INCREASED Change in importance since last More Less URGENCY TO Net change year, in Singapore Important Important ADDRESS Improving our healthcare system 59 12 +47 FOUNDATIONAL PROBLEMS Addressing poverty in this country 54 13 +41 Change in importance since last year Addressing climate change 54 15 +39 (more important minus less important) Finding ways to combat fake news 53 14 +39 Addressing discrimination, racism 48 14 +34 Closing the economic and social divide 49 15 +34 Protecting people's individual freedoms 48 15 +33 Improving our education system 45 16 +29 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. IMP_POL_PRIORITIES. For each of the following issues and challenges, please indicate whether our country addressing it has become more important to you, less important to you, or has stayed the same in importance, since last year. 5-point scale; top 2 box; more important; bottom 2 box, less important. General population, Singapore. Net change is the difference between 13 more and less important.