While the global stock markets rocked in choppy waves of unprecedented volatility in the last two weeks, Singaporean investors were probably busy following the campaigns of the current elections. This round to me seemed less interesting vs the previous cycles where we saw various tumultuous sagas involving CCTVs, sweet young things vs sweet young things, Dr Chee shouting at PM Goh like a gangster, Cheng San GRC (for those of us old enough to remember). This round we pretty much got to get excited only about this Titanic poster below.
For the un-initiated, this was an argument using the analogy of cruise ships. PM Goh liken PAP as a solid cruise ship with a final destination while WP is a gambling cruise ship sailing to nowhere. To which Mr Low replied that perhaps the more apt example would be comparing Singapore to Titanic, which sank. PM Goh then replied Singapore ......