Over 85 per cent of Singapore’s population lives in public
housing estates built by HDB. Every estate is subdivided into
various zones, each with its own RC.
A RC usually comprises of residents living within the zone
and serve to promote interaction between Singaporeans by organizing
events such as “block parties” at the void decks of HDB
flats.
Community Clubs cater to residents of the entire estate and
offers a broader range of activities such as yoga classes, language
courses and cooking classes.
All grassroots organizations in Singapore are under
the purview of the People’s Association, a statutory board set up
on 1 July 1960 “to promote racial harmony and social cohesion.” Its
Chairman is none other than the Prime Minister himself who is also
the Secretary-General of the PAP.
Though grassroots organizations are non-political
organizations, they are often involved in
“pseudo-political” activities which serve the partisan interests of
the PAP.
The premises of RCs are used for the weekly
“Meet-the-People” sessions of PAP MPs. Dialogue sessions with
ministers are often held in the halls of Community Clubs.
To further complicate matters, the Chairpersons of
RCs are sometimes PAP members who sit on many
boards. A PAP branch secretary may be the Vice
Chairman of a Community Club Management Committee and a RC Chairman
at the same time.
As an example, a YPAP member and moderator of the YPAP
Facebook Network Mr Fong Yoong Keong, is the Vice Chairman of Eunos
Community Club Management Committee and Assistant Secretary of
Eunos Zone “3″ RC at the same time.
The RCs and CCs give the PAP a powerful grassroots
machinery on the ground which enables it to steamroll over the
opposition election after election.
Since the PA is a statutory board funded entirely by
taxpayers’ monies, Singaporeans have been unwittingly “sponsoring”
the PAP’s partisan activities over the last four decades.
In fact, the PAP is found not only in grassroots
organizations, but everywhere in Singapore as well from the
mainstream media, trade unions, police, Internal Security
Department, state-linked companies and what not – you name it, you
have it!
Lee once boasted unashamedly about the PAP’s complete
dominance in Singapore during an interview with its mouthpiece
Petir in 1982:
“I make no apologies that the PAP is the (Singapore)
Government and the Government is the PAP.”
You can continue to serve your grassroot organisation and
grassroot leader with pride =D
Where the fuck you get the above info from? Some anti-government
website? Explain Touch Community Service is from where. NAH BEh,
dunnoe dun post lah. Bloody Xia Swear.
