SINGAPORE, March 17 -- Singaporeans must take responsibility for protecting the nation and advancing its interests in an increasingly uncertain world, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Saturday, urging citizens to remain strong and united.

Speaking at Iftar Utara, a mass fast-breaking event attended by around 7,000 residents and guests at Marsiling Mega Sports Park, Wong highlighted the importance of Singapore's social harmony.

"There is no other country you can find in this world where people of different faiths, different beliefs can come together, can break fast together, (and) can live in peace and harmony together as one family," he was reported to have said by the Straits Times.

"This is very precious, and this is something we...