Ng Eng Hen: Tanjong Pagar constitutents free to vote MM Lee
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Originally posted by Angel7030a:
As in previous election, WP sent a suicide team to LHL's led GRC and got more than 30% of the votes.
If WP or other opposition party is to send another sucide team to LKY 's led GRC and gets 30% - 40% of the votes in the coming election, it will be very interesting.
if WP can get 51% vote, that will be world news and most interesting.perhap then, i take down the lightning logo and place a hammer there...
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Originally posted by As romanista2001:
if the PM get knocked out, that'll be the biggest joke.............LOL..............from PM to not even MP.............he might just get disowned by LKY...............DOL....................(dying of laughter)
i think caskets + church pastors + temples priests will be very busy if PM lost. -
could those dirty pastors be urging their mindless followers to vote for PAP ?
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what urging??? it compulsory for them.
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Temasek Review - January 25, 2010
Written by Our Correspondent
PAP MPs rallied to the side of Singapore strongman Lee Kuan Yew after a citizen asked Education Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen last Friday during a dialogue session with NUS Alumni on why he is not stepping down. (read article here)
Dr Ng replied that his constituents at Tanjong Pagar are free to vote him out if they feel he is not “adding value” to Singapore.
Chinese tabloid Shin Min daily responded swiftly with a blatantly one-sided article defending MM Lee quoting from a few PAP MPs all of whom implored Lee to stay on.
Fellow Tanjong Pagar MP Baey Kam Keng claimed that Lee is still “very popular” with his constituents.
Nee Soon Central MP Ong Ah Heng said:
“MM Lee should not retire and should stay on as he is adding value to both Singapore and Singaporeans.”
Another MP Lee Bee Wah (previously a Malaysian) whose opinions are now “highly” sought after by the Chinese press added:
“MM Lee has a lot of foresight and is concerned about Singapore’s future. He will think of what happened 20 and 30 years later and he doesn’t mind introducing unpopular policies.”
Lee admitted to an audience of Japanese business leaders lately that he is “not doing much work except forecasting”.
Unfortunately, Lee’s “forecasts” are mostly wrong. In 2007, he boasted unashamedly that Singapore would enter a “golden period” for the next few decades. A year later, Singapore became the first Asian country to enter into a recession and is still barely out of it.
As Chairman of Government Investment Corporation which managed Singapore’s national reserves, he or his team made a few dubious investment decisions which caused Singapore to lose billions of dollars last year, the exact amount of losses remained unknown to this very day.
Though he proclaimed himself to be taking a backseat in the cabinet, many Singaporeans still believe that he is the real power behind the throne.
A former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee is the oldest MP in Parliament at 86 years of age. Now assuming the position of “Minister Mentor” which is unheard of anywhere in the world, Lee draws an annual salary of about $3 million dollars, or more than 6 times that of U.S. President Barack Obama.
While Lee still have some blind supporters from the previous generations, many young Singaporeans are either indifferent to him or are strongly opposed to his continued role in the Singapore government, judging from the comments posted in the internet chatrooms.
Lee’s growing unpopularity among the young voters may prove to be a liability for the PAP in the next general election. He recently peeved off an entire nation with his insensitive remarks about Singaporeans in an interview with National Geographic magazine.
He told the journalist Mark Jacobson that though he was aware of the fact that “many Singaporeans are unhappy with the influx of immigrants”, he continued to insist that it is for “good” of the nation:
“Over time, Singaporeans have become less hard-driving and hard-striving. This is why it is a good thing that the nation has welcomed so many Chinese immigrants.” Lee was quoted saying.
Lee described the country’s new subjects as “hungry,” with parents who “pushed the children very hard.”
“If native Singaporeans are falling behind because the spurs are not stuck into the hide, that is their problem,” he quipped.
[Source: The Singapore Solution]
EDITORS’ NOTE:
The Temasek Review is of the view that MM Lee not only does not add any value to Singapore or Singaporeans, he is becoming a liability to the nation with many flawed and myopic policies which caused tremendous suffering to ordinary Singaporeans. We call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to heed public opinion especially from young Singaporeans and ask his father to step down by the next election or risk the PAP losing votes.
Do you agree with the PAP MPs above that MM Lee is adding value to Singapore? Share your views with us at [email protected] and cast your vote on the polling station on the right hand sidebar.
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Understandable that PAP ministers are not for LKY to retire. Nobody would dare to tell his or her boss to retire.
What is missing is they keep saying he adds value but did not state how he adds value.
Bottomline is we are the ones feeding LKY and the PAP ministers, the people of Singapore should have the last say and should be taken seriously. We are the boss of LKY and all PAP ministers. Without us, it is impossible they get paid at all. Who dare not to listen to the boss? hahahah
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Feedback from readers:
Darth Vader on Mon, 25th Jan 2010 12:19 pm
Of course MM Lee is still adding value to Singapore; he’s adding negative value, just like how his daughter-in-law earned negative profits of $48,000,000,000/- for Temasek Holdings.
