Chitchat PSP CEC Oppie Alex Tan Says Prominent Sinkie Oppies Are Captains Of Sinking Boats! Oppie Parties Too Loser To Be Called Ships!! LOL

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE — The Progress Singapore Party (PSP), headed by Dr Tan Cheng Bock, is distancing itself from scathing comments made by one of its central executive committee (CEC) members about a proposed alliance between four smaller opposition parties here.

An article published by sociopolitical site The Online Citizen on Monday (Jan 13) quoted Dr Tan’s personal assistant, Mr Alex Tan Tiong Hee, describing the parties’ leaders as “captains from their respective sinking boats — not even a ship! — clasping one another’s hands to save themselves from drowning”.

He was referring to Mr Tan Jee Say of Singaporeans First, Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam of the Reform Party, Mr Goh Meng Seng of the People’s Power Party and Mr Hamim Aliyas of the Democratic Progressive Party, all of whom are secretary-generals of their respective parties.

These parties have been calling upon Dr Tan to helm an opposition alliance which they confirmed with TODAY previously that they were planning to form ahead of the next General Election.

In a statement put up on its Facebook page at noon on Wednesday, PSP said that while Mr Alex Tan is a founding CEC member of the party, his statements were “made in jest” in the context of a “casual group chat with friends” which included members from the proposed alliance.

These comments were then shared and found their way to the mainstream media, the party said.

Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...ec-members-comments-proposed-alliance-between

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Devil's advocate here....I think Ah Bock party is trying to distance themselves from the unerectible n the pap strawmen. Some opposition members are there to ensure a pap win. Remember wat Wong Hong Toy did to WP n SDP...

 

[Rogue Trader]

Goh meng seng will teach him a lesson at the polls

 

[eatshitndie]

already disintegrating before uniting. says a lot about delusion and demise of the oppies.

 

[mojito]

How did KJ get conned into joining these losers?

 

[AhΜeng]

To be a viable alternative for voters, PSP should just do an alliance with WP or SDP. The rest of those fly by night oppies should be left to rot.

 

[AhΜeng]

fucking island so small so many oppie parties for fuck.
everyone want to be secretary general, all power crazy people.

 

[winnipegjets]

already disintegrating before uniting. says a lot about delusion and demise of the oppies.

We need you to lead the Opposition.

 

[winnipegjets]

fucking island so small so many oppie parties for fuck.
everyone want to be secretary general, all powe crazy people.

They are just following the PAP. A peesai and yet we have a few mayors. Why?

 

[AhΜeng]

They are just following the PAP. A peesai and yet we have a few mayors. Why?

That's the problem with oppies.
pap does not need to do anything much.
these stubborn oppie dumbfucks do themselves into shit

 

[knowwhatyouwantinlife]

There are only a few issues that oppie should focus on: first, child care subsidies: no point asking couples to have kids when child care fees is an average of 1k per child. over a course of say 5 and a half years from 18 mths to primary school that's 54k in child care fees just for one child, as to why grandparents are not helping lets look at
Second, there are still sgreans who are left out when they chose cpf over pension as they until today still do not meet the minimum sum when they were 55 hence there is nothing for them to withdraw and have to continue to work...
third sustinence pay out or waival of all taxes and fees when 55 yo is reach so that this group can do part time and free up resources for companies to hire the younger ones while they await their retirement payout at 65yo..
fourth get rid of rubbish schemes like accrual interest upon selling ones HDB the similar amount can always act as a reduced limit when purchasing another flat no need to pay back the interest when u are allowed to make losses using cpf funds on unit trusts shares and what not...all these are very relevant cradle to grave qns which no oppies has addressed so far.. just focus on these and there will be more interest in politics since sgreans are getting older and about half will be 65 by


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Elderly to make up almost half of S’pore population by 2050: United Nations
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Singapore’s population stood at 5.71 million as of this year, consisting of 855,000 people under the age of 15, and 886,000 people aged 65 and above. Photo: Cristian Newman/Unsplash
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SINGAPORE – The Republic’s population size is expected to reach 6.34 million in 2030, based on projections from the United Nations (UN) released this year.

By then, there will be 806,000 people under 15 years old, and 1.8 million people who are aged 65 years or older - making up about 28 per cent of the total population. The numbers will reach 722,000 and 3.08 million, respectively, out of a total population of 6.58 million by 2050. This means that in about three decades, almost half (47 per cent) of Singapore’s total population will be at least 65 years old.

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According to the UN’s 2017 World Population Ageing report, Singapore’s population stood at 5.71 million as of this year, consisting of 855,000 people under the age of 15, and 886,000 people aged 65 and above.

