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新加坡政府在建国初期的两大德政：公积金制度与居者有其屋的全国组屋政策，到后来都被修改得面目全非，叫人扼腕叹息之余，更多的是愤恨与不平。国人怎样也 难以理解，那些坐了集选区顺风车的所谓精英，脑袋瓜子里到底灌了什么粪水，把建国先贤的一片苦心经营摧枯拉朽一般的自毁长城。 公积金和组屋，对于新加坡人来说，就如俗语说的“焦不离孟、孟不离焦”，形影不离。就算是公积金制度和组屋政策今天都成了四不象。然而，没有公积金，中下层人民要想拥有屋子，大约就是一场春梦。不同的是，这些人，虽然一样的拥有屋子，身份却从屋主变成了房奴。 新加坡政府对人民的承诺，就是一句虚伪的口头禅：“负担得起”。因为负担得起，所以人民的医疗费用就可以无限制的涨价，让许文远功德无量，人们都把“可以死... 

After much public disquiet about PAP town councils' sale of its computer system to AIM, a PAP-owned company, the Prime Minister has now called for a review of this transaction (link: http://bit.ly/13dEYzF). This Review will also look at corporate governance of the town councils. I agree with PM Lee that there must be a ... 

Leong Sze Hian I refer to the report “PM Lee directs MND to fully review AIM transaction” (Channel NewsAsia, Jan 8). This is a move which I think will be much welcomed by Singaporeans. It states that “Town Councils are autonomous bodies managed by elected Members of Parliament and governed by the Town Councils Act which...