WP Manifesto Online

last SG · 2006-04-29T18:32:17+00:00

There is no need for the PAP to act holier than thou and try to preach other parties how to write their own manifesto. Furthermore, PAP does not have a more...

goh meng seng SG

Dear Abao,

I don't think you have "wasted" $5. For this little $5, you got better understanding and help us to sustain democracy in Singapore.

Beside, the online version cannot be kept as "personal" copy. Thank you for your support.

Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! Smile

Goh Meng Seng

claudetnt SG

WP thanks for offering the manifesto on-line – very good idea, will read it after the New Year, where are you guys selling your papers next so that i can offer my donation for getting it free?

Calvin86 SG

Hi goh meng seng

I have a suggestion. Do you think it is possible to have the the manifesto in normal html instead of PDF? PDF on a single page make both reading,copying and navigating difficult.

I am suggesting this because i think it make browsing easier for potential voters who are not IT savy.

sbst275 SG

WP's manifesto

Again, my views, it may be right or wrong

Government & civil liberties

The Office of Elected President should be abolished and the Presidency should be reverted to its former ceremonial position.
A president shouldn't be elected by parliment

Parliamentary elections should be organized by an independent election commission, not by the Prime Minister's Office.
I do agree on this over this point

Group Representation Constituencies should be abolished.
Why? If everything goes back to fully SMC, then for this case, chinese canidate should be capped at 63 out of 84 seats if based on the quota to ensure minority are represented

Internal Security Act should be abolished.
Abolish it? Then how are terror suspects going to be treated?

Peaceful demonstrations should be allowed.
Any peaceful demostration can turn into a violent one

105090 SG

same as Thailand.. urban dwellers got some problem up there, but the villagers have no problems.. not that this gota do with race

Cindyfeh SG

"Any peaceful demostration can turn into a violent one"

Typical singaporean's mode of thinking - NUTS

sbst275 SG

Justice, law and order

Mandatory sentences for offences should be removed
If that's the case, there won't be deterent against rapist or molesters, warning them what punishment would they get

A statutory criminal legal aid scheme should be set up.
Hope this will happen

Innocent persons who have been mistakenly arrested and/or prosecuted should be compensated.
Their time is wasted, yes, but how are you going to compensate their time back?

Appellate court should not enhanced the sentence of an accused person making the appeal.
Still have to see case by case basis, if the defandant has no grounds for his case, he's wasting everyone's time

sbst275 SG

Nuts?

Since your say the West allows demostration, see France, a peaceful one can end up with violence

sbst275 SG

Economic policy

There should be a waiver of Goods and Services Tax on basic necessities, such as rice.
Wavier? End up you can argue what is necessites and which is not... Another thing is going to occur is huge admin work, reprog the cash register to indicate Non GST and GST purchases. Already, mum and pop shpps often are overcharged over the Non GST purchases issue. 1 way is to give a 1 time off sum of money to cushion the GST impact on the poor

Have a one-stop centre to better focus and promote the development of the SMEs.
This issue has to do more with govt linked corp controlling a big pie of the industry businesses. A country cannot go with 1 monopolising the industry

Cindyfeh SG

No U-Term syndrom

sbst275 SG

If there a chance of ppl going rowdy, then it shouldn't be allowed for peaceful march... Even the recent WTO meeting at HK, a peaceful march ends up violence...

If you can allow any slips, I wun bother

But I dun want to see shops being smashed and looted in my doorstep

Another issue, why ppl are bothered with this more than bread and butter issues? Rolling Eyes It's not that I shut such issues off, but there lots of security issues

105090 SG

Singaporeans too subdued and good-boy good-girls already.. they dont dare to do too naughty things. Laughing

the manifesto, well, after browsing it, it sounds quite ok and promising on most aspects, such as the more important "bread-and-butter" issues like education, transport, prices of whatever etc.

also, the manifesto had hardly relate their examples to other countries, something whch many people like to do.. to compare this and that with other countries..

however, in the tranportation section, i saw some HK example item Laughing

Singapore shld adopt its own system of ways to run the country, and not use/follow/copy other cpuntries ideas, ie. the system shld follow the people's culture Cool . so this manifesto sounds quite OK..

but higher issues like securities and some taxes issues has to be reconsiderd..

king108 SG

Meng Seng..you are preparing good food for us..I awaiting ..Really good..from worker to woker.. he who use the wok.. Laughing I bring along a wine then..make sure good food..

sbst275 SG

Society
To abolish the government grassroots organisations: Resident Committees and Citizens Consultative Committee.
Frankly speaking, the RCs still in some sense still try to create social cohension, it's the younger gen that are no longer interested in these activities

Propose a Social Cohesion Public Holiday to mark the successful integration of Singapore as a multi-racial and multi-religious society.
Many ppl will just shut off, even the "Good Neighbours Day", most wun even know there's such a day!

