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Jurong residents not comforted by PM Lee’s “wayang” to differentiate Singaporeans from foreigners
September 23rd, 2010 | Author: Your Correspondent
The majority of Jurong residents are unconvinced by the latest “wayang” put up by PAP Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to better “differentiate” Singaporeans from foreigners in order to placate rising public disgruntlement at his unfair pro-foreigner and ultra-liberal immigration policies ahead of the next general election.
Some of the measures unveiled during his National Day Rally speech include a $9,000 National Service Recognition Award for existing NSmen and a reduction in the intake of foreigners from 100,000 to 80,000 this year.
According to Reform Party activist Justin Ong who participated in a walkabout at Jurong West last night, many residents he spoke to were unhappy with the PAP’s lax immigration policies and were not reassured by the recent policies announced by PM Lee to soothe frayed nerves:
“The majority of the residents in this estate was largely inviting and greeted us warmly when we presented ourselves. Many bore the usual gripes about the cost of living constantly rising while wages weren’t keeping up as quickly. Other complained about immigration policies being too lax in allowing foreigners into the country, while others commented that they were not comforted by the recent policies announced by the PM to differentiate Singaporeans from non-Singaporeans. A couple of households also noted that the recent measures to cool the property market did not solve problems of HDB flats being unaffordable to new buyers. “
With the next election looming ahead, the PAP regime is on damage control mode to ensure its political survival and hegemony.
The Reform Party has been working hard on the ground in the last few months to reach out to as many Singaporeans as possible. It is expected to contest in Hong Kah, West Coast and Choa Chu Kang, provided that the electoral boundaries remained unchanged.
The elections are usually called only after the electoral boundaries are confirmed and announced by the PAP-controlled Electoral Review Committee which never explained its decision for the boundary changes, some of which can be pretty incredulous and unbelievable.
September 23rd, 2010 | Author: Your Correspondent
The majority of Jurong residents are unconvinced by the latest “wayang” put up by PAP Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to better “differentiate” Singaporeans from foreigners in order to placate rising public disgruntlement at his unfair pro-foreigner and ultra-liberal immigration policies ahead of the next general election.
Some of the measures unveiled during his National Day Rally speech include a $9,000 National Service Recognition Award for existing NSmen and a reduction in the intake of foreigners from 100,000 to 80,000 this year.
According to Reform Party activist Justin Ong who participated in a walkabout at Jurong West last night, many residents he spoke to were unhappy with the PAP’s lax immigration policies and were not reassured by the recent policies announced by PM Lee to soothe frayed nerves:
“The majority of the residents in this estate was largely inviting and greeted us warmly when we presented ourselves. Many bore the usual gripes about the cost of living constantly rising while wages weren’t keeping up as quickly. Other complained about immigration policies being too lax in allowing foreigners into the country, while others commented that they were not comforted by the recent policies announced by the PM to differentiate Singaporeans from non-Singaporeans. A couple of households also noted that the recent measures to cool the property market did not solve problems of HDB flats being unaffordable to new buyers. “
With the next election looming ahead, the PAP regime is on damage control mode to ensure its political survival and hegemony.
The Reform Party has been working hard on the ground in the last few months to reach out to as many Singaporeans as possible. It is expected to contest in Hong Kah, West Coast and Choa Chu Kang, provided that the electoral boundaries remained unchanged.
The elections are usually called only after the electoral boundaries are confirmed and announced by the PAP-controlled Electoral Review Committee which never explained its decision for the boundary changes, some of which can be pretty incredulous and unbelievable.
