Since Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took over from his predecessor Goh Chok Tong, there has been an expectation that Lee would be 'softer' and 'more liberal' than his father, Lee Kuan Yew, but there is also an observation that Goh is more 'liberal' in personal temperament.

Do these differences in personal traits and characteristics matter in the highly organised machinery of the state and ruling party in Singapore?

Singapore's opposition leader, Dr Chee Soon Juan speaks to malaysiakini about the unchanged ideological climate, propaganda and power structure in the nation run by the Peoples Action Party (PAP).