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Why PM Lee’s inability to pick a successor is an act of incompetency and irresponsiblity

The Minister of Home Affairs and Law, K Shanmugam said that Singaporeans will have a clearer picture of the next prime minister in 2019. I didn't like what I have read. I will explain. When the PAP won the general election in 2015, PM Lee Hsien Loong – accompanied by Tharman Shanmugaratnam – said that among his key tasks...

Are Singaporean workers the worse off, among all the developed countries?

I refer to the article “Singapore is No. 13 globally in human capital study, beating Japan and the US” (Straits Times, Sep 25). It states that “Human capital is defined as “the educational attainment, learning, and health status of the workforce that contribute to economic productivity”. Singapore’s significant improvement...

Performance of the Workers Party since the last General Elections

I read with much interest, the articles on the WP's positioning and performance [ LINK ] and [ LINK ] arising from Mr Singh's tenuous role in the highly controversial "Select Committee" and his perceived silence on the bullying of PJ Thum. While we should welcome discourse on this and note our maturity in doing so, I remain...