Speech by Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security, and Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam at the Launch of the "25 Years of Legal Reform in Singapore" Book Series on 28 July 2026. Senior Minister Lee Hsien LoongThe Honourable Chief JusticeMinister Edwin TongMembers of the Judiciary, AGC and MinLawDistinguished guests This 4-volume book series being launched today is a major piece of work. It covers, as you have heard, 25 years of legal changes from the year 2000 to 2025. The Bills that the Ministry of Law (“MinLaw”) worked on, and some of them with other Ministri…

Multi-racial and multi-religious society Speech by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Launch of the "25 Years of Legal Reform in Singapore" Book Series on 28 July 2026. The Honourable Chief Justice, Cabinet colleagues, and members of the JudiciaryDistinguished guestsLadies and gentlemen I am very happy to join you to launch the Book Series “25 Years of Legal Reform in Singapore”. This publication is a fitting contribution to SGLaw200, commemorating the Bicentennial of Singapore’s modern legal system. In the span of one lifetime, Singapore has developed from a young nation still f…