SGLC - 2011.05.23 to 2011.05.31 - Society and Politics

*****2011.05.31 (Tue)

***baraccudaben: Public transport: All the Wrong Fixes
*public transport *train *waiting time (platform, inside the train)
*E103C

***singaporealternatives: Rule of Law - Justice and Equality

*election *breach *PAP *candidate *supporter *cooling off day *excerpts: It seems that even PAP members don't really know nor understand about the cooling off day's rule. But wait, isn't these rules written and implemented by PAP itself?

***rogerpoh: Tan Cheng Bock to run for President: ruling party getting nervous?

*TCB *PAP *election *candidate

***mrwangsayso: PM Lee Defends His Own Grassroots Activists From Internal Flak

*PAP *LHL *feedback system *grassroots *distortion

***chemgen: NSP at the Crossroads

*NSP *substance vs style *direction *approaches *NS *HP & TT

***YB: Bad idea to lease void decks to MPs

*void deck HDB *MP's Clinic *meet-the-people session *space *airflow

***TOC: Excuse me, did the Prime Minister just say sorry?

*minister *sorry *apologise *excuse

***imgettingpersonal: Leopard Cannot Change Its Spots

*PAP *governance *die-hard mindset *excerpts: the most laughable part was the use of the term "radical". If I could remember, in the earlier part of last year, the Malay paper was busy sensationalising the term and attempting to discuss terrorism. Suddenly, in view of a heavy loss and trying to appeal to the overwhelmingly pessimistic electorate, the term was no more taboo. To appease the crowd, they termed their actions as "radical"

***imgettingpersonal: Social Media Challenges Singapore's Rulers

*social media *governance *engage or control after GE 2011 *excerpts: The Internet became a platform for Singaporeans to not only vent their frustrations at the PAP, but also to share political opinion and connect with other like- minded individuals."

*****2011.05.26 (Thu)

***singaporemind: Is This PAP Value System

*political salary *dignity *minister *PAP *governance

***yeejj: ‘Slower growth means fewer job opportunities’ – reflections of comments by Minister Khaw

*KBW *growth *job opportunity

******2011.05.23 (Mon)

***singstatiscian: Why the kids are scaring the PAP

*PAP *voter *1965 *1990 *IT literate *P65 *electorate demographic shift *election cycle

***leongszehian: PAP Transformation Series – 18 suggestions to reform HDB

*public housing policy *HDP *LSH

SGLC - 2011.05.18 to 2011.05.22 - Society and Politics

*****2011.05.22 (Sun)

***lhzb: 李木源那篇文章
*election *religion and politics - partisan or non-partisan *李木源

***udn.com: 星內閣就職 李顯龍砍部長薪水
*cabinet *LHL PM *ministerial salary review

***YB: Rail Interchange Upgraded Transportation Issue Much Wider Than That
*public trasport *MRT *train *interchange *crowd control *Jurong East
*****2011.05.21 (Sat)

***singaporeactually: PM Lee's English Speech at Sweaing-in Ceremony 21 May 2011
or TOC: Same Speech - Pledges A Just and Fair Society
or PMO: PM's Speech (Swearing-in Ceremony)
*governance *cabinet *leadership *PM LHL *Speech *Istana *after GE 2011

***today: It's About Doing The Right Thing
*governance *policy *doing the right thing *Tharman

***TOC: 21 May 1987
*Marxist Conspirary *Operation Spectrum *ISD *ISA *national security

*****2011.05.20 (Fri)

***Ahmad in Taiwan: China misreads Singapore Model Original Version (Chinese)
*Singapore *China *political system *election *democracy

***Youtube: 新聞挖挖哇：李光耀傳奇(1/7) 20110519 (Total 7 Parts)
*LKY *Singapore *Economic Success *SG and TW *political landscape

***transitioning.org: Should Our Prime Minister Step Down Also?
*LHL *PM *leadership *governance

***mysingaporenews: No Political Capital Left
*PAP *2016 *political capital *brand *excerpts: And comes 2016, there will be nothing left to fall back on. The last 10 years of arrogance, aloofness and unpopular policies that were not well received would be in the track record as deficits.

