WHAT SINGAPOREANS WANT FROM THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT
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Originally posted by Lazybumy:
Do you think they bother to listen to your request?
I doesn't matter as long ordinary people read and know about it. -
Originally posted by zulkifli mahmood:
I want the government to review seriously about the ministers and president’s salary. I want them to lower their salaries because it is now the most highest paid salaries in the world. It is a burden for Singaporeans and its not justified while the population of Singapore are mainly consist of majority average income earner Singaporeans.
According to the elites, their salary are only peanuts, also we need to pay them such a pay to prevent corruption. So in a way, they are giving you 2 choices, cont to pay them the "peanuts" or allow them to be corrupted. Your choice. -
Originally posted by Lazybumy:
According to the elites, their salary are only peanuts, also we need to pay them such a pay to prevent corruption. So in a way, they are giving you 2 choices, cont to pay them the "peanuts" or allow them to be corrupted. Your choice.
In sales we call this as the 3Cs. First you try to convince, if fail again try to confuse and if fail again the final effort try to con.. -
Originally posted by Lazybumy:
According to the elites, their salary are only peanuts, also we need to pay them such a pay to prevent corruption. So in a way, they are giving you 2 choices, cont to pay them the "peanuts" or allow them to be corrupted. Your choice.that is ultimatum. strange, we have no say in their salary, they decide what amount they want. They have the best job in the whole world. paid world class salary doing easy job.
If for money they are corrupted then they are not fit to be serving a country. Just as well go do full time business.
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The majority of the Singaporean agree with this and had given them the mandate to pay themselves the peanuts. The people deserved the government they have.
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Originally posted by Lazybumy:
The majority of the Singaporean agree with this and had given them the mandate to pay themselves the peanuts. The people deserved the government they have.
Thanks to those sickos giving them the mandate at our expense.
They are killing us, killing our country.
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Originally posted by Lazybumy:
The majority of the Singaporean agree with this and had given them the mandate to pay themselves the peanuts. The people deserved the government they have.
They are blinded with blind faith and they are blind followers. -
I want to drive at 16.
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Originally posted by zulkifli mahmood:
I want the government to cut their defense budget by 50% so there will be more fund for other purpose that would benefit Singapore and Singaporeans.
finally, someone who share my view on the defense budget ..
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we want them out.
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zulkifli mahmood wrote on 03 Feb `13, 11:38AM "I want the government to cut their defense budget by 50% so there will be more fund for other purpose that would benefit Singapore and Singaporeans." Tscaaa wrote on 07 Feb `13, 10:02PM "finally, someone who share my view on the defense budget .." This simply because we all those money spend on weapons Singapore government can do plenty to improve many Singaporean lives. Take a look at this... Military spending in South-East Asia Shopping spree Countries are buying lots of weapons, but does it count as an arms race? Mar 24th 2012 | JAKARTA AND SINGAPORE THE tiny island-state of Singapore, home to just over 5m people, has a well-deserved reputation as a quiet, clean-cut hub for banking, lawyering and golf. Yet beyond the fairways it bristles with weapons. According to a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Singapore is now the fifth-largest arms importer in the world, bested only by some obvious behemoths—China, India and Pakistan—plus South Korea. Singapore accounts for 4% of the world's total spending on arms imports. Its defence spending per head beats every country bar America, Israel and Kuwait. This year $9.7 billion, or 24% of the national budget, will go on defence. These are striking figures, but then Singapore has been one of the bigger spenders in the region since its rancorous split from Malaysia in 1965. The difference now is that almost every country in South-East Asia has embarked on a similar build-up, making it one of the fastest-growing regions for defence spending in the world. Military analysts at IHS Jane's say that South-East Asian countries together increased defence spending by 13.5% last year, to $24.5 billion. The figure is projected to rise to $40 billion by 2016. According to SIPRI, arms deliveries to Malaysia jumped eightfold in 2005-09, compared with the previous five years. Indonesia's spending grew by 84% in that period. It is part of a wider Asian phenomenon. For the first time, in modern history at least, Asia's military spending is poised to overtake Europe's, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a think-tank in London. China is doubling its defence budget every five years and India has just announced a 17% rise in spending this year, to about $40 billion. Until recently domestic insurgencies have amply justified some South-East Asian countries' defence spending. Yet for decades there have been no interstate conflicts. An existential angst remains in Singapore over Malaysia to the north and Indonesia, its big neighbour to the south. Still, it is hard to imagine any of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) locking horns, apart perhaps from Cambodia and Thailand, who lob the occasional artillery shell at each other over a disputed temple on the border. Mostly, though, countries seem to be exploiting economic success to update their hardware while the going is good. Defence spending slowed sharply after the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98, when many planes and ships were already old. Now many countries are enjoying rapid economic growth, of up to 6% a year, and robust budgets. This is not, says Bill Edgar of IHS Jane's, a “strategic� arms race. Rather, he says, it is all about modernisation. Take the regional giant, Indonesia. