Quick, someone tell Lim Shit Say that the money in his CPF statement is not his!

The first thought that comes to mind: what's a nice girl like that doing in politics? Chia Yong Yong was diagnosed with peroneal muscular atrophy at age 15. As her muscle tissue progressively weakened, she had to resort to crutches, and then a wheelchair. She has not been able to stand for 20 years and her hands have grown limp and curled as well. The perfect posture child for president of the Society for the Physically Disabled since 2008.

But we worry for her mental faculties when she argues that our life savings stowed away in the Central Provident Fund (CPF), is not our money.
"Is it our money? Our CPF savings are enhanced and forced CPF savings which are accumulated through our own deferred consumption, through co-payment by our employers and through top-ups from public funds. Is it really my private money? Do I have the right to spend it the way I would spend my own salary? I’m not entirely sure.”

This is not just a gaffe like the one committed by another lawyer who insisted that managing agent (MA) rates at Town Councils are identical for residential and commercial properties. One suspects she spoke not from her heart, or cranium capacity, but political motivations. The clue lies in her other affiliations: member of Our Singapore Conversation Committee (formerly National Conversation a.k.a. NatCon), member of the REACH Supervisory Panel (the Singapore Government’s "feedback" apparatus), member of the Council of the Law Society’s panel of approved Mediators and Investigative Tribunal members. The last being one who sees fit to deem a lawyer unfit to practise because of suspect medical condition.

Be kind with your visceral reaction to an obviously flawed interpretation of the original concept of the CPF. The people who reneged on the promise to release funds at age 55 are just as capable of resorting to all manner of wile to withhold our hard earned monies.

http://singaporedesk.blogspot.sg/2015/03/is-it-really-our-money.html

Something tells me that the pappies are making use of this wheelchair broad to defend their own ideology in the Parliament, and if you criticize her, you're automatically biased against handicapped people.

We've seen it before ("How dare you heckle Down Syndrome kids at Hong Lim Park!").

Lee Hsien Loong is such a chickenshit sissy, he would resort to the equivalent of using women and children as meatshields in a battle.

halo O$P$ 有借有还再借不难

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These are the kind of things she promised to speak about when she was nominated, but Association for the Disabled has to highlight the less than cheerful aspects of the budget where the disabled are concern:

The Singapore Budget 2015 is an important document presenting the Government’s proposed revenue and spending for a financial year. It affects every person living in Singapore, and so has inspired a flurry of articles on its hits and misses.

Yet, to the best of my knowledge, nothing has been written on how the Budget affects the disability community, and even now, many persons with disabilities have no knowledge on what the Budget means for them.

This article examines the Budget, and shows that there are measures indirectly affecting persons with disabilities, but it fails to address some of the more specific needs of the disability community.

Measures Affecting Persons with Disabilities

Instead of addressing persons with disabilities as a group with needs distinct from others, the Government introduced measures to meet the more general needs of individuals. Some of these measures indirectly cater to the needs of persons with disabilities.

The Foreign Domestic Worker Concessionary Levy, for example, is intended to alleviate the financial burden of households with caregiving duties. Households caring for persons with disabilities fall under this rubric, so they too can benefit from the scheme. Another example is the Higher Special Employment Credit (SEC). SEC aims to incentivise the employment of older workers, aged 65 and above, by contributing to their salaries. Senior workers with disabilities fall under this category even if it is not explicitly stated.

More Support for Charities

The Government also introduced measures that provide more support for Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWO) like my organisation, the Disabled People’s Association (DPA), which indirectly affect persons with disabilities.

One measure, for example, is the increase in tax reductions for donations made this year. VWOs can expect to see an increase in donations from this tax reduction, which will enable them to undertake more projects and initiatives for their clients. With the Government’s extension of the Care & Share Movement until 31 March 2016, a substantial pool of resources is also made available to VWOs – in terms of introducing new projects and building capacity. VWOs will also benefit from having more student volunteers to help raise funds and do projects in the community, as the Government encourages volunteerism in schools by announcing their intention to donate to schools for causes and charities they identify.

These are well-meaning initiatives, to be sure, but I have my reservations.

Assessing them from a meta-policy perspective, these initiatives come across as an attempt to pass the buck to VWOs. VWOs do good work in caring and providing for individuals who need help and support, but it is not their duty to improve the situation and effect sustainable change in the community. This is the Government’s responsibility.

Issues with the Budget

Another concern lies in the Budget’s failure to address some of the more specific needs of persons with disabilities.

One of which is the lack of a robust support structure for students with disabilities studying in mainstream schools. Currently, allied educators help those with special needs in the classroom, and there is specialised training for teachers. But existing programs to recruit and train allied educators are inadequate, and the turnover rate is high due to the lack of career progression. More funding should be invested in programs to hire, train, and retain allied educators.

