PM Lee urges more Singaporeans to donate
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/358825/1/.html
WTF? ... am i seeing wrong things ? At this time ?...
Shouldn't it be "Singaporeans urges government to susidise!!!"
crap.
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SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called for more Singaporeans to donate according to their means and from their heart.
Mr Lee was speaking at the opening of the new premises of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, called The Giving Place.
Last year, charitable donations to non-profit organisations (Institutions of Public Character) increased by more than 50 per cent to S$280 million.
Every society has to take care of its people, especially the vulnerable groups, said Mr Lee.
He added that this has to be done either by the state or through private initiatives by getting the more successful Singaporeans to help the weaker ones.
"The more they have gained from society, the greater their obligation to give back something to their fellow citizens. They must not allow society to be split between the haves and have-nots, and undermine the whole basis for able people to succeed and create wealth in Singapore," said Mr Lee.
He noted that Singapore has yet to build a strong philanthropic tradition.
However, many Singaporeans are donating generously to good causes, and this started with our forefathers who came to Singapore in search of a world of new opportunities.
So, successful Singaporeans should be encouraged to donate a portion of their wealth to endow charitable foundations.
For this purpose, the Community Foundation of Singapore has been set up to offer advice to high net worth individuals wishing to support worthy causes.
To date, nearly S$13 million has been raised. Among its contributors is William Bird, a British citizen who is now a Singapore Permanent Resident.
Mr Bird said: "The Community Foundation of Singapore - one of the objectives is to help and advise people like myself who haven't quite decided where they should place or donate their charitable funds.
"I will be spending time talking to other people in the community foundation and making my decision in the next few months which charities I feel deserving."
The centre has been helping to foster the spirit of giving in Singapore.
This spirit is evident in the many contractor-related and legal services provided free of charge by companies for the completion of the centre's new premises at Clarke Quay. - CNA/irhttp://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/358825/1/.html
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eat also not enough, how to donate
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hahaha.
joke of the year.
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pls donate to the person in need directly and not through charity institutuions. thank you.
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The ministers collect million dollar salary, they should donate half of their salary to show example, dont call people donate, and they dont do likewise.
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Yes I agree.
More PRs and FTs should donate to the charities of Singapore.
I applaud thee.
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Originally posted by t_a_s:
The ministers collect million dollar salary, they should donate half of their salary to show example, dont call people donate, and they dont do likewise.
yea man.
lead by example.
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I thought we donate 20% of our income to the garmen? still not enough? I think i gotto change my name to "charity" liao... then donate to me.. haha
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Donate Ma Ass!! Remember NKF,the kacang putih man Durai and his peanuts? KNNBCCB hear oreddy blood can boil.
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Jus stop raising prices can liao
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The more they have gained from society, the greater their obligation to give back something to their fellow citizens. They must not allow society to be split between the haves and have-nots, and undermine the whole basis for able people to succeed and create wealth in Singapore," said Mr Lee.
He noted that Singapore has yet to build a strong philanthropic tradition.
Yes, he is right to say that people who gain from society, the greater their obligation to give back . . . . . . So Lee Hsien Loong and his PAP party who have been gaining the most from the society ought to set example to give back to society. A strong philantropic tradition? ha ha, has he, his father or any of his ministers set a good example to the whole nation that they are philantropic?Whatever it is, LEE HSIEN LOONG, LEE KUAN YEW AND PAP PARTY must set good examples before telling the nation to do so. Suck so much money from the people and as a government who have obligation to help the poor is pushing it to the common people to do so, so that they can feel free be carefree not to worry about the poor and continue to suck more and more of our money.
LEE HSIEN LOONG Never stops talking cock. What a shame to have such a PM for Singapore.
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This PM good in talking cock but in reality he has no heart for the poor, unfortunate. If the ah kua PM lee hsien loong depends on the people to help the poor then what is the government doing? We have enough of this sickening incompetent PM. PAP very good in pushing responsibilities to the people, conveniently, happily push responsibilities while they continue to enjoy sucking the people of Singapore by drawing super high undeserved salary for themselves and earning quick big bucks from the people. Like corruption of its kind.
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I thought LHL said he will donate his pay raise to charity for the next dunno how many months/years?
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Originally posted by eagle:
I thought LHL said he will donate his pay raise to charity for the next dunno how many months/years?
