All out to defame our governement

last SG · 2007-06-07T10:34:23+00:00

Not in biomed business, but believe such hubs exist in many places besides Australia and Singapore. not interested in disputing what the australians have est...

maurizio13 SG

It's ok, I don't need pooch to entertain me.

red_amoeba SG

I take gripes with the civil service pay increment. They justify like crazy on why minsisters deserve millon-dollar salary and yet on the other hand, they go around telling companies to adopt flexible pay structure because our cost is too high & not competitive - so tell me, what is what?

They compared their pays to private sector and they claimed if they don't receive this "competitive" pay, no one will stay in public sector and all will go into private sector. But they forget, you want private sector's pay but are you prepared to meet the KPIs set out? I have no complaints if the ministers all list out their KPIs, and at the end of every year, give the public an account of what has been achieved and what has not. If they have surpassed their KPIs, good, I say they deserve their pay rise. Otherwise, ps don't talk. This is the way of life. Can I tell my boss that if he doesn't give me a pay rise, I will be corrupted? It does not take much imagination what he's going to tell me.

One good example of failed KPI, we want to make Singapore an education hub - but UNSW closed down, thats a black mark on the relevant minstries. So, what have they done?

moreover, the latest report have it that our pay ranked highest amongst all third world countries - what an irony - why isn't our costs then third world costs? What is our learned leaders doing?

Secondly, I have no gripes if the leaders of Singapore are there because they won an election through public debates and the public / constituency voted them in - be in a slender margin or landslie - I have nothing to say. However, if you hang onto the coatails of someone else to enter parlliment, I don't know what to say about the leader - I don't see his leadership and I am not even half convinced that he can lead. And I cannot change this bceause I cannot use my vote to influence the outcome.

Every single day, costs of living are higher and given that Singapore being a free economy cannot be helped but surely the government can do something - not to increase the GST?? A mere 2% is peanuts to them but to us commoners its a huge affair. The justification of having to increase the GST to help the poor is akin to robbing Peter to help Tom. Does that mean if our GST is not increased, we will lose our competiveness & investments will dwindle? Aren't we the second most competitive economy?

citymax SG

But who gave their votes????

The majority of the citizens in Singapore.

So may i right to say only the minority are complaining on the system of the government.

Eiizumi SG

Seriously, for a stable nation, I rather have PAP as having the majority seats of more than 50%. But I would also want to see pposition of at least 45% simply become there is literally no opposition power to resist policies that the people feel it is not good for them.

I do not wish to see PAP make mistakes and then realised, "Oh, I think we made a mistake. But nevermind, we'll work on it."

The attitude is going into complecency mode for them.

As for the salary issue, I simply don't see the point of "increasing the pay so that your loyalty wouldn't go away".

What happen to the government's National Education?

Loyalty to country becomes an issue in term of monetary terms? People do politics for their people and loyalty to their nation not for money. There's a difference between giving someone a carrot and teaching them the nobility of being a farmer feeding the society.

Is it that our government don't trust their own policies anymore, in term of NE?

If they do not trust, then is it becos' of Singaporeans are too sick of the Singaporean lifestyle? How do you change this?

I don't think the goverement is looking at the bigger picture here.

I think the root of the "be a Singaporean or not" issue is the way of life we have now. Singaporean lifestyle is a super rat race, everyone is pretty sick of it. The most simple solution is migration.

We're working like servants of the rich in this world of globalisation. But why can't we make ourselves masters rather than servants?

Becos' PAP is bring us jobs, yes. We have jobs and low unemployment. But we're working like dogs. Make us masters, not servants of jobs.

I hope everyone sees my point.

ShutterBug SG

The weather today, is rather fair.

It's quite a good time to go outside for a walk... or maybe, fly a kite...

No?

hloc SG

Get use to it..... here, u can only be Anti-Govt. If you are Pro or Neutral like me.... ppl here will just flame U. But do remember that you have a RIGHT to your own VIEWS...... let no such ppl tell U otherwise.

Bontakun SG

I see Eiizumi’s point too. Too much power is in the current governing body. No others to check them. When you have an opponent, you strive to do better. If you have no opponents, you stopped.

Eiizumi SG

I think goverment's viewpoint is not looking at the bigger picture.

Singaporeans is always looking for carrots also, sadly.

Why can't we be stronger, in terms of we making job for the people for the rest of the world, rather than the reverese?

maurizio13 SG

Can't help it if the majority of Singaporeans are stupid!!!

