TC’s computer & financial system
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Joule:
So long as it is not paid for with public money, I don't care. Why should I care who the PAP gets their plywood and posters from?perhaps the public may want to know WHO owns the plywood, poster-printing and poster-hanging companies = )
last I heard, they ordering plywood already -
raysusan:
Hmm.....I suppose this would lower the noise level temporarily in case more blunders are made, and before the battle begins in a few days' time.
Review only. Not investigate.zmonster1969:
The netizens' calls have been heeded. PM has directed MND to review the txn.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1246729/1/.html
Maybe nothing is going to happen.
More like 唱大戏共欣赏 -
pirate:
Uh......Must the plywood, posters etc. be ordered from an assigned supplier? Meaning even oppositions need to go to the same supplier? Or do they use their own sources? Just curious..
So long as it is not paid for with public money, I don't care. Why should I care who the PAP gets their plywood and posters from?Joule:
perhaps the public may want to know WHO owns the plywood, poster-printing and poster-hanging companies = )
last I heard, they ordering plywood already -
pirate:
Uh......Must the plywood, posters etc. be ordered from an assigned supplier? Meaning even oppositions need to go to the same supplier? Or do they use their own sources? Just curious..
So long as it is not paid for with public money, I don't care. Why should I care who the PAP gets their plywood and posters from?Joule:
perhaps the public may want to know WHO owns the plywood, poster-printing and poster-hanging companies = )
last I heard, they ordering plywood already -
pirate:
Where things are clear-cut and 'uncontroversial' (i.e. Michael Palmer), then they have always been very quick to act. When dealt with expeditiously and firmly, the whole issue peters out.....Nebbermind:
Have not read the details but naturally, he need to step in for some damage control and not continue to pretend that it's trivial, which is really what piss most voters off.
I agree. What upset me was the absence of transparency and the subsequent attempt to trivialise it, which frankly made things worse. If it had been disclosed in the annual reports of the TCs that such an agreement with a PAP owned company existed, I would have been satisfied to leave it as that. The voters in that constituency can decide for themselves, and I suspect many actually do not care.
The PAP should realize that members of Generation X, and subsequent generations, grew up and were educated here after 1965. We had been (on the whole) brought up by the education system put in place by the PAP to believe that integrity, good governance and transparency are to be expected from our public officials. And the demographics shift more towards this every year. This is the new middle ground.
Many of us may not necessarily disagree with much of the PAP's policies. We are not natural opposition supporters or even voters. However, things like this really piss us off. It makes us think whether they ought to be reminded occasionally of the values we had been brought up on and expect of our government, even if we have to pay an immediate economic price for that for the longer term good of our country.
I would have thought that was pretty obvious from the results of the last Presidential Election.
In this case, I believe the omens do not bode well for the MIW.
It's not whether or not they were trying to cover up. I think they would prefer not to.
But it calls into question the whole ETHOS of how the MIW embed themselves in the governing of Singapore.
Town Council is one thing. How about People's Association? How about PAP Community Foundation?
It's like the People's Liberation Army in China. It technically reports to the Communist Party, not the state.
This state of mind and being is much much harder to reconcile in the new world, which is why they have taken so long, which so much scrutiny, before something is being done.
Not sure how this will go honestly. The PAP, IMO, is not stalling for the sake of stalling. It's a matter of their entire ethos of being enveloped in the running of the country, and I think they are still trying to work that out. -
3Boys:
Interesting indeed, the way you've put it.
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But it calls into question the whole ETHOS of how the MIW embed themselves in the governing of Singapore.
Town Council is one thing. How about People's Association? How about PAP Community Foundation?
It's like the People's Liberation Army in China. It technically reports to the Communist Party, not the state.
This state of mind and being is much much harder to reconcile in the new world, which is why they have taken so long, which so much scrutiny, before something is being done.
Not sure how this will go honestly. The PAP, IMO, is not stalling for the sake of stalling. It's a matter of their entire ethos of being enveloped in the running of the country, and I think they are still trying to work that out. -
New face in Punggol East a sign of polls to come?
by Woo Sian Boon 04:45 AM Jan 09, 2013
(source: http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC130109-0000042/New-face-in-Punggol-East-a-sign-of-polls-to-come?)
SINGAPORE - The first clear sign that polls could soon be held in Punggol East emerged yesterday, as covering Member of Parliament Teo Ser Luck attended to the Single Member Constituency's first Meet-the-People Session (MPS) in the new year flanked by an unfamiliar face.
