Dr Bilveer Singh's misplaced views on Hougang reflects armchair 'expertise'

KuanTi01 said:

I share the exact sentiments. When I read Dr Bilveer's article, I read it with disbelief and disdain. Full of spin and BS. The message from Hougang residents is loud and clear and yet he wrote it like DC's PAP had performed beyond expectations. Tell you what Dr- DC and his PAP had secretly hoped for a miracle to happen but methinks Heaven got eyes! Don't try to downplay the WP's victory-it's utterly disrespectful and disingenuous! Holy shit!

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tanakow said:

With friends like Dr Bilveer, the PAP does not need any enemy.

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Naturally, not all parties on the Yale side are happy about the coming premiere of Yale NUS. The joint venture with NUS was initiated by two members of the Yale Corporation (which is the governing body of Yale chaired by the President of Yale, a board of trustees, the governor of Connecticut, and alumni fellows who serve staggered six-year terms) who were advisors on the Government of Singapore’s investment portfolio.

The chief faculty critic, Seyla Benhabib, a political science professor, put the position of Yale’s faculty in very blunt terms: “Leaving aside this venture’s naïve missionary sentiment, one must ask: Do we need to go to Singapore to advance … a revival of the liberal arts?” (“What’s at Stake at Yale-NUS”, 4 April 2012) After which a resolution was passed by the faculty calling into question issues of civil and political rights within the state of Singapore.

http://www.gazettes.com/news/educat...cle_0161ba8a-a115-11e1-bce5-0019bb2963f4.html

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Confuseous said:

The by-election results signal to both parties that the ward can indeed be up for grabs if either party is able to win the hearts and minds of voters as well as come up with effective programmes to serve them. We will only know in the next General Election.

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jw5 said:

I wonder how he knows that DC has successfully reached out to younger voters.
Is he claiming that the additional votes he garnered from last year are from voters who just turned 21?

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zhihau said:

would be more interesting to know how many new citizens shifted to Hougang SMC :p:p:p

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scroobal said:

Some years ago Bilveer Singh wrote an article critical of the govt and he was immediately raked over th coals for it in public. He nearly lost his job. He had to make a public apology, concede he was in error and have been very obedient since.

Imagine a University don, writing an article over an increase of 145 votes along the lines that an earthquake that was unexpected had taken place. I was truly shocked to see an academic stoop so low.

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jw5 said:

I suspect either very few or they have been indoctrinated by the WP spirit too. :p

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SneeringTree said:

"Also Mr Choo's performance partly reflects his success in reaching out to younger voters"

Biggest joke ever. Bilveer Singh is really playing clairvoyant here, and truly scraping the bottom of the barrel. For the record Choo garnered a grand total of 145 extra votes from GE 2011.

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