Punggol East By-Election coming ? MP steps down
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toddles:
hubby and i were discussing, think it's interesting that Wp appeals to such a wide segment. new faces include lawyers, Nus sociology prof Dan goh, and the rally audience includes such folk as well as the common man on the street. pretty admirable.
Yes, their ability to attract new talents is quite admirable.
Personally, they used to portray WP supporters as those less educated, middle age, chinese educated, etc... but if you attend the rally, you will observed that this is not true. There are alot of young people, professionals, etc... these days. -
pirate:
that is complicated leh with all the doodle lines.... it's either MP GRC or Joo Chiat SMC....MMM:
It's funny.... there was once that I brought the kids for enrichment lessons at katong area. It was raining and we only have WP umbrella in the car.... I got stares and felt kind of conscious....
Which part of Katong? Mountbatten SMC, Marine Parade GRC or Joo Chiat SMC?
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ngl2010:
If transportation company de-privatized (anyway the govt is paying for new buses), which means that no need to earn profit, would the current profit earning be enough to cover the increase in the drivers' salary? Anybody can roughly calculate?
Another that LTK mentioned last night (which dh has always been saying to me) is also those gas company. With privatisation, the govt will no longer have control if the private sector wants to increase the charges, etc... maybe these are some of the critical areas that should not be privatise in the first place ? -
MMM:
that is complicated leh with all the doodle lines.... it's either MP GRC or Joo Chiat SMC....[/quote]Joo Chiat SMC got high chance of turning blue next GE. So can wave that WP umbrella there. :siam:pirate:
[quote=\"MMM\"]It's funny.... there was once that I brought the kids for enrichment lessons at katong area. It was raining and we only have WP umbrella in the car.... I got stares and felt kind of conscious....
Which part of Katong? Mountbatten SMC, Marine Parade GRC or Joo Chiat SMC?
Marine Parade GRC... I don't know. :stompfeet: -
pirate:
JC SMC could also be absorbed into one of the neighbouring GRCs. So its too premature to be forecasting now. Maybe you get stared because the WP umbrella is unique in some ways?
Joo Chiat SMC got high chance of turning blue next GE. So can wave that WP umbrella there. :siam:
Marine Parade GRC... I don't know. :stompfeet: -
sinoboy:
Maybe next month either gst or 1m more people help to pay you choose.
No leh, 1M more FTs come also no use. Logically suppose to be decrease, but it is reverse formula. -
Rational_Parent:
Wait absorb into the wrong GRC and the whole GRC goes Aljunied how? Joo Chiat can only go Marine Parade, Aljunied or East Coast. :slapshead:
JC SMC could also be absorbed into one of the neighbouring GRCs. So its too premature to be forecasting now. Maybe you get stared because the WP umbrella is unique in some ways?pirate:
Joo Chiat SMC got high chance of turning blue next GE. So can wave that WP umbrella there. :siam:
Marine Parade GRC... I don't know. :stompfeet: -
pirate:
Wait absorb into the wrong GRC and the whole GRC goes Aljunied how? Joo Chiat can only go Marine Parade, Aljunied or East Coast. :slapshead:[/quote]Won't be wrong lah... There should be many checkers... Had Joo Chiat been cleaned up already? I thought it was the main grouse a few years back?
JC SMC could also be absorbed into one of the neighbouring GRCs. So its too premature to be forecasting now. Maybe you get stared because the WP umbrella is unique in some ways?Rational_Parent:
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Joo Chiat SMC got high chance of turning blue next GE. So can wave that WP umbrella there. :siam:
Marine Parade GRC... I don't know. :stompfeet: -
MMM:
It is not as straightforward as LTK say.ngl2010:
If transportation company de-privatized (anyway the govt is paying for new buses), which means that no need to earn profit, would the current profit earning be enough to cover the increase in the drivers' salary? Anybody can roughly calculate?
Another that LTK mentioned last night (which dh has always been saying to me) is also those gas company. With privatisation, the govt will no longer have control if the private sector wants to increase the charges, etc... maybe these are some of the critical areas that should not be privatise in the first place ?
A part of the profits of these 'privatised' public transport/utitilities/landlord companies go to the Govt via Temasek etc if these remain GLCs. These dividends then become part of the Govt revenue, which is then spent on whatever govt needs to spend money on. It is not as though all these profits go into some black hole.
If there is no more profit, govt revenue will drop accordingly. Then govt will have to look for money somewhere else (like tax!) or have to cut down on govt spending.
Ultimately, yang mao chu zhai yang sheng shang. The real question is not whether 'privatisation' of these public services is good or not. The real question is how to balance the $$$ with the public service.
Of course, other parts of the profit that does not go to Temasek goes somewhere else, like local and foreign investors, and CEO and other executive pay... -
Let the whites clean up joo chiat area first before 2016 GE . Clean swee swee, turns to shade of blue
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