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Tanjong Pagar GRC - uncontested in 2011From a strategic point of view, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong now has the upper hand over the opposition parties because of the massive sympathy wave that followed the passing of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. However, this sympathy wave will dissipate as the weeks pass. People... 

As a Singapore permanent resident who has tried to assimilate into the social fabric of the country, I am well aware of the invisible chasm between those born here, those who emigrated here and those who came here to search for riches. But all the bits of bitterness and disappointment of the last few years dissipated as we all... 

I notice many people supporting the idea. As for LKY himself, I am not sure if he would have liked the idea. He probably did not like the idea of people blindly worshiping him. When asked a few years ago what he thought of the suggestion of preserving his Oxley Road home for posterity as a national heritage site, he poo-poohed...