I am honestly lost for word on the way the Moderator locked up all the topics and consolidate them into one topic.
Ministers pay hike is an issue that has caused much attention among people in and out of singapore, there are many different arguments for and against, many brought up the many different issues that are related to this topics. The different threads here are meant to bring to the attention of the forumites how much this issue involved.
To consolidate all voices into one appear to be an attempt to muddle up all the voices.
If you really want to consolidate, you can consolidate
“Let us know what every minister do everyday”, “MM and SM get higher salary than DPM?” and “What does President do exactly to deserve $3.2 Million per year?” into one thread on “ How do each Minister justify his pay?”
“White House outraged by PM Lee’s Salary”, “Singapore PM’s salary stunned White House Official” and
“Impending million $ pay hike mentioned in foreign press” into one thread on “ foreign response to Singapore minister pay hike.”
“FACTBOX – A Snapshot of Ministerial Pay across Asia” is a piece of information that many of us are interested to know but will never be told by our government, don’t let this be buried under the many postings that were just expressing their displeasure about the hike.
“Sylvia Lim’s parl speech on minister pay” is an important piece of info to me to see how our opposition work, how much courage they had in speaking against and in front of a very strong ruling party, these speeches were never fully reported in the local papers, the important argument never highlighted. It came via an email to the TS, and he shares, and please, do not like this kind of sharing be crowded with many other posts.
“Here’s How We Feel, Mr. Minister (Poll)” is a poll, “Ministers and MP should donate all ill gotton gains” is a suggestion, why can’t these stand as separate threads?
Finally “PAP has effectively pegged sense of duty to materialism” is an important observation on the moral aspect of the whole issue. We are glad that our parents didn’t give us less allowance because our sisters are doing better in school, or our brothers who are admitted to Law School, whose future would be brighter…. (to me, PAP has no sense of duty
), canÂ’t we just focus on one aspect of the issue and discuss?
Please, Mr. Moderator, donÂ’t do the easy job, let us discussÂ…thank, thank, thank, or we should consolidate all issues under one topic: Politics?
