新加坡的隱忧
新加坡大选前,不乏人民行动党的忠实信徒和李光耀的謨拜者坚信新加坡不会有反风。投票前弘大部分观察者都不认为竞选期的反风已经掀起,没想到投票的那一刻反风却出现大逆转,造就了1980年以来新加坡大选的最高得票率,较上一届再拉高將近十个百分点。 但是,人民行动党其实也没什么好高兴的。因为如此高了支持率却仅仅维持上届大选的政治格局,朝野总议席数仍然维持不变,阿裕尼集选区和后港单选区依旧落入工人党手中。令人想起台湾曾经红极一时的口香糖广告词:「多了两片,价钱不变。」 对曾经在国会创下一百巴仙胜利的歷史记录的行动党而言,这样的结局只能换得是心里上安慰,实质上却没带来多大好处,反而背负著选民更高的期望值所带来的压力。 高支持率的另一面为高期待。近几年新加坡的贫富差距日渐扩大,屋价狂飆,中下阶层的实质所得未相应增加。而这一切与行动党近年来大力从外国引进资金和人才的经济策略不无关係。 新加坡人感受到生活素质的下降,有些人甚至认为他们是政府新移民政策下的牺牲者。大部分缺乏特殊技能的中下阶层只能以劳力勉强换取生活。高昂的医葯费,教育费,让大部分新加坡中下阶层感受到政府不像老李担任总理时代照顾老百姓。 新移民和老新加坡人思维上的落差,在某种程度和马来西亚的马来人认为其他种族不太情愿共享社会资源具有相似之处。个人竞爭力的不足总会找到怪罪于...
The immortality of the fortunes of the Workers’ Party
It will not be a surprise if this impudent title raises the eyebrow of Singaporeans after the near devastation of the Workers' Party following the electoral tsunami in the recent General Election. It is a major setback for the political future of the WP after all the tangible signs showed that they were on the political ascendency...
Dilemma of a conscious fence sitter
Although the percentage of the Fence Sitters in GE 2015 are generally small, understanding their train of thoughts and rationalization, could unravel important series of events leading to their ultimate conscious decisions to spoil their vote. It is worth to note - while they were in dilemma, others could be swayed by the same...
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