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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by Uncle Ver SG @ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:46:15 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;"in other countries this called vote buying,"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AKA Pork barrelling. just fyi. Btw which MPs are late 30s to
early 40s? Maybe will have a first non Chinese or woman PM. Is Ho
Ching out of the picture?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by Uncle Ver SG @ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:18:41 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;"If ruling S'pore is so easy, why not we ask Mr Nair become PM
for 1 year?"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Emphasis is on &lt;strong&gt;RULING&lt;/strong&gt; Singapore. I agree its
not easy, you have to watch out for coups and disloyalty from your
ka kia all the time. But then again with citizens like PAP
propogandists and normal apolitical&amp;nbsp;people...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am suprised at this public talk about finding a successor. LHL
must want to purge the PAP whilst his father is still
around.&amp;nbsp;Step forward if you want to be leader (and get
FIXED).&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by maurizio13 @ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:03:33 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;very funny and honest spoof by mrbrownshow.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the old man sounds like the movie godfather&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://mrbrownnetwork.com/media/mb/tmbs-080407-the_succession.mp3"
rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://mrbrownnetwork.com/media/mb/tmbs-080407-the_succession.mp3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by redDUST @ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:16:22 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by
I-like-flings(m):&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
why not ask mi???? i cheap cheap nia&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if&amp;nbsp;you are cheap, you are f-up in the eyes of the
government. even if you are cheap, better pretend expensive.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by mancha @ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:37:53 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;LSL should&amp;nbsp;select&amp;nbsp;Bangladeshi &lt;a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus" rel=
"nofollow"&gt;Muhammad Yunus&lt;/a&gt; for PM under the FT scheme.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would feel&amp;nbsp;placated.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by I-like-flings(m) @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:33:45 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hah! If ruling S'pore is so easy, why not we ask Mr Nair become
PM for 1 year?&lt;img title="Laughing" src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
why not ask mi???? i cheap cheap nia&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:07:15 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;He should.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by 16/f/lonely @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:36:25 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hah! If ruling S'pore is so easy, why not we ask Mr Nair become
PM for 1 year?&lt;img title="Laughing" src=
"http://www.sgforums.com/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif"
alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:28:57 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;h3 class=""&gt;Letter from Daniel Lim, 6th April 2008&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Following letter from Daniel Lim, verbatim,
unedited&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;April 06, 2008&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dear Mr. Nair,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I hope what you said will one day come true, Lee is gone, the
sooner the better. He has been a dictator for more than 40 years,
should have been enough good life for him, God has been very kind
to him and his family. Lee Kuan Yew has everything he wants in
life, good food, good wine, etc&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The problem is he is still going strong at his age, don't seems to
get sick or on MC, so far never heard Lee Kuan Yew on MC. His mind
is still sharp and alert, people said that he has been going thru
blood transfusion, renewing his blood with blood from young people,
some sort like vampire sucking virgin blood from women, not sure
whether it is a fact or a myth? At the moment, Lee Kuan Yew has
been keeping himself alive as long as possible, the reason is not
because he wanted to have more title, like Supreme Senior Minister
Mentor (SSMM), I guess he is more concern about his son, Lee Hsien
Loong, it seems like his son don't have leadership quality to lead
Singapore, Of course, Lee Kuan Yew took years to build up
Singapore, he will not want to see PAP being ruined by his
incompetent son, and his son still needs papa to be around. Without
papa, there is no good wine, good woman, good money for Lee Hsien
Loong and the generation after.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Lee's family has been owing many assets, hoding high ranking
position in private as well as government sectors, they have
indirectly or directly involved over many things such as power
station, transportation sectors, the media, stock market, airlines,
telecommunication, public and private housing etc. Singapore is
being runs like a business corporation, a money making places for
them not like a democratic country.Who said Singapore never
practice nepotism, who said Singapore don't have corruption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you why the minister being overly pay? It is to silent them, as
they knew some of the dirty secret inside, not because the
government wanted to keep good people. Who dare to critise the pay
master who pay them extremely well? Just close one eye.&lt;br /&gt;
Even the minister are pay well above market rate, they don't seems
to perform that well, still screw things up and give excuses.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mr. Nair, you are very lucky to have left Singapore with all your
CPF saving, really good for you. Those who still in Singapore had
to tolerate and listen to Lee Kuan Yew propaganda, we feels like
living in North Korea, listing to the great leader Kim. Many of my
friend who went overseas, I usually advise them not to return to
Singapore, as you will not find any opportunity, as long as PAP is
around. You can never reach the top especially in government
sector, the top most is reserved for you know who.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Right now, the Lee's government is eyeing on our CPF, they claimed
we needs to work until the age of 80, as they claimed that the CPF
money is not enough for Singaporean retirement. What kind of
bullshit! The CPF fund was set-up to secure our retirement, now
they said the opposite, the CPF funds has been channel to some uses
which we are not fully aware, we have been hidden from the truth.
