Why did they vote BG Yeo out?

• Rednano

  18 Jan 12, 00:13

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  yes of course

  isn't that how you guys play the blame game just like those politicians?

  
  some things might be inherited by the previous town council.
  e.g. previous town council staff choose to act blur keep quiet over the current/ pending matters during handing-over-taking-over period.

  for cleaniness, almost all the town councils of the PAP and WP wards in fact outsourcing the cleaning and maintenance works to contractors to keep the estates/ precincts clean.

• SBS2601D

  18 Jan 12, 00:21

  HG Int is collapsing, the grass in the field is getting unkempt and so many people are jaywalking since WP took over.

  How?

• Rednano

  18 Jan 12, 00:25

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  HG Int is collapsing, the grass in the field is getting unkempt and so many people are jaywalking since WP took over.

  How?

  
  please be careful with the incorrect usage of your words.
  
  Hougang Interchange at Kovan is doing just fine.
  went there to eat at the hawker centre many times recently, no problem at all.
  
  the grasscutters are engaged by NEA/ Nparks.
  
  spot checking jaywalkers are checked by Traffic Police.
  
  
  please look at things/ situations in perspective.
  not everything is managed by the town councils squarely alone because there are many public/ government agencies governing things/ places that are under their purviews.

• SBS2601D

  18 Jan 12, 00:32

  Oh my...I might go to jail for sarcasm leveled at those who claim to understand the ground at Aljunied-Hougang Town Council well?

  Hougang Int at Kovan?

  Granted, there was an interchange there. WAS

  *chortles*

• Rednano

  18 Jan 12, 00:34

  then you think you know the ground situations in PAP wards taken care of by their town councils well as well?

• SBS2601D

  18 Jan 12, 00:35

  I dont claim to know.

  Why should I?

• Rednano

  18 Jan 12, 00:39

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  I dont claim to know.

  Why should I?

  
  because, assuming you are living in Aljunied GRC now, what you are experiencing based on your complaints are in fact experienced by most of us living in PAP wards as well...

• the Bear

  18 Jan 12, 00:40

  i have something to point out in your lovers' spat...

  the MIW have a history of trying to scuttle whatever the opposition tries to do to improve their ward.. point in case - see what happened to Potong Pasir in the past.. frankly, CST did an amazing job with the place considering the kinds of crap he had to go through... and he documented all of it nicely for all to see..

  so.. yes, the place may be going to shit.. yes the bus interchange is falling apart.. yes and all that.. but think about the filthy tricks pulled by the MIW like gerrymandering and wilful neglect.. these things do eat away at the hearts of those who look at the surface only...

  again i say, live by the sword, die by it too...

  and i repeat myself too much but all politicians are scumbags.. never give them a chance to forget that they are there to serve the people, not the other way around.. no matter the douchebags are in power or in the opposition..

• Rednano

  18 Jan 12, 00:46

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i have something to point out in your lovers' spat...

  the MIW have a history of trying to scuttle whatever the opposition tries to do to improve their ward.. point in case - see what happened to Potong Pasir in the past.. frankly, CST did an amazing job with the place considering the kinds of crap he had to go through... and he documented all of it nicely for all to see..

  so.. yes, the place may be going to shit.. yes the bus interchange is falling apart.. yes and all that.. but think about the filthy tricks pulled by the MIW like gerrymandering and wilful neglect.. these things do eat away at the hearts of those who look at the surface only...

  again i say, live by the sword, die by it too...

  and i repeat myself too much but all politicians are scumbags.. never give them a chance to forget that they are there to serve the people, not the other way around.. no matter the douchebags are in power or in the opposition..

  
  so, in your view, who are looking at the surface?

• SBS2601D

  18 Jan 12, 00:52

  

  Let's put it in perspective then.

  BG Yeo is no saint.

  People forget the Jack Neo saga for one..

  As for the dirty places I was "ranting" about, the locals have only themselves to blame. It wouldn't matter if its WP or PAP if the a$$-hole who owns the dog at my place decides to let the dog sh*t on the friggin path and not clean up every single day.

• the Bear

  18 Jan 12, 00:57

  Originally posted by Rednano:

  
  so, in your view, who are looking at the surface?

  lots of people..

  they want things and they want it now.. but forget the cost to them in the future...

  sort of like the new casinos gave us a GDP boost which resulted in the MIW giving themselves a nice bonus but the people will be paying for that in terms of more loansharking, more crime, more bankruptcy...

  and i do know what it is like being kicked around by their gerrymandering... i was from a single ward constituency surrounded by places like Clementi, West Coast, Bukit Batok, Jurong East and somehow my constituency was Bukit Timah..

  then it got absorbed into the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.. then now we got redrawn into the West Coast GRC..

  all within 3 elections..

  we're like the red-headed stepchild to be kicked around...

  so... basically, look to what the politicians you elected can do for the people.. and i don't mean just providing amenities.. those things can be done by anybody as long as they have a good and effective civil service to make it happen... what i mean is for the politicians elected to lead the country towards a goal which is more than just the unrelenting pursuit of material gain at all costs..

  that will ultimately cost the country its soul...

