first of all…let me bring your attention to this statement that MM Lee has said over the Lunar New Year
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1110187/1/.html
several quotes from this will be the form for discussion
Issue 1:
Speaking at the annual Tanjong Pagar Lunar New Year dinner on Friday, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew emphasised that as long as Singapore continues to give everyone equal opportunities, the country will do well.
Yeah…unless MM Lee has been living under his own ego for the past 3 months I remember him saying that FT and PRs and Children of PRs do not have to serve NS while we, the Singaporeans do. Maybe he has been choking on his $3.9million/year pay just for advising people what to do. Didn’t he say in that book The Hard Truth or something along that line in title that he just stands at the back and advise the new generation on what to do and all the decisions are made by them? So what merits him to an almost $4mil a year salary? If we have good advise and we give them to the government, can we get such a windfall of a salary as well?
Issue 2:
“All races are given equal treatment, all use the English language, it is a common platform, nobody gets an advantage and it is also the language which has enabled us to connect to the world and get investments in.”
Ok Mr. Lee…have you gone completely mad? Nobody gets an advantage…I have seen FT come in and get better pay than most of the local talent around and you have the audacity to say that nobody gets an advantage? I wonder why they lean towards the FT is because someone is paying them under the table? We can’t even do sports properly, if you want to give everyone a fair chance, just bring in FT to do the jobs we don’t want do (LIKE YOU SAID 2 YEARS AGO) and get on with it. If we cannot win at sports at least we are unable to win with our own people and not some China reject who cannot get into the Chinese team if she tried. (Take a hint)
Issue 3:
Minister Mentor Lee said 2010 was a splendid year, with the economy growing 14.7 per cent – thanks to several factors.
So why hasn’t the pay of the workers been increased by 14.7%? or has all that money gone into the government’s pockets?
Issue 4:
Mr Lee said that according to the Liveable Cities Index, Singapore is ranked amongst the top five, and all Singaporeans have played their part in achieving this by working harmoniously with the government.
I don’t know who did that survey but he has to be shot, tortured and then murdered. Singapore ranks amongst the top 5? I believe if I went around Orchard and do a quiz about people being able to migrate I am sure a higher percentage will say yes, unless of course they are FT in which they don’t have to, they can just come here, steal our jobs and go home richer, leaving it open for more FT to come and steal our jobs again. It isn’t that I am not willing to slug out with the FT for jobs but honestly if the FT are going to live here, they have to take everything the same way like us. Serve NS if you are PR or a child of the PR and everything.
Issue 5:
Mr Lee said Singapore’s tourism sector received a boost from Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands, while the manufacturing sector grew some 30 per cent last year compared to 2009.
So what about those not in the tourism sector? I am sure they need help too? But apparently the government has been too concerned with the tourism sector for far too long, F1, RWS and MBS…all these help the tourism sector but what about the rest of us?
In short MM Lee, I have 2 words for you and they are most certainly NOT “thank you”. I have seen dictators more fair than you, they at least try to keep their people happy but you just give advise to that son of yours on how to run the country to the ground and take a huge chunk of money with you. I realize that running a country is difficult job, but it is your job to make the people happy and if they are unhappy you will need to solve them! If you are being paid that extravagant amount I am sure you have some ideas on your hands, and no…we are not willing to roll over and do what you want. Either solve it or GTFO.
by the way…the 2 words looks like this F*** O**
Hii..
Nice One
Thanks
As the years go by, many of us are now beginning to realise that he is no longer a man of substance but more as a power-crazy man hidden behing a cloak of many falsehoods while all his ensuing arguments now seems to fall apart so easily. Like constantly reminding us of the fear of being attacked by our neighbours. Or like the need to pay themselves good money in order that they will not be corrupt.
But he conveniently forget to mention that there are certainly good honest incorruptible people who do not need to be paid off. And also that corruption can come in so many different forms like asking for sexual favours in return or approving upgrading projects only if the constituents vote for his party. Or for that matter like when you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours in return such as if you look after my son well, I’ll make sure your kids are also well taken care of.
Whatever he is now saying doesn’t seem to be backed up by real facts of life any longer. It’s about time that we see him from a different angle and need not give him credit when it’s not due.
Well said my man!
With regards to issue 4, that the senile old man says that SG is in the top 5 livable cities. That’s certainly a lie. Please refer to the following link:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/World%27s_most_livable_cities
Singapore appears in neither of the 3 tables. He thinks that no one will have access to such information, and he makes up numbers as it is.
someone needs to go to MM Lee and show him that list…then go ahead and tell him “WHAT’S UP?!”