General Election Dragon Head

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The General Election had put strong team on East Singapore near Changi Airport, because it is Singapore Dragon Head. If we can win East mean we can win whole Singapore. We also need to put strong team at West near Lim Chu Kang because it is the Dragon Tail.

It is very difficult to win CDB, bacause PAP had stay in Singapore more than 50 years.

Any Feng Shui master feedback?

 

[QXD]

I have a PhD in fengshui from the China Higher Enterprise Education National Academy, and I can tell you 100% certainty that if I were to shove a tree up where the sun don't shine, your ass will hurt.

 

[GoldenDragon]

I have a PhD in fengshui from the China Higher Enterprise Education National Academy, and I can tell you 100% certainty that if I were to shove a tree up where the sun don't shine, your ass will hurt.

Thank you. Couldn't stop laughing for more than 30 seconds!

 

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Fengshui Master Dragon that do not had Head and Tail the heart beat at CDB will die?

 

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In past many Dato Dato Datin Datin only help PAP England to contest. Will Dato Dato Datin Datin help Chinese Opposition?

 

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Abdul Salim Treasures You

Berita Harian has introduced some upcoming & potential Malay candidates from the Alternative Parties for the coming General Election.. Seems that more Malays are coming forward to join the Alternatives. How i wish Halimah Yacob & Zainul Abidin will switch camp too!

 

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English PAP

Unite is learning English and close down Nantah and Malay is for Malay which is not an important language. We can not master three language.

Chinese Opposition

Master the three language Malay, English and Mandarin.

 

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Some candiadates put forth are women and young graduates

By Chairul Fahmy Hussaini

MORE Malay opposition candidates are expected to appear in the next general election than a few elections ago, according to a survey by Berita Harian's examination of the opposition parties.

BH reviews expects about 15 Malay members from several opposition parties to be put forward.

If this becomes reality, the number of Malay opposition candidates this time around has almost doubled from the eight put forward in 2006, four in 2001 and six in 1997.

Among those expected to be fielded this time are several women candidates and veteran politicians.

The newspaper understands that some of the new candidates hold graduate and undergraduate degees are are in the 20's and 40's.

Some of the new candidates to be fielded include:

Mr. Muhammad Faisal Abdul Manap, 36, of the Workers' Party (WP);
Mr Mohamed Fazli Talip, 30 years, WP;
Mr Jafri Basron, 47, Reform Party (RP);
Ms. Lella Mardiiiah Nor Mohamed, 36 years, the National Solidarity Party (NSP);
Syafarin Mr. Sharif, 35, NSP;
Mr Abdul Malik Mohammed Ayub, 27 years, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP);
Encik Mohd Suki Nazem, 42 years, the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS);
Mr. Malik Ismail, 40, PKMS and
Ms. Juliana Tahir, 40, the Singapore People's Party (SPP).

Mr. Faisal holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Monash University, Australia, and currently works as a counselor at a welfare organisation.

Mr. Fazli is a Financial Advisor and holds a Diploma in Engineering from Nanyang Polytechnic.

Mr. Jafri has completed his GCE 'A' levels and is self-employed, while Ms. Lella Nor has a diploma in Business Administration and works as a property consultants.

Mr. Syafarin has a degree in political science from National University of Singapore (NUS) and works as regional project manager, while Ms Juliana is a graduate of NUS and an architect.

Besides these, some veteran politicians areexpected to compete again and they include:

Jufrie Mr. Mohamed Mahmood, 61, of the SDP;
Mr Mohammed Rahizan Yaacob, 54, WP;
Mr. Mohamad Hamim Aliyas, 43, SPP, and
Encik Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz, 57, SDP.

Mr. Jufrie contested in the 1984, 1988, 1991 and 1997 elections, Mr. Rahizan contested in 2001 and 2006 general elections, Mr. Hamim contested the 2006 election: and Mr. Isa in 2001 and 2006 elections.

Commenting on the ability of the new Malays introduced, NSP Secretary-General, Mr Goh Meng Seng, said:

'In general, the ability of Malay candidates is good not only in terms of academic qualifications, but also in terms of their ability to understand the issues and the inadequacy of government policy and the population.

'We may field three to five Malay candidates aged between 30's and 40's years,' he said, but declined to disclose the identity of the Malay candidates at this time.

NSP held a closed-door forum last night at the Tepak Sireh restaurant near Masjid Sultan to discuss issues faced by Malay/Muslims, which was attended by over 100 Singaporeans.

Reform Party's Secretary General, Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, also did not deny that they will field Malay candidates in this election.

Member of Singapore Democratic party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) Mr Jufrie, when contacted, said the SDP may have two Malay candidates aged between 20 - 30, and that one of them has a bachelor degree.

