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  • Is PAP The Only Viable Option In Singapore?

    Is PAP The Only Viable Option In Singapore?

    Mr PM, please consider this.

    Many times, we have been repeatedly told that PAP is the only and viable option? Question is how believable is this today??

    In order to put this question to rest, an objective approach substantiated by hard facts and plain and transparent logic may help the good citizens to decide for themselves.

    Let us score PAP’s performance against the fundamentals that concern all Singaporeans.

    1 Integrity and Meritocracy are sacred principles in Singapore never to be compromised. This is the branding of Singapore.

    Integrity – IDA fake degree, Witchhunt on Aljunied TC vs PAP TCs – Aimgate, Jurong TC where PAP grassroots leader is TC GM is supplier GM, Lehman Brothers in PAP TCs, Sengkang saga with HDB and MND, Nee Soon MP company is TC supplier, lawyer MP overcharging by 1M….

    Meritocracy – this is easiest to debunk. SMRT!!!!, Youth Olympics, MP Intan endorsing cheat Yang Yin, IDA employing fake degree person, Jurong TC just cannot keep rats and bugs away, Tanjong Pagar visit by MP once in 5 years according to a TP resident, family, relatives and crony network ….

    2 The application of the Rule of Law is to be administered equally to all in Singapore, no exceptions and discretion.

    SPF, AGC on RN, HHH, Ravi, Amos Yee, LTA parking violation exception, Ello, the twins of PAP Jasons…..

    3 The job market available to Singaporeans must be fair in terms of total cost to employ, no unfair hiring practices, need for credible qualifications and adequate labor protection for all.

    Government opening doors even wider to all Asean citizens, of which 80% indicated they want to work in Singapore. 80% of the working population of Asean population!!!! If you think today is bad, just wait till 2016 when this horror is unleashed on Singaporeans by the our government.

    The fake degrees and millions of third world cheap labor will descend like swarms to attack our jobs, your families, destroy our Society. Then, even our 70 year old senior citizens will have competition in cleaning tables at hawker centers and selling tissues. Already happening today!

    4 CPF / Medishield… is our money and for our retirement use at age 55.

    No need to say more. You must be blind if you do not know whats happening here. This is the greatest perversion of trust.

    5 Accessibility to affordable, efficient and effective Healthcare, Education, Social Welfare, Transportation are basic requirements to be made available to citizens.

    What do you think of our glorious SMRT? What the hospital availability? What about the numerous obstacles to getting welfare aid. How about the millions of dollars of scholarships given to foreigners whilst our children are struggling with education loans.

    6 Accountability and transparency of Government to the people.

    CPF, GIC, Temasek, Healthcare, SMRT, Grassroots organization and PA….

    Now that we have reviewed the performance of PAP, then do scoring.

    1. Scoring the card will produce some rather obvious conclusions.
    2. Then you will ask yourself, ‘If we do not vote PAP, then vote for who?’
    3. Then the obvious question dawn on you. ‘What is the contribution of these people in government so far. Nothing or worse, negatives? Why do we have to pay million dollars for this kind of results??????”
    4. The next obvious question, ‘You mean NOBODY can do better than this???????????????’
    5. Suddenly incredulous enlightenment happens. ‘Actually anybody can do better than this’
    6. Further light shines brighter. ‘ And Cheaper too’

    I exaggerate you not here. The conclusion is made simple and straightforward because the current government, infested with half dimwit under talents whose only talents is sucking up, has made it so easy to flush their flaws and misdeeds for all to see.

    Most damning of all, the neutered leadership have chosen if not silence, then equally appalling moronic and twisted logic as their incriminating defense.

    Spencer Goh

    * Comment appeared in TRE article: PM: Next GE about forming new leaders to lead SG

     

    Source: www.tremeritus.com

  • Lee Hsien Loong Gets All Clear For Prostate Cancer

    Lee Hsien Loong Gets All Clear For Prostate Cancer

    Doctors have given Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong the all-clear for prostate cancer, following a blood test two weeks ago.

    The test was done two months after Mr Lee underwent keyhole surgery in February for early-stage prostate cancer, which was discovered through a regular check-up. Doctors have said he has a 98 per cent chance of not dying from prostate cancer after 15 years, the Prime Minister said yesterday at the May Day Rally.

    But other health issues could crop up, Mr Lee said. Ill health could also affect other members of the Cabinet, weakening the team, he said.

    “Just because you are a minister does not mean you’re Superman. It doesn’t mean you won’t get ill, it doesn’t mean you don’t grow old,” he said. “If I lose any of them, my team will be weaker. Can I replace them quickly with people of the same quality and experience?”

    The current Cabinet is “balanced”, with some experienced ministers and newer ones who joined after the 2011 General Election, but Mr Lee, 63, said his job is also to build a strong leadership team for the future.

    “We will all grow old and we all need successors,” he said.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Tan Chuan-Jin: Government Policies To Benefit All, Regardless Of Party Voted For

    Tan Chuan-Jin: Government Policies To Benefit All, Regardless Of Party Voted For

    The Government will continue to make policies that benefit all Singaporeans, regardless of how they voted, said Minister for Manpower and Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin, during a visit to opposition-held Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

    Reassuring residents of Serangoon ward there that they have not been forgotten by the People’s Action Party (PAP), Mr Tan told them at the start of a dialogue: “Let’s put it this way, it’s a democracy … you decide what you want to choose, for better or worse. I will tell you that we will endeavour to do our best, whatever the outcome.

