He also outlines bold long-term plans, like merging of outer islands, to keep S’pore relevant, resilient.

By providing more support in areas parents say they need, raising children may be seen as less daunting.

Families will get greater support and confidence for the future, while Singapore will harness the power of new technology on its own terms, PM Wong said.

Singapore has not built underground road tunnels of this scale, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

The Government will also continue to broadly maintain the current ethnic balance.