117 questions will be asked in Parliament on Monday. 31 of these will be
asked by opposition MPs and NCMPs. This is 26% of all questions asked
by 10% of the MPs. Look at it from another perspective, 90% of the
ruling MPs will ask 74% of the questions. Is this material?
Should the people be saying, wow, so many questions asked in Parliament,
the MPs are working very hard and making the ministers to work very
hard as well? The same kind of question can be asked, we have so many
ministers, second ministers, ministers of states, senior and junior,
Parliamentary Secretaries and mayors! Whew, how many mayors did we have?
Best govt in numbers. Would it be better to have best govt in quality
and fewer in numbers?
In number terms, we must be very well run with so many pairs of hands
working and so many talents worth their pay in charge. So why have so
many questions asked? Either we have too many things that need
questioning because things are not right and proper, or there is a
competition and a prize for the most questions asked.
We also have so many foreigners here, so they must be contributing a
great deal to the economy, or they are taking a great deal from the
economy or causing a lot of problems to the country and people.
Is it a case of the more the merrier, more means good, or there is
something called quality. A ton of shit would not worth more than a kg
of gold surely. Don’t get me wrong, I did not know what they are asking
and whether these are serious or very important questions or issues to
be raised. I am just saying that numbers do not necessary mean quality
stuff, but can be quality stuff. 10 good quality questions can make a
lot of difference. I will make an effort to watch the news and read the
papers to note the 117 questions to be asked on Monday. I hope every
concerned citizen too will be watching too. We know that there are many
big issues and some very serious that are affecting the people. Would
these be raised in the 117 questions? It would be a big disappointment
if none is raised in the barrage of questions tabled.
In case those questions you think are important are not asked, do not be
annoyed. Please remember that what is important to you may not be
important to them and vice versa. No need to pull your hair or stomp
your feet. This is the reality of politics.
"90% of the ruling MPs will ask 74% of the questions."
ReplyDeleteRB
Not material lah. Even if 100% of the opposition MPs ask 74% of the questions also like that what, tio bo?
Will more questions ask make the PAP or WP change for the better for ordinary Sinkies?
All our politicians in parliament are paid the highest salaries in the world as politicians.
ReplyDeleteFor governing one of the smallest countries.
99 MPs.
5 mayors
1 executive president
You need so many people meh?
PAP arseholes always say, Monaco has a higher population density than Singapore.
Property prices are even higher.
But the PAP arseholes never tell us the number of politicians there are in Monaco.
This is called cherry picking the hard truths.
Selective amnesia.
"Will more questions ask make the PAP or WP change for the better for ordinary Sinkies?"
ReplyDeleteAnon 8.33 am
No. PAP will still remain the best party to rule Sinkies.
And WP will remain as the strongest opposition party but not ready to be govt.
How come WP chief Low Thia Khiang do not want to ask any questions?
ReplyDeleteSee here who from opposition is asking questions:
http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/11/10/opposition-to-raise-31-questions-in-parliament-tomorrow/
/// How come WP chief Low Thia Khiang do not want to ask any questions? ///
ReplyDeleteHow come PAP chief LHL do not answer all the questions that are asked in parliament?
Netizens can pose as many
ReplyDeletequestions here as they like.
No need for answers.
Just ask.
"You need so many people meh?"
ReplyDeleteAnon 8:34 am
Not you but the 60% who gave them the mandate to need so many people.
And the opposition, for being what they are, and causing the 60% to decide PAP, although getting more screwup ruling ordinary Sinkies, is still the best available to rule Sinkies.
I also have a question to ask:
ReplyDelete" Why pay an MP so much to go round the estate to look for sanitary napkin?"
I have a question for PM Lee.
ReplyDeleteBased on your track record so far, do you still think you are operationally ready to be Prime Minister?
Question for PM Lee:
ReplyDeleteAverage free market price of houses (not flats hor) in UK is 168,000 pounds or S$336,000.
Why UK so cheap?
Why PAP government's subsidized HDB flats so expensive?
SOURCE:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rbs-agrees-1-080-mortgages-001135813.html
"It said the average amount its customers wanted to borrow was 159,000 pounds and the average price of the home they wanted to buy was 167,565 pounds."
Please dun ask question just for the sake of asking.
ReplyDeleteBoleow and wayang should be out.
Dun waste precious times .They know best.
Be productive.
/// Dun waste precious times .They know best. ///
ReplyDeleteROFL
The important thing is to get those questions asked, and generate responses which are then recorded for eternity in the Hansard.
ReplyDeleteWill it make a difference, probably not...but one can never say for sure.
HI anon 9.58.
ReplyDeleteBig nose TCBye will said: What do you think??
LKY : So??? but now maybe no strength to say loudly any more.
Rest of ministers: Do ask just for the sake of asking lah!!
You must also come out with solutions, right??
We get the salaries but you all do the thinking and solving the mess we created for us.
Also, aiya, just appoint a committee to make recommendations lah. We go through the recommendations and implemented whatever they said. We just pay the bill for another few hundred thousands that's all.
After all, it's not our monies you know.
You keep fighting to ask for higher wages for your fellow co-suffers, then you shall pay for the increases not us.
It will be passed to you all suckers who wanted the increase.
Parliament Meetings in Sin
ReplyDeletehave always been going through
the motion affairs. Most Sinkies
could not be bothered with them
most of the time anyway. Answers
given to Questions were mostly
beyond the comprehension of
lay citizens. Sometimes they were
outright disbe!ieveable or too
ridiculous to be believed.
patriot