PM Lee urges citizens to brace the downturn
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called on Singaporeans to do their best to work through the economic downturn together, as a society and country.
He was speaking at a community event at Jalan Kayu on Sunday, where he launched a S$45,000 programme to help needy families.
Speaking at the annual family day celebrations at Jalan Kayu, Mr Lee said: "Bonuses are down, unemployment has gone up, not as much as we feared, but it is higher than it would be. And we can see the effects as MPs, because in our Meet-the-People sessions, the numbers have gone up."
And Mr Lee said the government will help those looking for jobs and assistance.
He said: "The government has done what it needs to do through the GST offsets, the Resilience Package and the many schemes which Singapore has in the Budget and off the Budget, in order to help people in the ways which would help them to help themselves - keep their jobs, find new jobs and help their families."
However, the Prime Minister stressed that help must be given at different levels.
Tackling the economic crisis in Singapore also involves the "many helping hands" approach. And one programme which the Jalan Kayu division has launched is called Heartstrings. It will benefit a hundred needy families in the division.
Wee Siew Kim, MP, Ang Mo Kio GRC, said: "By using the Heartstrings approach, the local grassroots organisations, which is the RC, can reach out to them directly with a package of household necessities. We intend to make it an on-going project, it is not meant to be mandate just for these trying economic times.
"And we intend to start it small with a package of S$40-50 a month on the basis that we can sustain it. We also (that) intend every two months, the RC works with the other entities in the constituency, whether it is the merchants association, mosque or temple, and together they can reach out to the needy households in our midst, and the households also see that these entities are working together as part of a community."
The Heartstrings scheme is targeted at senior citizens and needy families earning less than S$450 per month. - CNA/ms -
So to all Singaporeans!
Brace this storm. Save money and spend less.
Do what our government says!
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Didn't that Wee think that lesser mortals should suffer or die in silence by getting out of the uncaring elite's face?
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Jalan kayu?
Give free pratas?
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Jalan Kayu also near IMH. You want free hospital stay?
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Brace ourselves???...wee! all these smelly and oily Uncles here, who dare to brace together with them, i rather die than to brace them to face the downturn
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Originally posted by pearlie27:
Jalan Kayu also near IMH. You want free hospital stay?
ya, if you really want it, i can contact my Uncle Andrew, Chief executive Officer of IMH, self pawned -
Well the Singaporean people have embraced The Lee Kuan Yew regime and put up with them they can brace anything. lol
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What he means by "brace" of course, is to let him run as the dog of his cursed despotic father with a zombie wife and let him take as much of the people's money as possible to let his gambling addicted wife gamble away money made from Singapre to foreigners.
Temasek makes money in Singapore and lose to foreign country Speaker's Corner
Dont forget also the 21% increase in electricity charges and other increases to fatten the wallet of Temasek for the gambling addicted "father and daughter in law team and cronies" to lose to foreign countries.
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Originally posted by dare82:
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called on Singaporeans to do their best to work through the economic downturn together, as a society and country.
He was speaking at a community event at Jalan Kayu on Sunday, where he launched a S$45,000 programme to help needy families.
Speaking at the annual family day celebrations at Jalan Kayu, Mr Lee said: "Bonuses are down, unemployment has gone up, not as much as we feared, but it is higher than it would be. And we can see the effects as MPs, because in our Meet-the-People sessions, the numbers have gone up."
And Mr Lee said the government will help those looking for jobs and assistance.
He said: "The government has done what it needs to do through the GST offsets, the Resilience Package and the many schemes which Singapore has in the Budget and off the Budget, in order to help people in the ways which would help them to help themselves - keep their jobs, find new jobs and help their families."
However, the Prime Minister stressed that help must be given at different levels.
Tackling the economic crisis in Singapore also involves the "many helping hands" approach. And one programme which the Jalan Kayu division has launched is called Heartstrings. It will benefit a hundred needy families in the division.
Wee Siew Kim, MP, Ang Mo Kio GRC, said: "By using the Heartstrings approach, the local grassroots organisations, which is the RC, can reach out to them directly with a package of household necessities. We intend to make it an on-going project, it is not meant to be mandate just for these trying economic times.
"And we intend to start it small with a package of S$40-50 a month on the basis that we can sustain it. We also (that) intend every two months, the RC works with the other entities in the constituency, whether it is the merchants association, mosque or temple, and together they can reach out to the needy households in our midst, and the households also see that these entities are working together as part of a community."
The Heartstrings scheme is targeted at senior citizens and needy families earning less than S$450 per month. - CNA/mshe is saying that basically there would not be a year end recovery.
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well seriously we got to save money.
for lunch i recommened everyone drink only water.
drink from public toilets.
for dinner also drink water, drink from public toilets.
the money we saved? give to lee kuan yew, he loved money.
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Haha.
Might as well say drink directly from Singapore River.
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Is PM Lee actually joking when he said that ? Wow.
So he thinks throwing tax payers money of $40-50 lollars at the poor is gonna make the problem go away ? Wow.. I am.... speechless.
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Singaporeans must upturn the downturn.
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Originally posted by Fire Cracker:
well seriously we got to save money.
for lunch i recommened everyone drink only water.
drink from public toilets.
for dinner also drink water, drink from public toilets.
the money we saved? give to lee kuan yew, he loved money.
Get your free water supply from this.
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40 and 50 bucks compared
to the money that loss in their investments
is really peanuts
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Originally posted by jojobeach:
Is PM Lee actually joking when he said that ? Wow.
So he thinks throwing tax payers money of $40-50 lollars at the poor is gonna make the problem go away ? Wow.. I am.... speechless.
wa loa he is telling SG u don't expect much from Govt.....LHL is master of symbol....and we all think he lack imaginative he is a....... Poet.
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We should sack this useless PM and distribute his salary to the poor people in singapore.
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Originally posted by Arapahoe:
wa loa he is telling SG u don't expect much from Govt.....LHL is master of symbol....and we all think he lack imaginative he is a....... Poet.
Haiz.. he lacks the charisma of his lao peh.
See him like that sibeh sian.. like the lord of the lamers.
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Originally posted by jojobeach:
Haiz.. he lacks the charisma of his lao peh.
See him like that sibeh sian.. like the lord of the lamers.
Lack of the look and grooming as well.
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Originally posted by 8800:
We should sack this useless PM and distribute his salary to the poor people in singapore.
wao loa don't u think it is abit too late....U don't look for toliet paper when u want to shit.....
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Lack of the look and grooming as well.
I disagree lah... he is more handsome than his lao peh...grooming wise I donno lah.. never had the chance to find out what kind of undergarment he wears.
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Originally posted by jojobeach:
I disagree lah... he is more handsome than his lao peh...grooming wise I donno lah.. never had the chance to find out what kind of undergarment he wears.
Cannot compare with his lao peh lah as an old man.
Young time LKY better looking; not so blurr looking like LHL.