A reminder of why you should vote for them - Pasir Ris - Punggol MPs

"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.

The YOG venue may be half-empty, but sorry, tickets sold out!

When asked about the situation of the embarrassing YOG ticket sales, this is what Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Teo Ser Luck had to say...

"I wouldn’t say we are disappointed, I think we are quite happy with the ticket sales so far but I also hope more Singaporeans will also support the games and Team Singapore."

But when Singaporeans decided to be supportive, all tickets to the half-empty venues are sold out.

'Toughest fight of my life'
Daryl is Singapore's bronze-medal hero
Source: Todayonline.com

SINGAPORE - Daryl Tan thrilled a nation when he secured Singapore's first medal yesterday in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games.

The taekwondo exponent reached the semi-finals of the 55kg division and was guaranteed a medal, with no play-off for third place.

His bout in the last four against Iran's world junior champion Kaveh Rezaei was watched by many VIPs, among them Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean and Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan.

But not his mum and dad, Amy Yeoh and Raymond Tan, who were unable to get tickets.

It was a shame, especially when Hall 401 at the International Convention Centre at Suntec City, which holds a capacity of 840, was half-empty when Daryl took on the Iranian star. According to a source close to the event, many of the empty seats were tickets that were allocated to schools.

The schoolchildren missed out on a special occasion for Singapore.

If this is not a number game, I don't know what is.

Singaporeans should vote for PAP because they know which direction they want to take Singapore to?

“People should decide what kind of government they want for the next five years and not just base their votes on seasonal topics. We have a tried and tested short- and long-term plan, and know which direction we want to take Singapore to.”

-- Michael Palmer, Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Ris-Punggol


Let's look at the recent example of a mistake made in a tried and tested short-term plan:

After Education Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen spoke to Singaporeans nonchalantly that "high weighting given to mother tongue languages in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is now under review and could be reduced", the minister accidentally triggered public rage and a gathering of two thousands over people (including some big shots in the Chinese society) at the Speakers' Corner to sign a petition. Finally the Prime Minister had to come out to cover the mess he made and assure the people that what Dr Ng said was not true.

Finally, Dr Ng gave a typical half-hearted bureaucratic reply: "But I should have chosen my words more carefully and apologise for creating that wrong impression."


And not forgetting a rare example of a mistake made in a tried and tested long-term plan, by the honorable flawless MM Lee:

Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said his insistence on bilingualism in the early days of education policy was “wrong” which caused many students to give up learning the Chinese language.

"We started the wrong way. We insisted on ting xie (listening), mo xie (dictation) – madness! We had teachers who were teaching in completely-Chinese schools. And they did not want to use any English to teach English-speaking children Chinese and that turned them off completely."


Coincidentally, both tried and tested short- and long-term mistakes impacted the education of our young. The future generation of Singaporeans.

Why should Singaporeans vote for the PAP again?

Forget about Facebook, Blogger, Twitter and eBay, let's do WikiMe!

I propose the we create another map, which I call 'WikiMe', where the govt create the infrastructure (like Wireless@SG) and templates, while people upload their own content, offering info about themselves, exchange triumphs and tribulations, and even offering a hand for free or for a fee

-- Penny Low, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC

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Rubbish? Look who’s talking

If the new immigrants are happy with a 30 minutes late bus, what's Singaporeans' problem?

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

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It's not that civil servants are inflexible, but the people are more demanding

MP Mr Teo Ser Luck said he has gotten feedback that there are bureaucratic people in his two ministries.

"And with so many civil servants around, it is inevitable that there will be some people who are less flexible. Also, as society's standards get higher and education levels improve, the people will demand more of government departments."

-- Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

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The lesser mortals get envious when MPs brag about their luxury lives

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

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