I soci shall be on hiatus come Saturday. Meaning that I will not be blogging until a week later, so I leave it over to the team of contributors to blog during my hiatus.

This is the Singaporean bloggers time to grab the limelight. Continue what I have started, do not be afraid.

PAP's Election results

1955: won 3 of 25 elected seats, % NA.(PAP began in opposition with Lee Kuan Yew as opposition leader. The Labour Front won 13 seats and was the governing party.)

1959: won 43 of 51 seats, with 53% of the vote (since 1959, voting in Singapore has been compulsory).

1963: won 37 of 51 seats, with 47% of the vote (opposition votes were spilt between the Barisan Sosialis Party and the United People's Party).

1968: won all of the seats, with 84% of the vote.

1972: won all of the seats, with 69% of the vote.

1976: won all of the seats, with 72% of the vote.

1980: won all of the seats, with 77% of the vote.

1984: won all except 2 seats, with 65% of the vote.

1988: won 80 of 81 seats, with 63% of the vote.

1991: won 36 of 40 contested seats, with 61% of the vote.

1997: won 34 of 36 contested seats, with 65% of the vote.

2001: won 25 of 27 contested seats, with 75% of the vote.


The number to watch in the coming election is the percentage of the vote, a dip in the percentage of votes for the PAP would be interpreted as Singaporeans giving LHL and the PAP a bloody nose. Take them back to 1959 where they belong.

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From http://xialanxue.blogspot.com/2006/05/picfest.html
PAP Rally at Tampines






WP Rally at Ang Mo Kio







Photos courtesy of EDMW and SBF

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[People gather during a Workers' Party rally in Singapore May 4, 2006. Singapore will hold its general elections on Saturday. REUTERS/Nicky Loh ]



Pictures of the Singapore General Election are available here.

Responding to media queries, Police confirm that at about 10pm yesterday (3 May 2006), Dr Chee and five others were observed gathering on the field of Woodlands Stadium after the rally by the Singapore Democratic Party. They sealed their mouths with adhesive tape bearing the written letters "NKF" and remained silent for a short while.

The group then removed the adhesive tape and walked towards the spectators' gallery where Dr Chee gave a short speech to the crowd present.

Police are investigating if the group had committed an offence under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act. Police are also investigating if Dr Chee had committed an offence under the Parliamentary Elections Act.

Separately, at the Workers' Party rally at Yishun Central, the large crowd took some time to disperse after the rally ended. Two persons were arrested for disorderly behaviour. Both were chanting, with one waving around an umbrella. Their actions had attracted a crowd of onlookers, some of whom cheered them on.

Police would like to advise the public to leave in an orderly manner at the end of election rallies and not linger around the area or hinder the dispersal of the crowd. They should be mindful of their safety as well as that of others, and observe traffic rules and directions given by Police officers.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
4 MAY 06 @ 12.15am

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Everybody want to sue everybody? Anyone want to sue me go ahead but you will have a major problem. Or in a common little saying from my home town, 'You can't get the knickers off a bare arse.'

SINGAPORE : Workers' Party Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang has asked Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew to prove his allegations against him in court.

In his rally address at Nee Soon Central on Wednesday, Mr Low threw a challenge to Mr Lee to sue him.

Mr Low (in Mandarin) says: "Last night, Mr Lee spoke here. This morning's paper, he said that he wanted me to sue him. Tonight, I want to tell him - come and sue me. I told the reporters, Gomez wrote his own apology, I corrected it. This is the truth. I am surprised. Mr Lee is the founding father, everything is based on facts, but this time he is making baseless allegations." - CNA/de

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Yet another excellent and well written article from the Financial Times. If you want to know what is actually happening on the ground you have to turn to a foreign business focused newspaper. I just realised that you need to subscribe to the paper to get the article in its full form.

