is Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for\nHome Affairs. He has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1988. He has\nalso served as Minister for Law and Minister for Foreign Affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAdmitted to the Singapore Bar in 1985, he later became a\nSenior Partner at Allen \u0026amp; Gledhill, and one of the youngest lawyers to be\nappointed a Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore at the age of 38.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShanmugam was educated in Raffles Institution and at the\nNational University of Șingapore where he graduated at the top of his class\nwith a First Class Honours degree in law in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FOCUS PUBLISHING LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44865669824719,"sku":"9789815081091","price":31.91,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_d4fd1a97-f4c9-4614-96ef-d427b29b731d.webp?v=1771907900","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/policy-fairness-and-compassion","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}