*****2011.05.19 (Thu)

***Political Writings: Disaster For Opposition in 2016?
*PAP transform or reform *stay in power

***udn.com: 新加坡內閣改組 出現經濟沙皇
*cabinet *LHL *Economic Tsar

***Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Sweeping Cabinet Changes
*cabinet *LHL *political parameters *fresh presentation *radical change

***mysingaporenews: GE Aftermath Cabinet Shake Out
or imgettingpersonal: New Cabinet Line Up for Singapore
*cabinet *LHL *rethink and reshape policy and appraoches

***TR: PM Lee’s Koizumi Moment?
*cabinet *LHL *tranform vs reform *style vs substance *policy and communications

*****2011.05.18 (Wed)

***today: Lifting the Party Whip: PAP MPs share their views
*parliamentary debate *party whip *PAP *contrived exercise *cases to lift the whip

***yoursdp: SDP A Party of Thinkers - and Doers
*SDP *party direction *groundwork *momentum

***catherinelim: GE 2011 - Demise of Lee Kuan Yew A Supreme Ironcy
*election results *LKY PAP *demise

***sginsight: 從新加坡選舉說香港
*election *Singapore *Hong Kong *Social Stress *Wealth distribution *public policy

SGLC - 2011.05.15 to 2011.05.17 - Society and Politics

*****2011.05.17 (Tue)

***NAR: Political compass map of Singapore
*political compass map *political party

***Mr Wang Say So: Insider thoughts of a election candidate
*election *candidate *supporter and helper *groundwork *responsibility and accountability *xecerpts: It is starkly clear that the PAP is on a power decline and if opposition parties do not seize the opportunity and campaign hard now till GE 2016, they will miss the golden chance to capitalise on the post-GE 2011 phenomenon.

***motochan: A Redefined Meritocracy as the New Social Compact for Singapore?
*governance *meritocracy *social compact *civil service *talent *leadership *public policy

***TOC: What Exactly is the Change in PAP's Promise
*PAP *promise *attitude *communication *policy *leadership *governance

***Senang Diri: After the battle: PAPies conduct media relations after-action review
*PAP *post-election scrutinize of MSM media coverage during election

***TR: Workers Party remain SILENT over departures of MM Lee and SM Goh
*approaches *WP *political party *departures of MM and SM
*E103C

***NAR: Scrutinising Tan Jee Say’s economic plan
*TJS SDP *eonomic plan

***zaobao.com: 能攻心则反侧自消
*governance *leadership *public opinion *the hearts of the masses *excerpts: 能攻心则反侧自消，从古知兵非好战；不审势即宽严皆误，后来治蜀要深思

*****2011.05.16 (Mon)

***The Economist: The Biggest Losers
or Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Singaporeans : 2nd biggest gamblers in the world
*casino *social cost *gambling *job opportunity *excerpts: Singapore has had a lucky run, but lucky runs don’t last.

***udn.com: 李光耀退出內閣 一個時代結束
*LKY *GCT *cabinet *generation

***YJJ: A leader steps down and Singapore moves on
*leadership *LKY *GCT *Singapore and Singaporeans
*E103C

***TR: SDP to contest in Tanjong Pagar in next GE
or yoursdp: SDP Calls on Supporters to Prepare Road to 2016
*2016 *SDP *Tanjong Pagar GRC *battleground

***YB: Talk at the Post Museum: election perspectives
*election results *positioning *post museum *psephology
*E103C

***TOC: GE2011 – Looking Back and Peeking Ahead
*electorate *political awakening *climate of fear

***chinavalue: 新加坡大选的启示
*election *优质民主

*****2011.05.15 (Sun)

***NAR: A new dawn in Parliament
*new era of governance *cabinet *parliament *LKY MM *GCT SM *public support *trasform

***peek2016: 10 Questionaires 2016 Poll
*2016 *poll *political market and competition

***zaobao.com: 新加坡在野政治的分水岭
*election results *political party *political competition *product differentiation *party brand

