What shits me is that many believe that GCT was the best prime ministar ever. Due to his fake openness policies. and they thought he was a good man,,but look at the shit he has done,,,he is just another crap minister we had. Also dont forget LHL was DPM, LKY was SM and all in cabinet,,what was LHL and LKY doing? they were suppose to help the PM..but since LHL has taken over,,things have gotten worse cos LHL does not know what to do except running the country to the ground.
The turning point was actually under GCT. His asset enhancement scheme as well as the policy of priority flat upgrading made people materialistic and selfish. It also set home prices into an upward spiral so that now public housing is unaffordable.
It was also during GCT time that the last bastions of grassroots orgs came under the ambit of PA and PA was made a full fledged machinery to perpetuate PAP interests.
It was also under GCT that the remaining public services that had not yet been privatised became fully privatized and driven purely by profit incentive. The interests and wellbeing of citizens went right out of the window.
The LHL era's biggest tragedy is the uncontrolled FT policy that has resulted in overcrowding, underemployment of Singaporeans, sky high pty prices and wage suppression of SG workers.