PM Lee’s “out of touch” National Day Rally speech on immigration issues
August 30th, 2010 | 
Author: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech last night showed how out of touch he and his colleagues are from the reality on the ground, not that Singaporeans expect much from him anyway.
Instead of addressing the genuine concerns of Singaporeans at his pro-foreigner and ultra-liberal immigration policies, he spent much of the time trying to convince Singaporeans to swallow his “bitter medicine” whether they like it or not.
Due to the PAP’s open-door immigration policies, foreigners now make up 40 percent of Singapore’s population, up from 14 percent in 1990. Of the remaining 60 percent who are citizens, an increasing number are born overseas.
A survey conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) revealed that two thirds of Singaporeans feel that the continued inflow of immigrants will dilute our national identity.
PM Lee appeared living in an ivory tower of his own as he waxed lyrical of how the new arrivals have contributed to Singapore by quoting a few rare examples.
Does PM Lee know how it feels like to take a sardine-packed train to work every morning, to compete with hordes of foreign applicants who are willing to accept lower pay at job interviews and to feel like a stranger amidst your own country of birth?
Not only is he ignorant of the tremendous amount of strain the immigrants have put on our social fabric and cohesion which cannot be resolved by throwing money at the problem, he continues to deny and trivialize the rising disaffection and disgruntlement among Singaporeans.
While Singapore does require immigrants to make up for the shortfall in population, we seriously need to take a step back right now and ponder if the current immigration policy is the way for us to move forward into the future when even large countries like Australia are having second thoughts about immigration.
The ease at which foreigners are given Singapore PRs and citizenships simply makes a mockery out of our nation’s sovereign identity and devalues our pink IC.
It is so much easier for a mainland Chinese to obtain Singapore PR than Hong Kong PR though the latter is part of China proper. The media is full of reports of PRC cleaners, bus drivers, construction workers, factory workers and even freelance prostitutes being given Singapore PRs and citizenships which will never happen in Hong Kong since they can’t even find a job there in the first place.
What Singapore needs are real foreign talents who can complement our present workforce and make us more competitive and not third class “foreign thrash” who cannot even speak proper English.
Singapore is a multi-racial society and we have a sizable minority who cannot speak Mandarin. How is the government going to integrate these newcomers from China who cannot communicate in English? PM Lee said in his speech that the government has been holding free language courses for them. Can we expect these immigrants who are educated in Chinese back home in China to pick up English overnight?
In the very beginning, we should have a stringent screening process in place to exclude foreigners who cannot speak English like Australia, Canada and New Zealand instead of opening the flood-gates indiscriminately to everybody.
It is disheartening to hear that PM Lee is completely deaf to the growing chorus of disapproval from Singaporeans at the way he is running the country. It seems that he is pretty confident of breezing through the next general election with the support of the new citizens who will undoubtably be grateful to the PAP for giving out Singapore citizenships to them.
We urgently need a serious, comprehensive and lengthy discussion and debate on the present immigration policy involving all segments of society across all races and age groups and a moratorium should be imposed on the inflow of foreigners till we are absolutely certain of the direction we are heading.
PM Lee cannot simply force the rest of us who are unsupportive of his immigration policies to move together with him or worst still, to forcefully drag us along in spite of our protests.
Unfortunately, under the present political system dominated by one single party, it is impossible for alternative view points contrarian to the establishment to be aired publicly either in Parliament or the media.
Without a strong opposition, or rather an alternative government-in-waiting to voice out our concerns and fight for our rights as citizens of this country, there is little we can do to reverse the PAP’s immigration policies.
The next general election may be the last window of opportunity for Singaporeans to reclaim the ownership of their country and plot their own destiny before they get overwhelmed by the tens of thousands of immigrants the PAP is mass-importing each year to strengthen its position and perpetuate its political hegemony in Singapore forever.
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out of touch
so how
does it matter
it will continue to many good years ahead
please be realistic
either quit or join them
I have already turncoat and will be joining them
er er errrr excuse me Mr. Lee
can i join your party, Sir
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That is the problem with a one-party system.. They can just do what they like, why bother about your concerns..
We still have one tool against the injustice. Vote for change, for our children’s future..
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Instead of rallying the people with his speech, this idiot managed to pissed off Singaporeans from all stratas of society (except the bootlickers, elites, PRs and FTs)
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full of praise for FTs…
what a speech a PM would give to singaporeans !!
