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Ngiam Tong Dow -" Elites do not trust electorate and disdainful of people they lead"

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Short extract from ST story headlined ELITE SHOULD TRUST ELECTORATE



Mr Ngiam characterised Singapore as an efficient "adminstrative state", with its system being "a hybrid of meritocracy and peer leadership selection".

"But the Achilles heel of a meritocratice system is that over time, the elite becomes inward-looking and disdainful of the people they lead".

The same mindset may apply to the socioeconomic elite of business leaders and opinion-makers, said Mr Ngiam. For instance, the idea of doing away with the elected presidency seems popular with such circles.

But, he said: " the Singapore electorate is an intelligent electorate" and that if the 'safety-valve' of the vote is removed, the alternative is popular demonstrations. "In my view, our population is more hard-headed than what the elite gives us credit for".
 

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Re: Ngiam Tong Dow -" Elites do not trust electorate and disdainful of people they le

I always have a high regard for Ngiam's views. Why dont you paste the whole article here, bro?
 

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Re: Ngiam Tong Dow -" Elites do not trust electorate and disdainful of people they le

That is because the PAP thinks it has coralled all the talents there can be found in Singapore and they are already in the PAP govt. So no need to listen to any other person; they only have to listen to themselves.
 
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Re: Ngiam Tong Dow -" Elites do not trust electorate and disdainful of people they le

I always have a high regard for Ngiam's views. Why dont you paste the whole article here, bro?

Not subscriber to ST online.

Any other bro can help?
 

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Re: Ngiam Tong Dow -" Elites do not trust electorate and disdainful of people they le

The corollary of NTD's argument is that the electorate should distrust the elites.
 
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