When the HDB story comes undone, what is the collateral damage to the PAP story?
The story of the HDB is in many ways the story of the People’s Action Party. For decades, the story has been this: Give the PAP your votes and your support and we will make sure you have a roof over your head, a HDB home and an asset which keeps growing and growing in value. Lee Kuan Yew, fond of calling Singaporeans “daft,”...
Tackle sour mood on the ground: ST editor to government
“There seems to be a certain sourness on the ground, with more grumbling than usual about issues especially to do with the government,” says the Straits Times editor-at-large, Han Fook Kwang, in The Sunday Times. Mr Han calls on the government, especially the 4th generation leadership, to “rise to the occasion” and “tackle...
From Pioneer to Merdeka to potentially Majullah Generation Package: The floodgates are opened and who bears the burden?
The more cynical say it is an exercise in vote buying. The more pragmatic-minded say it is high time for a Merdeka Generation Package, in the wake of the Pioneer Generation Package. Those born in the 1960s – let’s call them the Majullah Generation – say they also deserve a package. In their fifties now, they are particularly...
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