Mr Lin Suling
Senior Columnist, The Straits Times
Lin Suling is a journalist, author and former public servant. She is senior columnist at the Straits Times and affiliate faculty at the Singapore Management University today. Prior to this, she was the founding editor of CNA’s Commentary and Podcast sections. A Defence Merit Scholarship recipient, she had spent more than a decade in public service at the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Finance, the Pioneer Generation Office and NTUC. She was also a member of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations BoardAgender Mentorship Programme for Aspiring Women Directors, a committee member of the Interagency Task Force for Mental Health and most recently, author of a chapter on Women in Leadership: Business, Community and Politics in the book Why Not: Thinking about Singapore’s Tomorrow, published in June 2024.
Care Work: Why It Should Be Paid Work (2.30pm)
Women generally bear most of the caregiving load in families. Many leave stable full-time jobs to look after children, parents or other family members. This leaves them financially vulnerable in their later years. How can caregiving work be better recognised and fairly compensated in Singapore?