On Friday (Dec 8), Singapore’s Prime Minister’s Office Strategy Group disputed the UN numbers for 2017, which it said differed from official statistics. For example, Singapore’s total population size is actually 5.61 million this year, according to Singapore’s Department of Statistics. Contrary to UN’s figures, the size of Singapore’s population as of this year for seniors aged 65 and above is below 570,000, and for those aged below 15 is under 700,000, the agency said.

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Data from the UN were used in a UOB Bank research note released on Wednesday (Dec 6) on Singapore’s “demographic crossroad” next year. Among other things, the report by UOB economist Francis Tan said that the number of elderly Singaporeans aged 65 and above will, for the first time in the Republic’s modern history, match that of youths aged 15 and below.

The report also found that the life expectancy of the Singapore population will rise further. The life expectancies for men and women born in Singapore between 2010 and 2015 are 80.1 and 84.5, respectively. These would increase to 85.6 and 89.3 years respectively for those born here between 2045 and 2050.

Read also: Elderly to make up almost half of S’pore population by 2050: United Nations

The median age of the Singapore population would climb from 40 years in 2015, to 47 years in 2030 and 52.8 years in 2050.

The dependency ratio will also halve to almost 1:1, with one adult supporting a child or an elderly person. In 2015, there were 100 adults – persons aged 20 to 64 years – supporting about 50 children and elderly persons. But by 2050, 100 adults would have to support about 95 children and elderly persons.

The UN report was put together by its Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The department’s population division conducts regular studies of population size, and characteristics of population change in the areas of fertility, mortality and migration. The previous edition was released in 2015.

Read also: Singapore’s 'demographic time bomb' explained, in 5 charts

Globally, there are about 962 million people aged 60 and above today, which is more than double the 382 million in 1980. This size of this group is expected to double again to almost 2.1 billion by 2050.

Likewise, the older population in the developing regions is growing much faster than those in the developed regions. Based on UN projections, 79 per cent of those aged 60 and above in the world will be living in the developing regions by 2050. Between now and 2050, the number of older persons is expected to grow fastest in Africa, by more than threefold to 226 million.

“Growth in the number of older persons is a global phenomenon: it is expected that between 2017 and 2050, virtually every country in the world will experience a substantial increase in the size of the population aged 60 years or over,” the UN report said.


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[eatshitndie]

We need you to lead the Opposition.

soixante neuf party? motto is "i lick you, you lick me."

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Haven’t election already fight among themselves. Lol

Got hope?

 

[3_M]

What he said was the obvious truth.

On another note, PSP does need to enforce party discipline on it growing membership .

The whole episode indicates that chances of TCB or psp leading the proposed alliance is NIL. TCB still needs to maintain cordial relationship with those fifth rated fringe opposition for the need to avoid being seen as arrogant and 3cf.

Personally I think psp can just stop wasting time negotiating with those fringe party. Just mark their territories and leave it to the rest to decide if they want to contest in a 3cf.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

For singkieland to have a true gahmen for the people,,,the people need to seperate the wheat from the chaff with regards to the opposition. There is no doubt that ah bock and ah chee etc are in the fight for singkies. The issue is the 3rd rate oppos are the PAP strawman and one thing needed is to eliminate or marginalise them. There are many examples of singkie opposition history of such clowns...that are there to ensure pap is in power. Such examples are

Wong Hong Toy,,,disrupted WP and SDP. Back stab both JBJ and CST and also sabo CSJ.

Tan Kin Lian,,,no hopes of winning the contest but still contest and allowed the pap a free pass to the presidency. If the votes that went to him went to other candidates,,,ah bock would have won.

Goh Meng Seng: He supported TKL and now supports hamas...he knows fuck all about international politics but just yap like a dog fits his namesake Got More Shit. During the contest in Tenpenis,,,against MBT...he disappeared during the campaign period and allowed MBT to win comfortably. MBT was at the time one of the most hated pappie ministars due to his caught off guard BS. In addition he has been fermenting discord against WP,,,even asking other oppos to contest the hougang by erection. all his antics are clear to see. And now in this so called oppo alliance etc,,by being a political party,,he gets a seat at the table in oppo negotiations,,,he will fuck it up for TJS,,,

Fat Desmond Lim...he has lost his deposit twice during the erection and his rallies etc are hired help,,Secondary school kids etc,,and he is just an engineer in M1,,,where he gets the money to contest? He is obviously being funded by pappie sources and any multi cornered fights benefits the PAP. Like how the presidential erection has been rigged.

