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[Hypocrite-The]

Shanmugam puzzled over WP's Jamus Lim’s call to open up a conversation on crime & rehabilitation
Shanmugam asked, "Is the MP aware that we have been having that conversation for decades?"

Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam expressed his puzzlement towards Workers' Party Member of Parliament (MP) Jamus Lim's call to open up a conversation on crime and rehabilitation, pointing out that the government has been "having that conversation for decades".


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Shanmugam said in his Facebook post on Feb. 7 that the conversation on crime and rehabilitation is "not a new topic, suddenly to be discovered", adding that Singapore's laws and policies have been heavily influenced by its approach to crime and rehabilitation for more than 20 years.
Lim, a Sengkang GRC MP, said in a Facebook post on Feb. 5 that he asked about removing non-violent ex-offenders’ criminal records "to start a conversation on crime and rehabilitation, not to propose a comprehensive policy in just one sentence".


Exchange between Lim and Shanmugam on the elimination of 'non-violent criminal' records

In a parliamentary question submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Lim asked if the government would consider expanding Yellow Ribbon Project to cover ex-offenders for non-violent crimes.
Contingent on an extended period of good behaviour following successful reintegration in society, they could be eligible for the elimination of their criminal history from public records, for employment purposes, he said.
The question led to an exchange on social media between the Sengkang GRC MP and Shanmugam.
During the exchange, Shanmugam questioned Lim on what the latter meant by "non-violent" crime, pointing out that some offences that are not violent in nature, including sexual grooming and outrage of modesty, are still considered serious offences.
Shanmugam also brought up an example of a tutor charged for molesting a child during class, saying that the man can continue to work with children if Lim's suggestion is taken up.
Lim subsequently responded on Feb. 5 that his question was to begin a conversation on crime and rehabilitation, to understand the nuances of the current policy stance, and to enquire if there is room to expand the scope of an existing program.




Shanmugam expresses puzzlement over Lim's call

On Feb. 7, the minister responded with another Facebook post.

"Is the MP aware that we have been having that conversation for decades?"

Shanmugam pointed out that "policies have been heavily influenced by our approach to crime and rehabilitation" for over 20 years, such as the introduction and enhancement of the community sentencing regime, which gives those who commit minor offences a "good chance at rehabilitation" without unnecessary disruption to their lives.

He also mentioned that drug laws in Singapore were amended in 2019, to rehabilitate them "rather than treating them as criminals".
In addition, the minister said that the Yellow Ribbon Project along with other initiatives are the result of efforts towards focusing on rehabilitation.

Sensible, practical suggestions that contribute to ongoing conversations are welcome, says minister

In the follow-up of their exchange on Facebook, Shanmugam questioned the purpose behind the MP's statements to "open up the conversation".
"I am not quite sure what the purpose is, in making a couple of general statements and packaging them as new, (“to open up a conversation” as the MP says) - on issues which have been publicly discussed for a long time, and which have been the subject of serious policy debates and legislation," said Shanmugam.
However, he added that contributions of "sensible, practical suggestions" were welcome.

"What we need are sensible, real world, practical suggestions, or incisive ideas, which will make a contribution to the ongoing conversations on these issues. We welcome such ideas, suggestions."

Previously on Feb. 5, the minister shared a Facebook video by the Singapore Prison Service, which emphasised the Prison Service and Yellow Ribbon's focus on rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates into the community.
The video also added that recidivism in Singapore is at an all-time low.

 

[jw5]

from theindependent.sg:

Calvin Cheng apologises to Jamus Lim for being rude to him on the internet

Singapore – Former Nominated Member of Parliament Calvin Cheng, known for his pro-Government views, took to social media to highlight he had lunch with Workers’ Party (WP) parliamentarian Jamus Lim. He also apologised to Dr Lim for being rude to him on the internet.

“Kumbaya with the Workers’ Party, Part 2,” wrote Mr Cheng in a Facebook post on Monday (Feb 8). “Thanks to my old friend and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh, I finally met WP MP Dr Jamus Lim over lunch.”

First on Mr Cheng’s agenda was an apology to Dr Lim “for being rude to him on the internet, which he graciously accepted.”

