People conveniently blame the system and the government when things dont go their way.
So, what kind of " shake up" should be given to these people?
niuyear ( Date: 11-May-2011 09:48) Posted:
Are singapoerans willing to give PM a chance to move his cursor into everyone's heart?
pharoah88 ( Date: 11-May-2011 09:38) Posted:
bIggest prOblem REVEALED
There are others who
share my view too ...
George Yeo: Many PAP members now feel the same about the need for change
Teo Xuanwei
xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg
EX-Minister George Yeo Explaining Why The Prime minister apologised
(PM Lee) came down to Kaki Bukit and after the walk about we sat down for coffee and we were reviewing the progress of the campaign so far.
So I told him that there was deep resentment which had to be acknowledged, not just cursorially, but in detail. And it was not just a question about policies, it was not just the minds we were addressing, we have to address the hearts too.
He listened very hard, he paused, and later he told me that it was because of that conversation that he took that position at Boat Quay.
So I’m a voice, sometimes it’s in the minority, sometimes it’s part of the majority. |
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Merger of SDP and NSP is a good idea, since their resources of finance, manpower and brains could then be pooled and strengthened. To be successful in merging, it is necessary to note that there are often sacrifices to be made inevitably in a merger situation, and to be able to come out strong, there should never be tussles for power amongst members, since all are working for a common cause.
pharoah88 ( Date: 11-May-2011 08:21) Posted:
Updated: 10/05/2011
NSP approached by SDP's Tan Jee Say to discuss possible merger of parties
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The National Solidarity Party's Secretary General, Goh Meng Seng says he has been approached by the Singapore Democratic Party's Tan Jee Say to discuss a possible merger between the two parties. Mr Goh says the idea was put forth after the elections, and he will raise it for discussion at his party's next Central Executive Committee meeting on Thursday. He expects the discussion to take some time. When contacted, Mr Tan acknowledged the casual conversation took place over breakfast on a morning after the elections. Mr Tan, was one of 11 candidates fielded by the SDP in this year's elections. The former Principal Private Secretary to then Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, contested in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. The team garnered almost 40 per cent of valid votes in the GRC. Mr Goh's NSP fielded the most number of candidates in the election, but did not win any seats in Parliament.
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Ha ha, someone shake wrongly, instead of shaking box, he shaked legs. Another lesson learnt liao. Cheers.
pharoah88 ( Date: 11-May-2011 09:47) Posted:
Minister George Yeo on the need to ‘shake the box’
When I was in the Harvard Business School, there was a course which I took called ‘Control’, which is how does an organisation achieve its objectives through feedback, audits, various control methods. And we studied all manner of feedback mechanisms, audits, checks, counter-checks and so on.
In the end, the professor gave a summation which till today, I remember, which is that from time to time, it’s important to shake the box.
Because whatever system you set up, after a while, it becomes so predictable that it doesn’t capture all the feedback that it needs to have.
So a certain shaking of the box is required from time to time, and this is such a time. |
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Quote " costs are due to higher food prices imported elsewhere, as a result of higher oil prices, which is reflected in transportation costs for cars, buses and electricity'....OIL was US50-70/barrel few years back and is now abt US100+/barrel.....OMG.....
ALMOST all essential items are imported from many countries elsewhere, UNLESS WE GROW OUR OWN FARM VEGETABLES, FRUITS, FISH, OILFIELD, SALT, COPPER, ZINE,,,,,and don't forget.... your MEDICINE too...
pharoah88 ( Date: 11-May-2011 08:37) Posted:
治 根 不 治 本 ？
应 该 叫 治 标 不 治 本 。
意 思 是 病 的 症 状 治 好 了 ， 但 致 病 的 根 源 没 清 除 。 |
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MM never know that some boats have holes? God never give the inspiration to our proxies and stakeholders? A Miss is good as a mule?
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?p=55397851
May 1, 2011
Solution to rising costs is to grow economy: MM
Only PAP can form govt capable of doing so, he says
By Chua Mui Hoong, Deputy Review Editor
MM Lee visited the PAP Radin Mas branch yesterday to rally the troops helping incumbent candidate Sam Tan Chin Siong (right, behind Mr Lee). Radin Mas is a new single member constituency carved out of Tanjong Pagar GRC, where Mr Lee and his team members have been returned unopposed. -- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN
Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has an answer for voters who ask what else the Government can do to ease their pressure over the rising cost of living: It can give out more.