   

• Itedino

  18 Jan 12, 01:01

  For me. I want to vote RamBooTan to be our president. He is also a tan. At least can make us happy all the time. hahahahaa.

• charlize

  18 Jan 12, 19:23

  Originally posted by mancha:

  Don't worry about them, they can look for alternative livelyhood.

  

  What are they cooking there?

• βέτά

  18 Jan 12, 19:25

   

  Cordon Bleu fried kway teow with lots of hums.

   

   

• Amitayus48

  19 Jan 12, 11:10

  

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• charlize

  19 Jan 12, 19:46

  Originally posted by Amitayus48:

  

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  Thank you.

• sgdiehard

  19 Jan 12, 22:07

  Originally posted by Amitayus48:

  

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• iveco

  20 Jan 12, 14:41

  Originally posted by Rednano:

  
  in that case, you should channel your complaints feedback on estate/ precinct to the town council.
  
  Bedok bus interchange is already using the new temporary site presently.

  if constructions slow at sites, it's mainly the construction companies facing problems such as material delays, cash flow...etc.

  then tell me if it's raining in Aljunied GRC, you also blame the town council?
  
  if you think the PAP wards are not facing the same problems, then you are mistaken.

  Bedok bus station that side under East Coast, whose team leader is LSS aka "cheaper, better & faster" minister.

  Hougang Central is another story. They have all along been part of a WP ward.

• iveco

  20 Jan 12, 14:43

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  lots of people..

  they want things and they want it now.. but forget the cost to them in the future...

  sort of like the new casinos gave us a GDP boost which resulted in the MIW giving themselves a nice bonus but the people will be paying for that in terms of more loansharking, more crime, more bankruptcy...

  and i do know what it is like being kicked around by their gerrymandering... i was from a single ward constituency surrounded by places like Clementi, West Coast, Bukit Batok, Jurong East and somehow my constituency was Bukit Timah..

  then it got absorbed into the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.. then now we got redrawn into the West Coast GRC..

  all within 3 elections..

  we're like the red-headed stepchild to be kicked around...

  so... basically, look to what the politicians you elected can do for the people.. and i don't mean just providing amenities.. those things can be done by anybody as long as they have a good and effective civil service to make it happen... what i mean is for the politicians elected to lead the country towards a goal which is more than just the unrelenting pursuit of material gain at all costs..

  that will ultimately cost the country its soul...

   

  
  Let me guess, your house near Jln Lempeng that side?

• charlize

  22 Jan 12, 11:36

  Originally posted by iveco:

  
  Let me guess, your house near Jln Lempeng that side?

  Where is that? 

• askandanswer

  23 Jan 12, 13:35

  Aiyah, with all the bickering going on and no solution in sight, sometimes I cannot help but wish to migrate lah. If opposition take over, Singapore selesai lah.

• Hitman Factory 1

  23 Jan 12, 13:36

  its obvious.

• soul_rage

  26 Jan 12, 01:33

  Originally posted by askandanswer:

  Aiyah, with all the bickering going on and no solution in sight, sometimes I cannot help but wish to migrate lah. If opposition take over, Singapore selesai lah.

  bye.

  If you have so little confidence in your own country and think that PAP = SG, then good riddance

   

   

• Darth_Revan

  26 Jan 12, 01:46

  Let's cut to the real meat of the question: What about BG Yeo is so great that people should vote him in? We have yet to have a serious debate about his performance as a foreign minister.

  In fact, I have yet seen any serious debate about whether any minister is worth voting into parliament. In fact, I would go as far as say, Lim Hng Kiang shouldn't be in parliament after his SARS debacle. Why is he still in parliament?

  Let's look at our foreign policy. Did you know that Australia regularly screws with us on the issue of Open Skies? That is foreign policy for you.

• Lokey

  26 Jan 12, 08:31

  People just look at PAP ,then they vote accordingly. It really does not involve Mr Yeo. Beside, the WP is really strong. 

  Suppose, the Bedok reservoir suicides, MRT incidents, floodings, and the SCDF and CNB happen before the election. PAP will confirm lose.