PA capitulated. Cynthia Phua lost...LOL!

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PA lifting conditions for leasing sites
Posted: 23 August 2011 2310 hrs
SINGAPORE: The People's Association (PA) is lifting its conditions for non-PA grassroots organisations which want to lease its sites in areas managed by Aljunied-Hougang Town Council.

In a joint statement with the National Development Ministry on Tuesday night, the association explained that as long as events are non-political in nature, it will not impose any conditions on the organisers about whom they want to invite.

This means that opposition MPs and PAP grassroots advisers alike could be invited to grassroots events.

PA said it is lifting the conditions because the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council stated on 19 August that it too will not put any restrictions on guests of grassroots organisations using their facilities.

It said it welcomes the town council's new position.

PA noted that there have been occasions in the past when the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council had told organisers of community events that they had to invite the local MP, a Workers' Party MP, or approval would not be granted.

As for its application to lease the 26 sites from the HDB, the statement said PA had difficulty in getting access to town council sites in Hougang in the past and is concerned that it would also face similar problems in Aljunied.

Hence to avoid what it called "unproductive wrangling", the PA decided to lease the sites in Aljunied directly from the HDB.

It has given HDB an assurance that the leased sites will be fully open to all residents as long as they are non-political in nature.

The joint statement said HDB had carefully assessed the request and approved it.

HDB has also ensured that there will be sufficient open areas in Aljunied to meet the demand from other users who wish to organise activities.
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[makapaaa]

Not enough! Return the sites back to the TC's jurisdiction!

 

[makapaaa]

PA noted that there have been occasions in the past when the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council had told organisers of community events that they had to invite the local MP, a Workers' Party MP, or approval would not be granted.

=> Oh, what about the FAP? Why not take back the site control from the FAP TC as wells?

 

[Confuseous]

We are being insulted for the second time on the same matter in 2 days.
Where is Chiak Leow Bee Lim Boon Heng, their "Adviser" hiding now, together with the CEO?

 

[KuanTi01]

We are being insulted for the second time on the same matter in 2 days.
Where is Chiak Leow Bee Lim Boon Heng, their "Adviser" hiding now, together with the CEO?

Agree! A grave insult to our intelligence! The more they try to justify & explain, the more ridiculous & spiteful they become. Incredible politicking by the PA ably assisted by the HDB! How come they conveniently side-stepped the issue of why as pointed by Sylvia Lim, the HDB so surreptitiously transferred jurisidiction of the 26 sites to PA without prior notice to the WP-run TC? This is a sneaky manouvre, whichever way one describes it. LBH should issue his "ministerial statement" on the matter.

 

[hairylee]

PA noted that there have been occasions in the past when the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council had told organisers of community events that they had to invite the local MP, a Workers' Party MP, or approval would not be granted.

=> Oh, what about the FAP? Why not take back the site control from the FAP TC as wells?

One should rightly invite Hougang MP for events held in that constituency. How can they invite a PAP adviser to a opposition held ward.
What if Tanjong Pagar residents invite oppositions to their events held there.

 

[Raiders]

Why this Cynthia Phua so powerful? During the last GE, she was part of the Aljunied team and did George Yeo a big favour by her poor handling of that autistic boy. Now she is using her Midas touch at the PA again

 

[streetsmart73]

One should rightly invite Hougang MP for events held in that constituency. How can they invite a PAP adviser to a opposition held ward.
What if Tanjong Pagar residents invite oppositions to their events held there.

hi there


1. bro, good one, man!
2. daft sheep will never offend its masters mah.

 

[streetsmart73]

We are being insulted for the second time on the same matter in 2 days.
Where is Chiak Leow Bee Lim Boon Heng, their "Adviser" hiding now, together with the CEO?

hi there


1. aiyoh!
2. why ask the useless crying sheep for what?
3. probably, it is still crying out loud now!

 

[Faidenk]

One word I can say of them - PETTY

As in trivial, inconsequential, insignificant, minor, paltry, irrelevant, trifling, niggling, small, little, unimportant.

Spiteful, grudging, resentful, malicious, vindictive, mean, small-minded

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

Well done, Cynthia Phua Chee Bye! The harder you try the longer WP is going to stay in Aljunied GRC.

Come! Is that your best? PCB!
:oIo::oIo::oIo::oIo::oIo:

 

[vamjok]

makapa can u cut and paste properly so that its easier to read.

 

[Debonerman]

One word I can say of them - PETTY

As in trivial, inconsequential, insignificant, minor, paltry, irrelevant, trifling, niggling, small, little, unimportant.

Spiteful, grudging, resentful, malicious, vindictive, mean, small-minded

May 3, 2011PAP's Cynthia Phua And Her Most Famous Moment as an Aljunied MP
Today I will tell you a story. It is a sad story, so sad that it could almost be a Taiwanese soap opera. Unfortunately, it is not fiction, but a true story. (I read about it from this newspaper report in The New Paper).

Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived in Aljunied (we don't know her real name, so let's just call her Julie). She was 53 years old, and she had a 17-year-old son (again we don't know his real name - so we'll just call him Ah Teck).

Julie was poorly educated. She had only studied up to Primary 6. She worked as a part-time cleaner, earning $400 a month to support herself and Ah Teck. Meanwhile, Ah Teck had low IQ and was attending a special school for mentally handicapped kids. He also had thalassemia, a blood disorder.

Ah Teck's father had run away several years ago and could no longer be found. So there was absolutely no financial help from him.

One day in January 2009, Julie was at work. She was standing on a chair to clean a fan. Suddenly, she slipped and fell. She broke her wrist. Thereafter Julie lost her job, for she could no longer perform her cleaning duties.

A few months later, their money ran out and they could not pay their HDB mortgage instalments. So Julie and Ah Teck were about to lose their home - the HDB was taking action to repossess it. The HDB agreed to rent her another flat. But Julie did not even have $138 to pay for the rental deposit.

So Julie and Ah Teck decided to go to see their MP in Aljunied. They had gone to their Aljunied MP many times before, to get financial aid, so they knew where to go. This time Julie and Ah Teck wanted to ask the MP to sign an appeal letter for them, to waive the $138 rental deposit. They went to the town council and met with Aljunied MP Cynthia Phua (yes, the same Cynthia Phua now running for Aljunied again, together with George Yeo).

What went on in the office, we do not know for sure. We do know that the letter did get signed. Later Cynthia also claimed that the conversation was cordial and went well. And in the subsequent newspaper report, her fellow PAP MP Lim Hwee Hua also said that Cynthia behaved in a manner that was "very helpful" and "very motherly".

However, Julie tells a somewhat different story, and it goes like this:


".....shortly after they had entered the office, Madam Phua asked her son a series of questions: 'She asked him, 'Who are you? What are you doing? Why aren't you working?' .... The mother said she wanted to explain her son's condition, but wasn't given a chance. 'I felt like we were being scolded,' she said.

Whatever Cynthia Phua had actually said, we know that Ah Teck must have felt very humiliated. Perhaps it was not the words, but the tone, the demeanour or the body language. Whatever the case may be, we know how Ah Teck must have felt. That's because right after he walked out of Cynthia's office, he lost his temper in a big way. Ah Teck picked up a foldable chair, and slammed it twice on a glass door.

There was a commotion, other people quickly restrained the boy and calmed him down. And then Julie went home, taking her mentally-handicapped son with her.

The story might have ended there, but it did not. Cynthia made a police report. Later that night, the police arrived at Julie's home and arrested Ah Teck.

Two days later, Julie went to see the MP again, clutching a handwritten letter of apology from her son. We are told that in this letter, Ah Teck wrote the following words: "'Please fodgive me for what I dad I am sinelely truely I'm sorry". (Note that Ah Teck has low IQ - that would be why his writing skills are so poor).

But that forgiveness didn't come. PAP MP Lim Hwee Hua rejected the apology. She would not ask the police to withdraw the case.

A grassroots volunter, Mr Poon, further claimed that Ah Teck's blows with the chair "could have gotten someone killed".

(Personally, I think that the only thing you can kill by hitting a door with a chair is the door. Or the chair. The TNP article also made the subtle observation that despite the killer blows, the door, which was made of glass, remained unbroken).

The hapless Ah Teck was required to appear in court on a certain date - 12th May 2009. He faced a criminal charge of committing a rash act to endanger the safety of others.

What happened next is not publicly known. I have surfed and googled, but the media does not seem to have followed up on the story and I cannot get any more information.

This is probably because the boy was underage. In Singapore, juvenile court proceedings are generally shielded from the public eye and reporters are kept out of the courtroom.

So the story ends here - because we really don't know what happened next.

What I hope is that Ah Teck did not get some criminal conviction that would stain his record, and make his already-bleak future even more difficult. He is a low-IQ boy, after all.

I also hope that both Julie and Ah Teck had the good fortune to meet a judge who could understand their hardship and empathise with their daily struggles for money and a roof over their heads.

And I hope that the judge treated Ah Teck with more kindness and compassion, than the Aljunied PAP MPs had done.

Since the General Elections are here again, it is also my hope that you will take a few moments to reflect on the above incident. Please vote wisely .... for the MPs whom you believe will have compassion for their residents.
Posted by Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wang

 

[Debonerman]

Image of a Phua Chee Bye!

 

[streetsmart73]

Not enough! Return the sites back to the TC's jurisdiction!

hi there


1. bro, besides that!
2. do you know what sheep sit in the pa board?
3. not surprising, all sheep man!

 

[streetsmart73]

Image of a Phua Chee Bye!

hi there


1. bro, who is the "f" face standing next the phua thing?

 

[HedgeTrader]

Both are fuck face losers.