The stronger ties between primary care providers and the patients they serve will produce better outcomes and allow for more sustainable healthcare spending.

Every clinical encounter is an opportunity to generate social capital. Even in situations where patient needs are complex or seemingly insurmountable, it is the empathy and goodwill which makes the difference.

Families represent the basic building blocks of our society, and primary care a foundational piece of any healthcare system.

We have developed our own approach towards rehabilitating people, involving psychological rehabilitation, social rehab within families and of our Religious Rehabilitation Group.

Some of the people involved in ISIS are going to Iraq, and some of our young people are being radicalised through the Internet.

I think we have a good foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew laid down, but you have to move forward. Now the question is what can Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and his team, and all our younger ministers can do now to build on the foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has built.