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The art of saying ‘No’

It is laughable that college students in Singapore need a course on modes of dissent and activism, which includes a workshop on designing protest signs, among other activities. Laughable, but here we are, a country so impoverished in political imagination and initiative that we need such instruction. But when we remember that...

Does the PAP give citizenship to maintain the Chinese ratio at 76%

A non Chinese asked for my views about the perceived policy of the PAP to give citizenship to maintain the Chinese ratio in Singapore at 76%. I do not know if this is a correct reflection of the PAP policy. My comment is that the PAP government is giving citizenship to too many people, whether Chinese or otherwise. It is a reflection...

Call not to throw out the PAP government with an important caveat

“My response was that now they have done so in the UK, look what has happened? Pandora Box is opened. What then? Life isn’t just about the romanticised notion of change or revolution. Good grief. Look under the coin if you have to see what is on the other side Life isn’t as simple as flipping coins”- Tan Chuan Jin (TCJ). In...