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PAP on damage control mode to placate angry Singaporeans

PAP on damage control mode to placate angry Singaporeans

The PAP regime has been on a damage control mode of late to placate angry Singaporeans by unveiling a slew of measures to improve the public transport, education and housing sectors. Not a single day pass without the mainstream media proclaiming that the PAP regime has spent this and that amount of money on this and that to... 

Democracy is about accountability, checks and balance, and about transparency of government

Democracy is about accountability, checks and balance, and about transparency of government

Premier Wen JiaBao of China “It is important to guarantee the people’s democratic rights and legitimate rights and interests. We must resolve the problem of excessive concentration of power, create conditions that allow people to criticise and supervise the government….” – Wen Jiabao Prime Minister of China in 2010 Democracy... 

认识新加坡的种族政治

认识新加坡的种族政治

作者:新加坡文献馆 25/09/2010 李光耀的《纽约时报》专访,在境 外的华文报有不同的关注焦点,台湾联合报《我怕下一代引爆族群问题》:‘他说,共产党曾在新加坡操弄中文和文化议题,指政府鼓励使用英文,是压制中文和华 裔的价值观,借此制造混乱激起种族仇恨,「如果允许这样的事情再度发生,整个社会将分裂」。’ 李光耀的这种历史观有待商榷。首先,把新加坡的政治-社会问题归咎于共产党和华文沙文主义具误导性,和真实的历史过程有相当的落差。其次,下一代是历史包袱的受害者,所以真正的问题应该是:这一个社会隐忧是谁的历史责任? 前大马首相马哈迪在其博客指出:‘他在《纽约时报》的访问上提及:如果新加坡没有被驱逐,马来西亚的种族关系会更佳的说法,值得进一步探讨。这是否真实,或者只是一种幻想?’ 诚然,新加坡的种族政治,值得进一步探讨。李光耀版本的种族政治是否真实?真正的新加坡种族政治是个什么模样? 回顾新加坡历史,种族政治的发展和李光耀的个人政治经历有着密切的关系,虽然,时代的客观环境也是促使种族政治成形的一个大因素。 C... 



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