Sebestian Tan NSP ex president: NSP is a party with alot of professionals and had good members too..however the party is controlled by the president and not the Sec Gen. and all sec gens dont seem to last,,,and yet the president remains,.,,there were good sec gens like Jeannet Chong, hazel poa, ah tean and fuck up ones like Got more shit,,,and yet the good sec gens all quit,,,its obvious the internal machinations of the party is causing great issues,,,

Alot of these oppo candidates should not even be there in the 1st place as they are disrupting the legitimate oppos from making any ground against the PAP. So Singkies need to be smart...they have to know who are the fakes and get rid of them. one thing is,,,let these shit oppos contest in shit constituencies and force pap to campaign there,,,,so we dont get pap ppl from other constituencies bringing their guns into contested areas. Look at Cheng San GRC...pinky, KFC and all the what nots were there to contest for the pap,,,these shit oppos should just be used as cannon fodder to tie pap down,,other than that,,,get rid of them so that the real decent oppos can grow and singkies can at least have a chance of a better life..

 

[Annunaki]

Last warning from GE strategy leader Alex Tan zhixiang to Alex Tan Tiong hee, Goh meng seng, terry Xu and TOC!
Fuck up one more time don’t say GE strategy leader Alex Tan zhixiang never give you chance!

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Lol this guy Alex Tan Zhixiang is like a troll’s wet dream come true.

 

[mojito]

For singkieland to have a true gahmen for the people,,,the people need to seperate the wheat from the chaff with regards to the opposition. There is no doubt that ah bock and ah chee etc are in the fight for singkies. The issue is the 3rd rate oppos are the PAP strawman and one thing needed is to eliminate or marginalise them. There are many examples of singkie opposition history of such clowns...that are there to ensure pap is in power. Such examples are

Wong Hong Toy,,,disrupted WP and SDP. Back stab both JBJ and CST and also sabo CSJ.

Tan Kin Lian,,,no hopes of winning the contest but still contest and allowed the pap a free pass to the presidency. If the votes that went to him went to other candidates,,,ah bock would have won.

Goh Meng Seng: He supported TKL and now supports hamas...he knows fuck all about international politics but just yap like a dog fits his namesake Got More Shit. During the contest in Tenpenis,,,against MBT...he disappeared during the campaign period and allowed MBT to win comfortably. MBT was at the time one of the most hated pappie ministars due to his caught off guard BS. In addition he has been fermenting discord against WP,,,even asking other oppos to contest the hougang by erection. all his antics are clear to see. And now in this so called oppo alliance etc,,by being a political party,,he gets a seat at the table in oppo negotiations,,,he will fuck it up for TJS,,,

Fat Desmond Lim...he has lost his deposit twice during the erection and his rallies etc are hired help,,Secondary school kids etc,,and he is just an engineer in M1,,,where he gets the money to contest? He is obviously being funded by pappie sources and any multi cornered fights benefits the PAP. Like how the presidential erection has been rigged.

Sebestian Tan NSP ex president: NSP is a party with alot of professionals and had good members too..however the party is controlled by the president and not the Sec Gen. and all sec gens dont seem to last,,,and yet the president remains,.,,there were good sec gens like Jeannet Chong, hazel poa, ah tean and fuck up ones like Got more shit,,,and yet the good sec gens all quit,,,its obvious the internal machinations of the party is causing great issues,,,

Alot of these oppo candidates should not even be there in the 1st place as they are disrupting the legitimate oppos from making any ground against the PAP. So Singkies need to be smart...they have to know who are the fakes and get rid of them. one thing is,,,let these shit oppos contest in shit constituencies and force pap to campaign there,,,,so we dont get pap ppl from other constituencies bringing their guns into contested areas. Look at Cheng San GRC...pinky, KFC and all the what nots were there to contest for the pap,,,these shit oppos should just be used as cannon fodder to tie pap down,,other than that,,,get rid of them so that the real decent oppos can grow and singkies can at least have a chance of a better life..

They are there to remind u some oppie are clowns cannot anyhow vote dunces even u don't like the PAP things could be worse.

 

[Semaj2357]

Lol this guy Alex Tan Zhixiang is like a troll’s wet dream come true.

hanor, and who the fuck made this clown-down-under cunt, strategy leader? - de facto or de fuckto nothwithstanding!

 

[chuachinsengjason]

The alliance of opposition parties' threat to the pap is real.

pap is desperate enough to expose pap's undercover mole alex tan tiong hee who is tasked to destroy the alliance of opposition parties threat.

Driving a wedge on the proposed alliance of opposition parties.

How many more pap undercover moles are lurking inside PSP?