... due to strategic tactics employed by the government such as free trade agreements, joining the World Trade Organization - manifestations of globalisation-that opened the local market. Being open to an international economy, the PAP government had to deal with the challenges posed by globalisation. The ease of travelling and the lure of 'greener pastures' and gradual socio-economic stratification, coupled with the increase in the number of educated people and the rising popularity of the Internet has seriously undermined the hegemony of the ruling party in various ways that I will discuss later. Therefore, in my humble opinion, globalisation will pose as an obstacle to the current political system ruled by the PAP, although the paper will also argue that it may not serve as a fatal blow to the functioning of this ruling party. According to Foreign Policy, Singapore was ranked top for the world's "most global country" for 2001 (cited ...

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