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Even though I am not a resident of Aljunied GRC or Hougang SMC, I was flabbergasted when I read that elected Workers Party (WP) MPs have to seek the approval from defeated PAP candidates who were appointed as "grassroot advisers" for proposed community projects. This practice is without question utterly ridiculous and a blatant... 

In July 2018, the FT reported that SoftBank, its Saudi-backed Vision Fund, private equity firms Trustbridge Partners and Hony Capital, and our very own Temasek invested in a WeWork subsidiary in China. It was valued at US$5bn. A year before, after Softbank and Hony put $ into it, it was worth US$1bn. Great investment that naturally... 

There are simple solutions to this problem, but the PAP will not accept these because it prefers to play dirty, petty politics. Simple solutions: 1. Appoint civil servants as grassroots advisers - PAP did this in 1981 in Anson after JBJ won the ward. 2. Appoint non-party members as grassroots advisers. 3. Appoint a non-party...