TR EMERITUS

In the coming century, I hope that my children and grandchildren grow old and raise my great-grandchildren in Singapore long after I’m gone. But I fear that the government in our one party dominant system may fail one day. I fear that there will be no able, responsible and electable Opposition to take its place if that happens. A... 

#AlternativeFacts to keep Singapore going: These are my top 20 favourites. What's yours? 1. Singapore was a fishing village before 1965. 2. Singapore's one-party system is the result of free and fair elections. 3. The 16 people arrested and detained in 1987 under the Internal Security Act were Marxists trying to subvert Singapore's... 

Regrettable and shocking ignorance of Singapore's history. We WERE a multi-party democracy in 1965. In 1963 General Election, the PAP won 37 seats and 46.9% of the vote; the Barisan Sosialis won 13 seats and 33.2% of the vote; and the United People's Party won 1 seat and 8.4% of the vote. Between 1966-67, arrests, detentions,...