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[h=2]Dear Mr President, Are You Joking?[/h]
September 6th, 2012 |
Author: Contributions
President Tony Tan
I guess he must be kiddin’ when ‘he said he will do his part in helping the government steer Singapore through these “volatile economic waters”, stressing that a strong economy was needed to make sure that the country had the means to help the less fortunate’.
Dear Mr President, if you allowed the PAP government to throw $4billion at IMF without a whimper, I’m sure you can throw some crumbs to the less fortunate in Singapore. Like dude, what gives? Apart from the $4billion to IMF, I’m sure you are aware of the following:
According to Kenneth Jeyaratnam, ‘On 04th January 2012 the Ministry of Finance issued a promissory note for US$16.34 million to the International Development Association. . .
“The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (1999 revised edition) includes safeguards to protect past reserves of the Government. One such safeguard, set out in Article 144, requires the President’s concurrence for the granting of certain loans and guarantees.”
Mr President, did you concur? I guess not.
“AGO found that the Ministry of Finance did not comply with Article 144 of the Constitution when it issued a promissory note without obtaining the required President’s concurrence. (sic)”
The Audit clearly pulls the MOF up for breaching the Constitution. It seems the MOF breached the Constitution and gave away our money, blatantly ignoring any requirement for a safeguard.” [Link]
Some Singaporeans may be excited by your excitement in watching the Olympics and being inducted into the Honourary Senate of the Foundation Lindau NobelPriceWinners Meetings but most will be more interested in how you are guarding the sovereign wealth of Singapore.
I guess your work is different from that of President Ong Teng Cheong when he was our President. Though he passed on relatively young, he’s left a legacy in letting us know that he did right doing what he had to do to protect the assets of Singapore!
Mr President, you must be joking when you spoke to Tessa Wong. Singaporeans would think that the ‘highlight’ of a president’s job would be of ’sterner stuff’! They would be flabbergasted that the highlights of your presidential function seem so trivial.
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FeedMeToTheFish
* FeedMeToTheFish is an online blogger since Sep 2007. On his profile, he said: “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. The double speak, the hubris that I get from the power that is especially the leeders irks me no end. The balls carrying sychophantic mainstream media suffocate me. I can hardly breathe. Some say I may get radicalised, but fortunately, the alternative news and views that I get from internet keeps me sane. The ability to write in this blog gets the elephant off my chest and helps me breathe easier. It lightens me up! When it’s all said and done, just feedmetothefish. With my crazy writing, my children and the greatgrandma of my granddaughter worry that the “legal/factual” big stick will come after me for being radicalised or for being ridiculous
Hopefully, the fish will get me first He blogs at http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com.
“A busy and fulfilling first year as President” wrote Tessa Wong of Sunday Times of September 2, 2012. “Asked about the highlights of his year in office, Dr Tan named 2 in particular. The most exciting one was cheering the Singapore athletes at the London Olympic Games in London, he said. Another was when he was inducted into the Honourary Senate of the Foundation Lindau NobelPriceWinners Meetings in July”
Bilmey, we pay him millions in salary and these are the highlights of his work for the past year?
I guess he must be kiddin’ when ‘he said he will do his part in helping the government steer Singapore through these “volatile economic waters”, stressing that a strong economy was needed to make sure that the country had the means to help the less fortunate’.
Dear Mr President, if you allowed the PAP government to throw $4billion at IMF without a whimper, I’m sure you can throw some crumbs to the less fortunate in Singapore. Like dude, what gives? Apart from the $4billion to IMF, I’m sure you are aware of the following:
According to Kenneth Jeyaratnam, ‘On 04th January 2012 the Ministry of Finance issued a promissory note for US$16.34 million to the International Development Association. . .
“The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (1999 revised edition) includes safeguards to protect past reserves of the Government. One such safeguard, set out in Article 144, requires the President’s concurrence for the granting of certain loans and guarantees.”
Mr President, did you concur? I guess not.
“AGO found that the Ministry of Finance did not comply with Article 144 of the Constitution when it issued a promissory note without obtaining the required President’s concurrence. (sic)”
The Audit clearly pulls the MOF up for breaching the Constitution. It seems the MOF breached the Constitution and gave away our money, blatantly ignoring any requirement for a safeguard.” [Link]
Some Singaporeans may be excited by your excitement in watching the Olympics and being inducted into the Honourary Senate of the Foundation Lindau NobelPriceWinners Meetings but most will be more interested in how you are guarding the sovereign wealth of Singapore.
I guess your work is different from that of President Ong Teng Cheong when he was our President. Though he passed on relatively young, he’s left a legacy in letting us know that he did right doing what he had to do to protect the assets of Singapore!
Mr President, you must be joking when you spoke to Tessa Wong. Singaporeans would think that the ‘highlight’ of a president’s job would be of ’sterner stuff’! They would be flabbergasted that the highlights of your presidential function seem so trivial.
.
FeedMeToTheFish
* FeedMeToTheFish is an online blogger since Sep 2007. On his profile, he said: “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. The double speak, the hubris that I get from the power that is especially the leeders irks me no end. The balls carrying sychophantic mainstream media suffocate me. I can hardly breathe. Some say I may get radicalised, but fortunately, the alternative news and views that I get from internet keeps me sane. The ability to write in this blog gets the elephant off my chest and helps me breathe easier. It lightens me up! When it’s all said and done, just feedmetothefish. With my crazy writing, my children and the greatgrandma of my granddaughter worry that the “legal/factual” big stick will come after me for being radicalised or for being ridiculous
Hopefully, the fish will get me first He blogs at http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com.
