Tag: PAP

New Global Navigation Satellite System in Place of ERP

A new road pricing system that relies on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology can help traffic management in many ways, said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew on Monday (Nov 3), who told Parliament that it would not financially prudent to continue with the current Electronic Road Pricing gantry system in the long term.

GNSS technology allows for distance-based pricing along congested roads, thus making it more equitable for motorists, Mr Lui said. Under such a system, every vehicle becomes a sensor, which will allow the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to develop a more accurate picture of the traffic situation and intervene if necessary.

The LTA can then broadcast this data to motorists to help them plan their journeys and avoid congested roads, he said. This data will also be aggregated and anonymised – which means it will not infringe on the privacy of motorists. LTA is planning to implement the system by around 2020, he noted.

Mr Lui was speaking in response to questions posed by MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Zainal Sapari about the new road pricing system.

Last month, the LTA called a tender to develop this system; the tender is still ongoing, Mr Lui said. What is clear is that maintaining the current gantry system – in place since 1998 – will not be financially prudent, he added.

“The annual operating cost has risen by 80 per cent over the last decade, and a large part of the system is coming to the end of its cycle, and it will have to be replaced, even if we do not move to a GNSS-based system,” said Mr Lui, adding that physical gantries also take up land that could otherwise be freed up for more roadside greenery.

But Mr Lui cautioned that while a GNSS-based road pricing system may improve traffic management, it alone cannot ensure that Singapore’s roads continue to be relatively smooth-flowing.

The minister said this would require a holistic approach involving vehicle growth, population controls, as well as enhancing and promoting public transport

Source: http://news.asiaone.com

November 4, 2014
Hilangnya Khazanah Melayu Tulisan Jawi

Atan Flybaits

Kita telah kehilangan satu khazanah sastera Melayu yang di bena dengan penat lelah oleh ahli sastera sebelum kita, ia itu’ Tulisan Jawi’ dan tiada seorang sasterawan kita yang merasa kecewa tentang kehilangan itu melainkan Presiden Yusuf, kerana beliau lah yang membena akhbar Utusan Melayu yang di tutup oleh pemerintah PAP – di waktu yang akan datang kita akan kehilangan bahasa melayu jika kita tidak berusaha dari sekarang, kebanyakan anak anak melayu sudah tidak selesa menggunakan bahasa surat , mereka hanya menggunakan bahasa melayu pasar yang mana nahu nya tidak di penting kan

Tulisan jawi ini terkubur bersama sekolah sekolah melayu sewaktu pemerintah PAP menutup semua sekolah ehtnic termasuk sekolah Melayu, Tamil dan Cina, tapi sebahgian dari sekolah Cina di jadi kan sekolah sekolah SAP dengan tujuan menghasil kan orang orang elit Cina sekali gus memurni kan bahasa dan buday Cina, manakala dengan penutupan sekolah melayu kita telah kehilangan Tulisan Jawi dan dalam proses kehilangan Bahasa Melayu.

Sewaktu PAP baru menjadi pemerintah dulu, mereka kata negeri ini akan di tadbir berdasarkan empat ethnic group, ia itu Melayu, Cina, Indian dan Tamil, tapi kelihatan nya sekarang dari polisi immigresen dan permit kerja, kita nampak polisi mereka meminggirkan orang orang berketurunan melayu, lalu kalau di zaman 60an dulu peratus penduduk melayu beranggaran 16% sekarang sudah kurang dari 14% tapi masih tak ada suara dari ketua ketua kita

Apa kah polisi negara ini sudah berubah dari meritokrasi dan transparen kepada sweeping everything under the carpet.

Atan Flybaits

October 2, 2014
PAP MP ‘Selfie King’ Stars in Local Play on Social Media Obsession

SINGAPORE: He is known as the “Selfie King” but how will Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC Baey Yam Keng fare as a “romantic blogger”? Audiences can find out when Mr Baey stars in a play called Like Me. I Like, come December.

Theatre company The ETCeteras announced in a media release on Tuesday (Sep 30) that he will take the lead role in the play which will highlight “the real life obsession of social media”. It will be written and directed by Mr Baey’s wife Ms Lim Hai Yen, and he will serve as its producer.

The Mandarin play is set in an advertising firm and the story is built around the popularity of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp, and how various relationships and rivalries flourish as a result.

“All these are witnessed by the firm’s pet hamster who lives, breathes and plays among its human masters’ complicated and comical relationships happening both online and offline,” ETCeteras said.

The play will also star showbiz veteran Foong Wai See, and Y.E.S. 93.3FM DJ Chung Kun Hua. Cultural medallion award winner Dick Lee will be the production’s image stylist.

Like Me. I Like will run from Dec 4 to 7. All proceeds from the play will go towards the Tampines North CCC Community Development and Welfare Fund, and the Hwa Chong Junior College Alumni Students Bursary Fund.

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mp-baey-yam-keng-to-star/1389948.html#.VCroN6dCvKo.facebook

October 2, 2014
Malay Race Being Discriminated When Apply for SG Citizenship

As promised this is the real-life story which I feel all true blue Singaporeans should know. Compare it with the ease with which PR and citizenship are dished out to foreigners, especially from the PRC, the PAP’s favourite hunting ground for immigrants to make Singapore more Chinese than it already is. And naturally Yang Yin’s case comes to mind.

