ST Forum WITH OR WITHOUT PAP, THERE MUST BE A... Politically vibrant S'pore

[zujjkiol]

IN HIS letter on Wednesday, Mr Ling Tuck Mun ('Imagining a Singapore without the PAP') suggests that ordinary Singaporeans like me should imagine Singapore without the People's Action Party (PAP).

While I find the exercise useful, I arrived at a different perspective.

The political scene in our young nation's development is akin to when Singapore's telecommunications market was monopolised.

SingTel appeared to be 'as good as it gets'.

When other players entered the fray, we realised that 'the best was yet to be'.

Effective competition facilitates advancement in all human endeavours.

As the saying goes, a government is only as good as the opposition.

Waxing lyrical about the PAP now is like a 17th century Tory saying it was impossible to imagine Britain without the Conservative Party.

Well, the Conservatives are in the opposition now.

I am confident a future government of the day will benefit from a vibrant political scene.

All Singaporeans, ordinary or otherwise, will be the better for it.

Albert Tay :oIo::oIo::oIo:

 

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Life after PAP

'Singapore will prosper - because of Singaporeans.'

MR NG KOK LIM: 'Mr Lim Tuck Mun ('Imagining a Singapore without the PAP', Wednesday) asks us to imagine a Singapore without the People's Action Party (PAP), ostensibly to suggest that Singapore would not have flourished without the party. Perhaps we should look elsewhere in similar cultures in Asia for an answer. Imagine Taiwan without the long-ruling Kuomintang, Japan without the Liberal Democratic Party, Hong Kong without the British or Thailand without former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. None of these places has sunk. In fact they thrive just as powerfully although the rulers, political parties or strongmen have lost power. Singapore will continue to prosper even without the PAP - because of Singaporeans.'

 

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Collective effort

'Imagine a Singapore without a capable, honest and conscientious government.'

MR CHIA HAN GHEE: 'I have the utmost respect for all that the PAP and our forefathers have done for Singapore. But a country's survival and prosperity should not depend on a single political party or individuals. It is a collective effort by all citizens and non-citizens here. Imagine a Singapore without a capable, honest and conscientious government.'

 

[po2wq]

tel dat ah mun 2 imagine pap wifout spore betta ...

 

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[myfoot123]

Singaporeans are the vital force to Singapore existence. PAP can step aside and suck my foot. I have long disregarded PAP as the power behind Singapore. Now I can't even imagine they boasted about 36% of population are foreigners for fxxK, where is PAP loyalty to this country.