Health Minister Khaw sets new record in backtracking!!
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There are also undersupply of opposition candidates and presidential candidatesOriginally posted by charlize:This is the way they see basic necessities for the people.
Better under supply than over supply.
Why are you so shocked?
First day in Singapore?
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by av last statementOriginally posted by charlize:This is the way they see basic necessities for the people.
Better under supply than over supply.
Why are you so shocked?
First day in Singapore? -
who cares about what cow bu want
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???? Am I missing something here? It's not like he is cancelling plans to build the hospital, he is just delaying it. So what did he do wrong?
imagine this.
today u r good mood when you visit your customer, you mention "ok i cost down for you soon" upon customer request.
when you go back home and calculate your commision and cost, you realise you cannot make a profit. so you inform your customer, "sorry cannot cost down" coz price of oil high, labour cost high" so i had to postphone your cost down to a time when i can make a profit. will your customer say, never mind la, not his fault coz his father dont own oil well or will your customer screw you upside down? -
Originally posted by reyes:
Well in 2002 (yes, 5 years ago), the Health Minister promised to "Complete Jurong General Hospital by 2006".
[b]???? Am I missing something here? It's not like he is cancelling plans to build the hospital, he is just delaying it. So what did he do wrong?
imagine this.
today u r good mood when you visit your customer, you mention "ok i cost down for you soon" upon customer request.
when you go back home and calculate your commision and cost, you realise you cannot make a profit. so you inform your customer, "sorry cannot cost down" coz price of oil high, labour cost high" so i had to postphone your cost down to a time when i can make a profit. will your customer say, never mind la, not his fault coz his father dont own oil well or will your customer screw you upside down?
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Then 2007.
Then 2008.
This construction price is just another excuse in a long string of excuses.
If he had kept his promise originally, the hospital would have been fully built even before our sand supply got cut off.
Besides, how come the Integrated Resort no problem in continuing? You think what will happen to if the IR people suddenly say "sorry cannot cost down" coz price of oil high, labour cost high". Our dear gahmen sure sue their pants off big time.
And see what happen to UNSW when they say "students not enough, can delay intake or not?" Hounded left right centre by EDB.
But when our Health Minister turn to suka suka delay, no problem. All sort of crap excuse also can.
After all, cater to foreign high rollers more important than health care of poor Singaporeans. -
Originally posted by reyes:
In that case, he should not have come out and announced the $2 BILLION dolllars he was spending on healthcare (including JGH mind you), without saying that he the hospital was getting delayed.
???? Am I missing something here? It's not like he is cancelling plans to build the hospital, he is just delaying it. So what did he do wrong?
Unless u are saying that suddenly within 6 days after deciding to spend $2 billion, circumstances changed so drastically that he had to delay the hospital.
So in my book, he's either guilty of very bad planning, or not keeping his promises. -
Are you dyslexic or intellectually challenged in some way? With the rising construction costs, the $2 billion will not go as far as it was projected to do. It is right to delay construction and not enrich the pockets of construction companies using public money by joining in the construction frenzy now. Wait till the real estate market experiences a downturn and that $2 billion will pay for far more than it can presently.Originally posted by gerald_tan:In that case, he should not have come out and announced the $2 BILLION dolllars he was spending on healthcare (including JGH mind you), without saying that he the hospital was getting delayed.
Unless u are saying that suddenly within 6 days after deciding to spend $2 billion, circumstances changed so drastically that he had to delay the hospital.
So in my book, he's either guilty of very bad planning, or not keeping his promises. -
Can we sue MP kwan from breaking his promise to the public? Don't forget, he is an MP leh, he is a great man who help durian cheat public donation fund for 4 year leh. Never trust a words from him. A big liar is always a big liar or should I say a leopard never change its spot.
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you all actually hear what he said...
i long long time just ignore what they said...
they just bullsh1t bullsh1t and bullsh1t-ing...
their intention is clear -- they are not serving us.. they just want to earn $$$ and squeeze $$$ from us... clear or not!!! -
Neither. :pOriginally posted by oxford mushroom:Are you dyslexic or intellectually challenged in some way? With the rising construction costs, the $2 billion will not go as far as it was projected to do. It is right to delay construction and not enrich the pockets of construction companies using public money by joining in the construction frenzy now. Wait till the real estate market experiences a downturn and that $2 billion will pay for far more than it can presently.
I agree with you that $2 billion will not got as far as it was projected.
I'm also sure that Mr Khaw also agrees that $2 billion will not got as far as was projected.
My question then is, if Mr Khaw knew this, why did he grandly announce on the 25th of September, that he was spending $2 billion on healthcare, including building the new hospital, only to retract this 6 days later?
Did the construction industry change drastically in those 6 days? Did Myanmar cut off the sand supply in those 6 days? Did the construction company building JGH raise the prices by 10-20% in those 6 days?
If nothing of that sort had happened, and he had already decided to postpone the hospital, he should have had the political honesty to announce it at the same time he announced the $2 billion spending, and not bury it in an addendum released 6 days later.
In summary, my quibble is not with the delay per se, but the fact that it was not communicated in a timely, transparent and upfront manner. -
Read the articles carefully. Since when did the minister retract his earlier statement? The Yishun hospital will be built in 2010 whilst the Jurong Hospital will be built before 2015. The $2 billion is committed and will be spent. Explaining why the Jurong Hospital project is pushed back relative to the Yishun Hospital, the minister said that rising building costs make it logical to delay building projects. However, because the givernment has already committed to the Yishun project by 2010, that will go ahead despite the higher costs.Originally posted by gerald_tan:Neither. :p
I agree with you that $2 billion will not got as far as it was projected.
I'm also sure that Mr Khaw also agrees that $2 billion will not got as far as was projected.
My question then is, if Mr Khaw knew this, why did he grandly announce on the 25th of September, that he was spending $2 billion on healthcare, including building the new hospital, only to retract this 6 days later?
Did the construction industry change drastically in those 6 days? Did Myanmar cut off the sand supply in those 6 days? Did the construction company building JGH raise the prices by 10-20% in those 6 days?
If nothing of that sort had happened, and he had already decided to postpone the hospital, he should have had the political honesty to announce it at the same time he announced the $2 billion spending, and not bury it in an addendum released 6 days later.
In summary, my quibble is not with the delay per se, but the fact that it was not communicated in a timely, transparent and upfront manner.
Perhaps a course in English Comprehension would be a good idea.