Reasons for this and that increment
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(Taken from here
Courtesy of user, jtan45.)
These are the often-used reasons by our monopolistic GLCs to justify their price or fee increases :
1. Increase in manpower cost
2. Increase in fuel prices
3. Increase in GST
4. Asset investment to provide better service
5. Prices or fees have not increase for X no of years
6. Frequent "small" increases will lessen burden on consumer
7. The rates are still reasonably cheaper compared to some 1st world countries like.........
These are the often-used reasons by our one-party government to justify any increase in charges, fees or their salaries:
1. Times are good, so they must increase to accumulate more surpluses
2. Times are bad, so they must increase to balance the budget.
3. Increases are made so that they have more fund for the needy
4. Times are good, minister and top civil servant salaries must increase to retain talent
5. Times are bad, minister and top civil servant salaries must increase to retain talent
6. Charges/fees/salaries have not increase since year XXXX
7. Charges/fees are still cheaper compared to some 1st world countries like....
8. Minister and top civil servant salaries are still low compared to the CEOs of top MNCs.
9. It is getting more difficult to attract and retain talent in the government if salaries are not abreast with the top earners of the industry.
10 Increase in salaries are fully justified because our economy has grown by X%.
I am sure we will hear all these reasons again and again everytime they want to increast fee, charges, taxes, and their salaries.
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oil price decrease already oso increase sia.
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its a monopoly and only one party in power.
Even if the reason they give is so that the owner/shareholders/etc want to earn 5million this year to big bigger house, boat, diamonds and or just feel like it.
We, the service users, the people who pay all their salary, also Lan Lan, suck thumb, still die die must pay up. Unless we become quitter loh.
If anyone seriously believe the increase in GST will be channeled to help the poor. They must be stupid and naive. People have asked where some of the funds had gone but there is no acountablilty, some of the funds just vapourized. Its better than copperfield -
I say, WE shouldn't OWE THEM the VOTES anymore!!!
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Target:
1 Million Signatures!
http://www.petitiononline.com/GST7/petition.html
http://www.gsthike.com/index.php
Enough is enough!
Singaporeans MUST learn to stand up against the Familee's tyranny and economic genocide against Singaporeans! Even if it's not for ourselves, we have to do it for our children and children's children!
If Singaporeans don't want to help themselves, nobody will!
Please urge at least 5 or more of your relatives, friends and colleagues to sign in. Just do it!
The key to the petition success is to publicize it!
If 100 Singaporeans can send out 5 or more emails to their relatives, friends and colleagues to sign the petitions, and half of them do so, and so on, one can imagine the exponentially multiplying effect:
100, 0.5*5*100, (0.5*5)^2*100, (0.5*5)^3*100, ...
100, 250, 625, 1.5K, 3.9k, 9.8k, 24k, 61k, 153k, 381k, 954k, 2.4M !
Let's show the callous and greedy government that for once, Singaporeans are united against their bullying! -
like sign petition got help like dat...
i believe there is 1 for the anti casino thing lor...
but then, gov still wanna build casino wat...
sign 4 wat? waste time onli -
Hahaha... if everyone with a mentality like yours, there'll be no petitions, no riots, no strikes and no comments. Singaporeans will suffer in silence.Originally posted by asdfzhao:like sign petition got help like dat...
i believe there is 1 for the anti casino thing lor...
but then, gov still wanna build casino wat...
sign 4 wat? waste time onli
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they day they announce casino, it was planned 6 yrs ago.Originally posted by asdfzhao:like sign petition got help like dat...
i believe there is 1 for the anti casino thing lor...
but then, gov still wanna build casino wat...
sign 4 wat? waste time onli
I agree, as i said, make noise or keep quite, what will happen will happen. -
Originally posted by -[0]-:
Suffer In Silence Plus Extra Confinement = SISPEC!!!
Hahaha... if everyone with a mentality like yours, there'll be no petitions, no riots, no strikes and no comments. Singaporeans will suffer in silence.
But it's the truth. WE have threw tonnes of petitions but which of it went into the thick skull of those senior civil servant? -
Everytime, govt policy screw up, govt blame the people for not supporting or not stopping the policy in time.Originally posted by Hogzilla:Suffer In Silence Plus Extra Confinement = SISPEC!!!
But it's the truth. WE have threw tonnes of petitions but which of it went into the thick skull of those senior civil servant? -
its easy to blame the group who cannot speak up.
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Originally posted by 7PCGST:
1 million signature = 1 quarter of Singaporeans must sign the petition.
[b]Target:
1 Million Signatures!
http://www.petitiononline.com/GST7/petition.html
http://www.gsthike.com/index.php
Enough is enough!
Singaporeans MUST learn to stand up against the Familee's tyranny and economic genocide against Singaporeans! Even if it's not for ourselves, we have to do it for our children and children's children!
If Singaporeans don't want to help themselves, nobody will!
Please urge at least 5 or more of your relatives, friends and colleagues to sign in. Just do it!
The key to the petition success is to publicize it!
If 100 Singaporeans can send out 5 or more emails to their relatives, friends and colleagues to sign the petitions, and half of them do so, and so on, one can imagine the exponentially multiplying effect:
100, 0.5*5*100, (0.5*5)^2*100, (0.5*5)^3*100, ...
100, 250, 625, 1.5K, 3.9k, 9.8k, 24k, 61k, 153k, 381k, 954k, 2.4M !
Let's show the callous and greedy government that for once, Singaporeans are united against their bullying![/b]
So, Singapore population is about 4.5 million. We must consider a small family of 3-5 have only one computer and internet access, so we must divide 4.5 million by the average family size. ( I refer as x)
The internet population is about y% (this, I dunno). Then amongst this y%, only a very small percent (let's refer it as z) knew about this petiton. So it's y% x z% x 4.5million/x. If that number is equal or greater than 1 million, then this petition can meet the required number and can be considered a success.
Why I only counted Singapore citizens? Because if I'm a foreigner, why the hell do I bother with other country's affair?
So far, the number of people who signed the petition is 1034. -
You should change your nick to NATO_zhaoOriginally posted by asdfzhao:like sign petition got help like dat...
i believe there is 1 for the anti casino thing lor...
but then, gov still wanna build casino wat...
sign 4 wat? waste time onli
No Action, Type Only
Worse still in this case, you are TOTALLY�@‚m‚n ACTION, too lazy even to type a petition.
I pity you.