The incumbents ''messed'' up big time by pandering to
MNCs' interests and later found out that the escalating costs would
have them (MNCs) leave for cheaper' labour n operating costs in
neighbouring countries. So they decided to quick-fix my importing
cheap labour and unfortunately the fallout is that of
Singaporeans'' wages being ''compromised'' to accomodate these
MNCs, employers.
Whose mistake is this? This is definitely not citizens fault. It
is ineptitude and mismanagment on the part of the govt. Instead of
admitting to this ommission to act, to rectify, shifting blame has
been the way of the incumbents. Instead of looking for long-term
solutions that would be equitable to citizens and beneficial to the
nation, they have resorted to this quick-fix or rather ''bandaid'
measures. The real beneficiaries are employers n the govt lah.
Why should Singaporeans allow or be quiet when these MIWS, top
civil servants are paid astronomical salaries and still put up with
such a mess?
Excepting a few with specialized skills most of these foreigners
are here for economic reasons and are paid low wages and endure
woefully, undignifying working conditions.
It ("foregin talent" policy) epitomizes the incumbents stance
and that is of avarice and venality!
It is shameful and disdainful that the incumbents brag about
being a first world nation but the reality is the surreptitious
stance of straw-clutching policies (lax immigration and
requirements for PR/citizenship).It was and is all for political
expediency and lest one forgets – GDP $$$!
Off late, no one from the incumbents uses the word ‘talent". Is
this not telling of what these self-serving type(s) are?
Singaporeans are paying a very high price (economics,social etc
etc) for bleating away like sheep and on the altar of the real ( as
opposed to hypnotic apathy and blind allegiance which sadly is so
ingrained in the Singaporean psyche) it will all sooner or later
collapse like a house made of cards.
Most the Mps n … are not citizen-centred but simply
yes-man/woman who simply parrot/regurgitate … Yes, I may be
construed as a cynic. However it does not detract from what is
true. Two jarring egs would suffice – why not even one from the
ruling party favoured the minimum wage n not one of them ever spoke
or queried about the actual costs of a HDB unit?
Mah Bow Tan self-praised himself for this bullshit of an ''asset
enhancement package"(upgrading , but in reality window-dressing for
the owners (HDB are the REAL OWNERS) and it is going to cost
''tenants'' increases in conservancy and property taxes for these
so-called ásset enhancement. In other words, HDB dwellers are
actually financing the upgrading programmes not of their choice but
a choice that was made by HDB.
Singaporeans are BEING stupid to continuously hold on to this
erroneous belief that they ''own'' their flats. They are simply
paying rent for a 99-year lease. The title deed to each unit
belongs to HDB. Singaporeans are sleep-walking.
It is stupidity to assume or equate academic acheivements with
that of intelligence or talent. One does not have to be a scientist
to analyze/ derive at an answer/conclusion. LHL in his new year
message remarked sth to this effect that ''Singaporeans come first"
Is that so? Is that how the policies and so on manifesting
themselves? Credentials is not credibility.
The incumbents know and the fear that politically the "good"
times for themselves (inclusive of harvests in terms of $$$) would
all grind to a halt with the inexorable political awakening (slow
though it is) and now they are desperate to cling onto power at any
cost(s) and still benefit in the short-run while they are in power.
It will work for them as long as the one-party system is in
place.
Lest it be forgotten – they got away and the likelihood of them
getting away is still possible as long as the system is such that
it perpetuates/favours a one-party rule. The political landscape
needs transformation and not simply window-dressed changes (NcMP n
GRCs is the most stupid and useless and it is mere political device
that favours the incumbents. It is a travesty of democracy).
What is urgently needed is for a multi-party or two-party system
and it is not a question of whehter one candidate can perform or
whether is perceived as capable. Perception is real only in one’s
head. The icing on the cake is not the cake. The real cake is the
tasting (aka delivery).
Can one assume/consider that the incumbents delivery has been
equitable, transparent, accountable, responsible. Intuitively, it
does not feel so. Also, the one-party rule is inherently flawed in
so many ways. We do not have an Ombudsmen, independent
bodies/institutions,/independent media n ….add on. LHL is lying
thru his teeth and believe me, after the elections Singaporeans are
going to be islands in a sea of strangers.
These self-serving incumbents are pawning Singaporeans future
away fro short term gains with policies/??? that simply is
unsustainbale for long and even if they are, it is to the detriment
of each native Singaporean. It simply does not augur well for the
future.
Hope Singaporeans can see what is as it is and not be lulled
into seeing, interpreting .. with clouded lens of the past or allow
bigotry/prejudices to distort understanding. It is not the
candidate that matters, it is the delivery and the (one-party)
system is so utterly flawed that these anomalies will never end
till there is a system (two-party or ...) that forces delivery,
forces transparency and so on so forth.
