10 most unforgettable quotes from PAP MPs during the recent parliamentary “debate”
March 8th, 2010 | 
Author: OPINION
The PAP has always boasted that their MPs are the best talents in Singapore. The parliamentary sessions last week had been an eye-opener to see these MPs flaunt their “talents”.
Based on their speeches, it is quite obvious that many of them, with the exception of Inderjit Singh are living high up in their own ivory towers and completely out of touch with the ground.
This is not surprising given the fact that some had found their ways into Parliament without contesting an election. Tanjong Pagar MP Koo Tsai Kee, for example, had been a MP since 1991. He had never fought in an election before.
From the most callous to the most juvenile remarks, we compiled them into a list here for our readers to enjoy, recap and to remember when the next election comes:
10. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) on why he has ordered the removal of homeless Singaporeans camping out in the public (forcefully):
“I have taken such an active stand to make sure we do not have people camping out on beaches, or parks or void decks, even though these may be safe and indeed, sometimes even pleasant areas for adults. These are not good and safe areas for children. And so I have insisted that (to) anyone with children. The children must be put in a proper home; they must continue to go to school. They must continue to get access to good food, good hygiene”
9. Jessica Tan (East Coast GRC) expressing her worries that the hike in foreign worker levy will turn away foreigners:
“The hike in the foreign worker levy which if not calibrate, will send the wrong signal to companies looking to invest in Singapore or to foreign talents that the country is not open.”
8. Josephine Teo (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) rejecting WP MP Low Thia Kiang’s suggestion to scrap the foreign worker levy:
“”I can speak on behalf of the union leaders that we totally and firmly reject Mr Low’s disastrous suggestion that we remove the foreign worker levy as it will harm our workers’ interest.”
7. Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC) asking the PAP to spend more taxpayers’ monies to help the new citizens feel welcomed in Singapore:
“We have not done any large scale survey, we do not know their problems but we have already gone ahead and decided that the funds will go towards organizing activities…..What we ought to do is first – find out what new Singaporeans need, and then target funding at helping them meet these needs.”
6. Teo Chee Hean (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) on the ruling party’s renewed focus on productivity which has declined consecutively for the last three years and being caught napping during a speech made by DPM Wong Kan Seng:
““We are now a more developed economy – further up the productivity curve. We have made progress, but those ahead of us have also progressed and moved up as well. And those behind us have made rapid advances and are catching up with us.”
5. Koo Tsai Kee (Tanjong Pagar GRC) trying to lick the boots of his superior, Teo Chee Hean:
“The SAF, despite its manpower constraints, has been able to face up to a widening range of security threats in recent years under Defence Minister Teo….And I am not saying this because he’s my boss.”
4. Baey Yam Keng (Tanjong Pagar GRC) who told the media a few days ago that he planned to raise issues concerning his residents in Parliament
“Food is an important part of our rich cultural heritage – one which has been and will always been an attraction to locals and foreigners alike……The Food Museum could delve into aspects of local cuisine, such as ‘why Hong Kong noodles did not originate from Hong Kong’, and ‘why our Hainanese chicken rice is different from that found in Hainan Island’” .
3. Mah Bow Tan (Tampines GRC) who appeared lost after being grilled by fellow PAP MP Inderjit Singh:
“PRs make up only one in five resale flat buyers and have minimal impact on resale prices.”
2. Ong Ah Heng (Yishun Central) in an impassioned speech to defend foreign workers:
“I know of one family who complain the cleaners in their precinct are lazy and too old. They don’t want local workers who are old, they want young foreign workers. To satisfy the demand, I changed the local workers to foreign workers. Foreign workers are not a burden to us. Their presence here is not negative. Without foreign workers, things will be worse.”
And the quote of the year so far goes to Lim Swee Say for revealing the truth about the PAP MPs – that they are deaf to all feedback and criticisms.
1. Lim Swee Say (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) to Low Thia Kiang for bruising his ego:
“We never give up……. We are deaf to all these criticisms…..So instead of telling us that low-wage workers are having problems, why not be part of the solution?”
