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Serious KJ : Singapore is dense, from gahmen to population
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Slight disagreement here. We do not need a 'social compact'... that is the seed of tyranny. Hitler had a social compact with Germans.
We need term limits, separation of powers, a revised Constitution which removes all the provisions for dictatorial rule, and a free media. Everything else will fall into place.
Fuck PAP.
Disagree. You know why PAP like dat now? Go ham on immigration? Because of big corporations and crony cappies. You argue small govt, it just going to be the same shit cuz money can buy influence from politicians, in free media. Unwise.
Big government. Safeguard your future. Today.
this KJ is fucking useless.
Surely this will be POFMA by ah shan
Sorry to sidetrack a bit ,
Kenneth 's Education,
In Singapore, Kenneth Jeyaretnam attended St Andrew's School, followed by the United World College of South East Asia. He attended Charterhouse School in England from 1975 to 1977. From 1978 to 1980 he returned to Singapore for compulsory military service, officially known as National Service (NS) in Singapore. From 1980 to 1983, he attended Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read economics and graduated with Double First Class Honours. Jeyaretnam is also an alumnus of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance[citation needed].
Sorry to side track a bit ,
Upon graduation, kenneth Jeyaretnam returned to Singapore where he took up his first employment with Wardley (the merchant banking arm of HSBC in the 1980s), working as an Assistant Manager in the Lending Department. In 1984 Wardley decided to transfer him overseas and he was sent to work in their Hong Kong branch. This move by his employer coincided with the time of his father's second election victory in 1984. Whilst declining to join his father's Workers' Party (WP), he contributed by writing sections of the party's manifesto dealing with economic policy and articles for the party newsletter The Hammer.
From 1987 to the early 1990s, Jeyaretnam worked in London and Tokyo for Continental Bank, Banque Indosuez and Lehman Brothers. He then moved to Nomura International in London as head of Japanese warrants and later as proprietary trader.
He met his wife-to-be Amanda while working there. They married in 1995 and had a son in 1997.[2]
In 1998, Jeyaretnam moved on from the Asian derivatives markets to become a hedge fundmanager specialising in event-driven investing. He managed his own fund from 2004 to 2008. During this time in London, he was a member of the Singapore UK Association (SUKA) and later served on the association's committee working with fellow expat Singaporeans[citation needed].
Upon graduation, kenneth Jeyaretnam returned to Singapore where he took up his first employment with Wardley (the merchant banking arm of HSBC in the 1980s), working as an Assistant Manager in the Lending Department. In 1984 Wardley decided to transfer him overseas and he was sent to work in their Hong Kong branch. This move by his employer coincided with the time of his father's second election victory in 1984. Whilst declining to join his father's Workers' Party (WP), he contributed by writing sections of the party's manifesto dealing with economic policy and articles for the party newsletter The Hammer.
From 1987 to the early 1990s, Jeyaretnam worked in London and Tokyo for Continental Bank, Banque Indosuez and Lehman Brothers. He then moved to Nomura International in London as head of Japanese warrants and later as proprietary trader.
He met his wife-to-be Amanda while working there. They married in 1995 and had a son in 1997.[2]
In 1998, Jeyaretnam moved on from the Asian derivatives markets to become a hedge fundmanager specialising in event-driven investing. He managed his own fund from 2004 to 2008. During this time in London, he was a member of the Singapore UK Association (SUKA) and later served on the association's committee working with fellow expat Singaporeans[citation needed].
EQ could be due to the way his father was treated over the decades.
His brother learned to swim with the sharks - got time to write books too.
No the system is fine as long as we can have a real 2 party Westminster style democracy. The failures of our current system stems from one party rule disguising itself as a Westminster democracy.
The short sightedness of the ruling elite to maintain their grasp on power will be the death of the country. This can be seen in how they put the Party before country.
I'm not a fan of the Westminster system. It actually has that social compact laksaboy is complaining about built-in. Of course you are totally correct regarding the 1 party wayang.
We have a one party system because the PAP has been doing an excellent job for the past fifty years. Within twenty years of independence, we went from Third World to First World. The other parties that we had were useless or infiltrated with commies and CIA stooges.
Past performances is no guarantee of future returns.
Remaining a one party system is to the detriment of the long term future of our country. Corruption and group think are two problems that come to mind.
had personally met JBJ for some court matters ...he was curt and discourteous chap in his law practice then ...but how he mellowed in politics or not have no idea at all ...was never into politics .
so,i can't really say how Kenneth would likely be as a personality or a politician...but he does have an excellent academic credential and could be an asset in by partisan politics ...but being a non chinese may not fare that well among voting uncles and aunties
so,i can't really say how Kenneth would likely be as a personality or a politician...but he does have an excellent academic credential and could be an asset in by partisan politics ...but being a non chinese may not fare that well among voting uncles and aunties
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