Reform Party 5 immediate pledges if elected

Askingyouto SG

In a sign of just how disingenuous the government is when it says it says it wants to answer the public’s desire for more non-government voices in Parliament, the Standing Order Committee of Parliament has proposed that the time given to MPs to make their speeches or ask questions is to be cut from 30 minutes to 20 (see link below):

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_601460.html

Parliament meets infrequently enough as it is. Not content with perfecting a system where more than half the electorate is deprived of the chance to vote and 34% of those able to vote largely unrepresented in Parliament, the PAP want to ensure that there is less scrutiny and accountability of their Ministers and policies by limiting Question Time. Despite introducing innovations to a deeply flawed and undemocratic system to allow for more NCMPs, who are unable to vote on any issue of substance, the government appears to want to severely curtail their one useful function, which is to be able to ask questions and compel Ministers to answer.

The Reform Party urges Singaporeans not to be taken in by the charade of the NCMP scheme and to remember that without electing sufficient numbers of RP MPs there is no chance of seeing any changes to the disastrous PAP policies of the last ten years.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of our five immediate pledges if we are elected to government:

1. Implement a stricter immigration and foreign worker policy
2. Introduce a minimum wage
3. Ensure housing affordability and quality
4. Reform CPF and return control of savings decisions to individuals
5. Give Singaporeans a direct stake in Temasek and GIC

The remaining 19 other policy pledges can be found at www.votingrp.wordpress.com, including proposals to improve town council management.

Vote RP! It’s time to take your country back!

This is taken at :

http://votingrp.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/government-curtails-question-time/

likeyou SG

National Service

The only concrete initiative was to reward NS men with a grant of $9,000. Few details were provided other than to say that it could be used to pay for further education (which the Reform Party would make free for NS men) and for housing (where sky-high prices are the result of deliberate government policy in restricting the supply of land and growing the population at an unsustainable rate).

The Reform Party believes that $9,000 in a restricted account does not come close to reflecting the economic cost Singaporean NS men face with two years of lost earnings. Furthermore, the PM said that future education fees will have to rise, presumably to cover this additional expense.

The Reform Party continues to propose, in this regard:

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I am sure parents with boys will love to vote for you if your point as above can be achieve. That is reduction to 1 yr of ns. No parents would want to see their boys serve 2 yr ns. They want them to come out quickly and work to compete in the soceity.

sbst275 SG

Enforce control on foreign worker? What a joke, then who drive e public tpt? Who going to sweep ur corridor?

Land prices will only go up. So Philip J is still thinking we have land to use? Dreaming or we go back to kampong era. Everything cheap, no iPhone, no high speed Internet. As if there is no cost.

As for NS, talk so much. Then who going to defend the country? As for deaths, sometimes is a joke. As if army has no safety risk like that.

likeyou SG

We do need foreigners workers to built road, planting, housing.

That one cannot siam one.

Also look around you, the estate also man by blangla workers too.

hielo de fuego es perra SG

Enforce control on foreign worker? What a joke, then who drive e public tpt? Who going to sweep ur corridor?

Land prices will only go up. So Philip J is still thinking we have land to use? Dreaming or we go back to kampong era. Everything cheap, no iPhone, no high speed Internet. As if there is no cost.

As for NS, talk so much. Then who going to defend the country? As for deaths, sometimes is a joke. As if army has no safety risk like that.

You do it!

Philip? Is that Philip or the brother? You have no correct info about the RP. This post is for?

sbst275 SG

U dun even know who runs RP.

Seriously I dunno how the ideas on NS came abt, when survival become a political game to use for attack.

Dun forget how come SAF was formed – national security over water

hielo de fuego es perra SG

YOu are talking you don't know who runs RP.

RP was formed by Mr Jeyaratnam, now taken over by his eldest son.

C751A 70049/70050 SG

BTW, I dun get it one thing. How can RP form a government (Or any other opp) because most likely they are avoiding 3 corner fights and neither of them is going to send like 50 candidates or so.

likeyou SG

If they can get a seat, they can fight for the issue that promise by them in the parliament. But I doubt so they can do anything in parliament.

