PAP Parties at Awards Ceremony

[Mdm Tang]

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Bros how come got :


1) Black Eyed Song/Band ???

2) I gotta feeling ( funny song ) ???

3) Inderjit Singh Speech ???
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http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20111127-312937.html






AsiaOne


Sunday, Nov 27, 2011


The National University of Singapore's University Cultural Centre was awash with a sea of white last night, as the People's Action Party (PAP) held its annual party awards ceremony.

The Straits Times reported that about 1,600 activists and politicians, decked in the party colour, danced to a rewritten version of the Black Eyed Peas' hit, "I Gotta Feeling".

They were also treated to a medley of performances, from a hiphop dance to a sing-along version of the 1998 National Day song, "Home".

They include party bigwigs like Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong with his wife Ms Ho Ching, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan, and Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean.

Minister Khaw, who is the PAP chairman, in his speech identified the goals of the party. He said it must find ways to improve the lives of middle-income Singaporeans, not just of the lower-income.

He also said the party must change its style to connect better with voters.

He related that over the last seven months, the party has had extensive consultations with the party activitists at the branch constituencies. The consensus: They have entered a new phase.

Mr Khaw said: 'The key political challenge in the coming years will be one of more intense competition and in a more challenging domestic environment.

'In particular, we must be able to connect with the younger generation, understand their aspirations, engage them, work with them as one Team Singapore, to advance the Singapore cause.'

Meanwhile, 372 received awards yesterday, including Mr Eric Low, who received the highest award, the meritorious service medal. This award, which started in 2006, is given to party members who have made major contributions to the party and to Singapore.

The 62-year-old had lost in the two times that he contested the Hougang constituency, in the 2001 and 2006 elections. After stepping down as branch chairman this year, he has stayed to guide his successor, Desmond Choo.

Mr Khaw also paid tribute to party members like the late Mr Choo Siu Heng, one of the first-generation activists, as well as the father of Marine Parade GRC MP Tin Pei Ling.

The party's internal consultations with party members since the general elections in May will culminate with the PAP convention today.

 

[Mdm Tang]

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Bros , what is :


1) "Fully Cooked"

2) " Half Cooked "

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1167917/1/.html

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Avoid top-down policy making, urges MP

By S Ramesh | Posted: 27 November 2011 1700 hrs






SINGAPORE: Veteran Member of Parliament Inderjit Singh has urged the People's Action Party (PAP) to create opportunities to inject greater political judgement into the policy-making process in Parliament.

Speaking at the PAP Convention Sunday morning, Mr Inderjit described Singapore's policy making as mainly top down.

He said this is largely driven by civil servants who formulated and justified policies with facts and figures to convince the ministers to get them approved.

He added not much of the ground input was considered.

Mr Inderjit, who is MP for Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC), said in today's complex world, the best policy decisions can no longer be driven from top down.

He added Singapore has a very capable slate of MPs who should be more involved when policies are being drawn up.

Mr Inderjit said bills were already "fully cooked" when they were brought to Parliament.

He said the opportunity to inject more wisdom and political judgment into bills and policies was lost.

Mr Inderjit suggested bringing only "half-cooked" bills to Parliament, so that there'll be greater debate on the bills, while input beyond what the civil servants already provided can be incorporated.

Instead of always trying to complete the second and third reading of bills on the same day, he suggested allowing MPs to form committees to further scrutinise the laws.

He said they can do so by consulting activists through channels like policy forums and suggesting changes.

Mr Inderjit said he believes this will lead to more robust policies.

"I can sense that our activists, especially the younger ones, want to be more involved early and be part of the policy-making process and we should create a channel for this to happen.

"The policy forum should be one of 'how to improve and change the policy' rather than just a session to explain completed policies.

"In other words, involve them at the beginning of the policy formulation process and not at the end of it. We can bring MPs and activists together to discuss and distill ideas which the MPs can bring to the ministers and Parliament for improvements and changes.

"In fact, we should make our Government Parliamentary Committees part of this bottom-up approach by allowing the policy forum to play a role as the voice of activists. This is one way of giving greater meaning to the work our activists do."

 

[Perspective]

If we are going to have half cooked bills in front of a Parliament with ministers not wanting to do anything and have that ear-shutting mentality, it will be worse than full cooked bills. We will end up with half cooked policies.

The issue is the people and the balance, not the bills.

 

[Mdm Tang]

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Bro ,


Parliament = "Cook House " = ( i Confused )