Further to my original posting under 'Does Lee Kuan Yew and his
family think we Singaporeans are DUMB?' and the responses received,
I think the issue here is not whether Singapore is a democracy or
an authoritarian state or even whether how successful Singapore has
been economically.......The ISSUE here is how is that 4 family
members, being MM Lee, PM Lee, Ho Ching and BG Lee Hsien Yang, who
are all closely related be able to control the key multi billion
dollars financial portfolios in Singapore mainly being GIC, Temasek
and Singtel....OOOH!!! by the way i'm sure all of you are aware
that the main and only shareholder of Temasek is the Finance
Ministry. And make a guess who is the Minister of Finance in
Singapore..??? Our dear Mr Prime Minister is the Minister of
Finance!!! Where exactly are the check and balances here when
everyone holding the key portfolios are related within the Lee
family???? The funding used by the Ministry of Finance, GIC and
Temasek is the hard earned money of Singaporeans who slog day and
night to make ends meet......Does the Lee family have the God given
right to stick their fingers into every pie!!! Isn't there anyone
else in Singapore qualified enough to run this portfolios??? or are
we all Singaporeans simply DUMB for the Lee family??....I can name
you 10 other people, within the government or the private sector,
who are fit enough to be the Chairman of GIC or to run Temasek...No
accounts are ever published of our secretive hedge fund being
GIC....Temasek has only lately been releasing basic details of its
annual performance.......So how much is Ho Ching, PMs wife and CEO
of Temasek being paid here exactly???
Singaporeans are not even allowed to view the 'Financial
Disclosure' of all cabinet members....According to the prime
ministers office...'All ministers are required to disclose their
private interest' (including sources of income, assets and
liabilities) to the President via the Prime Minister...This
disclosure are done in confidence and not made
public'....interesting point to note here is that financial
disclosure to be done via the PM....who exactly verifies LKY and PM
Lee Hsien Loongs assets and liabilities???? The President does??
The President who lives in the Istana, where the Senior Minister
works from the Istana and I bet the PM has an office in the Istana
as well.....All checks and balances under 1 roof!!!! Are we fools
!!! In England under the 'Freedom of Information Act' any British
citizen has the right to view all the assets and liabilities of
their leaders....everyone in America knows how poor or rich George
Bush is....but we poor Singaporeans dont know what is going on
besides constantly being assured that check and balances are in
place!!!
As a Singaporean with no political ties and who pays taxes..I
believe we have every right to question the government here on who
the gate keeper of our hard earned income saved is and what is
going on behind the scenes in all this closely related family
appointments!!!!
I think Mr Lee Senior and the PM has to remember that the Lee
family and the PAP work for us Singaporeans NOT us Singaporeans
working for the Lee family and the PAP!!!! We the working class in
Singapore are the shareholders of Singapore Inc NOT the Lee family
and the PAP!!!!
To put all questions raised at rest, I once again call for a an
Independent Board of Enquiry, headed by a judge and non PAP party
members, into all the appointments held by the Lee family
members!!!