今天的AFR，
SP PM is the world's best paid prime minister: S$3M.
Nothing could have demonstrated the shock within the fuling party about the poorer than expected election.
Singapore...requiring a different political approach from the top-down regimentalism ...
Singapore, Malasia and Thailand were once the stpping stones of political evolution in Asia. But in recent years they have been leapfrogged by Indoniesia, Taiwan and South Korea - All of which have created dynamic, contestable political systems from authoritarian regimes. They are now the role models for change.
The sudden departures of Minister Mentor Lee and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong suggest that the Singapore establishmen has got the message more clearly than its peers in Thainland and Malaysia.
Lee, the last of a generation of Asian strongmen, was up to his old tricks during the campaign, dropping hints about the costs of supporting the opposition.
But the writing was on the Facebook wall early, when young advertising executive Nocole Seah, running for the opposition, snared more followers than the country's founding father.