Talk is cheap mah.
Got anyone here know.. which charity he donates the part of his salary he promised to give ?
Which one ? Lee Family Fund ?
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Originally posted by eagle:
I thought LHL said he will donate his pay raise to charity for the next dunno how many months/years?
Besides, he said to raise GST by 2% to help the poor, but so far no news about this. So good in talking crap as a PM, like that anyone of us also can be PM. -
show me the money.
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A friend who works in the govt sector said that every year, the employees are given the President Charity card for donation. They are not allowed to say no to accept the cards to ask for donation. Govt set quota for collection of donation. The govt is forcing the people to help to collect donation. Autocratic, tyrannical, the govt force the people to do charity, ridiculous. Doing charity is from the heart and not by force.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Besides, he said to raise GST by 2% to help the poor, but so far no news about this. So good in talking crap as a PM, like that anyone of us also can be PM.
well, in fact there were some news....annulities....remember? -
Originally posted by SevenEleven:
well, in fact there were some news....annulities....remember?
YOu mean annuity? -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
A friend who works in the govt sector said that every year, the employees are given the President Charity card for donation. They are not allowed to say no to accept the cards to ask for donation. Govt set quota for collection of donation. The govt is forcing the people to help to collect donation. Autocratic, tyrannical, the govt force the people to do charity, ridiculous. Doing charity is from the heart and not by force.
i'm sure everyone who served ns or are in the army knows it.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
A friend who works in the govt sector said that every year, the employees are given the President Charity card for donation. They are not allowed to say no to accept the cards to ask for donation. Govt set quota for collection of donation. The govt is forcing the people to help to collect donation. Autocratic, tyrannical, the govt force the people to do charity, ridiculous. Doing charity is from the heart and not by force.
Personally I think the problem does not lies FULLY with the Decision-Makers, but with the lackeys. Imagine this scenerio:
Decision-Makers to Lackey: Based on last year donation results, we collected $10million. So this year target is $15million.
Lackey to poor NSF: This year, each of you have to donate at least $15, if not....
Lackey to Decision-Makers: Sir, we managed to collect $15million from the donation drive, what a success!
Having said this, I think the decision-makers should be smart enough to realise that if things are so easily done, we won't be paying them millions to govern us. Anyway, which decision-markers go through the lifes of common citizens to realise that?
To me, the only solution is to highlight such events to relevant medias so that such issues can be looked into through public awareness. And mind you, when I say medias, I don't mean the medias owned by the Lackeys.
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If ministers can't donate money then they should donate sperm. Because they claim that they are elites, the genes from elites should produce elite offspring, so spore would not lack of so-called capable leaders. Nia Seng !!!
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Originally posted by t_a_s:
If ministers can't donate money then they should donate sperm. Because they claim that they are elites, the genes from elites should produce elite offspring, so spore would not lack of so-called capable leaders. Nia Seng !!!
Donate sperm? Who want to know the evil genes from Lee hsien loong and LKY? -
Originally posted by Sialution:
Personally I think the problem does not lies FULLY with the Decision-Makers, but with the lackeys. Imagine this scenerio:
Decision-Makers to Lackey: Based on last year donation results, we collected $10million. So this year target is $15million.
Lackey to poor NSF: This year, each of you have to donate at least $15, if not....
Lackey to Decision-Makers: Sir, we managed to collect $15million from the donation drive, what a success!
Having said this, I think the decision-makers should be smart enough to realise that if things are so easily done, we won't be paying them millions to govern us. Anyway, which decision-markers go through the lifes of common citizens to realise that?
To me, the only solution is to highlight such events to relevant medias so that such issues can be looked into through public awareness. And mind you, when I say medias, I don't mean the medias owned by the Lackeys.
It is so convenient, so easy job for Lee hsien loong to push job to the people of Singapore. Why not let us have the share of his salary? He has not done anything to contribute the 2% GST to helping the poor, so now he is singing a new tune to ask the people, the nation to help the poor instead. To a leader who can't keep up to his promise, there is really nothing at all people can base on to respect, rely and trust this hopeless PM. Any problem he does not want to solve he easily pushes it to the people, so easy job as a PM and get paid so many million salary. He has the most secure job in the world, nobody dare sack him, make him redundant. Indeed, he has iron rice bowl.