Your PAP MPs so busy full timing for private companies

[tanwahtiu]

How many, if not all, PAP MPs NOT a full time MPs but full time work for private companies?

Like that also can?

Why vote them to be your MPs when they are doing well in private companies? The fact is they are not there to serve the people and why the hack vote them for?

Next time if there are hawkers, cleaners or unemployed IT candidate (true blue Singaporeans only) in 2016GE they would be your ideal MP.

Need to break this bad PAP karma giving free money $16K to already people with full time job in private companies.

Hope next GE to see all GRCs wards are fully contested and corner 60% of GRCs to break this bad karma for Singapore.




Who is Alvin Yeo?

Alvin Yeo first ran for elections in Hong Kah GRC in 2006 GE. It was a walkover for him as Hong Kah GRC was not contested. In 2011 GE, he was fielded by PAP in Chua Chu Kang GRC. What happened was that in 2011, Chua Chu Kang was absorbed into the Hong Kah GRC and the GRC was renamed to Chua Chu Kang GRC. It is now led by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong.

Alvin Yeo works full-time as Senior Counsel and partner in the law firm WongPartnership. His main areas of practice are banking and corporate disputes, insolvency and restructuring, and construction and civil engineering matters. He has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings both in Singapore and in the region, primarily in corporate, commercial and infrastructure disputes.

Some notable matters he has been involved in include acting for the Astro group of companies in an international arbitration concerning a proposed joint venture for satellite pay television services in Indonesia which also involves multiple proceedings in other jurisdictions with claims totalling over US$1.75 billion; the former Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank in legal proceedings against Asia Pacific Breweries in relation to the largest corporate fraud in Singapore’s history; Société Générale in defending a claim brought by Jurong Shipyard for US$200 million which represented the largest derivatives claim in Singapore’s history; a U.S. energy conglomerate, in an international arbitration against an international consortium of contractors and Singapore statutory body for damage to crude oil discharge facilities; and the Singapore Medical Council in defending an application for judicial review brought by Dr Susan Lim to halt disciplinary proceedings against her.

He is a member of the Court of the SIAC, the ICC Commission on Arbitration, the Court of the LCIA, a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and on the panel of arbitrators of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration and the South China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission. He is also a member of the Appeals Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a Council member of the Singapore Business Federation and board member of various public companies in Singapore.

Indeed, his keen interests and extensive experience in international arbitration proceedings made him a recognised international leading litigation and arbitration counsel. His name is listed in international legal directories such as:

The Legal 500 – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession;
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Expert Guides − Guide to the World’s Leading Construction Lawyers;
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http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/03/01/mp-alvin-yeo-targets-ahpetc-in-parliament/

 

[Leongsam]

How many, if not all, PAP MPs NOT a full time MPs but full time work for private companies?

Like that also can?

Being an MP is not supposed to be a full time job. That is why MPs are paid an allowance as opposed to a salary.

MPs are supposed to be drawn from a cross section of society who work for a living. This enables them to bring first hand experience of a working individual to parliament when it comes to debating issues of the day.

If all MPs were full time, they would lose touch with reality.

 

[Leongsam]

The problem of "full time politicians" has been highlighted in the UK too as it has become a major problem in recent years.

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Increase in 'professional politicians' means one in seven MPs have never done a real job (and that includes Ed Miliband)

By JASON GROVES
PUBLISHED: 23:54 GMT, 18 July 2012 | UPDATED: 00:09 GMT, 19 July 2012

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Labour leader Ed Miliband has little experience of a working life outside politics

One in seven MPs have never had a proper job, according to research.

And in addition to those who have absolutely no experience of working in the real world, many more have served only brief stints as lobbyists or public relations advisers before entering politics full-time.

The study by the House of Commons Library reveals a dramatic rise in the number of so-called professional politicians, whose numbers have increased almost four-fold over the past 30 years.


Ninety MPs have never held a job outside politics, against 20 in 1982.

The trend is led by Labour, which has twice as many MPs who have never worked outside politics as either the Conservatives or Liberal Democrats.

Labour leader Ed Miliband is among those who have never had a significant job outside politics. Instead, he served a long apprenticeship as a special adviser to Gordon Brown.

Another is Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who worked for a year as a Brussels lobbyist and dabbled for a few months in journalism before taking a job with the European Commission.




The study also reveals that working class MPs, who played a key role in the politics of the last century, have become an endangered species.

Former independent MP Martin Bell said the figures highlighted a dangerous trend, which had left modern politicians increasingly disconnected from real life.

