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Indranee Rajah Minister Indranee Rajah said our ageing population adds financial pressure and constraints to Singapore. All of a sudden Singaporeans have aged and have become a huge burden to our government which has ruled us for more than 50 years. What does she want the elderly to do? Commit suicide so that she can develop... 

For many years, I held the view that the political system adopted in communist countries is a better system. In a communist country, the constitution provides that the country has to be run "under the leadership of the communist party". This requires the leaders to be elected by the members of the communist party. The alternative... 

Someone posed this question - If the Chinese system is so effective, why does it only work in China and isn't being adopted by other developing nations? I will answer the question. What is the effective aspect of the China political system? We have to look at the tremendous progress made by China over the past three decades...