Category: Politik

Workers’ Party Walkabout Coverage – ST Sabotage?

Dear SGHardtruth

When I first saw the report by ST showing Workers Party walkabout at Rivervale Plaza on Sunday morning, my immediate thought was, how can ST purposely show Workers Party going about collecting donation? Isn’t that a smear campaign?

Video source – ST

I was infuriated. I mean how can ST, being a national news agency have such an anti-opposition stance? Is ST, like what most people say, a PAP’s mouth piece?

So, I decided to check out WP’s Facebook to refute ST.

But when I saw the photo posted by WP, I am speechless. So WP’s walkabout is about…Selling their paper and asking for donations. So this is not the usual walkabout to interact with residents. Because if they are busy selling their newspaper and raising fund, they won’t have time to have a sincere talk with residents isn’t it?

So disappointing.

Jim Seow

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July 29, 2015
Opposition Supporters Slam DPP For Attempting Multi-Cornered Fights

Prior to the 2011 Presidential Elections, the last multi-corner electoral fight occurred took place in 2001 in the then Bukit Timah SMC. A 3-way contest saw the PAP eventually securing 77% of the valid votes, while independent Tan Kim Chuang lost his deposit with a ‘mere’ 4.92% of the votes.

Given that such multi-cornered fights work to the advantage of the PAP due to the splitting of opposition votes, alternative political parties such as the NSP and SingFirst have called for unity to avoid such scenarios. Working out a common ground, however, seems to demand a different level of commitment.

Brinkmanship occurred in the 2013 Punggol East by-election where the SDP had publicly offered the WP a deal: the SDP would send its elected MP to parliament as an alternative voice while the WP would manage the town council. In the absence of a reply, the SDP stood down altogether.

The SDP thus deserves some credit to its name even though it may seem to have acted conceitedly. Had it pushed ahead with its proposition, the opposition votes may very well have been split into those who preferred a more radical alternative in the form of SDP and a more moderate alternative in the form of the WP.

Reassuringly, the voters gave their support to the WP by an astounding margin causing both the RP and SDA to lose their deposit. Taken together with the Presidential elections 2 years earlier, the electorate has shown a new found maturity when it came to 3-cornered contests: only want alternative parties who act reasonably will secure votes.

Yet, it would seem that multi-cornered fights seem to have inevitably emerged again in a hotly contested atmosphere of increased resentment towards the PAP. The DPP, for example, have stood up to contest in the Mountbatten, Hong Kah North, Potong Pasir, Bishan-Toa Payoh and Tanjong Pagar constituencies.

As a likely scenario emerged, even netizens from the core opposition group have been quick to condemn the actions of the DPP with one saying on TRE: “Guaranteed to lose terok terok if you enter into a 3-cornered fight. Don’t tiew Lian ok”

Another said: “fly-by-night parties that ‘wake’ up during GEs gunning for multi-cornered fights better understand their own strength before they jump. Opposition supporters will vote for only credible and viable candidates, not the more vocal or those with dubious track record.”

Despite an absence from the electoral scene, this is not the first time the DPP has done so. In 1997, a 4-cornered fight in Chua Chu Kang SMC saw DPP’s Tan Soo Phuan lost their deposit with a mere 1.9% of the valid votes. This set a new record for the lowest share of popular votes until 2013 where SDA had less than 1% of the votes.

Will 2015 prove to be Déjà vu?

Source: http://mythoughtsinafewparagraphs.net/

July 29, 2015
Senarai Kabinet Baru Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengumumkan rombakan barisan Menteri Kabinet, di Putrajaya hari ini.

Antara yang digugurkan adalah Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan diganti oleh Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi yang sebelum ini memegang portfolio di Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN).

Pengumuman rombakan Kabinet ini menyaksikan seramai tujuh Menteri dan sembilan Timbalan Menteri baru telah dilantik yang berkuatkuasa pada 29 Julai 2015.