It’s not singaporeans and singapore who need FTS to grow
BUT rather
FTs NEED singapore and singaporeans instead to grow !
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PM LEE, YOU ARE ONE LOUSY LEADER.
WITHOUT YOUR FATHER, YOU ARE NOTHING!!
FRANKLY, YOU HAVE NO LEADERSHIP QUALITY.
STEP ASIDE AND GET LOST!!
YOU ARE CAUSING US HEADACHES AND HEARTACHES!!
PJAP SURE LOSE
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Congratulations Lesser Mortals, you are so:
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In my opinion, this post has managed to highlight certain interesting perspectives on the immigration issues. However, I feel that the correspondent should fine tune his language and emotions to retain his objectivity in discussing the issues on hand.
It is in my opinion that this post is not written in an objective manner enough and is geared towards creating disharmony between the locals & foreigners on top of gathering votes to boycott the current local government.
Words like “foreign trash” and “exclude foreigners who cannot speak English” are flashes of biased opinions and discrimination. I wouldn’t place my trust in this correspondent when it comes down to macro-governance anaylsis/management.
Sweeping statements like “not that Singaporeans expect much from him anyway” or “completely deaf” are irresponsible and as such, reduces the correspondent’s credibility in his ability to identify weaknesses or loopholes that the current government has failed to address or take into consideration.
Hope the above points can help to improve the credibility of future posts by the correspondents of this website, as it is important that our voices are being heard with objectivity.
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I miss the days when LKY was PM. Life wasn’t easy but Singapore was like a phoenix that rose out of the ashes against all odds. Singaporeans sweated blood and tears together to build this nation with pride. Singaporeans were proud to be Singaporeans then. I think about all the unworthy FT’s who are lumped together with us as “Singapore Residents.” That’s right. They are UNWORTHY. The thought of them holding Singapore passports sickens me. I am sorry grandfather. I cannot stop the government from spitting on your grave.
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Hmm, I don’t know why you guys still bother listening to his damn speeches or any of the MIW, I’ve stopped listening to this so called speeches long time ago. But then again, if no one listen, no one can blast them right.
Come on guys, can’t you see how many times his father face appeared in the media ever since he takes up the PM post? Don’t believe let’s just wait and see the father of Singapore will come in with his own speech later supporting his son.
I love Singapore and I’ve no plan to leave Singapore but that does not mean I love MIW…. and I seriously do not think that singapore can only survive with MIW. Is our live better with MIW now? and I seriously do not need him to wake up from his grave should anything happen to singapore, fucking scary siah, just bring more bad luck.
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Past NDR speeches praised our local talents, like Jack Neo, etc. No more?
This NDR speech was in praise of FTs and FWs.
Jack. Where is Jack?
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The message is clear and on the wall.
Sembawang and Keppel employed a total of 15000 FWs and 5000 Sgeans. 3 to 1.
This could be the trend for the future for red dot, isn’t it?
3 FWs and 1 SGean combination in the total national employment level.
Possible?
Be prepared.
We wait.
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[Quote: Due to the PAP’s open-door immigration policies, foreigners now make up 40 percent of Singapore’s population, up from 14 percent in 1990. Of the remaining 60 percent who are citizens, an increasing number are born overseas.]
If the statement is true, our natives are already on the way of destruction by this PAP Govermnent. Given another 5-years to rule by PAP Government, our natives become third-class citizens and maybe, fourth-class citizens where we have no say at all. I think our native Malays’ and Indians’living is also affected by this immigration policies that can be worse than the native Chinese.At the present, we already feel the heat is on us.
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I think the reason why the govt needs to constantly grow the FT pool is because like any good Ponzi scheme, the CPF fund needs a bigger and bigger pyramid base at the bottom.
Where else do you think GIC gets its monies from?
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As a Singaporean living in Hong Kong, let me say that Singapore is handling the influx of Chinese Nationals a lot better. We are experiencing future shock and culture shock all at once. I do personally feel the identity of a Singaporean diluted and challenged with the increasing numbers of foreigners in Singapore. I can understand why it is not a pleasant experience being Singaporean. Years ago while studying in Australia, Asian immigrants and Asian foreign students were not very welcomed. Local caucasian youth spat on us just because we are Asians. However this is a global migration is a trend that we cannot change, so why not embrace it with a positive attitude. As long as our government takes care of 3 things, I am thankful.