To set up Unemployment insurance system so as to provide a better social safety net.
I fear people will expolit this, by not getting employed

Citizens who are in dire straits should be allowed to withdraw from their own CPF to avoid abuse, withdrawals must fulfill strict guidelines and the amount withdrawn will not be entided to the 2.5% nominal interest.
If it's properly done, why not?

sbst275 SG

Education

Replacement Of The Streaming System With A Multi-tiered Advancement System.
Streaming systen has to go. I believe students should be given free choice regardless of the O lvl results to pursue a A level cert or a Dip or a NITEC. Scrap the Special or GEP stream to allow better interaction between students due to the "class" differences in some students mindset

Co-payment by university students should be pegged at 10% of operating expenditure of local tertiary institutions.
10%... 1st, how much is the govt going to plan to subisidise teritary education?

Any tuition fee increases for tertiary institutions should be subject to scrutiny by an independent watchdog that will ensure that increases are minimal and justifiable. It is imprudent to fix a quantum for permitted tuition fee increases per year.
As what they often argue on bus fare hike, a hike is a hike. Be it a $50 or $100 rise, ppl still wun be happy

sbst275 SG

Public Housing

Ethnic quotas governing home ownership of HDB flats should be removed.
It does no help in creating social cohension esp aft the wake of terror threats

All citizens should be able to apply directly to HDB for flats twice. The lessee has to live in both flats for 5 years each before he is allowed to sell it on the open market.
Isn't it done already?

sbst275 SG

Public Transport

The Public Transport Council should be dissolved. All public transport including the MRT & public buses servicing major trunk/inter-town routes should be brought under a National Transport Corporation which will oversee and provide universal transport service to all.
The Transport Corporation is doing no good to passengers in some ways either.
1) Under 1 single operator, they can just use duplication as reasons to withdraw buses that duplicate with the MRT or bus svs that SBS and SMRT duplicate with each other
2) Oversee and provide? Won't they make rules to their benefit?

The National Transport Corporation should not be profit-oriented and should aim to provide public transportation service on the basis of cost and depreciation recovery.
If the operators have no objective be it to make profits, they wun find cost effective measures or introduce more bus svs to raise fare revenue. It would also mean bus fares cost will shoot up. 1 operator is dangerous as well, they wun compete for fare revenue

The National Transport Corporation should concentrate on providing trunk services.
Nope, operators have to integrate their services. Feeder svs are needed so that the trunk buses need not make rounds within the new town bef proceeding to the CBD or Ind Est, it is time consuming

Inter-town feeder bus services should be de-regulated to allow individual private operators to operate as in the case of the mini-bus system in Hong Kong.
When private operators comes in, they will cherry pick the feeder rts. The unprofitable ones they operate at 30-60 mins frequency. Neither will buses have fixed schedules based on the experience on the Scheme B buses

Public buses should be exempted from unnecessary or additional taxes as the general public will eventually be made to bear this.
Yes, SBS buses pay much higher road tax than a normal car that is below 1500cc. In Malaysia, a public bus pays abt 1/4 a 1500cc and below car's road tax value. Still, SBS is able to pay the road tax as it cost $3.29 a day

giggs011 SG

no GST of essential items and services SHOULD be the way to go!

GST on essential items like groceries, education, utilities, medical services and EVEN DONATIONS is BU||SHIT....

if you didnt know...let me tell you...our neighbours have been doing that donkeys years ago...

if you think its unrealistic pls then explain with yr great knowledge then...
if not dont just shoot off its unrealistic...coz its already proven it can work by our dear neighbours

giggs011 SG

its either u are ****** or you havent been to a NTUC before...the cash register only reads the barcode to indicate the price. it doesnt even add any GST to it as it is already added in and shown as the selling price.

giving a 1 time off sum is the most stupid way of helping. the theory is the same as give a man a fish he'll live for a day. TEACH a man how to fish and he'll live on for the rest of his live.[/b]

sbst275 SG

Originally posted by giggs011:

no GST of essential items and services SHOULD be the way to go!

GST on essential items like groceries, education, utilities, medical services and EVEN [b]DONATIONS is BU||SHIT....

if you didnt know...let me tell you...our neighbours have been doing that donkeys years ago...

if you think its unrealistic pls then explain with yr great knowledge then...
if not dont just shoot off its unrealistic...coz its already proven it can work by our dear neighbours[/b]

Everything is GST taxed, if it's not

Say go polyclinic, it is balanced off by the subisidy... You pay $8, foreigner pay $16+

If you understand the running of run mum and pop shop, think something you dunno

When the shop purchases goods say from a GST registered supplier, say it cost $100, so w/ GST it's $105... The $5 they can claim from IRAS... If they sell it at $117, GST to be paid is $5.57. So minus off, $0.57 goes to IRAS

However, if they get from a non GST registered supplier, it would automatically cost $105. You forgo claiming that $5 from IRAS, so you have to return the entire $5.57 to IRAS

Care to explain how to get ways to ensure essential items are not taxed and give me what essential items are?

To me it can be shower cream when you can use the cheaper Lux soap, Dynamo when I buy the cheaper Mama soap powder??

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