Berikut senarai Kabinet baru:

Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan : Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

Timbalan Perdana Menteri Merangkap Menteri Dalam Negeri : Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri:

Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed

Tuan Masir Anak Kujat

Menteri Kewangan II : Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah

Timbalan Menteri Kewangan:

Datuk Chua Tee Yong

Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani

Menteri Pengangkutan : Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai

Timbalan: Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi

Menteri Kesihatan : Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya

Menteri Pelancongan Dan Kebudayaan : Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz

Timbalan: Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin

Menteri Pertahanan : Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein

Timbalan: Datuk Wira Mohd Johari Baharum

Menteri Belia dan Sukan: Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar

Timbalan: Datuk Saravanan A/L Murugan

Menteri Pendidikan : Datuk Seri Mahadhir Khalid

Timbalan:

P.Kamalanathan A/L P.Panchanathan

Senator Tuan Chong Sin Woon

Menteri KPDNKK : Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin

Timbalan: Datuk Paduka Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah

Menteri Sumber Asli dan Sekitar : Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

Timbalan: Datuk Ir Hamim Samuri

Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi : Datuk Amar Dauglas Uggah Embas

Timbalan: Datuk Noriah Kasnon

Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa Dan Industri : Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed

Timbalan : Datuk Ahmad Maslan

Menteri Tenaga Teknologi Hijau Dan Air : Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Dr James Dawos Mamit

Menteri Pertanian Dan Industri Asas Tani : Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Haji Tajuddin Andul Rahman

Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar Dan Wilayah : Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri

Timbalan:

Datuk Alexander nanta Linggi

Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub

Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia : Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Keruak

Timbalan: Datuk Jailani Johari

Menteri Luar Negeri: Datuk Seri Anifah Aman

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Reezal Merican naina Merican

Menteri Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi : Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau

Timbalan: Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah

Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat : Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim

Timbalan:

Datuk Hajah Azizah Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Dun

Senator Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun

Menteri Kerja Raya : Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof

Timbalan : Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin

Menteri Sumber Manusia : Datuk Seri Richard Riot

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Mutalib

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan : Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor

Timbalan: Datuk Dr Loga Bala Moha A/L Jaganathan

Menteri Pengajian Tinggi : Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh

Timbalan: Datuk Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin

Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan: Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan

Timbalan: Datuk Halimah Mohd Sadique

Menteri Di JPM :

Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom

Datuk Sri Idris Jala

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup

Datuk Joseph Entulu Anak Belaun

Datuk Azalina Othman

Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim

Datuk Mah Siew Keong

Nancy Shukri

Datuk Ir Dr. Wee Ka Siong

Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar

Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan

Timbalan Menteri Di JPM (Hal Ehwal Agama):

Senator Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Datuk Dusuki

Source:www.malaysiandigest.com

July 28, 2015
Dissent Within PAP Ranks? Ng Eng Hen Mocks Retiring Inderjit Singh

In his interview with the government-controlled media Channel News Asia, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen mock Ang Mo Kio (AMK) GRC PAP MP Inderjit Singh for announcing his retirement on Facebook instead of using the party’s proper channel:

“You can post your retirement on Facebook, but I think as an MP who has served 15, 20, even 30 years – that’s not the best way to do it”

PAP MP Inderjit Singh publicised his retirement on his Facebook page on the very same day the new electoral boundaries were introduced last Friday (July 24). PAP MP Inderjit has served in Ang Mo Kio GRC for the nearly 20 years since 1996. He has recently been exceptionally vocal against Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and took media highlights two years ago for criticising his ruling party’s decision to increase the Singapore population to 6.9 million.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has no replacement for the sudden resignation of MP Inderjit Singh and is now struggling to find a replacement.

Source: http://statestimesreview.com

July 28, 2015
Atan Flybaits: MP Melayu PAP Pak Turut, Takut Mengetengahkan Isu-Isu Melayu

Kita sering menyangka bahawa calun calun PAP terdiri dari orang orang yg berkaliber tapi itu tak betul

Di pertemuan yg di anjurkan oleh encik Faisal Manap tidak lama dulu iaitu pertemuan dgn aktivis Melayu, Encik Faisal memberitahu kami satu ketika beliau cuba membangkit kan isu isu Melayu di parlimen.

MP Melayu PAP telah menerang beliau dgn kata kata ‘ are you trying to politicised malay issues ‘, jadi agak sulit untuk beliau bersuara

Di sini kita lihat kebodohan MP MP Melayu PAP – parlimen adalah the hse of politik kalau ahli politik tak boleh mempolitik kan isu di dalam hse of politik maka di mana kah mereka nak berbicara tentang politik ?

Secara logic kita lihat kebodohan MP MP melayu PAP sangat jelas atau PAP sengaja memilih mereka kerena kebodohan mereka yang boleh di jadi kan ‘Yes man’

Source: Atan Flybaits in Suara Melayu Islam Singapura

July 28, 2015