<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Very Fine Commentary</title> <atom:link href="http://veryfinecommentary.sg/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg</link> <description>Opinion that matters.</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:29:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Responsibility</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/responsibility/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=responsibility</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/responsibility/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:25:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yoong Ren Yan</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Currently Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anders breivik]]></category> <category><![CDATA[belief]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blame]]></category> <category><![CDATA[choices]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clothing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime prevention]]></category> <category><![CDATA[decision]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dilemma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gender equality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[guilt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hamid karzai]]></category> <category><![CDATA[harm principle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jewellery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Sanguinetti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[norway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oslo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perpetrator]]></category> <category><![CDATA[principle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[promiscuous]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rapist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[slut]]></category> <category><![CDATA[slutwalk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[toronto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[victim]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1691</guid> <description><![CDATA[When a woman is raped, who is responsible? An ostensibly simple question, but 'responsible' has many meanings, and supporters of SlutWalk seem to use different definitions. The inconsistencies of SlutWalk betray a greater crisis: the way we selectively fight for our beliefs for issues we care about more deeply, while pretending the rest don't exist.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/responsibility/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Footnotes from a small island</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/footnotes-from-a-small-island/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=footnotes-from-a-small-island</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/footnotes-from-a-small-island/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:40:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Thia Shanzhi</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[angmoh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[char siew rice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chinatown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[football]]></category> <category><![CDATA[haw par villa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lau pa sat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[leaving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[neil humphrey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[overseas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[raffles city]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[studies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sungei buloh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[university]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1682</guid> <description><![CDATA[Upon leaving, I realise I've become so connected with my country, that I’m afraid I’ll come back to find that it’s changed]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/footnotes-from-a-small-island/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Falling</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/london-falling/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=london-falling</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/london-falling/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:24:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Huang Jiahui</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Currently Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anders breivik]]></category> <category><![CDATA[big society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[david cameron]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dispossessed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gloucester]]></category> <category><![CDATA[london]]></category> <category><![CDATA[national day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[norway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[riots]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social mobility]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[streets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tottenham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unrest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[violence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[welfare]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1495</guid> <description><![CDATA[Singapore is not and will not become London. But even safe and secure Singapore should have something to learn from London’s dimming light.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/london-falling/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Beyond the money: The global economy and its future direction</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/beyond-the-money/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=beyond-the-money</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/beyond-the-money/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:37:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Nigel Fong</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Currently Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[austerity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[demographics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[depression]]></category> <category><![CDATA[developed world]]></category> <category><![CDATA[developing world]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[euro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[germany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[globalisation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[greece]]></category> <category><![CDATA[growth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inter-generational]]></category> <category><![CDATA[macroeconomics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[merkel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[patient]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PIGS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[quality of life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[recession]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stimulus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tea party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tensions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tobin tax]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[united states]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war on talent]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1568</guid> <description><![CDATA[There has never really been a global recovery since 2008, only a big and desperate gamble to spend our way out. But it's not just about the money, money, money]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/beyond-the-money/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The technology myth</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-technology-myth/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-technology-myth</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-technology-myth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:45:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Hou Shi Hang</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1653</guid> <description><![CDATA[Our belief that we can innovate ourselves out of real-world crises may lead us astray]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-technology-myth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>S.A.M.: Singapore Acronym Madness</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/singapore-acronym-madness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=singapore-acronym-madness</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/singapore-acronym-madness/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:24:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Wong Yong Sheng</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Currently Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A*STAR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[acronyms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BGR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CPF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DBS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electronic road pricing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[english]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ERP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GEP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HDB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ISA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ITE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[language]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linguistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NEA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NKF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NUS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ORD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PATRIOT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pride]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PSC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PSLE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[roosevelt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SBS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SDU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SIA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SMRT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social