A very good article about Spore after 7th May....

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This article appears on Page A36, ST 4th May Wed.

 

It's written by a journalist turned entrepreneur. He was jailed by PAP some 30 odd years ago for writting an article for a regional magazine. PAP didnt like what he wrote.... so he was caught and sent to jail...

 

Please read the full article. Parts of the article are quoted below:-

 

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...... Can it (PAP) remain in power with a clean sweep of all the seats on Saturday, denying the opposition the role of a "co-driver"?

 

If history is anything to go by, this task will be daunting. ..............

 

..... The PAP may have to amend its aims and accept - if not the this GE, then in the next - that a robust multi-party with a single dominant ruling party but several responsible opposition parties in Parliment may be a more sustainable and stable prospect. .....

 

...... Whatever happens, 3 myths have been debunked by this election.

 

The First is that because the PAP has exhaustively searched the country high and low and its candidates are the best in the land, there is a dearth of talent out-side the ruling party. Therefore a robust multi-party political system is not sustainable and even dangerous because there simply are not enough capable men and women to make this work.

 

In this election, the number of qualified opposition candidates has rendered this myth difficult to maintain......

 

The Second myth - favoured by the opposition, is that the PAP will do anything to perpetuate its rule, from gerrymandering electoral constituencies and creating ever-larger GRC to threats of not upgrading housing estates in opposition-held wards. .............. In this election, the noticeable generous coverage of the opposition in the mainstream media, the inclusion of previously disallowed social media as legitimate means of campaigning, ........ The younger PAP leadership has chosen to liberalise the political landscape in Singapore even at the risk of losing more oppostion seats....

 

The Third myth is that young Singaporeans are generally apathetic and concerned only about their narrow interests. ...................... it is very encouraging to see young people coming out and making their voices heard.

 

........... Singapore may be moving delibrately yet irrevocably towards a First World electorate - in an evolutionary process that may take another two or three elections over the next two decades - but one that embraces common values so that the electorate, not the political parties, demand civility, intellectual rigour and competence of all their politicians, whatever their affiliation.

 

If all goes well, the winner in this watershed election may well be Singapore's future. ......

 

UNQOUTE

 

Please read the article... it gives a big picture how may our country move forward beyond this election.