let's see coz frankly, a lot of people were pissed off, and a
lot of them actually believed that bullshit about "HDB prices"
now let's see what happens...
because a healthy gabrament is not one where a party gets to
rubberstamp everything.. which is what the MIW have been doing
since they came into power so many decades ago... the rot has set
in and they are frantically cutting out the deadwood...
may not be enough... what if they find that most of their people
are deadwood?
goodness knows their own "success" caused it..
but in a parliamentary democracy like ours, that's exactly
what's supposed to happen. One party gets voted in, with enough
seats that they can pass laws and policies and get things done
without obstruction and politiking till the people think they are
no longer worthy and toss them out and exchange this group for
another at the next "performance review" ...
I agree with you, there are certain entrenched mindsets among
the older parliamentarians that can come across as haughty or
aloof. Infact, i tell you, despite my personal political
affliation, I'm not completely happy with everyone on the team
either ... one good example is the chap whose portfolio vivian just
took over. I also agree with you that certain things could have
been done better, they are certainly not perfect. But I think it's
important to put things in perspective, we may rail at how crowded
the trains and buses are during peak hours, but let's not forget
that we do have an extensive train system in place, and all our
buses are airconditioned, something more than what all of our
neighbours in asean can boast of. And the first steps are being
taken already too, as bussy reported yesterday .... more trains are
being added to the system. waiting times are expected to get
shorter. And this before the new parliament was convened, and
raymond lim got replaced. So I think it's quite unfair to scream
out "tuck yew ! tuck yew !" just yet, and this is just one
example.
But there's the big picture ... We are not north korea, or even
china .... people don't disappear in the middle of the night, there
are no mass graves, no gulags. we don't really live in fear of the
powers-that-be, despite what SDP would have you believe, we have
done remarkably well on the whole, and if anyone's unhappy about
something, they can rail about it online with impunity, like now
...
i think we all owe it to ourselves to give them a chance,
regardless, after all, their next performance review is in 5 years
time. The new batch are quite different. Check out this new chap,
tan chuan jin ... many people wrote him off as another scholar-baby
general foisted upon the people .... but he's different ... don't
take my word for it .... check out his facebook page ....
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tan-Chuan-Jin/182928775083239?ref=ts
go past all the congrats and well wishes and see how he responds
to complaints, gripes, and even to poh ah pak like trollers ....
and the kind of comments he writes .....
He is now the minister of state for MND, which covers the HDB
.... send him a private message, even if it's a gripe or a concern
about HDB prices, and you'll see he'll send more than a non-stock
reply back. If chaps like this one represents the new generation of
the PAP, I'd say, we should be in good hands ...
