The result of the earlier poll on whether the govt is a proactive one or just merely reacting to the haze problem is obvious. And the perception of the public across cyberspace is equally unanimous and there is no need to belabour the point.
This new poll has just started and 95 people have read and the perception is unanimous as well. One may claim that this is only the views of a small segment of the population that is highly critical of the govt and will see it this way. But if this is translated to 60% of the overall population's view, the govt is going to be in for a rough ride. And the harder the govt is pushing for this thing called 'integrity and trust' the more ridiculous it will look.
When a govt has lost the trust of the voters, no matter what it says or does, it is not going to be believed or accepted by the people. It will backfire if the heart of the people is no longer with the govt.
Unlike in the past when the people were fully behind the govt, anything the govt said will be accepted, even reluctantly. The people would just go along even if the policies were tough.
This is the stark and unpleasant difference between the current govt and the govt of yesterday. Perhaps the govt may want to hold a similar poll in reach and find 95% giving the exact opposite result and can feel good about it.
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Over the past many years, many had given up reading local newspapers and some even stopped watching local tv programmes and or listen to local radio broadcasts. The oft cited reason is that there are too much political propaganda in them that were/are one sided.
I myself have no doubt about the One-sided nature of the State Mass Media. They are too obvious and it is only right for reader, audience and listener to have lost faith in the trustworthiness of the Medias.
When Official/State Medias have became unbelievable, it is due to the Folks that produced and producing them. When trust and faith are lost, there is no need to talk about integrity.
It will backfire if the heart of the people is no longer with the govt.
RB
But what's the use even if the heart of the people and netizens is with the opposition but not the votes? I mean majority votes?
Don't forget PAP could still get a "fixed deposit" of 43% votes in a by election!
Actually the voters, to register their point strongly, could have made PAP lost its deposit in a by election. But 43% didn't.
Maybe these 43% is questioning what's the point (WP) having one more opposition MP when there's not much point when there are 6.
Lesson for all political parties.
1. Don't say not ready to be govt.
2. Don't praise your opponent as competent.
3. Don't be the first to say your opponent is playing politics.
4. Don't say "let's move on".
Or else your opponent will definitely not only not move on but even attack you lagi jialat. Jialat because your opponent is lagi strong but you are not.
There is no doubt that the SPH has played quite a significant role in eroding trust in the govt and themselves and I will not belabour the point.
More condemnming is the fact that notwistanding the very big increase in English speaking FTs from India, Philippines for eg, circulation of the ST has actually declined. It speaks volume of what the FTs think of the ST group's efforts, compared with where they come from.
Your survey is one sided. I wanted to say non-active. Not proactive and not reactive. No action at all during the critical period.
The world's Number One violator of human rights and conducting wars, the USA, is using the same tactic. Keep accusing others as violators of human rights and aggressive war making countries. The readers will forget that the one shouting at others is the really the guilty one.
The Star MALAYSIA
[Social development pays]
By BUNN NAGARA
"...the Asian Development Bank registered its disappointment with govts in South-East Asia for their low levels of social investment.
In its report
Social Protection Index: Assessing the results in Asia and the Pacific,
the ADB found that Asean govts on average spent only 2.6% of GDP on social protection programmes,
compared to a 6% average in North-East Asia.
China, Japan, Mongolia and South Korea are relatively generous on investing in social development programmes.
That may help explain the brighter economic prospects for their region compared with South-East Asia.
Singapore, for so long a star performer,
may now face wage stagnation besides a rapidly ageing population.
Its niggardly 3.5% (of GDP) efforts on social protection
is seen to be insufficient to cover the needs of the poor,
the low-wage group, and growing numbers of the self-employed.
Of course, Singapore may respond by saying that
as a developed economy there are relatively few people who are poor.
But that itself should be contextualised by the realities of rising costs and relative poverty,
and the fact that the marginalised poor are often under-represented and less visible.
The ADB report also warns of a “missing middle” segment in society –
people who are in practice not rich enough to afford decent living standards
in increasingly costly and rapidly urbanising environments,
yet who are officially not considered “poor enough” to be entitled to formal aid.
http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/Behind-The-Headlines/Profile/Articles/2013/07/14/Social-development-pays.aspx
The PAP IB keeps hammering the point of what is the use of having more opposition in Parliament.
I have this to say to them. For fun can or not?
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