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By Yoong Siew Wah Even Heaven looks kindly upon the opposition and paves the way for it to progress to its present pre-eminence and hopefully up to and including the general election. The ground is definitely favourable in favour of it and it has all the electoral support from the new media, especially the netizens who have... 

Only in Singapore do we elect Members of Parliament who seem more occupied with addressing the needs of foreigners rather than our own. Marine Parade GRC MP Seah Kian Peng said more needs to be done to help new immigrants 'work with the old team and feel a part of us'. 'First, we need to make sure that they are called new Singaporeans... 

作者：《新加坡文献馆》04/05/2010 按官方喉舌的说辞，新加坡修改国 会宪法与选举法是与时俱进的变革，是为了保证国会不是一言堂。改革着眼于国家的长远发展，也保障国人的长远利益。改革的直接结果是国会的意见多元化，提高 国会辩论水准，让国民对政策利弊有全面认识。改革亦是为了重视与满足新一代高学历多见识国民的政治需要。 这些说辞是政党文宣的创作，纯粹是为新政策涂脂抹粉，没有历史根据。 新加坡国会制度的变迁有其历史背景与政治目的，完全和一言堂，国会意见多元化，提高国会辩论水准和让国民对政策利弊的认知都沾不上边。此外，新政策对新加坡长远发展，保障国人长远利益亦没有什么关系。 这一说法是有所依据的，因为从国会体制与选举的制度变迁历史来看，过往的政策变革，其基本动力与真正目的都是为了确保李光耀政权的千秋万代。这一观点可以在好些有关新加坡的政治文献中获得佐证，比如Garry...