1. Housing policies ensure that every Singaporean has a priority in home ownership.
2. Quality healthcare for the elderly and the less priveleged. You shouldn’t have to be rich to be entitled to medical attention.
3. Quality education for Singaporean children without having to pay hefty donations to get into famous schools (as in the case of Hong Kong).
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hmmm 40%?
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Whether you like it or not,
I suggest from now on, all of you start your postings on whatever topic, in whichever forum, with
Whether you like it or not
because, whether you like it or not,
if you don’t realise it, you will have to like it.
some people realise it, and they end up using their vote, whether the incumbent government likes it or not
then the incumbent government gets taken aback
Whether they like it or not
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Lee, please ask s’poure pools to provide betting on outcome of next GE. The casino already bring a lot of $$ to the garvoment.
I am hoping to bet against u and some of yr milister who doesnt seem to know wat they doing.
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I agree with Financial Adviser that words such as ‘Foreign Trash’ is too harsh. Not being able to speak perfect English does not mean someone is worthless. The use of such words make this article seem very subjective and biased.
The writer did successfully manage to point out one very important issue – PM is missing the point. =(
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to Singapore FT:
No need to talk so much then. just come back to SG
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snothead I mean picknose, you’re ALREADY an miw shitbag.
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Singaporean FT:
August 30, 2010 at 4:57 pm
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TELL ME,IF SINGAPOREANS ARE MADE OUT OF JOBS,WHAT SO GOOD ABOUT THE THREE PPLICIES YOU MENTIONED?
YOU ARE CLAESRLY ANOTHER SELF-CENTRED ASS,THAT’S ALL!WE DON’T NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO COME BACK,YOU CAN STAY PUT WHERE YOU ARE.
THE LESS OF YOUR KIND OF SINGAPOREANS IS BETETR FOR TEH REST OF US.
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After sacrificing my life in NS for 2.5 yrs and 5 ICTs( n counting) and many IPPT RT IPT… the bombshell came.. the FT are as important as fellow Singaporeans… =( i served my NS in vain! Im no much better off or special than FTs… sob sob…
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Hi brother,
Compare our PM Lee with Britian’s ambitious new PM David Cameron, 43 years old and let you be the judge yourself.
Mr. Cameron’s father is NOT an MP in UK Parliament.
David is Britian’s “X” Factor..and will be a major contributor to this world.
Singapore must go in-search of new leaders.
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this guy is not out of touch.
he’s just trying to be funny like some spoilt brat.
lest you guys be mistaken,this is no ‘CROWN PRINCE’,this is really a ‘CLOWN PRINCE’.
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They are out of touch of ground, because they now now in the heaven> But very soon they will be touch of ground — going to hell? hehe. Just joking lah.
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Where is your god now?
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Dual ownership was a mistake, isn’t it?
It was an admittance by the govt of a genuine mistake that allows the rich to invest in resale public housing HDB flats and resell it at a profit.
It was yet another major U-turn of a major costly mistake, isn’t it?
Who approved the dual ownership?
Who dare to ask how many people have dual ownership in the past 10 years?
There was dead silence when the move to stop the dual ownership was announced, isn’t it? Hopefully, it will be quickly forgotten and swept down below the carpet.
But how effective will be the move to stop dual ownership.
How many more major U-turns will be made and when?
Who dare to ask MM in Parliament?
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For the record, I have a bachelor and master degree from NUS. I have been applying for a new job since last year. having worked in the SAME statutory board for 10 years, I thought I could get a similar job in another stat board or ministry. I AM WRONG. I have been searching for one and a half years, and have almost applied to the entire boards and ministries. I have not received a single call for interview. Life sucks.
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just buy wanbao PM say giving $9000 to nsf ?or ns men ,and control flow of foreign trash isit true. ninama A i need cash to fight with casino just lose 20000 , can take more a nt i am a lao jiao peng reservist lobo unit
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One of the best speech in the world:
Dr Luther King ” I have a Dream..”
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billy: August 30, 2010 at 7:17 pm
after the financial crisis, there are a lot, a lot, a lot of talented people floating around. so this lacking of talent is essentially bullshit. everyone is trying to find the magical formula of wanting more for less in this competitive environment sometimes made worst by some screw-up policies.
the problem is that you do not need so many master, phd or degree to do what is essentially down-to-earth brick-and-mortar work. this world is full of bullshit where more people want to overprice their work only causing inflated cost and ending up having the unintended effect that sometimes penalising people who should not be penalised and over-rewarding people who sometimes do not deserve to get over-rewarded lah.
