Originally posted by Hogzilla:
Ok, let's examine everything you listed.
[b]Haze: A very old problem. It coexist with us for 10 years
already. The Indonesian government dun do things, can a common
Singapore citizen write a letter to the Indonesian president? If
they can't, how do you expect a citizen to express his / her
frustration to the Indonesian president? Through gahmen. When the
gahmen didn't exert enough pressure for any changes to happen, who
can we complain to? Like what the Indonesians did, praying for
rain?
Bus fare: Well, it's all within the gahmen's control about the bus
fare. With a few company monopolize the Singapore transport market,
profits are guaranteed. So why is there a fare hike when there are
profits?
RGS (linked with the next problem): Every parents want the best for
their children. So it is naturally that competitions for a
prestigious school come out. Being in a a prestigious school will
bring benefits like having a chance to become an elite. But
sometimes, it's the brand name symptom at work. But after one (a
common peasant [I dun like to use this word]) had calmed down, they
will realise that there is nothing another person can do about
admitting their children into the school. So, it's a baseless
accusation.
Elite-saga (linked with the previous question): Well, the moment
one is branded as an elite of the society, that person must bear
the burden of helping with those who can't study as well as them,
who are not as fortunate as them. Not to put on a smug face and
say, "your life sucks because you sucks". And which body imbue us
with this kind of mentality? Yours truly, the Gahmen.
People commit suicide (linked with the next question): I don't care
when rich man commit suicide. Yes, it will be news but it is will
be just a gossip, something like coffe talk, you say it today and
you'll forget it tomorrow. But if someone commit suicide because of
poverty, it's something worth look into. When our Gahmen boost to
have a safety net, why did Mr Tan Jee Suan still wants to commit
suicide? When things happen, it tells a problem. It's to tell our
Gahmen that some people are not within the safety of the net and
fell through a hole, SOMETHING must be done to mend the hole.
FT (linked with the previous question): If you still have the,
"your life sucks because you sucks" mentality, I dun think we need
to discuss this. The policy of welcoming FTs unconditionally, is
putting a strain to our middle to lower income group. They dun feel
secured. They live in fear of losing their job. When one live in
fear / stress, how can they procreate? Since our own citizen cannot
meet the population replacement requirement, then we have to rely
on FTs. But FT's arrival puts stress to the salaried class, they
hesitate to have babies and a vicious cycle wil go on. So who are
the person unconditionally welcomes FT? Again, Yours truly,
Gahmen.
Virtually all the problems (minus the haze, I think Gahmen also a
bit, only a bit, LPPL), sad to say, our Gahmen took a large part in
it. Are you implying that we should suffer in silence, reach a
point when the Singaporean can't take it anymore and take up arms
to overthrow the government in a coup (not a bloodless one for
sure)? Or we want to see the Gahmen change their mindset, be more
"citizens-orientated" and preserve the stability of the
region?
The choice is yours.[/b]
hmm.. The govt did pressure indonesia to take some actions.
Tourism was affected by the haze =D
