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  • Kahar Hassan Was Hardworking But PAP Needed Change

    Kahar Hassan Was Hardworking But PAP Needed Change

    Elaborating on why ex-People’s Action Party (PAP) Kaki Bukit branch chairman Kahar Hassan (picture) was asked to step down last month, former PAP chairman Lim Boon Heng said yesterday the party felt that it needed a change, even though Mr Kahar had been a “very hardworking person”.

    Mr Lim also thanked Mr Kahar — who was dropped from the PAP slate totally — for his work in Kaki Bukit and for letting residents know that the party has “not forgotten about them”.

    Speaking at a press conference to unveil the PAP’s team for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, Mr Lim said the PAP has deployed their potential candidates on the ground much earlier compared with previous elections. This gave the party the opportunity to assess how the potential candidates relate with people and different stakeholders in the constituency, he added.

    “In other words, it allows us what you might say in management jargon, a 360-degree assessment of the candidates. This time round, we have been more comprehensive in the assessment of our candidates and whether they fit in the constituency where we intend to field them,” he said.

    “So, the party decided that they needed a change in Kaki Bukit although Kahar Hassan had been a very hardworking person. We should make a change if we could find somebody that is a better fit.” Mr Lim said the party was “very glad” that they were able to find a “better fit” in Mr Shamsul Kamar, the former head of Student Management at Spectra Secondary School.

    Mr Kahar, 46, was asked to step down late last month, after working the ground for the past 16 months.

    The business development director of an engineering company could not respond to media queries by press time. Mr Kahar announced his departure on Facebook on July 31 and in his earlier comments to TODAY, he said it was a party decision and his thoughts went out to the residents.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Vivian Balakrishnan: Don’t Be Seduced By Notion That Politicians Can Work Without Incentives

    Vivian Balakrishnan: Don’t Be Seduced By Notion That Politicians Can Work Without Incentives

    Suggestions that politicians can work without incentives is a seductive notion, especially during an election period, says the Minister of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR), Vivian Balakrishnan.

    The minister was speaking at a National Day Rally public forum organised by the government’s feedback outfit, REACH.

    A participant had questioned the honorarium which Members of Parliament (MP) receive – which is S$16,000 a month, or $192,500 annually.

    If an MP sat for the full parliamentary term of five years, he would have been paid almost a million dollars – S$962,000.

    Ministers receive salaries which run into the millions.

    In his response to the question raised at the forum, Dr Vivian said there are only two kinds of people who would work without incentives – those who are wealthy, and those who are corrupt.

    “Don’t be seduced,” he was quoted by the TODAY newspaper as having said. “The danger with elections is it’s an auction. Everybody would promise you the moon. Everybody would say they don’t need pay on the assumption either they don’t need to deliver, or things will go wrong.”

    The amount of honorarium being paid to MPs and the salaries received by ministers have been hot topics for many years, particularly for MPs whom some see as just a part-time job, given that MPs themselves have their own private careers.

    But REACH chairman, Amy Khor, said that being in the industry would help her to contribute more.

    “You have to look at it more broadly,” said Dr Khor, who is also Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Health. “Is the MP contributing as you expect? In fact, if I can do that, and I still can add value because I have a better understanding of what’s going on outside in the real world. Isn’t that giving you more value?”

    In recent weeks, after an online website published a list of the number of times each MP has spoken in the last parliament (2011 – 2015), some were shocked to learn that some MPs had spoken up in the House for only a handful of times in those four years, and questioned the amount of taxpayers’ money paid to these MPs.

    These included former ministers such as Mah Bow Tan and Wong Kan Seng.

    It was also reported that the former Transport Minister, Raymond Lim, had not made a single parliamentary speech since being replaced as Transport Minister in 2011.

    Mr Lim has since announced that he will be retiring from politics at the upcoming elections.

     

    Source: www.theonlinecitizen.com

  • Fahmi Rais: Chance To Shape Party ‘Without Baggage’ Led Him To Join SingFirst

    Fahmi Rais: Chance To Shape Party ‘Without Baggage’ Led Him To Join SingFirst

    The opportunity to shape the direction of a new political party was what led Mr Fahmi Rais to join the team that founded Singaporeans First (SingFirst) last year.

