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04-09-2015, 02:40 AM
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Workers’ Party’s New App & The Problem With Today’s Generation Of Political Party Apps
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/workers-pa...072052893.html This Is What Happens If You Don’t Vote In Singapore https://sg.news.yahoo.com/happens-do...070048335.html #GE2015 Trends On Twitter After First Night Of Rallies Takes Off https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ge2015-tre...040052494.html 
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#422
04-09-2015, 08:40 PM
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Heard the PAP very furious about the low turnout for their rallies tonight
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#423
10-11-2015, 11:38 PM
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Transport Minister Khaw seeks public's 'understanding' in new blog post
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/transport-...041656437.html Two weeks after a two-hour train service disruption along the North-East Line, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said on Monday he hopes for “better understanding” and more “moral support” from the public on the issue of the country's rail system. The disruption on the morning of 26 October affected thousands of commuters and caused some students who were going to sit for their O and A level examinations to be late for their papers. In a blog post on Monday titled "Larger than trains", Khaw, who is also the coordinating minister for infrastructure, pointed out that the scope of his work not only includes public transportation, but the aviation and maritime sectors as well. “These are significant sectors of our economy, the health of which can impact hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans. Their jobs and their families depend on these sectors. And there are strong headwinds and turbulence ahead,” he said. In the aviation industry, which accounts for almost 6 per cent of the country’s economy and more than 160,000 jobs, Singapore is struggling with slow passenger traffic growth, he noted. In the maritime industry, which accounts for almost 7 per cent of the country’s GDP, Singapore faces tough competition with other alternative routes such as Arctic Route and Kra Canal, causing some ships to bypass Singapore’s port, he observed. “We do not say a lot about such challenges in public, and Singaporeans may not be fully aware. But we spend a lot of our management time and bandwidth on these critical issues,” he said. He added, "This is not an excuse for the next train disruption. We are doing our best to make our rail system even more reliable. I just hope to get Singaporeans' better understanding and moral support."
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#424
18-11-2015, 02:26 AM
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Smart little boy shuts Khaw Boon Wan up! like emoticon like emoticon like emoticon
#PublicTransport #AlwaysLate #FareIncrease https://www.facebook.com/allsgstuff#...type=3&theater 
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#425
18-11-2015, 02:43 AM
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Im not interested in his excuses or worries or problems. Cb motherfucker only tok so big. If cannot do, jyst fuck off.
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#426
18-11-2015, 02:48 AM
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It was an ' absurdity', he said, for Singaporeans to quarrel over whether ministers collectively should be paid $10 million or $20 million more, when an economy worth $210 billion was at stake 'The cure to all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government,' he said in his first comments on impending salary increases for ministers and top civil servants. 'You get that alternative and you'll never put Singapore together again.' Singaporeans' asset values would also disappear, he warned, adding that 'your apartment will be worth a fraction of what it is, your jobs will be in peril, your security will be at risk and our women will become maids in other people's countries'. He said the present system of benchmarking ministers' pay to top private sector salaries was 'completely above board' and allowed the Government to recruit 'some of the very best' to lead the country When it was put to him that people hoped for leaders who were willing to make sacrifices and who were not there for the money, he replied that these were 'admirable sentiments'. But he added that 'we live in the real world'. His bottom line: if the Government could not pay competitive salaries, Singapore would not be able to compete and 'we're not going to live