He noted having common friends with Dr Lim, as they were only a year apart at school. Dr Lim went to Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College while Mr Cheng went to The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Institution.

“I reiterated that if Singapore is to remain united, people can disagree politically, even vehemently, but we need to remain friends,” said Mr Cheng.

Unlike in some countries, where politics is so polarised that neither the leaders nor the supporters of rival political parties can even be in the same room, he added.

Mr Cheng also gave Dr Lim some advice, such as simplifying his communication, being less academic about his ideas, and using less technical jargon. “He took this feedback well,” Mr Cheng confirmed.

“Overall, I found Jamus to be moderate and likeable. If I am wrong, then he would be a contender for Best Actor in the Oscars,” he noted. “I don’t think I am wrong.”

Mr Cheng admitted looking forward to more debates with Dr Lim in the coming years.

He attached a photo of himself and Dr Lim, which, he noted, was taken by Mr Singh.

In response to the post, members from the online community commended the get-together, noting “this was the way to go for the civil society of Singapore”. “We may have differences politically, but we are one Singapore ultimately, a united and coherent country that can do so much together to defy the odds and to bring greater good for our nation and fellow Singaporeans,” said Facebook user Joo Sun Ong.

“That’s more like it. No matter what our ideologies are, we all have one goal in mind, and that is to make Singapore a better place to live in. Never thought I’ll see Calvin and Jamus in one picture. At the end of the day, we are all Singaporeans,” commented Facebook user David Firdaus. /TISG

 

[jw5]

from theindependent.sg:

Jamus Lim shares Calvin Cheng’s apology but netizens fill in the blanks

Singapore — Without any write-up, Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament Jamus Lim (Sengkang GRC) shared former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng’s recent post wherein the latter shared that he had apologised to the former for being rude.

Mr Cheng had taken to Facebook on Monday (Feb 8) to issue a public apology to Dr Lim. “I first apologised to Jamus for being rude to him on the Internet, which he graciously accepted,” shared Mr Cheng, before explaining that the two actually share common friends, including WP leader Pritam Singh, whom Mr Cheng referred to as his “old friend”.

Mr Cheng, who is known to support the ruling People’s Action Party, shared that in his recent meeting with Dr Lim, he brought his sentiments regarding what it would take for Singapore to remain united. “If Singapore is to remain united, people can disagree politically, even vehemently, but we need to remain friends,” he stressed.

Mr Cheng even went a step further by sharing some advice he gave to Dr Lim, including refraining from sounding too academic. He then said that he found the latter to be “moderate and likeable”, expressing that he “look(s) forward to more debates with him in the coming years”.


Dr Lim then shared the post on his Facebook page. Although he did not add his own comments to the shared post, almost 100 Facebook users did so in the comments section.

Screengrab from Facebook

While some netizens commended how the picture portrayed that the two figures were able to put their political differences aside, others left their own two-cents on Mr Cheng’s apology. While one cautioned Dr Lim about being overly trusting, others said outright that they did not buy it.

Screengrab from Facebook comments / Jamus Lim
/TISG

 

[zeebjii]

No CECA talk = Wayang Party = Jamus = Wayang MP

 

[jw5]

No CECA talk = Wayang Party = Jamus = Wayang MP

Still better to vote for WP than PAP.

 

[jw5]

from theindependent.sg:

Jamus Lim nominates supporter to formal membership of WP

Singapore — The opposition Workers’ Party (WP) formally welcomed a new member on Wednesday (Feb 10), a supporter nominated by MP Jamus Lim (Sengkang GRC).

Dr Lim announced on Facebook on Wednesday (Feb 10) that he was proud to announce the nomination, which was seconded by WP secretary-general Pritam Singh.

TODAY, I HAD THE ENORMOUS HONOR (AND PRIVILEGE) TO NOMINATE A LONG-TIME SUPPORTER, MR LAM, TO FORMALLY BE A MEMBER OF…
POSTED BY JAMUS LIM ON WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2021

The nominee was a Mr Lam, a long-time Punggol East resident. He has been volunteering with the party since Ms Lee Li Lian 李丽连‘s time. Ms Lee is a WP politician and made her debut in the 2011 General Election when she contested in Punggol East SMC. She was elected and was MP for the SMC from 2011 to 2015.