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 not only devastated communities, it also laid bare the shortcomings of the armed forces, which proved to be ill-equipped and demoralised. As American and Australian troops poured off aircraft carriers and other ships into the ravaged province of Aceh to bring aid and search for victims, Indonesian troops were reduced to spectators. The newly elected president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, took the humiliation personally. A former general, Mr Yudhoyono has since made modernising Indonesia's armed forces a priority. Indonesia is spending $8 billion this year on defence—still rather modest for a country of 240m, but up sharply from $2.6 billion in 2006. Much is going on new hardware and spare parts. The country has acquired Russian and American warplanes, including F-16 fighters, vessels for its navy, and spare parts for its C-130 transport planes. In January Indonesia signed a $1.1 billion deal for three German-made diesel-electric submarines, and lawmakers are debating whether to buy 100 Leopard tanks from the Netherlands. Mr Yudhoyono also wants to improve the lot of soldiers, with higher salaries and benefits. Domestic political calculations are another factor behind the region's defence splurge. Terence Lee at the National University of Singapore argues that in countries where the armed forces have meddled in politics, civilian politicians use larger defence budgets to buy political compliance from the military—Thailand is a case in point. Singapore, on the other hand, has a different motivation. It is the only country in the region building its own high-tech arms industry. Singapore has long sold weapons to other developing countries, but has recently been winning its first large orders from Western armies too. ST Engineering, the only South-East Asian firm in SIPRI's top 100 defence manufacturers, has sold over 100 Bronco (or Warthog) armoured troop carriers to the British, for use in Afghanistan. For all that, strategic concerns do count for something. For example, the sea lanes leading to the Strait of Malacca are the lifeblood of Singapore's prosperity. And over the past decade, some may have worried that America was distracted by war elsewhere. So the growth of a Chinese blue-water navy has implications. Strategic concerns also loom large for any country with a territorial claim to the disputed South China Sea (see article), where China's assertive stance has provoked a surge of spending by, for instance, Vietnam. The country recently ordered six Kilo-class submarines from Russia. Vietnam is also buying seven or so new frigates and corvettes over the next decade. In the Philippines the government of President Benigno Aquino almost doubled the defence budget last year, to $2.4 billion. Even with new submarines and planes, Vietnam and the Philippines are still no match for Asia's new superpower, should it come to war. But it might make China think twice, or even thrice, before trying anything, and buy time before America—presumably—comes to the rescue. http://www.economist.com/node/21551056
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On Singapore defence budget take a look at this... Singapore raises defence spending by 4.3% SINGAPORE - Singapore will increase its defence budget by 4.3 percent over last year, data in the government's annual budget released Friday showed. The Ministry of Defence's total expenditure in the financial year 2012 "is projected to be $12.28 billion", the budget report said. This represented an increase of Sg$504 million or 4.3 percent over the previous year, it added. The defence expenditure will constitute 24.4 percent of the government's total spending for 2012, making the ministry the biggest beneficiary of the budget allocation. Most of the money will be spent on "the purchase of military equipment, maintenance of equipment and camps, and the salaries and allowances" of soldiers, the budget report stated. Singapore's gross domestic product reached Sg$326.8 billion in 2011, with defence spending forming 3.6 percent of it. The city-state's defence budget is expected to hit $12.32 billion by 2015, global research group IHS forecast earlier in the week. "States like Singapore, have a strong current account and currency, and very sound public finances, so its defence spend looks stable in the near term," said Rajiv Biswas, Asia Pacific chief economist at IHS Global Insight. Singapore has the biggest defence budget in Southeast Asia and the seventh largest in Asia, according to IHS. http://www.asiaone.com/Business/News/Story/A1Story20120217-328632.html
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the singapore budget will be out on this month.. pls compare budget for national defence, ( almost a blank check book, wait for signature only ).. n the budget disburse to local born singaporean.. such disparity.. yes, we should work hard.. but the fruit r not share equally..
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Originally posted by Tcsaaa:
the singapore budget will be out on this month.. pls compare budget for national defence, ( almost a blank check book, wait for signature only ).. n the budget disburse to local born singaporean.. such disparity.. yes, we should work hard.. but the fruit r not share equally..