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INDEED IS HIS WORSTEST SPEECH.
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N THEY NEED BE GIVEN PR, THEN CITIZENSHIP QUICKLY.
???????????????????????????????
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You call this a speech? What can an asshole produce? SHIT.
Throw that bunch of bastards out in the next GE.
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Financial Adviser: August 30, 2010 at 3:57 pm
you think he is writing a thesis ah ?
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@Financial Adviser:
August 30, 2010 at 3:57 pm
In my opinion, this post has managed to highlight certain interesting perspectives on the immigration issues. However, I feel that the correspondent should fine tune his language and emotions to retain his objectivity in discussing the issues on hand.
It is in my opinion that this post is not written in an objective manner enough and is geared towards creating disharmony between the locals & foreigners on top of gathering votes to boycott the current local government.
Words like “foreign trash” and “exclude foreigners who cannot speak English” are flashes of biased opinions and discrimination. I wouldn’t place my trust in this correspondent when it comes down to macro-governance anaylsis/management.
Sweeping statements like “not that Singaporeans expect much from him anyway” or “completely deaf” are irresponsible and as such, reduces the correspondent’s credibility in his ability to identify weaknesses or loopholes that the current government has failed to address or take into consideration.
Hope the above points can help to improve the credibility of future posts by the correspondents of this website, as it is important that our voices are being heard with objectivity.
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Maybe we should all go and read the Straits Times instead?….afterall they have great ‘objectivity’ and ‘credibility’ in all their articles right?….LOL
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@Disappointed:
August 30, 2010 at 5:24 pm
I agree with Financial Adviser that words such as ‘Foreign Trash’ is too harsh. Not being able to speak perfect English does not mean someone is worthless. The use of such words make this article seem very subjective and biased.
The writer did successfully manage to point out one very important issue – PM is missing the point. =(
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Hey u guys Disappointed & Financial Advisor working for the Straits Times?? welcome to TR!!!…LOL
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Yea! Its time to vote out for next election..can we change the gov to FT as well? let others govern us…better still!!!
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I am very disappointed that the correspodent has said that we should exclude foreigners from China who cannot speak English.
Why must everyone in Singapore speaks English which is not our National language. Is it because he cannot speak Chinese? Does he mean that we should also take away the citizenship of those local Chinese like my patents who do not speak English as well? Singapore is a multi-racial society, we should also welcome people who do not speak English so long as they are able to contribute their talent to our society. Unlike Australia , most of the Chinese in Singapore are bilingual and have no problem to communicate with the foreigners in Chinese. Why deprive them from getting PR or citizenship just because they cannot speak English?
I do not know why the correspondent wishes all Singaporen to speak only English which is not our National language. He must understand and always remember that this is not An Mo Society and 70 over percent of the Singaporean are Chinese in Singapore and most of them can understand Chinese. Non English speaking Chinese should not be marginised in Singapore!
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PM Lee,
There is a huge difference between needing foreign talents and opening the floodgates to any Tom, Muthu or Xiao Zhiang!
Don’t try to to fool us
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Lim Peh:
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August 30, 2010 at 9:36 pm
I am very disappointed that the correspodent has said that we should exclude foreigners from China who cannot speak English.
Why must everyone in Singapore speaks English which is not our National language. Is it because he cannot speak Chinese? Does he mean that we should also take away the citizenship of those local Chinese like my parents who do not speak English as well? Singapore is a multi-racial society, we should also welcome people who do not speak English so long as they are able to contribute their talent to our society. Unlike Australia , most of the Chinese in Singapore are bilingual and have no problem to communicate with the foreigners in Chinese. Why deprive them from getting PR or citizenship just because they cannot speak English?
I do not know why the correspondent wishes all Singaporen to speak only English which is not our National language. He must understand and always remember that this is not Ann Mo Society and 70 over percent of the Singaporean are Chinese in Singapore and most of them can understand Chinese. Non English speaking Chinese should not be marginised in Singapore!
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I only have this to say ” PUI!”
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he totally sounds like a puppet of china.
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And you guys keep on voting for them.
Why?!
