 Juries are therefore argued to be the most widespread form of genuine consultation at work in society today.The tension between the state and civil society as underscored by Public Engagement within Newly Industrialized Economies (NIE) such as Singapore is illustrated by Kenneth Paul Tan of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

"But speaking about public engagement is, of course, quite a different thing from carrying out public engagement.And this is where there seems to be a gap between rhetoric and practice in Singapore.