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There is a perceptible euphoria in the air not unlikely created by the People’s Action Party (PAP) leadership following their lacklustre performance in the general election in order to boost their flagging stature. It is the acme of irony that top PAP politicians who pay themselves millions of dollars from taxpayers’ money... 

Fear does not work all the time. The ruling elites’ attempt to frighten people into giving them a 100 per cent win did not work. The people opted for greater democratic representation. Singapore is moving towards becoming a proper parliamentary democracy where a leader of the opposition is given some recognition thanks to... 

The convoluted case over the claim that Deputy PM Heng Swee Keat was agreeable to a 10 million population for Singapore has resulted in a most unfortunate analogy as part of the attempts to counter it. Instead of simply denying the claim (which was done subsequently) the ruling party issued a statement and dabbled in an area...