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Following on from the radical reshuffle that saw Messrs Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong, Wong Kan Seng and Mah Bow Tan excluded from the new cabinet and the appointment of a committee to review ministerial salaries, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s efforts to transform the image of the PAP continued in earnest with his issuance... 

I am not pro-PAP or pro-opposition, but I do think that the TRE can improve its standard of journalism. If it seeks to be a respected voice of the citizenry, it needs to conduct itself with objectivity, impartiality and decency of language. There is no point accusing the state media of partisan-ship when TRE is just as partisan.... 

Previously Scroobal from Sammyboy forum had written In the middle of last year 6 luminaries were approached and were asked to consider including a lady. 3 are former Civil Servants and 2 are captains of industry. One actually is now in the salary review committee but it is not Gerard Ee. No promises were made. The early approach...