This insulting tale which I’m about to tell I believe is not an isolated one. Many others may have been suffering – and still suffering – in silence.

Yaacob (not his real name) is the youngest in a family of 6 children – 5 boys and a girl. He is in his thirties and was born, bred and schooled in Singapore. He works and contributes to the economy as a forklift operator.His elderly parents and all his elder siblings are full citizens with pink ICs. Through some unexplained circumstances Yaacob is the only one holding a blue IC.

The fault could have been caused by an inadvertent mistake of his father, a simple folk, or that of the officer at the NRO.

Having faced all the inconveniences of a blue IC holder and missing out on all the rights and privileges of a citizen through no fault of his, Yaacob finally decided seek help. He did not say whether he had gone to see any MP because he might have thought that as a blue IC holder he would not be entertained. Incidentally he lives in Ang Mo Kio and the principal MP there is none other than the PM himself.

He went straight to the Immigration/National Registration Office at Kallang, armed with copies of his parents’ and siblings’ birth certificates and ICs.
After a lengthy wait he was interviewed by an officer. But instead of assisting him the officer, a Chinese, threw insults at him by telling him:

1. Though he might be born in Singapore it does not necessarily mean that he can become a citizen.
2. The issuing of pink ICs to his parents and siblings was a mistake, and this killer statement …..
3. His parents could have got married after he was born!

He was then asked to bring his school records and told to leave and wait for a letter from the authorities. He is still waiting.

Yang Yin forged a degree, joined the RC, allegedly cheated and stole from an elderly Singaporean, lied about his association with local organisations, took photographs with the MP and the PM and rumoured to have donated large sums of money to the PAP grassroots, etc and he got his PR. No question need to be asked nor a background check necessary.

Yaacob on the other hand is only making his contributions as a forklift operator but born, bred and schooled in Singapore. What is he getting? INSULTS! CAN YOU TAKE THIS?

To the PAP skin colour and money talk! Others don’t matter.

Authored by Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood*

*Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood is a politician from Singapore. He was a prominent opposition political figure in the country in the 1980s and 1990s, when he stood in elections as a candidate for both the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and the Workers’ Party. He served as the Chairman of the SDP from 2011 to 2013.

September 29, 2014
MP Intan Azura Does Not Know Yang Yin Personally, Denies She Went Into Hiding

Member of Parliament Intan Azura Mokhtar said yesterday that she did write a letter of appeal regarding Mr Yang Yin’s application for permanent residency (PR) here. But she did so only at the behest of Madam Chung Khin Chun.

Questions had been raised over the former China tour guide’s role in the Jalan Kayu Neighbourhood Committee, after pictures of him at various grassroots activities surfaced online. The People’s Association confirmed that he had been a member of the neighbourhood committee since July 5 last year but resigned on Sept 8 this year.

Dr Intan, who is an MP in Ang Mo Kio GRC and adviser to the committee, said she did not know Mr Yang personally. She recalls meeting him only when he was participating in a cooking activity.

She does remember the time Madam Chung approached her.

“She first came to see me and sought my help in May 2011… for her grandson,” said Dr Intan. “This is what she told me and I referred Madam Chung’s request to the authorities.” She said she responded only because Madam Chung was “a resident of my constituency and a Singaporean”.

“If Mr Yang had come to me, I wouldn’t be able to help him because he’s not a Singaporean,” she said. “What I would have told him is that you probably can apply for PR to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority directly.”

Dr Intan also said she later received a piece of “feedback” on Mr Yang. She did not reveal the nature of the feedback as there are ongoing court proceedings concerning Mr Yang, but said it was forwarded to the authorities the same day.

Dr Intan also explained why she had initially referred to Mr Yang as a grassroots “leader”, when asked about him two weeks ago. She said she considers all grassroots volunteers “grassroots leaders”, reiterating that Mr Yang “did not hold a key position… he was just an ordinary member”.

In recent days, Dr Intan’s Facebook page has been inundated with questions about Mr Yang. Some claimed that she had gone into “Internet hiding” by not addressing the questions and making her Facebook page private.

When asked if comments about Mr Yang had been deleted from her Facebook page, she said the staff administering the site may have done so and she does not know what “Internet hiding” is.

Dr Intan also made it clear that only citizens and PRs can join the grassroots, although others can help out as ad-hoc volunteers. When asked if taking part in these ad-hoc activities can help in an application for permanent residency, she said that was up to the immigration authorities.

When contacted last night, Madam Chung said she remembered seeing Dr Intan “a few years ago”, but could not recall what was discussed.

In response to queries from The Straits Times, the ICA made it clear that volunteering in grassroots organisations is not part of its criteria when assessing applications for PR and citizenship.

It said: “Applications for Singapore Permanent Residence or Singapore Citizenship (SC) are evaluated on a range of factors including family ties, qualifications, income and length of stay in Singapore. While volunteering in community service such as with PA grassroots organisations had been suggested as a possible criterion, it has not been part of ICA’s criteria when assessing SC or SPR applications. Each application will be assessed on its own merits.”

The ICA also added: “Individuals who provide false information in their applications for immigration facilities will be dealt with firmly under the law. In addition, they will have their immigration facilities cancelled or revoked.”

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/mp-intan-azura-mokhtar-says-she-does-not-know-yang-yin-personally-

September 26, 2014