A KPK and 60.1% supporter

[steffychun]

THE watershed 2011 General Election and the recent Punggol East by-election have highlighted growing displeasure among the electorate towards the People's Action Party (PAP). This trend is disconcerting on several counts.

First, Singaporeans, in their overzealousness to point out areas in which the PAP has fallen short, seem to have been remiss in acknowledging its merits.

Many Singaporeans - most of whom do not understand the nuances of policymaking and its attendant trade-offs - have lambasted the PAP, which, to them, has come to represent all that has gone wrong in society.

While unpopular policies engender much disquiet, good policies attract little or no attention.

Singapore is the way it is today - a thriving First World city that has achieved worldwide renown for its education and defence policies, as well as bustling economy - in no small part due to the PAP.

Second, in the absence of substantive evidence to prove the PAP's complacency or venality, it would be best for Singapore to have a one-party system. It is a politically expedient option and allows us to steer clear of the political brinkmanship and filibustering that now characterise the United States and its dysfunctional politics. Surely, we do not want a government stultified by political gridlock.

Third, with a weaker mandate to govern may come a heightened urge to pander to populist sentiments, and the hemmed-in government that this brings about would not augur well for Singapore, not least because longer-term benefits would be compromised.

We would do well to place pragmatic concerns before the philosophical imperatives of democracy, and be driven less by visceral grievances than by fair-minded thinking - where we will go beyond just lamenting the PAP's flaws to asking if the opposition can serve with better distinction, and questioning if its presence would make for better governance.

Ho Yi Jie

If you hate the US, why does your PAP trade with it?

 

[mojito]

I say this specimen is under 25.

 

[steffychun]

I say this specimen is under 25.

How can you tell

 

[mojito]

How can you tell

He seems too eager to impress.

 

[steffychun]

He seems too eager to impress.

Some old men also do that

 

[wwabbit]

He is one serious dumbfuck, yes.
Filibusters are not possible in Singapore.
Two-party system cannot lead to gridlock.

 

[mojito]

Some old men also do that

That is not untrue.

 

[mojito]

This may be tainted with confirmation bias, but on hindsight I do not think our education and defence policies are worth emulating anywhere. He must be young.

 

[commoner]

http://www.facebook.com/ho.yijie

look at his lies n favorites as epected,,,, yam, george lhl

 

[Seee3]

2011 GCE A (Victoria Junior College)
H1 General Paper (A), H2 Physics (A), H2 Chemistry (A), H2 Economics (A), H2 Mathematics (A), H3 Science Research (Merit)

2009 Integrated Programme (Dunman High School)
Language ARts (A), Higher Chinese Language (B), Biology (A+), Chemistry (A+), Integrated History (A), Mathematics 1 (A+), Mathematics 2 (A+), Physics (A+)
Experience/Remarks
I have experience teaching junior college students.

 

[mojito]

So he is only 20 this year? Indeed, the indoctrination is strong in this one.

 

[cunnilaubu]

2011 GCE A (Victoria Junior College)
H1 General Paper (A), H2 Physics (A), H2 Chemistry (A), H2 Economics (A), H2 Mathematics (A), H3 Science Research (Merit)

2009 Integrated Programme (Dunman High School)
Language ARts (A), Higher Chinese Language (B), Biology (A+), Chemistry (A+), Integrated History (A), Mathematics 1 (A+), Mathematics 2 (A+), Physics (A+)
Experience/Remarks
I have experience teaching junior college students.

if he is in the IP program at Dunman then do A level At VJC, that means he could take the pressure of an IP school and switch halfway.
Not that bright I am sure. Spent too much time on books and lack of independent thinking. Not surprising at all.

 

[steffychun]

This may be tainted with confirmation bias, but on hindsight I do not think our education and defence policies are worth emulating anywhere. He must be young.

What's wrong with emulating a strong defence policy

 

[steffychun]

So he is only 20 this year? Indeed, the indoctrination is strong in this one.

You mean the farce

 

[Fook Seng]

You mean the farce

He probably does not have the privilege to buy a flat or bid for COE or even to apply for a job. No need to balance a monthly budget, worried about getting late to work.

 

[steffychun]

He probably does not have the privilege to buy a flat or bid for COE or even to apply for a job. No need to balance a monthly budget, worried about getting late to work.

Wonder which MP he is under

 

[Leongsam]

I agree with this guy. It's good to see such maturity at a young age.

Most young Singaporeans won't appreciate the PAP till it's too late to cry over spilt milk.

 

[steffychun]

I agree with this guy. It's good to see such maturity at a young age.

Most young Singaporeans won't appreciate the PAP till it's too late to cry over spilt milk.

Havent heard from you in a while. Are you crying over your party's loss?

 

[mojito]

You mean the farce

Comedy gold!

 

[andyfisher]

A young man who has not faced hardship as yet.

Wonder if he will say the same thing when he is arse deep in debt, mortgage, with his nose buried in a smelly tiong's hairy armpit in a sqeezed mrt in his later years.