For me, I see things fairly and not like some Singaporeans who have a dogmatic view about our government – either positively or negatively. Though I may be a youthful 16-year-old Singaporean, however I believe that what need to be said have to be said. I hope that all of you will take my post into consideration not take it as a platform for you to try and correct me or go against me.

Another government agency has taken their turn to implement new cooling measures. The Ministry of National Development (MND) announced yesterday that they are introducing three new measures to better align the Executive Condominium (EC) Scheme with other public housing. And what a smack down it is. Here, we take a look at them and why the dream of owning an EC may have faded for many:

Police on Saturday confirmed that a report has been lodged against a Twitter user. It is believed the person - who goes by the Twitter handle “iamclarena” - posted racist remarks on the social networking platform.

In this respect, the Nature Society also said in its criticism earlier, “Some parks are called nature parks but to what extent they are permanent in the sense of not being subjected to development in the future is not guaranteed nor clear.” And even if the government gives a ‘guarantee’ now for the current plan, it can still decide to change its mind some years down the road, as revealed by the Nature Society. For example, it noted that Mandai Mangrove, Khatib Bongsu, Pulau Semakau and the four Coral Zones were designated as “Nature Areas” in the original 1993 Singapore Green Plan. However, they were quietly removed from the 2012 revised Singapore Green Plan.

These aspirations show that Singaporeans want a kinder, less materialistic and more inclusive society, and quality growth at a slower pace. But your chorus of fear-mongering (see here, here, here and here) on the “tradeoffs” of slower growth only goes to show how disconnected you are from society.After a fateful 2013 that began with your resounding electoral defeat, ended with the first ever riot in decades and was filled with incidents of incompetence in between, perhaps you should take 2014 as a year of introspection. Listen more, talk less.