We can’t really blame them for being deaf when they have been taught all along to sing in tune with their piper master PAP’s octogenarian leader Lee Kuan Yew:
“To be the prime minister, you don’t have to know every instrument, but you got to recognise, ah, he’s a good violinist, he’ll be the first violinist, he’ll be the double bass. He will play the viola, he will have the trumpet, he will do the drums. Then you coordinate them and then you have great music. And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put a dummy there and you still got great music.”
[Source: Channel News Asia, 5 March 2008]
Singaporeans, do you still see any value in voting for the PAP in the next election? This are the kind of MPs you will get raising your concerns in Parliament! And don’t forget you are paying them $13,000 monthly to sprout such highfalutin stuff!
Remember the PAP election slogan of 2006 – “Staying together, Moving ahead”? The PAP MPs are indeed staying together and moving ahead without us! While the pay of the PAP ministers, ministers of states and parliamentary secretaries are expected to increase by 8.8 percent this year, will you even dream of a pay rise?
When your PAP MP put up a “wayang” house visit to your home in the next few months before the election and pretend to “listen” to you, don’t forget this gentle reminder from Lim Swee Say:
“We are DEAF to all criticisms!”
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that ah gua Baey also another funny one, i wonder if he’s made of shit, cos the comments he made are really full of shit. dont need food museum, baey, just go and eat shit.
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WHAT THE FUG is Seah Kian Peng trying to say???
“We have not done any large scale survey, we do not know their problems but we have already gone ahead and decided that the funds will go towards organizing activities…..What we ought to do is first – find out what new Singaporeans need, and then target funding at helping them meet these needs.”
Is he some mad man talking to himself?
“Oh! Yes! Let’s do it even we have not done any survey….Oh! On the other hand, we ought to find out their needs first!”
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Awww…. you guys missed out on the NUMBER ONE QUOTE:
(When the Speaker of the House asked if Ministry of Home Affairs budget should be reduced).
Every PAP MP: “AYE!”
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Followed by every PAP MP: “Oops, hehehehe~”
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I am profoundly refreshed and challenged by these unique points of view.
Are the rest of you NOT?
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Welcome come back online.
Was starting to get withdrawal symptoms.
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This is the orchestra MM is intending to let his son and his son’s successor to inherit…
Most interested to watch on. Hahahahahahahahahahaha~
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha~
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The wayangs put up by the Ministers in Parliament last week,
deserved an Oscar!! Too bad MP Baey did not moninate the show for the just concluded Oscar award which he yearned so much!! He would not have to wait for Gong Li to get one (if ever she will)
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10) Dr Vivian Balakrishnan – It has been reported that there are homeless families camping at the beach. Showing off his fire fighting skill.
9) Jessica Tan – All her bosses, including discerning Singaporeans, would be able to understand the importance of the issue. Showing off her shallowness.
7) Seah Kian Peng – He should go to US, Europe, Japan, and etc to find out why there are so many Chinatowns. Oh! Also study Singapore’s history. Showing off his inability to appraise social behaviour.
6) Teo Chee Hean – Repeated what Great Asia said. I said, “Samsung vs Sony; Hyundai vs Toyota; with China fast catching up, what would happen to these companies in 10 years time. While in Singapore, Ho Ching sold Chartered Semicon.” Showing off his inability to sense and forecast changes in advance.
5) Koo Tsai Kee – Silence is gold, better keep quiet if he can’t talk. Showing off his bootlicking skill.
4) Baey Yam Keng – Wrong focus. Showing off his inability to grasp the gravity of the situation.
3) Mah Bow Tan – It’s about GDP; it’s about the contribution from construction and property sectors. Showing off his inability to handle his job.
2) Ong Ah Heng – Just one of the PAP’s MPs of mediocre capability. Showing of his ability to talk nonsense.
1) Lim Swee Say – Failed to realise that he and PAP is part of the problem. Showing off his naiveness.
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These PAP clowns and jesters in Parliament all suffer from “foot-in-mouth” disease and often have bouts of verbal diarrhea resulting in loose mouth movements.
This is from the cheaper, faster & better one sounding like Bernie Madoff:
“Every month, when I receive my CPF statement, I feel so rich and the best part is, I know the CPF money won’t run away. CPF will still be around for a long, long time to come. Not only is it earning good interest, my capital is protected.”
