What are the effective channels to speak to Govenrment ?

last SG · 2007-12-19T21:49:35+00:00

I see that you are more fluent than reddressman, why don't you represent reddressman with your statistic and research and go ask the MP instead?

happieman SG

Just as an example.. the taxi hike .. I personally feel the Govenrment is not doing their job in controlling it. Slight and reasonable increase is okie .. but not from SGD2 peak hours to 35% of the total fare for peak hour.. this is ridiculous.

For this case, what other ways we get send our message across to the Govenrment ? Can anyone share ? Any direct email account ?? please don provide hotline or like this .. i don think that will be taken seriously or effectively ...

eagle SG

Just a question

What makes you think they will answer emails seriously or effectively if you think they don't answer hotlines seriously or effectively.

I only remember a best way that got its message across to the MP, which is the placing of the white elephants along Buangkok MRT line Laughing

Other than that, there are MP meet-the-people sessions in which you could meet the MP face to face to ask your questions. This is definitely better than any stupid hotlines or email accounts whom you do not even know who is answering

T.Ryousuke SG

Channel 5 or channel 8 also can.

U can ask 1 question, either they give u many answer or no anwser.

charlize SG

Which standard template you want them to answer you with? Laughing

LazerLordz SG

Pray hard your father, mother or close relatives are in the corridors of power. Laughing

FireIce SG

sgforums loh
look at all the armchair critics

charlize SG

As usual.

Never in simple English. Laughing

happieman SG

sorry i have to disagree with you..

there was a debate whether taxi is a public transport or a premium service.. gor goodness sake.. this is a topic to distract the public.. in real fact .. taxi is a

"PUBLIC PREMIUM TRANSPORT SERVICE"

because it is a transport service provided to the public in the public main road and yes it is premium cos it is costly and dedicated to particular individual..

So for taxi service or HDB related or SIA issues or simialar issues .. the Government has to intervene if this is not reasonable to the public..

Are you working in the Public sector ?

BillyBong SG

Let's not begrudge our taxi drivers from wanting a pay rise...after all they learnt from the best example - given our minister's double pay rise over the past year.

With inflation rising, people are desparate to up their own wages and it's clear that will only fuel rising costs in all areas. Price of noodles and condensed milk have gone up. Fuel prices are soaring. Public transport has gotten relatively expensive, and our HDB prices have skyrocketed.

All this will feed the inflation frenzy to new heights (suddenly i have a strange recollection of PM Lee's famous phrase - no one will be left behind).

The govt isn't listening...wait for elections....then see if things have changed....the people's mentality i mean....not the govt.

HyperFocal SG

Better save your breath...

... after so many decades, you think they are going to start listening to poeople at ground zero???

farking fat hope...

The only time they pretend to "listen", is when their 5 years term is up, & they are waving their basket of goodies in your faces!

I'm too old for this crap... I'm leaving and I say... leave it to the New Citizens & the more Globally Mobile younger generations to deal them out in the next 2 or 3 decades - I doubt they will ever last another few decades...

AndrewPKYap SG

...or support Dr Chee Soon Juan much more.... he has a doctorate not for nothing... if there are better ways, he would have thought of it....

walesa SG

Put it this way : Chee is ahead of his time for a regime churning out a citizenry whose political awareness is as dire as humanly imaginable...

Darkness_hacker99 SG

agree..

AndrewPKYap SG

.. if more people support Dr Chee Soon Juan, then the despots have to change their ways and stop taking as much money from Singaporeans as possible, put it into their own pockets and destroy Singapore by putting so many people into debt…

HyperFocal SG

Andy, the big question is; WHO & HOW MANY, are willing (or dares) to leave their comfort zone & risk everything they have by teaming up with CSJ & going against the grain of our infamous FAP???

You already know the Climate of Fear that Singaporeans are living under all these dog gone decades....!

happieman SG

Hi BillyBong ....

You have gotten me wrong ...

I have no objections to have the income increment for the cab drivers .. TOTALLY no objections..

As I have mentioned earlier ---> The taxi drivers are just an excuse for the taxi company to increase the taxi charges---> AN EXCUSE

They can simply reduce the rental plus slight and reasonable increase of cab fare .. this will defintely increase the income of the drivers ===> But not by HUGE increase like flat rate of 2 SGD to 35% of whole meter readings for the peak hours, and 1 SGD CBD to 3SGD CBD (200% increase) ==========================================>>>>

NOT reasonable point 1 => For the taxi company to do such a huge increase

NOT reasonable point 2 => How come Government is quiet about this ?

NOTE: The taxi drivers may looked like a winner in this hike.... BUT i am sure at the end the taxi company will increase the rental again very very soon when all have accepted the curent taxi HIKE !

charlize SG

Yeah, I expect the cab companies to start raising rentals soon.

Woohoo!

More bonuses for the CEOs. Laughing

eagle SG

Then back to square 1, Cab drivers cannot earn enough

Then again => raise taxi fares so that they earn

Cycle repeats

AndrewPKYap SG

I am just saying that if Singaporeans want real change, they have to support Dr Chee Soon Juan... if they give in to their fears, if they allow despots to behave dishonorably and get away with it, if they do not fight for their own hard earned money ... at least support Dr Chee Soon Juan to fight for them... the least that they can do for themselves and their children...

happieman SG

It is not about cycle la ..

It is about the strategy these cab companies used !!

They are using cab drivers as an excuse !!

The worst thing is that the people-elected Government is keep quiet !! why why why ??

they also happie abt the cab hike ???