well'. ------------------------------------------------------------ ‘Reasonable pay will help to maintain a bit of dignity’ Member of Parliament Lim Wee Kiak of the Nee Soon group representation constituency (GRC) defended ministerial salaries by saying a reasonable payout helped maintain "dignity" for politicians. He was quickly slammed by netizens, many of whom pointed out in various posts on the Web that "dignity" should not be justified by salary alone. The multi-million dollar pay of ministers was a hot-button issue in Singapore's recent General Election, which saw the ruling People's Action Party win 81 out of 87 seats but at a significantly lower share of the total votes. Following the results, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the formation of a committee to review the "basis and level of political salaries". Any pay changes would take effect from 21 May this year. "If the annual salary of the Minister of Information, Communication and Arts is only $500,000, it may pose some problems when he discuss policies with media CEOs who earn millions of dollars because they need not listen to the minister's ideas and proposals. Hence, a reasonable payout will help to maintain a bit of dignity," Dr Lim told LianHe ZaoBao in Chinese. In reaction, Francis Oen postedon Facebook: "Hi Wee Kiat.. Suggest you clarify your statement. Does it mean that only $ talks?! ... And if someone earns less, does it mean he cannot have dignity?" Winnie Lim tweeted: "So according to Dr Lim Wee Kiak's theory, our ministers will ignore Obama because he earns less than all of them." On his Facebook page, Dr Lim said that his quote was taken out of context. "Minister's pay issue is a sensitive one. There must be a balance. After all, capable individuals who are willing to come forward to serve should not so because of pay and perks," he replied to a user's question about his quote. He added, "On the other hand, they do have families and dependents and need to consider for retirement, etc." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- One-Third Revenue from GST Increase goes to Minister Pay Increment How well is well-paid? By Tan Hui Leng and Jasmie Yen, TODAY | Posted: 10 April 2007 1028 They expressed support for the need to pay top dollar for top talent in the public sector. But Members of Parliament (MPs) who took part in yesterday's parliamentary debate on the pay hike also spoke passionately about what many Singaporeans believe to be the heart of the issue: The benchmarking formula used to determine ministerial pay. Ang Mo Kio MP Inderjit Singh noted that Singaporeans could not expect their leaders to serve based on altruism alone. "Are we willing to leave the future of the country to chance, that we will get good people who will give up their competence without caring about their salary?" he asked. Some MPs, however, saw problems in benchmarking ministers' pay to the private sector, pointing out to disparities in the risks taken by company chief executives and ministers and top civil servants. Marine Parade MP Lim Biow Chuan said: "I struggle to understand what a top Admin Officer aged 32 at grade SR9 has to worry about that will justify him receiving $363,000 a year … From many people's perspectives, they take no personal risk and are at best, paid employees." Opposition MPs Mr Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir) and Hougang's Low Thia Khiang took issue with the fact that Singapore's ministers are paid more than their counterparts in developed countries. MPs like Bishan-Toa Payoh's Mrs Josephine Teo, however, pointed out that ministers in other countries may make more money after their term in office ends, such as through public speaking. Some MPs voiced concerns about the timing of announcing the pay revisions, especially with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) due to rise to 7 per cent in July. Mr Singh said: "How do we answer the man-in-the-street when we're told that about one-quarter to one-third of the expected revenue increase this year from the GST is going to be for the proposed ministerial and civil service salary increases, about $240 million, I was told?" Mr Low also referred to the recent debate on increasing the amounts for public assistance. "It's also ironic that we are consuming taxpayers' money and … discussing how much more of a fraction of a million to pay civil servants and ministers while we haggle over additional tens of dollars to hand out to our needy and disadvantaged citizens," he said. Some MPs who supported the pay hike also suggested that the salary benchmarking could be finetuned, such as pegging ministers' salaries to more realistic markers such as top men in private equity firms and top companies based on market capitalisation.
