Tag Archive: politicians

ST Opinion Editor: Your MP Is Not Your Chief Social Worker; He’s Supposed To Raise Issues And Makes Laws

There I was, scrunched  with the latecomer reporters, at the back of the PAP branch office in Clementi. Up front, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam was introducing the party’s candidates for Jurong GRC for the coming General Election. Reporters who turned up an…
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Walid J. Abdullah: Politicians Should Reflect Whether They Are Serving The Needs And Interest Of People, Not Be Blindly Loyal To Party

Whenever I had the opportunity to have dialogues with Members of Parliament (especially during undergrad days), it is not uncommon to hear one or several of them say something to the effect of: ‘i remember 20 years ago, i was…
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