Do you ever wonder, those old folks who do not have any relative or
next-of-kin, if they passed away, what happened to the CPF saving
inside their account? Where will it channel to? This question has
been lurking in everyone minds for sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I ready do hope there are resistance happening as you have
mentioned in your previous mail, sad to said every election PAP
always win, that confirmed for sure. Every election, PAP will offer
some money, in other countries this called vote buying, in
Singapore, they named it as GST rebates, NSS shares etc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The opposition party at the moment do not have the talent and
resources to stand up to PAP, those who are outspoken, either
outlawed, outcasted or make bankrupt by PAP. I don't believe in one
party government, it is very dangerous for Singapore, too much
power under one person is not a good idea. If that person said
black, who dare to said white, this remind me of the ancient China
emperor, that why the dynasty does not last, and who suffer the
most, it is the people at the bottom. In Singapore, that what
happens, a dynasty raises, the emperor sit was passed on from
father to son, then to grandson so on, as predicted. That why,
Singaporean don't have any hope if this type of dynasty system keep
going on, what can we do? To protest, it has been outlawed, to
criticize you will be sue for bankrupt, everyone just keep their
mouth shut.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For the ghost writer you have mentioned, definitely I am not the
ghost writer or ninja writer or phantom writer working for Mindef,
anyway the funds comes from tax payers, we are paying them to spy
on us, Mindef should not have problem paying the writer, funds not
enough ask the parliament to top up, so simple. Sometimes I wonder
whether I have been monitored by ISD, who knows for sure?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Let keep our finger crossed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I hope you can understand my writing, I am not a good English
writer, my command of English is not as perfect as you do, please
accept my sincere apology if you have problem understanding what
I'm saying.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You need not reply if you feel it is not necessary or for my bad
English, I just wanted to share my point of view as what democratic
is all about.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By the way, what is Lee Kuan Yew net worth, anyone have any
idea?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Nice meeting you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Best regards,&lt;br /&gt;
Daniel Lim&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/04/letter-from-daniel-lim-6th-april-2008.html"
rel=
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by eagle @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:13:21 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The thread title sound like hunting for Dalai Lama, although the
hunt for Dalai Lama typically begins right after his death...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:08:34 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;He is quite anti-communist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:08:34 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by fai @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:01:38 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Gopalan Nair is a racist&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by Lin Yu @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:51:39 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by airgrinder:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;or me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
maybe me. i'm interested in the salary&lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt=
"icon_lol.gif" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt=
"icon_lol.gif" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by airgrinder @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:49:26 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by FireIce:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it will be me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;or me.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by FireIce @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:45:55 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;it will be me.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:45:55 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by fishbuff @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:27:27 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;let me guess, they managed to find him within the Lee's
immediate family!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>PAP regime begins hunt for future Prime Minister! replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:15:58 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;div class=""&gt;&lt;a name="526950966295867250" rel=
"nofollow"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Singapore, in addition to the search for
escaped prisoner Mas Salamat Kastari, Lee has now begun a search
for a future Prime Minister!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=""&gt;Ladies and Gentlemen,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Singapore state controlled paper, the Straits Times of April
04, 2008 in their story &lt;em&gt;"PM still looking for his
successor"&lt;/em&gt; has announced the official beginning of a new
island wide search. In addition to the ongoing search for escaped
prisoner Mas Selalamt Kastari, which has now entered its 30 day, a
simultaneous thorough nationwide search has begun in Singapore to
find a successor to the Prime Minister. Both searches are funded by
the Singapore taxpayer!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Anyone not familiar with Singapore, having only read the Singapore
Government website; would be surprised if told of such a search;
for someone to replace the Prime Minister in 15 years time! For a
start, is it not somewhat presumptive to assume he will remain
Prime Minister for the coming 15 years; let alone his handing over
power to someone of his choosing? Is this a democracy or is it a
monarchy? Isn&#8217;t the Singapore government website claiming it to be
a democracy a whole load of bull!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Isn't this peculiar practice in Singapore, of going around
searching for a successor; somewhat similar to pre Chinese invasion
Tibet, a theocracy, where Buddhist high priests scoured the entire
country looking for an infant, God's chosen successor, and groom
him to succeed the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political leader
of the country, when he eventually dies or retires!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But wait a minute, you will say. According to the Singapore
Government Website, Singapore is supposed to be a democracy.
