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In Singapore, there are political appointmenst of Parliamentary Secretary / Senior Parliamentary Secretary (政務部長 / 高級政務部長) and Minister of State / Senior Minister of State (政務部長 / 高級政務部長) for each ministry to aid the minister and the PermSec (Permanent Secondary﹐ 常任秘書). I remember...

Cut and paste my reply at another forum to here too, context of response is about setting floor price for govt land sales prices in Singapore. PAP needs to give other political parties a chance to groom the next Lee Kuan Yew. Hi Jarl, to ask why market priced land has a floor price to is is...

[Prepared?]Tsunami of immigrants from Europe/ USA immigrants to SE Asia? But are Singaporeans prepared? Today, there is alleged inflation due to capital outflows from USA(FED) Japan due to their aggressive Quantitative Easing (QE) aka print $$$ policies. Today these large countries export $$$...

A critique of the GRC system of elections in Singapore and a better solution forward Will try, [Pict source: [Table1]: Yeo Lay Hwee. “Electoral Politics in Singapore”*Electoral Politics in Southeast And East Asia, eds. Aurel Croissant, Gabriele Bruns & Marei John (Singapore: Friedrich Ebert...

Singapore: Why foreign websites/ discussion forums are so essential for political fre Singapore: Why foreign websites/ discussion forums are so essential for political freedom, wisdom and discourse here. In 'Govt won’t sue you if you say it is made up of idiots' [TRE, 25Nov2012] Law and...

Before we introduce the FT MP, how about reviewing the (duplicitous) GRC system of elections? (The Parliamentary Elections Act) Before PAP decides to introduce a FT MP scheme (dun pretend, U know what the abbrv.'FT' means), lets free minority political representation of the duplicitous GRC...

The Straits Times, Published on Nov 06, 2012 No true democracy with [antiquated] US Electoral College system TODAY'S presidential election in the United States raises the question of whether the country is really a democracy with the Electoral College system. Does every vote count? The US uses...

USD/EuroZone 'Rating downgrade - beginning of the end, hyperinflation next' [alt link] Will communist China next rule the world, will we have hyperinflation and then the rise of a new world government and the rise of a new world currency? Prey tell, what are the challenges facing the new...

Political allegiance should not be factor in the provision of legal aid to needy Sing Political allegiance should never be factor in the provision of legal aid to needy Singaporeans. I read with deep concern an article 'Subhas Anandan to offer free legal aid to Hougang residents if Desmond...

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Singapore's very own celebrities are helping the Singapore Democrats raise funds. Filmmaker Glen Goei as well as actors Lim Kay Siu and Neo Swee Lin will make an appearance at the public screening of the hit movie The Blue Mansion. The movie, directed by Mr Goei, was released in 2009. It...

[QFT]: G Giam: 'How PAP uses taxpayer-funded grassroots for political gain' How PAP uses taxpayer-funded grassroots for political gain By Gerald Giam; 10 October 2009 | 12,429 Reads | 17 Comments Last week, Mr Eric Low and Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, the PAP MP-aspirants who lost to...

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SPD honours ex-ISA detainee Dr Lim Hock Siew Former Singapore detainee Dr Lim Hock Siew at a tribute to him on Saturday, 6 August 2011. (YouTube screengrab … Born in 1931, incarcerated in 1963 and released in 1981. Now 80-years old, Dr Lim Hock Siew, sits quietly, his wife by his side, as...

What have he got to offer to the current situation? He had formerly introduced the “white-horse” PM-Lee to the public. In the early 90s, there were steps taken to properly introduce the current PM to us & the rest of the world. Though, we knew there were many who was capable then, eg Dr. Tony...

Full title: Minister Tharman accepts that inflation of GRC post 1988 'fixes' political opposition. - (Our first class political leadership isn't as clean as it ought to be.) 'Singapore's Future - long term challenges' (CNA, 2April2010) [YouTube@#t=12m12s], Minister Tharman is heard...

Pls see 23Aug2010: Partisan politics reeks of prejudice (GRC et al.) for updated version(s) of this post. I think that it partisan politics isn't healthy for the future of Singapore and it is thus wrong for CHAPTER 218- 'Parliamentary Elections Act' to be so biased towards partisan politics...

What will you promise Sinkaporeans if you want them to vote for you?:D

I'm really frustrated with the ERP system.. and connected to this, the mainstream media. Let's take the first one. The ERP. When I first noticed the new gantries going up, I was totally puzzled. Why? Simply because the roads they were going up on were simply not crowded! As least not...