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Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Another Old Guard Gone

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PM Lee Hsien Loong himself admitted , " Without Dr Toh and his fellow Old Guard, this modern, prosperous metropolis that we now ta...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Promising MP and Civil Servants - From Sex to Scandals to Stupidity

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Singaporeans were treated to sensationalism, sex and scandals over the Lunar New Year . First, there were rumours of WP Hougang MP Yaw Sh...
Thursday, January 05, 2012

Symbolism in Slashing Salaries and Lengthening Legitimacy

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The obvious sign that the PAP government is worried about the weakening social contract with the voters is the commitment to take up the ...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Anti-ISA Circus is in Town

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It is strange that when Najib decided to repeal the ISA in Malaysia clearly for his own political survival, it stirred this hornet's n...
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Thursday, September 01, 2011

Why I am not a “PAP die hard”

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Our recent presidential election (PE) had as much drama as any TV addict could hope for: four pre-qualified candidates (when all previous ...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

The Neutral, Non-Partisan and Natural Choice Tomorrow

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For those who are not voting Tony Tan and Tan Cheng Bock for their ties to the PAP, that leaves us with only Tan Jee Say and Tan Kin Lian. ...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Election Dilemma and the President Idol

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In the recent general election, the majority of us did not vote for an MP. The GRC system meant that most of us actually chose between team...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Tan Kin Lian for President

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The inaugural contested presidential election is here. This Wednesday would be a milestone in Singapore's history. For too long the ...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Internal Politics and Knifing

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Fascinating to see political parties indulging in internal politics. During the GE, the parties were fencing with each other. Mostly gentlem...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

PAP’s GE2011 Post-mortem

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Clearly, there must be, by now, a document with this title being circulated amongst PAP’s top cadre. The following is just my own stab in t...
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

GE: One Week Later

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Things are still falling into place about one week after the milestone 2011 election in Singapore's opposition history, besides other si...
Saturday, April 30, 2011

A Tale of Two Opposition Parties

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SDP Rally at Yuhua on 29.4.11 8pm Workers' Party and Singapore Democratic Party. One is an old brand, the other is being rebranded. The ...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

My Fellow Bloggers...

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My fellow Singaporean bloggers I am proud to be one of you. In a sentimental mood (and blessed with some free time), I read through some of ...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

The March of the Independents

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There were no independent candidates in the 2006 General Elections. However, in the 2001 GE, there was Tan Kim Chuang who stood in Bt Timah,...
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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Pack Mule/Maid and the NSF Not Packing a Punch

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DARPA and the US army have the high-tech Legged Squad Support System , DSO and SAF have the low-tech maid . The picture of the young chap in...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Quality, not Quantity

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The state of Singapore's election candidates? In recent weeks and months, Singapore’s various political parties have introduced a slew o...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Pride, Prejudice and Politics: Hard Truths

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Prejudice This was one of the comments by MM Lee Kuan Yew publicised in January that made angered the Malay-Muslim community especially, ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

"Kingmaker" and "PAP-Breaker" - Political and Proud of It?

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On 3 Nov 2001, Singapore held its general election. A few months earlier that year, the milestone Sintercom website was approached by the au...
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Monday, December 06, 2010

Singapore Cyberattacked and Cyberspied On

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The Straits Times reported it during the weekend, and Yahoo has a more detailed story of how Singapore was cyberattacked during the APEC s...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Cablegate and Singapore

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Since MM Lee Kuan Yew's frank opinions were revealed in Cablegate , what more will be revealed and just as interesting, what won't b...
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