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Promising goodies to win votes not the way to go: Khaw
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Minister for National Development Mr Khaw Boon Wan delivers his speech at the World Cities Summit's Ministers Forum on Infrastructure Development, held at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre from June 1-4, 2014.*Politicians who give "goodies" away to win votes, with little thought of how they would pay for such goodies, risk not only insolvency, but turning citizens cynical against politics, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said on Monday. *-- ST PHOTO:*SEAH KWANG PENG

BY CHEONG SUK-WAI
SINGAPORE - Politicians who give "goodies" away to win votes, with little thought of how they would pay for such goodies, risk not only insolvency, but turning citizens cynical against politics, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said on Monday.

"Democracy of that manner must lead to insolvency and eventually political cynicism," he said, underscoring an important principle the Government held to even as it tried to make Singapore cleaner, greener and more comfortable for all.

He added that the three other principles that helped the Government achieve all that were: spending within one's means and saving when times were good; staying open to trade, talent and ideas; and enabling more citizens to be educated and trained to be employable in a fast-changing world.

He said all this during a discussion with two other international leaders on shaping quality city living, as part of three summits here on managing cities, water and environmental hygiene.

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"He added that the three other principles that helped the Government achieve all that were: spending within one's means and saving when times were good; staying open to trade, talent and ideas; and enabling more citizens to be educated and trained to be employable in a fast-changing world."

What is the use of spending within one's means and saving when times were good, only to lose it - tens of billions - within months during crisis like the USA bank shares investment decisions hastily made over lunch? Also, what is the use of more citizens to be educated to be employable when there are so many foreigners let who are without proper education or even fraud case?

 

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This mad cow is seow leow,he don't know he is talking about himself ?