Singaporeans deserve better !!!
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Has anyone also forgotten… “There are no STRONG reasons for new citizens to serve NS…”
..n Tharman’s famous… “base on TRUSTS!”… in throwing BILLIONS to dire investments…?
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Our MPs are still in the denial stage.
In the Kübler-Ross Grief Cycle, the 7 stages are: Shock, Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Testing, Acceptance.
Symptoms
The first reaction on hearing the bad news is one of classic shock. This may appear as if there is no reaction to the news at all.
Eg: Budget 2010 does NOT addressed concerns on the ground.
After the initial shock has worn off, then comes the classic denial, where they pretend that the news has not been given. They effectively close their eyes to any evidence and pretend that nothing has happened.
Eg: “We never give up. We are like the little frog. We are deaf to all these criticisms.”
The next step after denial is a sudden swing into anger where the bottled-up feelings of the previous stages are expulsed in a huge outpouring of emotions. Whoever is in the way is likely to be blamed. ,<
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Rich men’s talk…sometimes it doesn’t make any sense to people on the ground.
They have runners to pave the paths for them.
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(When the Speaker of the House asked if Ministry of Home Affairs budget should be reduced).
Every PAP MP: “AYE!”
Deaf frogs singing in unison the Smurf theme song in Parliament. What a sight! This is what 66.6% of the voters wanted. Congrats to those frivolous voters who voted the FAP (Frog Action Party) out of ignorance and fear. You get what you deserved.
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The wayang show is over.. pap members are waiting to get their pay.. They should have awards ceremony for best bullshit speaker, sleeping prince, best ball & ass licker, etc..
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THEY must go, let singaporean decide what to do with them.
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A couple of quotes i re-quote seems appropiate here somewhat, as it all comes from true wise folks, then the current bunch of jokers/dummies in singapore’s parliament:
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Henry Kissinger (1923 – )
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. Nikita Khrushchev (1894 – 1971)
Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. Chester Bowles (1901 – 1986)
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained. Edward R. Murrow (1908 – 1965)
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Doug Larson
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation. James Clarke (1854 – 1916)
Why are we surprised when politicians play politics? It’s not like they are supposed to be real adults… they are, after all, politicians and don’t have real jobs and aren’t playing around with their money. Max
The politicians don’t just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both. James Dale Davidson
Good day good folks : )
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is it $13, 000 or $130, 000 a month?
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Getting paid to much really does bring out their sycophant sides.
Be warned that further pay hikes will be a REALITY, ‘cos money does make one lose their principles.
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Bringing in a lot of foreigners at one go does make native Singaporeans not just uncomfortable but serve a greater purpose for the ruling party.
When native Singaporeans are busy just trying to protect their rice bowls from the “invaders”, they will not have much time to ponder on politics.
They will then be just like MACHINES.
A non-questioning citizenry is easy to manipulate for any party’s benefits.
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And the best actor award goes to…….lim swee say!
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All there MPs are talking nonsense that all their ideas even a taxi driver can also come up with may be better than theirs. 狗嘴长不出象牙！
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Take note of all these MPs & have them vote out in the next election.
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These MPs are two headed snakes. One head to serve their political masters. The other head to serve the citizen.
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Let your next vote be your voice!
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I will like to make the announcement that i will not run for election at Yishun Central next election but will be going to compete in Geylang GRC.
Main reason is because many residents over there understand and support my vision, we dun want old and lazy chickens….. BRING IN THOSE FRESH AND YOUNG SPRING CHICKENS!!!
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You forgot to mention the huge (and sounds expensive) WikiMe project suggested by Ms Penny Low, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, who has apparently never heard of Facebook/Blogger/Twitter/eBay.
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Let’s further scrutinize each of them:
1) Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
Same douchebag who made the infamous remarks regarding bartop dancing some years back.
2) Jessica Tan
Lightweight fluff who once worked for Microsoft before joining politics. Next.
3) Josephine Teo
Another lightweight fluff. Looks well for her age though. Next.
4) Seah Kian Peng
Whose side are you on, scumbag?
