There is fear of a big change for the
worst. The question is whether Singapore
Today we are starting to hear the Govt
acknowledging that the population is too big to handle, but still many are
talking of 10m and more. And knowing that there is no other formula for growth
except population growth, you are not too far wrong to expect the population to
keep increasing at an intolerable rate after the GE. We are also hearing the
lost of a Singapore identity and Singaporean core? Did these things happen
yesterday? Who caused them? Nobody knows, I bet you, nobody knows how and when
did they happened, just like nobody knows that we are marching towards the
cliff. Everyone will swear they did not know.
Can a new party in power with a new PM be
worse than the direction we are going? At least there is hope in a new party
and a new PM to change course, knowing that the cliff is just ahead. And why
should a PM Low Thia Khiang or PM Sylvia Lim or PM Chee Soon Juan, or PM Tan
Jee Say be a problem? They will inherit a system with some of the best men we
have in the govt service, in all the services. These bright men and women will
still be there to serve the new govt and PM. What is needed is a new direction
with new emphasis on Singapore
With a new govt and a new PM, the script
will be rewritten. The population growth with be halted, the number of foreigners
in high places will be monitored and reduced, Singaporeans will be favoured and
in charge, not discriminated brazenly. The new govt will run the country for
Singaporeans. And the formula, instead of going all around the world to hunt
for foreigners when a problem pops up, the new govt will rely on our own top
talents to deal with the problems. The new PMs will get the best men and women
to assist him in the execution of his pro Singaporean policies.
Is this different from what the present
govt is doing? Got problem, set up a committee, pay for expertise. Go to the
whole world to find the experts to solve our problems. Our million dollar
employees only need to manage and know how to find foreigner talents to solve
their problems. The new PM can do the same, but with the heart in the right
place, to think Singaporean first. We are Singaporeans, we are good enough to
solve our own problems, especially problems that we created for ourselves.
What is the point of having so many top
talents from the best universities of the world for? To collect money and not
to solve problem, cannot solve problems and needing foreigners paid a fraction
of their pay to solve problems for them? I believe we have the best talents to
look after our own problems, to solve our own problems like we used to do to
build this great city and home before it is turn into another 3rd
World slum, run down by 3rd World talents and 3rd World
mentality. Lee Kuan Yew said we must have the confidence to look after
ourselves, not everyday looking for foreigners to help us solve our problems.
Singaporeans better get used to PM Low Thia
Khiang or Sylvia Lim, or Chee Soon Juan or Tan Jee Say and look forward to a
better future for themselves and their children. The people in the eastern part
of the island have seen the light and know what they want and are voting for
their future in a new hope. Going forward is a treacherous affair if things are
not going to change for the good of Singaporeans but for the good of
foreigners.
Aiyo mr RB , opposition tried to portray themselves as underdogs in having so many different parties against one major party that impossible to be the government
ReplyDeleteLike one die hard always harped that the wp cannot contest all seats how to be government??
They played the by elections strategy, now you tell them pm low, pm Sylvia
Wah piang, sinkies will be afraid to kick the pap out, So they will remain as opposition MPs
Ha ha ha
DeleteMb RB stands for "Renegade Brigade" ....?
A spinoff of "Internet Brigade"?
ReplyDeleteYes! Anyone Can Be The PM Of Singapore!
I m not a fan of PAP or Opposition Parties.
But it is perfectly OK to me to have PM from any parties.
Singapore is bigger than just a person, the PM.
I don't believe Singapore to be ruled by just one person.
We have a world-class civil service staffed by able people.
Believe me, they can run a VERY efficient and a VERY effective
civil service regardless who is the PM!
So, any PM will do! Yes, anyone PM will do!
What is the MOST important to the masses is that the elected PM
must have the HEART for its people FIRST!
Growth for the country comes SECOND!
What is the point of growth at the expense of the well-being of
the masses!
This is my SG50 dream. Towards SG100!
Cheers.
RB..it would not be far off the target to declare the oppos as the cleanest,least corruptible politicians in Singapore..in fact..the world. There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that the civil service machines have been working day n night to pin these guys down for any evil, wrong doings or behaving horribly. Compare this to the shenanigans in PA, NEA, library etc and we wonder why these guys are not in parliament in greater numbers. Looking for crooks and self interests? Look no further than the grass roots organisations la..see the structure of HDB that houses thousands of chiak Liao bees who are perpetually on 1 course or the other and understand that the real power is at the branch office levels and you'll understand the real impact of the grassroots leaders..yes ..even extending to car parking facilities..it is time for a complete overhaul..
