Possible changes in Cabinet
With GE2011 concluded, here are the planned and unplanned exits giving rise to vacancies: 1. S Jayakumar (Senior Minister) 2. Lim Boon Heng (PMO) 3. Abdullah Tarmugi (Speaker) 4. George Yeo (MFA) 5. Lim Hwee Hua (PMO, 2MOF, 2MOT) 6. Zainul Abidin Rasheed (SMoS, MFA) 1. S Jayakumar: doesn't need replacing, so cabinet will just...
新加坡政治是优质民主?(Is Singapore Political System a Distinguished Democracy?)
北京中评社5月11日转载了一篇有关从新加坡大选看新加坡民主进程的论述。文章的分析是构建在一些对新加坡历史与制度的解读,综述而得出的一个结论:新加坡大选表明…亚洲正在发展出另外一个优质民主政治制度。 这篇论文表达了在新加坡的外来学者对新加坡政治演化的一些宝贵观点。但是,这种政治观点和对自己国家历史和制度变迁过程,另有体会的新加坡人是相当的不同,因此,新加坡人对新加坡是否是优质民主政治有着自己的看法。 首先,文章没有界定优质民主政治是什么,不过,根据一位中国学者张维为的说法:优质民主是程序民主和实质民主的结合;前者是形式,后者是内容。 就新加坡经验而言,新加坡的程序民主在很大程度上规范了新加坡的实质民主。比如,李光耀政权通过改变新加坡原有的一人一票单选区制度,来影响选举...
Healthcare cracks as wide as Bishan River
I read with sadness the plight of a cancer patient in The Online Citizen. Here is the case in detail [Why cancer patients are not subsidised by the govt]. The story tells us the enormous financial stress put on cancer patients and their families. Mdm Choi was diagnosed with incurable myeloma and needed medication to stay...
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