Singapore Elections queries? Expect service to be smooth

• ztreyier

  3 Jan 10, 14:36

   

  Election query? Expect service to be smooth

  Goh Chin Lian Sun, Jan 03, 2010

  The Straits Times

  The Elections Department is preparing its hotline to deal with a surge of public inquiries during the presidential and general elections.

  The presidential election must be held no later than August next year and the general election no later than February 2012.

  In a tender document obtained by The Sunday Times, the department said it is looking for an interactive voice response system to handle public inquiries on electoral information.

  http://www.asiaone.com/News/the%2BStraits%2BTimes/Story/A1Story20100103-189346.html

• angel7030

  3 Jan 10, 14:40

  Business as usual, should be as smooth as silk

• charlize

  3 Jan 10, 14:41

  Singaporeans seldom get to vote.

   

  That's why there is a helpline to explain to them how elections work?

• angel7030

  3 Jan 10, 14:54

  helpline is merely tocreate temporary jobs for some aunties. the rest are press 1 for english  press 2 for shanghai chinese press  3 for beijing chinese  press 4 for putong hua, press 5 for liaoning dialect etc etc

• Herzog_Zwei

  3 Jan 10, 19:04

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Singaporeans seldom get to vote.

   

  That's why there is a helpline to explain to them how elections work?

  
  Only if you are the cuckoo who wants to vote electronically.

• keeptouch

  3 Jan 10, 19:13

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  helpline is merely tocreate temporary jobs for some aunties. the rest are press 1 for english  press 2 for shanghai chinese press  3 for beijing chinese  press 4 for putong hua, press 5 for liaoning dialect etc etc

  
  Helplines is to help prostituties like you who have no brains to teach you how to vote

• Fantagf

  3 Jan 10, 19:15

  Originally posted by keeptouch:

  
  Helplines is to help prostituties like you who have no brains to teach you how to vote

  
  

• tranquilice

  3 Jan 10, 19:15

  Originally posted by ztreyier:

   

  The presidential election must be held no later than August next year and the general election no later than February 2012.

  
  Is there a limit on the number of terms which the current president can serve?

• Fantagf

  3 Jan 10, 19:16

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

  
  Is there a limit on the number of terms which the current president can serve?

  
  No

• ztreyier

  3 Jan 10, 19:19

  Originally posted by keeptouch:

  
  Helplines is to help prostituties like you who have no brains to teach you how to vote

  There is this "christine" that keeps on posting sex services on sgforums.

• tranquilice

  3 Jan 10, 19:19

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  No

  
  I hope there will be no walkover again in the next presidential election, 2 terms should be enough for the current one.

   

• Fantagf

  3 Jan 10, 19:21

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

  
  I hope there will be no walkover again in the next presidential election, 2 terms should be enough for the current one.

   

  
  As far as I know there is no such thing as walkover for presidential election.  Correct me if I am wrong.  

  I concur that 2 terms are enough for the current one.   I suppose he is already in his late 80s and as such the ruling party sees no possibility to let him continue that is why there is going to be presidential election.

   

• ztreyier

  3 Jan 10, 19:22

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  No

  That's how things usually goes in Singapore politics. 50 years still same clown as leader.

• Fantagf

  3 Jan 10, 19:24

  Originally posted by ztreyier:

  That's how things usually goes in Singapore politics. 50 years still same clown as leader.

  Let's hope the evil tyrant will not live to see the next election.

  hahahaha.

  Waiting to celebrate upon his demise.

• ztreyier

  3 Jan 10, 19:25

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  Let's hope the evil tyrant will not live to see the next election.

  That is our common wish.

• keeptouch

  3 Jan 10, 19:25

  Originally posted by ztreyier:

  There is this "christine" that keeps on posting sex services on sgforums.

  
  Could be the prostitute angel7030 in disguise

• 4sg

  3 Jan 10, 19:26

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  As far as I know there is no such thing as walkover for presidential election.  Correct me if I am wrong.  

  I concur that 2 terms are enough for the current one.   I suppose he is already in his late 80s and as such the ruling party sees no possibility to let him continue that is why there is going to be presidential election.

   

  The Presidency can be elected or appointed by the existing govt. That is what I know of.

• Fantagf

  3 Jan 10, 19:26

  Originally posted by keeptouch:

  
  Could be the prostitute angel7030 in disguise

  
  

• Fantagf

  3 Jan 10, 19:27

  Originally posted by 4sg:

  The Presidency can be elected or appointed by the existing govt. That is what I know of.

  
  Yes, it is flexible in a way.  Probably it has to be flexible to suit the fancies of the existing ruling party.  

• ztreyier

  3 Jan 10, 19:29

  Originally posted by 4sg:

  The Presidency can be elected or appointed by the existing govt. That is what I know of.

  After Ong Teng Cheong, PAP won't allow another popular guy to be President and disobey them.

  Everyone must follow PAP dictates.

• tranquilice

  3 Jan 10, 19:31

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  As far as I know there is no such thing as walkover for presidential election.  Correct me if I am wrong.  

  I concur that 2 terms are enough for the current one.   I suppose he is already in his late 80s and as such the ruling party sees no possibility to let him continue that is why there is going to be presidential election.

   

  Why not let him continue? If the ruling party doesn't want him anymore then if another ong teng cheong got elected to be president then the ruling party will start worrying again.

   

• Fantagf

  3 Jan 10, 19:31

  Originally posted by ztreyier:

  After Ong Teng Cheong, PAP won't allow another popular guy to be President and disobey them.

  Everyone must follow PAP dictates.

  As it is, we all know the president of Singapore is nothing but a puppet under control.  hahahah

• Fantagf

  3 Jan 10, 19:33

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

  Why not let him continue? If the ruling party doesn't want him anymore then if another ong teng cheong got elected to be president then the ruling party will start worrying again.

   

  
  actually, president nathan did not want to continue the 2nd term, it was the ruling party that "forced" him to.   His health is not good that was the reason he gave when he rejected.     I doubt he will want to continue when his term ends due to health problem.

• noahnoah

  4 Jan 10, 00:21

   

  if can get millions

  i dun mind being a puppet too

  Why not just go around shake hands

  and observe parade

• assolingam

  4 Jan 10, 09:36

  Originally posted by ztreyier:

  After Ong Teng Cheong, PAP won't allow another popular guy to be President and disobey them.

  Everyone must follow PAP dictates.

  
  The Old Despot only wants an obedient servent-president under him and the Roti Prata man fits the bill.

  Here's the reason why OTC was replaced by the Roti Prata man :

   

  http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0310/nat.singapore.ongiv.html