PAP holds closed-door session in Pasir Ris
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By S Ramesh | Posted: 16 March 2011 2141 hrs
SINGAPORE: Nearly 100 activists and party helpers from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) met in a closed-door session at Downtown East in Pasir Ris Wednesday evening, ahead of the impending General Elections.
Among those present were the PAP's second assistant secretary-general and Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and PAP Central Committee Member Lim Swee Say, and several incumbent Members of Parliament.
The meeting was to brief the helpers and activists of preparations for the hustings, and to clear any doubts they may have of procedures connected with campaigning.
Activists and MPs remained tight-lipped as they entered the meeting room, while Mr Lim said the discussion was an internal party matter, not to be shared publicly.
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election soon.
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Maybe offering extra goodies to be willing running dogs.
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Originally posted by Askingyouto:
Maybe offering extra goodies to be willing running dogs.
running dogs are hungry dogs.
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Why cannot share with the public?
If you are doing something good for its pple, at least show the pple.
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where is the 369 @ Downtown East?
Never go h*ck them for chui teh pua......?
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Why cannot share with the public?
If you are doing something good for its pple, at least show the pple.
They were probably mapping out strategies for fixing the opposition in the upcoming elections.
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Oh, meeting of multi-millionaires. $800 for the average joe but 8 months PB for them.
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Originally posted by Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë:
where is the 369 @ Downtown East?
Never go h*ck them for chui teh pua......?
then really is si ginnahs.
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
They were probably mapping out strategies for fixing the opposition in the upcoming elections.
So they fear that this time round, opposition might beat them hands down?I thought usually pap very open and very confident that they will win all the seats except 2?
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Get ready to pay more for GST.
Woohoo.
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PAP thinking of ways to fix the opposition in upcoming election.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Get ready to pay more for GST.
Woohoo.
I expect 10 percent GST.Buy 100 SGD LEGO pay GST 10 SGD !!!
buy 1 k worth of lego pay 100 SGD !!!
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Must be doing something��得光one.
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papie by default checks in.
back in 2009:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/431930/1/.html
PAP MPs rebut Low Thia Khiang's views on role of opposition party
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 26 May 2009 2010 hrsSINGAPORE: Opposition MP Low Thia Khiang had said on Monday that a more effective opposition presence can provide checks and balances on the ruling party. However, Members of Parliament (MP) from the People's Action Party (PAP) on Tuesday rebutted his views, calling Mr Low's arguments simplistic and incorrect.
Mr Low had asked what recourse Singaporeans have if the ruling party were to abuse its power, trample on people's rights and become corrupt.
Indranee Rajah, Deputy Speaker and MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC, replied that the citizens of Singapore have the right to vote against the PAP, and said Mr Low's suggestion is unsound.
She said: "If that day ever comes, then the people are at liberty to vote out the PAP government and should do so in that situation.(as a born and bred Singapore citizen, I don't really mind losing my liberty to vote twice by default in 2001 and 2006. After all i support PAP. they produced, produce and are still producing a clean, white, supportive and reliable government.)
"The premise of Mr Low's suggestion is flawed. He's really saying just in case PAP becomes corrupt in the future, then people had better vote for the opposition now.
"But if you apply the same logic, then the argument can also be made that if you vote in the opposition, then they may become corrupt in the future, so in order to avoid that, you might as well vote for PAP now."
Ms Rajah stressed that it has been acknowledged internationally that with the PAP government at the helm, Singapore is one of the least corrupt countries in the world.(agreed. we're one of the least corrupt countries and even though got huge difference between incorrupt country and incorruptible governance... even though according to democracy index we're one stop above bangladesh and one stop below bolivia... even though the freedom house don't consider us an electoral democracy state... i still support PAP. afterall... there was a time when people said that singapore won't make it, but we did.)
She said: "Going by Mr Low's argument, the logical outcome is that in every other country in the world with an opposition it should be squeaky clean, and in Singapore, in which a large majority of the Parliament comes from a single party, then Singapore should be the most corrupt country in the world. That as we know is not the case.
(tsk. mr low was trying to say that fair competition leads to political moderation. also means country leaders quite likely, are then compelled to think of the people, act of the people and produce results for the good of the people in order to win future votes. and having 1 choice which basically means no choice really sucks. because when position in power is guaranteed, leaders become complacent but it's fine, really. i still support PAP. after all, the PAP has the strongest team with outstanding individuals running their office for the past wonderful 40 odd years.)
"Since we have only two elected opposition members in Parliament, the fact that we currently have an honest and clean government clearly cannot be attributable to the opposition and must obviously be due to something else...
"It's due to the fact that the PAP government has set for itself and its Members of Parliament a high degree of accountability and integrity."
MPs argued that it is better to preserve a corruption-free political system, and to maintain a political culture that does not tolerate corruption.
Josephine Teo, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, said: "Is it better for Singapore to support an opposition - even if it is not up to mark - in the hope that it could govern well when it overthrows a corrupt PAP? Or is it better to make sure that the PAP does not fail Singaporeans, that it has the strongest team to serve Singaporeans?"
Joining the debate, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Hri Kumar, added that the challenge now is to increase the talent pool so that there is a solid team to form the government.
"Today, a minister must be appointed from the ranks of elected MPs," he said. "But it is not easy getting good people to run for office.
"Why not give the Prime Minister the option to appoint outstanding individuals from outside the rank of elected MPs to his cabinet? The pool of talent available to the PM will increase substantially and we can draw on the experience of many capable individuals."
Nominated MP (NMP) Dr Loo Choon Yong said he thinks that after 19 years of testing out the NMP scheme, it is now time to make the NMP scheme a permanent feature of Singapore's Parliament.
He urged the government to amend the Constitution so that Parliament need not debate the issue of retaining the scheme each time a new Parliament sits after a general election. -
Originally posted by charlize:
Get ready to pay more for GST.
Woohoo.
nooooooooooo..... -
Originally posted by likeyou:
nooooooooooo.....Yeeeessssss ....