Askingyouto SG

For people who are still unsure, please vote wisely so that this country can be saved, cast off all cynicism, fear and apathy to save our homeland. Please be reminded that if people think that politics is only for the elites, that's only partly true.

If we do not elect people who can represent us and expect the PAPist to do what they like then good luck to everyone. Today their policies might suits you, tomorrow, their policies might destroy you, do you have any recourse or redress means?

What we the citizens can do is to elect people to navigate through bureaucracy and red tape, to help us, the people who mostly do not have any access or more in depth working knowledge of governance to participate in the running of this country. We the commoners partipate in politics at ground level while our elected will help us represent our concerns.

If people did not feel that they have a stake in this country, that's also partly true. We can ask ourselves why is it, only the people that is feeling the pain of job losess, high cost of living and most importantly of all, a bleak future that destroyed people hopes and, pardon me, lowered the driving hormones of everyone desires to start a family in such a hopeless state. Why, why, is that so? Who are the ones now, falling aleep in parliament, having pay increament despite not solving the problems of the citizens, who are all these people living it up in pleasure while we, the people suffered. Who are those dogs?

We partly ceded our citizens participation, through the loss of adequate opposition people to represent our citizens, partly also due to the PAPist suppression of oppositions through decades to render us unable to be active participants of this country.

People will have to understand that in the grand scheme of life, there are actually a paradox of choices and non choices, this paradox causality will still come crashing down with events that might harm you whether or not you have done anything to avert it. So why do it? We have to answer to our duty bound birth rights as a citizen of this country to do our best, whether if to adopt a stoic, happy or frightened state of mind to set this country free.

We don't have to care about the eventual outcome, we care about whether have we fufill our duties as a citizen of this state or not. The outcome can only be good or bad, which I'm sure no one is afraid of the latter. What we should be afraid of is whether did we throw in the towel even before the fight bell has rang. It ain't over til the fat lady sings.

Now is our time, if we still do not reclaim what belonged to us, are we so hopelessly weak willed and poisoned by this Matrix not to chose the red pill to smash this ring of oligarchy traitor bastards that betrayed all citzens for their own cowardly party survival?

Fight and fight we must, not through the trigger of a rifle, not through the forestation, not through mindless marching drills, not through section movements or FIBUA, we fight our own cynicism, our own aparthy, our own fears to fight for a future for this country and our fellow country men. Fight we must and fight, we will, for our will deserves a more noble endeavour

βέτά SG

Enforce control on foreign worker? What a joke, then who drive e public tpt? Who going to sweep ur corridor?

Land prices will only go up. So Philip J is still thinking we have land to use? Dreaming or we go back to kampong era. Everything cheap, no iPhone, no high speed Internet. As if there is no cost.

As for NS, talk so much. Then who going to defend the country? As for deaths, sometimes is a joke. As if army has no safety risk like that.

Control does not equate to no foreign workers, don't worry.

Can get Singapore bus drivers and cleaners, they just have to increase the salary to entice Singaporeans to work in these areas.

Housing affordability probably refers to public housing, once you restrict the foreign workers & immigrants, there will be less demand on housing and housing prices will stabilise. When PAP open the doors to foreign immigrants in the hope of increasing Singapore's population to 7 million, the increased demand for housing drove up prices. Think again, Singapore's income level is less than Australia, but why are the public housing prices so inflated, it's not supported by the current income level.

hairycrab138 SG

Yup.. I agree with beta. We do need foreign workers.... (in construction and cleaning)...

Service industry, transportation, we just need to add more perks and increase salaries of these workers to entice Singaporeans to work.

At this rate we are bringing in foreigners, our wages will eventually get depressed till the stage where we cannot even afford a 3 room flat.... dun even mention having a family... you cant even afford 3 meals on your own (that is with 7 million).

Then comes social problems.... Do you want Singapore to be full of robbers and conmans?

βέτά SG

Actually most Singaporeans think that it's impossible to have services cheap, which is quite true if it's under the PAP regime.