By John Burton in Singapore
Published: May 4 2006 03:00 Last updated: May 4 2006 03:00

Singapore prides itself on a predictability born of efficiency. Elections are no exception. The long-ruling People's Action party, which holds all but two of the 84 parliamentary seats, will be returned with another thumping majority when the city-state goes to the polls on Saturday.

But there will be tension in the outcome nevertheless. The near-certainty of PAP victories has turned general elections into something more akin to plebiscites gauging the public mood - and, this time, there is a new starkness to several social fault-lines that cleave Singaporean society.

Much of the PAP's success rests on five decades of economic achievement, which have made Singapore a model for aspiring Asian countries, not least China. But the current election campaign demonstrates that the island, which embraced free trade principles from its founding in 1819 by the East India Company, is grappling with the consequences of globalisation.

Although the economy is expected to grow by a vigorous 6 per cent this year, the gap is widening visibly between rich and poor. The nation's youth express either apathy or cynicism about a political system that is founded on rigid social control but is increasingly breached by technology: much unofficial public discourse now takes place via internet news groups and chatrooms.

Sensing chinks in the PAP armour, the three main opposition parties are contesting more seats than they have in nearly 20 years. They are fielding candidates in more than half the constituencies, up from barely one-third last time.

"There is a wind of change across Singapore that makes the PAP's margin of win unpredictable. It is coming from an emerging number of voters who are not impressed, and may even be resentful, of the way Singapore is being run," says Seah Chiang Nee, a former newspaper editor.

[...]

To continue reading the article:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/cde29cb0-db09-11da-aa09-0000779e2340,s01=1.html

-Although unemployment is low at 3.4%, the rate is nearly double for those over 40 with little education.
-A recent government survey showed that the income of the poorest 20% fell nearly 15% in nominal terms between 1998 and 2003 to an average of US$505 per month.

-Although Singaporeans have one of the world's highest rates of home ownership, at more than 90%, house prices have fallen by 30% since the mid-90s, meaning many are sitting on paper losses.

-Households in the top 20% earned about 21 times as much as those in the lowest 20% in 2000, a government survey shows.

-In 2004 Singapore had the world's sharpest rise in the number of millionaires at 22%, according to the latest World Health report by Merrill Lynch & CapGemini.

-Days before the elections, the PAP distributed S$2.6bn in cash as "Progress Package" payments with a focus on the needs.

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Part 1

Speaker Mr Yip Yew Weng (SDA Candidate for Yio Chu Kang)

Part 1 (With arrival of Mr Chiam)



Part 2

Part 3



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As you can see - the recent reminder to stop blogging about the elections is really being listened to.

When is a casual conversation with your MP actually a casual conversation? Will he ever use it against you?

Judging from Mr Inderjit Singh's "expose" of his casual conversation with Mr James Gomez, Singaporeans must be warned: What you say can always be used against you.
Mr Singh released a statement documenting everything he and Mr Gomez allegedly talked about on Nomination Day. Remember that both of them have been friends for a very long time, as Mr Singh himself said, and it was a casual conversation!
WHAT A DISHONOURABLE MAN MR SINGH IS! WILL HE BETRAY YOUR TRUST AT MEET-THE-PEOPLE'S SESSIONS?

 

 

Singapore Democratic Party's secretary general Chee Soon Juan, center, is seen with his party members staging a silent protest by sticking tape on their mouths with the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) logo drawn on it after a rally Wednesday May 3, 2006 in Singapore. The threat of a lawsuit by two of Singapore's top leaders against members of an opposition party in the run-up to May 6 elections recalls a tactic that critics say the ruling party uses to weaken or sideline its opponents. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore, have said they would sue the leaders of the Singapore Democratic Party if they did not apologize for allegedly defaming them in a party newsletter by linking a local charity scandal to the ruling party's governance of the nation. (AP Photo/Alphonso Chan)

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3rd May 06 - Lunchtime Election Rally

"Right now we have Low Thia Khiang, Chiam See Tong, Steve Chia. We can deal with them. Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?"

--- Minilee


Get your decoding rings ready!

