Quote of the Day

Gwee Li Sui in a comment on this post:

Yes, I do find this silver lining when eg. Christians expressed shock and ready apologies during the Rony Tan affair and even City Harvest members called for clarification over church investment. The sharing in public anxiety feels a bit healthier than what we got a year back, and it is a move in the right direction. Every Christian -- or person with a faith, for that matter -- must learn to do this: it's a responsibility that just can't be passed on or put on hold, pending permission. Nobody else owns your voice of conscience.

Gwee finds silver lining

One year after the AWARE power tussle, Gwee Li Sui looks back to find his fellow Christians more willing to speak out against the more hardline members of their congregation after the saga caused them so much "sudden hurt and distrust" among non-Christian Singaporeans.

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HDB, Town Councils are partisan bodies

Gerald Giam calls for the Housing Development Board to be an independent statutory board and not be a political tool for the PAP:

TODAY newspaper reported that the PAP’s losing candidate Sitoh had received an email from HDB informing him of this news. He lost no time in breaking the good news to residents through a news release. Mr Eric Low plans to announce the news today at a grassroots event. In addition, Mr Sitoh said he will be sending out a circular to residents in the selected blocks soon, presumably with his own letterhead proclaiming himself as the “adviser to the Potong Pasir grassroots organisations”.

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