More Evidence Hawker Ctr Cleaning Saga The Work of FAP Traitors Stirring SHIT

[makapaaa]

[h=2]Tale of 2 petition letters from hawkers[/h]

June 15th, 2013 |

Author: Editorial



During the recent NEA/Market Association/Minister Vivian vs AHPETC hawker
centre cleaning saga, it was revealed by NEA that petition letters were written
on 3 Jun, by the hawkers of Block 511 and Block 538 of Bedok North Street 3 to
inform the media of their plight.

NEA said the documents show that the hawkers had expected the hawker centre
to be cleaned as per normal during the spring-cleaning exercise in March.

NEA even published the hawkers’ petition letters supposedly addressed to the
media on NEA’s own website [Link]:

Block 511 Hawkers Petition
Letter to Press sent on 3 June 2013

.

Block 538 Hawkers Petition
Letter to Press sent on 3 June 2013

The release of the 2 petition letters from hawkers has generated even more
controversies on the Net. Many netizens who scrutinized the 2 petition letters
closely have asked about the “authenticity” of the letters.

The language and style of the 2 letters appear to be very similar. Many are
wondering if it was written by the same person. In fact, the first sentences of
both letters are the same, except for the block numbers:

Dear Editor

We are hawkers from the Kaki Bukit block 5xx hawker centre in Aljunied
GRC.
​

Some netizens commented:

hansel00: Different people has different
way(tone/speech) to express themselves. Both letters sentence structure is
almost identical. I am inclined to believe both letters came under the same
hand.

dqwong: And how come ah… both letters got the same type
of ink smudges one ah? using the same printer print one ah?

carey: Wording and grammar are so similar too.

greenbubble: The paper, font and even the addressee in
both petition letters are the same. Someone is using the issue to do WP
in.
​

Netizen dqwong, said, “The best part about both of the letters –
both used “Dear Editor” as their initial wording… how come different hawkers
will use the same type of wording to begin?”

“Secondly both used “hawker centre in Aljunied GRC” in the same first
sentence. Which hawker would care so much so that they have to include ‘Aljunied
GRC’ in their petition? Smells fishy to me.”

Another netizen, cowbelljar, added, “Don’t say hawker, do u know of
any Singaporeans giving descriptions using GRCs, outside the political context?
Given the way GRC boundaries change, if your address is based on GRC, then
Singpost siao liao lo!”

“Usually we say, ‘I’m in Serangoon’, not ‘I’m in Marine Parade GRC’. Or ‘my
shop is in Queenstown’, not ‘my shop is in Tanjong Pagar GRC’ or ‘hawker centre
at Bedok North Blk XXX’, not ‘hawker centre in Aljunied GRC’!”

And to make things worse, the 2 letters described that the hawker centres are
in “Kaki Bukit”. Since 1988, Kaki Bukit constituency has already been subsumed
into various GRCs in the many subsequent general elections. These days,
residents will say they live in Bedok or Bedok North. It is anachronistic to say
one is living in “Kaki Bukit”.

In fact, the only people who retain the use of the name “Kaki Bukit” are the
PAP people, because they still retain their old divisions which take charge of
areas within the GRC. For example, the Market Association patron, Mr Ng Kok Khim
is a long-time PAP member who won the Long Service Medal (Silver) for his work
in the “Kaki Bukit division” of Aljunied GRC [Link].

Netizen cowbelljar opined, “The letter 100% chop written by the same
person, and most probably a political partisan, given the GRC descriptor that no
common-sense Singaporean will use. Stop hiding behind the so-called ‘hawkers’,
and admit that this was a hatchet job against the WP!”

“If the PAP really has the hawkers’ interest at heart, if they really worry
about unnecessary cost being passed on to them, then perhaps they should look at
rents, inflation, transportation costs instead. Don’t bedek!”

