Lee Kuan Yew once said that election is not fun and games. This election, PAP might field its youngest candidate since Tan Soo Khoon time - 27 years old Tan Pei Ling. Is she ready to be an MP? Watch this 2009 PAP Party convention video and judge for yourself. She appears at the end on
2.53mins. ...
Are new PAP candidates really sincere?
Well, as of now, according to her, the "meaningful solutions and initiatives" still remain in a provisional state of
"maybe" only.
("Maybe" was strategically not subtitled by usual politically swayed state media subtitling service. [
Youtube: PAP/TPL@1m17s])
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Pict: Full size]
Full video:
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References:
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'PM Lee says countries worldwide respect and admire Singapore's proven system': "...I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?.. " [CNA:03May2006][
YouTube/@1m10s]
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'Singapore ministers set for million-dollar pay hike': "...'If we don't do that ... corruption will set in and we will become like many other countries,' Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean was quoted as saying in the Straits Times last week."- [
Reuters5Apr2007]
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The prejudice in the manner of conduct of the lift upgrading scheme in opposition wards:
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'Town Council Act (CAP 329A) states clearly that Govt must work with Town Councils (run by MPs) to implement LUP':
"It is a joke that for some strange reasons or another, Mr Shanmugan’s ministerial colleague has refused to obey the Town Councils Act by choosing not to work with Hougang Town Council and even has the audacity to TWIST the facts by claiming that 'it is the role of the grassroots advisers to implement the LUP' through his press secretary when it was stated NOWHERE in the Town Councils Act that the LUP has to be carried out by the grassroots advisers! From beginning to end, there was no mention of the words 'Grassroots advisers', 'People Association' or 'PAP losing candidates' and so how did Mr Eric Low come into the picture at all? " [
TR, 29Oct2009][alt link]
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'How PAP uses taxpayer-funded grassroots for political gain':
"The People’s Association (PA), ..Like all other stat boards, it receives a yearly grant from the government to run its programmes and cover operational costs. .. It spent a total of $320 million last year.However unlike most stat boards, whose chairmen are usually the permanent secretary of the parent ministry or some other senior civil servant, PA’s chairman is none other than the Prime Minister [pict]. .. No other public sector board in Singapore has so many “Men in White” on it..." [
G Giam, 10Oct2009].
