Do you think that PAP will win back Potong Pasir and Hougang
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Question no 1: Can you change GRC system?Originally posted by t_a_s:
Question no 2: SMC resources bigger than GRC?
Question no 3: Can the minority in the GRC really represent the minority in Singapore when needed to?
My view is GRC will get bigger even Mega GRC - road of no return only..(Whoever that rule singapore are unlikely to change that and that facts)
GRC system is good when you see it clearly..
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Unlikely that PAP can win back the two areas. I think they will lose more because the new generation is asking for more opposition voices in the parliament.
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whether they will lose more is still a question mark. While I agree that the population is looking at more opposition representation in the parliament, a large part of the determining factor still rests on the quality of the opposition that will contest in this election. There are some promising ones... but the others are still unknown. I doubt the people would want someone like CSJ whose personal agenda of attention seeking rises above people's concerns and respect to run their constituency. Neither would they want some opposition that argues with PAP for the sake of arguing....Originally posted by latterrain:Unlikely that PAP can win back the two areas. I think they will lose more because the new generation is asking for more opposition voices in the parliament.
the demand is for an opposition that is credible, sincerely concerned about the people's rights and benefits, and speaks with sense....
Don't get me wrong... I'm not pro-PAP or anything like that... just that i wished there were more opposition candidates of the same calibre as Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Kiang... now those are two opp reps who have done good and the people know it... -
Ms Chiam See Tong is already 70+...I wondered if he is in again, can he withstand another 5 years..without support from fellow speakers.Originally posted by KittynMeow:Don't get me wrong... I'm not pro-PAP or anything like that... just that i wished there were more opposition candidates of the same calibre as Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Kiang... now those are two opp reps who have done good and the people know it... -
as far as we know, he's definitely running for Potong Pasir... heh... and what is 71? Look at LKY.... he's already 83!Originally posted by king108:Ms Chiam See Tong is already 70+...I wondered if he is in again, can he withstand another 5 years..without support from fellow speakers. -
Originally posted by KittynMeow:as far as we know, he's definitely running for Potong Pasir... heh... and what is 71? Look at LKY.... he's already 83! How to compare with MM, so many people looking after him.
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Even MM had offered Low and Chiam to go for GRC. I think they should combine and at least take one will do for the sake of MM.
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NO they never will.
Partly because Mr Goh wont make any difference by visiting PP to promote the new MPs.
Why?
Well, many Singaporeans still remember the $600,000 peanut! -
you may be more lucky than any other Singaporeans if you are in Hougang or Potong Pasir because you are cordially served by both the opposition and the PAP simultaneously because both parties wanted to win back your vote! I heard that you even got free abalone porridge! Most probably you get to see the PAP MPs only during election time and if you are busy and has problems in your vicinity, you may not have a chance to get helps, let alone getting to line up to see your MP! So what do you think of those pampered lots in Hougang and Potong Pasir? Most probably they will stick to their guns!
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It would be a new beginning if the 2 seats are won back.
Singapore will finally be run in a truly Totalitarian State, under the guise of democracy.
We will have the same situation as China.
But China is highly nationalistic.
Singapore does not have a soul cos it's populated by people concerned seeking material advantages.
Even thogh USA is virtually a country of migrants but it has a soul becos its migrants fight & strives under the values of freedom and liberty.
What can Sinagporeans fight for when everything is determined by an elite minority?
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First off I don't think they will win either one of them, mainly cause the people there believe their MPs are doing their best for them.Originally posted by miongisback:NO they never will.
Partly because Mr Goh wont make any difference by visiting PP to promote the new MPs.
Why?
Well, many Singaporeans still remember the $600,000 peanut!
However I disagree with your last statement of the $600,000 "peanut". Don't forget the one who said it was his wife not him, we should be fair to him as well. -
the US is ruled by many wealthy political familes..the bushes, the kennedys, the rockefellers etc... powerful groups like the US military, the jewish lobby all influence US policy and the most powerful of all being the protestant christians who control most of the economy and government... have you done your research?Originally posted by dotaro:It would be a new beginning if the 2 seats are won back.
Singapore will finally be run in a truly Totalitarian State, under the guise of democracy.
We will have the same situation as China.
But China is highly nationalistic.
Singapore does not have a soul cos it's populated by people concerned seeking material advantages.
Even thogh USA is virtually a country of migrants but it has a soul becos its migrants fight & strives under the values of freedom and liberty.
What can Sinagporeans fight for when everything is determined by an elite minority? freedom and liberty? california forbids the display of alcohol bottles thats why in most movies you see people drinking out of a paper back, christmas decorations are not allowed to be christian in nature you now have to say "happy holidays", blacks and hispanics still live mostly in ghettos, rich white kids still fill most places in the most prestigeous and pricey universities. is that freedom, meritocracy and liberty? nothing in this world is perfect and who in the world from japan(supposedly the most communal-spirited country in the world) to jamaica doesn't seek material wealth? and besides, singapore never claimed to be a full democracy no country practices total democracy even switzerland, the most "democratic" country in the world practices representative democracy. total democracy is inefficient, impractical and impossible in a nation state. -
What can we Singaporeans fight for?
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Originally posted by dotaro:What can we Singaporeans fight for?
everyone get $20000 every years -
after what? severe inflation?Originally posted by king108: everyone get $20000 every years -
Persist to fight for getting back the real meaning of the word "Democarcy" explained in the Oxford Dictionary of current English !Originally posted by dotaro:What can we Singaporeans fight for?
"Democracy 1. a form of government in which the people have a say in who should hold power and how it should be used. 2. a state governed in such a way. 3. control of a group by the majority of its members. -
Originally posted by vito_corleone:after what? After this year progress package..
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They should be Mr Mah to Potong Pasir again
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do you forsee that GST will be abolished or lowered in the future? this is another road of no return. you will be damn lucky if it remains at 5% for the next 5 years.Originally posted by king108:Question no 1: Can you change GRC system?
Question no 2: SMC resources bigger than GRC?
Question no 3: Can the minority in the GRC really represent the minority in Singapore when needed to?
My view is GRC will get bigger even Mega GRC - road of no return only..(Whoever that rule singapore are unlikely to change that and that facts)
GRC system is good when you see it clearly.. -
Your issues and the above really on threads?.Originally posted by LinYu:do you forsee that GST will be abolished or lowered in the future? this is another road of no return. you will be damn lucky if it remains at 5% for the next 5 years. GST cannot tell you..