Is Singapore governed well?
No!
My observations:
1) Autocratic govt:
- NKF governance is a mirror image of SG govt: POOR governance and
obvious bullying, lies, NO check/ balances. 10cents per dollar
going to the needy- no one would have ever known except for the
revelation
(http://happycitizen.blogspot.com/2005/12/only-10-cents-per-dollar-donated-goes.html)
- Reason: PAPs mistake in governance- a democracy with NO RESPECT
for electoral freedom.
- 6-member GRC and Gerrymandering- well PAP has through their
selfish political agenda turned elections into walkovers- lopsided
ego trips of high stakes and high gains favoring the elite
- Is a campaign period of 8 days after the sudden disclosure of
election boundaries healthy for SG democracy?- No!- so much for a
sense of belonging
I feel no sense of belonging to SG this way-
not even sure of my constituency, how to have allegiance to a
country?
(http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/elections.html)
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2) Fertility rt is poor:
- Yr2005: Sg women bears 1.05 children/ lifetime- this is 3rd last
out of 226 countries.
(http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html).
- This means that Singaporeans are not procreating- a worrying
trend because this means that either Singapore imports citizens
or
else the Singaporean will soon be extinct with the population
reduced by half every generation!- who then will pay taxes?
- Stress, worries about hunger/ poverty plagues every parent to
be> who will pay if my child is abnormal/ cannot study- is
abortion a solution?
- A high number of abortions/ divorces only points to a society
that is mentally unwell and morally decadent
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3) Unfair remuneration:
- Singapore Prime Minister US$1,100,000 (S$1,958,000)
- But SGporeans remain poor:
http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/poverty.html
- Households with monthly incomes of less than $3,000 was 40
percent in 1998 but increased to 42 percent in 1999.
- If assumed that the median income/ person could be $3k, then SG
PM earns >54x what the average family might earn in 1 yr.
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4) Property in SG is overvalued:
- Because the greedy PAP govt sold property at high prices to
SGporeans: Ave HDB costs $400K +- this is equivalent to 11+years
salary of the 42th % family in SG: and what about the high costs of
living? no wonder SGporeans are indebted to the govt.
- Note that property tax is NOT progressive in SG as well as the
rampant upgrading schemes? : this is the PAPs way of covering up
for overpricing of property in the 80/ 90s- they dont want
property prices to fall before the elections.
- The fact that estate duty is tax exempt S$9M but other assets are
exempt up to $600K is indeed lop-sided- a cover up for HDBs over
pricing of HDB flats to Singaporeans.
(http://groups.google.com.sg/group/soc.culture.singapore/msg/1a6b70584a7cd63e)
- In 2004 37,823 households could not afford to buy their own flats
or rent homes in the open market.
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5) Poverty in Singapore:
- http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/poverty.html
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