The socialist roots of the PAP live on in institutional form if not policy. Yesterday a May Day Rally was held, for example. As K. Jeyaratnam says, Singaporean

The socialist roots of the PAP live on in institutional form if not policy. Yesterday a May Day Rally was held, for example. As K. Jeyaratnam says, Singaporeans get the government they deserve. A lack of pressure on the government produces complacency. When they feel threatened we have people of the Tharman and LKY type. The destruction of these buildings is emblematic of the destruction of the old competent Singapore. LHL’s rule has not seen any significant progress and much backsliding, e.g., in the MRT, management of state enterprises, etc. These buildings will be replaced, but they will be replaced by novelties, not elements of a coherent vision as those built in the twentieth century were. It was fun whilst it lasted.