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Part 3 – Misleading Parliament The Ministerial Statement on Town Councils on 13 May 2013 initiated a 4-hour parliamentary debate of the AIM transaction. Khaw Boon Wan, Ministerial Statement, 13 May 2013 15. In line with this objective, the MND crafted the legislation to recognise the political nature of TCs. As the Review... 

I refer to the 8 Apr 2013 TR Emeritus article “SG’s ex-Political Detainees – What did they really stand for?” by “Singaporean Citizen” / Mr Nathan Chan. Mr Chan found evidence from the book the “Fajar Generation” showing Dr Poh Soo Kai as being supportive of anti-colonialists like the Vietminh and the Algerians.... 

In many instances, there is still confusion as to what meritocracy is and what it entails. The passage below helps place this idea in the capitalist context to which it belongs. The ideology of meritocracy is always about ‘I-me-mine’ and hardly ever about ‘you-we-ours’. It is the kind of blinkered perspective and way...