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Not alone: Ed Miliband is not the only senior Labour politician who lacks non-politics work on his CV: Both Ed Balls and his wife Yvette Cooper were journalists before entering politics

‘It is a very dangerous development,’ the former BBC war reporter said. ‘One of the effects is that there is a growing gulf between politicians and the people, the government and the governed.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175695/One-seven-MPs-real-job.html#ixzz2ulCCMlVN
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[Rumpole]

Alvin Yeo works full-time as Senior Counsel and partner in the law firm WongPartnership. His main areas of practice are banking and corporate disputes, insolvency and restructuring, and construction and civil engineering matters. He has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings both in Singapore and in the region, primarily in corporate, commercial and infrastructure disputes.

I have a confession to make. My full name, NRIC number and residential address are ... ... ...

Well, I can tell you for a fact that many PRC entrepreneurs immediately apply for a foreign passport the moment they lay their hands on their IPO wealth. There are how many Singaporeans living and working abroad? Estimated at 200,000. And someone who was present at the scene told me that Pinky got a hostile reception from Singaporeans in Melbourne last year on the way back from his NZ trip (the one in which he refused to take questions from foreign media).

It is worth remembering what Alvin Yeo, MP for Hong Kah, said on 27th February 2008 in the debate over the budget for Ministry of Law:

"Mdm Chairman, the rule of law is a value readily associated with Singapore in the vast hinterland that is Asia. It is also one of our most important competitive advantages up there with our political stability and our educated workforce. It is a principle we should hold dear and strive to enhance.

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Turning now to the other aspect of the laws governing the individual. Our criminal justice system has rightly attracted widespread praise for its rigour, efficiency and the results it has delivered over largely crime-free Singapore. Yet, it has its blocks and it is hoped the upcoming review of the Criminal Procedure Code will seize the opportunity to clear these away.

Like Dr Teo, I am referring to the dearth of protection given to accused persons in terms of getting copies of the statements they have given to the Police during investigation and also getting access to legal counsel. The absence of strict rules relating to discovery in criminal proceedings means that all too often a statement is sprung upon the defendant at or shortly before the trial. For an accused who has undergone a lengthy investigation, given several statements, it might be almost impossible to recall in detail everything that was contained in the statement signed maybe a year ago. After all, which of you in this House would consider it fair to sign a document and not get a copy of it. Yet, that is the system that prevails in our Subordinate Courts. In the High Court, they have adopted the procedure of giving an accused copies of his own statements, which makes the dichotomy of practice all the harder to justify."

Hint, hint, time now is 4.52 pm Singapore, 8.52 am London. Somebody is still in the dock.

 

[ZorrorroZ]

If all MPs were full time, they would lose touch with reality.

eh.. seems they have already lost touch with reality now in their lofty ivory towers floating in the clouds. How much worse can it get if they were to fully devote their time to being an MP?

 

[Leongsam]

eh.. seems they have already lost touch with reality now in their lofty ivory towers floating in the clouds. How much worse can it get if they were to fully devote their time to being an MP?

That's because ordinary Singaporeans do not have the passion for politics. The PAP has therefore been forced to source from the civil service, the military and the union movement.

The guys who whinge and whine about politics here should put their hand up in the real world and try to make a difference instead of wasting time in cyberspace.

 

[wendychan]

is it mandatory for MPs to reveal their other directorships etc and where can one find this info?

could someone claim to be a full time MP and have other things on the side without telling anyone about the ohter things on the side?

 

[erection2015]

guess i'll kee chiew soon.....start the SBFP and contest desker road.

That's because ordinary Singaporeans do not have the passion for politics. The PAP has therefore been forced to source from the civil service, the military and the union movement.

The guys who whinge and whine about politics here should put their hand up in the real world and try to make a difference instead of wasting time in cyberspace.

 

[Sir_Fcuk]

That's because ordinary Singaporeans do not have the passion for politics. The PAP has therefore been forced to source from the civil service, the military and the union movement.

Sucks for the PAP I guess. The civil service, military and union movements in Singapore are not "real jobs". A car salesman will be more in touch with reality than either of the named professions

 

[Leongsam]

Sucks for the PAP I guess. The civil service, military and union movements in Singapore are not "real jobs". A car salesman will be more in touch with reality than either of the named professions

No they aren't that is why it is important for ordinary Singaporeans to rise to the occasion and support the PAP.

 

[Asterix]

The guys who whinge and whine about politics here should put their hand up in the real world and try to make a difference instead of wasting time in cyberspace.

Starting @ 4:33 of video below. Mister Leong, have you fulfilled your responsibility as an educated citizen?

