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who really is ngejay? a well-balanced minded phd scholar? a deviant with lots of hidden agenda? a "secret weapon" easily to be used and abused? a concerned 'patriotic' true blue sgporeans/ or just a mischievious joker needing to post to de-stress himself?
so will the real NGEJAY please stand up and boldy confirm yourself.
Ng E-Jay (National University of Singapore) wrote
at 1:46am on April 21st, 2009
Hi David Wu, I would to offer my personal thoughts on your question posed to Kenneth Jeyaretnam, from the view of someone who is not a committee member of the Reform Party. I feel that opposition parties, Reform party especially, should campaign for constitutional reform alongside bread-and-butter issues because the two are so inextricably linked.
Only when adequate checks and balances have been introduced into the system and there is a multi-party system coupled with effective separation of powers between the legislature, executive and judiciary, can we effectively win the fight over bread-and-butter issues.
But that being said, all opposition parties, Reform party included, face time constraints, and as such often we will have to focus our attention on our issue at a time. Since bread and butter issues concern Singaporeans the most, we will have to give that priority. But rest assured the larger goal of reforming the political system will not be forgotten in the hustings.
so will the real NGEJAY please stand up and boldy confirm yourself.
Ng E-Jay (National University of Singapore) wrote
at 1:46am on April 21st, 2009
Hi David Wu, I would to offer my personal thoughts on your question posed to Kenneth Jeyaretnam, from the view of someone who is not a committee member of the Reform Party. I feel that opposition parties, Reform party especially, should campaign for constitutional reform alongside bread-and-butter issues because the two are so inextricably linked.
Only when adequate checks and balances have been introduced into the system and there is a multi-party system coupled with effective separation of powers between the legislature, executive and judiciary, can we effectively win the fight over bread-and-butter issues.
But that being said, all opposition parties, Reform party included, face time constraints, and as such often we will have to focus our attention on our issue at a time. Since bread and butter issues concern Singaporeans the most, we will have to give that priority. But rest assured the larger goal of reforming the political system will not be forgotten in the hustings.
