tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post3095490060491262530..comments2024-03-21T14:35:09.854+08:00Comments on Singapore Notes: They Have Crossed The LineTattlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11037010707866164010noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-20658931771455839722011-03-03T13:31:14.090+08:002011-03-03T13:31:14.090+08:00My guess is that the PM wanted the return of the m...My guess is that the PM wanted the return of the money he was "forced" to give to charity in the past four years. His pledge was to end in 2011 (so make it five years.)<br /><br />New pledge anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-15726038113036734912011-03-02T15:33:45.743+08:002011-03-02T15:33:45.743+08:00Our PM decided for himself that he should be paid ...Our PM decided for himself that he should be paid a salary that is 500% to 600% that of the US President and that is excluding his bonuses and a host of other intangible benefits like the S$8 bypass surgery should he need one.<br /><br />I just wonder whether his IQ is higher than Obama by 5~6 times or that he is so full of charisma to deserve that kind of obscene pay. <br /><br />How come there is no displinary committee to investicate whether there was any conflict of interests when he demanded that kind of mark-up for himself ? <br /><br />And as if that is not enough, they even have Susan Lim investigated for such similar mark-ups when all Susan Lim did was merely charging a very famous and rich client who did not bother to ask how much ?<br /><br />Did our PM ask us for our agreement when he demanded to be paid his revised obscene salary ? To me if he did not, that is definitely crossing the line.Alan Wongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-6191172125665963672011-03-02T12:28:18.506+08:002011-03-02T12:28:18.506+08:00indeed, the greedy PAP buggers have crossed the li...indeed, the greedy PAP buggers have crossed the line.<br /><br />my PRC friends were astonished when i mentioned the humongous multi million $ salaries the PAP govt under LKY and son were giving themselves. <br /><br />i put it to my PRC friends, whether China's leadership will ever have such audacity to do the same as LKY and son, paying themselves millions of RMB ? <br />unanimously they voiced out, "no way! it is the quickest and surest way to lose all moral authority to lead by example"<br />and in Chinese it is expressed as "tai guo fen "<br /><br />besides that, my PRC friends were well aware Spore's leadership has lost all sense of proportion in comparison to huge nations such as China, USA, Japan, Germany, etc.<br /><br />ps: i absolutely concur with anon @ 10.01amAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-74372533107352969332011-03-02T10:01:20.247+08:002011-03-02T10:01:20.247+08:00I say Fxxk the PAP and their gerrymandering.I say Fxxk the PAP and their gerrymandering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-78703299607789432002011-03-01T15:48:05.286+08:002011-03-01T15:48:05.286+08:00Two PAP Representatives versus 3(Three) Opposition...Two PAP Representatives versus 3(Three) Opposition Members, so PAP was given 40% representation in a Nationally Broadcasted(television) Debate.<br />And one of the Best Political Debater from Singapore Democratic Party; Chee Soon Juan was not invited, according to online information.<br />Even the biases in the Medias are glaring and unashamedly shown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-65373688912273907742011-03-01T15:22:58.877+08:002011-03-01T15:22:58.877+08:00Yalor only want the money but not the hard work.Yalor only want the money but not the hard work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-145635779396460832011-03-01T13:43:05.414+08:002011-03-01T13:43:05.414+08:00After 30 years, we finally get the PAP's prod...After 30 years, we finally get the PAP's productivity axiom<br /><br />"We can get rich, and solve the GDP growth as a side effect" is louder & clearer than "We can solve the GDP growth and get rich as a side effect". <br /><br />Cheap foreign talents, new citizens, low wages, service jobs in casinos to bring in tourists and money laundering, tax haven for rich/famous etc..All these variables with no "long term, sustainable" cure to the real growth in productivity. <br /><br />Did it serve the world well that bankers and brokers sold an unprecedented number of mortgages during the years of the housing boom, with minimal background checks, or that they created all kinds of new financial instruments that generated huge profits before everyone crashed and burned in 2008?<br /><br />We need a better way of working that is not about squeezing people to their limits. Rather, it recognize that more is not always better, and that renewal, reflection, and a long-term perspective are also critical to fueling value that lasts.<br /><br />However, my guess however GE, leaders will say since you want to slow down, then we will have to increase FT to replace the lost work hours in order for you to make babies! After all, if it has taken them 30 years to sing the same old tune over and again, that's not much of a track record to prove that they will get us to cross that finish line is it? <br /><br />Instead, they crossed the line first with million dollars expensive fuel and used "fear" (of being left behind) as a source of long term fuel for the people.Wisernoreply@blogger.com