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<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>Jan-13 5:29 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> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>27124.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Yes Singapore, you deserve a dose of incompetent government
January 10, 2010 by admin
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By Richard Lu
¡°You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you¡¯ll never put Singapore together again: Humpty Dumpty cannot be put together again¡­and your asset values will be in peril, your security will be at risk and our women will become maids in other people¡¯s countries, foreign workers.¡¯¡±
(Lee Kuan Yew justifying pay hikes for Singapore ministers, The Straits Times, 5 April 2007)
Singaporeans are an apathetic lot, always afraid to express an opinion or to take risk, preferring others to make the first move. They are afraid that the vote is not secret and fear losing their jobs if found out they voted the opposition. They are afraid to express the truth about someone in power. They are even afraid to speak up about things that effecting them directly e.g. the high cost of living, unemployment and poor quality life.
This is because they are quite unaware about their rights to free, fair and honest expression. The ISA inherited from the British and perfected by the PAP has a lot to do with this ¡°Politics of Fear¡± resulting in PAP getting away with intimidations and threats. Consider these coercions:
a. Lee Kuan Yew (2006): ¡°Please don¡¯t assume that you can change governments. Young people don¡¯t understand this.¡±
b. Lee Kuan Yew (2006):¡°Without the elected President and if there is a freak (election) result, within two or three years, the army would have to come in and stop it.¡±
If we dare to dream and we live our dreams¡­¡­.. then imagine this:
Singaporeans get an opposition government and as promised, they reverse some of these past bad policies e.g.
1. Revise ministerial and civil service pay to a realistic level;
2. Revert to the original constitution and strengthen citizen rights and abolish ISA, EP, GRC and NCMP;
3. Abolish the following appointments ¨C Minister Mentor, Senior Minister, Ministry Without Portfolio, Minister in the Prime Minister¡¯s Office, Minister of State and Parliamentary Secretary; and
4. Repeal Newspaper and Printing Presses Act of 1974 (NPPA) with all its attendant amendments permitting state control of the media, Legal Profession (Amendment) Act of 1987 (LP(A)A of1987), Public Order Act 2009 (POA), Official Secrets Acts (OSA).
To prevent collusion, corruption and nepotism, the opposition government then presses into law the following:
5. Limiting to one (1) Deputy Prime Minister;
Limiting the number of ministries and appointments to minister and deputy minister only;
Limiting Prime Minister and Ministers to a maximum two terms;
Limiting the age of MPs to 65 years; and
Limiting MPs to a maximum services life of 15 years;
6. Preventing MPs and civil servants from sitting on boards of listed companies; and
7. Preventing PM and Ministers from appointing their family members and relatives to GLC companies, Temasek and GIC.
To assist Singaporeans and attain a good standard of living, the opposition institute and implement the following:
8. Minimum wage;
9. Freedom of Information rules;
10. Policies to regulate and limit foreigners workers and new citizens into Singapore;
11. Polices to safeguard Singaporeans¡¯ interests ¨C good housing, health, education etc.;
12. Independent panels to oversee judicial appointments, ministerial pay, civil service & military appointments, election boundaries; and
13. Independent panels to oversee our sovereign wealth ¨C GIC, Temasek and CPF;
To liberalize the political landscape and level the playing field for all political parties:
14. Free the local media from Govt. and PAP control;
15. Establish permanent Judicial Commission to hear complaints of political nature;
16. Reduce Govt.¡¯s participation in commerce and de-couple GLCs from Govt.;
17. De-couple the PA and NUTC from the PAP and Govt. and passes law to prevent NTUC and PA from being associated or controlled by any Government of any political parties;
18. De-couple the Police and the Military from the Government and PAP; and
19. Ensure real competition on open and fair basis for the telecom, electricity, power and gas industries;
Finally, to heal the country from years of political and mental abuses, the opposition government should:
20. Apologize to all ex-political detainees and political exiles;
21. Revoke all charges against all political detainees and annul all judgments pronounced against them and reimburse their losses (even if the Govt. has to compensate them);
22. Ask all political exiles to return and enjoin Singaporeans in the re-building of our political landscape;
24. Pay a one-time token compensation for the hardships, pain and sufferings caused to political detainees and exiles by the previous government;
25. Allow and encourage all forms of open and honest debates and discussions; and
26. Set up a Truth and Re-conciliation Commission to enable the country bring closures and heal wounds caused by the past government misdeeds.
Are we dreaming? Do we dare to live our dreams? It is not time for us to move away from this politics of fear?
Singaporeans, I ask and urge you search your innermost conscience and heart of hearts and see if the above are not what you have always want, prayed for and wished for our beloved Singapore? Yes, if we have the courage we can together rebuild a nation ¨C a nation free of fear and one that to be proud of.
If so, Singapore really deserves immediately nothing less than a huge dose of ¡°bad¡± and ¡°incompetent¡± government and we Singaporeans must send to the PAP Government in no unintelligible terms (and in the MM¡¯s words) a ¡°good dose of election signal¡± by not voting PAP in the next election.
