The Little Red Dot Story

Here is a Little Red Dot Story depicting the Singapore success as claimed by its leaders as I see it.


In the east beckons a little red dot,

A one-man-one-vote democracy,

Where people voted for passionate leaders,

To fight for justice and equity,

Alas when leaders came into power,

Became arrogant with own worth and ability,

Obsessed with ability to tweak laws,

Iron Rice Bowlers elevated to instant talents,

Took for themselves the highest salaries,

Surpassed that of president of United States,

Citizens told of horror stories,

Like the welfare and free lunch bankruptcy,

So governing was tax and hoard monies,

Only to be spent on Shin Corp and Micropolis,

To tweak the law and stay in power,

Painted fear of citizens wasting votes,

So twisted laws to fair voting process,

Abolished voting in single constituency,

So no citizens could vote their MPs,

Except in groups of 3 to 6 MPs called GRC,

So election time turned into mockery,

Claiming to provide racial harmony,

Actually design of power that be,

Was to stop any one from election,

Opposition who told of unpleasant truths,

Were sued for bankruptcy without mercy,

Till walkover in every constituency,

People bought over with goodies,

Once no-contest pantomime was over,

GST and fees doubly increased,

Low-cost housing sold for double profit,

Less cheeky discount called subsidy,

Forever taxing and hoarding of monies,

To be spent on shin corp for self-glory

Blamed would be put on honest mistake,

Election goodies took care of unhappy memories,

Fiasco in value-adding to new economy,

Resorted to IR over the dead body,

Mass educated unemployed and dropping wages,

Avoided by pointing fingers at worse countries,

Forgotten solemn promises of talents,

Just blamed on long suffering people,

Calling them quitters and grousers,

Thus was the story of the little red dot,

Told by leaders press as forever success,

Sadly but true a tale of bigotry and hypocrisy.