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The one thing, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his government can be counted on to do year after year is to remind Singaporeans that they are so fortunate to be better off than the generation of 50 years ago. PM Lee did it again at the National Day rally 2018 and this time he went the whole hog. As if reminding that Singaporeans... 

The Singapore government has always maintained that minority interests and racial harmony are of utmost important. It is this justification that the government has used in changing the criteria for the elected presidency and reserving the position for minority representation. While that reason has been vigorously criticised... 

“[Political leaders] must, at all times, maintain integrity and moral authority to inspire and to rally the people.  Once the moral authority is lost, the whole credibility is also lost.” Those were the words of Mr Chiam See Tong, during a parliamentary debate in 2007. Today, perhaps more than ever, Singaporeans question...