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CBD Leaf:
August 30, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I miss the days when LKY was PM. Life wasn’t easy but Singapore was like a phoenix that rose out of the ashes against all odds. Singaporeans sweated blood and tears together to build this nation with pride. Singaporeans were proud to be Singaporeans then. I think about all the unworthy FT’s who are lumped together with us as “Singapore Residents.” That’s right. They are UNWORTHY. The thought of them holding Singapore passports sickens me. I am sorry grandfather. I cannot stop the government from spitting on your grave.
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Gong Li now fucked her husband off and still got SIN passport in her hands? Where is she now? KNN…
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Billy, Since you work in Stat board for 10 years, you must be a die hard PAP fan, I guess you reap what you sow. Yes life sucks big time.
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perhaps he is making provisional preparation for this coming ge, he know from the last ge that it maybe the last for him, so create more problem for the next party to take over and clean up the shit, then he can seat there, smile and say “i told you so”
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This is PLAIN GIMMIC and playing with figures ONLY, can’t anyone see through this?
REMEMBER its $9 to CPF, ie: You CANNOT touch the money except Buy House.
So picture this:
NOW HDB say price = $100,000
IN about 5 uears time after you complete NS, they adjust the price of HDB to say $110,000
Still make $1000 AFTER “giving” you $9000, dio bo?
Unlike GST cradits or Senior Citizens Bonus, This $9000 is money they promised to “GIVE” you which you will NEVER receive, correct?
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All Singaporean are at the mercy of PAP until we have a true two party system!
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The person who posts this is a narrow-minded person who has no greater picture of the country’s situation…
Firstly, i do not think our country is made up of 40% foreigners. (Show me the proof)
Secondly, we singaporeans can only complain about this and that.. Complain about PRCs or other nationalities coming to singapore and this and that… How about asking yourselves? Are you willing to take on the job of a construction worker, labour worker or restuarant worker at maybe 800-1000 per month? Even if you can, how about the others? So, stop complaining and face the fact that we do need the foreign workers to do most of the work that we are not willing to do because of a simple fact; that many singaporeans are too pampered..
Instead of sitting behind that computer and whine, why not make things better? If you feel so much for something, join politics and make something happen.. Whining online at such a platform means nothing.. 10 years down the road, you be still whining..
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The title should be more incisive – HAS HE EVER BEEN “IN TOUCH”?
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NS is killing SG.
The truth is seeping out like blood from the wall.
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Why create a problem and then tell people its good for you and try to fix it… we should have more opposition and a single party proves negative for Singaporeaans.. how does introducing foreigners help SIngaporeans ? how does GST help the poor ?
I think the opposition will do them good, to questions their thoughts on policies before any failed policies hit the ground and have an impact on the poor and poorer people
Housing in Singapore is never affordable, please let us know how much it costs to build a HDB flat.. actual breakdowns….,
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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, or compels him to act against his own rational judgment-a society that sets up a conflict between its edicts and the requirements of man’s nature-is not, strictly speaking, a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang-rule. Such a society destroys all the values of human coexistence, has no possible justification and represents not a source of benefits, but the deadliest threat to man’s survival. Life on a desert island is safer than and incomparably preferable to existence in Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany, (or present day North Korea).
If men are to live together in a peaceful, productive, rational society and deal with one another to mutual benefit, they must accept the basic social principle without which no moral or civilized society is possible: the principle of individual rights.
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I disagree with this author.
I think we need ‘foreign trash’, as in those who cannot speak English and can only work on menial tasks. We need them because they fill up the lower tiers of society by becoming bus drivers, dish washers, hawkers and other of the like.
Think of the future. Without them menial tasks will be carried out by Singaporeans. I rather we Singaporeans stand on them and breath the slightly fresher air on top.
That does not apply to foreign intellects. In a nutshell, stupid foreigners good, smart foreigners bad.
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@js,
Are you trying to tell all Singaporean should shut-up until they join the politics ?
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Immigrants are like sugar, they add sweetener to our tea
I am now in Shanghai, I am at the police station to extend my stay
If they could included Singaporeans, their productivity, effeciency, workrate will treble
There is talks about “Legalized Hookers” in one island, which I believe is an good idea. Gambling and Prositution you need to place them in one zone, reason it better control & easier for medical check up, and will not lead to human trafficing of child prositution.
And to a certain extend it is good for economical attractiveness for business and lesiure. The same with gambling, if regulate properly you can made tons of foreigners money. Singapore system of “family members” complain their spouse, that lead to a “banned for life” to entrance of CASINO to gamble. China may “soon copy” our system. I watch on CCTV4 Debate yesterday, Trading Commodities is gambling, Mahjong at home is gambling, betting soccer is gambling, Buying Big Sweep is gambling…etc
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What is foreigners? America is a country made up of foreigners, she is so strong. New York is overcrowded, Shanghai is overcrowed, London is overcrowded that is the characteristic of a Mega City, a melting pot.
