In the late 1980s and early 1990s, we were undergraduates studying in National University of Singapore at Kent Ridge. Our common interest in learning about and engaging in national politics brought us together under the NUS Democratic Socialist Club banner.

In NUS-DSC, we were fortunate to have participated in the national debates surrounding the Constitutional amendments which introduced NMPs in Parliament. We conducted a campus-wide survey to collate the views of our peers, then made a submission to the Parliamentary Select Committee tasked to review the proposals.

After graduating from NUS, a few of us channeled our political interests by establishing a low-key non-partisan political club Socratic Circle which was eventually disbanded a decade later. (Gerard: your assistance to write this up is much appreciated).

We pretty much went our separate ways although we kept in touch every now and then.

Today, a generation later, as PM Lee has called for a review of the national political framework, I hope to collate the views and perspectives of the original group which I believe is a good sampling of our peers. It will be interesting to see how our views and perspectives have been enriched over the decades.

This idea is still in the gestation stage and open to suggestions and improvements. Do give your two cents. I have made this an editable wiki so that anybody can correct any errors and contribute your input directly into the text.

Off the top of my head, perhaps a few of us can gather to discuss and refine a series of 8 to 10 questions/issues which can then be put to the wider group. And whatever that comes back can form the bulk of the report which should make a decent record for a variety of reasons and perhaps also uses.

Trivia: If anybody recalls, we did a very amateurish version of this in the Demos bulletin to report the various aspects of the Chiam See Tong talk we had back then.

The series of Constitutional amendments which introduced GRCs, NCMPs, NMPs and the Elected Presidency transformed the political landscape in Singapore. In the two and half decades since, the ground-breaking changes have been tested and matured.

We have lived through the changes and each of us been exposed to a wide variety of experiences and learnings in our respective fields. How have our respective views been shaped over this period ?

The people listed below are by no means exhaustive. Please feel free to nominate others to the list. Do be reminded that this is an editable wiki.

I am starting off with a longish and inclusive list. Do also remember this is only an invite list and invitees are perfectly free to decline for a variety of reasons including perhaps work-related, personal or otherwise. And I would imagine quite a few in the list below would choose to decline.

• Cheng Sim
• Choon Boon
• Eric
• Gerard Lim
• Glen Low
• Jason
• Jyoti Lingam
• Koon Kee
• Kuang Ting
• Maria Siow
• Ser Guan
• Song Chuan
• Stephen
• Su Haw
• Yew Kong