But to do so, it needs to grow the economic pie. And this requires a capable government to run the country - which means the People's Action Party (PAP), as no opposition party is able to assemble a team close to the quality of the PAP's.
He made these points at a press conference yesterday evening, after visiting the PAP's Radin Mas branch to rally the troops helping incumbent candidate Sam Tan.
Radin Mas is a new single-member constituency carved out of Mr Lee's Tanjong Pagar GRC, which is the only uncontested constituency this election.
Mr Lee acknowledged voters' concerns over high living costs. But these are due to 'higher food prices elsewhere, as a result of higher oil prices, which is reflected in transportation costs for cars, buses and electricity'.
He disagreed that PAP policies have raised costs or widened the income gap. Instead, its policies have helped Singapore ride on a 'rising tide' - but not all boats have risen equally.
For those concerned about falling behind, the Government has Workfare for the low-income. For the majority, it has shared the benefits of growth by giving back rebates and dividends worth up to 'a few thousand dollars per person' in the U-Save and Grow and Share package.
'It's only possible because we have a capable government, and most importantly, we have a capable finance minister and MAS managing director,' he said, referring to Jurong GRC candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Tampines GRC candidate Heng Swee Keat, who was managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) before standing for election.
'After the financial crisis, last year we grew 14.4 per cent, so we have the cash to give this Growth and Share package. Without that, there will be very little to share,' he said.
Singapore was able to grow the economy, so it did not have to raid the reserves which have taken decades to build up.
'The trouble is, young Singaporeans don't know the past,' he said. 'They do not know how vulnerable currencies are if they don't have solid reserves and a stable, strong government.'
He lamented that the younger generation does not understand the need for an exceptional team to lead Singapore.
'It is a footloose generation that has not experienced the past and believes that Singapore is now an aeroplane that is flying safely and can go on autopilot and anybody can take over,' he said.
'But I don't happen to believe that. I think we'll run into all kinds of bad weather and you need capable people in charge.'
He warned voters that the opposition seeks not only to be a check on the PAP Government, but also to trip it up and eventually take over to form the Government.
The Workers' Party's ambition, he said, is not just to win one GRC. 'Let's have no hypocrisy about this: Every political party sets out to win, and win a majority - and they're setting out from a single constituency to a GRC, and then to expand to more GRCs, and to take over.'
The trouble is that they lack the people who could do the job, he said.
'Low Thia Khiang, he wants to be the co-driver. What does he really want? He wants to take over.
'So I'll ask him, who's going to be his finance minister, his defence minister, his minister for trade and industry, his foreign minister? And who is his prime minister?
'It's up to you to decide whether they're capable of running Singapore.'
He dismissed the suggestion that an elected opposition is needed to maintain checks and balances on the PAP.
'Let me put it simply: Do you want a First World government? What is important? A First World government, or a Second World government with a First World opposition?
'And I don't think we've got a First World opposition yet. And from 1966 to 1981, there was not one opposition MP and the PAP remained incorrupt, completely dedicated to the job, and made great progress and brought Singapore up to a higher level.
'That is our record. You look at the growth rates from 1965 to 1981. That's my answer. The character of the PAP has not changed. It's incorrupt, it's efficient, it's all-inclusive.'
Updated: 10/05/2011
NSP approached by SDP's Tan Jee Say to discuss possible merger of parties
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The National Solidarity Party's Secretary General, Goh Meng Seng says he has been approached by the Singapore Democratic Party's Tan Jee Say to discuss a possible merger between the two parties.
Mr Goh says the idea was put forth after the elections, and he will raise it for discussion at his party's next Central Executive Committee meeting on Thursday.
He expects the discussion to take some time.
When contacted, Mr Tan acknowledged the casual conversation took place over breakfast on a morning after the elections.
Mr Tan, was one of 11 candidates fielded by the SDP in this year's elections.
The former Principal Private Secretary to then Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, contested in
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
The team garnered
almost 40 per cent of valid votes in the GRC.
Mr Goh's NSP fielded the most number of candidates in the election, but did not win any seats in Parliament.
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