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The pension scheme for most civil servants was scrapped more than 30 years ago.  Strangely, the PAP government retained the scheme for MPs (till 1995) as well as thousands of PAP elites. After the loss of a GRC in 2011, PAP was forced to review this self-enrichment scheme, putting an end to it in 2012. With an increasing... 

Whoever he turns out to be, it will “Continuity with change.” the slogan of the fictional President Selina Meyer in the television satire Veep. That was actually stolen from the secret slogan of Goh Chok Tong’s and Jnr Lee’s (still continuing) tenures. Btw, trumpets pls for me. Nice to see that academic and anti-PAP... 

After all the teasing, speculation and anticipation, all PM Lee Hsien Loong would now say about his successor, prior to the cabinet reshuffle, is that “continuous progress” is being made. He could have said the same thing three years ago. What’s more, he now says it is more important to have in place a capable team. A...