Rejected by ST Forum
We thank Jeffrey Ho for this letter.
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Government Reply To MP Disappointing
By Jeffrey Ho
27 September 2004
It is disappointing to note the government's rejection of the
Opposition ward's request for lift upgrading (ST 22 Sept,
"Chiam's
request to carry out lift upgrading denied").
In a nutshell, it is a classic decision matrix dilemma that is
faced
by the government. If the government stands by its decision
in
denying the request, it has to provide convincing answers to
the
main reason why it is rejected: why the huge gap in the cost of
the
upgrading with Chiam's estimate of $2 million vs HDB's $12
million.
If however, in the interest of democracy, the government changes
its
mind and allows Mr Chiam to go ahead, and provided the residents
vote
for it, it will have a bigger problem on its hand if Mr Chiam
succeeds in upgrading the lifts at just $2 million when it cost
6
times that amount for HDB: have the government and affected
HDB
residents been suckers all this while?
If that were the case, how then can the PAP town councils
justify
increasing their conservancy fees when they have not been
managing
their funds prudently?
Of course, if Mr Chiam fails in his attempt to limit the cost to
$2
million, he will then have to answer to his constituents and
a
possible outcome may see him losing his stronghold in the
next
General Election.
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i can only see why the government r rejecting the upgrading for the
opposition GRC , is to make the people living there think that the
MP there r doing a lousy job and thus , vote for the PAP .. what a
under hand tactic by the government again ... i say , every
household in potong pasir fork out $10/= each to upgrade and show
the government that the people actually care for their living ..
pity the people in potong pasir , their MP r trying hard to help
them but yet reject time and time again by the government on the
proposal to make a better living in their town .
what FAIR ??!!!!
