Let me put it this way, and see if you can convince yr friends.
Before the PAP embarked on its liberal immig policy, and caused untold misery to Singaporeans, did it consult your friends' constituents? Do you think it was done for yr constituency's interests only or for Singapore as a whole? So was it a national policy or was it a local Town Councillor's idea?
Did it conduct a feedback poll on its policies? Or it is only now saying they are aware of the problems and are going to tweak about it?
When HDB flats were rising in prices, did you feel that it was in other people's constituency that this is happening, or was it across the board all over in S'pore?
When you lost yr job, do you think it was the local MP who could revise the policy or rules for you to find a job, or do you think no other than the PM and his cabinet can do the job?
Do you seriously think that the govt can deny essential services, postal services, social services, policing services, infrastructural support such as roads maint, street lighting, that are provided by public services to Opp wards because they voted for the Opp? Yes, they can ask HDB to give lower priority but they cannot totally deny them. Don't you think that if more and more wards become Opp, the PAP govt wont sit up and start changing their attitudes?
When you vote for the Opp, you are thinking beyond yr own constituency for the national interests. There are many basic things that any govt has to perform and these are called governance issues, and I dont think any Opp has said they are not going to perform them if they are the govt. So are you going to vote on national policies that you disagree with or are you really just voting for the next HDB upgrade which will come to you anyway except later?
Before the PAP embarked on its liberal immig policy, and caused untold misery to Singaporeans, did it consult your friends' constituents? Do you think it was done for yr constituency's interests only or for Singapore as a whole? So was it a national policy or was it a local Town Councillor's idea?
Did it conduct a feedback poll on its policies? Or it is only now saying they are aware of the problems and are going to tweak about it?
When HDB flats were rising in prices, did you feel that it was in other people's constituency that this is happening, or was it across the board all over in S'pore?
When you lost yr job, do you think it was the local MP who could revise the policy or rules for you to find a job, or do you think no other than the PM and his cabinet can do the job?
Do you seriously think that the govt can deny essential services, postal services, social services, policing services, infrastructural support such as roads maint, street lighting, that are provided by public services to Opp wards because they voted for the Opp? Yes, they can ask HDB to give lower priority but they cannot totally deny them. Don't you think that if more and more wards become Opp, the PAP govt wont sit up and start changing their attitudes?
When you vote for the Opp, you are thinking beyond yr own constituency for the national interests. There are many basic things that any govt has to perform and these are called governance issues, and I dont think any Opp has said they are not going to perform them if they are the govt. So are you going to vote on national policies that you disagree with or are you really just voting for the next HDB upgrade which will come to you anyway except later?