Leaders are not supposed to be chosen the way a successor to the
Dalai Lama is chosen! It is supposed to be the people who decide
who their Prime Minister is going to be.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Not for Lee Kuan Yew's son to be going around searching high and
low, under beds and behind cabinets, now! In any case, what makes
him think he is going to be the Prime Minister for the next 15
years! Is it not possible for him to lose the elections the next
time, so the question of his choosing the next leader will be
preemptive? Why is he so confident that he will remain in power
that long?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Anyone who understands Singapore will tell you that what meets the
eye cannot be further from the truth. The Singapore Government
Website is deliberately deceptive. And shamelessly so; shamelessly,
because the government itself knows that no one believes the
nonsense in it. If Singapore is a parliamentary democracy, as it
claims, then Burma is not a military junta but a liberal democracy
based on the rule of law, not dissimilar to Sweden!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The discredited Singapore government shamelessly continues to tell
the world that it is something which it is not. According to the
Singapore government website, it claims to be a parliamentary
democracy. It is not. It does not practice rule of law. There is no
free or independent press, all of which are both owned and
controlled by the government. The system of government is no
different from say, North Korea; except that it is impossible to
escape from North Korea. You can from Singapore, which explains the
massive continuing brain drain of young men and women who leave the
country to settle overseas permanently. Young men and women who can
no longer tolerate living in tyranny.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the article, Lee's son, the Prime Minster, attributes the
increasing brain drain of Singapore talent to settle overseas, as a
reason why choosing a successor becomes even more difficult.
According to the report, of the best High School students, about
100 leave the island permanently every year. Many others leave
Singapore later. In fact these figures are much less than the real
numbers that leave, an expected manipulation by a state controlled
press. Almost 3,000 or so talented Singaporeans leave Singapore
annually. These are the very best of the best; citizens whom
Singapore would least want to lose.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And one reason why they leave is because of such inane silly
statements that Lee's son puts out on a daily basis; thereby
insulting the intelligence of any Singaporean who still can think;
a group which is itself an endangered species.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Any self respecting young educated Singaporean would be outraged to
read that Lee's chosen son is looking out to the next 15 years when
he will eventually step down and appoint his chosen successor!
Lee's son has to be advised to be a little less arrogant and self
assured. He should not be assuming himself in power for the next 15
years if in fact Singapore is supposed to be a parliamentary
democracy. Although practically unlikely, because he will rig the
elections again, as he has done in all past elections; at least it
is theoretically possible that he will be voted out in the 2011
elections. So don&#8217;t count your chickens before they are
hatched!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But the truth of the matter is this. The Singapore press is
entirely owned and controlled by the Singapore government;
otherwise which press in the world would come out with arrogance
such as this? Second, his prediction that he will remain in power
for the coming 15 years will almost certainly be realized. With
election rigging, defamation actions and criminal arrests, any
possible contender for government office will be destroyed. Through
such dishonesty and skullduggery and straightforward abuse of the
law and illegal actions; he will probably be able to anoint his
successor in the next 15 years after all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And while this man, with the help of his father Lee Kuan Yew
continues his illegal grip on power, those who can; the educated
and skilled; continue to flee the country, leaving behind only
those who are unable or incapable of leaving, through lack of
education, skills or old age. While educated Singaporeans leave its
shores in the droves, immigrants from Communist China who are
unable to even speak English, let alone Malay are brought in to
replace them. These immigrants from Communist China, through lack
of skills or any ability are incapable of replacing the highly
talented Singaporeans who leave. This continues the vicious cycle,
on the one hand Singaporeans leaving and being replaced by
uneducated unskilled immigrants from China.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A vicious cycle in a downward spiral.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I doubt very much Lee Kuan Yew's son being successful in his
nationwide search for a successor. In fact I doubt very much
whether Singapore will continue to function at its present level.
All signs indicate that in the not distant future, he and his
family will be the sole readers left for his state controlled
newspaper, the Straits Times. That is, if it is still printed in
the English Language!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I understand that &#8220;Thank You&#8221; in Mandarin Chinese is &#8220;Hsieh Hsieh&#8221;.
So, Hsieh Hsieh to all of you. I am sorry I have to go now. I have
to rush to my Mandarin lessons!&lt;br /&gt;
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Gopalan Nair&lt;/div&gt;
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