Then there are those who felt that the English used in the letters is too
“powerful”:

dark_aLLeY: Moi no understand, why hawkers’ english as
tok kong as the IBs? If their engrish so tok kong, they won’t be there to char
bee hoon riao….

tianyun07: hawker angmoh so zai.. all the grammars so
power.. even i also lose..
​

Of course, the most glaring part is that there are no signatures on any of
the 2 letters shown. Some of the netizens asked:

dqwong: How come NEA release hawkers petition letter to
press got no name of signatory one? Then is it written by some ku Ching ku rac
or not? How to tell ah?

waiken: phantom hawkers?

sleepyhealer: Knn sinkie land has invisible
hawker

Vulpix: So where are the signatures? How is this a
petition without signatures? They think we’re idiots is it?

AngeLx: weird ‘petition’ with no sign offs and
nothing..just like a random pamphlet that was been picked up from the
floor.

Techadd: petition letter with no names and
signatory…FIRST IN THE WORLD AGAIN!!

jtv_tm: No head, no tail, nobody dare to sign for it.
TMD machiam asking a kid during school holidays suka suka type out one
letter.

Jwee85: No heading, no title, no signature. We we
we….who are we?
​

Finally, one netizen, Baygon, best summed up the feelings of
netizens reading the 2 so-called petition letters from the hawkers, “Really
wondering if the scholars at NEA are really so stupid to think any ordinary
people with a slightest bit of intelligence would believe the credibility of
that dubious ‘petition’?”

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[makapaaa]

[h=2]Exposed PAP member Ng Kok Khim: ‘I have no political motive’ in
AHPETC saga[/h]

June 14th, 2013 |

Author: Editorial

Ng Kok Khim – exposed PAP grassroots leader, 2006 PBM recipient and patron of
a market association involved in a dispute over the cleaning of hawker centres
in Aljunied GRC – has responded to online allegations about his role in the
Worker’s Party-run Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) saga.

After Mr Ng was exposed by TR Emeritus and various forums as a long-time PAP
member, he has been the target of online speculation in recent days over his
role in the spat.

The 60-year-old told local media that he had no political motives in his
handling of the cleaning issue and stressed that he had never asked the cleaning
contractor engaged by the town council for a quotation.

We were surprised when we got the quotation.
​

However, according to documents released by NEA, a quotation from ATL
Maintenance in February 2013 was indeed addressed to him.

The quotation was the key in an ongoing spat between NEA and AHPETC because
NEA had relied on it to accuse AHPETC of asking hawkers to pay more to have
their ceilings cleaned. AHPETC maintains that no town council staff had ever
asked for more money (from the hawkers).

Mr Ng claims that he thinks the quotation was mailed to him because his shop
address is the mailing address of the Block 538 Market Association in Bedok
North.

My shop address is used by the town council and government agencies like the
Housing Board when they correspond with the market association.
​

Mr Ng said it “did not make sense” for the hawkers to ask ATL for a separate
quotation as the cleaning was entirely handled by the town council in previous
years.

However, Mr Ng said he and other hawkers did approach their own contacts informally for quotes on the cost of erecting canvas covers for the stalls ahead of the March cleaning. About five contractors came down to view the market stalls before one agreed to take on the job. ATL was not among them, said Mr Ng.

Each hawker eventually paid $140 for the canvas covers.

He dismisses allegations that he had politics on his mind when he and some
hawkers raised the cleaning issue.

I have never had any political motives. I have always seen my role as serving
the community.
​

Mr Ng said that he and the market association maintain friendly relations
with the WP MP for Kaki Bukit division, Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap, whom they
have invited to dinners and other events.

We do not take sides.
​

Mr Ng said he hopes the issue can be resolved as soon as possible. Mr
Faisal’s representatives have already spoken to the Block 538 hawkers. “We told
them we will be satisfied if AHPETC bears the cost of the next spring-cleaning”,
said Mr Ng.

During the interview with Singapolitics, Mr Ng, who has run his children’s
apparel store near the Block 538 market for over 30 years, confirmed that he is
a member of both the Citizens’ Consultative Committee for Kaki Bukit division
and the People’s Action Party.

