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13-05-2011, 03:36 PM | #1 |
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PAP’s “the next time” has arrived, Will they deliver?
Dear Mr Lee Hsien Loong, On the May 3, 2011, you said “if we didn’t get it right, I’m sorry. But we will try better the next time”.
Well, “the next time” has arrived. Next, the citizens of Singapore are aware you are sorry, but, many of the mistakes were not committed by you. Are the people who have committed those mistakes sorry too? And lastly, let me assure you, you didn’t get it right. I speak in my own capacity, but I’m sure somewhere along the way, I speak for many whom most of the PAP candidates, in their acceptance speeches, have said they will listen to. I do not have any political affiliations. I am an ordinary Singaporean. As you will see from my suggestions, I do not have anything personal to gain from this, at least not monetarily, except that it will make Singapore a better place to live. In fact, in all honesty, you have more to gain from this than me, should you be able to achieve and implement my suggestions. I am not a trained writer. I am not a trained politician. So, please excuse any mistakes I may have made in my writing. I, for one, am going to hold you to your apology and the fact that in the late evening of May 7 and early morning of May 8, everyone from the PAP was suddenly willing to listen to the voters. I am also aware that not everything is an easy or immediate fix. However, some are and I will start with those.
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13-05-2011, 04:14 PM | #2 |
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As for GRC, they started it is for the minority representation. Unless one can think of a method to have minority representation without GRC, otherwise dun think it can be do away.
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13-05-2011, 04:33 PM | #3 | |
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Just look at Anson in 1991, Mr JBJ is an Indian but he is voted into Parliament whilst the majority of the Anson voters are chinese. Recently, Aljunied with a Malay and Sikh in the Workers Party was also voted in. The PAP's team consists of three chinese and a Malay. This is just the excuse by the PAP to retain power and now it backfires. Cheers |
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13-05-2011, 08:47 PM | #4 |
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Gst
Good and Services Tax (GST)GST should not be imposed on daily necessities, in particular, food (raw food, not cooked food). The business environment has made it hard for small convenient stores to stay in business. There are not as many as there used to be. Most Singaporeans resort to purchasing their food to prepare for meals at the NTUCs, Shop n Save’s, etc. This is because heartlands are designed in that manner. I’m aware that purchasing the same food products at a wet market and/or a smaller convenient store will not incur a GST charge, but how many people have the luxury of going to the wet market in the morning or traveling the extra 10 minutes to a nearby convenience store instead of going directly to a supermarket. Many people buy what they need on the way home from work. We are no longer the Singapore of the 70s where our mothers used to go marketing in the mornings or on weekends. GST on daily necessities only serves to take away more from the segment that already cannot afford it.
Bloody Joke it is INSTEAD of subsidising HDB, education & Medical care We have to pay GST for School Fees, Medical Bills, Medicine & even conservancy charges I can understand if our govt is shortage of funds and needed the money,,,, but WTF,,,, Billions in reserve and ample money for 8 months bonus and their 20-30 million pension and still wanna squeeze the people |
13-05-2011, 08:54 PM | #5 |
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Very well written........clap clap.
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13-05-2011, 09:06 PM | #6 | |
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u have to tell that to the election dept
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13-05-2011, 09:27 PM | #7 |
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is this the source?
http://thinkformesingapore.blogspot....ien-loong.html i think so, he's also started online petition leh : http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/open_letter_to_pm/
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13-05-2011, 10:11 PM | #8 | |
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14-05-2011, 01:31 AM | #9 |
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14-05-2011, 01:41 AM | #10 |
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actually i see so many open letters, wonder how many of them will be actually read by the PM
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