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Weekly Roundup: Week 14
Posted by singaporedaily on 4th April 2009
“The language that Singaporeans call Chinese - Mandarin - is thus only one language amongst several spoken even by Han Chinese in China. In China, it is called the National Language, or Common Language, but NEVER the Chinese language..”
The Lady Melissa
“To be asked to vote [on The Human Organ Transplant Act] which lacked any specifics at all might cause our parliament to be misconstrued as a “rubber-stamp” as many may consider voting for this legislation in such a way to be irresponsible and akin to writing a “blank cheque”.”
Dr. Huang Shoou Chyuan
“The question is: which will Singapore’s government choose: the deep thinkers they know they need…or the sheep thinkers they know how to lead?”
Valentine Cawley
“The worrying fact about Singapore’s political system is that its modern history reveals a complete absence of external checks and balances. The PAP monopolizes the political space, giving the voter little choice; civil society groups are suppressed by law.. Like a corporation, key decisions are center around a few individuals, whose identity, roles and functions are shrouded in mystery.”
Alastair Su
“There is in fact a dual track economy in Singapore. The rapid high-growth economy of the rich and powerful and the low if not negative-growth economy of the poor and powerless average Singaporean.”
Dennis Chua Soon Chai
“This TimesOnline article [The 10 highest paid politicians in the world] gets it all wrong. In truth, the ten highest paid politicians in the world are all pictured in the above photograph [PAP group photo].”
Martyn See
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