50 reasons not to vote PAP
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August 27, 2009
You voted for PAP, and you get to pay 7% GST instead of 5%.
You voted for PAP, and they peg power to the price of oil even when
80% of Singapore’s power comes from natural gas.You voted for PAP and your CPF money gets lock up for another 3 years
more than the original.You voted for PAP, and your ministers demanded a 85% pay raises.
You voted for PAP, and your job went to a foreigner.
You voted for PAP, and your neighbors become foreigners.
You voted for PAP, and your elderly gets to enjoy the dignity of
employment by cleaning toilets, scavenging trash bins for aluminum
cans and selling tissue papers.You voted for PAP, and your minsters tell you it is your fault that
Mas Selemat escaped.You voted for PAP, and your government would rather lose millions at
sinking foreign banks rather than to save you from starvation.You voted for PAP, and not only do your ministers literally spit on
you, but their scions tell you to “get out of their elite uncaring
faces”.You voted for PAP, and you are amply rewarded with ERPs at your doorstep.
You voted for PAP, and Lee Hsien Loong pledged to fix the oppositions.
You voted for PAP, and you got a Division 3 Prime Minister who needs 2
mentors to hold his hand.You voted for PAP, and you got a large serving of Mee Siam Mai Hum, at
your own expense.You voted for PAP, and your salary stayed stagnant for more than a
decade while the cost of living shoot sky high.You voted for PAP, and you see the foreign kids get a place in school
while you child get zilch.You voted for PAP, and you find that your public transport is no
longer “public”.You voted for PAP, and your ministers want to house 1,500 foreign
workers right smacked in the middle of a peaceful neighborhood without
any concerns for you.You voted for PAP, and the government readily reward your men with
more hookers than they can ever poked in Geylang.You voted for PAP, and your government happily demands $5000 ang pao
from you when your maid runaway or get pregnant even though you had
nothing to do with it.You voted for PAP, and your government glorify themselves with Olympic
sized banners of their ghastly faces to scare away ghosts during the
Chinese 7th month, courtesy of your S&C contribution to your town
councils which is suppose to go toward making life in your
neighborhood better.You voted for PAP, and they protect the interests of the petrol
companies by making you pump 3/4 tank before you cross the causeway.You voted for PAP, and they see nothing wrong with fining you for
driving a foreign registered car into Singapore.You voted for PAP, and you discover that world-class super talented
multi-million dollar minister with all the state resources and
manpowers cannot even catch a limping man in this tiny island state
after more than half a year.You voted for PAP, and you realise that your MP’s job is not to speak
out for you in parliament, but to tell you to tighten the belt, bite
the bullet, eat lesser and work longer.You voted for PAP, and your kids have to stay with you till 40 years
old, as they cannot afford the cheapest “public” housing.You voted for PAP, and your government tells you that their
interpretation of subsidies is the profit that they forgo making,
instead of actually paying part of the cost.You voted for PAP, and everyone in Singapore suddenly got elevated to
Swiss standard of living, except you, and everyone around you.You voted for PAP, and your neighbors can sell your home for you
(en-block), whether you like it or not.You voted for PAP, and your organs automatically belongs to the
government (HOTA).You voted for PAP, and you have to pay administration fee to use your
own money when you are sick (Medisave).You voted for PAP, and your sons get to spend 2 or more years as free
labour in National Service and 13 more years as reservists, so that
the foreigners can have a safe country to work in.You voted for PAP, and you found out that each of your son is worth
$30k, because that is what you are going to get if your son die while
serving the foreigners.You voted for PAP, and you get a grand party every year on 9th August
celebrating more salaries for PAP.Not everyone is invited though, you
will still have to ballot for it.You voted for PAP, and they tell you that there is a corner called
Hong Lim Park where you can go to talk all you want, other than that,
shut up unless you have something nice to say.You voted for PAP, and you get a world-bottom “nation-building” press
serving you the latest propagandas, regardless of truth.You voted for PAP, and in order to buy a car, you have to first pay
for a piece of paper that cost more than the car itself.You voted for PAP, and you must vote for PAP! You cannot even think
about not voting for PAP. Because a certain inaccurate old man said
that he will call in the army if you don’t.So vote for PAP. Read the list above again, and vote for PAP. Go
ahead, vote for PAP. More good years eh? Vote for PAP. For Swiss
standard of living. Vote for PAP. Mee Siam Mai Hum ok? -
Actually, this election, if I were the opposition, I would attack a PAP established stronghold.
Toa Payoh, for eg.
