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MM 'not quite sold' on idea of 6.5m population for Singapore Li Xueying, Straits Times 2 Feb 08; He projects optimum size of 5.5m to preserve open spaces and sense of comfort MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew 'has not quite been sold' on the idea of a 6.5 million population size in Singapore. Instead, he projects for Singapore an... 

The People’s Action Party (PAP) government of Singapore has suffered its worst ever election result, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has suggested merely that the result was “not as strong an endorsement as hoped”. Individual swings against the ruling party of up to 27 per cent and typically 6–15 per cent were insufficient... 

With due respect to Minister Lawrence Wong, I do not think this 'desire for diverse voices, checks and balances' is something new that will cause PAP's vote share to be unlikely to exceed 65% in future. A blank cheque was given to the PAP in 1968 when the Barisan Socialis boycotted the GE. That allowed the PAP to cement super...