Government ministers are paying a high price for an electoral setback last year that stunned the governing party and may have changed the dynamics of power in Singapore: Collectively, they have lost millions of dollars in salary. ??We are transitioning now into a post-Lee Kuan Yew era, and what it holds is something that many will watch with a lot of interest and perhaps anticipation,'' said Eugene Tan, an assistant professor of law at SMU. ??I think there's a realization that they need to engage head-on the need to connect with average Singaporeans, not just rationally but also at the affective level,'' he said.
International Herald Tribune