Teo Chee Hean called for “leadership renewalâ€
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Teo Chee Hean called for “leadership renewal” within political sphere
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has called for “leadership renewal” not just within the political sphere but also the community during a speech made at the NUS ministerial forum yesterday.“We need active citizens who are prepared to come forward to actively and constructively contribute to making Singapore a better home for all of us,” he was quoted as saying in Channel News Asia.He did not elaborate more on what he meant exactly by “leadership renewal”.
The Singapore government is indeed in urgent need of some “leadership renewal”.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is already 58 years old this year. The two senior ministers are above 60 years of age while DPM Wong Kan Seng is 64 years old. Of course, there is the octogenarian Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew who will be 87 years old this year.
The retirement age of Singaporeans is 62 and so it is high time that these ministers retire and make way for younger leaders to replace them not that Singapore requires so many SMs, MMs and DPMs to help the Prime Minister govern a country with a landmass of only 700 sqkm2.
Furthermore, their services do not come cheap. The Prime Minister’s Office alone cost more than $10 million dollars annually in terms of wages alone.
No country in the world has so many ministers helping a Prime Minister. Malaysia, a country of 28 million people has only one Deputy Prime Minister and no SM or MM.
Mr Teo exhorted Singaporeans to come forward to build a “better” Singapore, but the PAP continues to hold on tightly all levers of power in the country and refuses to let go.
Repressive and ridiculous laws are put in place to curtail the civil and political liberties of Singaporeans.
Defamation lawsuits are employed frequently by PAP leaders to bankrupt and cripple those who dare to voice out their disagreements against them.
Mr Teo ended his speech by pointing to “Singapore’s reserves and strong investment in defence as examples of big anchors that keep the country stable.”
“So the question is: should all of you be so frightened that all of you abandon ship straightaway? No, the answer is ‘no’. What I’m trying to put to you is, you should have a well-founded confidence in our own future. Why? Because even though we have vulnerabilities, we have anchors against these vulnerabilities, and indeed we have many, many strengths for the future,” he said.
Singapore was reported to have lose billions of dollars of its national reserves via its two sovereign wealth funds in failed overseas investments last year.
Till today, the exact losses are not revealed to Singaporeans. How can Mr Teo expect us to have confidence in our future when the PAP appears to have so many things to hide from us?
Instead of talking so much, perhaps he should practice what he preaches by replacing himself with a younger leader as part of his proposed “leadership renewal” since he always appear to be lethargic in parliament and was caught napping once on television:
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Does this mean that LHL's son joining politics soon?
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I think what he meant is that he is ready for the tailor to custom-made his emperor robe anytime soon.
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hopeless case this PAP.
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Originally posted by Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew:
Does this mean that LHL's son joining politics soon?
Which son ?The one who is unfortunate to be unable to see the light of day without dark glasses ?
Of the arrogant one that believe his family position allow him to supercede the military chain of command ?
Or was there another one more junior that presently has yet to make its own mark ?
It is unfortunate that this call for leadership renewal is another ploy to maintain the status quo when the existing hand-picked leadership has yet to show that they are able to stand on their own merit, and continue to be in the shadows of LKY and his schemes with election gerrymeandering.
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Originally posted by Fuck PAP & Lee Kuan Yew:
Does this mean that LHL's son joining politics soon?
LHL's nephew likely. Just won first prize for the political debate elsewhere right?
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Originally posted by 4sg:
I think what he meant is that he is ready for the tailor to custom-made his emperor robe anytime soon.
I think at this stage within the party, he maybe the only safe choice....because defence issued has been independent from local politics. He kept his name out most of the time.
Georgy girl has IR on his back so probably lay low for a while.
As for the rest......lack leadership, Totally clueless....especially the lead character.
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Wha, if they all retire in 2 to 4 years time, that will be very costly lor, you will find more SMs and, more MMs to feed with higher salaries. Damn, Gst is going up for sure.
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How can there be a leadership renewal when a PM become SM and so on?? As per the name of retire, he should be out of the whole picture, go home feed chicken and grandchildrens if he have.
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Originally posted by 4sg:
I think what he meant is that he is ready for the tailor to custom-made his emperor robe anytime soon.
maybe already made and tried. Just waiting for the right time to parade it in public.
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he can go nake on the street, and no one will said anything...the emperor new cloth