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To vote anything but top quality into office could lead to, among others, job losses and falling property prices, Mr Lee added. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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SINGAPOREANS who vote opposition just for the sake of it were warned by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew that they were risking their own fortunes.
Using a sports analogy, he reiterated the importance of ensuring a 'Division 1 team' was voted into Government.
Speaking at a National Day dinner yesterday in his Tanjong Pagar GRC, he said: 'You vote in a Div 3 Government instead of a Div 1 Government, the whole economy will subside within three, four years. Finished.'
To vote anything but top quality into office could lead to, among others, job losses and falling property prices, he added. 'We will be worse than our neighbours because our neighbours have oil and gas, palm oil and many other things...We have none of these.'
He also warned about how money politics in some countries had bled talent from ruling parties there.
Singapore had avoided this situation, he said, because it had an 'above board' Government which chose MPs carefully.
'With each election, the quality of the MPs...is renewed, and we have a leadership that is able to match the rising standards of the population.'
It was all these factors and risks, he said, that those calling for more opposition did not understand.
'They say: 'Oh let's have different parties change and be in charge of Government.' Is it that simple?
'We know that Singapore wants opposition to check the PAP. We'll find a way to have more voices inside the assembly, but not at the risk of voting in a Div 2 or 3 Government.'
Mr Lee, a founder of the People's Action Party, saved for last his thoughts on its future: 'If ever the PAP goes corrupt, weak, it's finished. You will have to look for a new team, and a new party. That will be very difficult. So just watch and make sure nothing goes wrong with the PAP.' Read also: Help for the poor: MM
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To vote anything but top quality into office could lead to, among others, job losses and falling property prices, Mr Lee added. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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SINGAPOREANS who vote opposition just for the sake of it were warned by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew that they were risking their own fortunes.
Using a sports analogy, he reiterated the importance of ensuring a 'Division 1 team' was voted into Government.
Speaking at a National Day dinner yesterday in his Tanjong Pagar GRC, he said: 'You vote in a Div 3 Government instead of a Div 1 Government, the whole economy will subside within three, four years. Finished.'
To vote anything but top quality into office could lead to, among others, job losses and falling property prices, he added. 'We will be worse than our neighbours because our neighbours have oil and gas, palm oil and many other things...We have none of these.'
He also warned about how money politics in some countries had bled talent from ruling parties there.
Singapore had avoided this situation, he said, because it had an 'above board' Government which chose MPs carefully.
'With each election, the quality of the MPs...is renewed, and we have a leadership that is able to match the rising standards of the population.'
It was all these factors and risks, he said, that those calling for more opposition did not understand.
'They say: 'Oh let's have different parties change and be in charge of Government.' Is it that simple?
'We know that Singapore wants opposition to check the PAP. We'll find a way to have more voices inside the assembly, but not at the risk of voting in a Div 2 or 3 Government.'
Mr Lee, a founder of the People's Action Party, saved for last his thoughts on its future: 'If ever the PAP goes corrupt, weak, it's finished. You will have to look for a new team, and a new party. That will be very difficult. So just watch and make sure nothing goes wrong with the PAP.' Read also: Help for the poor: MM
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