I hope the opposition parties MPs bring up this topic to Parliament now while the white paper on population is being discuss..waiting for singapore budget is like giving them a go for more defence budget spending... -
zulkifli mahmood wrote on 02 Feb `13, 10:09PM “As a Singaporean, I want…. 1. Full payment of my CPF upon reaching my retirement age. 2. I want the retirement age to be 55. 3. Less CPF contributions. 4. Cash bonus from the Government every end of the year for using my CPF money to invest oversea.� Iqbal Nasron wrote on 03 Feb `13, 8:35AM “1. I agree 2. Not clear. U in the uniform grp? For uniform its 50… Yes thts a lil too early… 55 for uniform offcrs is gd… For pte sector.. The current retiremnt age is gd. 3. More CPF is gd. It has help us pay our housing loans… N if we’ll be getting bck full CPF when we retire… It doeant matter how much CPF deduction bcos we’ll be getting them anw… Treat it like savings… So u dont hv to worry abt retiremnt savings. 4. Why wld the govt give u cash bonus? They r already helping to maintain ur CPF acct… Its really like a bank. Do u think we hv money in our bank? No. When we keep our money in the bank… The bank will use our money for loans or investmnts to others. Else whr do u think they get the money? Its like a community. 10 ppl saves 100$ each amounts to 1000$. Thn 1 guy came borrow 500$ n bank loan it w interests… These interest thn will be distributed to these 10 who saves their money w the bank cos the money really actually belongs to these 10 ppl.� TehJarVu wrote on 03 Feb `13, 8:40AM “cpf life is ok but i want pay-out of at least $3000 PV per mth� TehJarVu, what you mean by PV here? Reply to Iqbal nasron: “Not clear. U in the uniform grp? For uniform its 50… Yes thts a lil too early… 55 for uniform offcrs is gd… For pte sector.. The current retiremnt age is gd.� I say 55 because that is the time for those who wish to retire early, they can choose what they want to do with their CPF while they are still quite mentally and physically strong. Whether they want to do business in Singapore to promote entreprenueurship or buy a property overseas and retire there etc… “More CPF is gd. It has help us pay our housing loans… N if we’ll be getting bck full CPF when we retire… It doeant matter how much CPF deduction bcos we’ll be getting them anw… Treat it like savings… So u dont hv to worry abt retiremnt savings.� Yes, it has help us pay housing loan I agree but if the CPF contribution is let say 12% for employee and 15% for employer, it would not be a heavy burden on the employers plus Singapore could attract more foreign investments thus create more job opportunities for Singaporeans. However, this would only be good too if the government bring down the sales prices of HDB flats. And finally the most important factor is with less CPF contribution from the employees, they can bring back more money home. “Why wld the govt give u cash bonus? They r already helping to maintain ur CPF acct… Its really like a bank. Do u think we hv money in our bank? No. When we keep our money in the bank… The bank will use our money for loans or investmnts to others. Else whr do u think they get the money? Its like a community. 10 ppl saves 100$ each amounts to 1000$. Thn 1 guy came borrow 500$ n bank loan it w interests… These interest thn will be distributed to these 10 who saves their money w the bank cos the money really actually belongs to these 10 ppl.� I see CPF like an investment. I put money in it and I want a cash dividend or bonus just like the ‘New Shares’ in early 2000, do you remember that? Its like we are the shareholders of the company and put money in it. Its different from the bank system at least when I put and save money in the bank, I can withdraw it anytime and I don’t have to wait until I’m 65 years to withdraw my money with bank interest.
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no need to wait.. as usual, sure increase.. even though, up to now, not a single dollar out of all defense budget conbined.. were actually used on actual combat.. pls la, dun mention the two commandoes donkey yearssss ago.. now they still coming ma, for ciggarette smuggling..
cannot catch all of them, now trying to catch our citizens n fine them for buying cheapo ciggy..
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I want a mandotary minimum monthly basis salary of $1500 for employees. In the 70s and 80s, which was a minimum basic salary of $250 only, Singapore had that policy regarding on mininum salary but it disappear along the way...funny isn't it. What happened to it?
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what happen to the ( new share ) ? every time change name to confuse me..
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I want the COE policy to be scrapped totally. Before the completion and commencement of some of the mrt lines in the 80s, there were no such policy of COE. The COE came into existence after the mrt systems started its operation in Singapore.
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I want the government to concentrate building more on 3 rooms BTO HDB flats and some 4 rooms BTO HDB flats. Stop building ECs and stop selling state lands to private developers for private housing development for now. Hope by doing this the income gap in Singapore will be lessen.
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I want the Government to scrap that mandatory policy of three quarter tank of petrol to be filled up in the registered Singapore vehicles petrol tank before going to JB. We don't have that policy before until they saw many Singaporeans started to fill up their petrol in JB. This is because Singapore government do not have petrol subsidy for Singaporeans plus Singapore currency higher than Ringgit Malaysia. Then implement one or else let the Singaporeans choose where they want to buy their petrol, in Singapore or Malaysia? Malaysia petrol is subsidise by the Malaysian government.
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I want the government to subsidise the electricity utility cost for Singaporeans. The electricity in Malaysia too is subsidise by the Malaysian government, regardless whether you are a Malaysian or a Foreigner.
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I want the government to impose this laws on PRs in Singapore. 1. No CPF for PRs. 2. PRs status limit to 5 years afterwhich they must choose either to become a Singaporean or renounce their PR status. 3. Disallow PRs from buying HDB flats. 4. Male PRs, 18 years to 40 years old must serve the mandatory National Service if they want to become a Singaporean.
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I want the government to reduce the road taxes for all vehicles in Singapore. Singapore road taxes are the highest in the world now.