A leg up for friends: Goh's loyalty test starts controversy over housing

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Singapore Prime Minister Go Chok Tong stirred controversy with his decision to use electoral preference as a criteria for prioritizing public estate redevelopment. The 86% of Singapore's which live in public housing estates had been previously warned that electing inexperienced administrators would lead to deterioration in the housing estates. However, the government plan to link support for the ruling party with social improvement may have backfired by consolidating support for the opposition.

Social policy, Public housing, Goh Chok Tong

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Warrior's fate: polls fiasco damages opposition leader's image

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The political future of Singapore's leading oppositionist J.B. Jeyaretnam appears bleak as a result of his party's failure to field a slate in the Dec 1992 by-elections. Thus, the 67-year old Jeyaretnam would have to wait for the next political exercise, which is the 1996 general election. Political observers speculate that the opposition stalwart would have quit politics by then.

Political activity, Opposition (Political science), Aged politicians, Elderly politicians

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