PAP assessing which MPs should make way for new blood
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By Hetty Musfirah Abdul Khamid | Posted: 12 February 2011 1624 hrs
SINGAPORE: The People's Action Party (PAP) is assessing who among the current MPs should step down to make way for new candidates in the next General Election, which must be held by February next year.
PAP chairman Lim Boon Heng said this when asked to elaborate on comments last month by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong that the party was at the tail end of interviewing candidates.
Mr Lim, who is also the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, was speaking at the official opening of a new childcare centre at the Jurong GRC on Saturday.
29-year-old Alex Yam, who has been a PAP member since 2002, was among grassroots leaders accompanying Mr Lim during the event.
When asked if he is likely to stand as a GE candidate, Mr Yam expressed surprise and said he will leave the decision to the Prime Minister.
Mr Lim gave little away, saying grassroots leaders are moved around constituencies to help them gain exposure.
He also revealed that most of the potential election candidates are young and some have limited exposure to grassroots activities.
Mr Lim said that it is also no secret that PAP typically renews a quarter to a third of its candidates at every election, adding that the process of choosing candidates is still an ongoing one.
"When SM Goh mentioned that we are at the tail end....it means that the leadership is now looking at the existing MPs, looking at the people who are potential candidates and then assessing who should step down and who should be brought in," said Mr Lim.
And as far as his Jurong GRC is concerned, Mr Lim said: "Ever since Dr Ong Chit Chung passed away, we have to get ready....so we do meet regularly from time to time to make sure that different things are prepared....update things we do, improve on some of the preparations and so on. So I think we are as ready as we can for the election, and just waiting for Prime Minister to tell us when."
Separately, Mr Lim also gave his comments on the PCF kindergarten in Bedok that has threatened to impose fines on parents who are late in picking up their children after class.
He said the 22 PCF Little Wings centres located in the western part of Singapore have also seen such similar cases but it has not become a big issue. So the centres are not yet exploring the idea of imposing similar fines on parents.
"We should not be carried way with this issue about fines. It's actually also about having communication with parents, for them to understand the constraints of operating a centre," said Mr Lim.
"So I think we prefer to continue to engage parents who are late and find out the reasons, and where possible, we will strike up some mutually acceptable solution," he added.
Mr Lim said the government can provide more support for working parents. And he hopes the upcoming Budget can address this.
One possibility is to provide more subsidies in infant care, he said.
Mr Lim said: "I think we can subsidise more in infant care, because I think for parents, really, when the child comes and both parents are working, who looks after the kid? And it is not always convenient to have grandparents (look after the kids).
Some grandparents may also be working.....So, the setting up of infant care centres is important, but infant care is labour-intensive, it's expensive. So, I would be in favour of increasing subsidies for infant care."
Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will deliver the Budget on 18 February.
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They need to replace all the ministers who screwed up in the past few years.
No prizes for guessing which are the "popular" ministers.
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old vampire need new blood.
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Lim Boon Heng himself is 64 years old, never helmed a ministry before, and is without a portfolio for the past 18 years. MP since 1980, that's 31 years...
WKS is unlikely to step down. Maybe become SM. Jayakumar more likely.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
old vampire need new blood.
hahha....i like your cute bat icon....use this...
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look like my usual or guay teng (black chicken soup) i always drink....
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List of MPs to be retired from politics -
Abdullah Tarmugi (East Coast GRC)
Ahmad Magad (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC)
Balaji Sadasivian (Ang Mo Kio GRC)
Chan Soo Sen (Joo Chiat)
Charles Chong (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC)
Christopher de Souza (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC)
Eric Low (Hougang)
Heng Chee How (Jalan Besar GRC)
Ho Peng Kee (Nee Soon East)
Koo Tsai Kee (Tanjong Pagar GRC)
Lee Boon Yang (Jalan Besar GRC)
Lee Kuan Yew (Tanjong Pagar GRC)
Lim Biow Chuan (Marine Parade GRC)
Lim Boon Heng (Jurong GRC)
Matthias Yao (MacPherson)
Ong Ah Heng (Nee Soon Central)
Ong Chit Chung (Jurong GRC)
Ong Kian Min (Tampines GRC)
Ong Seh Hong (Aljunied GRC)
S Jayakumar (East Coast GRC)
Wee Siew Kim (Ang Mo Kio GRC)
Yeo Cheow Tong (Hong Kah GRC)
Yu-Foo Yee Shoon (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC)
Zainul Abidin Rasheed (Aljunied GRC)
Zainuldin Nordin (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC)Mah Bow Tan will drop post, to be replaced by Grace Fu.
Wong Kan Seng will be Senior Minister w.e.f. 2014.
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Originally posted by charlize:
They need to replace all the ministers who screwed up in the past few years.
No prizes for guessing which are the "popular" ministers.
Geez!!!
Why give them ideas to better themselves?
They should promote the screw-ups to higher post.
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as LKY gets ever closer to death's door............more old farts will get kicked out.........
so the new people will be 100% obedient to LHL.........
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
hahha....i like your cute bat icon....use this...
Need new blood....
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Have to get rid of the old guards, else he cannot be PM.
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Heard rumours that they do blood transfusion for him every month, lots of new healthy blood.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
Heard rumours that they do blood transfusion for him every month, lots of new healthy blood.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
Heard rumours that they do blood transfusion for him every month, lots of new healthy blood.
no more blood transfusions liao...........wife die liao mah so his cock can retire liao.........
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
Need new blood....
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When we look at the number of people that needs to be replaced, it is very obvious, they are feeding a lot of good for nothings, that needed spurs to bet stuck into their lazy asses.
In a way, even the pool of quality bootlickers are shrinking due to our own shrinking population, FTs will feature more predominately in the next election if there's ever going to be another.
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MM Lee should not contest, this will surely renew the blood.
SM Goh also.
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any idea wats the position after MM?
KING?
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Originally posted by FBFIce:
any idea wats the position after MM?
KING?
Singapore should establish a monarchy.
Lee is King, his son crown prince. His house a castle. His policies is imperial edict.
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Originally posted by Cute Dolphin:
MM Lee should not contest, this will surely renew the blood.
SM Goh also.
As the health gets well on MM Lee, and gets fit, there will be a petition on whether he will stay as a MP or not.
Maybe MM Lee should start getting a private life, no work, no money, etc. without his wife. More like Ronald Reagan or Goh Keng Swee.
SM Goh has decided to become president of Singapore, end up kena rejected n stay in Marine Parade GRC.
If Singapore is without MM Lee, then the two kings (One Senior and One Prime), will look after the whole Singapore, re-shaping the nation building (52 Years of Nation, Is Still Like Hong Kong)