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Two recent headlines should have meant much to Singaporeans but, unfortunately, they went under the radar. The first is Greece would have avoided bailout if it were not for tax havens published by The Telegraph. The piece reported former Greece prime minister George Papandreou (left) lamenting that his country might not have... 

The expose of PM Lee Hsien Loong's televised National Conversation with a group of individuals who are PAP members and affiliates is another blow to his initiative to reach out to Singaporeans. A group of sharp-eyed bloggers has revealed that a number of those on the panel selected to participate in Channel News Asia's A Conversation... 

My friends, Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Goh Chok Tong may have wielded much power when they they held office. They probably still do. The power they possess is formal power, the kind backed up by force. They have the entire state machinery as well as the mass media on their side. But we, the Singapore Democrats, have something infinitely...