Malaysia Star, 11 May 2013There are some 13,800 Residential Committee grassroots volunteers scattered all over the heartland, tasked – among community projects – with helping PAP stay in power.
In the past, they came largely from the mainland, without much education but with sincerity to serve their fellow beings and love of country.
Many of today’s leaders – attracted by the influence and proximity to government – are self-serving or have negative attitudes like arrogance and elitism.
A recent controversy showed how things could go wrong. It involved over-enthusiastic grassroots leaders closing off part of a public eating place for two hours on a Sunday morning for exclusive use by a PAP MP. Full story
