A government must govern fairly and justly for the benefit of the people. It is subject to the rule of law of the nation and its rulers do not abuse their position. When this doesn't occur, and the people feel that they have no other recourse, things turn violent.
A government will always make mistakes. In as much as humans always make mistakes. The same mistakes, the same excuses affect us because we are at the end of the day homo sapiens. Where the Singapore government has to always pay attention is that its perceived demands on the population require a equal if not greater amount of ability in governance.
I'd tentatively say that this is the current case even with the new blood of leadership within the country. There have been mis-steps. The issue right now is how fast the missteps can be corrected and how to prevent future ones from arising. The global situation has caused many governments to misstep. Singapore having avoided a recession is only a result of some good financial safety nets somewhere even if the population took a bit of a ding.
The important thing for the government is it should always strive to improve its standards and abilities. As opposed to most governments. Which is to simply get bloody re-elected by pandering to voters. Witness Australia's Tony Abbot's keeness to "STOP THE BOATS" and the fact that he received nearly half the votes inspite/or rather because of that.
What I would prefer in a country is less censorship. Some things are just not needed really. But good with the bad isn't it in life?
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