I am thankful to our government
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I find that it is important to reflect on our lives and be thankful for the blessings that we have. I am thankful that unlike me, who has foolishly wasted my vote on the opposition, 66 % Singaporeans has made the right choice in deciding to vote for the PAP.
No government in this world cares for its citizen like singapore by upgrading with lift on each floor and cover walk-way in case of thunderstorm unlike other countries who are wasting their time tackling unimportant issues like recession and rising unemployment.
Even in the event of economy down turn, I am thankful to the government for giving me the opportunity to do my duty as a citizen in bearing the brunt of the recession by cutting our wages to stay competitive while maintaining top CEO salary so as to attract top talents. No other country will do that and therefore I take pride in that.
There is no corruption, cronynism and nepotism in our government and for that I feel we have a real bargain here with a measly MP allowance of only $20,000 per month whereby forgoing their generous private sector pay to serve the nation.
I am thankful that even though I am paid like a third world second class worker, I can still have a first world lifestyle. I am thankful that even though we are a first world society in many aspects, our wages are still competitive with third world countries.
The media is also spontaneous with our government ideas and policy. It is difficult to find the same thoughts between the government and media in other part of the world and from that, I know we are in good hand and in the same direction.
I am just thankful that I have the opportunity to show my appreciation to the government in this forum. Therefore I sincerely hope the remaining 33% of the citizen will appreciate the beauty of our beloved government thinking, who is truly concerned for the people of Singapore. -
wow. Nice style of scolding the Government. I like it.
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and i'm proud that my countrymen love complaining but do nothing to change the situation they so readily grumble and rant about
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Truthfully or not, I am glad to share with you the joy of your new profound enthusiasm. With your support, the government is only 32.99% away from rallying the whole nation in next GE!
Promoting economic welfarism and improving living conditions and subsequently bringing higher value on housing for her citizens should always be the agenda of any government. It will be interesting to note that there had been a GDP growth rate of 10.6% in Q1 and an unemployment rate of 2.6% in March in the year 2006. This speaks the efficiency of an experience government on multi-tasking.
It should always be the case and understood that the civil sector will first bear the brunt of wages cut in the even of a recession. This is leadership by example, an exemplary conduct. Notwithstanding is that the public sector cannot afford to go way too low below a certain level on par with the competitive business wages enviroment. Civil sector is afterall a place to serve the nation, henceforth a rather sheltered place. The slightly higher wages offer to retain the best talents in the field is justifiable.
Singapore arduous way to achieve a first world standard is by no means an easy feat but was lucky that the world in the 1960s was still accelerating at a rather moderate pace. But after the 1997 Asian Crisis and the recent rise of China and India, the threat of globalisation is a lurking force to be reckon with. The world is no longer view as multiple inaccessible continents but one big continental enterprise with company preparing to shift focus on their production to the most cost worthy environment. Nevertheless, we can combat this not only with wages competition but with quality technical or management knowledge through upgrading courses. This will all the more make us attractive for business ventures.
The media objective is to stay neutral and in the event of reporting to be responsible. Though such virtue does not place the media high in the international media standing but nevertheless it attributes to political stability which is yet another factor to attract business investments in this globalising era. Official Speakers corner, internet forums, blogs are still avenues available for ideas to be exchange between public.
It is the the job of every elected officials to take concern for their citizens well being and the action of the strong mandate of 66%+0.01% speaks louder than words. It is indeed disheartening that the remaining 32.99% distrusted in the leadership of the government for some unknown reason but nevertheless, I believed the government will continue to stride to win the hearts and souls of the remaining 32.99% so as to move forward together as one.
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viva pap!
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hmmm.... nice declaration!Originally posted by caramon.:I find that it is important to reflect on our lives and be thankful for the blessings that we have. I am thankful that unlike me, who has foolishly wasted my vote on the opposition, 66 % Singaporeans has made the right choice in deciding to vote for the PAP.
No government in this world cares for its citizen like singapore by upgrading with lift on each floor and cover walk-way in case of thunderstorm unlike other countries who are wasting their time tackling unimportant issues like recession and rising unemployment.
Even in the event of economy down turn, I am thankful to the government for giving me the opportunity to do my duty as a citizen in bearing the brunt of the recession by cutting our wages to stay competitive while maintaining top CEO salary so as to attract top talents. No other country will do that and therefore I take pride in that.
There is no corruption, cronynism and nepotism in our government and for that I feel we have a real bargain here with a measly MP allowance of only $20,000 per month whereby forgoing their generous private sector pay to serve the nation.
I am thankful that even though I am paid like a third world second class worker, I can still have a first world lifestyle. I am thankful that even though we are a first world society in many aspects, our wages are still competitive with third world countries.