***zaobao.com: 授权于民
*governance *leadership *know best *public opinion *excerpts: 尤其当你批评政策，他们立刻提防，有的当面告诉你：“我们制定政策的过程这么复杂，考虑的范围那么多，计算的方法那么专业，你们一般老百姓知道些什么？”另一些则说：“你提出的这些抗议和理由，都不是新点，我们之前已考虑周详，没必要再谈。”*excerpts: 当局目前制定政策时，也许尺度是70-30，认为只要有70%受益，另外30%吃亏也没关系。但也许，人民能接受的只是80-20，尽管自己不属于吃亏的那30%，但难免认识属于这群体的某人或是想象自己已处在边缘，担心遭殃，因此奋起抗议。

SGLC - 2011.05.12 to 2011.05.14 - Society and Politics

*****2011.05.14 (Sat)

***WhoSayCannot: Interview with Mr Ngiam Tong Dow in 2003
*NTD former civil servant *future of Singapore's Political Landscape
*civil service *Singapore is bigger than the PAP *sSparta vs Athens

***mysingaporenews: What if There was no Alternate Media
*election results *alternate media *MSM

***TOC: Singapore People’s Party aims high
*election Results *SPP *Potong Pasir *Bishan-Toa Payoh
*E103C

***YB: How and when did you decide? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
*election result *psephology *vote *voter *voting behaviour
*E103C (Part 3)

***TR: Singapore elections: No going back
*election result *change for the better?

***TR: A Generation that does not remember?
*hard truth *LKY MM *generation *politics

***TR: A random conversati​on with a PAP loyalist
*PAP *public policy *Singapore or Singaporeans

*****2011.05.13 (Fri)

***today: I wondered how leaders would react: Chuan-Jin
*TCJ PAP *leadership *social compact *trust and respect *governance

***Article 14: GRCs – where do we go from here?
*GRC *electoral boundaries *rationale for GRC

***TOC: How many did not vote?
*election *voter *vote

***Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PAP searches for answers…
*PAP *election results *resentment *unhappiness

***Thoughts of a Singapore Statistician: PAP DOES NOT KNOW how to solve Singapore’s problems
*election results *problem solving *PAP

***Ahmad in Taiwan: My political awakening
*20th anniversary of Anson’s Win

***Yours Truly Singapore: A random conversation with a PAP loyalist
*PAP loyalist on public policy

***Yahoo SingaporeScene: ‘Time to discard policies that divide S’poreans’
*policy that socially and economically divide Singaporeans

***Singapore Actually: Elections Rallies photos
*election rally photo – 1959, 2011, WP, PAP

***ex Chersonesus Aurea: SDP post election press conference (unedited video)
*election *post election conference

***The Temple Of Thoughts 3: A Change of Heart
*election results *electioneering tactics *voter *heart and mind *fear and sympathy

*****2011.05.12 (Thu)

***catherine lim: How GE 2011 proved me—oh, so wonderfully!—wrong
*election *election results *catherine lim *affective divide *climate of fear *politically naive

***Crisis Communication in the Era of Social Media: How Aljunied GRC Was Lost: Importance of Correctly Identifying the Opponent’s Theme
*election *tactics *Aljunied GRC *electorate *themetic contestation

***Big Talk Singapore: Singapore Pledge Version 2.0
*singapore pledge

***Words of the Cze: Back To The Future
*admissin of mistakes *apology *governance *leadership

***Sgpolitics.net: Aljunied GRC: A disinformation campaign that took forever to implement
*election *disinformation campaign *strategy *tactics

