Blame the Guards, Window and Fence

The COI findings are out. Minister for Home Affairs sorted out the blame portion and pointed out three factors leading to the great embarrassment -  unprofessional unalert guards, an open inviting window and a maybe a low fence or at least a fence that could be surmounted. Tomorrow, the PM would deal with the delicate [...]

PAP’s Co-Opting Strategy: Slowly Softly Surely

If you are a tired cynic of the Singapore political scene, you would say that this is another stage of the co-opting process of critics of the ruling party. Walter Woon was an academic and then a NMP, then an ambassador and then into the civil service.
The PAP is supposed to have lured its vocal [...]

Responsibility and Blame, Shame Shame

Minister Wong Kan Seng must be thankful for the breathing space and the respite that MM Lee has bought for him. From where I am lurking, dear MM Lee has started another storm by saying what he thinks and wants. His son, Lee Hsien Loong the Silent, has remained wisely quiet in the background as [...]