Asked if he would also contest, the veteran politician who has contested four general elections and almost seized the Eunos GRC in 1991 while contesting as a Workers' Party candidate said that everything is up to the party leadership.

Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party Mr Mohammed Rahizan, said the increase reflects the opposition Malay candidates contributions to the people of Singapore who want to see more democracy in the country.

The opposition parties are now united and the more opposition members will only improve the quality of debate in Parliament and create a more vibrant environment and a more democratic country, he said.

Mr Mohammed Rahizan will not rule out the possibility of competing again in this coming election.

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This is a non-verbatim translation of the article which appeared on Berita Harian today titled 'Parti pembangkang tampilkan lebih ramai calon Melayu'.

NSP contest Jurong-Near Lim Chu Kang (Tail), Jalan Besar-Near CDB (Heart) and Tampines-Near Changi Airport (Head) GRC?

Singapore Chinese Association, Long Life!

 

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Government not doing enough say Malays at forum

Posted by theonlinecitizen on February 13, 2011

by Joshua Chiang

On Nomination Day for the 2006 General Elections, PAP candidate and Chairman of Yayasan Mendaki Dr Yaacob Ibrahim declared there would be no Malay issues in that General Elections. While it remains to be seen if Malay issues will be ‘hot’ in the upcoming General Elections, the consensus among those who attended the National Solidarity Party’s (NSP) closed-door forum on Friday evening was that the government was not doing enough to address the concerns of the Malay/Muslim community.

According to NSP President Sebastian Teo, the “Reflection Forum” (Forum Cermin in Malay) was organized by the party’s Malay Bureau to understand the issues concerning the Malay community in Singapore, issues which are “real and genuine but have been brushed aside too often for one reason or another.”

About 70 people attended the forum.

Malay/Muslims organisations not doing enough

One of the key issues raised was that despite the existence of institutions to help disadvantaged Malay/Muslims, they were not doing enough. A member of the audience gave an account of how his application for funds to attain a diploma from a private polytechnic was denied on the grounds that his parents were working and thus should be capable of paying for his studies. According to him, the officers did not even ask for his parents’ combined income. As a result, he discontinued his studies.

NSP Malay Bureau head Ms Nor Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed, who volunteered regularly with Redstar Community Services recalled the time she went to a Christian shelter for women and was shocked to see that 80% of people staying there were Malay/Muslims.

Another member of the audience recounted how his sister who was a single-parent tried applying for grants with Mendaki to pay for her child’s studies but was rejected.

“Adult working Muslims have to contribute monthly to the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund (MBMF). Should Mendaki not offer help to those who need it?” he asked.

Meritocracy or Exclusion?

Another issue raised was whether there were equal opportunities for Malays in Singapore.

“As a Malay, I feel very sad because I don’t see any Malay generals and Malays holding high positions in civil service,” said a member of the audience.
NSP chief Goh Meng Seng agreed, “How can you have a system of meritocracy but no Malay generals and machine gunners?”

(Anecdotal observation suggests that Malays boast a disproportionate representation in the rank and file of the infantry and logistical units of the Singapore Armed Forces. Although a Malay general was recently appointed, the military remains slow in integrating the Malay/ Muslims into their higher echelons and ‘sensitive’ vocations. – Editor)
A need for self-reflection

However, some felt that while the Government had to bear some of the blame for the poorer socio-economic position of the Malay community in relation to the other races, the community as a whole also needed to look within itself.
Ms Lella told the audience that in her previous job in a HR department, she often came across many Malay job applicants who were not to particular about their salary as long as they get the job. She asked if this was due to Malays being taught not to ask for more at a young age.

One member of the audience suggested looking at it as a class issue. “The underclass lacks sophistication to go about getting assistance,” he said.

He further suggested that perhaps a more ‘academic approach’ was needed to understand the underlying causes of the problems the community face.

 

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We Are Singaporeans united as one irrespective of politics religion or culture

By Elvin - Posted on 30 January 2011

The party is disappointed to read recent news report on what Minister of Home Affairs Shanmugam’s comments on Thaipusam as well as Minister Mentor Lee’s recent comment on Malay community as the main hindrance to social integration in Singapore. The politics of Division, Distraction to ensure PAP political dominance should have no place in political discourse in Singapore.

We feel that the strict enforcement of law on Thaipusam is totally unwarranted. Singaporeans have evolved as one people in spite of the diversities in race and cultural heritage. We have enhanced our understanding and tolerance to various cultural and religious celebrations as well as practices in almost all aspects of our lives. For almost 4 decades, Singaporeans have no problems in living with all sorts of “noisy” religious-cultural celebrations of all sorts.