ReplyDeleteTo me who become Chenghoo oso the same.
ReplyDeleteI will still be what I am, gong gong struggling for my 3 meals.Or maybe worse.
Want become PM must have 宰相之腹。
If only saliva can graciously go for the 2nd meeting I would have a higher hope and respect for her.
Luckily haze give way else become housewife oso possible.
Want become PM oso must have standard, good human spare parts and likeable.Not any Arthur Ah kow can be one.
Bright men n women? PM ? Hehe...
Singaporeans must open their eyes wide wide to see who is corrupt and who is not.
ReplyDeleteI trust Singaporeans are smart enough to see the truth.
Aiyo, PM Low?
ReplyDeleteThen why "PM Low" dare not even name his shadow cabinet by now? And if this Teochew Ah Hia does not even want to talk to Hainan Ah Ko now, why u think he will want to make Ah Ko a minister in his cabinet, assuming PAP is voted out in coming election?
To tell you the truth lah, Ah Hia is only good as "nice guy to PAP" opposition MP material. Make him PM, he will screw up lagi more than mai hum Lee.
Want become PM must have 宰相之腹。- Agongkia said.
ReplyDeleteCompare the political leaders in China and the USA. The Americans all look like Hollywood actors and actresses, and many are just actors and actresses.
The Chinese leaders look nerdy, never the good looking actors, but very strong and talented. That is how they built a nation from dust to challenge the Americans. The Americans used to have great leaders, but now run by good looking and empty head leaders, and fading away.
Good leaders are not determined by how good looking they are. If that is the case, go an ask all the Hollywood actors to come and stand for election. Everyone looking so suave and intelligent and attractive.
Too bad NDP just over. One of the dry run during NDP preview/rehearsal is the funny appearance of invited acting PMs . It will be more refreshing to see your alternative PMs at future NDP preview/rehearsal . Hands-On Green Matters
ReplyDelete@ AnonymousAugust 11, 2015 9:45 a.m.
ReplyDelete//To tell you the truth lah, Ah Hia is only good as "nice guy to PAP" opposition MP material. Make him PM, he will screw up lagi more than mai hum Lee.//
Out of your countless one-theme comments, the above statement could be the only one that makes sense.
Mr Teochew is no PM material.
Mb "FM" ....... "Funeral ( Wake ) Minister "?
ReplyDeleteagongkia 9.40am pls kindly note....
You said that .........
"To me who become Chenghoo oso the same.
I will still be what I am, gong gong struggling
for my 3 meals. Or maybe worse"
You are very very correct...gong gong struggling
for 3 meals!
Don't know how many people are like U have to
gong gong struggling for 3 meals.
Yes, gong gong struggling for 3 meals!
How many of them?
So how? Any choice?
Any kind solution?
PAP and WP forming a coalition govt after election? Hahahahaha. Then "nice guy to PAP" Ah Hia will be a ideal choice of PAP to be minister. He sure support PAP banyak banyak one.
ReplyDeleteGot one interesting short video of pm lee and Teochew ah Hia in car chaik Hong laughing away
DeleteTried to send to mr RB see whether he wanted to post or not
This maybe sabo by someone not to vote wp
Cheers
@RB
ReplyDelete宰相之腹 to me has got nothing to do with looks but more on being gracious.Can forgive and forget.Not petty etc.
My Taiwanese mei mei use that to describe me, though I not good looking:-)
Agongkia knn.
ReplyDeleteSelling laughing gas early in
the morning.
U farting like a toad.
The day will come when PAP will beg WP to become the JUNIOR partner in a coalition government.
ReplyDeleteIf there is a need for PAP to invite an opposition party to be a junior partner, it would be the end of PAP. Why would WP be a junior party when it can be a senior partner in a coalition with other parties?
ReplyDeleteWhy would WP not take over the premiership and instead be a small partner to be boot around?
Why would WP be a junior party when it can be a senior partner in a coalition with other parties?
ReplyDeleteRB 11:25 a.m.
Why not, if WP think there is better benefit to be in coalition with PAP than with other parties?