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#427
18-11-2015, 02:52 AM
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Grace Fu Should Consider Resignation Singapore has the world's most highly-paid ministers. If I recall correctly, they have held this world record for about the past 20 years. It is a record that has caused a huge amount of public unhappiness. Especially in the past decade, during which the government didn't ever seem to be particularly impressive or outstanding. Now, finally, ministerial salaries are going to be cut. Mind you, after these cuts (which are quite substantial in percentage terms - about 36%), the ministers will STILL hold their world record. Which must surely suggest to any half-intelligent person how grossly overpaid the ministers have been all along. But then you get the likes of Grace Fu (who is our Minister of State for something or the other). Writing on her own Facebook wall, Fu says: “When I made the decision to join politics in 2006, pay was not a key factor. Loss of privacy, public scrutiny on myself and my family and loss of personal time were. The disruption to my career was also an important consideration. I had some ground to believe that my family would not suffer a drastic change in the standard of living even though I experienced a drop in my income. So it is with this recent pay cut. If the balance is tilted further in the future, it will make it harder for any one [sic] considering political office.” Grace Fu. Now, lots of Singaporeans are angry with Grace Fu. The comments have come thick, fast and furious. As of right now, her Facebook post has drawn about 1,300 comments (that's about 650 times the average number of comments on her other Facebook postings). And of course, there is plenty of negative media attention, online and in the newspapers too. Putting aside the other issues for now, I'm startled at Grace Fu's lack of political sensitivity. It was really, really stupid and unnecessary of her to write such a thing. Fu wasn't even under pressure. It wasn't as if she was at a press conference, and a belligerent journalist had just thrown an unexpected and difficult question at her, and she couldn't think fast enough about what best to say. Instead - we can imagine it - there she was, relaxing in her living room, playing with her iPad, sipping a nice cup of tea, logging in to check her messages. And then suddenly, Fu decided to write what she wrote. On Facebook. Not in a private journal, not in a personal memo, but on Facebook. She must have totally failed to foresee what would happen next. What poor judgment! What a severe lack of foresight. And she's a minister, for goodness sakes. Who knows what other horrible errors she might have spoken or written, on other past occasions. Now, of course Fu is backpedalling and she has made a statement that she had been "misunderstood". This is damage control .... for completely self-inflicted damage. LOL, that is funny. Imagine this - you are a minister, and you say something, the public is shocked and angry. And then you say, "Oh, all of you tens of thousands of people, you've misunderstood me. I am the poor, unfortunate, misunderstood one." Sing me another song, birdie. "Me talk nonsense. Also can sing song. How much you pay me?" If Grace Fu can be so badly misunderstood, then that surely says something about Grace Fu's communication skills. It is extremely difficult to get thousands of people to misunderstand you. I am sure that I could not possibly succeed in pulling off such a feat. (But then I am not a PAP minister, I lack such talent). However - and this will surprise many of my own readers - I am not actually angry about the content, the actual substance, of Grace Fu's statement. Why am I not angry? Look - this woman is merely a product of the system. And what is the system that I speak of? It is the PAP recruitment system that Lee Kuan Yew decided to create, 20 years ago. A system that deliberately entices job applicants with world-record-setting amounts of money. The inevitable result - the PAP attracts many talented political wannabes whose main interest is in the money. (Meanwhile, talented political wannabes who just hope to serve the nation can join the Workers' Party - like Chen Show Mao did). And when the money gets cut, well, you can naturally expect the PAP ministers (at least, the more money-minded ones) to get upset. Isn't that logical? If you had come for the money, then you WOULD be upset by a pay cut, surely. My blog post is entitled "Grace Fu Should Consider Resignation". Sounds sensationalist, doesn't it? But it isn't really. (I'm not that kind of blogger, lah). Let me just explain my thinking. It goes like this - if any minister is really very unhappy with his or her pay, then he or she can always quit. It's not like they are being forced to be ministers. Unhappy employees don't perform well - we know that from our own experiences in working life. It is better for the company if they quit. It is better for themselves too, for they can go elsewhere and find another job that is more satisfying for them. Why would we expect things to be any different for our ministers? If they are not happy with their pay, they won't perform well. They should just quit and get a more lucrative job elsewhere (if they can, of course). After they resign as ministers, Singapore can replace them with new ministers who care less about the money, and care more about serving the nation. So I say this to all the ministers - if you're not happy with your pay, please quit. Now, rather than five years later. Do yourself a favour, and do the country a favour. Just get out.
