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Why is it that those who salivate over PAP always work in some town council? This guy works in Bishan Toa Payoh town council.
http://www.btptc.org.sg/E-news/AnnualReport/0708.pdf
His mug shot is in the report too.
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Feb 3, 2010
Imagining a Singapore without the PAP
LAST month, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong touched on the next general election, which must be held by early 2012.
A person I discussed the matter with offered a radical idea.
Imagine the People's Action Party (PAP) at this month's Budget successfully enacting a law to distribute most of the country's reserves to all eligible Singaporeans.
Each Singaporean would likely become a millionaire overnight. Imagine the tsunami of joy sweeping each person, who would literally be a first prize Toto winner instantly.
The only sum set aside would be the same amount of reserves that Singapore had when it separated from Malaysia in 1965.
In fairness to the next political party forming the government, the sum should factor in a reasonable rate of interest to match inflation over the years.
The task before this new party is to build Singapore up in the manner the PAP has done.
Imagine the dissolution of Parliament immediately after this month's Budget to make way for a general election.
The PAP recuses itself from this election after concluding that Singaporeans would prefer a fresh political party at the helm.
The PAP would no longer need to explain the need for Central Provident Fund savings, to delay retirement, import foreign workers to grow the economy, ensure sufficient public housing and public transport, build up a credible and strong defence force, establish quality and value-for-money health care and public education and so on.
I wonder if any Singaporean can still be confident of the worth of having a million dollars without the PAP in power.
The notion may be a figment of the imagination, but it is worth pondering, if only because it helps put matters in perspective for the ordinary Singaporean.
That is, to imagine a Singapore without the PAP.
Ling Tuck Mun
http://www.btptc.org.sg/E-news/AnnualReport/0708.pdf
His mug shot is in the report too.
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Home > ST Forum > Story
Feb 3, 2010
Imagining a Singapore without the PAP
LAST month, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong touched on the next general election, which must be held by early 2012.
A person I discussed the matter with offered a radical idea.
Imagine the People's Action Party (PAP) at this month's Budget successfully enacting a law to distribute most of the country's reserves to all eligible Singaporeans.
Each Singaporean would likely become a millionaire overnight. Imagine the tsunami of joy sweeping each person, who would literally be a first prize Toto winner instantly.
The only sum set aside would be the same amount of reserves that Singapore had when it separated from Malaysia in 1965.
In fairness to the next political party forming the government, the sum should factor in a reasonable rate of interest to match inflation over the years.
The task before this new party is to build Singapore up in the manner the PAP has done.
Imagine the dissolution of Parliament immediately after this month's Budget to make way for a general election.
The PAP recuses itself from this election after concluding that Singaporeans would prefer a fresh political party at the helm.
The PAP would no longer need to explain the need for Central Provident Fund savings, to delay retirement, import foreign workers to grow the economy, ensure sufficient public housing and public transport, build up a credible and strong defence force, establish quality and value-for-money health care and public education and so on.
I wonder if any Singaporean can still be confident of the worth of having a million dollars without the PAP in power.
The notion may be a figment of the imagination, but it is worth pondering, if only because it helps put matters in perspective for the ordinary Singaporean.
That is, to imagine a Singapore without the PAP.
Ling Tuck Mun