The media is also spontaneous with our government ideas and policy. It is difficult to find the same thoughts between the government and media in other part of the world and from that, I know we are in good hand and in the same direction.
I am just thankful that I have the opportunity to show my appreciation to the government in this forum. Therefore I sincerely hope the remaining 33% of the citizen will appreciate the beauty of our beloved government thinking, who is truly concerned for the people of Singapore.
But I bet you they'd say it is all so INNACURATE and UN-TRUE.
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World Class Election ResultOriginally posted by vito_corleone:and i'm proud that my countrymen love complaining but do nothing to change the situation they so readily grumble and rant about
Singapore Election 2006 saw only 52% voted out of the 2,158,439 eligble voters - from which 66% voters (or 740,776 ) out of the 1,122,388 (or 52%) eligible voters had given their vote to the Incumbent Party for an election victory.
The STRONG MANDATE of "66%" turned out to be 740,776 from a population of 4.42 Million (2005 census).
This is The Singapore Standard as a member of the First World.
With a Singapore Standard like this being accepted unquestioningly, do Singaporeans deserve a better future ?
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There's one solution for all this....MIGRATE!
Yup I do agree that Singaporeans complain alot but do little else...there is so much that can be said about why sg is the way it is and the people are they was they are but after all is said and done, I realized that there is no point banging my head against a wall that will not crack(at least for the next 20 years or so), so the next best thing is to be pro-active and to find somewhere(though not perfect) that I can enjoy my life while working hard and know that these things that I enjoy can never be found in sillypore -
Dear Caramond, our MPs get about $13,000/month as allowance (which I assume is not CPF-able nor taxable) AND on top of that, they get to keep their full-time jobs as laywers, doctors...blah, blah, blah...
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Originally posted by caramon.:I find that it is important to reflect on our lives and be thankful for the blessings that we have. I am thankful that unlike me, who has foolishly wasted my vote on the opposition, 66 % Singaporeans has made the right choice in deciding to vote for the PAP.
No government in this world cares for its citizen like singapore by upgrading with lift on each floor and cover walk-way in case of thunderstorm unlike other countries who are wasting their time tackling unimportant issues like recession and rising unemployment.
Even in the event of economy down turn, I am thankful to the government for giving me the opportunity to do my duty as a citizen in bearing the brunt of the recession by cutting our wages to stay competitive while maintaining top CEO salary so as to attract top talents. No other country will do that and therefore I take pride in that.
There is no corruption, cronynism and nepotism in our government and for that I feel we have a real bargain here with a measly MP allowance of only $20,000 per month whereby forgoing their generous private sector pay to serve the nation.
I am thankful that even though I am paid like a third world second class worker, I can still have a first world lifestyle. I am thankful that even though we are a first world society in many aspects, our wages are still competitive with third world countries.
The media is also spontaneous with our government ideas and policy. It is difficult to find the same thoughts between the government and media in other part of the world and from that, I know we are in good hand and in the same direction.
I am just thankful that I have the opportunity to show my appreciation to the government in this forum. Therefore I sincerely hope the remaining 33% of the citizen will appreciate the beauty of our beloved government thinking, who is truly concerned for the people of Singapore. -
Dear ZZZdidi, what a waste of space...
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ah......this ah what ah .......
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Originally posted by Atobe:
singapore is not regarded by the rest of the world as "first world", anyway the classification of 1st,2nd and 3rd world no longer exists fyi its a cold war era grading system. countries are now known only as developed and developing countries. the only country in asia to be recognised as a "developed" country is japan. the rest are all considered "developing"
[b]World Class Election Result
Singapore Election 2006 saw only 52% voted out of the 2,158,439 eligble voters - from which 66% voters (or 740,776 ) out of the 1,122,388 (or 52%) eligible voters had given their vote to the Incumbent Party for an election victory.
The STRONG MANDATE of "66%" turned out to be 740,776 from a population of 4.42 Million (2005 census).
This is The Singapore Standard as a member of the First World.
With a Singapore Standard like this being accepted unquestioningly, do Singaporeans deserve a better future ?
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ACCORDING TO OUR GOV WE ARE THE FIRST WORLD COUNTRY!!!Originally posted by vito_corleone:singapore is not regarded by the rest of the world as "first world", anyway the classification of 1st,2nd and 3rd world no longer exists fyi its a cold war era grading system. countries are now known only as developed and developing countries. the only country in asia to be recognised as a "developed" country is japan. the rest are all considered "developing"
GREAT SINGAPORE!I AM PROUD OF u!!!!
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nice euphemisms.
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i feel v proud reading this, this is the most sincere letter ever written in history, true fr the heart of homegrown singaporean, lets welcome the world my our 4 million grin, right from the heart, lets hang our flags to show the world how we luv singapore from our action
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i am thankful for the article whatsoever...
