Posted on 12 March 2013
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Cool people are rational people, says PM
Lee
The government will conduct an open tender for air-conditioning
operators to bid for the national air-conditioning contract. It is
believed that only companies run by former ministers will be
eligible for the contract.
The Singapore government will install air-conditioning units in all
Singaporean households by 2016, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
in a post-budget speech this morning. This will ensure that
Singapore remains an air-conditioned nation stocked with compliant
citizens.
“We are a government that cares. We do not want Singaporeans to
suffer from the stuffy tropical heat, which results short tempers
and irrational behaviour,” he said of the recent public outrage
over the population white paper.
Replying to our comment that the protests happened in the rain, and
during the monsoon season, PM Lee had this to say.
“When it rains, people have to stay home. Then things get very
humid and this causes irritation in people too. This is why
air-conditioning is essential for the cultivation of a pliable,
happy citizen.”
The “Keep Calm and Blow Air Con” policy, as it has been dubbed, is
the supported by scientific research from A*Star, which found that
Singaporeans had a tendency to be more anti-establishment, the more
uncomfortable they were. This is further supported by recent
evidence that the infrastructure breakdowns — minor as they were —
led to widespread unhappiness with the government.
“Singaporeans have been promised a lifetime of comfort in exchange
for political compliance. So when this comfort is taken away, it is
perfectly natural for them to be less politically compliant,” said
an A*Star researcher who chose not to be named as he was afraid of
being assassinated.
“If this goes well, China might go fully air-conned too,” he
said.
New Nation’s attempts to reach NTU media professor Cherian George
were unsuccessful. But it is rumoured that he will be finally
offered tenureship if the PAP regains back lost votes as a result
of the new air-conditioning policy.
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Do we need this sicko lee hsien loong to act like a parent to us to
insist we must have air con in our home. He with a tiny
small little mind forever only knows how to do tiny small
unimportant things.
Yes, install air con in all homes so to fatten pockets. More
electricity consumption and as such utility bill will keep going
up, good money making. Again, it is about money making
.............. tsk tsk tsk.
the lhl sound like a old nagging granny.
