9 Days to "Say No to 6.9M"

PAP Has Lost Its Credibility.

It takes patience to watch this video. [Link] I strongly recommend readers to watch because it has gems from many ministers and MPs (PAP, WP and Nominated) doing their thing. However, if the vocal irritates you, please lower your speaker volume.

Watching Khaw Boon Wan doing his dramapapaya in the above video can make you cringe. To pretend to beg WP with clasped hands and say, 'On behalf of these families, I ask Workers Party, please rethink your idea and your approach. Please spare a thought a thought for them. They are our people, fellow Singaporeans too." will not him an Oscar Award. What idiot would not know that Singapore is already a concrete jungle with artificial greenery?

This braggart glorifying himself with his  Punggol North development and saying, "I'm a very discipline chap", "I went underground, I'm chairing the Inter-ministerial Underground Committed to study and coordinate underground developments" makes you want to puke. The wasting of  parliamentarians' time with his $8 heart story yesterday is just too much! (Move slider to almost the middle of this linked video to have a good laugh. . . or a bad puke.)

Ex-ministers Goh Chok Tong of Swiss Standard of Living fame and Mah Bow Tan who are finally summoned to appear in parliament to work for their money did themselves no favour by scaring us with the same crap. Goh Chok Tong says that PM Lee and his team show courage in planning for a population of 7 million, Truth be told, in implementing this white paper, PM Lee may do what George Bush did to Barack Obama in 2008 - Leaving an unbelievable pile of shit for the next PM of Singapore to clear! What with the opaqueness of HDB, CPF, Temasek and GIC. And the current AIMgate!

Again, I detest being called "Silver Tsunami" by Goh Chok Tong and other PAP stooges. Being in my 60's and despite my heart attack, I still work to sustain myself and my wife. We are blessed to have children who provide us with monthly allowance on their own free will. We are grateful for their respect and filial piety. But my wife and I are not, I repeat, are not "Silver Tsunami" We are not a destructive force to destroy a younger generation of Singaporeans we so love. Neither are we or other senior Singaporeans here to annihilate Singapore like tsunami! Fook the idiot who came up with such a derogatory term!

If PAP is so worried of oldies crowding Singapore, for fook sake, ban grandpas and grandmas who come from PRC, India and elsewhere! Yes, HDB playgrounds are swarmed by the parents of FTs with their princelings! Or are they already citizens of Singapore? Heaven forbids.

"I have come across a number of cases where our targeted one child from China brings in 2 parents who then bring 2 parents each as their dependents – Net is that we gain one young one child who we brought in for our future but also inherited 6 older people – making our ageing population issue worse not better." PAP MP, Inderjeet Singh speaking in Parliament on the White Paper.

The only consolation I have from watching the videos is that even PAP MPs are voicing their concerns over the current over-crowdedness and inadequate infrastructures. Even Table Tennis Queen has awakened to humble Khaw on the delinking of BTO flats to resale flats selling price.[Link ] Sadly, talk is cheap. They will end up as HYPOCRITES when they vote "aye" to endorse the Bill to have a population 6.9 millions.

Or will I be pleasantly surprised?

COUNTDOWN:

9 days more to 16 Feb 2013 : HARTAL.v2 - "SAY NO TO 6.9M" ZoukOut at Hong Lim Park at 4.30pm

Dear readers, 

Bitching, talking, blogging and forwarding emails and is not enough.

Rain or shine, be at Hong Lim Park at 4.30pm on 16 Feb 2013 to show the arrogant PAP pricks that we want a SINGAPOREAN SINGAPORE!! We don't want them to play dirty like in AIMgate. We don't want 6.9 million! KEEP SINGAPORE CLEAN (BERSEH)!  

My extended family and I will be there.

Will you?

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10 Days to "Say No To 6.9M"

From the White PAPer debate so far, it seems to me that only WP MPs care enough to speak out for workers and seniors of Singapore.

The PAP elitists simply cowpehcowbu (cry fathet, cry mother =bitch) about the alternative proposal put forth by WP on the population issue. Instead of listening and studying the proposal suggested by WP. PAP starts to act and look smart by hentaming (whacking) WP MPs . Funnily, it's Tan Chuan Jin, S Iswaran, Vickram Nair and the very privileged Non-NSman-MP Janil Puthucheary who appear stupid after their aggressive assault on Chen Show Mao and Gerald Giam. Their thoughtless outburst reminds me of another 'out of this world' MP who suggested that heavy vehicles should be banned in housing estates after the tragic deaths of 2 young boys in Tampines. Are these the expensive talents recruited by PAP???

The ways PAP twist and turn the argument to make WP MPs look bad was shown on TV yesterday. Of course, it will also appear in the Hansard.