Funding should also be given to mainstream schools to establish disability support offices (DSO) to cater to the special needs of students and staff members. At present, the National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University are the only educational institutions to have DSOs. This good practice should be extended to all educational institutions, especially the primary and secondary schools which hold more students with disabilities than institutes of higher learning.

Can the Budget Win Votes?

Some political analysts have coined the term “election Budget” to describe Singapore Budgets. If Budget 2015 is truly an election Budget packed with goodies, then an interesting question arises. Can Budget 2015 help win the votes of the disability community?

With everyone asking what the Government has done for them, surely persons with disabilities are asking the same. Hopefully, this critical review has shed light on some questions surrounding the Budget, and helped inform the electoral decisions of voters with disabilities.

https://disabledpeoplesassociation....2015-how-it-affects-the-disability-community/

Shit say will say ' why would I even bother about my CPF money? I treat it as a form of investment which I do not need at all..

Now where else are there places that I can take more tooth picks for free!" LoL

what she mean to say is ALLL YOUR CPF ARE BELONG TO US.

[video=youtube;qItugh-fFgg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg[/video]

these are the million$ overpaid obscenely clowns.

to them, cpf is peanuts!

All the money in my cpf account not mine? I am gonna hit organsm because I get to spend it all - housing loan, medical bills, insurance, monthly payouts. PAP is s good to me. I will vote for PAP in the coming GE!

[video=youtube;ElKCso_muLs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElKCso_muLs[/video]

laksaboy said:

Something tells me that the pappies are making use of this wheelchair broad to defend their own ideology in the Parliament, and if you criticize her, you're automatically biased against handicapped people.

We've seen it before ("How dare you heckle Down Syndrome kids at Hong Lim Park!").

Lee Hsien Loong is such a chickenshit sissy, he would resort to the equivalent of using women and children as meatshields in a battle.

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She is a new broom sweep clean...just a little over-enthusiastic and will fade out in due course...

Just like the eye doctor..Dr. Lam of the Fernvale sage..His political career is on the downhill when he loses the resident's trust.

halo david bohlui gung 借錢 ... 有借有還 是上等人 tio boh

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Yong Yong didn’t even realised the PM rode on her speech. He took the opportunity to didn’t he? How cunning. She’s now a pawn and a target to many. Disintegrate? not going to happen. He will just cruise along and say with all the justifications in holding on to our CPF, he exercised his flexibility and that hopefully he thinks, will put him in better light. Ya.. but we all know.

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It could be argued, based on his minuscule contribution to SG society over the years, that the money in his bank statement is not his either.

When the coalition government takes over, it should cancel all the pensions. Those money don't belong to the elite civil servants or ministar. Nathan can go back to selling prata. Cow can go back to Mudland. Pinky can join his kids in US.

blissquek said:

She is a new broom sweep clean...just a little over-enthusiastic and will fade out in due course...

Just like the eye doctor..Dr. Lam of the Fernvale sage..His political career is on the downhill when he loses the resident's trust.

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seems she is being "endorsed" or geeting praise from the biggest big wigs...

now all the other women MPs and minsiters better start scheming

winnipegjets said:

When the coalition government takes over, it should cancel all the pensions. Those money don't belong to the elite civil servants or ministar. Nathan can go back to selling prata. Cow can go back to Mudland. Pinky can join his kids in US.

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fat hope. when a coalition government takes over, they would gladly give themselves pensions and fleece the population.

eatshitndie said:

fat hope. when a coalition government takes over, they would gladly give themselves pensions and fleece the population.

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I don't think so. Just look at what happen in Indonesia & Philippines after they got rid of their corrupt strongmen Suharto & Marcos. Corruption is still a problem but it is less tolerated.

When Sporeans wake up & put an alternative gov't in charge, they will be as less tolerant of any future corruption in the gov't . Especially if they find out that there isn't anything left of their CPF.

johnny333 said:

I don't think so. Just look at what happen in Indonesia & Philippines after they got rid of their corrupt strongmen Suharto & Marcos. Corruption is still a problem but it is less tolerated.

When Sporeans wake up & put an alternative gov't in charge, they will be as less tolerant of any future corruption in the gov't . Especially if they find out that there isn't anything left of their CPF.

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the new regimes in indonesia and the philippines mask their own corruption by witch-hunting beneficiaries and buffoons of previous regimes. the next regime will witch-hunt them in turn. the cycle continues, and it does not get better.

jw5 said:

It could be argued, based on his minuscule contribution to SG society over the years, that the money in his bank statement is not his either.

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His only contribution to SG was and continued to, drain our resources and fark it all up, under the guise of helping workers.