"It will be sad if people vented their frustrations on other new Singaporeans who are here to find a better life. As a politician, I can stand the heat. When you ask Singaporean residents for feedback, they will complain that they have to wait more than 15 minutes for the bus. But when you ask new immigrants, they are happy that the bus comes in under 30 minutes."
-- Charles Chong, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP
“Frankly, I think you give me more credit than I deserve, but I’m very comfortable in a GRC.”
-- Charles Chong, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP, when a resident at Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC had suggested during a dialogue session involving Law Minister and Second Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and some other PAP MPs that a single seat be carved out from the GRC so that his Member of Parliament, Charles Chong, could “fight solo“.
"Maybe it made lesser mortals envious and they thought maybe he was a little bit boastful...would people have taken offence if his wife (a senior investment counsellor at a bank) had paid for everything?"
-- Charles Chong, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP
But all these are nothing as compared to the majestic screw up of YOG and one of its honorable parent - Teo Ser Luck.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
A reminder of why you should vote for them - Marine Parade MPs
“First, we need to make sure that they are called new Singaporeans rather than new migrants. They are not even new migrants – they are an old hand at migrating, and want a new life.”
-- Seah Kian Peng, MP of Marine Parade GRC
"The figures may be right, but the conclusion could be wrong."
-- Seah Kian Peng questioning The Prices and Earnings 2009 survey by the Swiss bank which stated that the Singaporean worker’s wages has decreased over the past 3 years, while the cost of living has shot up.
And the biggest shocker...
"I was an employee of GIC in 1999. I was offered by Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre to be Director, Medical & Paramedical Services in January 2000.
However to leave GIC, I had to pay S$560,000 to settle my outstanding staff housing loan. I agreed to join Ren Ci on condition that I received a loan of S$60,000, to pay off in part the amount of S$560,000 and I paid the remaining S$500,000 from bank loan.
When I borrowed the sum of S$60,000 from Ren Ci, I was not an MP. It was lent to me as staff, and was part of the terms on which I agreed to join Ren Ci. I have since repaid the sum fully."
-- Dr Ong Seh Hong, MP for Marine Parade GRC and COO of Ren Ci Hospital
-- Seah Kian Peng, MP of Marine Parade GRC
"The figures may be right, but the conclusion could be wrong."
-- Seah Kian Peng questioning The Prices and Earnings 2009 survey by the Swiss bank which stated that the Singaporean worker’s wages has decreased over the past 3 years, while the cost of living has shot up.
And the biggest shocker...
"I was an employee of GIC in 1999. I was offered by Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre to be Director, Medical & Paramedical Services in January 2000.
However to leave GIC, I had to pay S$560,000 to settle my outstanding staff housing loan. I agreed to join Ren Ci on condition that I received a loan of S$60,000, to pay off in part the amount of S$560,000 and I paid the remaining S$500,000 from bank loan.
When I borrowed the sum of S$60,000 from Ren Ci, I was not an MP. It was lent to me as staff, and was part of the terms on which I agreed to join Ren Ci. I have since repaid the sum fully."
-- Dr Ong Seh Hong, MP for Marine Parade GRC and COO of Ren Ci Hospital
Thursday, March 24, 2011
A reminder of why you should vote for them - Holland-Bukit Timah MPs
"We may be the highest paid, but at the same time it is also important for them to understand we're probably the most effective, the best civil service in the world. And this came about because AUPE and PSD (Public Service Division), we work hand in hand, so on the one hand, we negotiate for fair terms, for good terms, for responsive rewards for civil servants."
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say
"It's a solution (that) looks easy... but actually we don't believe it will serve the interest of low wage workers of Singapore."
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say on why minimum wage will not work in Singapore
"All except one frog who did reach the top. And when asked afterwards why he ignored the crowd, the frog said: 'I'm deaf. I can't hear them.' We never give up. We are like the little frog. 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?"
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say
"Even the newspaper report, I didn't even know about it until I read about it in the papers. It shows that I almost didn't care. I had more important things to do, I had good feedback and good suggestions from so many people, and I focused on that. I didn't lose sleep about that."
