Chairman of the SMU Board of Trustees and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings Ho Kwon Ping delivered his fifth and final lecture as the Institute of Policy Studies' S R Nathan Fellow. His lecture on April 9, in the series entitled “Singapore: The Next Fifty Years”, examined the evolution of Singapore society and national identity. Mr Ho said that Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s recent passing serves as a poignant reminder on how it is now time for Singapore to forge its own identity based on a collective of diverse identities and histories. He also said that it is crucial for Singapore’s continuing survival and well-being, to keep its borders open to the outside world as well as to maintain social mobility within. Mr Ho identified three broad tasks to achieve this – strengthening the cohesive diversity that underpins our identity; improve social mobility and a culture of egalitarianism; and build a collaborative mode of governance and an information-rich society.