Interesting article: A reminder what PAP has done for us over the past years:
1. 7% GST
a) its to help the poor by taxing the rich and redistributing the wealth to the poor.However,i do not understand why the middle class have to suffer
2. CPF
a) it is to make sure the older people are self-reliant.Again,it doesn't make much sense if 51%of the pop cannot meet the minimum sum
3. 2 YEARS NS
a)it has always been there.no changes made wad.In fact it has shorten to abt 1.8mths.However,is reservist still relevant?
4. Increase in transport fares -high oil prices.everywhere in the world is facing it. PAP is conning us - when oil price shot up, it immediately increase, when it came down. PAP refuse to reduce it
5. Increase in electrical bills-high oil prices.everywhere in the world is facing it, electrical tariff can be lowered one. Singapore has one of the highest electrical tariff.
private company ftw
a) our electricity is produce by gas, when oil price shot up PAP took opportunity to also increase it. But when it came down PAP said it is not related
b) PAP told us by selling our power plant to Foreigners will help reduce the electric bill. It of cos did not materialize but in fact had price hike 3 times within a yr.
6. Once every 50 years
7. ERP - to help reduce traffic
8. ask you to send your parents to jb care center when they are old
- to help u save $
9. invite more FT's here
- to create more jobs
10. ask us to help the FT's fit in by being cheaper better and faster than them
11. increase their own pay to a million dollar salary reason being that they are not 'daft' - so to keep talents from going to the private sector
12. FTS create jobs for us
13. Temasek lost 50bil. Every sinkie can get at least 10k. Including those newborns sleeping in the hospitals - but they earn back within 1 year?
14. oil price shot up, transport fare increases, when it came down. PAP refuse to reduce it cause its not pegged to oil
15. Mas Selamat Toilet Break!
16. WongCantSing: Voting is a privilege, not a right.
17. Singaporean Salary to increase by 30% in the next 10 years, then they increased their own salary 30% in 1 year with 8 months +- bonus
18. table tennis saga
19. yog saga
18. PAP Town Councils - instead of reducing charges they went on to collect surplus so that they can gamble like Ho Jinx.
19. HDB Prices
20. Casino help create jobs that goes mostly to FT
21. MRT DEPOT
22. 10 million integration funds for precious F.talents
23. MRTs full, but say we can choose to board the train.
24. Army reservist disadvantage when looking for jobs
25. Night parking increase to $4
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Singapore PM's salary stuns White House official
A senior White House official back on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 admitted he was floored by the news that Singapore's prime minister earned five times more than then US President George W. Bush. "I'm going to emigrate and run for office in Singapore," the official said on condition he be identified only as "a senior administration official who sits in disbelief after reading that story."
Who gets what (without performance bonuses)
Singapore President's Basic Salary will be S$3,140,000 (US$2,107,368). Singapore's current President.
Singapore Prime Minister's Salary $US2.47 million, or about six times more than the U.S. President, who currently takes home US$400,000.
The monthly pay for a Singapore Member of Parliament (who does virtually nothing) is S$12,000 (US$8,600 ) per month or S$144,000 (US$103,200 ) per year tax free.
Note: At age 55, Singapore Ministers collect both a salary and their full pension.
United States:
President Barak Obama: US$400,000, with US$50,000 expenses
Vice President Joe Biden: US$202,900
Cabinet Secretaries: US$157,000 - $186,600
Secretary of State (Hillary Clinton) - $186,600
United Kingdom: Prime Minister: $US279,000
Australia: Prime Minister: $US229,000
Hong Kong: Prime Minister: $US516,000
Japan: Prime Minister: $US243,000
Canada: Prime Minister: $US246,000
Germany: Prime Minister: $US303,000
France: Prime Minister: $US318,000
In addition to their inflated salaries, the Singapore elite gets extra pay as appointed company directors!
Relatives of senior government leaders,
former senior government officials,
former senior military commanders,
current senior government officials,
current and former ruling party politicians.
Indonesian millionaire crooks reportedly safe in Singapore.
More Money for People Closely Connected to the government!!!
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