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How to stop condemnation of Singapore’s absurdly high ministerial salaries and win votes for the PAP

How to stop condemnation of Singapore’s absurdly high ministerial salaries and win votes for the PAP

The late Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, was grievously flawed in his reasoning and arithmetic when he pegged his and his PAP ministers’ salaries to the earnings of our island republic’s top ten businessmen, professionals and corporate leaders. Firstly, none - at best only one - of his ministers had ever... 

When the HDB story comes undone, what is the collateral damage to the PAP story?

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

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... 



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