tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post4441212129462573291..comments2024-03-08T19:26:19.450+08:00Comments on Blogging for Myself: Gosh! President NathanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-75381602125514564152011-07-05T22:40:54.838+08:002011-07-05T22:40:54.838+08:00He claimed that he is a silent President. There is...He claimed that he is a silent President. There is a hokkien dialect saying " if you don't talk, people will not call you dumb (unable to speak)".<br /><br />Unfortunately he spoke and what came out of it was really DUMB (stupid). <br /><br />Is he the President of Singapore? He doesn't know that the populist pressure 1) affordable HDB housing 2) over crowding transportation and 3)high inflation were affecting Singaporean. Oh, I forgot to mention one more populist pressure that is his high salary and of the ministers. Now I know why he said they shouldn't bend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-82713393024961638842011-07-05T16:46:58.810+08:002011-07-05T16:46:58.810+08:00Don't be unduly agitated.
He's only urging...Don't be unduly agitated.<br />He's only urging his elitist comrades in the Ruling Party not to succumbed to populist pressures to do away with the pension for ex-president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-82136750844435370222011-07-05T16:09:37.311+08:002011-07-05T16:09:37.311+08:00Non-partisan president?Non-partisan president?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-41616685432181655382011-07-05T14:58:05.492+08:002011-07-05T14:58:05.492+08:00What he meant was pressure other than from the PAP...What he meant was pressure other than from the PAP government were considered populist but when granting him and PAP ministers high salary (I and many other Singaporean considered this to be populist) is not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-62944122595507928892011-07-05T12:11:32.849+08:002011-07-05T12:11:32.849+08:00PAP is not Populist, AT ALL.
In fact, they try to...PAP is not Populist, AT ALL. <br />In fact, they try to look populist but is inherently Elitist for the most part.<br />But hey, look at Thailand. Even an oxford economist can be rejected by its people. What does that say to you? <br />When the govt forgets its people and they can term it as anti-populist, but they know better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com