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Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 17 Apr 2011 letter by Ms Jolly Wee. Ms Wee says it is getting more difficult to get the right people into government and this would make securing Singapore's future less certain. Like most people, Ms Wee believes that it is the government that secures the country's future. But if we look at... 

Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 14 Apr 2011 article by Mr Daniel Yew. Mr Yew points to the near shutdown of US government services as an example of checks and balances checkmating the government itself. But the example is not quite valid because at the end of the day, US politicians avoided government services shutdown and... 

Since the Nominated MP (NMP) is a highly touted idea of the PAP, we should let the PAP "eat their own cooking".  We should let the NMPs seats be filled by PAP members.  That means voting in the opposition in as MPs. That way, we will have more opposition MPs and the PAP will still have its desired full representation in Parliament...