5/16/2013

AIM is looking like Boon Wan’s Waterloo



When Boon Wan bravely took on the task of solving the housing problems created by his predecessor, it was really a piece of cake. There is not much ingenuity needed to solve a housing shortage problem caused by under supply and over demand. He must have read the situation and was rightly confident to score a resounding success in the shortest time possible.

He embarked on a massive building programme. This solved the first half of the equation. He somehow did not tighten enough on the demand side and the problem was halted from sliding down further, but not improving much either. He did not count on the 800k home owners that have already been sucked into the system by overpaying for their flats and trying to undo too much will upset them and the value of their assets adversely, including the prices of private properties.

The present status, housing problem is like a stalemate, going nowhere. No one can blame Boon Wan for not trying. He did. But the problem is too complex with too many knots that could not be untied at the same time.

By being the MND he is now caught into this AIM thing that he did not bargain for. It was something he did not see coming. Is this something that wrong? It depends. Officially it is already reported as nothing wrong. But is it? Why then is this case drawing so many blanks? Why were the opposition members having a merry time taking aims and pot shots at this issue? And the replies were not so brilliant and did not help in anyway to remove the doubts and acrimonies of this case. It cannot be willed away by a review committee unless the explanations in Parliament are reasonable, logical and acceptable to the public. Are they?

Getting angry and feeling cornered would not do any good. Boon Wan’s reply that the software can be bought off the shelf took everyone by surprise and a turn for the worst. Why was so much money spent on something that can be bought outright and definitely cost a pittance relative to the customized and specially developed software? Was it in exasperation that Boon Wan blurted this out or was it a considered fact that he knew all along and wanted to tell Parliament?

Think he must be having nightmare dreaming of Teo Ho Pin and how this case is developing. Many more questions will now be raised and make defending it that much more pointless. Can Boon Wan and his team, or Teo Ho Pin, put up a sound defence going forward? First thing, he needs to keep his cool. He is losing it and opening up gaps to be attacked.

This is like a rook’s gambit in chess. Instead of losing a rogue, oops, I mean a rook, by calling in all the pieces to protect the rook, it may end up losing more pieces and the game as well.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

from Limbo Singh:

"I feel I should accept full responsibility. As an honourable oriental gentleman I feel it is only right that I should pay the highest penalty for my mistake." - Teh Cheang Wan's last words. They don't make national development ministers like they used to. Nowadays, when caught, they throw a ton of bricks at you.

Anonymous said...

I call on Teo Ho Pin to terminate AIM's service immediately by serving one month's notice and simply buy a software from the market. No point spending so much residents and taxpayer's to create customised software for own personl glory.

Anonymous said...

Dear Minister-in-Charge
You say in Parliament no less.
The software can be bought off the shelf.

Please name the software.
Where it can be bought.
And how much it cost.

Anonymous said...

Sure the minister knows what he is saying.

The said...

1) $8 heart surgery
2) $2 company
3) Billion $ yearly losses by HDB
4) Cheap off the shelf software
5) How now brown cow?

The said...

/// TCMS software can be bought off the shelf ///

Is cow-peh-cow-bu referring to Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Yes, these can be bought off the shelf, but be careful of excessive mercury and other harmful ingredients.

Veritas said...
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Veritas said...

Our elites are after all coward and liars who dodge responsibilities.

Its puzzling why such caliber made their way to high office.

In the early PAP days, the party still have some honor. After getting their high salary, their values gone down shit bowl.

It seems that we pay peanuts in the past, we get talent. We pay good $ now, we get monkies.

Kuan Yew's value has completely bankrupt PAP

Anonymous said...

KBW wears many hats, as all of them do. So, they don't see any conflict of interests.

When you see KBW speaks and what comes out of his mouth. Just imagine he is wearing his top hat as Chairman of PAP.

Everything falls into place.

faber

patriot said...

狐狸露出尾巴,
当不了外婆了。

Game over.

patriot

Anonymous said...

6)value for money $2000 bicycle
7) Come clean

Anonymous said...

Aim is just a mole hill. Ask Chee about his bus fare or postage.

Anonymous said...

AIM is only tip of ice berg. Only when people learn to stop voting for crafty party will people finally see the truth of how this crafty party screwed up many people lives.

Anonymous said...

Unbelievable, how the supposed AIM debate has been side-tracked and diverted to a dispute on town council managing agent rate.

Anonymous said...

It maybe diverted

but,

the people will not

be fooled.

Sinkies are not

as daft as branded.

virgo49 said...

Now this Teo Ping Kwee talks about WP dubious contract with its contractor.

How about the HDB, EMS Services, Surbana etc???

Isn't these offshoot from the HDB.?????

Very few contractors dare to do business with Opposition Wards so as nit to antagonize dealings with the Papies as they are having the most wards.

So WP has yo get their own supporters to start this business. What's wrong with that???

This Teo guy should shut up and do not try to be smart

Anonymous said...

Khaw Boon Wan must have been wishing that Teo 'Hope-ing' had not created this difficult problem for him to solve.

He looks very much more haggard and worn out since taking over as National Development Minister. I hope his heart can take it. But the good news is that a heart bypass is so cheap at $8, so why worry for him?

Anonymous said...

Dont worry about Khaw Boon Wan wan.

He very holy one, so buddha will take care of him wan. No bypass he will still look healthy, $8 wasted wan but he stayed hospital shiok shiok no need to work. Got nurses to pamper him some more.

Anonymous said...

"patriot said...

狐狸露出尾巴,
当不了外婆了。

Game over."


Game over ? How can it be over when the game has just started ? You forget the clown can still 当外婆 ===>>> 狐狸外婆.


The clown can be PATRIOTIC too ===>>> Patriotic to PartyAgainstPeople as lackey, as traitor of country, to earn millions in salary, perk and bonus.

what do you think ?