Just tell the residents, whatever can be done in terms of infrastructure, already done, upgrading all done, HDB hub already in Toa Payoh, therefore Toa Payoh is HDB's model estate
Vote opposition in here, there will be minimal impact, less of what they can threaten you with, and ultimately, as all of you have seen in Hougang and Potong Pasir, upgrades still happen.
And most importantly, remove Wong Kan Seng. He doesn't even dare to be accountable for Mas Selamat, how can he be a minister?
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Originally posted by soul_rage:
Actually, this election, if I were the opposition, I would attack a PAP established stronghold.
Do you dare to fight the king in TP?
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Originally posted by ztreyier:
Do you dare to fight the king in TP?
Why not, last election, the Suicide 6 attacked LHL's stronghold and made him very embarassed.Moreover, there is some boiling anger over how the PAP shielded Wong from the Mas Selamat fiasco.
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If you attack PAP in next elections, I will vote and support you.
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Originally posted by ztreyier:
If you attack PAP in next elections, I will vote and support you.
xtreyier, hahahahhawhy be so hard on people who don't see eye to eye with your favourite party?
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The PAP established the place, why would the people there vote it out?
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
xtreyier, hahahahhawhy be so hard on people who don't see eye to eye with your favourite party?
hahaha Ztreyier
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Originally posted by Vader1337:
The PAP established the place, why would the people there vote it out?
PAP established which place?
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Originally posted by ztreyier:
PAP established which place?
"The" place.
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Originally posted by Pentaxdude90:
hahaha Ztreyier
X-rated Fraud after getting exposed for all of its fraudulent beliefs in support of the PAP, is now trying hard to change over a new leaf to be a pseudo- anti-PAP activist.From X to Zee - that seems to be a slide for the worst.
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BoomZ.
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PM Lee urged Singaporeans who are terminally ill to consider end-of-life options
You want this type of rulers
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Pinoy praised ease of PR application in Singapore
September 29, 2009
A Filipino had lavished generous praise on Singapore for the ease of PR application.
Writing on a pinoy forum, he described his personal experience of applying for Singapore PR.
“Today, we completed the formalities for our Singapore Permanent Residence at the ICA building on Lavender St. We first had to go for an X-ray and blood exam to check for Tuberculosis and HIV. We had the exam done at the Raffles Hospital near Bugis Station a few days before. That took us about half a day.
Then the formalities stuff at the ICA today also took about half a day. We didn’t even have the earliest appointment which was at 8:30. Ours was at 9 am.
The thing I like about Singapore is the efficiency. From the time we arrived at the Permanent Residence processing area, you take a queue number for the self service kiosk, then just wait for your number to be called. Everything’s computerized and what’s best is that all the counters are manned! So there’s really very little waiting time,” he wrote.
There is a large number of Filipinos working in Singapore mostly as nurses, IT engineers and domestic maids. In recent years, they are found themselves in some jobs usually held by locals such as clinic assistants, tele-marketers and even counter staff at government agencies.
The post sparked off an active discussion with queries from other Filipinos who are interested to work in Singapore.
Naveen asked:
“Can you please let me know if Employment Pass is one of the pre requistie to complete PR formalities? If PR is approved but the applicant has lost job, left singapore, no longer holding valid employment pass, can he re-enter singapore on visit pass and complete the PR formalities?”
Ramonette, who is working in the Philipines enquired about getting a job in Singapore:
“I’m currently working here in the philippines as a call center agent and im so much interested to work in Singapore with the same job I have right now, is it easy to look for a job there in singapore? What are the things i need in order to land a job there?
Another netizen, Saleh added:
“My LPR application has been granted and I was told to book an appointment with the eappointment system. Could you please let me know that on the average how many days it takes to book an appointment? I mean if I log on today to book an appointment what could be the earliest time (like 2 days, 7 days or more?) that I can get an appointment slot?”
It appears that many Filipinos are keen to work in Singapore as the wages here are much higher than in their homeland.
Furthermore, they are highly prized by Singapore employers for their English proficiency.
According to statistics released by the National Population Secretariat, there are more than 70,000 PRs and 20,000 new citizens in 2008. The number of non-residents had increased from 1.2 million to 1.35 million.
Singaporeans are becoming increasingly disgruntled at the rising number of foreigners coming to work and live in Singapore.
Instead of addressing their concerns, the government will be setting up at $10 million community fund to make the newcomers feel “welcomed” in Singapore.