Instead of referring to seniors as "Silver Tsunami" which I detest, Chen Show Mao says, "An ageing population is a triumph of development". To this, Ag Minister of Manpower and Tan Chuan Jin pointed out that schemes are already in place to attract more homemakers and seniors to the job market. To which Chen Show Mao said that Tan Chuan Jin's call reminded him of "the person who claims that quitting smoking is easy because he has done it a hundred times."I can't help but ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing?) as I myself am an ex-smoker who only succeeded in quitting after my fourth attempt. Thank you Mr Chen for lightening me up, making my day! [Expand the view of the pic above to read and you'll get the high too).

Mr Chen's Speech which is a "must read" is here [Link].

Has anyone wonder where does the monthly income of a Singaporean worker goes to?

1. CPF (die die must pay)
2. GST (die die must pay)
3. COE (die die also must pay if you want to buy a car)
4. Road Tax (die die must pay every year after paying COE for a car)
5. HDB Mortgage (die die say not link to resale flat price but truth is obvious)
6. Property tax (die die must pay every year for 99-year-lease hold HDB flats)
7. Service and Conservancy Charges (Cheaper in WP's AHTC than in PAP wards)
8. Maid Levy (die die must pay if you need demestic help take care of your aged parents or young children when married couple has to work)
9. Sanitary Appliance Fee (die die must pay every month; go check your PUB/SP Services Bill)
10. Waterborne Fee (WhatTheFook is that? die die must pay every month, yes check your SP Services bill!)
11. Income Tax (die die must pay if you earn enough to subsist)
12. Resale Flat Levy (die die must pay if we change my HDB (flat)
13. Any other taxes and levies that are not mentioned above

When PAP through their servants collect all the above so that they can pay themselves millions and give some to Lehman Bros, they already make us "bway song". Then they say they must take out $1.1 billion from above to help SMRT an SBS Transit buy 550 buses so that their directors no need to "tng kor". Now they will fooking use the above revenue to integrate foreign imports through parties, workshop, cruises maybe, and make these foreigners instant Singaporeans to make us born and bred Singaporeans more 'tulan'!

I'm just a Singaporean telling it like it is in my blog, vocalising my unhappiness and frustration at a government so lost and confused and so unkind to its citizens especially the older folks who are treated as destructive 'silver tsunami'!

In doing the countdown on my blog everyday, I am helping Gilbert Goh of transitioning.org to attract peace loving Singaporeans who cares and love their children and grandchildren to come to Hong Lim Park to send a message to the PAP government that we are tired of being treated like idiots. In the words of WP's Muhamad Faisal, we want a "Singaporean Singapore" without 6.9 million in 2030. [Must read Link] My sincere appreciation to Brother Muhamad Faisal for speaking for many of us.

Ain't it a shame that the man who wanted us to fight for a "Malaysian Malaysia" way back then has now created a situation with his son and his PAP party for Singaporeans to fight for a "SINGAPOREAN SINGAPORE"!

COUNTDOWN:

10 days more to 16 Feb 2013 : HARTAL.v2 - "SAY NO TO 6.9M" ZoukOut at Hong Lim Park at 4.30pm

Related News:
While Bloomberg News [Link] and The Star News [Link] wrote about the "SAY NO TO 6.9M" ZoukOut of 16 Feb 2013 at Hong Lim Park, none of our local msm dares utter a word about transitioning.org Gilbert Goh's call for Singaporeans  to "Let us send a strong signal to our government that we don't want 6.9 million people living here by 2030,"

My extended family and I will be there.

Will you?

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11 Days to "Say No to 6.9M"

After listening to the
OPENING SPEECH BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, COORDINATING MINISTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS MR TEO CHEE HEAN AT THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON POPULATION WHITE PAPER, 4 FEBRUARY 2013 (MONDAY), ~4PM,
will SIngaporeans repeat what the Saint Andrew’s Junior College student Reuban Wang said in June 2012, but in Hokkien, "KNNBCCB"!!!

Well, "What do you think?"

To hear him conclude his speech by saying,
"Madam Speaker, we have spent the past year taking in  a diverse range of views, concerns and aspirations expressed by Singaporeans. All the views have been considered, though not all could be fully accommodated as some pull in opposite directions. We have tried to find a judicious balance in charting out our population roadmap for the future, with the well-being and benefit of Singaporeans at the core." 
is like being violated by rape, sodomy and then be run over by a cement truck twice over,  first in forward gear then in reverse.

If Teo Chee Hean is sincere with the well-being and benefit of Singaporeans at the core, he would not have wasted tax payers money and parliamentarian's time with this "PAPulation White PAPer".

