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At first glance, Bruno Serrien’s letter appeared to read like just another “praise Singapore” letter, but one statement he made struck me. “Singapore is not governed, but managed as a company with 4.7 million shareholders.” That to me was the most revealing, as well as the most contentious...

Cherian George, assistant professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, has written a timely article on the need to tolerate political diversity in Singapore. Published on 10 Aug in the Straits Times, his article entitled “Time to tolerate political diversity” starts...

Yes I did. I will give a summary of it with one or two comments on my website later tonight. E-Jay

True, very often what is omitted tells us more than what is actually written.

Dear zhihau, Actually you're one of the more pleasant personalities to engage in a forum :D As for being a post-whore, we all go through that stage. I've been there and done that. My previous nick Kaixin1 had a few thousand posts in several months. I accidentally posted my NRIC and address...

We need to have good people taking the lead. Singaporeans need to see good people coming forward with initiative. Taking the lead can mean joining an opposition party and starting groundwork, speaking up using all channels available, etc. What we need are articulate and presentable individuals...

The same should be true for every govt policy, not just the FT policy. Yes, they have certainly made Singapore attractive to foreigners, but have they made SG a better *home* for our own citizens? I venture "no". If they are truly interested in what they term "sustainable growth", and not...

Dear Zhihau, If attracting migrant workers is truly in our genetic makeup, perhaps we should be worried. Last century, that genetic makeup served us well, enabling us to grow into a full-fledged nation comprising people of diverse abilities. But today, that genetic makeup is causing our home to...

Dear Scroobal, 1. Ever wonder why some people like to give themselves veiled praise? 2. Ever wonder why some people insist on dragging past conflicts into a new forum, and furthermore, pinning the blame entirely on one entity?

1. I did not label locke a PAP or LKY apologist because of his posts in this thread. 2. Yes, all men change over time. I am merely emphasizing LKY changed to a dictator. 3. Of course, politicians leverage on each other's politics. When I write I do the same thing too. I also use words and...

Yes, you are right. Thanks for being the first person to point out this.

Dear lockeliberal, Why do you insist on marring this discussion by unceremoniously dragging in half-truths, misrepresentations, and flagrant biases against the SDP, which was never part of this discussion? 1. You claim SDP & its supporters have an "everything or nothing or my way or the...

1. Just because LKY created an economic success story does not mean we should not criticize the methods he has employed. 2. He might have been a successful politician, but no one can be sure another person employing vasting different methods would not have achieved the same level of success...

If I tried to act against everyone who impersonated me, I would have no time to do anything else. That is why I keep to my blog most of the time. Only now and then will I post articles on forums. But thanks for your advice.

I would like to clarify that I am NOT the moniker "sgpolitics" in this forum. I have only ONE moniker here: NgEjay

Written by Ng E-Jay, 09 Aug 2008 Dear Mr Lim Kit Siang, I am a political blogger from Singapore, with a special interest in Singapore and Malaysian politics, particular the Anwar case. My official politics blog is http://www.sgpolitics.net/ and I also have a personal blog...

According to Mr Lim Boon Heng, also an MP in Jurong GRC, and constitutional law expert Kevin Tan, no by-election is mandated, and the workload can be shared by the remaining GRC team. (ST article, 15 July) For example, when senior minister of state for education Tay Eng Soon died in August...

This is my response to Mr Syu Ying Kwok’s letter to the Straits Times Forum page published on 08 July 2008 (print edition). In the letter entitled “Five years? MM Lee’s estimate was optimistic”, Mr Syu argues that with modern telecommunications and banking infrastructure which allows trillions...

Re: The Political Compass I am left of centre, mostly libertarian in outlook but tempered by modern socialist ideology, and believer in democracy with proportionate representation and full separation of powers.