Why did Japan failed to overtake USA as the No.1 GDP ??? anyone ???
Japan pump in more cash education than USA, pump in more funds into R&D than USA, pump in more taypayers money infarstructured building than USA, yet Japan in terms of innovation, creativity in industry, military, economy could NOT beat USA…in the end Japan lost the race. (Will China end up like Japan??? anyone ???)
China is like Japan and Singapore. China is too leftist, while Singapore & Japan is extreme rightist (male dominated society) only USA is the “most moderate country” due to their constant influx of foriegners from anywhere in the world, coming to mould the New America. If you are too much to the RIGHT, you become “Dictatorship Run Economy” where there are no Bill Gates & Warren Buffet. If you are too much to the LEFT, you become a welfare state, total anarchy, the country is Bankrupt.
Japan had refused to allow foreigners, Japan refused to change, Japan is still the old Japan that refused to be mould in different way
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Japan has a smaller country size than USA and thus it has a smaller population size. By per capita, it is higher than USA. It is just like three person earning $1000 but one person earning $900. Who is better? Some people just like to be a parrot of MM Lee!
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Is Ah Beng sure that Singapore is getting the same quality of immigrant like USA ?
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http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/08/30/former-permanent-secretary-i-think-our-leaders-have-to-accept-that-singapore-is-larger-than-the-pap/
‘’ Former Permanent Secretary: I think our leaders have to accept that Singapore is larger than the PAP ‘’
‘’ When I first read Plato’s Republic, I was totally dazzled by the great logic of this organisational model where the best selects the best. But when I reached the end of the book, it dawned on me that though the STARTING POINT WAS MERITOCRACY, THE END RESULT WAS DICTATORSHIP AND ELITISM.’’
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In the first place, when was PM Lee ever in touch with the real situation on the ground, the real sentiments of ordinary citizens?
In truth it is way out of Lee Hsien Loong’s depth trying to be PM.
It was a really really sick joke when LKY said it before that Hsien Loong would have been PM even earlier if he was not his son.
My balls were laughing then when LKY made that proclaimation some time back. Looking at the situation now, my dick is also laughing!
What I see before me is someone who will struggle to even become a boyscout group leader.
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http://shanghaiist.com/2010/07/01/gong_li_divorced_husband_for_john_c.php
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治国以礼民无怨声，不滥用私刑，没尚有余泣。抚百姓，示仪轨，约官职，从权制，开诚心，布公道…only happen when the real ??????????????????
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LKY’s very bad joke:
puppets can do very well
with all the strings attached to ……
wondered why we have sm, mm and etc
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Haha, the increase in cash downpayment for a property will partially help to cool property market ? Don’t think it will affect the rich people at all; anyway the policies go, they’ll never die but grow even richer ! How ? When property prices go down, they can buy even more private properties & rent them out ! The rich become richer in fact. Forever and ever…..Long live the rich….hahaha.
Sorry, I’m a penniless Sinkapolang…
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its sad to see that the multi-million cabinet cannot compare to 1 Goh Keng Swee.
the only element that the cabinet did better is arrogance. Just pick anyone, they are all a few hundred times prouder. Wait again, what did these boys and girls did that they should be proud of???
Answer: nothing. except for one malaysian pr who claims that she is the key reason why spore won a medal at the olympics.
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If an FT (foreign talent)couple, PRs, earns a combined income of $7k, sends $$ home to their families overseas, some deducted for CPF, feed their 2-child family, pay rental etc. & yet claim they don’t have enough to spend, what do you say of a poor Singaporean family with an income of $1.5k – $2k or worse still, graduates who are jobless, diligently & frantically applying jobs for mths or even yrs & yet not getting any ? Perhaps foreign hiring heads give jobs to their own village people for 1 possible reason…Nobody is looking into this critical problem & what to talk of societal harmony, integration ? We’re being quietly, seriously hurt by the import & intrusion of “human viruses”, damaging our locals.
When we built casinos, we already lost the moral authority no matter what “good” intentions we meant them to be; it was not 1 but 2 casinos ! Nothing glorious to boast about….How can our Ministry of Education imparts moral values to our next generation ??? Teach us, we are at a loss…
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Come’on lets be fair, he did acknowledge the concerns this we must give him credit, if it was daddy it would have been different.