***Politics in Singapore: Opposition flaws in the SMCs
*election *SMC results

SGLC - 2011.05.09 to 2011.05.11 - Society and Politics

*****2011.05.11 (Wed)

***TOC: The PAP and the People .. A Great Affective Divide Revisited
*governance *PAP *people

***zaobao.com: 迎接变革时代
*election *tide *social cohesion *public support

***zaobao.com: 优质民主进程
*election *democratic process

***TOC: The defining moment down the slippery slope
*ministerial pay *moral authority *seed of nobility *GCT PAP

***CogitAsia: Politics in the Lion City: Toward an “Orchid Evolution”?
*election *results *political awakening *Singapore identity

***Eleven Years and Counting: Low Thia Khiang – The Master Strategist and General
*LTK WP *strategy, tactic and hardwork

***cpengng: 寫在歷史畫卷換幕之前
*end of LKY era *LHL *PAP *parliament *political party

*****2011.05.10 (Tue)

***TR: No More ‘Chopeing’ of Constituencies
*election *choping of constituencies
*E103C

***New Asia Republic: 新加坡拼博精神，未必将由行动党来传承延续
*fighting spirit *PAP *political party
*E103C

***TR: 新加坡执政党三分二优势 岌岌可危
*PAP *political party *leadership *2/3 majority
*E103C

***YB: The apology manifesto
*policy amendment and adjustment *PM apology *PAP *governance
*E103C

*****2011.05.09 (Mon)

***Singapore-lighthouse: The GRC System had not Failed for PAP
*election results *GRC and PAP

***YB: But which ground to work?
*ground consideration *groundwork *political party
*E103C

***New Asia Republic: 新加坡执政党赢得选举的两大功臣
*election results *PAP
*E103C


***TR: GE 2011 post-mortem: What did the opposition do wrong?
* election *poltitical party *analysis of election results
*E103C

***FB Tan Chuan-Jin:  PAP Candidate Selection Process
*election *candidate selection process *assessor *interviewer

***The Blue Sweater: A Victory for Democracy
*election *election results *PAP soul searchng

***TR: The Temasek Review to Workers’ Party: Vacate your NCMP seat
*election *NCMP *WP *NS *NSP

***TOC: GE 2011: What do the results mean?
*election *analysis - election results

***Empty Vessel: Closing thoughts on the elections
*election *responsible, respected and rational

***Singapore M.D.: GE 2011: The Aftermath
*election *medical and healthcare *Prof. Tambyah's SDP rally speech

***ST Forum: Groupthink: WP replies
*groupthink *alternative voice *national interest vs party interest

***The Satay Club: NSP leader takes responsibility for ‘failure’
*election *NSP *election results

***Nicole Seah FB: Tonight… And the next 5 years
*election *NSP *NS

***TR: GE 2011 Post-mortem: Moving towards a two-party system
*election *post-mortem *NSP *vote or seat
*E103C

***TOC: A new chapter for the SDP has just begun
*election *SDP

***TOC: The fall of Potong Pasir – a resident’s account
*election *Potong Pasir *CST *election results

***Alvinology: Potong Pasir, My Kind of Town
*election *Potong Pasir *CST *election results

***TOC: pictures of WP at Hougang Stadium
*election *Hougang & Aljunied *election results (Hougang Stadium)

***TR: SM Goh admits Tin Pei Ling is the “weak link” in his team
*election *GCT *TPL *PAP *Marina Parade GRC *56.6% (2011) .. 72.5% (1992) ..15.9% (Difference)