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wah so many reason
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WELL SAY
WELL DONE MY Brother F them
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Originally posted by Tigosing:
WELL SAY
WELL DONE MY Brother F them
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soul rag= pap=power hungry
that is why we need to ensure that people like soul rage should never enter politics.he is easily corrupted by power.in which case we might as well go into civil wars.
voting for a opposition or pap will not ensure any progress from problems presently at hand.
with people like soul rage taking over the opposition and pap...........i can vouch that u will not only get civil wars and devaluation of spore $ but the end of spore itself.
we need wiser future leaders not wanna be power hungry people who was rejected by the PAP.....
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there are many reasons to question how foreigners determine how transparent a place is.
that gambling biz tycoon said transparent.
transparent, but why then so many questions raised by the book 'singapore F1 or F9'?
This book is being sold at leading book stores on the island.
the writer is NMP-calibre Mr Leong , a contributing , prolly part time, writer for TOC.
my point is, there are many types of Transparency . If there are 10 types, and based on 1 type transparency, a person may only see a certain angle.
so, why are there so many questions unanswered if the answers already out there in public domain?
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Singapore’s GIC Suffers $41.6 Billion Loss
September 29, 2009
By Costas Paris from Wall Street Journal
Government of Singapore Investment Corp. suffered a loss around 59 billion Singapore dollars (US$41.6 billion) in the fiscal year ended March, making it one of the worst years for the sovereign wealth fund since it was established in 1981, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday.
“The equities investments suffered the most, followed by falls in property valuations. It was one of the worst years ever,” the person told Dow Jones Newswires.
The person said GIC’s portfolio now stands around S$265 billion.
GIC is the world’s fourth largest sovereign fund in terms of money managed, according to Deutsche Bank, with high-profile investments in Western financial institutions like Citigroup Inc. and UBS.
Earlier in the day, GIC said in its annual report that its portfolio lost more than 20% of its value in the last fiscal year.
However, it said, the recent rebound in global stock markets has helped it recover more than half of the loss.
The person said GIC’s property valuations are also recovering strongly.
GIC said in the report that it had an annualized 5.7% return in U.S. dollar terms over the last 20 years from 7.8% a year earlier. Its nominal return over 20 years in Singapore dollar terms was 4.4% compared with 5.8% a year earlier.
“Like many large institutional investors, GIC’s portfolio had been impacted in the severe global downturn of 2008,” said Tony Tan, GIC’s deputy chairman.
GIC manages the city-state’s foreign exchange reserves.
“By end-August 2009, global stock markets have recovered 48% from the lows of March 2009 even though they are still down 35% from their peak in October 2007,” GIC’s group chief investment officer Ng Kok Song said.
GIC said it has confidence in the long-term prospects of Citigroup and UBS.
It holds a 9% stake in UBS by way of preferred shares it bought in late 2007 for 11 billion Swiss francs ($11 billion).
Last week, it said it cut its stake in Citigroup to below 5% from over 9% after it exchanged its convertible preferred stock in the bank to common stock. It made a profit of US$1.6 billion from the sale. GIC had invested US$6.88 billion in Citi in January 2008.
“The UBS investment will take longer to recover. While both banks still face challenges in returning to profitability, we maintain our confidence in their long-term prospects,” Ng said.
Ng said that in the short-term, less funds will be available for leveraged investments as lending institutions will face more onerous capital-adequacy requirements and asset securitization markets remain impaired.
“Regulatory intervention is likely to dampen risk-taking. Investment vehicles such as hedge funds and private equity funds will be subject to greater disclosure of their activities,” he said.
The executive also said governments and central banks may face pressure not to withdraw fiscal and monetary stimulus packages because of high unemployment levels.
“These changes will present both opportunities and risks that will require GIC to adapt its investment strategy accordingly,” Ng said.
He said economic growth will be higher in developing countries rather than developed economies.
GIC said it cut its exposure to equities by more than 10% from July 2007 to September 2008, but has now increased its exposure in global stock markets to pre-crisis levels.
The fund invested 38% of its portfolio in equities last year from 44% a year earlier, while exposure to fixed income such as bonds was 24% from 26%. About 30% of GIC’s portfolio is invested in real estate, private equity, venture capital and infrastructure assets, from 23% a year earlier.
The fund increased its exposure to the Americas to 44% of its portfolio last year from 40%, while in Europe it cut its exposure to 29% from 35%. Asia accounted for 24% of its portfolio from 23% earlier.
Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore’s second sovereign wealth fund, said its portfolio shrank to S$130 billion in the year to March from S$185 billion a year earlier due to losses in equities investments.
It said that as of July, the portfolio stood at S$172 billion as a result of the recovery in global equities.
Earlier in the year, people familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires that in calendar 2008, GIC had lost around S$50 billion. – WSJ