1. "I do not have the calibre to govern with an opposition party in Parliament"

Minilee should grow up and accept the challenge of governing a democratic country. If he's really unable to deal with an opposition that global leaders drawing lesser paycheques have to live with, he should either step down or work for peanuts.

2. "I want to fix the opposition"

To fix: to do something dishonest to make certain that a competition, race, or election is won/lost by a particular person

To fix: to punish someone

Minilee should be sued by Papalee and the entire cabinet for making defamatory remarks impugning the integrity and honesty of the Government.

3. "I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to buy my supporters votes"

Minilee admits that he is not beneath vote-buying. This is scandalous! Minilee should withdraw from Ang Mo Kio GRC for the insult to Singaporean voters he has made. The PAP should take clear, unambiguous steps to do the right thing, to sack Minilee from the party before he damages their credibility any further.

Otherwise... Impeach Minilee! Impeach him NOW!

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I just fell off my chair laughing.


May 4, 2006, 3:48 GMT at M&G News.

Singapore - The Elections Department reminded parties and individuals on Thursday to abide by the ban on political blogs and podcasts during Singapore's general election campaign with the Internet abuzz with video clips and chatter.

Developments in the blogosphere are being tracked, a spokeswoman said.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in his first general election since becoming premier in August 2004, is aiming for a resounding mandate in Saturday's polls.

The People's Action Party (PAP), which has ruled Singapore since independence in 1965, is hoping to eliminate the only two opposition members in the 84-seat parliament.

Singaporeans have been going to rallies with video cameras and cellphones, and later uploading the images anonymously to popular online services.

Prior to the start of the nine-day campaign period, the government prohibited political parties from using podcasts and videocasts for campaigning.

Those with individual websites and blogs were spared outright bans, but warned against persistently promoting a party or stance. They can face a 1,000 Singapore dollar (624 US) fine or 12 months in jail, or both.

NexLabs, which has been monitoring the scene, told The Straits Times that discussion topics in blogs included defamation suits, an open society and the scandal at the National Kidney Foundation, Singapore's largest charity.

'Clearly, people have not stopped blogging and they are starting up new topics all the time,' NexLabs director Goh Kheng Wee was quoted as saying.

A check by online search engine Technorati showed that the topic 'Singapore elections' has become more popular, from 20 postings a day in February to up to 100 a day currently.

Most of the clips put up on websites such as SG Rally and Singapore Election Rally Videos focused on opposition rallies.

The online buzz is clearly offering alternative content, said Associate Professor Ang Peng Hwa, dean of the school of communication and information at the Nanyang Technological University.

'There is a sense that the mainstream media does not give enough air time to the opposition,' he said.

NexLabs' Goh said James Gomez, the Workers' Party candidate under attack by the PAP over the filing of election documents, is becoming the most talked about personality.

Local bloggers [Audio file for the mrbrown show 3 May 2006: the persistently non-political podcast no. 8. Mr Brown] have released a podcast poking fun at Gomez, who has refused to withdraw his candidacy despite repeated calls by PAP leaders to do so.

In announcing the restrictions on bloggers, the government said they were aimed at keeping discussions 'factual and objective.'

The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders accused the government of placing increasing curbs on online free expression to limit the reach of the financially-strapped opposition parties.

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Submitted by an anonymous reader via email.

"If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it."


- MM Lee Kuan Yew endorsing the Tiananmen Square massacre, Straits Times, Aug 17,2004

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"If you are a troublemaker...it's our job to politically destroy you. Put it this way. As long as JB Jeyaratnam stands for what he stands for - a thoroughly destructive force - we will knock him. Everybody knows that in my bag I have a hatchet, and a very sharp one. You take me on, I take my hatchet, we meet in the cul-de-sac."


- SM Lee Kuan Yew, The Man And His Ideas, 1997


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"I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn't be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters - who your neighbour is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think."


