Yahoo! Singapore News, 25 May 2011
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has to work hard to win members of the civil service over to his cause of change, says Singapore People's Party's (SPP) Jimmy Lee.
He said that they have used terms such as 'populist measures' to describe PM Lee's recent actions, adding that this demonstrates an uphill battle for PM Lee.
"I believe when you put a label like 'populist measures' on an effort to change, then you don't have the mindset to change," he said. "You are already injecting cynicism and constraining the space for possible solutions." Full story