Singapore’s biggest political protest since allowing these events at a downtown park in 2000 may signal growing difficulty by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s government to push policies without broader support. “They will have to work harder at seeking buy-in rather than putting policies across as imperative,” said SMU Assistant Professor of Law and NMP Eugene Tan, who said that the protest is the biggest in recent memory. “Gone are the old days where the government believes what is the right thing to do and they don’t care what the public thinks and do what is right. Doing what is right is no longer enough.” Assistant Prof Tan added: “Singapore is moving toward becoming a normal democracy. Foreign investors who are astute will realise that these are inevitable developments.”