Meanwhile, Mr Low Thia Khiang of the Workers’ Party has called on all the
parties embroiled in the AHPETC hawker centre cleaning dispute to move on, saying that the hawkers “need peace to do
business”.

 

[Confuseous]

It is obvious the writing style is the same. It is also very suspicious that after the introductory sentence or two, the two petitions cover different aspects of the situation, trying to pretend that they were unrelated.

It is obvious that NEA is playing politics (and not reading the right things!) when they decide to make such letters public via their website. Such stuff would have been thrown in the bin straight away.

 

[laksaboy]

It's laughable that the PAP would employ such amateurish astroturfers for its game of political smearing.

 

[po2wq]

... It is obvious that NEA is playing politics (and not reading the right things!) when they decide to make such letters public via their website. Such stuff would have been thrown in the bin straight away.

nea, in their eagerness 2 slam opps, haf now made demselves rook stoopig ...

instead of doing their due diligens in checking ze authenticity of ze lettas b4 lashing out, dey swallowed line, hook n sinker of watz placed b4 dem ... sufficient evidens 2 show n convince peasants on how rash n incapable dey r in handling issues n their way of doing tings ...

 

[streetsmart73]

It's laughable that the PAP would employ such amateurish astroturfers for its game of political smearing.

hi there


1. bro, dogs are always dogs in all ways.
2. oops! dafter sheep too

 

[halsey02]

It is not even the seventh month of the lunar calender, Ghosts are already writing letters...There is a number to call, in which the person replying to Mr Ng for a quote..the police should call that number..if Mr. Ng did not ask for the quotation as the chairman ( or Hokkien says, "chair neh" [blind]) must be having dementia.

They are doing what we already know best, playing 'taichi'.....

If its was the WP who fabricated the letters to NEA & the quotation to Mr. Ng....they must be exposed, or do they have to call in a 'rat catcher'?? looks like look like rodents are at work..

 

[Debonerman]

The PAP is trying to get the Workers Party to sue so as to facilitate the justification to rip off the heads of their political targets in court. WP is not biting. After all, in the court of public opinion the PAP can never win as this episode has proven.

 

[halsey02]

"We were surprised when we got the quotation. However, according to documents released by NEA, a quotation from ATL Maintenance in February 2013 was indeed addressed to him""My shop address is used by the town council and government agencies like theHousing Board when they correspond with the market association.
Mr Ng said it “did not make sense” for the hawkers to ask ATL for a separate quotation as the cleaning was entirely handled by the town council in previous
years"

The previous TC was "kawan" to Mr. Ng...it is like the man walking through a pumpkin patch wearing a hat...and was stopped by the farmer & accused of stealing his watermelon, but the man denied, but 'something" was seen wobbling in his hat. When confronted, he said the previous farmer said, he could....... ha ha ha ha

Say tune folks, for the ever evolving episode of "did they clean, or did they not"?? more twist & turn to the story coming..please wait for the next installment!

 

[Evangelion]

If this is a petition, this is shoddy one to begin with. Don't think this tactic could be endorsed by Lao Lee, he is more professional in sabotaging the opposition than to resort to such cheap shots.

 

[Kuailan]

NEA is Papaya running dogs therefore its normal they screwed up opposition ward!

why don't NEA try Tanjong Pagar?? and u see head roll!!

 

[watchman8]

If this is a petition, this is shoddy one to begin with. Don't think this tactic could be endorsed by Lao Lee, he is more professional in sabotaging the opposition than to resort to such cheap shots.

Old man busy preparing for afterlife. Notice that he is rushing to do certain things, like honorary law doctorate degree, plant trees etc. all done in advanced of normal schedule.

Old man would not even bother with such insect tricks. He would have used ISA right away.

 

[Evangelion]

Old man busy preparing for afterlife. Notice that he is rushing to do certain things, like honorary law doctorate degree, plant trees etc. all done in advanced of normal schedule.

Old man would not even bother with such insect tricks. He would have used ISA right away.

Same thoughts. The smear tactics used in this case are way too amateurish, something that jc/poly students would have taught of if they want to sabo others.