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By Bhaskaran Kunju A week ago I wrote an article titled, “The Iceman Cometh”. It was on the role of foreigners in Singapore’s domestic affairs. In it I discussed the merits and demerits of the involvement of foreigners in Singapore’s local politics. On Sunday night, just like everyone else I was surprised to hear of... 

Dear Mr Sam Tan (MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC),   I refer to your comments in parliament as reported by Straits Times on 5 Mar 2010.   You quoted Mr Otto Fong as saying that Lee Kuan Yew is the father of modern Singapore and that Singaporeans are his children.  MM Lee has referred to Singaporeans as descendents of peasants and... 

来源：新加坡文献馆 10/03/2010 近日，网上转载两则提及新加坡选举文化的访谈与评述，其中两个观点看来有略作补充的必要。其一，‘新加坡人民行動黨為何能長期維持統治？就是靠政府部長議員長期跟老百姓保持接觸’；既执政党在制度上要求議員每周去民眾聯絡所接受選民質詢。 其二，‘选举局所谓的“投票...