Agree on the civil service. This is one guy I am struggling to figure out. When he corrected the press in 2006 which the father would not do and other things as well. I am not sure if he is naive or more cunning than dad.
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hahaha.....i had previously stayed in teacher's estate for more than 10years (1997 to 2007).....i am scratching my head on what is meant by "well looked after".
If you had visited the STU club house in tagore ave, u will know it is one of the worst (facilities) and run down (maintenance) club house you can can find......
when will all this BS ends??????
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I've been following the discussion on the PA and appointments of advisors to the CCCs, RCs, ABCs etc etc. One of the most funniest one liner from the PA, (when explaining their action of leasing out public areas to the CCCs instead of the Aljunied/Hougang Town Council) was that "no political activity" is conducted during any of these RC activities.
Really??? Its like Bill Clinton saying he didnt have sex with Monica Lewinsky as the semen went in another orifice....
Anyway, there's another, more important issue in all this. I understand that the Govt, through the PA, allocates funds, i.e. tax payer's money, to the CCCs for "improvements and upgrading works in the constituency. This is on top of the Town Council's funds, which are derived from conservency charges and government grants. All this sounds great, except that these funds are given to the advisors to the CCCs/RCs and they decide how this funds are used. In PAP constituencies, this arrangement works well because the Advisor is the MP who is also the Chairman of the Town Council and it is all seemless. In opposition wards, the legally elected MP do not have access to this as he is NOT the advisor to the CCCs and this means that the PAP advisor, normally the PAP candidate for the ward, has government funds which he can use to make the "ground sweeter" The PAP candidate can offer amenities, using these funds as an "if you vote for me, I will give you this" promise. All this is done using the same explaination that the PA and the PM is using now....to sell the Govt's policies.
I'm from Potong Pasir Constituency. I know that Mr Chiam had applied to have access to these funds during his time as the MP but was unsuccessful. (and I believe Mr Low in Hougang too). Frankly, all this is unfair but the people of PP and Hougang have accepted this for many years. But, please do not insult our intelligence by saying that its not politics. Monica did swallow it and let us do the same thing with the facts......
Really??? Its like Bill Clinton saying he didnt have sex with Monica Lewinsky as the semen went in another orifice....
Anyway, there's another, more important issue in all this. I understand that the Govt, through the PA, allocates funds, i.e. tax payer's money, to the CCCs for "improvements and upgrading works in the constituency. This is on top of the Town Council's funds, which are derived from conservency charges and government grants. All this sounds great, except that these funds are given to the advisors to the CCCs/RCs and they decide how this funds are used. In PAP constituencies, this arrangement works well because the Advisor is the MP who is also the Chairman of the Town Council and it is all seemless. In opposition wards, the legally elected MP do not have access to this as he is NOT the advisor to the CCCs and this means that the PAP advisor, normally the PAP candidate for the ward, has government funds which he can use to make the "ground sweeter" The PAP candidate can offer amenities, using these funds as an "if you vote for me, I will give you this" promise. All this is done using the same explaination that the PA and the PM is using now....to sell the Govt's policies.
I'm from Potong Pasir Constituency. I know that Mr Chiam had applied to have access to these funds during his time as the MP but was unsuccessful. (and I believe Mr Low in Hougang too). Frankly, all this is unfair but the people of PP and Hougang have accepted this for many years. But, please do not insult our intelligence by saying that its not politics. Monica did swallow it and let us do the same thing with the facts......
I don't think anyone would care a hoot even if the activities are political and in aid of the ruling party of the day as long as it is not funded by tax payers...it is this gross "unfairness " which irks us...how can the PAP be so blind as not to realise this and keep on defending the PA?
i suspect abit of both...for instance look at the way he appears to be using his albino son nowadays...also trying to show the softer side of ho ching as well...but however much he tries he still appears to lack the gut political instincts of harry...guess such instincts can neither be inherited nor taught...
i hope this nugget finds its way on the desks of all top papies n senior civil servants starting wif PMO n PA...
gold dust roy...wif tks!!
yup pork barrel politics...plain n simple...
gold dust roy...wif tks!!
yup pork barrel politics...plain n simple...
Memories, Munshi Abdullah, Tagore,Omar Kayyam, Iqbal & Tu Fu, have not been around those parts for ages ( years), is the S.T.U., ( Singapore Teachers' Union) responsible for the club house? or the resident's commitee??
Anyone remember the Omar Khayyam Resturant along Hill Street?...Teacher's Housing Estate..a memory!
The right question to ask is why are losing PAP MPs considered part of government when they have lost their mandate and authority to do so?
Why are the losing PAP MPs appointed advisors when the people have not chosen them and they have proved themselves to be incapable and unrepresentative of them?
http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2011/09/seriously-are-opposition-mps-part-of.html
Why are the losing PAP MPs appointed advisors when the people have not chosen them and they have proved themselves to be incapable and unrepresentative of them?
http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2011/09/seriously-are-opposition-mps-part-of.html
hi there
1. aiyoh!
2. me ain't no buying such crap man.
3. just take a look at its bod.
4. all in one familee.
5. tua neh tan, so how huh?
1. aiyoh!
2. me ain't no buying such crap man.
3. just take a look at its bod.
4. all in one familee.
5. tua neh tan, so how huh?
hahaha....memories......it is the STU club house ; not run by resident committee.
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