Lanjiao Loong: If you want to continue to get good results in Singapore, you have to support the PAP government.

[Cottonmouth]

PAP must respond to desire for more debate, questioning of established ideas: PM Lee​

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks at the PAP Convention 2021 at Suntec City on Nov 28, 2021. (Photo: TODAY/Raj Nadarajan)

Chew Hui Min​

@ChewHuiMinCNA
28 Nov 2021 11:07AM(Updated: 28 Nov 2021 11:25AM)
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SINGAPORE: The People's Action Party (PAP) needs to respond to the desire of a new generation of voters to see more debate, more contestation and more questioning of established ideas, said Prime Minister and party secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (Nov 28).
Speaking at the PAP Convention 2021, Mr Lee addressed more than 2,000 party activists, some of whom dialled in online while some were at the Suntec Convention Centre.
The party must show Singaporeans that it is not afraid of opposing views or being
challenged and that it encourages healthy discourse, said Mr Lee.
"We welcome good ideas, wherever they may come from and just as importantly, we listen carefully to the opinions and concerns of Singaporeans," he said.
This is why the Government has launched the Conversations on Singapore Women’s Developments and put together an Emerging Stronger Taskforce, said Mr Lee.
It has also recently allowed nurses in public hospitals to wear the tudung, after extensive consultations and deliberations over many years.
"Our aim is to bring people together, understand the problems, and stay connected in order to co-create the right solutions, to co-build tomorrow's Singapore."
But political discourse is not just a matter of accepting or marketing good ideas and leaders have to "rebut wrong views", Mr Lee said.
That was the spirit of recent debates in Parliament on foreign workers and the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement or CECA.
"We have to expose those who, for their own reasons and political purposes, try to exploit issues to confuse people and to make them unhappy."

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INTEGRITY AND HONESTY​

Mr Lee also reminded PAP activists of the party's emphasis on integrity and honesty.
"If politicians are venal or dishonest ... voters will not trust their motives, cannot take what they say at face value, people will become disillusioned and cynical," he said.
"They will lose faith not just from individual leaders or political parties but from the political system as a whole."
There are too many examples where trust has eroded all over the world, he said.
"In Singapore, people expect MPs and political leaders to be clean, to be above reproach in their personal conduct, to be scrupulously truthful in what they say, inside Parliament or outside Parliament," he added.
The PAP has upheld "stringent standards" and anyone who misbehaves will be disciplined, and if someone misspeaks, the party will insist he "puts it right".
"The PAP’s rigour sets the tone for Singapore politics. And voters have to apply these same standards of integrity and honesty to every group and every person who participates in politics and public life, whichever side he may be on," said Mr Lee.
"Otherwise, we are signalling that we are prepared to lower standards, and this will eventually drag our system down."

POLITICS "CARRIES ON" EVEN DURING PANDEMIC​

Mr Lee said that to remain a high-trust society, Singapore must get its politics right so that the system can deliver results for Singaporeans.
"Politics is about people’s lives and futures and it carries on even during a pandemic. We have to continue addressing people’s concerns, and striving towards our aspiration of a fair and inclusive society."
The Singapore Government has "pressed on" with important goals while tackling the pandemic, he said. Listing recent initiatives launched, Mr Lee said that it is improving social mobility and "redoubling efforts" to strengthen social cohesion.
This includes initiatives to uplift children from lower-income families and ensure fair opportunities at the workplace through anti-discrimination legislation.
"These are long-term endeavours and results will take time, but we are moving in the right direction, and we are making progress," he said.
It's also not enough to have good policies, the Government must also help people appreciate how these policies make a difference in their lives, he said.
"We must mobilise everyone in order to realise our common vision for Singapore. We have to help Singaporeans make that political connection: All these good things – social mobility, better jobs and better lives – they don't happen just by themselves," he said. "In many countries, they don’t happen at all.
"If you want to continue to get good results in Singapore, we've got to get our politics right, you have to support the PAP government, and we must work together to build the nation that we aspire towards."

 

[LordElrond]

Catch: ownself debate ownself only

 

[bobby]

 

[laksaboy]

PAP must respond to desire for more debate, questioning of established ideas: PM Lee

Remember POFMA? That's your answer.

Oh, but you'll have wayang 'debates' and pretensions at 'seeking public feedback' before implementing what they have already decided on long ago. The PAP and the CCP aren't too different in nature, but the former has to pretend to inherit the Brits' Parliamentarian system, like a whore pretending to be a virgin.

 

[borom]

They have a "unique" way to "respond to the desire of a new generation of voters to see more debate, more contestation and more questioning of established ideas" by passing harsher and harsher laws, suing more people and making unvaccinated like criminals by banning them from malls and dining out.

They actually are very good in acting I must say

 

[HeMan]

 

[glockman]

Fucking double-headed, double-standard bastard. Says one thing, does another. And those who vote for him and his colleagues are fucking stupid.

 

[Majulah]

"If politicians are venal or dishonest ... voters will not trust their motives, cannot take what they say at face value, people will become disillusioned and cynical," he said.
"They will lose faith not just from individual leaders or political parties but from the political system as a whole."

ah loong learned from cia on tactic of bluffing and distorting fact.

Remember POFMA? That's your answer.

Oh, but you'll have wayang 'debates' and pretensions at 'seeking public feedback' before implementing what they have already decided on long ago. The PAP and the CCP aren't too different in nature, but the former has to pretend to inherit the Brits' Parliamentarian system, like a whore pretending to be a virgin.

this is the form of democracy system of armarigar. it has been practised for decades and the process been honed and developed into a fine art.

 

[laksaboy]

Fucking double-headed, double-standard bastard. Says one thing, does another. And those who vote for him and his colleagues are fucking stupid.

Many still support the idiotic son because they give face to his daddy.

 

[mojito]

Vote WP is the same as vote PAP no?

 

[nirvarq]

"We did not become a cohesive, trusting society overnight. Social cohesion is the work of decades. And trust has to be built up long before the crisis. When a crisis strikes, if the trust is not already there, then it is already too late," said Mr Lee.

"I am grateful that the PAP government enjoys the public’s trust, built up over years of working closely with Singaporeans. We've been delivering faithfully on promises. Consistently producing results for the people – housing, healthcare, education, well-paying jobs, better lives. We have shown year in, year out, in good times and bad, in crisis after crisis, that the PAP government will always be there - with you, for you, for Singapore."

During the COVID-19 crisis, the Government needed to draw on this "reservoir of trust", as it faced many difficult and urgent decisions impacting lives and livelihoods, said Mr Lee.

"Whatever we decide, however hard we try to get it right and to cushion the impact, more often than not some group or other will be affected or disappointed," he added.

"Yet still the Government must exercise its judgment to the best of its ability, and carry Singaporeans along."

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[zeddy]

That was the spirit of recent debates in Parliament on foreign workers and the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement or CECA.
"We have to expose those who, for their own reasons and political purposes, try to exploit issues to confuse people and to make them unhappy."

Lanjiao Loong talking cock. It's the PAP who is confusing the people with their open leg policies and at the same conning Sinkies to justify their Singapore - Keling Land brotherhood deal.

 

[sweetiepie]

As for my uncle would say if you want to draw your cpf in excess of the min sum you have to support pap aka pap 在 my uncle 在 pap 亡 my uncle 亡

 

[Loofydralb]

Says the ahqua who sues anyone who criticizes him or his governance.
What he meant by 'response' is to silence the noise.