Top 3 things you want to change in Singapore

sohguanh SG

study groups!

Study wat subjects? Mr. Green

newmanmback SG

yr request quite diificult leh...must summon weather god to conjure winter here ...more public holidays...tell u what mayb schools (primariy secondary higher sec and tiertary) should have like 14 days annual leave for each students...and 14 days sick leave for each students...then they can use it to siam lessons for emergency rite better win win Mr. Green

gd4u SG

acutally, if u count, excluding PH, we got 55 weekdays at home. Bu then, hlaf the time u are needed at school and the remaining half are needed for school related stuff, which means ur holidays are holidays at all. So, it is a pretty gd idea to have a off—day system of the working world. But if that really happens, be prepared with empty exam halls …

missqi SG

Fare rebates/discounts for poly students.
gahmen.
more alternative study options.

I-like-flings(m) SG

1) no PAP
2) no Lee family
3) no Dr Chee (bye)

Mr. Green

KenPlus SG

Lower income taxes rate
Cancel Tv license
Since Govt encourage us to study harder .Uni Sch fees should be lower don't just support foreigners should support locals too

Dogtor SG

Originally posted by newmanmback:
well guys like cars...but not all guys are into cars...but i am seeing obsessions with cars and owning it means success, suave and the abilitiy to pick up girls...well yes in the sense u be the chaffeur lor....but i am seeing many ppl acting up trying to own one and ended up with nothing left after migration (yeh migration is another thing)...i mean for those truely rich ppl its okay but there are those who are trying to act rich, do migration god i find it so contradictive...moving away seeking a better life and ended up with only hehe 20k Aussie to spend over tthere on a bat mobile...i mean face it migration is for the rich and wealthy and those who got the as s for it for others to fulfil their personal 1st world dreams...pls gahmen make car affordable...not for me dun mistake ... for them help them....see how this group of ppl are breaking down into psychologically Mr. Green

You are right, you have to be pretty rich to own a car in Singapore and put your kids through college.

I don't expect the State to be able to pay more than 10% when my kids go to college, cause everyone will be in college at that stage, it's the world we live in now.

I am a doc and I can't afford a car in Singapore, what more other people.

I don't buy this congestion issue and we must control the car population.

Several years back some MP was quoted as saying that if we consumed vehicles the same as other industrial societies, we will need three times the road space.

I think it is the lack of invention and management on LTA and highly paid transport ministers' part. Singaporeans want their cars and they should do all they can to make us a car driven society.

If they truly issue long bonds, 10-years, 15-years, 20-years and 30-years and finance a massive infrastructure building program to triple deck all current expressways we should have 3 times the roadspace for all major thorougfares. (ie. stack a flyover on top , surface road and tunnel)

Additionally, using the ERP gantries we can bill all surface roads in our towns for people who are unfamiliar with the towns. But if you are a town resident you can scoot around in tunnel interconnects from suburb to suburb to parking garage to parking garage.

We pay alot in direct and indirect taxatioon for cars and they go to consolidated accounts?!?!, We ought to spend every cent collected on transportation and funding road buidling programmes.

I hate the public transport (it works if you got time), else you wake up earlier, walk 10-15 mins to the pick-up point in the sweltering heat, wait 10-15mins (sometimes full), make it, cram like sardines in a tin-can, no seat, standing room only, make it to work in great discomfort - when you could have gone there in your car in 15 mins ..... Life sucks

This is one issue enough to migrate.

Dogtor SG

Originally posted by ShutterBug:

>> More People Oriented CPF Policies

>> Affordable Healthcare

>> Sensible and Fair Education System to match ever increasing fees

You talking like a politician .....

Good words in general terms but short on specifics.

There ain't such a thing as affordable healthcare.

What you pay is what you get.

1. CPF Funds should be invested more aggressively as a group for ages 20 to 50, blended down conservatively from 45 to 65. Conservatively from 65 yrs on.
They should achieve payouts of 6% minimum returns - how come Temasek can and CPF cannot? CPF cannot be used for housing - straight away housing becomes cheaper.

