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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Comical AhLim say SunnyDays Ahead????</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>Fkapore <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>7:05 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 1) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>32604.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Lim Swee Say: We are in a “sunny” spell now
May 2nd, 2010 |
Author: Your Correspondent
PAP minister without portfolio Lim Swee Say showed just how “talented” he is by playing the weather forecaster during a speech made at May Day Rally yesterday when he proclaimed boldly that the Singapore economy is in “a sunny spell now, but with winds and scattered showers ahead.”
Following the typical PAP’s habit of indulging in generous self-praise, Mr Lim boasted that Singapore has finally “emerged from the tunnel of recession into sunny weather” though were “winds of competition for jobs and global talent.”
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has earlier called for Singaporeans’ understanding for an expected increase in the inflow of foreigners to meet the demands of an improving economy.
Despite the impressive growth figures in the first quarter, the effects are yet to be felt by ordinary Singaporeans in the street whose wages continue to lag behind that of inflation, especially that of public housing.
The state media has been churning out good news one after another to paint a rosy picture as part of a wider strategy to “sweeten” the ground for the embattled PAP ahead of the next general elections.
There is rising unhappiness and disgruntlement among Singaporeans at the PAP’s liberal immigration and pro-foreigner policies which have been blamed for stagnant wages, competition for jobs, sky-rocketing property prices as well as decrease in quality of life.
The grouses of Singaporeans are seldom reflected in the mainstream media which devote much of its space and time to generate a “feel-good” factor for the PAP.
It was announced discreetly that PAP ministers will be getting a hefty 8.8 percent pay hike at the beginning of the year. With the economy performing better than expected, they are likely to get a higher pay rise.
Mr Lim is only half-right in his assessment: Only the PAP leaders are in a “sunny” spell now, the rest of us are still trapped in a veil of darkness.
<HR SIZE=1>Edited 5/2/2010 10:06 pm ET by Fkapore</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
PAP minister without portfolio Lim Swee Say showed just how “talented” he is by playing the weather forecaster during a speech made at May Day Rally yesterday when he proclaimed boldly that the Singapore economy is in “a sunny spell now, but with winds and scattered showers ahead.”
Following the typical PAP’s habit of indulging in generous self-praise, Mr Lim boasted that Singapore has finally “emerged from the tunnel of recession into sunny weather” though were “winds of competition for jobs and global talent.”
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has earlier called for Singaporeans’ understanding for an expected increase in the inflow of foreigners to meet the demands of an improving economy.
Despite the impressive growth figures in the first quarter, the effects are yet to be felt by ordinary Singaporeans in the street whose wages continue to lag behind that of inflation, especially that of public housing.
The state media has been churning out good news one after another to paint a rosy picture as part of a wider strategy to “sweeten” the ground for the embattled PAP ahead of the next general elections.
There is rising unhappiness and disgruntlement among Singaporeans at the PAP’s liberal immigration and pro-foreigner policies which have been blamed for stagnant wages, competition for jobs, sky-rocketing property prices as well as decrease in quality of life.
The grouses of Singaporeans are seldom reflected in the mainstream media which devote much of its space and time to generate a “feel-good” factor for the PAP.
It was announced discreetly that PAP ministers will be getting a hefty 8.8 percent pay hike at the beginning of the year. With the economy performing better than expected, they are likely to get a higher pay rise.
Mr Lim is only half-right in his assessment: Only the PAP leaders are in a “sunny” spell now, the rest of us are still trapped in a veil of darkness.
<HR SIZE=1>Edited 5/2/2010 10:06 pm ET by Fkapore</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
