In his speech two days ago on “Social justice and fairness”, ex-NTUC INCOME CEO Mr Tan Kin Lian said he is not keen to run for public office as he does not want any “trouble” at his age. Friends have also warned him that what happened to the late Jeyaretnam, Singapore’s long-suffering opposition icon, can happen to him too.
If even Mr Tan, a well-respected community leader in Singapore with close links with the PAP, has such reservations about joining politics, what can we expect from the rest of the population ?
In other developed countries like the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan, politics is a career for aspiring young men and women to serve their fellow citizens and contribute to nation-building, but not so in Singapore where it has become a “dirty” word shunned by both the educated elites and the working class.
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/12/08/i...eping-worthy-singaporeans-from-public-office/
If even Mr Tan, a well-respected community leader in Singapore with close links with the PAP, has such reservations about joining politics, what can we expect from the rest of the population ?
In other developed countries like the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan, politics is a career for aspiring young men and women to serve their fellow citizens and contribute to nation-building, but not so in Singapore where it has become a “dirty” word shunned by both the educated elites and the working class.
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/12/08/i...eping-worthy-singaporeans-from-public-office/
