I couldn’t but think the above, when I read in the constructive, nation-building CNA:
Despite their vast difference in size, Singapore and China have common issues to tackle, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said on Monday (Apr 15) as he hailed the good bilateral ties between the two countries.
These issues cover areas like economic transformation, skills retraining and managing an ageing population.
Funny he doesn’t mention the area where both ruling parties have a common interest: suppressing fake news.
Our very own, pending, draconian law on fake news ( Fake news law: Ownself judge ownself) sounds very much like what China already has: the ruling party decides what is fake news. But to be fair to S’pore, the PAP govt says that there’ll be an appeals procedure making the judiciary the decision-maker. In China, the judges are subordinate to the party. According to our Constitution, our judiciary is independent.
The CCP way is the PAP way: The PAP way?
