'Singaporeans, please grow up'
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'Singaporeans, please grow up and learn to manage your life. Don't let the Government direct you to do this or do that. Then we'll be a very miserable country.'
Guess who's the next one to said that ?
Singapore's Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan response when he was asked about giving free or subsidised flu vaccines to Singaporeans during this flu season.
So, folks, wanna vote him back next GE ? -
i agree wif wat he said: ppl shud stop asking for hand-outs every time something happens. but of cos, our over-reliance was very much due to how the country has been run since we were independent.
well.. he could have said it in a more tactful manner. in the end its the journalist who asked him this question, and the journalist does not represent the entire singaporean population. -
well... i will vote him back...
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First year to vote for me!
i think i would. -
So what if we apply that argument on that Singapore Share thingy ? Self reliance or vote buying ?Originally posted by wuming78:i agree wif wat he said: ppl shud stop asking for hand-outs every time something happens. but of cos, our over-reliance was very much due to how the country has been run since we were independent.
I won't be surprised that if GE had occur in 2004, the PAP will use the current flu scare for "free" flu-shot as another pre-election sweetening tool. I can't believe how some pple who fell for their bait in 2002 election and still just naive as ever.
Let's be clear: The gov has done their own risk calculation already. Immunising the population wouldn't be part of their expenditure until the next election comes, provide SARS or flu becomes the agenda of any gov official. -
Originally posted by Gun:
Heres a thought: The government can start letting Singaporeans run and manage our own lives by letting grown up, mature Singaporeans decide when or if they want to get married, and when and how many children they want based to their wishes and how many they can afford. Rather the force-feeding us "Get married, have kids" exhortations ad nauseum and making single or married-but-childless Singaporeans feel like they're less-than-worthy citizens
[b] 'Singaporeans, please grow up and learn to manage your life. Don't let the Government direct you to do this or do that. Then we'll be a very miserable country.'
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They want to let us settle our lives on certain things, and leave us to our own devices on others, according to their terms? Get real, Mr Khaw. The government needs to do some growing-up itself.
Another case of the government wanting their cake, and eating it too? -
Precisely, why blame some Singaporeans for being mollycoddled, when he and his erstwhile colleagues are the ones doing the mollycoddling?Originally posted by wuming78:i agree wif wat he said: ppl shud stop asking for hand-outs every time something happens. but of cos, our over-reliance was very much due to how the country has been run since we were independent.
Its like a drug pusher berating addicts for the latter's dependence on narcotics.
Tact is one thing I will never associate with this government of ours, particularly in its dealings with its own citizens.
well.. he could have said it in a more tactful manner. in the end its the journalist who asked him this question, and the journalist does not represent the entire singaporean population. -
Originally posted by weidev:well... i will vote him back...
Have you thought of why you would? Or are you just another of the blind sheep being led by the nose, by the propaganda shepard?Originally posted by s|nNeD:First year to vote for me!
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Originally posted by Viper52:Get real, Mr Khaw. The government needs to do some growing-up itself.
I think that's the problem with current gen of PAP ministers...all thanks to 30 yrs of cozy seats warmed by earlier gen.
See how SIA got the carrot&stick treatment within weeks with LKY's tears of praise after it flew Mrs.Lee home from UK (ahem...paid flight, hor) and then the "pilot union vs gov" saga.
Really sad to see ministers today are no more grown up than the Chan family of Joo Chiat neighbourhood... -
In any case, this is your interpretation. An encouragement does not make it an exhortation.You can choose to ignore it, you can choose to read it. It is not force feeding. This happens in all developed countries.So are you saying that their leaders are tyrants too? Please this is the real meaning of having your own mind.ignoring suggestions that doesn't sound good to you and taking up suggestions that sounds good to you.Originally posted by Viper52:Heres a thought: The government can start letting Singaporeans run and manage our own lives by letting [b]grown up, mature Singaporeans decide when or if they want to get married, and when and how many children they want based to their wishes and how many they can afford. Rather the force-feeding us "Get married, have kids" exhortations ad nauseum and making single or married-but-childless Singaporeans feel like they're less-than-worthy citizens
They want to let us settle our lives on certain things, and leave us to our own devices on others, according to their terms? Get real, Mr Khaw. The government needs to do some growing-up itself.
Another case of the government wanting their cake, and eating it too?
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I haven't seen the government jailing ostrocising anybody who hasn't got marriedor have children yet. And yes, a declining population is a very major problem which we must face. Hell in fact Germany's government is encouraging their citizens to get married and reproduce because of this issue. So what you are saying here is a very sweeping statement.They are just being concerned over an issue..But they are not forcing anybody to do it.Maturity, yes, our people needs to mature. I have been overseas and i have seen how singaporeans behave out there and it really sickens me. How the people behave is not the government's job. It is everybody's individual responsibility.Ultimately, such decisions are to be made by the individual. The government, whether communist, socialist or democracy cannot influece them.What they can do is to raise the issue.
[quote]Originally posted by Viper52:
Rather the force-feeding us "Get married, have kids" exhortations ad nauseum and making single or married-but-childless Singaporeans feel like they're less-than-worthy citizens
Anyway , this is just my two cents. -
Normally I wouldn't vote them, but there's no better alternative...
Grow up Singaporeans and make your own desisions and run your own lives, but don't forget to subject any part of your lives, down to the most intimate details, to our total, absolute control.
Irony huh? Brush us off when we need help, but control us when they need to milk us. Truly do the people serve the govt. here and not the other way round. -
does it matter?Originally posted by Viper52:Have you thought of why you would? Or are you just another of the blind sheep being led by the nose, by the propaganda shepard?
if we have to go against the govt everytime politics come up
whats the difference? we'll just be going against them for the sake of doing so and not because we really think that way but rather , its because someone else talks bad abt our govt
but high chance of me not voting for them just for the kick of it -
donm't you remeber one line in our local news that read "civil servants are not Singaporeans' slaves"?Originally posted by oldbreadstinks:does it matter?
if we have to go against the govt everytime politics come up
whats the difference? we'll just be going against them for the sake of doing so and not because we really think that way but rather , its because someone else talks bad abt our govt
but high chance of me not voting for them just for the kick of it -
must be a civil servant who said thatOriginally posted by pikamaster:donm't you remeber one line in our local news that read "civil servants are not Singaporeans' slaves"?