Tuesday, May 03, 2011

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