TR EMERITUS

Dear Professor Bryan Caplan, I refer to your 3 Jan 2013 TR Emeritus posting "Democracy in Singapore". Although Singapore has several opposition parties, these are largely powerless parties with either little or no representation in parliament. There are no lack of examples of what you would consider serious violation of civil... 

不容讳言，新加坡的公积金制度，是新加坡建国之后，PAP政府最杰出的德政之一，说它是新加坡人心目中的圣牛也未偿不可。可惜的是，这一头圣牛却在PAP政府藉着集选区制度提拔了许多商人律师成为国会议员，续而加入执政行列之后完全变质。 有人说无奸不商、有人说商人无祖国。商人一心一意的，就只为自己的利益着想；而律师的个性，因为专业的训练和要求，变得只看重输赢，却对黑白善恶完全失去了... 

I cannot let the media statement put out by the “Coordinating Chairman of the PAP Town Councils” regarding the sale of the town council management software system to a ex-PAP MP-owned company be left alone without it being shredded apart. The media statement appeared on January 2, 2013 on the PAP website. I have italicised...