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Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports,  Major-General Chan Chun Sing, recently  shared his provocative thoughts on welfare system for unemployed Singaporeans similar to Australia. That YPAP “dialogue” session left some unfinished business. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/chan-chun-sing-offer-ideas-instead-attacking-gov-071944841.html His... 

There wasn’t a big crowd of people. The late afternoon was hot. 200 or so turned up to support the event titled, “Employ Singaporeans First”, at the Speakers’ Corner on Saturday. The speakers – eight in all – were well-known personalities. The top of the list was Mr Tan Kin Lian, for mer Chief Executive Officer... 

人民行动党政府在面对人心思变的逆势政治风向时，呼吁人民不要为了反对而反对政府，必须为大局着想以良性政治参与的方式，确保多年来建立的国家基业不会毁于一旦。 然而，这一个说法和历史的实践经验正好相反。从当权者的角度来看，所谓良性政治参与是：在不改变现有社会秩序情况下的被许可政治活动。但是，这种政治思维恰巧正是消耗国家基业的罪魁祸首。 曼库尔.奥尔森的《国家兴衰探源》（Mancur...