{"product_id":"9789815081091","title":"Policy, Fairness and Compassion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003esku:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789815081091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eK. Shanmugam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\/1\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Straits Times Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis collection of speeches, interviews and articles from Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam gives insights into his thinking on political and social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt spans a period of over thirty years from 1988, when Shanmugam, then aged 29, was elected into Parliament as the youngest Member of Parliament, to 2008 and beyond, when he became a Cabinet minister holding the portfolios of Law, Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe speeches start from when Shanmugam was a backbencher (for 20 years), pressing for more compensation for his residents and engaging in amusing brushes with government agencies, and continue through to when he became a Cabinet minister, enacting and changing legislation in diverse fields. They add to the perspectives on how Singapore has been governed over the last 38 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"K. Shanmugam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433693200620,"sku":"9789815081091","price":39.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/0910\/3253\/files\/20260326113819_00001_89f0425f-ea00-441f-8583-87b49e05854c.jpg?v=1774596627","url":"https:\/\/yuyi.com.sg\/products\/9789815081091","provider":"Maha Yu Yi Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}