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National day is coming and everytime when this part of the year came, I can't help but feel sad. Sad because fewer and fewer citizen hung their flag outside their home. Why is it happening? I tried seaching for the answer but it came to notch. LOOK! We had steadily increase GDP, strong economic growth in that sense, 160k new jobs for the quarter. So whats holding back for them to hung out those flags? Busy? It couldn't be busy as it only takes less than a minute to put it up. Forgetful? Maybe but it couldn't be all.
The reason lies after I did a little survey with 100 citizens is that 66% of them love and adore our current leadership so much that some hung their flag in door and some rather keep it than dirty it through rain and shine. Please don't ask me to provide the names of the 100 citizens for obvious reason.
Yes, some citizen may be displease with some of our government policy but did they ever compare singapore with other countries like Utiopia or Rwanda? We are so much luckier in that sense. Fares and Utilities bills have to go up unless someone can stop the cost of crude oil. We are lucky that unlike other countries whereby they subsidize the cost and spoon-feed their citizen in times of economic turmoil, singapore did just the opposite and allows the citizen the opportunity to do their duty as a citizen in bearing the brunt of the recession.
Singaporeans should not always be on the look out for hand-outs but learn to stand firm and strives along. Only then can we proclaim to come of age and go forth in times of economic turmoil. Only then can we give out more scholarship to foreign students so as to attract more foreign talent.
With promise of making each and every household to have lift stop at every level by 2011, we have a caring government unlike other countries who are wasting their time debating and tackling unimportant issues like recession and rising unemployment which can never be solved with rising crude oil.
Therefore I sincerely hope the remaining 33% of the citizen that took the survey will wake up and appreciate the beauty of our beloved government thinking and put on a happy face this coming national day.
As for me, I will definately look forward to 8th of August and salute to the aircraft carrying national flag flying past for I know my future lies with our flawless and respectful government. -
agree... i wanna be "sgquitter" but dunno how and where to...Originally posted by Coquitlam:There's one solution for all this....MIGRATE!
tot we are considered "developed"?...Originally posted by vito_corleone:singapore is not regarded by the rest of the world as "first world", anyway the classification of 1st,2nd and 3rd world no longer exists fyi its a cold war era grading system. countries are now known only as developed and developing countries. the only country in asia to be recognised as a "developed" country is japan. the rest are all considered "developing" 
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Originally posted by vito_corleone:
Which source did you depend on for your opinion made so boldly ?
singapore is not regarded by the rest of the world as "first world", anyway the classification of 1st,2nd and 3rd world no longer exists fyi its a cold war era grading system. countries are now known only as developed and developing countries. the only country in asia to be recognised as a "developed" country is japan. the rest are all considered "developing"
Surely not from your "First Year notes" to make comments about the "First World" ?
You are only partially correct that this term came about during the period after WW-2 but it is not a Cold War era grading system.
A simple reference to Wikipedia will give you the following explanation about the "First World
The subjective terms First World, Second World, and Third World were used to divide the nations of Earth into three broad categories. The three terms did not arise simultaneously.
After World War II, people began to speak of the NATO and Warsaw Pact countries as two major blocs, often using such terms as the "Western bloc" and the "Eastern bloc." The two "worlds" were not numbered. It was eventually pointed out that there were a great many countries that fit into neither category, and in the 1950s this latter group came to be called the Third World.
Eventually, nations within the Western European and United States' sphere of influence (e.g., the NATO countries) came to be called (unofficially) the First World. Besides North America (USA and Canada) and Western Europe, the First World also included other industrialized capitalist countries such as Japan and some of the former British colonies, particularly Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
There were a number of countries that did not fit comfortably into this neat definition of partition, including Switzerland, Sweden, and the Republic of Ireland, who chose to be neutral. Finland was under the Soviet Union's sphere of influence but was not communist, nor was it a member of the Warsaw Pact. Austria was under the United States' sphere of influence, but in 1955, when the country became a fully independent republic, it did so under the influence that it remain neutral. Turkey, which joined NATO in 1952, was not predominantly in Western Europe and was not industrialized. Spain did not join NATO until 1982, towards the end of the Cold War and after the death of the authoritarian dictator Francisco Franco.
In modern usage, after the end of the Cold War, the term First World has come to denote the 'developed' Industrialized-Capitalistic nations that in 2000 had a higher GDP per capita than $15,000, as stated by the World Bank. This would include the United States, Canada, Japan, the countries of the European Union (in 2000), Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Singapore, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan (The Republic of China), and South Korea. The World Bank also denotes these as "High Income Economies."[1]
In recent years, as many "developing" countries have industrialized, the term Fourth World has been coined to refer to countries that have "lagged behind" and still lack industrial infrastructure. However, these are completely subjective terms usually used by people from economically dominant nations.
