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then come elections - the PAP candidate will come dangling the carrots. But the good people of Potong Pasir and Hougang stood strong and stayed the course, eventually the Govt had to provide the amenities and release whatever funds were due, because they were legally compelled to. The Govt couldn't rule PP and Hougang as separate 'states.' So voters in Aljuneid must be strong and reject the politics of destruction or obstruction and make that message loud and clear.
Which brings me back to the start - who exactly are we electing? We are electing MPs - it's all well and good what his TC does, but you don't need MPs for that, you need MPs to be your voice in Parliament. And to be more specific you need opposition MPs to act as a check against the Govt, to raise issues, to oppose and to cast their votes when Bills are presented. (I will pen another article examining what an opposition MP's duties are and how the WP fared in this context). Because here in Singapore, the PAP Govt operates with a policy that once you elect them and give them an overwhelming mandate - they will simply go ahead and do whatever they think fit, with little or no recourse for the public to raise objection. Take immigration and foreign employment - there's nothing that can be done to stop these policies because the PAP took their mandate as a free hand to do whatever and whenever.
then come elections - the PAP candidate will come dangling the carrots. But the good people of Potong Pasir and Hougang stood strong and stayed the course, eventually the Govt had to provide the amenities and release whatever funds were due, because they were legally compelled to. The Govt couldn't rule PP and Hougang as separate 'states.' So voters in Aljuneid must be strong and reject the politics of destruction or obstruction and make that message loud and clear.
Which brings me back to the start - who exactly are we electing? We are electing MPs - it's all well and good what his TC does, but you don't need MPs for that, you need MPs to be your voice in Parliament. And to be more specific you need opposition MPs to act as a check against the Govt, to raise issues, to oppose and to cast their votes when Bills are presented. (I will pen another article examining what an opposition MP's duties are and how the WP fared in this context). Because here in Singapore, the PAP Govt operates with a policy that once you elect them and give them an overwhelming mandate - they will simply go ahead and do whatever they think fit, with little or no recourse for the public to raise objection. Take immigration and foreign employment - there's nothing that can be done to stop these policies because the PAP took their mandate as a free hand to do whatever and whenever.
After 12am the vendors would disappear & the street would be converted into an open air restaurant. If you wanted to watch the show, you would have to buy over priced drinks & food. There would be people who offered to sell picture of the girls. There was even a picture of the ugliest girl of Bugis Street
Then the girls would make their entrance parading down the street like models walking down a cat walk. This was Spore of the past & this was what pulled the tourists to come to Spore.
