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Dear Perspective I believe I was part of that group agreeing and laughing gleefully with you that the PAP had no plan B after losing Aljunied. Aljunied was the circle around the doughnut hole. if there was a containment strategy it ended with the loss of Aljunied as if there is any...

Dear Scroo If I was a shareholder, I would applaud the break up. For whatever reasons, SMRT as company is losing money on buses and taxis. Call it concentration on core engineering competency etc etc. Sell the taxi and bus business or Delgro in exchange for its MRT ops. Locke

Dear Per Many candidates are often more in love with themselves then a party or a believe a fatal attraction or combination. a. I deserve to b n MP because of my "pedigree" education, degree, brains b. I deserve to be an MP because of the long years of work I have put...

Dear King Techincal realities and costs meet politics. How do u increase a station length on an underground network ? Train length is a function of station length and if they do not match frequency suffers. Signalling upgrades are expensive but. Better. Locke

Dear. Scroo The literature indicates that SMRT pays for the O n M costs of the fixed assets of LTA ? Thanks Locke

Dear Scroobal The NO's for SMRT look good only because the capital intensive portion of the business has been subsidized by the Government. The latest take away from the SMRT in 2011 indicates the following. a. Profits for 2011 whilst on paper looking good are only good because...

Dear Perspective, Honestly there was no media black out per say as Gilbert was complaining, rather media interest is dependent on the "importance" of the fight and the "drama" and weight of people contesting. The fact that you exists does not make the media obliged to give you the time...

Dear Thick I would like to add that who ratted on who should come to light when the National Archives are released after old man dies and also when the ISD files from that era. My own reading of books from that ERA (Non PAP source ) is that whilst individuals were abused a great many to...

Dear Scroo And Kuo Pao Kun got rehabilitated and Dr Ang and Francis did not ? I really wonder ? Was it a political act to destroy potential political opponents ? Locke

Dear Scroo What happened ? No one would deny that they were left leaning individuals with a passion for left of centre causes. Their careers after they left Singapore were very well indicative of that. But how different were they as left leaning individuals from the seventies and the...

Dear GMS Now lets not put the cart before the horse. In theory, a two party state is the dominate result of a FPTP and a parliamentary democracy. In practice, I do not assume that its in inevitable and the 2.5 ,2.15 2.3 might just be as realistic a scenario. I did not take WP...

Dear GMS Firstly you have to argue that a strong two party state is not in the national interest of Singapore, but seeing as there are many examples of parliamentary democracies with strong two party systems, you might find it hard to twist and turn that one around. The interest of the...

Dear GMS Its a contest at the moment whether we move towards a 2.15 state a 2.5 state or a 3 party state. The long term trends point towards participatory democracy, but not as to the form. No one owes any other opposition party anything to ensure it is 1, .15 to .5 . The question is...

Dear GMS The UK had a dominant two party system for two hundred over years of parliamentary democracy before the Lib Dems was created and that was also to a result of a Labor Split. We could argue till the cows come home whether a two party democracy is good or a four party democracy is...

Dear GMS I hate to be the one to remind you of this but just as the PAP does not owe the opposition a living and screws it at every opportunity. likewise any opposition party does not owe any other opposition party a living and will screw it in a lesser way at every other opportunity...

Scroobal, I would just say that their talent and commitment to beliefs very different from the accepted "normal " in Singapore of their era is sadly missed. In their deeds after they left Singapore, their commitment and the sacrifice of their lives to causes dear to the left shows what...

Dear Perspective, Not "grateful." but just remembering his work and acknowledging his part however small well perhaps medium. Life work, business changes your "perspective" and yes I would remember and acknowledge the work that CTL did. I would just say this that where you and I...

Dear Perspective, Actually I believe Eric does remember all those who tried to help him in ways smalls and big. But then again my view if if the Party "chooses" or gives you a chance to serve, One should not go overboard and believe that one owe's the party your life, and your undying...

Dear Perspective It take "perspective" and a sense of "gratitude" to remember those who you do not see. :_))) You can chose to remember Eric in 2016 but WILL u ? Still have not answered my question ? I believe remembering others if its a part of human nature helps to take the worst edge...

Dear GMS, Each GE for me that I see and feel the pulse on the ground and now a PE is a learning experience. There is EGO on the side of the WP but it is a well deserved EGO and well earned and not the sort of EGO demonstrated by RP in actions and words. I would say the following...