- PM Lee Kuan Yew, Straits Times, 20 April 1987
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"If you don't include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid society...So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. That's a problem."


- PM Lee Kuan Yew, National Day rally, 1983

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"I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP."


- PM Lee Kuan Yew, 1982, Petir (in 'Parties and Politics,' Husin Mutalib)


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As Leader of Ruling Party:


"We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two... We will regret the time lost if we do not now take the first tentative steps towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large number of the physically, intellectually and culturally anaemic."


- Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 1967

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"If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being done, then I would not have the slightest doubt that I could govern much more effectively in their interests."


- Mr Lee Kuan Yew, 1962


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"Repression, Sir is a habit that grows. I am told it is like making love-it is always easier the second time! The first time there may be pangs of conscience, a sense of guilt. But once embarked on this course with constant repetition you get more and more brazen in the attack. All you have to do is to dissolve organizations and societies and banish and detain the key political workers in these societies. Then miraculously everything is tranquil on the surface. Then an intimidated press and the government-controlled radio together can regularly sing your praises, and slowly and steadily the people are made to forget the evil things that have already been done, or if these things are referred to again they're conveniently distorted and distorted with impunity, because there will be no opposition to contradict."


- Lee Kuan Yew as an opposition PAP member speaking to David Marshall, Singapore Legislative Assembly, Debates, 4 October, 1956

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"I pointed to an article with bold headlines reporting that the police had refused to allow the PAP to hold a rally at Empress Place, and then to the last paragraph where in small type it added the meeting would take place where we were now. I compared this with a prominent report about an SPA rally. This was flagrant bias."


- Lee Kuan Yew complaining about the Straits Times in 1959.

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3rd May 06 - Lunchtime Election Rally

"Right now we have Low Thia Khiang, Chiam See Tong, Steve Chia. We can deal with them. Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?"

Lee Hsien Loong

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PRESS STATEMENT
Is the Prime Minister play-acting when he calls upon the Opposition to stop evading serious issues (ST 29 April)?

The most compelling question facing our people in Singapore today is whether the present system of government, which has been in place for 47 years, is capable of producing a dynamic and progressive society, promoting the happiness of ALL its people. The present system now brought to light by the disclosure of the system which ran the NKF (the NKF system) has divided Singapore into a country of two nations - one a nation of the rich and the other a nation of the poor - something which Disraeli said of Britain at the beginning of the 20th century. The gap between the rich and the poor has continued to widen and is now reaching alarming proportions.

Under the system our workers are no better than the serfs in the middle ages. We have become a beggar society - a people without any rights. The Rule of Law does not run in Singapore. Elections are programmed by the ruling party to produce determined results. The civil service and the police are subject to political control. The system has spurned falsehoods about Singapore. Truth and justice do not matter in the system. How is this country any better than Belarus or North Korea? The people of Nepal have rejected one-man rule after four (4) years. In Singapore the one-man rule still prevails after 47 years.

Both the PAP, who have put in place this system, and the Opposition Parties, the Workers’ Party now under its present leaders, and the SDA accept the system. Is it any wonder that the Prime Minister taunts Chiam and Low that they have had nothing to offer despite having been in Parliament for well over 15 years except to raise trivialities?

I have said from the time I entered Parliament in 1981 that the system under which Singapore is governed is bad for Singapore and has to go if our people’s lives are to improve. It is for this reason that the PAP have gone all out to keep me out of Parliament, removing me from Parliament in 1986 on false convictions, bringing forward elections in 1991 to two months before I became eligible again to stand for Parliament and now keeping me a bankrupt to prevent me from challenging them in this election. The Inter-Parliamentary Union has said my bankruptcy is politically motivated.

If the Prime Minister is really in earnest when he laments the lack of debate on the issues facing our people, he knows what he can do. I have in my statement released on 12th April 2006 invited him to debate with me. It is no good calling on the WP and SDA because as I said both parties accept the system – the NKF system.

