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Dr Janil Puthucheary, a People's Action Party candidate in the coming General Election, relocated to Singapore in 2001 and became a citizen in 2008. Prior to 2001, he had lived in several other countries. Thus, we are seeing a person who has been a new citizen for a mere two years possibly being elected to Parliament and potentially... 

Given the widespread cynicism among S’poreans about why people became PAP candidates, MPs or ministers, I laughed last week when I read, Potential candidates … should “have their hearts in the right place”, said Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam said. Earlier I was in stitches when I read, DPM Teo Deputy... 

A member of parliament earns his keep by attending the meet-the-people-sessions (MPS) , and showing up for televised parliamentary debates. Actually, the television cameras should be aimed at the MPS, where the true character of the elected representative is often unmasked. Riverdale Drive resident reported the problem to the...