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None of the MPs approached by TODAY obviously requested that their names not be mentioned in the report on the PA/HDB fiasco. Interestingly, only Immortal Chong (an aspiring EP ala Tan Cheng Bok in the making?) was willing to be quoted:
Almost all ruling party MPs Today spoke to agreed with the PA's position - except for veteran MP Charles Chong, who called on the PA to review its position. The Joo Chiat MP said: "If it is clear that the elected MP shares the objective as PA in Government policies, there is no reason why PA cannot appoint that MP regardless of his or her political affiliations."
- http://www.todayonline.com/Singapor...stance-on-grassroots-advisers-under-spotlight
These PAP MPs, the product of numerous tea parties ad nauseum are certainly cause for concern for the future of Singapore. That no MP dares to speak until they receive the official script is bad enough. But when relevant Ministers like Kee Chiu Chan and ex-Choh Boh Minister Lim also keep their saintly silence, then something is really wrong in our socieity.
This continued silence on this and other issues confirms Alex Au's comments in his recent posting entitled FROM RULE BY FEAR TO RULED BY FEAR:
"...political leaders have been trying to disengage, to avoid being shot by multiple sides of any conflict if nothing else. More and more, regulation is left to bureaucrats. Sometimes, the brief given to the bureaucrats is to “consult”, an exercise that usually means to divine some kind of happy mean that people can compromise on."
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/from-rule-by-fear-to-ruled-by-fear/on
Almost all ruling party MPs Today spoke to agreed with the PA's position - except for veteran MP Charles Chong, who called on the PA to review its position. The Joo Chiat MP said: "If it is clear that the elected MP shares the objective as PA in Government policies, there is no reason why PA cannot appoint that MP regardless of his or her political affiliations."
- http://www.todayonline.com/Singapor...stance-on-grassroots-advisers-under-spotlight
These PAP MPs, the product of numerous tea parties ad nauseum are certainly cause for concern for the future of Singapore. That no MP dares to speak until they receive the official script is bad enough. But when relevant Ministers like Kee Chiu Chan and ex-Choh Boh Minister Lim also keep their saintly silence, then something is really wrong in our socieity.
This continued silence on this and other issues confirms Alex Au's comments in his recent posting entitled FROM RULE BY FEAR TO RULED BY FEAR:
"...political leaders have been trying to disengage, to avoid being shot by multiple sides of any conflict if nothing else. More and more, regulation is left to bureaucrats. Sometimes, the brief given to the bureaucrats is to “consult”, an exercise that usually means to divine some kind of happy mean that people can compromise on."
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/from-rule-by-fear-to-ruled-by-fear/on