If the law is to be strictly applied and enforced to all activities and procession, we would have ended up with Chinese lion-dragon dance without drums and gongs, Malay traditional marriage without gendengs, Thaipusam without drums and cheers, Christmas without chorals played along Orchard roads and Chingay procession without all those “noisy” performances and music played on floats. Rules on festive noise making should be determined by weighing upon inter-racial tolerance, strengthened civil society and through open consultation instead of administrative fiat by the minister concerned.

MM Lee’s comments on race and religion in “Hard Truths” is totally unwarranted and somewhat out of touch with the sensibilities and feelings of a younger and more cosmopolitan generation. In general, our party’s observation is that Singaporeans of all races have no issue with eating on the same table or for that matter halal food served and eaten at different tables even at the same event. Resistance to inter-racial marriages is on the decline even though there are some Singaporeans, just like MM Lee, who would still unable to accept and resistant to their children marrying to spouses of other races. However, such resistance to inter-racial marriages is NOT UNIQUE to Muslims alone just as MM Lee has made known his own resistance to it as well.

On the contrary to the NSP, it seems to us that ruling party is the biggest hindrance to social integration in Singapore. It has constantly reminded Singaporeans of the racial divides wherever possible. It has reminded voters that an Indian cannot be Prime Minister even when the candidate is proven to be the better choice. This is contrary to the system of Meritocracy which PAP has always emphasized on.

PAP has also used the excuse of minority candidates will not win an election against Chinese candidates to push for the GRC system. On the contrary, historical facts have shown that many PAP Malay and Indian candidates have won against Opposition Chinese candidates and the late JB Jeyaratnam has won in Anson against PAP’s Chinese candidate as well.

We believe that most Singaporeans are moderates in every race and religion. We believe that they share our core values as well as frustration at PAP’s aggressive FT policy which caused problems on jobs, housing, transport and healthcare.

We would want to urge the PAP to focus on these problems instead of sidetracking into sensitive racial issues so as to divide, distract and to ensure its political dominance.

Goh Meng Seng
Secretary General
National Solidarity Party

 

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The General Election had put strong team on East Singapore near Changi Airport, because it is Singapore Dragon Head. If we can win East mean we can win whole Singapore. We also need to put strong team at West near Lim Chu Kang because it is the Dragon Tail.

It is very difficult to win CDB, bacause PAP had stay in Singapore more than 50 years.

Any Feng Shui master feedback?

You bloody hell no head no tail want to talk about dragon head.

and who would be voting in Lim Chu kang? Your grandfather's ghost?

what the hell is CDB?

 

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The map of Singapore Island:-

1) The head of Island is at East Singapore

2) The tail of Island is at West Singapore

3) CDB:-

In Singapore, the Central Area or Central Business District (CBD) contains the core financial and commercial districts, including eleven urban planning areas, namely Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, Museum, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, Singapore River and Straits View as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Part of the Central Region in the southern part of Singapore, it includes high value land intensely regulated by the URA's urban planning initiatives. It approximately equates to the area which may be referred to as the city despite Singapore being a city in itself.

Singapore River which currently empties into Marina Bay, is a major landmark in this Central Area. The historical past of this river was that it emptied into the Singapore Straits, the main maritime activity site for the colony. The commercial areas which developed on the south banks became the central business district for post-independence Singapore (also known as Golden Shoe). URA groups these areas of commercial activity and calls it the Central Area.

The Central Area has since been expanded by the Government of Singapore and the URA to include the land reclamation of Marina Bay. Many construction projects have been completed on these reclaimed lands with many more still under consolidation or development. One significant feature of the Central Area is that it is more densely packed than other parts of Singapore and there are greater numbers of MRT stations.

 

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Solehboleh Bolelcan

Good Day,
NSP Malay Biureau Forum has presented how the harmony of the Oppostion Party and the ethnic Malays, India, Chinese and other group to sit down together and stand together to establish a goodwill to all people together in this election.

Sure This Coming General Election will bring the biggest victory for the NSP and other opposition too.

May the Light of the 'North Star' led many stars to light up to all Singapore's People In this coming GE. God Bless All Singaporean Citizen. Vote NSP Vote PAP OUT!

 

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Turning to other statements made by Mr Lee in the book, he took a swipe at politics in Singapore by charting the contrasting fortunes of two political parties since the Republic’s separation from Malaysia.

He said when both sides separated in 1965, supporters of the People’s Action Party (PAP) formed the Malaysian opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP), “which is alive and well today in Malaysia”.

“But the rump Umno left in Singapore could not survive in the hostile atmosphere. For that matter, no other political party has been allowed to function properly in Singapore,” he added.

“Kuan Yew claims all these opposition people are duds and must not be allowed to rule Singapore or even to be in the opposition,” he said.

This “frank admission that he determines who should represent the people of Singapore”, Dr Mahathir said, is incontrovertible proof that Singapore is a totalitarian state.