Tan Jee Say---- our future Minister of Trade & Industry!
Monday, 2 May 2011
Rally action- May 1st
"Losing PAP candidates can stay in parliment as NCMP"- Pritam Singh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6JtcwqrtuU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6JtcwqrtuU
Government is helping to address rising costs: PM Lee?
The PAP's solution is no solution.
No doubt they had spent the last five yeras creating new jobs and attracting quality investments, like what he said in the May Day rally... but to whose benefit?
6 in 10 jobs went to foreigners last year and the year before.
It's clear that the beneficiaries are not Singaporeans.
Also, it is one thing to create jobs and another to create quality jobs.
Would you rather have 30,000 more casino dealers than 30,000 teachers?
PM Lee, your party's policy of mass importation of foreign labour has inevitably depressed the wages of many Singaporeans.
According to the Ministry of Manpower’s Singapore Yearbook of Manpower Statistics 2010 – Active CPF Members By Monthly Wage Level, there were, in 2009:
- 65,141 people earnings less than $400
- 146,080 earning less than $800
- 74,568 less than $1,000
- 128,611 less than $1,500.
Taken together, this means that there were a total of 464,400 or almost 30 per cent of all active CPF members, earning less than $1,500!
That by all accounts, is surely not reflective of a first world government or Swiss standard of living!
With your current policies PM Lee, do you really think ordinary Singaporeans can cope with rising costs?
No doubt they had spent the last five yeras creating new jobs and attracting quality investments, like what he said in the May Day rally... but to whose benefit?
6 in 10 jobs went to foreigners last year and the year before.
It's clear that the beneficiaries are not Singaporeans.
Also, it is one thing to create jobs and another to create quality jobs.
Would you rather have 30,000 more casino dealers than 30,000 teachers?
PM Lee, your party's policy of mass importation of foreign labour has inevitably depressed the wages of many Singaporeans.
According to the Ministry of Manpower’s Singapore Yearbook of Manpower Statistics 2010 – Active CPF Members By Monthly Wage Level, there were, in 2009:
- 65,141 people earnings less than $400
- 146,080 earning less than $800
- 74,568 less than $1,000
- 128,611 less than $1,500.
Taken together, this means that there were a total of 464,400 or almost 30 per cent of all active CPF members, earning less than $1,500!
That by all accounts, is surely not reflective of a first world government or Swiss standard of living!
With your current policies PM Lee, do you really think ordinary Singaporeans can cope with rising costs?
SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said Singapore's best long-term response to cope with rising costs is to ensure workers have jobs and enjoy steady increase in real wages.
He added that the government's strategy of creating new jobs and attracting quality investments here has worked.
Mr Lee was speaking to 8,500 participants at the May Day Rally on Sunday.
The increasing cost of living is a concern the government is keeping a close watch on.
That is why Mr Lee said the government will continue to invest in the people and continue to make Singapore attractive to businesses.
He said: "Ensuring good jobs, whether for present or future workers, is the first responsibility of any government, and this is what the PAP (People's Action Party) has delivered and will continue to deliver. And this is what voters must ask any political party seeking your support.
"How will you create growth and jobs for Singaporeans? Do not just say you will have prosperity. The civil servants will know how to do it. Permanent secretaries know what to do. If the ministers do not know what to do, you can be sure things will mess up and with the PAP, we make sure that ministers know what to do and we make sure we have a successful formula which provides good solution, good pay, and good jobs over the long term."
Aside from long-term plans, Mr Lee said the government also has short-term measures to help Singaporeans.
These include keeping the Singapore dollar strong, and targeting help to specific areas for groups who need it.
He added that the government is also making special efforts to help low-income workers through initiatives like Workfare, to top up salaries for older employees.
Mr Lee said: "Nobody knows what the world will be like. It will be a different world, full of challenges but also opportunities. It will be a bright future for us, provided we work hard together. So let us cooperate to strive for better jobs, better pay and better lives for our workers and for all the workers of Singapore."
Prime Minister Lee said Parliament has a significant number of MPs from the labour movement. They make important contributions like looking after the interest of workers and ensuring that government policies are pro-workers and pro-Singapore. He said the current slate of PAP candidates includes a good number from NTUC and he called on participants to support them.
To ensure that NTUC remains relevant and effective, Mr Lee announced the a development fund to raise S$50 million for the NTUC50 Development Fund.
This is to build a three generation membership base of 1 million and to develop future generation leaders in the labour movement.
Mr Lee said the labour movement needs to raise S$12.5 million and the PAP government will give a grant of S$37.5 million.
He added that this shows the government's support for the union movement and Singapore workers.
Meanwhile, in his speech in Malay at the May Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee noted that the Malay-Muslim community is benefiting from the country's success.
He said Malay workers are doing well and many have gone for upgrading.
They have also taken up better-paying jobs.
Mr Lee said growing number of Malay students are going to the university.
Many are in the polytechnics and in the ITEs picking up strong technical skills.
Mr Lee believes they will be able to achieve better lives for themselves and help uplift the community and take Singapore to even greater heights.
- CNA/ms
He added that the government's strategy of creating new jobs and attracting quality investments here has worked.
Mr Lee was speaking to 8,500 participants at the May Day Rally on Sunday.
The increasing cost of living is a concern the government is keeping a close watch on.
That is why Mr Lee said the government will continue to invest in the people and continue to make Singapore attractive to businesses.
He said: "Ensuring good jobs, whether for present or future workers, is the first responsibility of any government, and this is what the PAP (People's Action Party) has delivered and will continue to deliver. And this is what voters must ask any political party seeking your support.
