Submit ideas is one thing, whether to be implemented so as not to have conflict with PAP's interest is another. Sigh..
PAP Policy Forum elects fourth council, new slate includes young faces
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1049214/1/.html
SINGAPORE: The People's Action Party's Policy Forum has elected its fourth council and of its 12 members, three are under the age of 25 which some say bodes well for the party's aim of renewal.
The 25 candidates spoke for nearly an hour.
Some said party policies needed to be better communicated while others felt the council could be more outspoken.
After votes were cast and counted, the 4th Policy Forum Council was formed - a group that stood out for its diversity of backgrounds and relative youth.
Mohammad Faris Mokhtar, member, 4th PAP Policy Forum Council, said: "People may think that being youthful or being a young person has a limited amount of knowledge. But the thing is that we are more passionate in some ways, and we have a different outlook on how policies can affect others."
Ellen Lee, Advisor, PAP Policy Forum, MP, Sembawang GRC, said: "It shows that they are more aware of what's going on in the world and how it impacts us as Singaporeans. And they will be the voice for the ground, so that with their input, the party would be able to harness all the views and all the sentiments so to speak."
The Pap Policy Forum was started in 2004 with the aim of giving rank-and-file members a platform to engage government leaders on policy issues.
Its 188 members are representatives of its 84 party branches as well as its youth and women's wings.
The forum's activities are open to all PAP members and Chairman Satwant Singh said he wants members to participate more actively.
He said: "Get members involved in the sub-groups and involved on the basis that look, ‘this is your contribution, this is what we have done and we put it into a working paper and send it up to the minister himself’. So these people would know that, whatever I have said actually goes up to the policymakers."
Besides Mr Satwant, two previous council members were also re-elected. - CNA/vm
PAP Policy Forum elects fourth council, new slate includes young faces
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1049214/1/.html
SINGAPORE: The People's Action Party's Policy Forum has elected its fourth council and of its 12 members, three are under the age of 25 which some say bodes well for the party's aim of renewal.
The 25 candidates spoke for nearly an hour.
Some said party policies needed to be better communicated while others felt the council could be more outspoken.
After votes were cast and counted, the 4th Policy Forum Council was formed - a group that stood out for its diversity of backgrounds and relative youth.
Mohammad Faris Mokhtar, member, 4th PAP Policy Forum Council, said: "People may think that being youthful or being a young person has a limited amount of knowledge. But the thing is that we are more passionate in some ways, and we have a different outlook on how policies can affect others."
Ellen Lee, Advisor, PAP Policy Forum, MP, Sembawang GRC, said: "It shows that they are more aware of what's going on in the world and how it impacts us as Singaporeans. And they will be the voice for the ground, so that with their input, the party would be able to harness all the views and all the sentiments so to speak."
The Pap Policy Forum was started in 2004 with the aim of giving rank-and-file members a platform to engage government leaders on policy issues.
Its 188 members are representatives of its 84 party branches as well as its youth and women's wings.
The forum's activities are open to all PAP members and Chairman Satwant Singh said he wants members to participate more actively.
He said: "Get members involved in the sub-groups and involved on the basis that look, ‘this is your contribution, this is what we have done and we put it into a working paper and send it up to the minister himself’. So these people would know that, whatever I have said actually goes up to the policymakers."
Besides Mr Satwant, two previous council members were also re-elected. - CNA/vm
