Originally posted by BillyBong:
If you've noticed, the average age of PAP 'New faces' is between 35-40
The average age for oppposition MPs is much lower, between 32-35. Again, this figure is skewed because SDA is the only other party besides WP that have revealed their candidates.
But generally, a quick glance is that the PAP new faces are either:
1. senior consultants
2. CFOs or CEOs of GLC subsidaries
3. Professional voluteers
4. Lawyers and doctors
5. civil servants
while the opposition new faces are generally:
1. lecturers
2. private businessmen
3. start-up owners
Basically, the difference is obvious. The need for a strong track record in both academic and working fields override youthful exuberance in the ranks of the new generation of PAP, a 'winning' concept so they claim.
Let's see which style appeals more during elections. The huge 1-page articles dedicated to the PAP by the self-declared 'impartial' Straits Times only offers a lopsided view of the candidates.
the AP's candidates are more reflective of the Majority of Singapore. And they are equally, if not more eloquent in matters affecting the heartland than the PAP's.
Municipal issues are drawn from national policy, what is needed is a balance of people who can craft national policies with a bottoms up approach and be also able to push it ahead in the international arena, which is what th civil service is for.
MPs, well, first and foremost, they are the people's eyes and ears. I'd take a full-time AP MP over a CEO PAP MP who might not be willing to serve the people full-time.
Nuff said.It's painfully simple and obvious.The spirit of governance and representation has got to change.