glue]]></category> <category><![CDATA[uniquely singapore]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1602</guid> <description><![CDATA[HDB, CPF, PSLE and LKY: few nations do acronyms as well as Singapore. Why acronyms thrive, and why they refuse to die]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/singapore-acronym-madness/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why the PAP will win this election</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/why-the-pap-will-win-this-election/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-the-pap-will-win-this-election</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/why-the-pap-will-win-this-election/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 18:12:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Wong Yong Sheng</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aljunied]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bicameral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[civil service]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DPJ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[george yeo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GRC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hyper-majority]]></category> <category><![CDATA[japan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LDP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[low thia khiang]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parliament]]></category> <category><![CDATA[policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[regime change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supermajority]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WP]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1349</guid> <description><![CDATA[ ...and every election for another half-century. Three reasons behind the persistent success of one of the world's most long-ruling parties]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/why-the-pap-will-win-this-election/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What&#8217;s at stake</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/whats-at-stake/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=whats-at-stake</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/whats-at-stake/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 18:10:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Puah Rui Hao</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011 shorts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aljunied]]></category> <category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[george yeo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hougang]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[logic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nicole seah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[populism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[potong pasir]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rhetoric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1320</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Opposition has far more at stake than the ruling party in GE 2011. Here's why]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/whats-at-stake/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The intolerance you teach me</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-intolerance-you-teach-me/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-intolerance-you-teach-me</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-intolerance-you-teach-me/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 18:09:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yoong Ren Yan</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011 shorts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[diverse views]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[generation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[intolerance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mah bow tan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[party alignment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[political party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rationality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1312</guid> <description><![CDATA[Our generation has no fear that we put the cross in the wrong box. Yet we may have inherited a PAP tradition of intolerance of diverging views]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-intolerance-you-teach-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Point of Principle</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/a-point-of-principle-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-point-of-principle-2</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/a-point-of-principle-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 17:59:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alexander Woon</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011 shorts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ideology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paternalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pragmatism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[principles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[redistribution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robin Hood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1290</guid> <description><![CDATA[When you clear away all the smoke and the mirrors, there are a couple of very fundamental problems of principle that have got lost in the PAP-Opposition debate so far.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/a-point-of-principle-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A question of extent</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/a-question-of-extent/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-question-of-extent</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/a-question-of-extent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 17:57:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joel Lim</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011 shorts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[balance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[check and balance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cost of living]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[foreigners]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[political strategy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vision]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1316</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Opposition should aim for a rebalancing of PAP policies in favour of locals. That builds credibility]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/a-question-of-extent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8220;Because it doesn&#8217;t matter to me&#8221;</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/because-it-doesnt-matter-to-me/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=because-it-doesnt-matter-to-me</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/because-it-doesnt-matter-to-me/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 17:50:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Oon</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011 shorts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apathy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CPF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rally]]></category> <category><![CDATA[self-centered]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tin pei ling]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1314</guid> <description><![CDATA[The result of this election is not about ignorance or apathy, but our self-centeredness.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/because-it-doesnt-matter-to-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The undercurrents are shifting</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-undercurrents-are-shifting/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-undercurrents-are-shifting</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-undercurrents-are-shifting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 17:44:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Hou Shi Hang</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011 shorts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[check and balance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dominant party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parliament]]></category> <category><![CDATA[political competition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[single party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stasis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[status quo]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1322</guid> <description><![CDATA[We should not fear rocking the boat despite apparent calm on the surface, because we might not see that the undercurrents are shifting]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/the-undercurrents-are-shifting/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Men in white? Seriously.