A good side of a person that many choose to overlook due to hype

[k1976]

https://theindependent.sg/mp-cheng-...womans-wish-in-getting-incarcerated-son-home/

 

[k1976]

Singapore—Sometimes MPs are called upon to wear different hats says Cheng Li Hui, who has served as a Member of Parliament at Tampines GRC since 2015 and is part of PAP’s winning slate in this year’s election.

Ms Cheng took to Facebook on Thursday (July 16) to tell the story of Madam Tan, whom she met on a house visit a few years ago. And while her needs seem to be taken care of from a room rental and by her children, the MP noticed a certain sadness in the older woman that she could not quite comprehend.


“I did not take any photo and just held her hand through the closed grille,” the MP wrote

 

[k1976]

Some years later, in November 2019, she visited Mdm Tan once more, whom she described to be in good spirits. The reason for the older woman’s happiness, Ms Cheng found out, was that her son was coming home from prison. This gave Mdm Tan strength, Ms Cheng added.

In December of that year, Mdm Tan went to see the MP at a Meet the People session, saddened that her son had not come home from jail after all, where he had been incarcerated for two decades.

Ms Cheng then assured her that she would help Mdm Tan fight to get home detention for her son, so that he could be with his mother during her waning years.

The MP wrote, “Sometimes residents asked us for testimonies and we couldn’t (sic) because we do not know the person. But I witnessed how much strength it gave her and I could strongly attest to the need for her son to be with her.”

She added that Mdm Tan had been hospitalized and died during the GE, but that her son had been by her side in the hospital.

“We just made it to fulfilling her last wish,” wrote Ms Cheng.

She added that she wept as she read the email from Mdm Tan’s niece, adding,

 

[k1976]

“It almost felt like destiny.​

Some residents want their MP to be estate manager, (sic) some to be eloquent advocates for certain causes, some to take care of them, we wear many hats.​

I am the quiet type but I’m usually very cheery and I believe in my work, my party and how our leaders have their hearts in the right place.”​

Ms Cheng added a screenshot of the email written by Mdm Tan’s niece to her, which contained a narrative of their visit to Ms Cheng’s MPS last December.

She wrote how grateful her aunt was that Ms Cheng had remembered the situation with her son, and that Mdm Tan kept the photo of Ms Cheng’s visit from 2015.

The niece added that her aunt told her “to send our deepest thanks to Ms Cheng on her behalf for the release of her son before she passed on. After twenty long years of waiting, it was the only thing that she kept as her last wish.” —TISG

 

[k1976]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/wat...d-works-miscellaneous-amendments-bill-3604541

The Bill facilitates a simplified approval process for less complex and lower-risk buildings and promotes self-regulation of environmental health, said MP Leon Perera. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Jul 4), he urged the Government…see more

 

[k1976]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...oposals-rather-than-demonise-them-leon-perera

Mr Perera was responding to Mr Wong, who on Monday called for the opposition to offer a serious alternative agenda and be upfront about the trade-offs, instead of “populist ideas to chip away, bit by bit, at trust in government”. Mr Wong also said the WP had offered revenue alternatives, but that its sums did not add up.

Instead of being so quick to label the opposition as insincere, the Government should focus on explaining why it disagrees with the proposals, said Mr Perera.

He called for MPs to treat one another’s views – including those of other parties – fairly, and to accept when they differ instead of labelling the other side as disingenuous.

 

[k1976]

https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/sg....on-perera-in-parliament-092813336.html?espv=1

The Aljunied MP then showed the House a paper copy of the said BTO advertisement, which was labelled 'BTOgether' and contains the subheadings 'Delivering homes to Singaporeans' and 'Providing homes for every budget and need'. The advertisement shown by Perera also contained information about BTO waiting times as well as BTO statistics from 2022.

"But what is the public interest served here? To raise awareness so people apply for BTOs? But is this necessary? The application rates for BTOs are already very high and rising. Is there a need to raise awareness? So what behaviour are we exactly nudging with this ad?" asked Perera.

 

[k1976]

https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/vul...ments-why-its-metaverse-will-fail/amp/?espv=1

 

[k1976]

So, the Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore was blocked from commenting by another Facebook bot for merely thanking commenters wishing him well on his birthday.

He was also informed that his activity “didn’t follow Community Standards on spam”. Really?

I think every such company should be held legally accountable to whatever it claims its Community Standards are — and if they are automatically applied in a way that is unfairly penalising users, it should be fined and forced to either refine the feature or stop using it altogether.

It boggles the mind that, de facto, any of these businesses can write whatever they want in their terms of service and then not follow them, with no avenue to complain about the unfair treatment for any regular user of their platform.

Consumer-protection bodies should be on it all over the world. These platforms aren’t free after all. They provide the service in exchange for your data, which they use to monetise their business.

That’s a fair business model, but it should not give them absolute power to do whatever they want with you or your account whenever you’re using the service in line with their conditions — as it was clearly the case this time.


They make billions of each and everyone of us and then proceed to screw us over as users, giving us practically zero rights even if we did not breach any of their rules. Are these companies or criminal syndicates?

 

[k1976]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/wp-says-it-has-seen-more-youth-volunteers-many-under-25

Ms Seah was speaking to the media on the sidelines of a post-Budget townhall organised by the Youth Wing, held on Saturday at the WP headquarters in Geylang.

In her opening address, Ms Seah said: “We have reached a critical juncture in the election cycle. Turning the clock back to GE2020, you might remember people getting swept up in campaigning. Watching political candidates going at each other in policy debates. Consuming election memes on your phone 24/7.”

She added that there is always a lot of fanfare and excitement in a general election, but what many do not realise is that when the dust settles, there is a lot of hard, invisible work by volunteers that goes unrecognised for years.

Ms Seah also asked the audience to consider participating in WP activities on a deeper level as Parliament enters its customary mid-term break.

 

[k1976]

These people had made efforts to positive impact for our land.... Man are not infallible, and some errors just take time to heal.

 

[blackmondy]

Singapore—Sometimes MPs are called upon to wear different hats says Cheng Li Hui, who has served as a Member of Parliament at Tampines GRC since 2015 and is part of PAP’s winning slate in this year’s election.

Sometimes MPs are called upon to wear different bras....

 

[laksaboy]

In civilized countries, if you are a career politician it doesn't matter who you screw if you get the job done. No hypocritical moral posturing.

 

[oliverlee]

In civilized countries, if you are a career politician it doesn't matter who you screw if you get the job done. No hypocritical moral posturing.

What can more immoral than using the law against your siblings and going against your dead father's wishes?

 

[tanwahtiu]

Sometimes MPs are called upon to wear different bras....

Eh... 无聊先生 说无聊话