TR EMERITUS

Today (26 April 2011) is the eve of Nomination Day for GE 2011. I have mixed feelings within me. Looking back, this is the 10th anniversary of my involvement in partisan politics. However, if I look deeper to my consciousness, the seed of political activism has been planted into me 20 to 30 years back. Reading MM Lee's comment... 

I have reconnected with many long lost friends as a result of my campaigning. Met Ms X, a fellow student councillor from Temasek Junior College. We have been neighbours in the same estate for years and we did not know it! We spoke about old friends and about the upcoming elections. Our discussion drifted into the quality of... 

由於人类的欲望是无穷的！人性是不完善的！人有自私和滥用权力的倾向；因此不管是谁掌握国家或政府的权力都要受制于宪法；包括公民的宪法权利。但民主的规则并不能保证被授予全权的民选代表会维护公民的权利，所以民主与宪政必须是两者不可缺一的。 宪政与民主一直以来都被看着是现代的理想政制和理想社会；并且民主宪政是最适宜训练一个...