tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post8825862169758574531..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Govt institutions must be freed from politicsChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-88280793601824590702011-09-05T16:58:34.584+08:002011-09-05T16:58:34.584+08:00yawn . . . .
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...yawn . . . . <br /> ............<br /> ..............<br /> ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-46392723230168711492011-09-03T21:28:51.585+08:002011-09-03T21:28:51.585+08:00in tying the civil service and other agencies and ...in tying the civil service and other agencies and organisations so tightly to it, the pap works on the presumption only it can make correct decisions about how spore shld be run and the direction of the country. that it does not and is unable to make any mistakes. <br /><br />only God does not make mistakes, and the pap is certainly not God. <br /><br />its more recent decisions are taking the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-88999857655924856102011-09-03T21:23:32.908+08:002011-09-03T21:23:32.908+08:00In fact, within the 40% opposition voters, most pr...In fact, within the 40% opposition voters, most probably have multi-faceted grievances, not purely due to the unfairness of the system, but their total feeling of haplessness brought about by the foreign workers' policy and resulting housing affordability. <br /><br />To win them over would proabaly require not only addressing the issue of fairness in the system, but a more fundamental Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-25856891727415659612011-09-03T20:07:00.694+08:002011-09-03T20:07:00.694+08:00"Mission Impossible"....Perhaps it is po..."Mission Impossible"....Perhaps it is possible...with a change of heart/philosphy and resulting attitudes.<br /><br />The ruling party can still win over 3/4's of the 40% if the resulting decisions incorporate a sensible level of fairness in local daily/policital life, a degree of openness with important aspects of life eg CPF/HDB pricing/media reporting/unfair practices accorded totkwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-22442199889695958352011-09-03T17:51:54.853+08:002011-09-03T17:51:54.853+08:00Singapore is never a democracy so it is unfair to ...Singapore is never a democracy so it is unfair to demand for independent civil service. Not even civil service, most businesses are also political to certain extent because of GLC domination in the economy. There are 2 future scenarios. One is that the PAP continues to rule and the country is deteriorating. Another is that PAP is ousted by the people and the country also deteriorating due to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-43086125701740056632011-09-03T15:41:40.811+08:002011-09-03T15:41:40.811+08:00The way and tone Ooi Hui Mei argues about the PA&#...The way and tone Ooi Hui Mei argues about the PA's stand on the issue says it all. It is political to the core.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-53174581142179471212011-09-03T14:08:54.453+08:002011-09-03T14:08:54.453+08:00When civil servants are free of political affiliat...When civil servants are free of political affiliations, any change of party in power will ensure the whole system does not break down. <br /><br />Singapore's perverted system is more to ensure that no change of ruling party can or will ever take place, hence the total politically bias towards the ruling party by the civil service.<br /><br />What we have here is a civil service, encompassingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-47598053477128205462011-09-03T11:55:19.363+08:002011-09-03T11:55:19.363+08:00This seems to be mission impossible with the way t...This seems to be mission impossible with the way that the current regime rules and holds on to power.<br /><br />In Yahoo, there's an article on WikiLeaks that reported that the local news are vetted to ensure their "pro-government leanings". <br /><br />Although this has been an open secret, it has not stopped our govt from controlling news to PA to NTUC etc to advance its Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com