Tag Archive: independence

The Ironies Surrounding Singapore’s 2017 Presidential Election

To ensure fair play, they changed the rules unfairly. To ensure meritocracy, they allowed affirmative action. To ensure multiracialism, they stopped other races from running. To ensure independence from the PAP, they picked one from the PAP. To ensure experience…
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Introducing The PAP’s New Singlish Dictionary: Something Every Singaporeans Must Know

In the name of PAP redefined words for self-serving political expediency, the following definitions, meanings and logics apply:- – Meritocracy is not the best man for the job but means selective choice based on political affinity. – Multi-racialism means 70%…
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Veteran Radio Personality Hamish Brown Questions Halimah Yacob’s Independence To Be Elected President

Prominent radio personality Hamish Brown has questioned if Presidential hopeful Halimah Yacob is as indeed independently-minded as she has claimed in a newspaper interview. In an interview with The New Paper Madam Halimah illustrated an incident where she abstained from…
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Halimah Yacob’s Candidacy Will Raise Questions About Her Independence & “Malayness”

The Speaker of Parliament, Halimah Yacob, should not run for the elected presidency, even if she is by law qualified. There are several reasons why Mdm Halimah’s candidacy would not be in the best interests of Singapore. But before we…
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We Didn’t Have Willing Fighters: A WWII Survivor Remembers How Singapore Fell

In Mr Ishwar Lall Singh’s Yishun home, the fragments of his military past have lost their shine. A faded peak cap sits on a worn coffee table, sharing the space with long service medals, epaulettes and an old sword caked…
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