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Putting a human face to politics in Singapore

Political discourse in the Republic has long been about policy positions, but individual personalities are now in the frame.

Politics, in Singapore at least, has long been presented as a dry, policy-driven affair, where the personal is secondary to the pragmatic.

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Tham Yuen-C

SINGAPORE – Those who were at the National Day Parade, or even those who were not, would probably have seen the video of

by now.

PM Wong

He has done it while interacting with foreign leaders, for charity shows or, as the younger set would say, just for the gram.