Just like WP think there is better benefit to be a "nice to PAP" opposition, like what they have been all along, than to be a "Aung Juan Soon Chee" opposition?
Or just like RB think it has better benefit for him just to blog to fight PAP than to become opposition candidate to fight PAP mah. Tio bo, RB?
Why would WP not take over the premiership and instead be a small partner to be boot around?
ReplyDeleteRB 11:25 a.m.
Alamak RB, your maths OK or not? Only contest 28 seats out of 89, got aspiration to take over the premiership meh? Teochew Ah Hia must be laughing if he were to read this.
@ redbean
ReplyDeleteSorry for my bad writing.
I meant to say the day will come when PAP will beg to become the JUNIOR partner in a coalition government with WP.
With Low Thia Khiang as Prime Minister of course.
Why would PAP want to do this?
So that they can learn how to solve problems and serve Singaporeans from the WP.
@ RB:
ReplyDeleteNo way lah. Cannot make it, fundamentally because those "alternative" choices for PM from "alternative' parties are simply TOO NICE as human beings to be an effective, DICTATORIAL Prime Minister, which is required for Singapore.
Even LHL is only a very "lite" version of his old man.
IMO the 2, maybe 3 which can be "trained" to be nearly as tough and no-nonsense as Lee Kuan Yew are:
1. Dr Ng Eng Hen
2. RADM Teo Chee Hean
and maybe
3. Lim Swee Say
@ 1238:
ReplyDelete>> it's already one big whore house. <<
Where is your sense of meritocracy? when you are big, you must be hard strivin' to be BIGGER. Number 1 Best In Whole World. Singapore-style.
>> Let's make matilah the prime minister of singapore. <<
1st Day In Office: Calls up all the other Asian leaders and tells them "Fuck you and your kin! Next time you come to Singapore, blow me, OK?"
2nd Day In Office: Bombs Djakarta and KL, orders 200 plane loads of hookers from Thailand, The Balkans and South America.
3rd Day In Office: Legalises all drugs
4th In Office: Legalises personal firearms. No restriction on calibre
....I doubt the cuntry---as a "civilised society"---will last more than a week under my administration. You'd better choose someone else, for your own sakes ;-)
3 potential tough PMs. Iswaran, Shanmugam and Tharman. My bet is Tharman would be the toughest. Don't be misled by his genial façade. Read his story.
ReplyDeleteThe old adage: " Don't count the number of your MPs ( chickens aka 鸡 in Chinese ) before they are elected ( hatched )".
ReplyDeleteMr Teochew's team C, D and E are unlikely to unseat their respective incumbents given current dynamics ( though situations are still fluid ).
Their team B's chances are also not very assured of winning in their most promising battleground in the coming hustling.
Furthermore, which other "heavy weights" to deploy to the 2 new SMC?
Other parties might have better chances than Mr Teochew this time round ......
The last two by elections have proven that you do not need heavy weights to beat the super talents. The voters are looking for people with good hearts, not clever people with misplaced hearts.
ReplyDeleteThey want a govt that is for the people. As simple as that.
With so many foreigners in the country, many taking up good jobs at the expense of the local talents, you bet the people will be angry.
A C or D team from the opposition will be enough to unseat the A or B teams of the PAP in this election. Wait for the surprises and the shock and awe when the result is announced.
The highly successful professionals that the PAP are offering to the people may not be seen as the right people to serve the average Singaporeans. They did not know what is the meaning of being average Singaporeans and the kind of problems they are facing.
ReplyDeleteHow could they empathise with the people and their simple aspirations? How could they serve the average Singaporeans with their little irritating problems? They live in different worlds.
You see one pap candidate said to people- you paid do little monies, you want ti eat XO durians ah???
ReplyDeleteGive you mao shan tiger shits then you know.
These XO durians for us elites only.
@ Virgo 49 August 11, 2015 3:36 p.m.
ReplyDelete"You see one pap candidate said to people- you paid do little monies, you want ti eat XO durians ah???
Give you mao shan tiger shits then you know"
Given the circumstances, 10pinis mb 50% chance to be the next awzoonique.
Even if they emulate the free abalone porridge gimmick and give free cat hill king dewrain in the coming weeks, it may just be "肉包子打狗，一去不回头".
Who wins could be preordained.
@Virgo
ReplyDeleteYou talking about Changkat 猫山王?
I thought I saw a Changkat reader claiming he and his family member never heard that.
