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Two opposition leaders received their court sentences, on the same day. Thankfully both Pritam Singh and Lim Tean were not disqualified by their sentences, else Democracy will take many steps back. Dr Ang Yong Guan was found guilty of professional misconduct after his appeal failed and he was suspended from his love and passion, his practice as a psychiatrist. Although he was not DQ by this suspension but PSP decided not to field him as a candidate in coming GE. All these high profile lawsuits may not impede on the qualification of candidacy of the individual opposition members but it will effect a chilling impact on many potential budding and aspiring individuals who want to join the rank and file of opposition parties. The lingering fear of "fix the opposition" starts to ring through the hearts and minds of the young ones. Granted that no opposition member is perfect, but none of the PAP politicians is God as well. In fact the Iswaran corruption case and adultery saga of 2 PAP MPs are the testimony of this Golden Truth. As a young and small nation, we must understand that to maintain Democracy, we need opposition. And good people should not be deterred by all these sagas and refrained from coming forward to serve, else politics as a whole, regardless whether it's opposition or ruling party, will be left to the mediocre and dishonorable. Throughout my 24 years of political participation, I am always open to share my values, policy ideals and experiences to whoever come to me, regardless of party affiliations. I would even extend my help to those who need it and ask for it, especially during GE, even though they are not from my party. Why? It's because I know, without their meaningful participation, there will be no opportunity for voters to vote and there will be no Democracy. Politics is about People and Policies, not Politicking. I spent much of my waking hours to explain simple as well as complex policy issues to both my limited audience on FB as well as those aspiring candidates. I believe it is only with a growing numbers of people who are well grounded and learned on different policies, then we will have hope in building a truly Democratic Society for Singapore. Beyond the wayang sophistry of politicking, it's the hard choices and debates we make on policy options that will really affect the welfare and interests of our people. I would urge every aspiring individuals out there, do not be deterred by all these lawsuits you are seeing right now. If you have both the heart and brain to serve the Nation, just step forward. The Future of this country and its Democracy depends on you, nobody else.   Goh Meng Seng    Read More →

I comment as a concerned citizen and a lay person. I have listened to Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's budget speech online and among the predictable, more or less usual budget allocations, one new subject caught my attention and that is the pap government's push to study and explore the use of nuclear energy. Nuclear power and energy is one area that very, very few people can claim to know enough or are expert enough to stamp their authority on. I understand that in the years ahead, given our physical land constraints on one hand and our growing need for clean energy on the other, especially our industrial needs, cost effective and I will put it this way, 'as safe as possible' clean nuclear energy seems to be the best way out. Apart from learning from other countries that are more advanced with their nuclear energy experiences, scouting the world, getting the best brains and most knowledgeable experts that money can buy to educate, advise and help us with our nuclear aspirations, certain natural factors are also in our favour such as Singapore does not have earthquakes, no tsunamis, no cyclones etc. I remember Fukushima. At the moment, I only have one question and I believe that it is a fair question. If in the event of a nuclear accident be it accidental leakage, terrorist drone attack or whatever, what is the possible worst case scenario for us, Singapore? Given our small land area and our high population density, would half of our population in an instance be exposed to nuclear radiation that would lead to them contracting cancer and more or our little red dot would disappear in the blink of an eye from the world's map etc? Of course the scale and severity of the accident matters much. Unlike many other people who are ever ready to agree with whatever the pap government says or does or are more inclined to say yes, I say do not get carried away by all the hype, the clever and the seductive arguments for and logical rationalisation without fully, fully satisfied with each and every question answered. To call it an existential issue or more precisely our collective existential issue is definitely not an exaggeration.   Simon Lim    Read More →

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