However he does not score well once it goes beyond acknowledging the problem.
His failure to take ownership for causing the problem and apologising for the pain, hardship and frustration caused to Singaporeans is unacceptable.
His half measures are clearly inadequate and looked more like the usual tatics to lay money bills over cow dung just to get over the coming elections.
The problems his policies have created are immense,
Housing and the related high prices (I wont call this a bubble as such since the demand is real unlike in China where close to half of the new properties bought are vacant),
Schooling (2 counts for citizens compared to 1 for PR) is still a huge problem. His reasoning that all the schools are the same is just nonsense, walk the talk have your ministers sent all their children to neighborhood schools.
Transport (so true rail lines and trains take time to be built but why on earth didnt you do this ahead of allowing the influx of the immigrants. You created the problem you find the solution and make sure you do not pass the problem or inconvenience the citizens but your money minded plans.
Last but probably the most important, the influx of immigrants have pressured many Singaporeans to accept lower wages many have infact became jobless as they are displaced by these foreigners who are willing to do the same for less, not that they are really good but more so because they are planning to earn what they can in 3-5 years and pack their bags and go home after that and spend the money in their home country which is far lower cost
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1 more thing, there were complaints about the poor food given to YOG volunteers & some corrective actions were taken. Instead of admitting the poor service & care, it was disappointing to hear our PM said the YOG food was good & he liked it. Well, perhaps, he could be given the best food quality like a king in the palace. He shouldn’t have even complimented them at all. Do you think commoners love his remarks. It showed no empathy towards those affected (the VOLUNTEERS then). Thought it was a dry joke & biased. Not too good leh.
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Singapore independence in 1965 .
The whole of Asia independence earlier by donkey years from us
But we reach 1st world status in a blink of an eye ,thru hard work,
sweat and blood . Most of Asia is still stuck in 3rd world status .
Now our garment say Singapore are darft and lazy , need to get
FT to improve productivity .3rd world teach 1st world.
Wtf is that …
It’s like the son teaching the father how to fuck !
Vote for oppisition , this coming election is the point
of where Singapore future will be decided. we have enough of Papaya
lies and wayan show.
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The STUPID gahmen are cowards to import from 3rd world to grant them new citizenship so that they can downcast them to be their rulers.
No wonder Singapore is becoming 3rd class world citizens.
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@Sinkapolang,
Please get real….there are different standards…ministers and big shots get better treatment, better food etc. Ordinary citizens gets the cheaper stuffs. Even in the Army, you can see the officers gets better food and treatment than the others. What do you expect ?
Further more, when the ministers say they want to come, there are hundreds of saka grassroots ppl going ahead, preparing the road & waiting to carry his balls…
You and I are ordinary sinkapolang…chiak sai.
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It is clear the government and the people are in different camps. Do not ever think the government is on your side. So please WAKE UP!
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Sissy Lee can you for once just tell us the truth on how you were actually chosen to become PM? What kind of selection procedure or system was used to pick you to become PM? Who devised such a selection procedure? Was it a fair selection procedure? Is there nobody better than you for the post in Singapore or at least in your party?
Please we want only the truth. Do not tell lies.
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@cheap labor,
Not chiak sai, eat grass roots ! hahaha.
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On hindsight, it goes to show no proper planning was in place with regard to transport, housing, education, job, (NS too?) issues etc. when the govt.allowed & increased the no.of immigrants to come here. Until when locals started to raise hell, then they started to react; it showed a lack of co-ordination among ministries eg. did the head of transport raise the issue of how the influx of immigrants would affect transportation ? did the head of housing realise how property prices were be affected ?…..why now then we said we didn’t do enough (I thought we hv so-called the “top” brains) ?? Citizens expect selfless, sacrificial, noble & wise (hahaha) ministers of excellent quality brains with a HEART for the people…..producing excellent service quality & end results. It’s a TALL order !
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they is a link to the millions dollars paycheck the greedy minister craved and the clandestine policies they implemented.
once you are greedy you work for yourself
happened in Enron, Madoff, Banks
and in Singapore
the biggest company is the government the GIC
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Hope more Singaporean will wake up before the next GE and vote this useless PM out !
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Music is my life ! I love great music. Thank you for this blog, adding it to my favs ,)
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