tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post4055861566068871552..comments2024-03-08T19:26:19.450+08:00Comments on Blogging for Myself: No Population White PaperUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-89494825551050571922013-01-31T14:38:46.455+08:002013-01-31T14:38:46.455+08:00Mr Wang Says So: George Yeo and His True Legacy fo...Mr Wang Says So: George Yeo and His True Legacy for Singapore<br />mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/.../george-yeo-and-his-true-legacy-for.html -<br />May 12, 2011<br /><br /><br />Now that George Yeo is quitting politics, many people are saying that this is such a pity for Singapore's foreign affairs. Personally I am somewhat hazy about what George Yeo actually achieved in this area, but perhaps that's just because Singapore's foreign affairs is not an area to which I've paid that much attention.<br /><br />Instead I will remember George Yeo as the minister who brought the casinos to Singapore. Yes, in case you've forgotten, George was the guy who first proposed the idea and pushed for it. Even within the PAP, there was plenty of debate and resistance about the casino proposal (to such an extent that another ex-minister, Lim Boon Heng, recently broke down in tears when he revisited those memories). But in the end George prevailed.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-6158388754774467932013-01-31T14:27:27.197+08:002013-01-31T14:27:27.197+08:00sorry,说风凉话!sorry,说风凉话!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-31018415191244628702013-01-31T14:25:52.559+08:002013-01-31T14:25:52.559+08:00Leegalised gaming dens King Catholic man George Ye...Leegalised gaming dens King Catholic man George Yeo is <br />说风爽话,he is aiming and hoping that he will be the next President<br />,dear voters,do not be conned by this faked Catholic,our Holy Father knows it very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-56238756173199282912013-01-31T13:03:43.862+08:002013-01-31T13:03:43.862+08:00Half way into reading the white paper, it strikes ...Half way into reading the white paper, it strikes me that whatever published in the white paper are reasoning that the gov put up to justify their action, and it very important to note whats not obviously stated also. <br /><br />The conspiracy theory is that the gov is only interested in expanding their collection of levy fees and tax base. There are foreign worker's levy, consumption tax through gst, property taxes etc <br /><br />If this theory is true, then its futile to try to over analyze the paper to assess its completeness. <br /><br />russ<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-77441288911780055072013-01-31T01:07:01.651+08:002013-01-31T01:07:01.651+08:00Most politicians are really crooks in disguise. Wh...Most politicians are really crooks in disguise. What they really care is often their own self interests first and the authority they command over others. Why on earth do you think LKY & son want to be paid a couple of millions a year on top of the unlimited benefits that come with it like the power to instruct publicly-listed SIA to provide a chartered hospital plane at their command? <br /><br />With this in mind, do you think they really that concerned about you & me or the average Joe? Now when this authority is at risk or being challenged, what do you think power-crazy people would resort to? Just think hard, you try to extend your power base by inviting outsiders to come in to prop up your support exactly like how the Aware power grabbing group tried to take over the committee by asking their supporters to join as new members & vote the new committee in.<br /><br />So they must have calculated they only need a certain percentage of new citizens to come in to provide the safety margin to maintain their lead in every election, hence they just need to keep them coming in just to provide for the differential margin to maintain power after discounting the expected swing votes to the opposition parties. And the only way they can do it is to masquerade it under the excuse of a falling birth rate, I suppose!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-91841990713580218592013-01-30T23:42:39.418+08:002013-01-30T23:42:39.418+08:00George Yeo - Debate yes, but do not take those in ...George Yeo - Debate yes, but do not take those in authority as "equals"<br />The Straits Times (Singapore) 20 Feb 1995 at p 11<br /><br />Remember your place in society before you engage in political debate, said Information and the Arts Minister George Yeo yesterday.<br /><br />Debate cannot degenerate into a free-for-all where no distinction is made between the senior and junior party, or what the Hokkiens describe as "boh tua, boh suay".<br /><br />You must make distinctions: what is high, what is low, what is above, what is below and then within this, we can have a debate, we can have a discussion, he added.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters on the parameters of debate, an issue sparked off by the Catherine Lim controversy, he made it clear that people should not take on those in authority as "equals". The Prime Minister responded to writer Catherine Lim for her article on his governing style because her tone showed disrespect for authority.