At first, I was really inclined to believe the commentary
fully.
However, upon reading this line, my inclination disappeared
instantly.
"Apart from Singaporean political activist Chee Soon Juan,
few writers have exposed the many shortcomings of Singapore's
economic miracle, and especially how little Singaporeans have
gained from it."
There's more to political critique in Singapore than Dr CSJ.
He is NOT the only one who puts forward such views. There are
others too.
However, did SDP give them credit? Hardly so.
It smacks of SDP wanting to score petty political points.
Nevertheless, the over-reliance on foreign capital investment
and foreign "talents" are true. Yet, we are helpless because the
alternative that the opposition advocates is hardly better.
The opposition, especially Dr CSJ, thinks that more political
and social freedom is the instant silver bullet that is needed to
revive Singapore socially, economically and politically.
Nothing is a miraculous cure-it-all. The SDP doesn't realise
this. That's why they have been on the fringes ever since Dr CSJ
came onboard.
It is one thing to say the right thing. It's another to believe
in the wrong ways to achieve that right thing.
