your friend asking for it. pap already tell the country many time to buy eldershield and healthshield. your friend ignore thinking healthy parents forever. i not saying the shield plans are cheap but pap already give so much warning yet he still think pap very compassionate and keep voting them into govt. he jolly well deserved this current plight.
in this island, only PP and Hougang ppl standout as they went against the flow for over 20+ years. WP are not as good as pap in term of talent and even 2016 may not see any change in the political front of singapore as long pap do a good job. even with anti foreign sentiments at all time high, it will take a lot effort for WP or any other parties to gain extra seats from pap. singaporean generally are the selfish type, as long policies dun affect them much, they will continue to vote for pap. so it not how much APs have to do in order to win seats but how much pap policies can do to piss off the voters to lose seats.