2. Affordable healthcare - healthcare that is top quality and cutting edge - you think it will be affordable? There is a disconnect here. How come buy Sony digital camera and not Great Wall Optics? Because one can see clearly quality and the other is much more opaque, right.

3. Education is what people want to study for (a) job qualifications (utilitarian) -as intended by Goh K.S. (b) academic - pursuit of intellectual fulfilment, etc - a true "education"

What is sensible and fair for someone is unfair and nonsense to another.

My take - spend a little more and let people do what they choose. If they can't make it this year (quota) offer them a bridging year but save a spot in their course of choice for the next. When people do what they want, they tend to be more interested and excel. Also, a bridging year in other subjects will produce more rounded individuals and also expose other talents or interests that the student never knew or developed.

Gee.. your soundbites sound like political slogans. You are one of the stormtroopers?

macjoe SG

Top 3 things i want:

1. Stop blood sucking.

2. Cut waste

3. Stop bleeding.

Idea

thinker SG

1. Concentrate in building a world class 'software' (e.g. more caring, more socially reasponsible, more civic-minded, more human ppl, etc) instead of 'hardware' (i.e. wonder of the world buildings, etc).

A country is made up of the mindset & characters of its ppl.

2. Allows more time/activities/amenities for ppl to interact.

3. Give Singaporean its own national identity.

seow SG

Make every car cost ten times of what it is now. Laughing

humjipeng SG

lol. study at night? I study at night with my dog at home. considered study group? rofl.

snop_coolz SG

reality sux..all thoese that we wan will always nv happen.. Crying or Very sad

newmanmback SG

Land in Sg is scarce so i can go with all the excuses on taxing and blood su ckin this and that. The excuse of owning a car for convenience is appropriate....but not giving the notion that owning one means success. In a small island as SG owning one MAY NOT ALWAYS be wise. There are taxis around and weighing the convenient and costs of riding in a cab against owning a car...after all u dun wanna queue and wait and sweat and be sandwished like a burger right don't u? u can take a cab as and when u like. adding all the taxes and fuel costs against cab fares the results clear what it should be for each and every individual.

So back to the question again. Owing a car or having a ride in a car? U decide. Riding in a car to reach your destination or simply riding in a car so that you can call it your own and show the world at the expense of burning a hole in your pockets and adding figures to your monthly expenses?

As for those who has ever been overseas esp continents...it is in fact wise to own at least 4 good wheels....reliable wheels not luxuries wheels. Bus rides to train stations costs and the process duration may be hell...hitch-hike in a ride is common (here in sg when i was posted to certain camp i hitch-hike with my camp mates in pick up trucks too!). Working overseas also see ppl staying in hostels instead of Sg where you can go home every day after work.

valentinoo SG

u want this sgforum to close is it

valentinoo SG

pathetic...hitch hike lolll...

i dont believe a doctor cant afford a car..what kind of doc r u? wid PHD or medical doc..my relative is a medical doctor and he drove a new audi which cost 130 K...and he is not yet 30

Gordonator SG

ya loh. i strongly agrees on this 1.

a simple way to improve this is by extending public transport operating hours. how to have a night life when everyone rushes home before midnight cos there'll be no transportation after that.

newmanmback SG

really i dun care if a doc owns a car or not...ey 50k civic only dun com here tok c ock lah your relative is a virtual chracter created in your mind and expressed in words here in this thread...this virtual character drove 130 car which is better than your 50kcivic that's the success of your creation to cover what u cannot achieve in real physical life Mr. Green

newmanmback SG

surely no one is closing it and no one can just because of this comment Mr. Green

NotFromVenus SG

Change :

1) Change to Free World Cup coverage. Since every year we pay $110 TV tax.
2) All My family possesions change with Lee family possessions.
3) Change the Land mass to be 1000 times bigger.

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