5) Teo Chee Hean
Productivity means sleeping in Parliament, right in front of camera. This is the same guy who f’ed up the education system during his stint as the Education Minister. Ex-military people should stay the hell out of politics.
6) Koo Tsai Kee
Backdoor doggie.
7) Baey Yam Keng
Another lightweight with a vacuum between the ears. Food museum my arse. NEXT.
If there’s one minister who risks losing the next election, this is the guy. Many people are displeased, no, OUTRAGED at his policies, at escalating housing prices, and at the HDB. He is also the nincompoop behind ‘Goal 2010′ which not only was no goal but a vision, we may not get to even watch WC2010 this summer. A supposedly first world country can’t pay for the telecast rights.
9) Ong Ah Heng
Axe the old fogeys. Start with Ong Ah Heng.
10) Lim Swee Say
The champion of the ‘tripartite labour movement’ BS. The perennial joker and speaker of parables. Speaks like an uneducated imbecile.
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PAP MPs are the most fortunate politicians who had it easy and comfortably. Other countries in the west, MPs are always on their toes in parliament. They are afraid to be slap by opposition MPs for any comments made that are dumb and poor. Here we had the highest paid ministers and MP(with many directorships) speaking without thinking and a good plan. These PAP MPs less MP Inderjit Singh are dumber than dumb. For what they had said, they are not worth the kind of money at all. A really sad state of affair.
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Dear,
hI on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 1:03 pm… you asked…
“is it $13, 000 or $130, 000 a month?”
Well, before it was raise till now is around $300K++ a year or more then $24k a month for 4 Meet-the-people sessions a month too… It was around like $175K a year or about 14.5K a month!!! Good money Eh! As can still sit in 8 companies as Director and still say that is not too much when this was brought up and discussed!!! Is that the guy call Prof Ho Peng Kee or some other???
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS ISSUE NOW ABOUT TOO MANY DIRECTORSHIPS AND CANNOT SERVE SHAREHOLDERS’ INTERESTS WELL???????????????????????? SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET???????
just like LHL’s “CUT WASTE PANEL” for the 1997 Asian Crisis??? And so they continue to ’sit-in” many directorship right??? Why cannot multiple directorships as “sleeping directorS” said to be ‘active’ in name only SINCE NOT DOING Any DIRECTING AT ALL EH????
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Ong Ah Heng did a very horrible thing and still think very proudly of his deed. You break somebody rice bowl. You did not go into the root cause of his working behaviour. Under paid, no overtime, not enough to survive, hand spinding with money probles, bills etc how to work hard. Totally demoralized. And here comes the MP Ong Ah Heng who drive the last nail into the coffin by replacing him with FT and kill whatever hope he has left.
Well done Ong Ah Heng., Wait for your retribution
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PM Lee said that nobody will be left behind.
He is right. We are nobody to them.
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The money spent on integration of foreigners with Singporeans are money better spend on helping the local poor Singporeans. There are a lot of old, unemployed Singaporeans that need help.
The PR, if they want to integrate will know how to do so, even we don’t help them to integrate. The problem is that there are so many PRs and foreigners here that they don’t see the need to integrate after they now have the numbers and can form their own clusters and communities.
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11)Goh Chok Tong
Senior minister’s warning that Singaporeans who elect opposition will lose out on state subsidies for estate upgrading has raised a large outcry among the Internet community.
12)Tharman
”While serving as economics director in Monetary Authority of Singapore in 1993, Tharman was charged under the Official Secrets Act for inadvertently releasing Singapore’s 1992 second-quarter flash projections to a research director Mr Raymond Foo, and economist Manu Bhaskaran, of Crosby Securities and journalists, Kenneth James and Patrick Daniel from the Business TimesBusiness Times”
“As for the income gap, Mr Tharman said Singapore cannot slow down its growth to reduce inequality.”…..Can’t we grow together?
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It is getting from bad to worst from batch to batch.
I maybe exaggerating, but I think Sylvia’s quality (in heart and mind for the people) carry more weight than 10 of them combined.
