The state of civil society in Singapore

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I post links to articles, as I find them. Unfortunately this means a lack of chronological order. Do keep the lack of chronological order in mind as you read through the various articles. On another note, the temasekreview.com links are not active at this point. The site has been offline for the past 3 weeks.

Following URL goes to an article written by Siew Kum Hong, former Nominated Member of Parliament.
Titled "Leopards and spots", the piece dated 22 August 2011, is a commentary on the People's Association recent actions.

    http://siewkumhong.blogspot.com/2011/08/leopards-and-spots.html
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There was another letter from Ms Ooi, on behalf of the Deputy Chairman of People's Association.
"PA explains rationale for choosing advisers", Sep 3, 2011

    http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_708883.html

PA organisation chart, http://www.pa.gov.sg/about-us/organisation-chart.html, lists the
deputy chairman as "Mr Lim Swee Say". Page last updated 18 Jul 2011
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Worker's Party website has 2 more media releases, both dated 24 Aug 2011, one from Low Thia Khiang, the other from Yaw Shin Leong
   
    http://wp.sg/2011/08/media-release-on-untrue-claims-of-curtailment-of-pap-grassroots-activities-in%E2%80%A8-hougang-smc/
    http://wp.sg/2011/08/second-media-release-on-public-sites/
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Let's round up with an article which is a few months old, but rather relevant; Dated 3rd May 2011, from Andrew Loh,

    http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/05/pap-has-abused-power-to-secure-political-advantage-wp/

Incidentally, Janil Puthucheary, who was elected MP for Pasir Ris Punggol GRC in the recent General Elections (2011) (PAP 64.8% vs 35.2% SDA) was subsequently appointed a member of People's Association Board of Management. http://www.pa.gov.sg/about-us/organisation-chart.html

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Alex Au's "On a high horse called Truth and Right, PAP lost in a changing world", dated 21 September 2011.

http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/on-a-high-horse-called-truth-and-right-pap-lost-in-a-changing-world/

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Mr Wang's take on constructive criticism,

http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-thoughts-on-online-citizen-getting.html?showComment=1295234436625#c1110526492819535780

If you go to a restaurant and the service is poor, you can legitimately complain. If you buy a new TV set and it breaks down soon after, you can legitimately complain.

But it is not your job to offer the restaurant ideas on where and how to train their waiters and waitresses. It is not your job to offer ideas on how the factory can improve processes to raise the QC standards of their TVs.

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Sitoh Yih Pin to Desmond Choo: Never say die
By GOH CHIN LIAN  28th May 2012
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_804004.html

Party activists were not the only ones on the ground. 'We had our 'connectors', in the same way Mr Chiam had his: your auntie who taught qigong, the taiji master, the lady who is the heart and soul of the coffee shop, the fishmonger and so on.

'With no party allegiance and no long-term history as activists, these people were able to strip the PAP shell from our plans and present them to the residents.'