TR EMERITUS

I’m going to side track and shock my more liberal friends by defending a member of the ruling party in Singapore’s General Elections. The member is Mr. Murali Pillai, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (Bukit Batok SMC), who apparently said that he didn’t see why MPs were expected... 

The one thing that must have caught the People’s Action Party by surprise on Nomination Day was the tactical switch by the Singapore Democratic Party to field Dr Paul Tambyah in Bukit Panjang SMC. Widely expected to anchor the SDP team at Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Dr Tambyah will instead face off with the PAP’s Liang Eng... 

The recent live telecast debates among candidates was the first of its kind here. What emerged was the importance of having alternative parties in parliament and the need for not only a check on a party saturated with the arrogance of power but the need to have more clarity, transparency, and accountability in politics. For...