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#428
23-11-2015, 10:08 PM
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 https://www.facebook.com/The-Alterna...type=3&theater Train disruption on NS Line hits early morning crowd A train fault this morning resulted in a delay of at least 20 mins for commuters taking the train to work as well as students going for examinations. Free shuttle service was activated and train service resumed only about 50 mins later according to SMRT's Twitter.
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#429
24-11-2015, 05:17 AM
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[ST POLL] Many Singaporeans prefer WP Plan that Govt run public transport system
http://forums.$$$$$$$$$$$$.com.sg/ea...m-5239244.html http://www.wp.sg/manifesto/ http://wpge2015.s3-ap-southeast-1.am...ne-version.pdf Enhancing Public Transport Reliability and Affordability 5. Government Contracting Model. The government has been moving away from the profit-based privatisation model of running public transport towards the WP’s National Transport Corporation (NTC) proposal to run public bus and MRT operations on a notfor- profit basis of maintenance and cost recovery. The “Government Contracting” model, where the government owns the assets but contracts out service delivery to public transport operators (PTOs), has been implemented in the past few years. We should monitor the implementation of this model for 10 years to assess whether it drives greater cost efficiency and service quality for commuters. If there are still problems after 10 years, then we propose the NTC takes over the running of public transport services. National Transport Corporation. The NTC should hold a key place in the Government Contracting model. Ownership and management of rail and bus assets is a dedicated and specialised operational function that should be separated from the planning, development and regulation body (Land Transport Authority, LTA) and tasked to a statutory board. NTC would be tasked to minimise costs and achieve efficiency in the management of the assets. To avoid conflicts of interest and improve transparency, the NTC should operate specialised audit systems to make sure the PTOs meet performance and service delivery standards, while LTA sets regulatory standards and collects the fines for service disruptions. 7. Dissolving the Public Transport Council. We reiterate our call for the Public Transport Council to be dissolved and all its functions transferred to the NTC. The NTC will closely monitor rail and bus operations to ensure affordability, reliability, efficiency and service standards. The NTC will seek to set fares fairly in consultation with all stakeholders and the public, maintaining affordability while linking fares to performance and service quality and reliability. Promoting a Competitive PTO Sector. The Government should promote competition beyond the two existing PTOs to reduce the risk of entrenchment of an uncompetitive duopoly. We propose the LTA actively solicit at least two other PTOs to join in the next competitive tender to run an MRT line, which could be a new line or one of the existing lines. We also propose the license period for operating the MRT lines be reduced from the current 15 years to 10 years to promote competition for licences. The licence charges should cater for higher maintenance expenditures in order to provide for greater service reliability. 9. Acquisition of Operational Assets of Current PTOs. The NTC should acquire the operational assets of the current PTOs, but at fair cost to the public purse. Public transport assets currently under the care of PTOs should be turned over to the NTC in good condition. We propose the price to be paid by taxpayers for the acquisition should be suggested by a panel of independent third parties with expertise and experience in public transport economics. All proceedings should be made public.
