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A few Opposition Parties are believed to be wanting to send a ’suicide squad’ to take on the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) 2 strongholds in the upcoming General Election (GE). The term ’suicide squad’ was coined by PM Lee Hsien Loong during the 2006 GE, as an arrogant comment on how... 

黄根成3月23日以行动党第一助理秘书长身份，在介绍第二批三名新候选人的记者会上说：“我们引进新人不是为了展开一场革命。他们是为了参与制度和政策的演化，并成为团队的一分子，以确保新加坡的前途有保障。” 你如果对目前的新加坡政局稍有不满，或者认为有改进的空间，黄根成要大家只选代表既得利益的执政党新人，虽然可能阻止流血革命，但也不可能带来“制度和政策的演化”，只能促成加固和僵化，以确保行动党的“前途”有保障。 这番说话却引起早报两位托儿的共鸣，尤其是白士德，脑海还出现画面，他说：“副总理兼国家安全统筹部长黄根成星期三以行动党第一助理秘书长身份介绍候选人时提到的“革命论”，很能引起我的共鸣。我当时在场，听了脑海中立即“重播”北非和中东爆发“茉莉花革命”的画面。” 说穿了，这是故意误导人们对于民主选举的思考方向，因为所谓民主选举就是要确保政权的和平交接，无需上街头抗议去流血冲突，故意这样提无非是要造成反对党人和暴民的影像重叠。 严孟达更是“以一个老华校生立场来看，新一届国会里真的看不到华校生也并不是什么大不了的事，‘被分水岭’的一代老华校生无须悲情，无须抱着‘时不我与’的心情，未来社会的发展走向是好是坏，就看新的一代从政者。双语一代，承先而启后，任重而道远。” 依我看老狗还是学不了新把戏，虽然没了“南大生”，这一回也生出了所谓“红二代”来骗“老华校生”的选票。还有所谓的“双语一代”，严孟达也不必过份乐观，因为这些70后（真双语）也买少见少了，说不定下届大选也没有“双语”这个问题了。 我越看这些报人就越觉得无耻到极点，从七十年代摇旗呐喊“学习第二语文的重要”，接着是“双语并重”，接着是“英语是工作语言”……政治上从“还好有南大生替... 

In all government ministries and departments, it is the civil servants who assist in policy formulation and subsequently carry out the implementation of such decisions. At the ministry level, the minister heads one such committee usually called the ministerial committee or MCM. The MCM decides on major policy matters and... 

I was watching this video[Link] in which Chee Soon Juan completely demolished and embarrassed Michael Palmer for bringing up this concept of “targeted assistance”. If help is targeted based on need, why are millionaire ministers getting subsidies when they are sick and pensions when they retire….while... 

The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has reiterated that although it wants to avoid three-cornered fights in the coming General Election (GE), it will not back out of wards where it thinks it has a winning chance. At a press conference on 23rd March at the PKMS building, SDA Secretary-General Desmond Lim said that the... 

Dear Sir/Mdm Pro-family policies? I know for a fact that ICA does not support this. I hope The Temasek Review sees fit to publish my story which highlights ICA’s contradictory actions. I met my Vietnamese wife through an internet chat forum. After a few months of communications, I invited her to Singapore for her... 

Japan’s damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima has been emitting radioactive iodine and caesium at levels approaching those seen in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Austrian researchers have used a worldwide network of radiation detectors – designed to spot clandestine nuclear bomb tests – to show... 

Sylvia Lim What rubbish is Sylvia Lim talking ? What has Sylvia Lim been doing since she joined the Workers’ Party, took over the Chairmanship position, and entered political fray ? With characters such as Sylvia Lim in politics, is it any wonder that LKY had never taken the Alternative Politial Party seriously, when... 

National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has weigh in on the issue of inflation at a Workforce Development Agency (WDA) roadshow in Tampines, where he is a Member of Parliament. The Minister, who has never won a single SMC Election and piggy-back into Parliament was quoted as saying that upgrading one’s skills and... 

The Workers’ Party has admitted that it is not ready to form a new government and suggested that the other opposition parties are also not capable of forming one. Speaking at a National University of Singapore (NUS) forum, WP chairman Sylvia Lim said: ‘If Singaporeans were to throw out the PAP government, which...