    “All of you remain Singaporeans. You don’t vote for us but we are here to still continue to provide policies that cut across every division,” he added.

    But he pointed out that while policies are crafted to benefit Singaporeans, they need to be balanced with societal needs and considerations for the future. “On our part as the Government, we do the best we can,” he said.

    Giving little away on the ruling party’s strategy to regain the constituency from the Workers’ Party at the next General Election, which must be held by January 2017, Mr Tan told reporters yesterday: “Strategy-wise, I guess we have to work that out. But our responsibilities as a Government don’t change.”

    The Workers’ Party, led by its chief Low Thia Khiang, fielded a team including chairman Sylvia Lim and star catch Chen Show Mao, to wrest the constituency from the PAP at the 2011 polls, representing the first time an opposition party has won a GRC.

    Asked by reporters for his take on ground sentiment after a community dialogue at The Serangoon Community Club, Mr Tan said the reception, by and large, has been warm.

    He added that he has also visited other areas in Aljunied in recent years to “touch base with the people here”.

    “Yes, it’s organised but people are there, and a lot of people. They come forward, they share their views, whether in a dialogue or during the course of the visit,” he said.

    Municipal issues have been raised by residents but they were “nothing peculiar” and something he also encounters in his ward in Marine Parade GRC.

    During his six-hour ministerial community visit to Serangoon division, Mr Tan mingled with residents at coffee shops, Tavistock Avenue Park and other venues. He was hosted Mr David Tay, adviser to the Serangoon Grassroots Organisations and accompanied by the visit’s organising chairman Chan Hui Yuh and other grassroots leaders.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Toa Payoh, Woodlands And Pasir Ris To Get Upgrades Under HDB’s Remaking Our Heartlands Programme

    Toa Payoh, Woodlands And Pasir Ris To Get Upgrades Under HDB’s Remaking Our Heartlands Programme

    Three more towns — Toa Payoh, Woodlands and Pasir Ris — will be given facelifts under the Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) Remaking Our Heartland (ROH) programme, said Senior Minister of State for National Development Lee Yi Shyan on Tuesday (Mar 10).

    Plans for Toa Payoh include a revamped town centre and town park, as well as improved pedestrian access to the town centre. There are also plans to develop more public housing and parks around Caldecott MRT station, when it is upgraded to an interchange station along the upcoming Thomson-East Coast Line.

    More recreational spaces will be created along the Woodlands waterfront and the entire waterfront stretch will be opened to the public.

    Residents in Pasir Ris can look forward to redeveloped neighbourhood centres and parks that will feature family-centred facilities.

    HDB will be gathering feedback from residents and community stakeholders to refine these plans, Mr Lee told Parliament during the National Development Ministry’s Committee of Supply debate.

    He added that following a successful pilot of the HDB Greenprint in Yuhua, another precinct will be selected for the programme, which aims to promote sustainable and eco-friendly living in existing HDB estates.

    The ROH programme is aimed at breathing new life into young and mature estates. Six towns have been lined up for revitalisation since its launch in 2007 — Punggol, Yishun, Dawson, East Coast, Hougang and Jurong Lake.

    Addressing Jurong GRC Member of Parliament Ang Wei Neng’s concern that only a handful of neighbourhood centres have been able to tap the Revitalisation of Shops scheme — introduced in 2007 to enhance the competitiveness of HDB shops — Mr Lee announced that a new committee will be set up to fine-tune the scheme.

    So far, about S$8.4 million has been disbursed under the scheme, and one in two HDB shops have benefited from it, Mr Lee said.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • No Pay Increments For Politicians Over Past Three Years

    No Pay Increments For Politicians Over Past Three Years

    The sizes of politicians’ pay cheques have not changed in the past three years, although the salary benchmark for an entry-level minister last year was about 9 per cent higher than 2011 levels.

    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister-in-charge of the Civil Service Teo Chee Hean told the House yesterday the 2011 annual salary norm of S$1.1 million was kept because changes in the benchmark have been “moderate” — it moved up in two years and down in one, resulting in an overall annual increase of 3 per cent.

    While a ministerial salaries committee recommended the salary framework be reviewed every five years, Mr Teo said “we can continue to adjust salaries within this framework should there be a change in overall salary levels in the coming years”, given that things have been stable and the framework remains valid.

    He was responding to a question from Mr Edwin Tong (Moulmein-Kallang) at the Committee of Supply debate for the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday about how the framework proposed by the committee had been applied and how the benchmark had moved.

    The benchmark for politicians’ pay is based on the median income of the top 1,000 earners who are Singapore citizens, with a 40 per cent discount to reflect the ethos of political service, as recommended by a ministerial salaries committee appointed in May 2011 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

    This benchmark for an entry-level minister, also called the MR4 benchmark, includes all salary components including individual performance bonuses.

    The MR4 benchmark for last year was S$1.2 million, but the MR4 annual salary norm was kept at S$1.1 million, said Mr Teo.

    In January 2012, the ministerial salaries committee led by charity-sector veteran Gerard Ee had proposed linking the salary framework and National Bonus to the socio-economic progress of average and lower-income Singaporeans.

    Its recommendations, which were backdated to May 2011, included the removal of the pension scheme for politicians.

    Yesterday, Mr Teo said Singapore must continue to keep wages in the Public Service realistic and strike a balance between recognising the ethos of political service and providing a fair salary.

    This would ensure a flow of able and committed leaders into the Government, he added.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com