Secondly, the educated citizen has an obligation to serve the public. He may be a precinct worker or President. He may give his talents at the courthouse, the State house, the White House. He may be a civil servant or a Senator, a candidate or a campaign worker, a winner or a loser. But he must be a participant and not a spectator.

"At the Olympic games," Aristotle wrote, "it is not the finest and strongest men who are crowned, but they who enter the lists-for out of these the prize-men are elected. So, too, in life, of the honorable and the good, it is they who act who rightly win the prizes."

I urge all of you today, especially those who are students, to act, to enter the lists of public service and rightly win or lose the prize. For we can have only one form of aristocracy in this country, as Jefferson wrote long ago in rejecting John Adams' suggestion of an artificial aristocracy of wealth and birth. It is, he wrote, the natural aristocracy of character and talent, and the best form of government, he added, was that which selected these men for positions of responsibility.

I would hope that all educated citizens would fulfill this obligation--in politics, in Government, here in Nashville, here in this State, in the Peace Corps, in the Foreign Service, in the Government Service, in the Tennessee Valley, in the world. You will find the pressures greater than the pay. You may endure more public attacks than support. But you will have the unequaled satisfaction of knowing that your character and talent are contributing to the direction and success of this free society.

[video=youtube;1JkCsmDtKSg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JkCsmDtKSg[/video]

 

[bakkuttay]

our president could also be a part-timer???

do you think he will abandon his business undertakings???

 

[tanwahtiu]

Allowance? $16K a month is considered an allowance. Cleaner aunties not even make $16K a year?

Unemployed IT workers will be happy to get $16K a month allowance for MPS every night and 100% attendance in parliament speaking out for the voters.

Never mind if they are not an accountant by profession, there is outsource to find accountant to do the paper works and be 100% MP is what voters wanted.


Does anyone has name card of MPs with their MPship title in the cards to show? Start with Alvin the chipmunk.

Does their name cards stated part time only?

Being an MP is not supposed to be a full time job. That is why MPs are paid an allowance as opposed to a salary.

MPs are supposed to be drawn from a cross section of society who work for a living. This enables them to bring first hand experience of a working individual to parliament when it comes to debating issues of the day.

If all MPs were full time, they would lose touch with reality.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Ask your sister Grace Fu lah?

is it mandatory for MPs to reveal their other directorships etc and where can one find this info?

could someone claim to be a full time MP and have other things on the side without telling anyone about the ohter things on the side?

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

I see conflicts of interests. MP should be full-timers. They should be on the ground regularly.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Is LHL a partimer PM?

If not how come and why not?

But I guess he is, that is why Little India riot he is no where attend the crisis immediately and probably with his wife at TH office counting profits using our CPF money.

our president could also be a part-timer???

do you think he will abandon his business undertakings???

 

[Satyr]

Being an MP is not supposed to be a full time job. That is why MPs are paid an allowance as opposed to a salary.

MPs are supposed to be drawn from a cross section of society who work for a living. This enables them to bring first hand experience of a working individual to parliament when it comes to debating issues of the day.

If all MPs were full time, they would lose touch with reality.

Apart from those from the opposition camp it appears that people become MPs to further their careers and wealth not to serve the people. There are notable exceptions for sure. The quality of speeches in parliament by PAP MPs apart from Inderjit Singh and Lily Neo does not reflect anything other than brown nosing their Ministers and attacking the opposition . What meaningful experience did Tin Pei Ling have ? But I give her marks for trying. As for the others , their wealth of experience is not discernible in their output. Walter Woon , who was only a NCMP, made a far greater impact than any of them.

 

[Satyr]

That's because ordinary Singaporeans do not have the passion for politics. The PAP has therefore been forced to source from the civil service, the military and the union movement.

The guys who whinge and whine about politics here should put their hand up in the real world and try to make a difference instead of wasting time in cyberspace.

The civil service and the military are the worst places to look for political leaders. Unions should be a good source of politicians but the NTUC is not real union. It is more an instrument of the ruling party just like the PA. Ordinary Singaporeans are interested in politics but not in joining the PAP. The WP does not have a problem recruiting people.

 

[Rumpole]

I see conflicts of interests. MP should be full-timers. They should be on the ground regularly.

Easily taken care of by requiring:

1) Disclosure of assets and business interests to the public and not just the PM; and

2) Mandatory abstention from voting in Parliament on any issues in which their personal interests would be affected.

 

[GoldenDragon]

That's because ordinary Singaporeans do not have the passion for politics. The PAP has therefore been forced to source from the civil service, the military and the union movement.

Why? Failure on the part of MOE?