-- Vivian Balakrishnan, when everybody was trying to tell him about the screw-ups in YOG
"To deny them the right to call themselves Singaporean is very, very selfish. It's very unsportsmanlike... They have made great sacrifices to be here."
-- Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan
“How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?”
-- Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan on why we should not increase the monthly PA allowance so that its recipients can have three basic meals a day
“I want to clarify that the mayors do not decide on the salaries, the increments, the bonuses of all our staff at the CDC. The mayors are political appointment holders. We chair the CDC to spearhead the CDC, to build a social safety net and help the people. That is our job. If you ask me, I do not know the salaries; I do not know the bonuses of all my staff.”
-- Dr Teo Ho Pin when questioned about two staff member of Northwest CDC receiving 8 months bonus
“They (residents) should thank the Town Council for working hard to come up with a diversified portfolio to generate income so that residents do not have to fork out more money.”
-- Dr Teo Ho Pin about why it makes sense to invest constituency’s funds in high risk funds
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say
"It's a solution (that) looks easy... but actually we don't believe it will serve the interest of low wage workers of Singapore."
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say on why minimum wage will not work in Singapore
"All except one frog who did reach the top. And when asked afterwards why he ignored the crowd, the frog said: 'I'm deaf. I can't hear them.' We never give up. We are like the little frog. 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?"
-- Labour chief Lim Swee Say
"Even the newspaper report, I didn't even know about it until I read about it in the papers. It shows that I almost didn't care. I had more important things to do, I had good feedback and good suggestions from so many people, and I focused on that. I didn't lose sleep about that."
-- Vivian Balakrishnan, when everybody was trying to tell him about the screw-ups in YOG
"To deny them the right to call themselves Singaporean is very, very selfish. It's very unsportsmanlike... They have made great sacrifices to be here."
-- Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan
“How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?”
-- Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan on why we should not increase the monthly PA allowance so that its recipients can have three basic meals a day
“I want to clarify that the mayors do not decide on the salaries, the increments, the bonuses of all our staff at the CDC. The mayors are political appointment holders. We chair the CDC to spearhead the CDC, to build a social safety net and help the people. That is our job. If you ask me, I do not know the salaries; I do not know the bonuses of all my staff.”
-- Dr Teo Ho Pin when questioned about two staff member of Northwest CDC receiving 8 months bonus
“They (residents) should thank the Town Council for working hard to come up with a diversified portfolio to generate income so that residents do not have to fork out more money.”
-- Dr Teo Ho Pin about why it makes sense to invest constituency’s funds in high risk funds
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
A reminder of why you should vote for them - Aljunied MPs
"There would be a group who currently, the ones who are travelling single trips and shorter trips who are not benefiting, but we hope that if they review it say on a weekly travel pattern basis instead of looking at it on a per-trip basis ... look at it as a weekly travel pattern and sometimes also in terms of what is to come later on, more choices ... in due course, I am sure they will benefit as well."
-- Lim Hwee Hua, Second Minister for Transport and Finance
"Singaporeans' concern over immigration issues is understandable but they must avoid developing irrational fears toward new immigrants."
-- Lim Hwee Hua, Second Minister for Transport and Finance
"We will not introduce new cross-country services, because those are really legacies of the past. But we will review every (existing) one to see whether they need to be sustained."
-- Lim Hwee Hua, Second Minister for Transport and Finance
And here's the most interesting piece: Vote Zainul Abidin Rasheed Out Facebook group.
-- Lim Hwee Hua, Second Minister for Transport and Finance
"Singaporeans' concern over immigration issues is understandable but they must avoid developing irrational fears toward new immigrants."
-- Lim Hwee Hua, Second Minister for Transport and Finance
"We will not introduce new cross-country services, because those are really legacies of the past. But we will review every (existing) one to see whether they need to be sustained."
-- Lim Hwee Hua, Second Minister for Transport and Finance
And here's the most interesting piece: Vote Zainul Abidin Rasheed Out Facebook group.
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