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#432
24-11-2015, 06:38 PM
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SMRT agrees to pay 95% of cost from woman's injuries in bus accident
http://forums.$$$$$$$$$$$$.com.sg/ea...t-5239647.html Vanessa Paige Chelvan POSTED: 24 Nov 2015 16:44 UPDATED: 24 Nov 2015 16:52 SINGAPORE: Public transport operator SMRT Corporation Ltd on Tuesday (Nov 24) agreed to bear 95 per cent of the cost associated with Madam Ding Weibo’s injuries, which she sustained in an accident on board a bus. In December 2011, Mdm Ding fell into a coma after hitting her head against a metal bar of one of the seats on board SMRT bus service 167. Mdm Ding, then 54, underwent an operation to remove part of her skull to relieve the swelling of her brain. Four years have passed, but Mdm Ding “continues to suffer from the injuries sustained in that accident … unable to revert to the lifestyle she once enjoyed”, said her lawyer Tito Isaac. According to medical and psychiatric reports, Mdm Ding suffers from giddiness, headaches, poor memory and has difficulty sleeping. She is also likely to need long term care, and is unable to make her own medical or legal decisions. She sued SMRT and the bus driver for negligence through her husband, Mr You Bujia. Mdm Ding and her daughter had boarded the bus along Orchard Road, and the driver started accelerating away from the bus stop before the two sat down. As mother and daughter were walking towards empty seats at the back of the bus, the driver jammed the brakes suddenly. The jolt of the bus as it came to an abrupt halt caused Mdm Ding to lose her balance and fall backwards, hitting her head and sustaining severe injuries. The driver was subsequently charged in court for causing grievous hurt by a negligent act, and ordered to pay a fine of S$4,500. SMRT said it was not responsible for the driver’s negligence, and instead alleged that Mdm Ding was partly to blame for the accident and resulting injuries she sustained. Mdm Ding should have “taken better care of herself” by holding on to the hand rails and sitting at vacant seats at the front of the bus, instead of opting to walk to the rear of the bus as it was moving off. Mdm Ding’s daughter gave evidence in the contrary, and said that her mother was holding on to the hand rails at the time. The impact was so great that Mdm Ding was unable to maintain her grip, and Mdm Ding’s daughter herself almost fell, she said. The family’s lawyer Mr Isaac said the bus driver had “failed to provide any reasonable explanation for braking so abruptly”. In fact, he denied braking abruptly at all, in contrast with Mdm Ding’s daughter’s evidence and his criminal conviction, Mr Isaac said, in seeking 100 per cent of cost from the defendants, including the cost of future medical expenses. The defendants stated that Mdm Ding “did not take reasonable care of herself”, adding she should bear 20 per cent of the cost, as she was contributorily negligent. The parties later settled, with SMRT agreeing to bear 95 per cent of the cost. A date for the next hearing to determine total damages has yet to be set. - CNA/vc
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#433
25-11-2015, 11:54 PM
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Yishun is now a crippled town! Got mass police presence, all roads out massive jam!!
 http://forums.$$$$$$$$$$$$.com.sg/ea...m-5240112.html LTA CEO Chew Men Leong "MRT distruption this morning was localised" http://forums.$$$$$$$$$$$$.com.sg/ea...d-5240122.html  https://www.facebook.com/The-Alterna...type=3&theater Train service on the NS LINE has been suspended due to a power fault. As Khaw says, Singaporeans are urged to stand by SMRT in such trying times.
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#434
25-11-2015, 11:58 PM
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 https://www.facebook.com/The-Alterna...type=3&theater Can you see a common pattern that could possibly explain the poor state of the public transport? Why are qualified professionals with the right experience, instead of ex-military generals and a storyteller, not appointed to manage the transport network?  https://www.facebook.com/The-Alterna...type=3&theater LTA CEO Chew Men Leong calls this morning's disruption a "localised one" despite the fact that the entire NS Line in both directions was affected for 2.5 hours. Isn't this the same as PUB labelling "flooding" as "ponding"?  https://www.facebook.com/The-Alterna...type=3&theater It's the EW line's turn to break down tonight after this morning's NS line. Update: Service has been restored as at 9.20 pm.  https://www.facebook.com/The-Alterna...type=3&theater Netizen said he walked 8.37 km from his home to his office during the 2.5 hour train disruption this morning. 8.37 km is roughly the distance between Ang Mo Kio and Yishun.
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#435
26-11-2015, 12:07 AM
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Keep on criticising Wp n this is the shit they get. I can grudgingly accept if they can't 100% stop all breakdowns. But after so many breakdowns, why still so much chaos???? When will the feeder buses come? Why no Announcements?? Fucked up. Never learn. I thought spore very efficient? Mrt breakdown so often, the gameplan should come out n use. Send free feeder buses n use mrt staff to disperse commuters. But got do boh? And still want to activate saf during breakdowns. Fucking passing the buck
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