GE: PAP team for Tampines GRC not confirmed yet
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GE: PAP team for Tampines GRC not confirmed yet
By Dylan Loh/Liang Kaixin | Posted: 20 March 2011 1641 hrs
SINGAPORE : National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan on Sunday said the People's Action Party's line-up of candidates for Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the coming General Election is not confirmed yet.
Mr Mah was speaking at the sidelines of a Tampines Sports Carnival and the launch of tamper-proof labels for bicycles.
Tampines, Singapore's first cycling town, is also the first constituency to launch high security labels for bicycles as part of efforts to become a model cycling town.
Under this initiative, residents who own bicycles can be provided with tamper-proof labels which contain security features that offer cyclists a unique identifier for their bicycles.
Owners are encouraged to register their bicycle security labels in the online Bicycle Identification System (BIDS) administered by Tampines Town Council.
Introducing the system is part of ongoing efforts to improve the cycling environment in Tampines estate.
The initiative to introduce high security labels arose out of discussions between the Tampines Cycling Town Committee, the police and Tampines Town Council.
Meanwhile, Mr Mah also said that for the party's candidates, what is important are integrity, commitment and a passion to serve. And his team is actively using new media tools like Facebook to engage residents.
Mr Mah, who is also MP for Tampines GRC, said: "Over the last 20-over years...in fact every block we have been to, every house we have knocked on, sometimes they are in, sometimes they are not in. But through Facebook, I hope we will be able to plug the gaps."
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Ex-Transport minister still on the ball, LOL.
Is Tampines new town embracing the sustainability concept at last?
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I wonder if MBT is leaving Tampines GRC for Temasek Holdings?
I think hes better for the corporate sector. -
Originally posted by Junyang700:
I wonder if MBT is leaving Tampines GRC for Temasek Holdings?
I think hes better for the corporate sector.Looks like he might be shipped out.
His unpopular housing policies and illogical explanations is a bugbear to the incumbent party and they might not want to risk losing a GRC because of him.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Looks like he might be shipped out.
His unpopular housing policies and illogical explanations is a bugbear to the incumbent party and they might not want to risk losing a GRC because of him.
worst still i tink the whole grc oso like nobody i heard of...
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
I wonder if MBT is leaving Tampines GRC for Temasek Holdings?
I think hes better for the corporate sector.Well, I wouldn't want him on the board of SBS Transit considering what happened back in 1999.
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
worst still i tink the whole grc oso like nobody i heard of...
Isn't the former ST reporter Irene ng part of his team? She now married to an ang mo who could be her father's age. -
PAP sure win one.
Dun need to consider too much.
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Originally posted by Singapore AFOL:
PAP sure win one.
Dun need to consider too much.
By margin or even worst than Aljunied GRC HEHE
But he really should retire ler..let the younger generation take over. :D
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No wonder he has time to write books.
He might have been relieved of some of his duties.
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Originally posted by charlize:
No wonder he has time to write books.
He might have been relieved of some of his duties.
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Originally posted by SevenEleven:
Not true meh?
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another shorty speaking, hahahahah. So many shorties in PAP.
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
I wonder if MBT is leaving Tampines GRC for Temasek Holdings?
I think hes better for the corporate sector.
marbok tan oso stepping down. .......... pap interior rifts ........ many not agreed with d cancer man -
Originally posted by charlize:
Not true meh?
dunno -
these farkers have been saying these few weeks that the candidate should have integrity. That's an indirect way of implying that they have plenty of that.
Now let's have a BIG DOSE of INTEGRITY:
This Should Make You Puke
March 11th, 2011 | Author: Online Press
While the whole wide world braces for the impact of price increases in oil, food and commodities, Parliament has quietly moved to increase the selected president’s salary to $4,267,500, a hefty 20.8% quantum jump of $890,700. That’s double the percentage increase of the financial assistance package for the poor, which was recently adjusted from $360 to $400 per month.
If you haven’t spewed your morning coffee yet, listen to this. Minister Thaman proposed the change for “recruitment of an additional staff officer to support the work of the Council of Presidential Advisers and a butler manager to meet increased demand for butler services, and the high variable payments on account of a strong economic growth”. We know from Tom Plate’s account that Lee Kuan Yew has two staff just to provide hot towels for his aching bones, but are there so many butlers there in the Istana that they need a “butler manager” to supervise the servants? It’s bad enough to read of “higher variable payments”, Tharman also uses the term ‘”ad hoc spending”. Does the national budget also have a YOG styled “other costs” accounting entry?
Tharman tried to downplay the gross abuse of public funds by saying that the total expenditure for the “Civil List for the President of the Republic of Singapore” will be the same as the revised 2010 figure of $11,605,000. What he did not say to the public is that the original 2010 figure was $10,354,700. Why and when was the number “revised” by $1,250,300 to $11,605,000? Just in time for the 2011 budget?
By the way, while sky rocketing COEs are threatening the affordability of cars for those who need to drive for work purposes, these guys have also decided that the president needs a new office car. Are we even on the same planet?
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The amounts given below are correct before yesterday's announcement of an increase in President Nathan's salary
Top 30 Highest Paid Politicians in the World (Information obtained from the internet)
Clean sweep by tiny Singapore to be in the Guinness Book of Records!
Top 30 highest paid politicians in the world and they are all from Singapore.
(All amounts exclude bonuses.)
1. Elected President SR Nathan - S$3.9 million.
2. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong - S$3.8 million.
3. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew - S$3.5 million.