Progressive polltics ahead on Mon, 25th Jan 2010 12:21 pm
I think the MM can still contribute BUT not officially as MM drawing such a monstrous salary at $250,000 per month. He can give informal advice to the parliament – that’s all. At that age, accountability has no more meaning. what if he makes wrong decisions and they are proven wrong?? What does accountability mean? If there is no meaningful accountability, I think the responsibility should not be given.
q on Mon, 25th Jan 2010 12:27 pm
Everyone must make Boss happy to keep his job.
The one who make Him the happiest will get promoted and maximum bonuses. Maybe Boss will give him a giant Ang Bao during Chinese New Year, maybe a Minister post or a GLC or 2. -
cannot step down wo
rem we are told that we must work till
we get v v v old, half leg inside the coffin liao
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cannot take step, take lift lor...
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I think he have put too much value in his speech.
He will be voted out himself very soon.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
I think he have put too much value in his speech.
He will be voted out himself very soon.
I really hope so -
he will sooner or later be gone....
but what is worrisome is our great infrastructure..that our neighbors are eyeing and waiting for that day to come...while we are fighting with great oppositions..we will fall into hands of external powers if we do not continue our diplomacy with UN and other countries...we need a great leader not only from within...but also someone who could establish great diplomatic ties with UN and other countries....that is far more important than domestic politics...
dun just think opposition but far ahead a little to include HOW TO CONTINUE SINGAPORE WITHOUT LKY"
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BE VERY CAREFUL OF OPPOSITION WHO IS BACKED BY EXTERNAL POWERS...
i propose to check on the backgrounds of oppositions with care..to ensure they dun work for these external powers or agencies....to use power hungry opposition to topple Singapore so as to control us ..if that happens....we fall into hands of traitors...AND THATS IT...
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
I think he have put too much value in his speech.
He will be voted out himself very soon.
LKY voted out ??? that'll be the happiest and funniest day of my life...............
i'll gladly have my life shortened for that to happen................i'll probably LAUGH like a mad man for a week...........!!!
one guy in STOMP said that LKY is already in the coffin...............he just hasn't lay down yet.............LOL............
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
BE VERY CAREFUL OF OPPOSITION WHO IS BACKED BY EXTERNAL POWERS...
i propose to check on the backgrounds of oppositions with care..to ensure they dun work for these external powers or agencies....to use power hungry opposition to topple Singapore so as to control us ..if that happens....we fall into hands of traitors...AND THATS IT...
and can we be sure LKY isn't controlled by some foreign power................think about it, no one in his right mind will dare take S'pore independent when we even depends on others for food and water............much less economic survival................did the Brits really so willingly gave up control of such a vital geographic location............???
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Let's hope we are not into "childish" politics...
Check out the backgrounds and cause of oppositions first....that is important to protect the integrity of true oppositions from within as well as with genuine concern for the safety of our motherland....
Dun let ourselves fall into hands of external powers via "childish" politics...because the last laugh will be from them
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thats a good point vice versa - if we have natural resources, we may well be totally independent...but we are not and we are small..its a geopolitical fact.
We really need to check out the oppositions from time to time...
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Are you a mole?
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wat??? 3 million only?? Rafa benitez is 4 times his salary !!! LOL
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FCUKPAP and not Singapore future
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
thats a good point vice versa - if we have natural resources, we may well be totally independent...but we are not and we are small..its a geopolitical fact.
We really need to check out the oppositions from time to time...
foreign powers would be dumb to support opposition, might as well control PAP..................
who are these foreigh powers ? the same guys that shielded Thaksin, go see how many wanted Russians are also shielded by the same people that sheltered Thaksin............and now he's a foreign talent in Cambodia.................and why Hun Sen has so little bad press ?
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Originally posted by As romanista2001:
foreign powers would be dumb to support opposition, might as well control PAP..................
who are these foreigh powers ? the same guys that shielded Thaksin, go see how many wanted Russians are also shielded by the same people that sheltered Thaksin............and now he's a foreign talent in Cambodia.................and why Hun Sen has so little bad press ?
Fcukpap is a PAP mole.
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politics is ever complex...
we really need to be careful with what oppositions we are having....thats my repeated point and thats it....opposition we need but be careful on watchful neighbors
those who make a claim for opposition here on the forum....how can we be sure they are locals or foreigners?
Reminder - do check on oppositions
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Check from only oppositions, check on yourself first.
Fcukpap is a mole from PAP or something nastier.
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so mole or not mole la....
Check also on oppositions is my point la
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chew bakar or ikan bakar chew la...