WP Yee Jenn Jong politicising a simple act of helping a resident clean her cluttered flat

 

WP Yee Jenn Jong and his volunteers were helping a resident to clean up her dirty flat when they came upon this election flyer.

You can just imagine the feelings that went through them as they beheld the flyer. Election was some 9 months ago, and among the things hoarded by this resident is this flyer. LOL

Along with many bags of rubbish, Yee and his volunteers were more than glad to dispose of the flyer which appeared to become their focal point as Yee even saw fit to post a unique photo of it in a bag of trash.

A simple act of helping a resident clean a very dirty flat can also become politicised by WP.

Incoherent or inconsistent Workers' Party ?

WP MPs will each sing a different tune to a different audience and hope that in this way, they will be able to win votes from every quarter.

The end result is a broken tune except that you do not realise it because they are careful not to sing a disharmonious tune at the same time.

For example, when Faisal expressed his stand against LGBT, the rest of the party is strangely silent.

Similarly, when Raeesah expressed her support for LGBT, you think Faisal will speak?

What is WP's official position? Will the conductor of the song, namely the Leader of WP state their party's position and not take supporters for a ride?

Doesn't Gerald Giam know that Singapore does not intend to go completely cashless?

Not so long ago, in fact rather recently, Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament that Singapore will NOT go completely cashless.

WP Gerald Giam proved that an opposition MP will not carry out the role of a grassroots adviser to explain to residents government policies such as not going completely cashless.

Am sorry that the auntie was almost in tears instead of being assured that Singapore will not go completely cashless.

Wearing of tudung - Not Faisal Manap's credit

SIX MONTHS AGO in August last year, Law and Home Affairs Minister Shanmugam met with Muslim religious leaders in a closed door dialogue and told them that the government was considering allowing nurses to wear the tudung at work.

At that time, he told them that the government was discussing the matter internally as it could see good reasons to make this change, he disclosed on Tuesday evening. He added that the Government would announce the outcome after consulting the community and other groups.

Discussion on the wearing of tudung has been an ongoing one held behind closed doors, not a recent conversation, But of course, we can expect the crowing from the opposition. No surprise.

The least appreciated part of Lee Kuan Yew's legacy: ensuring one generation will not bankrupt future generations by living selfishly beyond its means

Mr Lee Kuan Yew's legacy according to American political journalist, John Fund is his method of ensuring that one generation will not bankrupt future generations by living selfishly beyond its means.

This is why the government is required to operate a balanced budget for each term of government. This is why the Constitution does not allow the government to borrow for recurrent expenditure. Each generation must pay for its own recurrent needs.

A political leader must have the courage to tell the people the truth about the limits of government's power to pass out goodies.

And of course, the surest way to bankrupt a country is to let the people think the country has limitless assets like land to sell and use the proceeds to fund recurrent expenditure. Thankfully, the government has rejected this dangerous proposal.

What is recurrent expenditure? It's expenditure that recurs, the day-to-day expenditure like salaries of nurses and doctors in public hospitals, teachers, social workers, subsidies for the needy etc.

You generate income to fund these expenditures, not sell your assets to fund these expenditures.

Trust is a function of mutual interdependence and track record: Chan Chun Sing at the Nikkei Forum Innovative Asia 2021

At the Nikkei Forum Innovative Asia 2021, a hybrid event held at Suntec Singapore Convention Centre and broadcast live to over 500 business professionals, officials and academics in the region and across the world, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing talked about the the challenges and aspirations of global businesses.

He said:

Trust will become an even more important factor with increased geopolitical uncertainties.

Interdependence, rather than independence, will provide greater diversity and resilience to our supply chains.

We are all safer if we have a shared interest in each other’s prosperity.

But trust is not a function of geographical distances. Trust is a function of mutual interdependence and track record.

This is the reason why Singapore will do our utmost, even in the depth of the COVID-19 pandemic, to allow companies sited here to fulfil their international commercial obligations, never restricting exports for our benefit but to the detriment of others.

This is also the same reason why we have done the same thing during the Oil Embargo in the 1970s. That has helped us to cement the trust which the world placed in us and allow us to grow Jurong Island to become one of the foremost petrochemical hubs in the world today.

In the search for stable long-term returns, policy consistency and business environment predictability are critical considerations for businesses.

This is why Singapore pays so much attention to this.

We say what we mean, and we mean what we say.

We will keep our promises and deliver on them.

- Excerpt of speech

Separation of politics and religion.

Pritam asked a question on the danger of policies being influenced by religion and said he was seeking a restatement from the Government on secularism.

Back in 2019, WP Faisal Manap said that he did not fully agree with the principle of the separation of religion from politics. When pressed by Law Minister Shanmugam at that time to state his position on whether religion and politics should be separate, he refused to give a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer.

It would be good if Mr Pritam Singh can also be clear about his own party stand on secularism and the separation of religion and politics.

It would be good if Pritam can give an assurance that regardless of his party members' religious affiliations, they will always keep religion out of politics.