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April 18th, 2010 |
Author: Our Correspondent
Though Singapore is supposedly a democratic state, it has a political system and process of leadership selection which is similar to Communist China, as admitted tacitly by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean.
During a speech made at the Singapore-China Forum on Leadership yesterday, DPM Teo praised both Singapoe and China for having “stringent” approaches to leadership selection.
“We have our own very stringent selection systems in place as well. Public and civil servants were attached to grassroots groups and encouraged to go to civic and charitable organisations to get ‘a better understanding of what’s happening on the ground,” he was quoted as saying in the Straits Times.
Due to the general political apathy of Singaporeans, the PAP has difficulties recruiting talented leaders into its ranks in recent years. As such, it has little choice but to offer high salaries to lure those from the private sector to join the government.
The new, untested and inexperienced candidates are often put in Group Representative Constituencies (GRCs) during elections where they stand almost a 100% chance of winning either through a walkover or piggy-backing on the coat-tails of heavy-weight ministers.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used to be the arch-nemesis of the PAP in the 1950s and 1960s. Leaders from a breakaway faction of the PAP which later became the Barisan Sosialist were detained for prolonged periods of time without trial for being “suspected” communists, the longest being Mr Chia Thye Poh who was detained for 32 years.
It is ironical that the PAP is now fostering close ties with the CCP. DPM Teo, who will visiting to China next week disclosed his eagerness to”learn” more about the CCP:
“I will have the opportunity to understand more deeply the values, the spirit that infuses the CCP as well as the People’s Liberation Army,” he added.
Perhaps DPM Teo is not aware of the fact that the CCP has long lost its “values” and “spirit” and corruption is rampant throughout the entire party, a scourge described by China President Hu Jintao as one which will destroy the party if not controlled.
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Though Singapore is supposedly a democratic state, it has a political system and process of leadership selection which is similar to Communist China, as admitted tacitly by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean.
During a speech made at the Singapore-China Forum on Leadership yesterday, DPM Teo praised both Singapoe and China for having “stringent” approaches to leadership selection.
“We have our own very stringent selection systems in place as well. Public and civil servants were attached to grassroots groups and encouraged to go to civic and charitable organisations to get ‘a better understanding of what’s happening on the ground,” he was quoted as saying in the Straits Times.
Due to the general political apathy of Singaporeans, the PAP has difficulties recruiting talented leaders into its ranks in recent years. As such, it has little choice but to offer high salaries to lure those from the private sector to join the government.
The new, untested and inexperienced candidates are often put in Group Representative Constituencies (GRCs) during elections where they stand almost a 100% chance of winning either through a walkover or piggy-backing on the coat-tails of heavy-weight ministers.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used to be the arch-nemesis of the PAP in the 1950s and 1960s. Leaders from a breakaway faction of the PAP which later became the Barisan Sosialist were detained for prolonged periods of time without trial for being “suspected” communists, the longest being Mr Chia Thye Poh who was detained for 32 years.
It is ironical that the PAP is now fostering close ties with the CCP. DPM Teo, who will visiting to China next week disclosed his eagerness to”learn” more about the CCP:
“I will have the opportunity to understand more deeply the values, the spirit that infuses the CCP as well as the People’s Liberation Army,” he added.
Perhaps DPM Teo is not aware of the fact that the CCP has long lost its “values” and “spirit” and corruption is rampant throughout the entire party, a scourge described by China President Hu Jintao as one which will destroy the party if not controlled.
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