At the "Singapore at 50: What lies ahead?" dialogue with American journalist and author Fareed Zakaria in July, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Tharman Shanmugaratnam had reiterated that Singapore is in a fortunate situation “where there is a great deal of trust and confidence” in the current leadership and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, 63. “Fortunately, he is very healthy. And we have, very importantly in the wings, a group of younger people.”
That explains the colour choice of his shirts, to assure his supporters he is indeed in the pink of heath.
But in an interview with the media on 14 Aug, DPM Teo Chee Hean tells Singaporeans not to take things for granted:
“The Prime Minister is already 63, and had a bout of illness recently. Many of the senior members of the Cabinet are already in our 60s, and come the next General Election a good many of us will be in our 60s.”
As for Ng Eng Hen's advisory about negative campaigning, Teo seems to relish wallowing in the mud. First he derided Low Thia Khiang for shedding "crocodile tears" over the quixotic departure of Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew, next he lampooned Sylvia Lim for sampling the culinary delights at Fengshan Hawker Center:
"You're going to swallow up Fengshan for what purpose? To serve the residents of Fengshan? Or is Fengshan delicious because you want to add it into the pot to help the town council with the deficit?"
Ad-hominem attacks are, and has always been, par for the course with the men in white. Leopards do not change their spots overnight. The horrible person has taught them well.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) seems to have problems with enforcing their own advisory as well: trying to keep election campaigning activities and the Chinese Seventh Month Hungry Ghost Festival events separate. Ghostly images of a dead politician should "strictly not be allowed before, during or after election rallies."
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Donald Trump is just entering politics at age 69. Why are Singapore's politicians so lame?
ReplyDeleteAre they lame because no more LKY to use as crutch?
DeleteTharman's comments were meant to paint a rosy picture to the world about lah-lah lands greatness. Big nose painted a dire picture of his party's political succession to get votes. It's the context. But whichever way it is, it just shows that you cannot trust any word they say. Desperate times call for desperate measures mah. As for negative campaigning, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
ReplyDeletePM Lee's grim purpose: "So we are set, we are taking this very seriously. We are not taking any chances."
So from Kopitiam, VWO Aged home to hawker center.
ReplyDeleteAll the press-cons just to wayang that they are close to the plebians.
Can't wait to see the next team hold theirs at Bedok Reservoir and Kallang River. Anything to appease any ghostly fears should be welcomed.
PAP is so fake and pretentious.
ReplyDeletePreviously those LTA summons wardens used to chase us chaffeurs parking from one dead end corner to another dead corner behind Mount E hospital several times in the course of a typical morning or afternoon. Recently they have disappeared from sight, or so temporarily.
Maybe we can ask those 'honest and pure' PAP Ministers to be completely honest with pray tell us what happened to those LTA warders on motorbikes recently ? Are they on Presidential or PM orders to disappear from the scene temporarily because of the impending GE?
"... and if you vote the wrong party..."
ReplyDeleteHa! Ha!.. 'wrong party'??
How could I vote the wrong party?
They are indeed clowns.. thinking that the electorate is very uninformed and daft.
While society has moved, the PAP has remained stuck in the mud.
Notice how often they use the word:
"defend" ?
they are feeling the heat.
Time turn is up a couple of hundred degrees higher.
Dear PAP
ReplyDeleteLet me put this in the monetary terms that you will understand.
I will vote Opposition until Yew keep your promise.
Return my cpf money back in full at age 55 years old.
Actually hor.
ReplyDeletePAP should be called NAP ... Nodding Aristocrats Party.
Since every PAP MP will nod in agreement with LHL and LKY's Hard Truths.
Does a PAP MP represent Singaporeans in parliament?
Or do they represent LKY's Hard Truths in parliament?
If a PAP MP represents LKY's Hard Truths in parliament, then why do we need so many PAP MPs?
Just put LKY's book in parliament can already lah.
Actually, I blame Ms Sylvia Lim for not being clear on her instagram.
ReplyDeleteShe ought next to show up in Marine Parade and boldly text
"The great taste of battleship.." #anotherreasontowin .
But of course, she must not forget to include a picture of steamboat lah. Then let's see the fireworks start.
ReplyDeleteEach time the Pappies howled that they serve with honesty and integrity and Cronyism is one item they avoid, I have the Tendency to suspect that it must be something very common in Sin.
Some interesting Singlish Words have been coined for more than a decade.
Beautiful Words such as Leegalized Corruption, Leegitimate, Leegime, Stinkapore, Singalore and Sinkies etc.
Some of the Words are insinuating some kinds of uncleanness in the Running of the System. Maybe they were just the Perceptions of some of the Citizens. They might have deemed some practices as not proper or unacceptable. Anyway, there are malpractices in every regimes andd Sinkies cannot expect their Singapore to be the only exception in the World. Not good having any malfeasance is in fact unusual.
To claim honesty, propriety and integrity is normal for almost everyone,
Even crooks claim and swear they are respectable.
However, all said, the People's eyes and ears are sharp, (人民的眼睛是雪亮的) they are bound to detect flaws and the Righteous are bound to reveal them. The Chinese Saying 公道自在人心, meaning Justice is always in the Hearts of the People and the Righteous are likely to seek It(Justice) ultimately.
It is time for Sinkies to seek for HONEST PEOPLE WITH NO DOUBTFUL INTEGRITY TO RUN OUR LIVE AGAIN.
AND IT IS INDEED MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE DO
NOT
VOTE IN RULERS THAT WILL PAWN OR EVEN SELL US OUT TO ALIENS.
pstriot
Correction for;
DeleteNot (good) having any malfeasance is in fact unsual.
Please delete the Word 'good'
in the Sentence.
My apology.
patriot
...and then, the son of Punggol became the son of Ang Mo Kio!
ReplyDeleteas long as he is not a son of a bitch or a pig, i will suppork him.
DeleteHouse of falling cards?
ReplyDeleteThe system has been rigged by the "devil"
ReplyDeleteYet, you still sit quietly in "church" with hands raised and tears flowing down your cheeks hoping for your next saviour to lead you to your doom at the...poll.
Completely unsuspecting.
Whiteys have their heads so high up in the exosphere that they are still using same old character assassination tactics and publicizing record profits and salaries made by GLC and their CEOs like SBS...Clearly something that the impoverished common citizen to be proud and happy of.
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