"How will you create growth and jobs for Singaporeans? Do not just say you will have prosperity. The civil servants will know how to do it. Permanent secretaries know what to do. If the ministers do not know what to do, you can be sure things will mess up and with the PAP, we make sure that ministers know what to do and we make sure we have a successful formula which provides good solution, good pay, and good jobs over the long term."
Aside from long-term plans, Mr Lee said the government also has short-term measures to help Singaporeans.
These include keeping the Singapore dollar strong, and targeting help to specific areas for groups who need it.
He added that the government is also making special efforts to help low-income workers through initiatives like Workfare, to top up salaries for older employees.
Mr Lee said: "Nobody knows what the world will be like. It will be a different world, full of challenges but also opportunities. It will be a bright future for us, provided we work hard together. So let us cooperate to strive for better jobs, better pay and better lives for our workers and for all the workers of Singapore."
Prime Minister Lee said Parliament has a significant number of MPs from the labour movement. They make important contributions like looking after the interest of workers and ensuring that government policies are pro-workers and pro-Singapore. He said the current slate of PAP candidates includes a good number from NTUC and he called on participants to support them.
To ensure that NTUC remains relevant and effective, Mr Lee announced the a development fund to raise S$50 million for the NTUC50 Development Fund.
This is to build a three generation membership base of 1 million and to develop future generation leaders in the labour movement.
Mr Lee said the labour movement needs to raise S$12.5 million and the PAP government will give a grant of S$37.5 million.
He added that this shows the government's support for the union movement and Singapore workers.
Meanwhile, in his speech in Malay at the May Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee noted that the Malay-Muslim community is benefiting from the country's success.
He said Malay workers are doing well and many have gone for upgrading.
They have also taken up better-paying jobs.
Mr Lee said growing number of Malay students are going to the university.
Many are in the polytechnics and in the ITEs picking up strong technical skills.
Mr Lee believes they will be able to achieve better lives for themselves and help uplift the community and take Singapore to even greater heights.
- CNA/ms
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Dear journalists...
I stand corrected on one thing. Back in one of my earlier posts, I actually applauded the local media for trying to be more objective for this GE.
However, we have seen over the last couple of days a 100% about turn in the PAP controlled media.
It's back to the days of gutter journalism.
Stories are published to further the agenda of just one party. And yes, that also includes you too- Channel News Asia.
What is the role of journalists? I quote from Wikipedia:
.....and they are often expected to report in the most objective and unbiased way to serve the public good.
Singapore main stream media, you have failed your duty to provide objective and unbiased reports. You don't serve the public good by spreading untruth and distorting the words of the opposition.
But thanks to social media, your influence over voters is not what it was.
Case in point: "Is he SDP's loose cannon"- from the New Paper.
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4795-does-this-look-like-a-protest-march
I was there at Woodlands Stadium and Dr Chee behaved like an absolute gentlemen.
That is all...
However, we have seen over the last couple of days a 100% about turn in the PAP controlled media.
It's back to the days of gutter journalism.
Stories are published to further the agenda of just one party. And yes, that also includes you too- Channel News Asia.
What is the role of journalists? I quote from Wikipedia:
.....and they are often expected to report in the most objective and unbiased way to serve the public good.
Singapore main stream media, you have failed your duty to provide objective and unbiased reports. You don't serve the public good by spreading untruth and distorting the words of the opposition.
But thanks to social media, your influence over voters is not what it was.
Case in point: "Is he SDP's loose cannon"- from the New Paper.
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4795-does-this-look-like-a-protest-march
I was there at Woodlands Stadium and Dr Chee behaved like an absolute gentlemen.
That is all...
Alternative policies for Singapore- part 1
National Solidarity Party:
Singapore Democratic Party:
- Reduction of GST to 5% and exempt necessities totally
- Reudction of National Service to 15 months. They cited Taiwan, a country fraught with military tensions with China reducing their conscript service to just 12 months. Is Singapore in greater military danger than Taiwan?
- Mandating all new citizens to serve National Service
- Personal tax policy that taxes the high income earners (those earning more than 300k annual) more
- All elected MPs to quit full time jobs to serve
- All elected MPs to donate 35% of MP allowance to help the needy
- Meet the people's session 5 days a week
- Singaporeans first employment policy
Singapore Democratic Party:
- $60 billion dollars to refresh our economy
- Creation of more noble jobs like teachers, nurses, doctors
- Focus on creative services like IT, arts etc to help young people fulfill dreams
- Halving class sizes from 40 to 20, building 300 more schools and creating 30k more teaching jobs
- Reduction of National Service to 12 months
- Singaporeans first employment policy
- Reduction in transport fares for the elderly
- All elected MPs to donate 50% of MP allowance to help the needy
- Conversion of void decks to polyclinics to ease waiting time
Archbishop Nicholas Chia's Pastoral Letter for 2011 General Elections
Archbishop Nicholas Chia, leader of Singapore's 200,000 strong Catholics, has written a pastoral letter for GE 2011.
While he did not specifically mention sides, I'm drawing attention to two significant phrases.
"We must also ensure that the poor, the elderly and the marginalised in our society are cared for."
....
"Each one of us has a voice and can make a difference in the world in which we live through our choices in the election process."
To me, his message is clear. What do you think?
While he did not specifically mention sides, I'm drawing attention to two significant phrases.
"We must also ensure that the poor, the elderly and the marginalised in our society are cared for."
....
"Each one of us has a voice and can make a difference in the world in which we live through our choices in the election process."
To me, his message is clear. What do you think?
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