At a Behavioural Sciences Institute (BSI) conference on liveability held on Monday, SMU BSI Director Professor David Chan noted that research, policies and discussions on liveability need to consider issues of demographics, integration, social habits, and the underlying social and behavioural issues. Prof Chan suggested focusing on the concept of "home-in-community", where Singapore is home to everyone, regardless of nationality, race, and social status. He added: "It is a concept that allows for commonality across people of different grouping, no matter how you slice them. It's important because you want people to live, work and play and have a high quality of life – everybody that's physically in Singapore." And this is where the government will have to put social issues at the forefront of any policy, he said.