Singapore and N-Korea, people, political culture= same; no?

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Originally Posted by watchmen  Thread source (A1): PM Lee Says We Succeeded More Than We Expected But Public Disagrees PM Lee says we succeeded more than we expected

Definitely scored grand distinction for his efforts at fixing opposition parties...

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2008 Workers' Party mass cycling at East Coast Park cannot, PAP carnival at West Coast Park can So are political parties holding outdoor events dangerous? Well it depends on what party you belong to, it seems. If you were an Opposition party trying organise a mass cycling event at East Coast Park to celebrate your 50th anniversary, the Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs, Prof Ho Peng Kee will reject it because political parties are not allowed to use public places to promote their cause. And also because of public safety. Prof Ho said to WP's Low Thia Khiang, "You may be well-behaving, but there may be other people whom you come across when you cycle who may stop you, may want to debate with you and that may attract a crowd, and therefore will result in problems the police want to avoid." But if you are the ruling party organising a carnival at West Coast Park, you are totally no danger to the public. In fact, you are a delight to the spectators.

Singapore citizens should have 2x chance of winning NDP ticket as compared to permanent residents and all performers an extra chance.

Singapore citizens should have 2x chance of winning NDP ticket as compared to permanent residents and all performers an extra chance.

(e.g. for performers: SG performer=3x chance, PR performer=2x chance, non-citizen performer=1x chance).

Why the Singapore GRC system of elections ought be forsaken as an abandoned relic of time. (Response essay)

cancer81 (16Apr2013) wrote:

Re thread: Before we introduce the FT MP, how about reviewing the (duplicitous) GRC system of elections?
this is a thread abt GRC and it's redundancy...
well then do not use such a stupid (yes I used that word) title...
you want to attract views with use of "FT"??
and finally why are we FLOGGING this DEAD HORSE??
remove GRCs? OK sure why not? Would it ensure that the PAP will never govern again?

Why the GRC system must go.(3 replies)

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Originally Posted by sock_min Re thread: A critique of the GRC system of elections in Singapore and a better solution forward GRC system is good as it bring HDB upgrading faster. Else the HDB units all like haunted homes.

[Prepared?]Tsunami of immigrants from Europe/ USA immigrants to SE Asia? But are Singaporeans prepared?

Today, there is alleged inflation due to capital outflows from USA(FED) Japan due to their aggressive Quantitative Easing (QE) aka print $$$ policies. Today these large countries export $$$ into Asia, tomorrow (or has it started?) they will export immigrants in large numbers... perhaps the PAP is now building more HDB flats in preparation for their arrival... whatever the case, vegetables at NTUC will no longer cost the same as they cost now...

The electoral system in Singapore lies in urgent need of reform and remedy.

Originally Posted by Kiwi8 (16Apr2013, 01:43 PM)

Re thread: Before we introduce the FT MP, how about updating the parliamentary elections act?
Well, with the citizenship easily given to perceived foreign talent, PAP probably wun be that daft to risk the loss of votes to make changes to the constitution to let non-citizens become MPs. There are already some foreign-born MPs in the parliament, but all of them have Singapore citizenship.

Government of Singapore: a sponsor of banker's prodigious greed?

Dividends Wizard (17Oct2012) wrote:

Re Thread: Bank failure in Singapore; the SDIC national solution?
what are you smoking ?
don't take so much drugs .
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Maids, unless necessary, should be an appropriately priced luxury.

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Originally Posted by hfourhappy (22Mar2012) Topic: The rich want cheap maids, cheap FT so NO to minimum wage rule in Singapore? I dont think hiring a hiring a miad is cheap in spore. Not all household can afford to hire a miad.

Ball is at foot of YSL I think.

final1 (15Feb) wrote:

Topic:Expulsion of Yaw Shin Leong from Party Membership
Short story why they took this action:
Yaw brought embarrassment to the party and most importantly, is a political liability because of the bad press. Hence, he must go or else next GE, how? That is likely how WP is thinking. So, they expelled him.

[9/2010/CNA] Goh CT: We are fine so long as there is nett happiness?

Goh CT: We are fine so long as there is nett happiness?
 Ooh.. on the slippery slope of oligarchy where we must believe everything our politicians say ...the mrbrown show: net happiness [link]

Re: Thanks to GIC investment, UBS and friends entertain themselves at Singaporean's expense.

3 quick objections in succession I see...

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Originally Posted by specialk78 erm but all these were already booked prior to the discovery..furthermore they r a sponsor of the F1 too...if they dont entertain their top pte banking clients it would be worst...they will prob take the chance to assure their top clients that e bank is still intact & not gonna collapes & do other service recovery..

Re: GIC is sitting on a substantial loss close to US$7.4 billion on its UBS stake

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Originally Posted by terkan The problem with GIC and Temasek is that they are run by politicians who are misfits in the financial world because of their mindset. First thing politicians do is to push the blame away. Second thing is that they hide everything good or bad. In investment, objectivity is key. If you make a mistake, it is ok since there are risks involved in any investment. We must not hide the mistake and therefore take no action in case we are found out.

Thanks to GIC investment, UBS and friends entertain themselves at Singaporean's expense.

Source: 'For UBS, austerity hard to balance at Singapore F1 race': [Reuters, 22Sept2011]

Is Dr Tony Tan principally responsible for GIC's S$10 billion UBS investment loss (paper) this year?

Is Dr Tony Tan principally responsible for GIC's S$10 billion UBS investment loss (paper) this year?

Re: GIC is sitting on a substantial loss close to US$7.4 billion on its UBS stake

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Originally Posted by RedDotter1 Eh, didn't you know it's more strange why counting witnesses are asked to appear at the counting centre only and not all the way from voting stations to counting centers. On route switched boxes also dunno. You watch Magic's Greatest Tricks revealed right? Ask around and a lot of pp tells me they didn't vote for TT le..