Dr Lim met Mr Lam during walkabouts in Sengkang GRC neighbourhoods distributing flyers and greeting residents. Mr Lam had shared with Dr Lim that he had stepped back from volunteering for a while due to health issues. However, the nominee has shown much “passion, earnestness and dedication” to the party’s cause from the last decade.

Netizens are flocking to congratulate the new nominee, thanking him for his years of dedication to the party.

Dr Lim shares that the party members “all contribute to causes we believe in via our own, individual capacities”, and that he has been lucky to gain the opportunity to serve as an elected representative. He commends the other members and volunteers who serve the party, praising them as the “essential cogs in the overall party machinery”.

He also shares that, behind the scenes, members and volunteers put in weeknights and weekends into helping the party function, all for little promise of reward, other than the modest recognition of party membership.

 

[jw5]

from theindependent.sg:

Jamus Lim indirectly calls out Lam Pin Min for giving out bursaries in his ward

Jamus Lim, the Workers’ Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Sengkang GRC, took to social media calling out the current system whereby grassroots advisors – and not the MPs – give out grants or bursaries.

The grassroots advisers belong to the People’s Action Party (PAP), which lost the election in the newly created Sengkang GRC to the Workers’ Party.

Dr Lam Pin Min, who was first elected to Parliament as part of PM Lee’s team for Ang Mo Kio GRC in 2006, was part of the PAP team for the Sengkang GRC in the 2020 general election. His running mates included the then Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ng Chee Meng and the then grassroots MP Amrin Amin.

But though they lost the election, Dr Lam, Mr Ng and Mr Amrin remain the PAP’s branch chairmen in the ward. They are also active in the grassroots organisations at Sengkang, which are under the People’s Association – a government statutory board.

In a Facebook post on Monday (Feb 15), Mr Lim wrote that when a resident asked why he was not present at her daughter’s Edusave Award ceremony, he had to explain that “MPs from opposition wards are not simultaneously the grassroots advisers for their constituencies (who are the ones that actually give out these awards)”.


Mr Lim continued: “So I had to explain that my absence was not for lack of interest or desire”.

Last month, a similar issue arose after a group of people voiced their concern online after Dr Lam Pin Min posted photos of him giving out bursaries at Sengkang West GRC.

In a Facebook post on Jan 26, Dr Lam, the former MP for Sengkang West Single Member Constituency (SMC), wrote that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they were unable to organise a proper Edusave award ceremony this year.

His post was quickly shared on a popular Facebook group called “United Singaporean”, where a netizen asked: “shldnt the MP of that GRC be given the priority to attend? Why ordinary citizen can be present at this ceremony?”

Others who commented on the post also questioned the capacity in which Dr Lam gave out the bursaries. They added that he was not an MP.

Similar comments once again resurfaced under Mr Lim’s post.

Sengkang GRC is currently represented nby a Workers’ Party team consisting of He Ting Ru (Buangkok), Jamus Lim (Anchorvale), Raeesah Khan (Compassvale) and Louis Chua (Rivervale).

/TISG

 

[jw5]

Looks like Lam Pin Min is determined to make a political comeback.

 

[jw5]

His Mandarin is that of a typical ACS boy.

He is getting more proficient.

 

[jw5]

from theindependent.sg:

Jamus Lim flexes Anchorvale family whose mum spends half a year making beautiful CNY decorations

Singapore—On Thursday (Feb 18) Member of Parliament Jamus Lim (Workers’ Party-Sengkang GRC) featured the Chinese New Year decor in Anchorvale created by a loving mother.

He had gone around the ward because it was “人日, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, where custom has it that humans were created.”

Dr Lim wrote that therefore it was everyone’s birthday, and “to commemorate that day,” he went to visit one particular spot in Anchorvale where the decor was so special that it had reached his ears.

At 321B Anchorvale, he “got to enjoy the beautiful decorations put up by the Goh family, which had received so much (justifiable) acclaim.”


Dr Lim seemed so delighted about 321B Anchorvale that he posted about his visit not only once but twice over his social media platforms.

The first was a photo of himself with Mr Darren Goh, whose mother is responsible for the CNY splendour. Mr Goh told Dr Lim about the hard and time-consuming work his mum does that in making the decor.