The anon who say so probably doesn't know about being challenge and shd step out to clarify .
Cannot anyhow say else your Penang condo can only appear in yr dream.Dun play play.
What is more scary than PM Low Thia Khiang?
ReplyDeleteSenior Minister (and then later, Mentor Minister) Lee Hsien Loong.
When and how will we ever get rid of this parasite?
I implore all voters to vote for Alternative Parties at any Wards.
ReplyDeleteThough one Ex-military Man has chicken out and announced he is not in contention for tge Coming General Election, rest assure that higher ranking ones are coming into play.
Personally, I feel that this tiny rock is being rule by a junta in civilian attires. DESPITE HAVING LEFT THE ARMIES, THEY ARE BEARING THEIR RANKS AFTER THEIR NAMES AND OFFICES(APPOINTS.
I SUSPECT THEIR UNIFORMS ARE EVEREADY ON STANDBY FOR USE.
THESE GROUP OF EX-MILITARY MEN CABINET MEMBERS, WHEN NOT IN UNIFORMS AND THOSE IN STAT BOARDS AND STATE OWNED ORGANIZATIONS DO FIT INTO AN OLIGARCHY AS WELL FOR THE POWER AND AUTHORITY ARE ALL IN THE HANDS OF THESE FEW PEOPLE.
THE VOTERS OF ANG MO KIO AND PUNGGOL PASIR RIS GRCs CAN AND SHOULD DO ALL SINKIES A GREAT FAVOUR BY
SACKING THE PAP TEAMS.
THE AMK AND P RIS VOTERS SHALL BE THE HEROES AND HEROINES OF SINGAPORE FOR CREATING HISTORY IN THE COMING GENERAL ELECTION FOR ENDING THE DYNASTIC RULE FOR 50 YEARS FOR ALL SINKIES TO CELEBRATE
SG 50.
THERE CANT BE BETTER PRESENT TO ALL SINKIES.
BE REMINDED THAT THIS COMING GE IS THE
LAST AND FINAL CHANCE.
AFTER THIS GE,
THOSE THAT COME AFTER SHALL BE
DECIDED BY
IMPORTED CITIZENS
AND ALL NATIVE SINKIES WILL HAVE TO SUCK THEIR OWN THUMBS SHOULD THEY BE OUTNUMBERED.
IT IS A FINAL MAKE OR BREAK SITUATION.
I REALLY WISH FOR A
NEW PRIME MINISTER
AFTER THE ELECTION RESULT.
patriot
Hi Ahgongkia, penang condo no pipe dresm.
ReplyDeleteIf PAP in power again, think better get penang bungalow and ho to pulai balek to enjoy the durians rather than let the elites see you no up eating durian seeds thrown at them.
Aiyo, one pap licker defending his masters by saying my whole family is there. No such remarks.
Hi patriot, let tanjong pagar grc also make history by sacking the whole lot of chaik see loo.
ReplyDeleteLui lah loo or gian lui thrown in the hat. At least still got some liang sin and pride in not been called parasite.
Cheers
Virgo 49;
ReplyDeleteAs said, the Falls of Ang Mo Kio and Punggol Pasir Ris GRCs
will bring the PAP down to its' knees
and also ends the Dynastic Rule.
Obviously, I wish Tanjong Pagar and any other Wards to sack the PAP. It shall be the BEST GIFT FOR
SINGAPOREANS TO CELEBRATE SG50.
patriot
Thank you for this article, Redbean. I agree 100% with what you said.
ReplyDeleteAnd the comment by jigg of 9:33 a.m. - a very sound observation.
What a marvelous blog you have here!
No there is no way they will lose because there are too many skeletons in this cupboard. Too many MNCs and their special interests. So you do your Gerrymandering properly, and you win for another generation or until you get another 5 years to permanently alter the demographic makeup and ensure enmity between locals and new transplant. Its a page from Machiavelli's little book.
ReplyDeleteIn the most unlikely scenario? Maybe another Operation Coldsore? Part 2. Die, die, cannot lose for at least another generation until all the money is safely out of the country, the books are buried, the bodies are all too old, too decomposed and well forgotten to matter. That's how you transition you silly idealists.
This sounds very serious.
ReplyDeleteThe resignation of a minister
is ominous.
Now, expect Coldstore II.
There was warning of military
intervention.
Will it be as bad as we read here ?