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Lee Kuan Yew in August 2013. Love him or loathe him, turning 90 is a rare feat, so we shouldn't begrudge him. Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), the nation's 1st PM turns 90 today, which incidentally is also the 50th anniversary of Malaysia Day. I've finally decided to write a piece on him, because it would be kinda strange having a sociopolitical... 

并不是人人都可以是阿斗 — 首先，你得先有个显耀的老豆。其次，你还得有机会接班。然后，就看你如何把老豆建立起来的事业搞得每况愈下。 昨天，在淡马锡政论看到《Half of 6.9M population not required to do NS》这篇文章，心里就有个老大的疙瘩 —... 

Dr Ang Yong Guan captured it succinctly in the following posting on his Facebook page. Yes the public administration machinery will continue to serve the people but in a direction that the newly elected government has been mandated by the people to provide. There are two salient points. One is that both governments are coalitions...