It is still not too late, Mr Lee, for a public debate that is if you sincerely want to know what issues are uppermost in our people’s minds.

Do not dismiss my call as a publicity stunt which I am sure your obedient press will make it out to be. I am deadly serious for the future of our people. If you feel you cannot debate what system is best for Singapore, ask your father. It is he who after all put the system in place.

J B Jeyaretnam

1st May 2006

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Singapore Elections has been popping in and out of the technorati Top Searches since the nominations began. The world is watching. Stand up for Singapore and blog your little heart out.

Really catchy title. Why not just say, "PAP avoid Means Testing Questions"? Oh yeah 140 out of 167 and its CNA.

SINGAPORE : Workers' Party Chairman Sylvia Lim has accused Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan of avoiding her questions on means-testing for C Class wards.

Ms Lim, who is WP candidate for Aljunied GRC, says he should answer them before polling day on Saturday.

However, Mr Khaw says he will be consulting Singaporeans on the issue before it is introduced in two years' time.

Speaking at a rally on Wednesday, Ms Lim says: "The Minister of Health has announced in Parliament that they intend to introduce means-testing for C Class wards in the next one to two years. In other words after this elections means-testing is going to come to us.

"The Workers' Party has asked him to clarify to Singaporeans how they're going to judge how much money we're going to pay for C Class wards because you should know this before Saturday when you cast your votes. But he has not answered this question. Instead, he says we will consult the people before we implement this.

"My question is what kind of consultation is this going to be? Is this like the consultation they had for the casino? So, the Workers' Party is repeating this question for the third time. Minister, please tell Singaporeans what criteria you're going to use for means-testing before Saturday."

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Reporters Without Borders

More than a year after coming to power, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, son of the country’s strong man, Lee Kuan Yew, had not begun any liberalisation of the media. Despite statements in support of an “open” society, the ruling party still does not brook any criticism.

Questioned by the international press about Singapore’s position in the 2005 World Press Freedom Index (140th out of 167), senior minister Goh Chok Tong called it a “subjective measure computed through the prism of western liberals”. He also defended the Singapore model for controlling the media, saying that a press that was too free was “not necessarily good for the entire country”.

Relatively independent for regional and international news, when it comes to domestic politics Singapore’s press, still controlled by associates of Lee Kuan Yew, is in the grip of a rigorous self-censorship. The government threatens journalists, foreign media and opposition with defamation suits seeking dizzying amounts in damages.

The government uses around a score of draconian laws, particularly those on the granting of licences for publications, on films, religious and political website managers and on national security, to stifle any criticism.

Freelance film-maker Martyn See was accused of breaking the law on films by putting out a “partisan” documentary, “Singapore Rebel”, a portrait of an opposition figure Chee Soon Juan. In August police seized all copies of the film and the videotapes on which it was recorded. The film puts See at risk of a penalty of up to two years in prison or a fine of almost 500,000 euros.

In 2005, Hong Kong-based financial website FinanceAsia.com, apologised and agreed to pay compensation after the authorities threatened a lawsuit against it over an article it posted on a Singaporean investment company with links to the government.

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Damn those foreign press. Time for the PAP to change the damn record and get back to the bread and butter issues.

Singapore - The furore over an opposition candidate's electoral form is threatening to turn Singapore's general election into a 'Gomezgate,' but will not be a deciding factor for voters in Saturday's general election, political analysts say.

For all the sound and fury, worries about the cost of living, jobs and health care are paramount and will likely catapult the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) back into the power it has held since independence from Malaysia in 1965.

'When it comes to Singapore politics, the litmus test will be whether politicians can take care of their constituencies,' said Terence Chong, a fellow with the Institute of South-East Asian Studies. 'That's what the voters will be looking out for,' he added.

However, instead of keeping the focus on pertinent issues in the short nine-day campaigning period, the PAP has diverted attention to Worker's Party (WP) candidate James Gomez's claim on April 26 that he had submitted his minority race candidacy form to the Elections Department. After the department denied that he had, a security camera recording showed that Gomez put the document back in his briefcase while at the department.

