End Singapore's hypocrisy, foster responsible ideas
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Low quality opposition parties are responsible for the landslide victory of the People's Action Party of Singapore on November 3, 2001. The government claims to want more responsible rival parties, but the ruling party continues to woo voters with promises of improvements to public works by neighborhood and warnings that opposition-supported neighborhoods will lose public funding. The government's method of tabulating votes makes it possible to calculate how each neighborhood voted, allowing politicians to to reward their constituents or ignore the people who did not vote for them.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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China who's who is work in progress
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The Chinese Communist Party elite are secretly meeting to set next year's political agenda, which will include selecting the new party general secretary. Hu Jintao is the leading candidate, but current leader Jiang Zemin may refuse to step down. Some groups are criticizing Jiang, and democratic reforms may be on the horizon.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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