Pro-opposition obsession
I CANNOT fathom the new pro-opposition obsession. The numerous hate messages directed at the People's Action Party and the manner in which many Singaporeans "converted" to the "other side" were slightly alarming for someone who has always believed that Singaporeans are loyal PAP supporters.
I am not entirely convinced that Workers' Party will do a much better job than the PAP. May the best man win is precisely what a general election is about. The PAP has done a fabulous job converting Singapore from a slum to a metropolitan city respected by many other countries and so, it has a right to win.
But we are human after all and are not always fully satisfied with all that we have. I know I wasn't, and so I found ways and means to leave, which led me to Britain.
It was only after talking to people I met there and elsewhere in Europe that I realised how lucky we really are that our government is not corrupt, it has not left us heavily in debt, and our Prime Minister does not invent laws to protect himself.
Singapore is not a perfect country, but trading economic and political stability, and safety - along with all the luxuries we have now - for a greater degree of freedom is a trade-off I am not willing to make.
We ought to take these five years as a trial period. After that, we will be able to compare the PAP's and Workers' Party's progress in their respective GRCs.
I would not be so hasty as to plump for a big change and give the opposition more GRCs, without playing it safe and being sure they will not totally foul up this remarkable country.
Gloria Wong (Ms)
I CANNOT fathom the new pro-opposition obsession. The numerous hate messages directed at the People's Action Party and the manner in which many Singaporeans "converted" to the "other side" were slightly alarming for someone who has always believed that Singaporeans are loyal PAP supporters.
I am not entirely convinced that Workers' Party will do a much better job than the PAP. May the best man win is precisely what a general election is about. The PAP has done a fabulous job converting Singapore from a slum to a metropolitan city respected by many other countries and so, it has a right to win.
But we are human after all and are not always fully satisfied with all that we have. I know I wasn't, and so I found ways and means to leave, which led me to Britain.
It was only after talking to people I met there and elsewhere in Europe that I realised how lucky we really are that our government is not corrupt, it has not left us heavily in debt, and our Prime Minister does not invent laws to protect himself.
Singapore is not a perfect country, but trading economic and political stability, and safety - along with all the luxuries we have now - for a greater degree of freedom is a trade-off I am not willing to make.
We ought to take these five years as a trial period. After that, we will be able to compare the PAP's and Workers' Party's progress in their respective GRCs.
I would not be so hasty as to plump for a big change and give the opposition more GRCs, without playing it safe and being sure they will not totally foul up this remarkable country.
Gloria Wong (Ms)