“I managed to catch two members of the Goh family—here I am with Darren, the young master of the house—who share that the handmade works of art are the labor of love of Mrs Goh, who spends half the year crafting new creations to add to the collection.”

The Sengkang MP had words of praise for Mrs Goh.

“Her dedication is truly admirable, as is her desire to take ownership of her surroundings—a true reflection of how the efforts of just one individual can make the world a better place, one red packet at a time. #SengkangGRC
In his second post, the Sengkang MP posted a one-minute long video, where he took viewers on a tour so everyone could see the beautiful red-and gold decor festooned on the walls and hanging from the ceilings.

“So you see they do this for the entire corridor, so all the neighbors on this floor actually get to enjoy the beautiful Chinese New Year decorations,” he said.

Walking down the hall he can be heard to say, “And this is one of those blocks in Anchorvale where they have long corridors so you get to enjoy that beautiful sight all the way down.”

Before signing off, Dr Lim proceeded to greet all residents a Happy New Year once again.

 

[jw5]

His Mandarin is that of a typical ACS boy.

His progress is slow but steady.

 

[jw5]

WP Sengkang GRC team

 

[jw5]

from theindependent.sg:

Budget Debate: WP’s Louis Chua questions if GST hike is justifiable

Singapore — On the first day of the Budget Debate on Wednesday (Feb 24), Workers’ Party MP Louis Chua (Sengkang GRC) questioned the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) increase sometime between 2022 and 2025.

The planned hike should be viewed alongside the Government’s yearly cash surplus before the pandemic struck, he said.

Given the worldwide economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr Chua called the tax a “broad-based, regressive” one.

“When we say that we need to raise GST sometime during 2022 or 2025 and sooner rather than later… these statements ought to be framed in the context of the Government’s cash surplus every year up to 2019. Is the imposition of a broad-based, regressive tax then truly justified?”


“We must caution against being overzealous in strengthening our revenue position through multiple pathways, such as the impending GST hike, especially amid the macroeconomic uncertainties of today,” he added.

People’s Action Party backbencher Shawn Huang (Jurong GRC) responded to Mr Chua’s characterisation of the GST as regressive. While that may be the case, the GST is only one part of the country’s tax and benefit system, which in its totality is progressive, he said.

“Is GST a regressive tax? Yes, it is. Standalone, only without intervention. GST forms part of Singapore’s overall tax and benefit system, which is progressive,” Mr Huang said.

He added that whenever the GST is raised, “the lower- and middle-income groups will be buffered for 10 and five years respectively”.

Furthermore, the Government absorbs increases in healthcare and education, he added, in reference to the S$6 billion Assurance Package to be implemented alongside the GST increase.

Mr Chua answered Mr Huang by saying that the benefits of the Assurance Package would only go so far, but the “reality of the higher GST” would affect households for life.

He later suggested a one-off wealth tax, if a tax increase is indeed necessary.

Earlier, MP Foo Mee Har (PAP-West Coast GRC) had also suggested a one-off wealth tax as an economically efficient option as part of the pandemic response, citing the example of the United Kingdom’s 1997 “windfall tax.”

 

[jw5]

Full of shit lah you. No get one third no need work? Cannot get any thing done? Then you all deserve ZERO!

Zero is better than Negative.

 

[blackmondy]

I sense a “无间道” vibe in this fella, like Mike Pence.

 

[jw5]

His Mandarin is that of a typical ACS boy.

His Mandarin is slowly and gradually getting better.

 

[jw5]

I sense a “无间道” vibe in this fella, like Mike Pence.

Vote Opposition Until PAP Becomes The Opposition.

 

[jw5]

Full of shit lah you. No get one third no need work? Cannot get any thing done? Then you all deserve ZERO!

Nowadays, can hire shoppers to get things purchased and delivered.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

WP Sengkang GRC team

View attachment 104507

2 are chao keng and another one no sight n no sound. Might as well be Jamus Lim SMC...instead of GRC

 

[jw5]

2 are chao keng and another one no sight n no sound. Might as well be Jamus Lim SMC...instead of GRC

Please see post#293, Louis Chua recently spoke up for Singaporeans by questioning if the GST hike is justifiable.