</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/men-in-white-seriously/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=men-in-white-seriously</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/men-in-white-seriously/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 17:44:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lisa Phua</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[image]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lee hsien loong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[men in white]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mrbrown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prime minister]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1306</guid> <description><![CDATA[The truth is that the PAP doesn’t need an opposition. It needs an image revamp. That starts with its uniform]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/men-in-white-seriously/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Unchecked and unbalanced: Singapore&#8217;s Parliament</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/unchecked-and-unbalanced/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=unchecked-and-unbalanced</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/unchecked-and-unbalanced/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:40:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Huang Jiahui</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Currently Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chan sek keong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[checks and balances]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chng suan tze]]></category> <category><![CDATA[choo han teck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clemency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[court of appeal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[executive]]></category> <category><![CDATA[governance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[high court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[judge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[judicial review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[judiciary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legislative supremacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legislature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ong teng cheong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parliamentary sovereignty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[president]]></category> <category><![CDATA[presidential pardon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reserves]]></category> <category><![CDATA[separation of powers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supreme court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teo soh lung]]></category> <category><![CDATA[yong vui kong]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=968</guid> <description><![CDATA[Our government takes pains to stress the separation of powers, but in reality there are far too few truly effective checks and balances on Parliament and the Cabinet. In a one-party democracy, even one whose government gets most other things right, that is cause for concern. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/unchecked-and-unbalanced/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Party responsibly: Renewal in the PAP</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/party-responsibly-renewal-in-the-pap/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=party-responsibly-renewal-in-the-pap</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/party-responsibly-renewal-in-the-pap/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:38:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Wong Yong Sheng</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chan chun sing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[civil service]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fourth generation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general election 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[goh chok tong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GRC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lee hsien loong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lee kuan yew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lim boon heng]]></category> <category><![CDATA[low thia kiang]]></category> <category><![CDATA[meritocracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[party renewal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people's action party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[renewal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[straits times]]></category> <category><![CDATA[workers party]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1067</guid> <description><![CDATA[We're told that the PAP's leadership renewal brings "new faces" and "fresh blood". Is this really good for Singapore's political future? Is it fair play for new candidates? Or is it more of the same?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/party-responsibly-renewal-in-the-pap/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tin Pei Ling: New blood or bad blood?</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/tin-pei-ling-new-blood-bad-blood/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tin-pei-ling-new-blood-bad-blood</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/tin-pei-ling-new-blood-bad-blood/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:37:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Ting</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Currently Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GE 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GRC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[marine parade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sarah palin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore dream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tin pei ling]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=919</guid> <description><![CDATA[You would expect me to be the kind of person to like and support a candidate like Ms Tin Pei Ling. But I don't. What I’d like to see, but don’t, is some evidence – any evidence! – that the candidate now vying for my vote actually has any of her purported merits.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/tin-pei-ling-new-blood-bad-blood/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>44</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Racing ahead, going nowhere</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/racing-ahead-going-nowhere/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=racing-ahead-going-nowhere</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/racing-ahead-going-nowhere/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yoong Ren Yan</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ancestry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apartheid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chinese]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CMIO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ethnic integration policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ethnicity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eugene terreblanche]]></category> <category><![CDATA[identity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[integration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[julius malema]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lee kuan yew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mahinda rajapaksa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[malay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[martin luther king]]></category> <category><![CDATA[multi-ethnic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[multi-racial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nelson mandela]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NRIC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[post-racial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[race]]></category> <category><![CDATA[racial harmony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[racism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rojak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rosa parks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sedition act]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[south africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sri lanka]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tamil tigers]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=1131</guid> <description><![CDATA[Multi-racialism coerces Singaporeans to accept racial identities they have already shed. Policy needs to move with society, not lag behind it. Yet deluding ourselves that race is no longer an issue is dangerously out of step with reality. Is there a compromise?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/racing-ahead-going-nowhere/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Egypt: why today’s revolutions still need leaders</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/egypt-why-revolutions-still-need-leaders/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=egypt-why-revolutions-still-need-leaders</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/egypt-why-revolutions-still-need-leaders/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:16:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Claire Tan</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[autocracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clampdown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[coup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet shutdown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[islamic brotherhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[libya]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mubarak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nadine wahab]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[regime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[revolutions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tahir]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tunisia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wael ghonim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[yemen]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=902</guid> <description><![CDATA[The bottom line is regardless of the 2.2 revolutions sparked by the internet, we all need a few leaders to look up to. Egypt is no real exception.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/egypt-why-revolutions-still-need-leaders/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Governing Singapore: Disconnected leaders and cautious cynics</title><link>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/governing-singapore-disconnected-leaders-and-cautious-cynics/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=governing-singapore-disconnected-leaders-and-cautious-cynics</link> <comments>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/governing-singapore-disconnected-leaders-and-cautious-cynics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:15:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Fabian Chiang</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alternative viewpoints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fresh ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[multi-party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[one-party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PAP]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://veryfinecommentary.tk/?p=934</guid> <description><![CDATA[Forget the idea that a multi-party system is needed to bring in fresh ideas and alternate viewpoints. The PAP remains in power because it delivers.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://veryfinecommentary.sg/articles/governing-singapore-disconnected-leaders-and-cautious-cynics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>16</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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