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Both the above tensions are related to the need to review the effectiveness
of the many helping hands approach due to growing demands for social
services as well as a sector with increasingly diverse social services but also
of uneven capabilities. The policy tensions need careful examination and
debate because it is important to better understand how communities are
built in the Singapore context and how community spiritedness relates to
the soul of a nation. Here is where social work, as well as other related
disciplines and professions, could make a significant contribution to the next
phase of nation building by working closely with policy makers to assess the
next steps forward.
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