***Senang Diri: After the battle: Aljunied GRC
*Aljunied GRC *WP *community interests above party loyalty

***douban: 说说新加坡大选结果
*election *PAP *member of parliament *importance of votes

***sina mkx: 民生问题让新加坡执政党得票率新低(图)
*election *Aljunied GRC *livelihood issues

SGLC - 2011.05.06 to 2011.05.08 - Society and Politics

*****2011.05.08 (Sun)

***omy tech: 破釜沉舟 选区分化
*election *political party

***pressrun.net: For George Yeo
*Aljunied GRC *GY *election result *government *governance

***YB: Counting agent me
*election *counting process *vote

***TR: Singaporeans must soldier on
*political party *Singaporeans
*E103C

****TR: Bittersweet victory for SM Goh
*election *GCT *Marina Parade GRC
*E103C

***udn：新加坡国会选举网路传讯
*election *web communication

***udn: 新加坡国会选举成绩
*election *results *CSM WP

***TR: 2011 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS (final)
*election *results *political party

*****2011.05.07 (Sat) Polling Day for SG GE 2011

***blogging4yourself: PAP Elections Results Forcast
*election *PAP *vote *voters *results

***blogging4yourself: Elections: There will be no happy outcomes
*election *excerpts:They completely forgot Einstein's advice who was both intelligent and wise, "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts"

***TR: Singaporeans, Speak Our hearts and Let Our Votes Count
*election *Singapore Shared Values *vote *voter

***TR: Why I Vote for Opposition
*election *political party *vote *voter

***TR: What You Can Vote For
*election *future of Singapore

***The Star: Pressure mounts on PAP
*election *moral authority

***ex Chersonesus Aurea: Best and worst moments of the GE campaign
*election *best and worst moments

***Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Time to Reflect and to Cool off on the Future of Singapore’s Political Future
*electin *transparency and accoutability

***Singapore Notes: Burning Questions
*election *vote *voter

***Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Remember Our Pledge today..
*election *Singapore National Pledge

***Think Happiness: Aljunied Resident On His Vote Today
*election *Aljunied GRC *vote *voter

*****2011.05.06 (Fri) Cooling-off Day for SG GE 2011

***Blogging for Myself: 87 vs 0: A divided Singapore
*election *Singapore divide *excerpts: Never imagine that national service now means voting for the opposition in case the WP fails to score in Aljunied

***The Satay Club: What track record, exactly?
*election *PAP *governance

***Empty Vessel: How did we become like this?
*election *PAP *voter *Singapore Citizen *spirit and reality of life *spirit and reality of Singapore

***Fearfully Opinionated: Final Thoughts and Goodbye
*election *governance *reality of Singapore politics after 2 or 3 more election cycle

***HWZ: Moh Hon Meng In Defense of the PAP
*election *governance *PAP

***Words of the Cze: The People’s Action Party 2011
*election *PAP *performance

***The Enquirer: Aljunied: A painful choice
*election *vote *voters *candidate

***TOC: TOC Editorial: Your Vote, Your Values
*election *vote *voter *value system and general direction of Singapore

***Yahoo: George Yeo: We need a ‘transformed’ PAP
*election *PAP *transformation *GY

***TOC: How PAP has failed as Governments with Total Defence as KPI
*election *PAP *governance *total defense *KPI key performance indicator

***TOC: I Vote for Singapore
*election *Singapore *Singaporeans

***TOC: Vote for Diversity, not Division
*election *diversity *division

***TR: Citizens versus the arrogant PAP
*election *PAP *Singaporeans

***TR: Former SPH journalist: Why I vote for the opposition
*election *PAP *party interest vs national interest

***Molitics: PM Lee’s Sorry Track Record
*election *sorry *LHL PM *PAP

***All I Want To Say Is: We Are Sorry, PM Lee.
*election *LHL PM *sorry *PAP

***New Asia Republic: It's the Civil Service, Stupid!
*election *civil service *governance *vote *voter

SGLC - 2011.05.03 to 2011.05.05 - Society and Politics

*****2011.05.05 (Thu)

***mycarforum: Towards A First World Electorate (Ho Kwon Ping)
*election *electorate *voter *first world

***TR: Why the People’s Action Party has lost its credibility and has become irrelevant
*election *PAP *credibility and irrelevant

***TOC: Live updates for Tonight’s Rallies – Thursday, 5 May 2011
*election *rally *last day of rally also last day of 9-day campaigning

***TOC: Apology – but still reaping the rewards
*election *PAP *LHL *apology *PM

***TR: A Plea to all Undecided Voters
*election *vote *voter

***New Nation: A former Young PAP volunteer speaks
*election *on both sides of the fence

***Ahmad in Taiwan: “I was wrong” says ex-PAP supporter
*election *vote *voter *election cycle *excerpts: The amount of money and power they are reveling in - have completely de-sensitized them to the reality of the lives of the ordinary Singaporean.

