SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan commented on President Tony Tan Keng Yam’s opening address to the 13^th parliament. He opined that Singaporeans need to be open-minded when considering different perspectives, adding that allowing robust debate could help drive this mindset change. Associate Prof Tan highlighted that security is also likely to be one of the Government’s top priorities, given the string of Islamic State terror attacks, including most recently in Jakarta two days ago.