In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President.
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“In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President.”
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✦ About the Author
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In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President.
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I was previously the chairman of the Jurong East Town Council and South West CDC.
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I think you can fool people once but you can't fool the people all the time.
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At 18, they're old enough to drive. The girls enter university, and the boys enter into National Service. Since they have a duty to defend our country, these 18-year-olds should also have the right to elect their leaders. They are mature enough.
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For vocational workers, their pay should reflect their skills and difficulty of labour. To be skilled in a craft should be accepted as an alternative path.
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You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.
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When Ronald Reagan was elected president for his first term in 1980, he received strong support from the so-called Sagebrush Rebels. The Rebels wanted lands owned by the federal government to be transferred to state governments.
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Politicians are elected to do what is right, but too many are just doing what is right for the party.
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Once elected, the Pope is by virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error. God would change any spend thrift politician into a responsible Pope.
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