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July 15th, 2011 |
Author: Temasek Review |
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The late former US President Thomas Jefferson once said: 揥hen the people are afraid of the government, there is tyranny. When the government is afraid of the people, there is democracy.?However, former EDB Chairman and Special Adviser for Economic Development in the Prime Minister抯 Office Philip Yeo is afraid that the PAP regime will become 憈errified?of the people after losing a GRC in the recent general election.
In an interview with the state media, Mr Yeo said:
揂fter the last elections, the ruling People抯 Action Party realises that it抯 no longer infallible. My greatest fear now is that the Government is terrified of the people. You cannot have a system where the people are pampered.?/STRONG>
He added that the repressive regime has run Singapore 憊ery rationally?for the last 45 years though it has imposed draconian laws along the way to suppress the civil rights of Singaporeans and to entrench its political hegemony:
慣he intentions have always been good but we forget that some people were hurt along the way. We need to work with our heads and our hearts. The key is not to swing totally the other way.?
Mr Yeo also reiterate his earlier stance to name and shame Singaporean bond-breakers:
揟hat抯 why I say bond-breakers squander the people抯 money. You break your bond, you break the future of someone else who was on the reserve list.?/P> However he was quick to give scholarships to foreigners and admit readily that a 慻ood percentage?of his EDB and A*Star scholars and staff were from Malaysia, China, India and Vietnam.
揗any were given secondary scholarships at age 15. They grew up here. Many became new Singaporeans. They have become indistinguishable from his Singaporean scholars.?/STRONG>
The number of foreign scholars who break their bonds and leave Singapore for good yearly is not revealed to this very day.
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The late former US President Thomas Jefferson once said: 揥hen the people are afraid of the government, there is tyranny. When the government is afraid of the people, there is democracy.?However, former EDB Chairman and Special Adviser for Economic Development in the Prime Minister抯 Office Philip Yeo is afraid that the PAP regime will become 憈errified?of the people after losing a GRC in the recent general election.
In an interview with the state media, Mr Yeo said:
揂fter the last elections, the ruling People抯 Action Party realises that it抯 no longer infallible. My greatest fear now is that the Government is terrified of the people. You cannot have a system where the people are pampered.?/STRONG>
He added that the repressive regime has run Singapore 憊ery rationally?for the last 45 years though it has imposed draconian laws along the way to suppress the civil rights of Singaporeans and to entrench its political hegemony:
慣he intentions have always been good but we forget that some people were hurt along the way. We need to work with our heads and our hearts. The key is not to swing totally the other way.?
Mr Yeo also reiterate his earlier stance to name and shame Singaporean bond-breakers:
揟hat抯 why I say bond-breakers squander the people抯 money. You break your bond, you break the future of someone else who was on the reserve list.?/P> However he was quick to give scholarships to foreigners and admit readily that a 慻ood percentage?of his EDB and A*Star scholars and staff were from Malaysia, China, India and Vietnam.
揗any were given secondary scholarships at age 15. They grew up here. Many became new Singaporeans. They have become indistinguishable from his Singaporean scholars.?/STRONG>
The number of foreign scholars who break their bonds and leave Singapore for good yearly is not revealed to this very day.
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