<br /><br />Brig-Gen (NS) Yeo recalled that in 1991, the National Trades Union Congress raised a rumpus when Straits Times columnist Sumiko Tan criticised then union-MP Goh Chee Wee for his speech in Parliament. <br /><br />Mr Goh felt that Miss Tan was wagging her finger at him, he said. Likewise, during last year's Budget debate, Parliament took issue with ST columnist Cherian George for his comments on the Speaker's handling of the guillotine. He had no right to speak to the Speaker as an equal.bluexpressohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978280358652644916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-30355350035761619742013-01-30T16:35:55.564+08:002013-01-30T16:35:55.564+08:00"Another huge problem is nobody knows how to ..."Another huge problem is nobody knows how to grow without adding people. That is why the government have produced this White Paper."<br /><br />Well said. Anything outside this is beyond their competencies.<br /><br />Observer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-81704017360124708122013-01-30T14:16:39.169+08:002013-01-30T14:16:39.169+08:00I agree with the point that LHL has a tougher or d...I agree with the point that LHL has a tougher or different challenge than his father. <br />However, to say that our TFR has dropped alarmingly over the last 2 decades and they have not done enough about it to leave things to this last desperate minute..you have to wonder what on earth has the administration under GCT been doing? Just cruising? This ESM definitely had left a mess of broken porcelain for Singaporeans to try and glue all the pieces back. So much for the humpty dumpty analogy by LKY to his successor. He makes sure he hang onto them so well, that he didn't shake the system hard enough...ie. go with the flow, that now it's all come to pieces naturally. Irony isn't it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-40987898202812920412013-01-30T10:09:11.990+08:002013-01-30T10:09:11.990+08:00Please lah...George Yeo is part of the trans globa...Please lah...George Yeo is part of the trans global elite who eat of the carcass of cheap economies...charles cheenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-85510247710448280892013-01-30T08:38:33.140+08:002013-01-30T08:38:33.140+08:00Re : George Yeo
I believe you're too flatteri...Re : George Yeo<br /><br />I believe you're too flattering of George. Reminds me of ... Anwar ... (minus the sex scandal part of course)<br /><br />Sighh .. now I understand better why Anwar is "revered" as the "leader" of the opposition. All the things Anwar is alleging - corruption, nepotism etc - all these were nothing new and were perpetuated under his watch. He was a key member of the ruling elite - he not only endorsed those policies then but was one of those instrumental in conceiving them. In other words, he's no clean guy, he's no saviour. Yet the people suddenly see him as someone who "understands" and better "foresight". I guess this is human nature - we just WANT someone to rally around, preferably an ex-insider. So that psychologically, we feel that yes it is change, but no it will not be a drastic change. But look at what's happening in Egypt - from strong-man Mubarak to ... strong-man Morsi. <br /><br />Similarly, no matter how George may want to rehabilitate his image, he was one of the key member of PM's inner circle for years. The badly conceived immigration policy (now acknowledged to be lacking in 20/20 foresight) happened under his watch to. Until GE2011, George never saw the need to change PAP "from within". He acknowleged that he "goes with the flow" - oh, there's a tide for change, he only saw it in GE2011 and then he parroted "I'll change PAP from within". EVERY aspiring PAP politician say that - even KPK said so. And remember how George handled the opposition - "remember who you are before speaking to me" (or deriding words to that effect). <br /><br />In other words, I'm sensing a reflex reaction in you to want to rally around an ex-insider, not unlike what's happening in Malaysia with Anwar. And I'm just saying - please think again, before you do so. <br /><br />"If I am right, WP will not challenge him"<br /><br />This is another point I'd like to comment. The people who are staking everything on the line right now are the existing WP, SDP, NSP etc politicians. You can bet that their entire history has been dug out, maybe even their careers are at stake. Yet, they speak out for Singaporeans and they choose to go the long, narrow, thank-less path. <br /><br />Its human nature to want to look for a sheriff riding into town to save it. But that happens in movies, not real life. The sheriffs riding into town are with us already - <br /><br />Look at George Yeo's facebook, beyond just that 2 words "Withiner Singapore". You see him enjoying himself in Davos? These are connections built up from his ex-Foreign Minister days. Connections built up ... You see him opening Wharf's new office in Taipei .. great job isn't it? Did he speak up a word for Singaporeans publicly during these 2 years? At least TCB did, on AIM. No, George didn't. He's enjoying the good life, made possible in part because of connections built up in his public service days. He's probably wise enough to know that if he speaks up in public, he will be shunned. No chance of cushy directorships in Temasek (where Lim Boon Heng is comfortably esconed right now), the foreign corp will be asked to distance themselves from him. In other words, without saying a word, he knows the rules of the game .. and he's gamely playing along. While others are putting their own lives on stake for fellow Singaporeans.<br /><br />In the words of Obama whom you quoted : We are the people we have been waiting for. JGnoreply@blogger.com