“I was in politics for 23 years until I lost in the last election. The opposition leader who beat me, when he was interviewed, said: "We won not because my opponents [meaning me and my team] did not do a good job, but because people wanted us in Parliament." I thought if there was not something that I could change, because it was not something about me, maybe it was time to open a new chapter of my life.” ( http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1059881/handling-it-military-precision ) After reading the interview of George Yeo with the South China Morning Post on 13 October 2012, we can conclude that George is acknowledging the political reality in Singapore: voters want to see more opposition in the Parliament even the PAP did nothing wrong. What happen if the PAP really does something wrong? For example, wrong policy of immigration, housing, transport, education, CPF and even our reserve. Then the demand for opposition voices in the Parliame...
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