Why?

Most of the land they sell to you is priced under market rate, so citizens like us who have an inalienable right to live on this land has to compete with big corporations for land use. At the end of the day, the PAP government profits from these land sales and keep it in their coffers for empire building, all at the expense of her citizens. Most of these land cost to corporations (when they paid for the land) is passed on to consumers like you and me. So how can we ever have cheaper cost of living? With such high reserves, they still insist on coming up with more taxes, increasing retirement age, higher CPF minimum sum, lowering COE quota (to get higher bid prices).

sbst275 SG

Control does not equate to no foreign workers, don't worry.

Can get Singapore bus drivers and cleaners, they just have to increase the salary to entice Singaporeans to work in these areas.

sounds so easy

increase wages, fare hike... ppl kpkb no matter wat.

Eh. Foreigners can't own HDB flats at all. Not to mention landed property.

It ought to have been condo tat's affected - leading to more DBSS..

Somewhere the equation created by Singaporeans isn't right - OMV

sbst275 SG

YOu are talking you don't know who runs RP.

RP was formed by Mr Jeyaratnam, now taken over by his eldest son.

What's is his son's name?

sbst275 SG

Actually most Singaporeans think that it's impossible to have services cheap, which is quite true if it's under the PAP regime.

Why?

first thing how much land do we have?

Sounds like you got consipracy theory. Now you say the car dealers par kak w/ govt to jack up COE prices indirectly le you know

Also more COE quota, more cars on the road later you kpkb jam

then wat on earth do you want?

βέτά SG

first thing how much land do we have?

Sounds like you got consipracy theory. Now you say the car dealers par kak w/ govt to jack up COE prices indirectly le you know

Also more COE quota, more cars on the road later you kpkb jam

then wat on earth do you want?

The land wasn't enough for 3-4 million Singaporeans that we have to import another 2-3 million?

When economy took a downturn in 2008-2009, COE prices dropped to below $10,000, they realised that there is no point for them to release more COEs as they are not getting good profits, so the reduce the COE by half and Voila, prices for COE went up by 2-3 times their $10,000 levels. One sure way to influence the price is to control the supply, which was what they have done when COE plummeted. Of course they can come up with umpteen "valid" excuses for the drastic cut in COE quota, but we all know the ultimate motive behind it.

Since when I said conspiracy theory between car dealers and government? You ran out of good points and making up your own points to retort me?

If they had known that high COE quota would increase traffic jams, they should have reduced the quota years or even decades in advance and not when COE prices dropped to under $10,000. They could also build more roads. Ermmm..., let me guess, increasing the population by 30% would have no dire effect on the car population. A result of their own policy.

I want the best for Singapore citizens irrespective of which political party is in control, I have no past loyalty to any political party, it's the political party which can provide the best living for Singapore citizens that matter.

βέτά SG

It's like they create a problem, then they find ways to solve the problem by increasing punitive cost.

βέτά SG

I'd rather newbie mods don't edit my post for no reason.

Post by newbie mod was deleted.

Askingyouto SG

I just want to add that all those 5 immediate pledges are formulated by all those walkabouts that the Reform Party has been conducting for the past few months. The Reform Party has been gathering citizens' concerns and responded with those 5 immediate pledges. Those pledges are not something that they formulated over at a kopitiam in one night over a few beers but is a result of HEARING, not deaf to what citizens' concerns are.

Of course, if they do not have a majority in government, they might not be able to push til fruitation for some of these pledges, but at least they will make sure that citizens' concerns are being conveyed and a degree of importance to it attached as well.

We cannot turn away now even at the sight of this PAPist invincible Monstrosity, we cannot and will still be chased down and earmarked for eventually destruction, no matter what we try to ignore, to endure or to just resign ourselves to it. Our only weapon is still ourselves, and if we try hard enough, and we want it hard enough, things might happen.The goliath can be defeated.

Vote for changes, vote for the future of Singapore, crush the PAPist and wipe their smug smiles off the surface of Singapore forever, we do not want money grabbing thieving traitors.