Election Carrot

Asked last week if estate renewal was an election carrot, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, who unveiled Tampines Town Council's plans, would only say: 'I suppose it's a fair question, but the main point I want to emphasise is that the upgrading programme is a major platform promise of the Government and we have made this promise every election, not just this coming one.'The important thing is that we fulfil this commitment.'

That is a very lenght rhetoric for a yes and no answer. For those who can't decipher, it is a carrot and it will continue to be one at every election.

Fair enough but I believe Singaporeans would know it is a carrot. Diguising it with lengthy, out-of-point statements borders on the edge of insult to our intelligence.