After Winning, Tony Tan Tells Us What We Can Expect

If there is any lesson that we learn from the Presidential Election of 2011, it is that, contrary to popular belief, democracy is not a popularity contest. You can have two-thirds of the country against you and still win an election. (As a matter of fact, you can actually even have almost three quarters of [...]

One Reason to Vote for Tony

Perhaps it is impossible to repress a repressive mechanism, so National Service is one issue that keeps cropping up in Singapore, appearing in discussions about foreign talents to those about new citizen MPs and the perceived divide between the political leaders of Singapore and the disempowered people they are supposed to serve.  While the strongest [...]

Rational and Pragmatic for PAP Supporters to Vote against Tony Tan

I: Our President, the subaltern A ridiculous amount of resources is being wasted by the Presidential Election because the eligibility criteria are flawed. By simply adding selective mutism to the list of conditions that a potential candidate must fulfill before being awarded the COE, lots of problems can be solved. Or so I think after [...]

Putting Singaporeans First: A Promise of Power & Continuity

By all appearances, we ought to feel reassured when we are told, in the Prime Minister’s National Day Rally, that the government will continue to put Singaporeans first, that it will continue to strike a balance between locals and foreigners in areas such as university admissions, and even that the government will keep housing available. [...]

Politics Without Vitality and Drive?

In what I would consider to be a sign that our PAP leaders are simplistic in reasoning, vapid in their rhetoric, condescending in their supposed engagement of the people, and devoid of everything but close-to-absolute power, two officially retired ministers come up with typically PAPian nonsense to entertain us. First, Kuan Yew. “He acknowledged that [...]

Uniting Singaporeans of All Nationalities

A letter from the good old Mr. Lee See Nao Dear Molly, Thank you for being my unofficial ST Forum. Today, I write to you regarding a pressing national issue that needs to be addressed: the need to unite everyone, regardless of race, language, religion and, most importantly, original nationality. In Singapore, we should all [...]

Cool Women in White

If there’s anything that will get Singapore’s women in white into trouble, it’s certainly not Facebook. Tin Peiling is cool. She certainly did not get too heated up on Cooling-Off Day. ”[Police] investigations showed the posting [made in her Facebook page on Cooling-Off Day] was made by a friend of Ms Tin who had acted without her knowledge.” [...]

Let’s Play: Shanmugam’s Clarifications on the Elected Presidency

First, Shanmugam “clarifies” for us what the Constitution says about the role of Singapore’s Elected President. Next, he clarifies his clarification. And then he gives a final claim to close the issue. Best of all, he tells us, as reported by SingaporeScene, that “the Constitution [is] very clear on the matter.” Which seems to imply [...]

What Being (Me) Means to Singapore

Tis a Pity I’m a Whore When Ms. Molly Meek invited me to pen an article with the title, “What being (Molly) means to Singapore,” I was hesitant about accepting the offer. I hardly know who I am and I can hardly imagine expressing myself. My face has always been painted by the ventriloquizing pimps [...]

Khaw Boon Wan Espousing Self-Righteous PAP Leadership

“To lead, you must be able to see first further, and tell people what is unpleasant sometimes. I try to say what’s right. Pleasant or unpleasant to me, is not as important as what is right, what is rational.” Khaw Boon Wan on leadership. There is a terrible old cliché in leadership theories that good [...]