1) Mr Lee, who is secretary-general of the PAP, said: 'Change
has to take place in Singapore but change must take place not
(between parties) but within the PAP.
'As long as the PAP changes itself, and continues to provide
clean and good government, and the lives of Singaporeans improve,
the country is much better off with one dominant, strong, clean,
good party.'
2) 'In Asia, it very seldom works because having two or more
parties has not guaranteed good governance or progress,' he added,
citing Taiwan as an example.
3) Neither does it mean it is the PAP's job to build up the
opposition. 'It's hard enough to find one team to look after the
country. How can you find two? As a small country, we must have a
first division team, an outstanding group of people who can make up
for our many limitations,' he said.
4) The PAP has managed to survive more than 50 years because it
kept itself 'vigorous, lean, relevant, able to win elections',
adjusting its leadership styles to 'suit new generations of
Singaporeans'.
1) Change can never come from
within the PAP because of paradigms, this is a forgone
conclusion.
2) What makes him think that
Taiwan has no good governance? The political debates can get
physical in parliament, especially between 2 people who feel
strongly about their points. Does Taiwan or Singapore have a higher
GDP per Capita? What is the price level in Taiwan
(Electricity, Petrol, GST)? On the contrary, it's better to
have 2 parties or maybe even multiple parties with balanced power
rather than one dominant party to dictate terms for their own
personal benefits. Like Durai who had control of his board in NKF,
he can decide to increase salaries to the millions at his whims and
fancies. It is not the nature of man to be philantrophic in his
actions, more so for the members of PAP (how often have we not
heard that they are worth multi-millions, then again how many end
up as CEOs of large MNCs after retirement from politics, other than
the CEOs conferred by PM in GICs and GLCs), if they are not
philantrophic, all the more so they will engage in actions that
will benefit themselves.
Humans by nature are greedy and selfish, and we
should not endeavour these same greedy and selfish beings to
control themselves. That's why a balanced opposition is required to
keep either parties from being too greedy and selfish, as opposed
to the current one party dominance. Asking Durai to self regulate
himself, is that even a possibility? 
3) Why is it difficult to look for
good political candidates? It's because of the old man's way of
suppressing opposition in the past, therefore it's hard to find
good opposition candidates. Those that join the PAP are folks that
wish to reap higher financial rewards, not those that truly wish to
do the Singapore citizens good, merely a case of "adverse
selection".
4) The PAP survived 50 years by
employing scare tactics and media propaganda. The battle wasn't
fought on equal footings like other democracies, rather
through the employment of manipulative crafts.