Them, by giving out money just before the election swayed alot of votes to their side. Stupid Singaporeans thought they were given a free chicken, rejoiced at it, couple of months down the road, they have to cough out 2 chickens.

Hahaha.......

citymax SG

I do agree on the cost of living in Singapore is getting higher and higher. So we should focus on the topic of solving the problem for the lower income families, and not accusing the government for not doing anything.

The GST credits are given out to all Singaporean, i know is not enough, but i do believe the government will have other plans.

LinYu SG

please some? hm.....maybe. but what this the purpose of the policies? it is implemented to benefit the majority but does the present policies does that? today, what is implemented is more like a plug hole policies

traffic jam at ECP increase ERP at ECP
more ppl opt for C class in hospital - implement means testing
to help the poor - implement GST
etc.....

nevermind the people's opinions. just bulldosed thru. we have the majorities. look what happened. NETS is practicing this coz they have the monopoly. biz owner is not important. NETS profits is.

ShutterBug SG

One question:

Do you, and anyone of us here, really know WHO these 'majority' who voted for them are???

They are the Director, Producer, and Casting Manager of the entire GE show!

How old are you? Have you reached 40 yet? Are you still employed and approaching 40?

Come back here when you have lost your job to FTs or younger locals, at the age of 40 or even before, and see if you say the same thing!

Mad

maurizio13 SG

When you monopolise the market, there is no need for you to improve.

When you are in a perfect competition, you need to strive to improve, else you would be kicked out.

Competition only brings out the best for consumers and citizens alike.

citymax SG

i think u better not talk anymore, coz u just scold the majority of the Singaporean Stupid..

so u gave ur vote to opposition huh, which makes u cleverer then us huh...

Eiizumi SG

Past is past. What holds to our future generation is now.

PAP certainly brought us out to where we are now, but for the future, I see they shown us policies for us to be in "stability" rather than be "successful".

If we want to show gratitude to the PAP government, we'll show it when LKY's funeral come. Not becos' I wanted him dead or what. He is a good man. We'll respect that he is our founding father of the Republic of Singapore, and the leaders he brought together during the time of uncertainty then.

I do agree with TS that we should be more democratic.

NEW opposition parties? Not really.

Worker's party has been around for decades, since its predeccessor of the Labour Party.

SDA is good, but it failed to render a strong alliance.

SDP is a joke of local politics. CSJ trying to bring external influence into Singapore politics is a breach in Singapore's sovereignty.

ShutterBug SG

The situation here is like we're all in slow boil; the heat increases very slowly until we all get boiled alive without knowing it..

It's either stay and simmer to death, or jump out and into the fire but still have a chance of getting out of the fire.

The current gov must be replaced, if they don't wake up and change for the better of the people.

citymax SG

So 60% of the Singaporean worked as director, producer and casting manager huh..

im 30 years old, pay only 2500.

hopefully can strike toto and dun work.

but when reach 40 and find no job, i think we can gather at the top of the hdb and jump down together, coz as u say we will never find a job again after 40. No point living liao as we cant afford to pay our bills and the fees of our children.

maurizio13 SG

Originally posted by hloc:

Get use to it..... here, u can only be[b] Anti-Govt. If you are Pro or Neutral like me.... ppl here will just flame U. But do remember that you have a RIGHT to your own VIEWS...... let no such ppl tell U otherwise.[/b]

Yah, you have a right to your own views. But if you have been corrected but persisted in your deluded views, you are nothing but a mere pooch, incapable of the right view.

It's ok, rebutted the other pooches before, they don't seem to have a reply, yet they persisted in their views. If you fight for your views, make sure you defend the ground you're standing on (don't be like Gazelle and OM), they always shift ground, squirming and sidewinding their way out, trying to find another different higher ground. Finally, they don't even know if they are standing on air or terra firma.

Sleep time.

Hasta.

Bontakun SG

That is the bad thing. It will degrade if there is no need for improvement. We all have our history lessons with governments. I hope they learn more from there.

Eiizumi SG

Dun oppose for the sake of opposing.

During the 2001 GE, when SDP came to fight for seats in my Jurong GRC versus the PAP. I think I would vote for them either. Their poster images don't even smile then. In fact, they look angry. With details like this, how to vote for such opposition?

What I meant is, if I choose opposition, I choose a strong opposition, like WP.

But seriously, no party is as strong as PAP in terms of the number talented leaders.

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