Majority of Singaporeans don't care about others or the less well of. As long as the policy doesn't affect them, have a reasonable job with moderate earnings they don't wanna rock the boat and don't give a foot to politics or policies. With this mentality I don't think we can go far...

floppy:

janet88:

floppy,
sorry to quote your name about the wallpaper.

does a President really have the authority to question the ministers about sensitive issues?

No worries.

The issue really isn't about the President - the President can be any Tom or Harry, Sue or Mary, Male / Female or otherwise.

It's how the whole PE debate was driven and how the legislation came to being, that leaves a lot to be desired. If a supposedly important institution is debated and decided in such a haphazard manner, I find it puzzling that Singaporeans can still have so much faith in their elected representatives to make the right decisions when it counts.

Very sad. Must scrap PV and RC members route. No true sprit. Just doing it inorder to get a place. Must overhaul completely the P1 registration criteria.