The headline on the front page of the Straits Times (14 May 2013) said “Khaw: Town councils political by nature”.
It explains nothing.
A country’s government is also political by nature. It doesn’t mean that the government can sell the Finance Ministry’s tax-collection software to a party-owned vehicle.
When National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan says town councils are necessarily political institutions, is he saying that such motives are acceptable? Is he saying that politics in Singapore can be a no-holds-barred contest? That scorched-earth policies for partisan advantage is acceptable? It would be a road to ruin if this were the case. Full story
