Moving on

The PAP – in power since its separation from Malaysia in 1965 – retained its 82 seats in the republic's 84-seat Parliament with 66.6% of the votes.

Papa don't preach! I'm not in trouble deep!

I mean hey, you won. Good job in fixing the Opposition. Now 1/3 of the nation who voted for the Opposition are only represented by two out of the 84 seats in Parliament. "Yeah!"

It was an election quite unlike what Singaporeans had seen before and the results reflected the generational shift in the city-state.

While burning issues like jobs, housing upgrading, living costs and healthcare dominated the campaign, it was also the way politicians were forced to sit up and take notice of the power of the younger voters that made the polls so interesting.

The younger voters now will grow older and be replaced by other way younger people in future and hopefully our future governments will take a less top-down approach which although had worked in the past to give the nation some footing while in the growing stage, will not be so effective then.

1) Out with strong arm tactics
- For one (out of a few), attempting to "force" James Gomez out of politics while also trying to discredit his party through public sledgehammering, character attacks and still picking on him with a criminal intimidation charge after the elections is downright ugly.

2) Out with dangling carrots that comes from taxpayers' pockets
- It's OUR money. Don't use it as a bait like that. If upgrading is a must and if money has been promised at the time of rallies by the PAP, it should be made available now no matter who won because now we all know the money is there. It can be used in Opposition wards as well. People in these wards are Singaporeans just like any other in any area in this country.

3) Out with media control
- Channelnewsasia and The Straits' Times (bar Sumiko Tan) have been very one-sided in their elections runup coverage. The only reason the Opposition was BIG news was when the PAP was attacking them. We, the younger folks are not stupid. We watch and read the news but we also decipher the hidden message behind it and it's been plain unfair. Coverage, positive or negative, should be equal.

I'm glad that PM Lee has somehow acknowledged this, the fact that younger folks have a mind of their own and I concede that he has indeed loosen up some rope in the two years he's been in charge. Hopefully more improvements will come.

Let's grow with the times, from top to bottom to top to bottom... till the next elections.

Majulah Singapura!