Though still eligible to contest the seat in parliament without filing the form, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew called ethnic Indian Gomez a 'liar' and joined other PAP leaders in urging his withdrawal.

'By chipping away at Gomez, the PAP is hoping the Worker's Party as a whole will be put in a bad light,' said political analyst Chong.

Attacking the 'weakest link' is a classic ploy for the PAP, veteran observers said.

International human rights groups have long criticized the city-state for its spate of defamation suits against political opponents and curbs on freedom of expression.

While the current incident would be regarded as trivial in Western democracies, PAP leaders have indicated that it has no bearing in the city-state of 4.2 million people.

'The young journalists say we must have opposition, we must have this, we must have that,' founding father Lee told a political rally Tuesday night. 'We are not Americans. We are not British. We are not Australian. We are a very unique country.'

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, elevated to the post when his predecessor Goh Chok Tong stepped down in 2004, is aiming for a huge mandate from voters and the elimination of the only two opposition candidates in the 84-member parliament.

The opposition parties managed to prevent the PAP from catapulting into power on Nomination Day by contesting 47 seats, the highest number in 18 years.

Gomez, a 41-year-old researcher with a think-tank based in Sweden called Idea International, said he realized he had become 'the candidate under fire,' but was still focused on contesting the election.

He apologized for causing any distress at the department during a weekend rally and said the incident was a mistake, but refused to elaborate further to reporters.

Also under fire is WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang, convinced of Gomez's honesty and seeking a fourth term in parliament from his constituency. His calls to 'move on' and stop distracting the voters 'from the real issues' have gone unheeded.

'How much more embarrassed do you want Gomez to be?' asked political observer Gillian Koh. 'How much blood can you squeeze from this stone?'

Analysts have raised the prospect of the PAP's tactics backfiring if young voters become sympathetic to Gomez's plight and Lee securing less than his hoped for landslide. Concerns have also arisen that Lee may not receive the 75 per cent popular mandate the PAP won in 2001 under then prime minister Goh.

The missing form episode is preventing the parties 'from engaging on the issues that matter,' said Eugene Tan, Singapore Management University assistant law professor. 'It is not that the issue doesn't matter. 'I think we need to rise above this.'

WP chairwoman Sylvia Lim said there would be no Gomez saga if elections were run by an independent commission. The Elections Department reports to the prime minister's office.

'As far as we are concerned, we are clean,' she said. 'Our consciences are clear.'

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And the last comment sums it up really.

Malaysian Press reported the Workers' Party rally story

Why are such details not present in our local papers and televison?

7:05 AM SGT


Anonymous said...
Bcos it is ranked 140th out of 167 countries, Leemember?

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If this poll indicates one thing and only one thing it is that readers of this blog and Singapore Election Watch have a definite preference for one party this election.

If you strongly disagree let me know in the comments section.

Accountability
Casino
Cost of Living
CPF
Defamation Suits
Economic Growth
Elderly
Estate Up Grading
Foreigners
Healthcare
Job
NKF
Open Society
Poverty
Progress Package
Transport

I have tried to cover the list as much as possible without hyperlinking to the same posts. But many of the current election themes do over lap - a lot. One political party was in power at the time of all the above archived post, so yes if it was an article posted in 2004 it is still very relevant as talk is cheap and talk by a politician during an election is dirt cheap.

The image is originally from NexLabs.

Even the usually calm and collected Mr Wang is getting annoyed [correction was annoyed - 19 August 2005] with the mass media in Singapore.

This time, it's by Ms Tan Sai Siong. Let's see what kind of nonsense she's up to this time. We'll start right at the beginning. The title of her article is:

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT NATHAN

There she goes again! Trying to mislead her readers. President Nathan WASN'T elected. There WAS no election. Oh dear, what other horrors can we expect, if this writer can't even come up with a factually accurate title? Let's see:

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