Some nations have developed their own classification scheme consisting of the "Third World," and the "Two-Thirds World." This system is similar to the former in that it also reflects economic status or behaviour. In terms of material resources, the "Third World" takes just one third of the pie, while the "Two-Thirds World" unjustifiably takes two-thirds of the pie.
Was Singapore mistakenly classified as a "First World" based on the assumption that it has a GDP of US$15,000 ?
Could Singaporeans be enjoying a GDP of US$15,000 or has this come about through the small number of Elite Class (including the Ministers) earning a disproportionately huge sum that is a hundred time larger than the entire earnings of Singapore wage earners ?
Could Singapore fit into the following clarification of a "Third World"
Third World is a term first coined in 1952 by French demographer Alfred Sauvy to distinguish nations that aligned themselves with neither the West nor with the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War.
Today, however, the term is frequently used to denote nations with a low UN Human Development Index (HDI), independent of their political status (meaning that the PRC, Russia and Brazil, all of which were very strongly aligned during the Cold War, are often termed third world). However, there is no objective definition of Third World or "Third World country" and the use of the term remains common. Some in academia see it as being out of date, colonialist, othering and inaccurate; its use has continued, however.
In general, Third World countries are not as industrialized or technologically advanced as OECD countries, and therefore in academia, the more politically correct term to use is "developing nation".
Terms such as Global South, less wealthy nations, developing countries, least developed countries and the Majority World have become more popular in circles where the term "third world" is regarded to have derogatory or out-of-date connotations. Development workers also call them the two-thirds world (because two-thirds of the world is underdeveloped) and The South. The term Third World is also disliked as it may imply the false notion that those countries are not a part of the global economic system. Some claim that the underdevelopment of Africa, Asia and South America during the Cold War was influenced, or even caused by the Cold War economic, political, and military maneuverings of the most powerful nations of the time. (See Emerging markets)
The term Fourth World (as least developed countries) is used by some writers to describe the poorest Third World countries, those which lack industrial infrastructure and the means to build it. More commonly, however, the term is used to describe indigenous peoples or other oppressed minority groups within First World countries.
Is the Singapore economy developed to a level which allow us to compete with the likes of other industrialized countries classified as First World or Developed World ?
Or is the present Singapore economy an illusion that is dependent on the inputs from Foreign Talents in niche high tech sectors of the economy, and which local Singaporeans can hardly contribute due to non-existent knowledge and exposure. -
Since National Day is round the corner, it is time for everyone to express their gratitude to the govt.
I am really thankful that we have a govt that can hand its citizens Progress Packages, Singapore shares and upgrading plans before elections and only tell us about the increases after the elections so that we will not be worried.
I am also thankful that we have a govt that is so creative and resourceful in thinking up ways to balance the budget or even to have budget surpluses.
Finally, i am thankful that while other countries dont give a fcuk care about the budget but our govt is determined to balance it and we as citizens can do our part to help our govt. -
Great!!!!!Originally posted by sgheartland:Since National Day is round the corner, it is time for everyone to express their gratitude to the govt.
I am really thankful that we have a govt that can hand its citizens Progress Packages, Singapore shares and upgrading plans before elections and only tell us about the increases after the elections so that we will not be worried.
I am also thankful that we have a govt that is so creative and resourceful in thinking up ways to balance the budget or even to have budget surpluses.
Finally, i am thankful that while other countries dont give a fcuk care about the budget but our govt is determined to balance it and we as citizens can do our part to help our govt.
Gov knows how to suck as much blood as they can to balance the surplus budget like ERP,COE,maid levy and GST!!!!_____ not end yet petrol tax and electricity and water charges etc _____
Scholars pl create something more leh just printg a paper to wait for $ to drop 0ne lah
Losing S$ in overseas,pls dont talk about it lah -
uh huh, and one-street minded people like you living in your own little world refer only to wikipedia readily for your "credible info" eh. you sure are "smarter" than me.Originally posted by Atobe:[/color]
Is the Singapore economy developed to a level which allow us to compete with the likes of other industrialized countries classified as First World or Developed World ?
Or is the present Singapore economy an illusion that is dependent on the inputs from Foreign Talents in niche high tech sectors of the economy, and which local Singaporeans can hardly contribute due to non-existent knowledge and exposure. the Economist, as well as nearly ALL financial magazines rate singapore as a developing country, with japan the only nation in the pacific rim ranking in the developed category other than the USA and canada. even australia is considered a developed country. but of course, you have more developed and richer developing countries and poorer and less developed countries. seriously, answer my question which u so readily dodge, which school were u from? or do u even have a degree? -
if there is anything that can be considered a record it is definitely the number of walkovers in the elections.
nobody can beat us!!! -
only the commies canOriginally posted by dragg:if there is anything that can be considered a record it is definitely the number of walkovers in the elections.
nobody can beat us!!!