    Now, Fahmi Rais, 48, will take a step further and stand in elections for the first time in the coming polls.

    “Because this is a new party, it has no baggage, it doesn’t have the history of who was there first, what was done in the past, so on and so forth. With a party with no baggage, every candidate, every member has an equal opportunity to shape the party the way they want it, and to me that is very critical because we do not want to come into a system and not see our ideas being taken,” the father of four said.

    Mr Fahmi is no political newbie, having been a member of the Young PAP in the early 1990s.

    After leaving the party in 1995, he was involved in various community organisations, an experience that later spurred him to enter the political arena.

    The Government, he felt was disconnected from the needs of the people, and he hopes to change this.

    As the sole Malay candidate introduced by SingFirst yesterday, the father of four said he wants to champion for the Malay-Muslim community and ensure that they can compete on the same level as other communities in Singapore.

    Fahmi Rais, 48

    Communication and media consultant

    FACT FILE:

    • Married with four children ages six to 19

    • A founding member of Singaporeans First; currently sits in the party’s Central Executive Committee

    • Has 26 years of involvement in community work

    • A Young PAP member from 1991 to 1995

    • Holds a Masters in Mass Communication and a degree in Law with Honours

    HE SAID: “It is those years that I spent on the ground that created the turning point. I had no bad experience when I was with the PAP but having listened to the people and realising how disconnect the current Government of the day is with the people on the ground, it’s a natural calling for me to try to create that difference by joining an opposition front.”

    WARD: To be announced

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • 5 “Concerned Citizens” Say They Will Run As Independent Candidates

    5 “Concerned Citizens” Say They Will Run As Independent Candidates

    According to Channel News Asia, reporters spotted a group of 5 people at the Elections Department premises today, who turned up to collect their nomination papers to contest in the upcoming General Elections as independent candidates.

    Oddly enough, one of the 5, 46 year-old Ms Fatimah Akhtar, said that they were not there to contest seriously, but were there to send a message.

    “We are sending out a message to all political parties that whatever it is, you should be sending candidates who are qualified and capable.”

    “Some of the candidates fielded inspired me to run, because with their background, my potted plant can be an MP.”

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Osman Sulaiman, M Ravi Dan Roy Ngerng Antara Yang Akan Turun Padang Menentang PAP Di GRC Ang Mo Kio

    Osman Sulaiman, M Ravi Dan Roy Ngerng Antara Yang Akan Turun Padang Menentang PAP Di GRC Ang Mo Kio

    Parti Reform (RP) hari ini mengumumkan barisan calonnya di GRC Ang Mo Kio bagi pilihan raya akan datang.

    Pasukan seramai enam orang itu akan diterajui oleh Encik M Ravi, seorang peguam.

    Turut menganggotai pasukan RP tersebut ialah penulis blog Roy Ngerng, yang disaman oleh Perdana Menteri Lee Hsien Loong atas tuduhan fitnah berhubung isu CPF, penerbit filem Siva Chandran, aktivis sosial Gilbert Goh, mantan pegawai bank Jesse Loo dan pengarah perniagaan di sebuah syarikat hiasan dalaman, Osman Sulaiman.

    Meskipun kedua-dua Encik Goh dan Encik Ngerng pernah menyertai bantahan-bantahan di Sudut Pidato di Hong Lim Park, setiausaha agung RP, Kenneth Jeyaretnam menegaskan pasukan itu bukanlah kumpulan pembantah.

    Encik Osman, 40 tahun, mengetuai pasukan RP di GRC Ang Mo Kio pada pilihan raya 2011, yang memperolehi 30.4 peratus undi.

    “Perlantikan ini datang dengan tanggungjawab yang berat. Saya diharapkan berjuang bukan sahaja untuk bangsa Melayu, bukan sahaja untuk penduduk Ang Mo Kio tetapi untuk semua warga Singapura dan sekaligus berbakti kepada masyarakat umum,” ujarnya.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

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