4. Senior Minister Goh Chok Thong - S$3.5 million.
5. Senior Minister Prof Jayakumar - S$3.2 million.
6. DPM & Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng - S$2.9 million.
7. DPM & Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean - $2.9 million.
8. Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo - S$2.8 million.
9. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan - S$2.7 million.
10. PMO Minister Lim Boon Heng - S$2.7 million.
11. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang - S$2.7 million.
12. PMO Minister Lim Swee Say - S$2.6 million.
13. Environment Minister & Muslim Affairs Minister Dr Yaccob Ibrahim - S$2.6 million.
14. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan - S$2.6 million.
15. Finance Minister S Tharman - S$2.6 million.
16. Education Minister & 2nd Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen - S$2.6 million.
17. Community Development Youth and Sports Minister - Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - S$2.5 million.
18. Transport Minister & 2nd Minister for Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim Siang Kiat - S$2.5 million.
19. Law Minister & 2nd Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam - S$2.4 million.
20. Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong - S$2.2 million.
21. PMO Minister Lim Hwee Hwa - S$2.2 million.
22. Acting ICA Minister - Lui Tuck Yew - S$2.0 million.
23 to 30 = Senior Ministers of State and Ministers of State - each getting between S$1.8 million to S$1.5 million.
Compared to other Countries' Leaders:
Donald Tsang Yum-Kuen - Hong Kong (S$716k)
Barack Obama - United States (S$555k)
Nicolas Sarkozy - France (S$441k)
Angela Merkel - Germany (S$420k)
Gordon Brown - UK (S$387k)
Taro Aso - Japan (S$337k) Total of all 6: S$2,856,000 -
Originally posted by Rock^Star:
these farkers have been saying these few weeks that the candidate should have integrity. That's an indirect way of implying that they have plenty of that.
Now let's have a BIG DOSE of INTEGRITY:
This Should Make You Puke
March 11th, 2011 | Author: Online Press
While the whole wide world braces for the impact of price increases in oil, food and commodities, Parliament has quietly moved to increase the selected president’s salary to $4,267,500, a hefty 20.8% quantum jump of $890,700. That’s double the percentage increase of the financial assistance package for the poor, which was recently adjusted from $360 to $400 per month.
If you haven’t spewed your morning coffee yet, listen to this. Minister Thaman proposed the change for “recruitment of an additional staff officer to support the work of the Council of Presidential Advisers and a butler manager to meet increased demand for butler services, and the high variable payments on account of a strong economic growth”. We know from Tom Plate’s account that Lee Kuan Yew has two staff just to provide hot towels for his aching bones, but are there so many butlers there in the Istana that they need a “butler manager” to supervise the servants? It’s bad enough to read of “higher variable payments”, Tharman also uses the term ‘”ad hoc spending”. Does the national budget also have a YOG styled “other costs” accounting entry?
Tharman tried to downplay the gross abuse of public funds by saying that the total expenditure for the “Civil List for the President of the Republic of Singapore” will be the same as the revised 2010 figure of $11,605,000. What he did not say to the public is that the original 2010 figure was $10,354,700. Why and when was the number “revised” by $1,250,300 to $11,605,000? Just in time for the 2011 budget?
By the way, while sky rocketing COEs are threatening the affordability of cars for those who need to drive for work purposes, these guys have also decided that the president needs a new office car. Are we even on the same planet?
.
The amounts given below are correct before yesterday's announcement of an increase in President Nathan's salary
Top 30 Highest Paid Politicians in the World (Information obtained from the internet)
Clean sweep by tiny Singapore to be in the Guinness Book of Records!
Top 30 highest paid politicians in the world and they are all from Singapore.
(All amounts exclude bonuses.)
1. Elected President SR Nathan - S$3.9 million.
2. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong - S$3.8 million.
3. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew - S$3.5 million.
4. Senior Minister Goh Chok Thong - S$3.5 million.
5. Senior Minister Prof Jayakumar - S$3.2 million.
6. DPM & Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng - S$2.9 million.
7. DPM & Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean - $2.9 million.
8. Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo - S$2.8 million.
9. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan - S$2.7 million.
10. PMO Minister Lim Boon Heng - S$2.7 million.
11. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang - S$2.7 million.
12. PMO Minister Lim Swee Say - S$2.6 million.
13. Environment Minister & Muslim Affairs Minister Dr Yaccob Ibrahim - S$2.6 million.
14. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan - S$2.6 million.
15. Finance Minister S Tharman - S$2.6 million.
16. Education Minister & 2nd Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen - S$2.6 million.
17. Community Development Youth and Sports Minister - Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - S$2.5 million.
18. Transport Minister & 2nd Minister for Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim Siang Kiat - S$2.5 million.
19. Law Minister & 2nd Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam - S$2.4 million.
20. Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong - S$2.2 million.
21. PMO Minister Lim Hwee Hwa - S$2.2 million.
22. Acting ICA Minister - Lui Tuck Yew - S$2.0 million.
23 to 30 = Senior Ministers of State and Ministers of State - each getting between S$1.8 million to S$1.5 million.
Compared to other Countries' Leaders:
Donald Tsang Yum-Kuen - Hong Kong (S$716k)
Barack Obama - United States (S$555k)
Nicolas Sarkozy - France (S$441k)
Angela Merkel - Germany (S$420k)
Gordon Brown - UK (S$387k)
Taro Aso - Japan (S$337k) Total of all 6: S$2,856,000First day living in Singapore?