Vivian Balakrishnan talked rubbish to voters during the May 2006
general elections, told them that Singapore shouldn't be flooded
with foreigners.
This turned out to be a complete lie.
After elections win, PAP started to flood Singapore with aliens
and within a few short years, the demographics of Singapore changed
shockingly.
Goh Chok Tong attacks
Chiam See Tong on union with Malaysia idea
By Daniel Buenas
May 01, 2006
PEOPLE'S Action Party
leaders - including Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong - last night
launched a scathing attack on veteran opposition leader Chiam See
Tong's idea for economic union between Singapore and
Malaysia.
Speaking at a PAP
rally in Potong Pasir, Mr Goh - who has been tasked by Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong to help the party's candidate Sitoh Yih
Pin unseat incumbent Mr Chiam in the coming elections - said the
opposition leader was not being a 'realist'.
He was referring to
Mr Chiam's suggestion at a rally in Chua Chu Kang Park on Saturday
that one way to grow the
economy would be for Singapore and Malaysia to strike an economic
union.
'Economic union is
possible only between two countries of equals, otherwise it is not
possible,' Mr Goh said. 'My point for bringing this out is, to show
that (while Mr Chiam) has some ideals, some vision, he is not a
realist.'
Mr Chiam had also
said on Saturday that such a union would allow Singaporeans to
travel freely to Malaysia, and that because the Opposition has no
history with the Malaysian government, it could 'bargain on a clean
slate' on bilateral issues.
In response, Mr Goh
said: 'When it comes to negotiations with the Malaysians, would you
rather Lee Kuan Yew negotiate or Chiam See Tong? Just ask yourself
. . . would you rather I (or PM Lee) negotiate, or Chiam See
Tong?'
Mr Chiam's comments
also came under fire from two other PAP leaders who turned up at
the rally - Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang and Minister
for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan -
as well as Mr Sitoh himself.
Mr Balakrishnan noted
that, while Mr Chiam's plan would allow Singaporeans to 'pack their
bags and travel to Malaysia anytime', it would also allow equal
access to Singapore.
'His teammates in the
Singapore Democratic Alliance have been saying
that foreigners have been
taking away jobs from Singaporeans,' Mr Balakrishnan
said.
'You want union? You want
free entry of people, of foreigners . . . are you really talking
about making this place so everyone can come here? No work permits,
no employment pass no control? Think again. Think very carefully,'
he said.
In his speech, Mr Lim
also questioned Mr Chiam's suggestion, and asked Singaporeans to
compare the economic strategy of the PAP to that of the Opposition
in order to judge who would better serve their interests.
'Mr Chiam says, we
join Malaysia, we have a market of 27 million straightaway.
Therefore, we can have double-digit growth every year,' Mr Lim
said. 'Wah lau, so easy ah . . .
so why just join Malaysia? Why not join Indonesia? They have 240
million people. Maybe triple-digit
growth.'
http://www.asiaone.com/specials/ge2006/news/20060501_story7_1.html
Vivian
Balakrishnan to voters during May 2006 elections:
'His teammates in the Singapore Democratic
Alliance have been saying that foreigners have been
taking away jobs from Singaporeans,' Mr Balakrishnan
said.
Singapore in
2010:
The
populace of Singapore has the sixth highest percentage of
foreigners in the world.
42% of the population in Singapore
are foreigners and foreigners make up 50% of
the service sector.[14] [15]
The country is also
the second most densely populated in the
world after Monaco.[16]A.T.
Kearney names
Singapore as the most globalised country in the world in
its Globalization
Index.[17][18]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore#cite_note-13
Do you still trust Vivian Balakrishnan's
words in next elections?
Those from Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC, do you still trust
him?
So how? Is it really possible? Do we want to be the second EU?
Think again.