***sgpolitics: Chiam might repeat 1991 electoral feat in Bishan Toa-Payoh
*election *CST ^SPP *Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC

***TR: PAP’s distastrous election campaign hits rock bottom
*election *PAP *electioneering tactics *campaigning

***Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PM Lee: I'm sorry
*election *governance *policy *LHL PM

*****2011.05.04 (Wed)

***Youtube: Tan Kin Lian: 3 Scenarios for Singapore after GE
*election *political landscape after GE *TKL *NSP rally

***TOC: An important lesson in National Education
*election *national education *Bedok rally WP *East Coast GRC

***Mr Wang Says So: The Apology from PM Lee Hsien Loong
*election *PAP governance *LHL *apology

***sgpolitics: Transcript of Dr Vincent Wijeysingha’s rally speech on 4 May
*ekection *SDP *rally *VW *Sembawang GRC

***mysingaporenews: So Much Anger
*election *vote *voters *anger *policy

***mysingaporenews: Civil Election Campaign So Far
*election *electioneering tactics *campaign *speeches

***groundnotes: GE 2011: What it all comes down to
*election *general direction of Singapore *vote *voter *risk-taking or risk averse

***Of Kids and Education: What the GE means for me and why I want to vote Ngiam Tong Dow as President
*election *NTH Ngiam Tong How *Singapore is largest than the PAP *alternative

***The Satay Club: ‘What has he done to deserve this?’
*election *GY *Aljunied GRC

***Majulah!: Your Vote is Your Voice
*election *vote *voter

***Majulah!: PAP’s GE2011 PR Catastrophe
*election *PAP *sad state of PAP affairs
*E103C

***newsintercom: Why anger against PAP is real and could very well translate into massive votes for the opposition
*election *PAP *against PAP votes

***The Satay Club: Sorry seems to be the hardest word
*election *PAP *sorry *apologise

***wikihow: How to Apologise
*apologise *say sorry

***Molitics: How the PAP Can Get it Right
*election *PAP *vote *voter *political party

***Chemical Generation Singapore: A Time for “Sorry” Showmanship
*election *showmanship *sorry *PM *Nicole Seah *NSP *PAP

***New Asia Republic: Out of Third World but Lost in Transition
*election *Singapore *Singaporean *empowerment

***New Asia Republic: Technocracy & Democracy, Effectiveness & Popularity
*governance *policy *complexity of issue

*****2011.05.03 (Tue)

***visakan veerasamy: Suppose the opposition doesn’t win a single seat.
*election *political party

***Senang Diri: Election Watch: A look at social media issues at half-time of the GE 2011 campaign
*election *social media effect

***AirKosong: Are Singaporeans capable of a political tsunami?
*election *Singaporean *political tsunami

***life one degree north, one-o-three degrees east: Being too successful
*election *PAP *too successful

***guanyinmiao’s musings: Election Rallies: What Has Been Said? What Can Be Said?
*election *rally *speech *macro, micro and other issues

***Diary of A Singaporean Mind: NSP’s Goh Meng Seng : We are a country not a company…
*election *rally *NSP *GMS *Mountbatten SMC

***The Pattern Trader: Pilots, Drivers & Rojak
*election *Aljunied GRC *PAP *electioneering tactics

***Abdillah Zamzuri: PAP’s Failing Election Strategy
*election *PAP *Aljunied GRC

***nofearSingapore: To Swing voters of Aljunied: Victory margin could be less than 300 votes! Every vote counts!
*elction *Aljunied GRC *WP *PAP

***sgwritings: 选举号角响起
*election *PAP *political party