Dr Koh Poh Koon, 40, a colorectal surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, was brought around and introduced to constituents by Mr Teo, portending the People's Action Party's (PAP) campaign machinery has been cranked up amid recent reports that party activists in the ward have started buying plywood for election posters.
While Dr Koh was side-by-side with Mr Teo for much of the MPS as the latter spoke with residents, Mr Teo otherwise gave little away on the possibility that Dr Koh could be the PAP's candidate should a by-election be called.
Mr Teo described Dr Koh as a \"keen volunteer\" and a friend who was there \"observing and sitting down with other volunteers to understand the (residents') needs\".
He added: \"I think he knows that I'm handling two constituencies at the same time. I have a couple of friends tonight who have joined us, he's not the only one.\"
Dr Koh took a similar stance, telling TODAY he was \"just (there) to help … because it is a busy\" day. He declined to say whether he had been approached to stand as a candidate \"because people will always speculate\".
Dr Koh said that he had attended a \"tea session\" - a moniker given to PAP recruitment sessions.
When asked if he would consider contesting should he be asked, Dr Koh replied: \"If anyone is approached, I think they will have to consider seriously because it doesn't just concern themselves, (they) will also have to consider the welfare of the residents.\"
Since 2002, Dr Koh has served as an Executive Committee Member at the Telok Blangah Dover Crescent Resident's Committee and as an Assistant Liaison Officer (Singapore Police Force) for Telok Blangah Dover Crescent Neighborhood Watch Zone. He is also a Member of the Community Emergency Response Team.
Responding to reporters' questions, Mr Teo reiterated that he had \"not heard anything\" about the date of a possible by-election.
Still, given yesterday's development, political analysts believe that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong could be calling one soon to elect a replacement for former MP Michael Palmer.
Said former Nominated MP Siew Kum Hong: \"It looks like (Dr Koh) is going to be the PAP candidate for Punggol East and that preparations for a by-election are kicking into high gear.\"
The National University of Singapore's Dr Tan Ern Ser agreed, hazarding May as the likely period for a by-election.
\"It is after the White Paper on population issues, the Budget, Labour Day, and at a later phase of the National Conversation,\" he said.
The Punggol East ward, vacant since Mr Palmer's resignation last month over an extramarital affair, has attracted strong interest from Opposition parties, with at least three firmly indicating that they would field a candidate, if and when a by-election is called.
With a multi-cornered contest on the cards, analysts had mixed reactions to Dr Koh's possible candidacy.
Mr Siew said: \"If this is presumably the new PAP candidate … then you are parachuting in an unknown; a completely new face into a by-election that will be quite hard-fought since so many opposition parties have registered their interest.\"
\"One possible conclusion is that the PAP is having a hard time finding candidates. For example, one obvious question would be, 'Why is it not Ong Ye Kung?'\"
Mr Ong was a first-time candidate on the PAP Aljunied GRC team which lost in the General Election in 2011. Touted to be of ministerial calibre, Mr Ong recently quit the National Trades Union Congress and joined the private sector.
Mr Siew added: \"Another possible conclusion is that the PAP might have done some calculations and perhaps thought that with at least a three-way fight, an unknown PAP candidate can still have a good chance of winning.\"
But Dr Tan pointed out that \"any candidate the PAP put up is likely to be new anyway, unless it sent Mr Desmond Choo (who lost in Hougang in GE 2011) to Punggol East as a candidate, which I see as unlikely.\"
Meanwhile, Mr Teo told reporters he welcomed the keen interest from opposition parties in Punggol East.
\"I've always thought that the residents would have more choice if it's a multi-cornered fight … Like I've said before, it's always important that the interests of the residents must be placed first,\" he said.
About 80 residents attended the MPS yesterday. Mr Teo attributed the larger-than-normal turnout to the fact that the MPS was not held for two weeks due to the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Asked what qualities Punggol East residents would be looking for in a candidate, Mr Teo said he has to be someone who can \"engage the ground effectively and also someone who can understand the needs of the very young to the very old, and also the middle income group\".
He added: \"Most importantly, their heart must be in the right place and have a passion to serve.\" -
Halimah to be nominated as next Speaker of Parliament
(source: http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130109-394207.html)
Safer to engage a woman?
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concern2:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:Halimah to be nominated as next Speaker of Parliament
(source: http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130109-394207.html)
Safer to engage a woman?
Lady , you got some solid SOH :salute: -
concern2:
a good moveHalimah to be nominated as next Speaker of Parliament
(source: http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130109-394207.html)
Safer to engage a woman?
it pleases the Malay community at the same time
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