2nd minister can take over George Yeo's work
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It was suggested at the WP rally last night that even if George Yeo loses his ministerial portfolio because PAP doesn't win Aljunied GRC, the 2nd minister can always step in to fill his shoes.
No man is indispensable.
Excerpts from a blog entry.
"The PAP says they have plenty of talented new candidates. They may be inexperienced in managing affairs of state, but no minister, however experienced, acts alone. He’s just one person atop a large, professional civil service in his ministry that is always going to be more experienced and familiar with matters under its purview than any minister can ever be. As Kenneth Jeyaretnam, leader of the Reform Party, has said many times: ministers may change but the civil service stays and will remain there to keep things running."
"Not only will the civil service stay, I think their voice will be better heard. It’s like this: after 50 years of having the same party in office, the balance between the party and the professional civil service is now badly unbalanced. With no risk of change in the political seat, ministers have unconsciously lost their willingness to listen to advice. Civil servants, however good their ideas, have learnt it is better to shut up and just take orders than to argue an alternative point of view with their bosses.
Putting ministers on notice that if they do not listen carefully to popular opinion and to professional advice, they can be voted out, will engender a more open mindset at the top of each ministry. This in turn creates a climate where good, alternative ideas within the civil service can bubble up."
...... to read the rest, click here.
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Agree.
These days in any organisation or corporation, no job is indispensable, they have controls and systems in place to ensure smooth running.
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The PAP would have us believe that members of the opposition are all incapable morons who cannot think and are incapable of public administration.
But please lah, let's use our heads to think carefully if this is really the case.
In Singapore, we grew up with a very stringent sort of education and have been taught to be pragmatic since day one. We come from very similar backgrounds really.
What makes them think that one set of Singaporeans can do the job and another set are simply not up to it?
With the calibre of the current lot of opposition candidates, I daresay they will give the PAP a run for their money.
Throwing doubt on opposition candidates' abilities is simply yet another form of fear-mongering!
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Raymond can take over easily. Losing 1 GRC will not make a difference as PAP still has absolute numbers.
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I hope the WP team can get into parliament.
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got 2nd minister..
knn, we pay them so much he still need "assistant" in a 2nd minister?
soooo.. is he incompetent or is he useless?
then what the hell are all the "ministers of state" hanging around for? CBL one is it?
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Methinks chen show mao can make a better minister than george yeo. He can talk better, articulate better and also has good credentials.
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actually pritam singh had a loophole in that argument. 2nd minister for foreign affairs is raymond lim from east coast GRC, which WP is also contesting. is he implying WP confirm will lose in east coast? i wonder what were the reactions of his east coast comrades on stage when he said that.
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Well, what does he know about running a town council?
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Originally posted by the Bear:
got 2nd minister..
knn, we pay them so much he still need "assistant" in a 2nd minister?
soooo.. is he incompetent or is he useless?
then what the hell are all the "ministers of state" hanging around for? CBL one is it?
And then there those Ministers without Portfolios, now affectionately known as "Ministers in the Prime Minister's Office"
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Originally posted by charlize:
And then there those Ministers without Portfolios, now affectionately known as "Ministers in the Prime Minister's Office"
knn.. why we dun have Manager without porfolios position in company one... -
Got - its usually because he is same skin colour as the FT in charge.
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Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
knn.. why we dun have Manager without porfolios position in company one...I'm not so smart as to know why there aren't any of these positions in private companies.
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private companies pay not as high as the million dollas pakage mah.
anyway anyone can confirm if Nicole is elligible to be NCMP?
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Goodbyes to Lim Hwee Hua and George Yeo...i wonder which candidate for PAP will go to Aljunied in 2016?
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i think george yeo can run for president.won't be the end for him. he should be president
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no need to worry about GY or LHH. There are giants like goldman sachs, jp morgan and credit suisse all waiting to poach them.
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I'm surprised at the number of people feeling sorry for him and saying alternative voices are not important.