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I totally disagreed with Seah Kian Peng by spending taxpayer’s money on future new SG citizens to help them integrate into the society. There are so many existing Singaporeans who are facing financial problems and required assistance yet this MP made such a remark. Its a disappointment to hear from S’pore MP. I ever wonder if MP in Singapore ever bother to find out the consequences that some western countries are facing now by using taxpayer’s money to feed immigrants in their country. Such action has resulted undesirable effects in multiculturalism. I think the MP should consider spending on education to revise the curriculum to educate students on tghe importance of intercultural education if they are keen to integrate foreigners as well as new Sporean in the society.
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This is the most hilarious article I have read so far! I won’t believe it if I had not heard it myself.
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These donkey MPs ought to be hanged for the rubbish spewing out of their foul mouths, and to think they are being paid millions of dollars for this kind of calibre ! If this is not open corruption, what is ??
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One of the best quotes is here:
http://www.singaporerecalcitrant.blogspot.com/
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What an appropriate, just as well he is not a Hokkien(?), his name translated into hokkien means “bull shit gas”.
He forgot that Mas Selamat took a sunday walk across to Johor Baru.
Lots of bull shit coming from him.
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>>Koo Tsai Kee (Tanjong Pagar GRC) trying to lick the boots of his superior, Teo Chee Hean:<<
What an appropriate, just as well he is not a Hokkien(?), his name translated into hokkien means "bull shit gas".
He forgot that Mas Selamat took a sunday walk across to Johor Baru.
Lots of bull shit coming from him.
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All of them learn from their Master Leader. Who to blame? Master leader said we sillyporean are DRAF what else can those bootlicker learn to be gracious and passion.
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“To be the prime minister, you don’t have to know every instrument, but you got to recognise, ah, he’s a good violinist, he’ll be the first violinist, he’ll be the double bass. He will play the viola, he will have the trumpet, he will do the drums. Then you coordinate them and then you have great music. And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put a dummy there and you still got great music.”
so, what if we remove the 4m useless dummy there?
by the way, he knows nothing about music.
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they don deserve the votes… bunch of blood suckers and do nothing to the community and ppl… this is the most crap stuff i heard for this parliamentary sessions.
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Good evening, Singapore. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone’s death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you’ve seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot.
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I think the top 10 parliamentary quotes should be in our mailbox during the election as well as their pay increase. Then we can clearly determine who we want to vote for. Do we want to vote for monkeys or for those who speaks for the welfare of its citizen. These PAP MPs has nothing better to say and furthermore take naps. Here they are talking about productivity and what they did is really “remarkably productive”. I am wondering why should Singapore pay $2 Million for a post like this. Remember to put in all mailboxes before the polling day!
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Mr.Ong Ah Heng you have offended all the older singaporean and also your “big big” boss Mr. Ah Lee. Well done
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Considering that we have many old MPs in our Parliament, are we supposed to ask them to leave as many people prefer ‘young, fresh and hard-working’ locals.
Ong Ah Heng first to leave. He is just there cos he is the only uncle who lick the boots of Old Lee cleanest!
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OK GUYS, GOOD POINTS AND DO U THINK SINGAPOREANS CAN & WILL VOTE OUT MIW?!! AFTERALL, THE GIVEN NEW CITIZENS,& THE CIVIL SERVICE POPULATION ALONE SUFFICE TO VOTE IN THIS GOVT AGAIN..SO WHAT COULD BE DONE TO VOTE THEM OUT?!! OR AT LEAST REDUCE THEIR VOTE TO A MERE 50%?! CAN THIS DOMAIN DO SOMETHING OF CALLING ALL TRUE & FEARLESS SINGAPOREANS TO VOTE OUT THIS REGIME WHICH IS BRINGING THIS COUNTRY DOWN DOWN & MORE DOWN?!
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I really wanted to vote but its a walk over – the last I voted when I lived in Bishan – then fight between WP & PAP. I am living near Seragoon Ave now- but under Marine Pardae GRC – just missed a lane to fall under Aljuined GRC…..sigh, count on me.
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Can some one tell me who is our defence minister.
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Can someone translate AND print the “10 most unforgettable quotes” to chinese.As i am a stupid(not FT) oldtime chinese educated singaporean Taxi driver, may be i can help yt.yt.yt.yt.yt.yt.yt.yt.
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