In recent months a few PAP politicians were perceived to have been trying to strike out individually to win the public relations battle on their own, half way to the next election.
In their quest they have the help of the pro-government press which the opposition does not often get.
Recently, two PAP backbenchers trotted up apartment blocks floor-by-floor to look for litterbugs who threw down a used diaper and a sanitary pad from their windows.
The MP sleuths went on their personal hunts at different parts of the city, trying to ferret out a growing menace in over-crowded Singapore.
As a result the government is considering tougher littering laws. Full story