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January 10, 2010 by admin
Filed under Opinion
Leave a comment from Temasek Review
By Richard Lu
¡°You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you¡¯ll never put Singapore together again: Humpty Dumpty cannot be put together again¡­and your asset values will be in peril, your security will be at risk and our women will become maids in other people¡¯s countries, foreign workers.¡¯¡±
(Lee Kuan Yew justifying pay hikes for Singapore ministers, The Straits Times, 5 April 2007)
Singaporeans are an apathetic lot, always afraid to express an opinion or to take risk, preferring others to make the first move. They are afraid that the vote is not secret and fear losing their jobs if found out they voted the opposition. They are afraid to express the truth about someone in power. They are even afraid to speak up about things that effecting them directly e.g. the high cost of living, unemployment and poor quality life.
This is because they are quite unaware about their rights to free, fair and honest expression. The ISA inherited from the British and perfected by the PAP has a lot to do with this ¡°Politics of Fear¡± resulting in PAP getting away with intimidations and threats. Consider these coercions:
a. Lee Kuan Yew (2006): ¡°Please don¡¯t assume that you can change governments. Young people don¡¯t understand this.¡±
b. Lee Kuan Yew (2006):¡°Without the elected President and if there is a freak (election) result, within two or three years, the army would have to come in and stop it.¡±
If we dare to dream and we live our dreams¡­¡­.. then imagine this:
Singaporeans get an opposition government and as promised, they reverse some of these past bad policies e.g.
1. Revise ministerial and civil service pay to a realistic level;
2. Revert to the original constitution and strengthen citizen rights and abolish ISA, EP, GRC and NCMP;
3. Abolish the following appointments ¨C Minister Mentor, Senior Minister, Ministry Without Portfolio, Minister in the Prime Minister¡¯s Office, Minister of State and Parliamentary Secretary; and
4. Repeal Newspaper and Printing Presses Act of 1974 (NPPA) with all its attendant amendments permitting state control of the media, Legal Profession (Amendment) Act of 1987 (LP(A)A of1987), Public Order Act 2009 (POA), Official Secrets Acts (OSA).
To prevent collusion, corruption and nepotism, the opposition government then presses into law the following:
5. Limiting to one (1) Deputy Prime Minister;
Limiting the number of ministries and appointments to minister and deputy minister only;
Limiting Prime Minister and Ministers to a maximum two terms;
Limiting the age of MPs to 65 years; and
Limiting MPs to a maximum services life of 15 years;
6. Preventing MPs and civil servants from sitting on boards of listed companies; and
7. Preventing PM and Ministers from appointing their family members and relatives to GLC companies, Temasek and GIC.
To assist Singaporeans and attain a good standard of living, the opposition institute and implement the following:
8. Minimum wage;
9. Freedom of Information rules;
10. Policies to regulate and limit foreigners workers and new citizens into Singapore;
11. Polices to safeguard Singaporeans¡¯ interests ¨C good housing, health, education etc.;
12. Independent panels to oversee judicial appointments, ministerial pay, civil service & military appointments, election boundaries; and
13. Independent panels to oversee our sovereign wealth ¨C GIC, Temasek and CPF;
To liberalize the political landscape and level the playing field for all political parties:
14. Free the local media from Govt. and PAP control;
15. Establish permanent Judicial Commission to hear complaints of political nature;
16. Reduce Govt.¡¯s participation in commerce and de-couple GLCs from Govt.;
17. De-couple the PA and NUTC from the PAP and Govt. and passes law to prevent NTUC and PA from being associated or controlled by any Government of any political parties;
18. De-couple the Police and the Military from the Government and PAP; and
19. Ensure real competition on open and fair basis for the telecom, electricity, power and gas industries;
Finally, to heal the country from years of political and mental abuses, the opposition government should:
20. Apologize to all ex-political detainees and political exiles;
21. Revoke all charges against all political detainees and annul all judgments pronounced against them and reimburse their losses (even if the Govt. has to compensate them);
22. Ask all political exiles to return and enjoin Singaporeans in the re-building of our political landscape;
24. Pay a one-time token compensation for the hardships, pain and sufferings caused to political detainees and exiles by the previous government;
25. Allow and encourage all forms of open and honest debates and discussions; and
26. Set up a Truth and Re-conciliation Commission to enable the country bring closures and heal wounds caused by the past government misdeeds.
Are we dreaming? Do we dare to live our dreams? It is not time for us to move away from this politics of fear?
Singaporeans, I ask and urge you search your innermost conscience and heart of hearts and see if the above are not what you have always want, prayed for and wished for our beloved Singapore? Yes, if we have the courage we can together rebuild a nation ¨C a nation free of fear and one that to be proud of.
If so, Singapore really deserves immediately nothing less than a huge dose of ¡°bad¡± and ¡°incompetent¡± government and we Singaporeans must send to the PAP Government in no unintelligible terms (and in the MM¡¯s words) a ¡°good dose of election signal¡± by not voting PAP in the next election.
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