Question:

1. If he had spent the past year taking in  a diverse range of views, concerns and aspirations expressed by Singaporeans, why is there now an uproar from docile, submissive Singaporeans? Such furore that Singaporeans are organising  HARTAL.v2  on 16 February 2013 at Hong Lim Park to protest, saying "NO to 6.9 millions!"
   
2. Having realised the unhappiness of the people why did he cock a snook at Singaporeans by continuing with the debate. Why not change the parliamentary debate to "How so solve the current unhappiness of Singaporeans who are disillusioned with the over-crowdedness; the expensive subsidised HDB flats; the long wait for armpit breathing space in buses and trains; the consistent traffic jams in CTE, PIE and other roads; the $92,100 COE to buy the cheapest car in Singapore and the ubiquitous 'Is This My Singapore?' where everywhere we go in SIngapore, we feel like we are in a foreign land?

I happened to watch the parliamentary highlights this evening and was perturbed by Minister Tan Chuan Jin belittling WP Gerald Giam implying that WP uses "rhetoric" and pressing "emotional buttons" to score political points. He and Iswaran tried very hard to make Gerald Giam and WP look bad. 

Where emotional buttons are concerned, I think it is much worse to appear in photo op and television showing one's emotions at funeral wakes of taxi driver and innocent children tragically killed by vehicles. It is an open secret that Low Thia Kiang, since he was MP at Hougang, attended funerals of his residents who died. Neither he nor msm ever made a song and dance of it.  

The honourable deed of "doing good in secret" is a not a trait of self-serving people who aim to be in the limelight to score points at the expense of others. Such self-serving bullies cannot understand let alone know how to "do good in secret". The decent, the sincere and the selfless who "do good in secret" do not flaunt their charitable traits and emotions to score political or any other points!

If Low Thia Khiang can be humble, gracious and graceful in his victory speech in Punggol East, I do not see why PAP ministers need to appear like bullies to members of the opposition party in parliament.  If PAP keeps keeping it up in their hubristic ways, they will be more shell-shocked in 2016 than they are after losing Punggol East ward. Their incredible credibility in AIMgate is for all to see. 

PAP will pay a heavy price with its continued arrogance and refusal to admit that 7 million (give or take 100k) papulation in 2030 is not what Singaporeans want. Their refusal to stop acting and their continuing bullying ways will lead to much unhappiness not only to Singaporeans but themselves when push comes to shove.

If Gerald Giam is reading this, this is my message:

Not unlike Grace Fu, the guy who tried to put you down is one who feels that his job is a sacrifice to him and his family. He does not feel it a privilege to serve Singapore. He said, "I'm pained by the knowledge that I'll miss the many moments when my children are growing up and time with my family. My parents are not getting any younger. Those moments missed do not return. Ever... In time I will look back and there will be gaps. But that's life. I'm not sure how one considers it a privilege to miss these precious moments. It trivialises all of us who do cherish these." [Link]

Gerald, with the little NCMP allowance that you get and the time you spend in preparing and appearing in parliament you are a good person! Hormat! You put many PAP MPs and Ministers to shame.
Keep it up, Bro!
Hang in there!

The people are singing!
11 days to "Say No to 6.9M in 2030" at Hong Lim Park, 16 February 2013 at 4.30pm

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Update: (12.40am, 6 Feb 2013)
Yahoo's reported, "WP’s Chen Show Mao takes fire in Parliament over 5.9 million projection" [Link] It looks like there were more that 2 attack dogs in parliament embarrassing themselves as bullies! I often wonder why PAP is so stupid. The debate is on the 'papulation paper' put forth by PAP. Instead of defending PAP's proposal with sound reasoning, it sends its attack dogs to terrorise an "alternative proposal" that will never see the light of day.

The trouble with PAP is:
They ask, "What do you think?"
Being gentlemanly, we tell them what we think.
Then they fook us for thinking what we think.

It's time we fook PAP for what they think and, more so, what they do!

Now, 10 days to "Say No to 6.9M in 2030" at Hong Lim Park, 16 February 2013 at 4.30pm

HARTAL- 66 Years After

Transcript of Dr Poh's speech available here [Link]

Is it a coincidence that the 50th Anniversary of Operation Cold Store should happen when Singaporeaens feel that they have been buggered by PAP with the 'White PAPer on PAPulation'?

HARTAL: (peaceful complete stoppage of economic activities on a Pan Malayan scale)

After listening to Dr Poh Soo Kai at Hong Lim Park, I now recall my childhood days when my Ah Kong and my Papa told me stories of "Par Kang" (Workers' Strike) and "Pow Tong" (Demonstration) against the Ang Moh Chenghu (English Government) of 1947.

50 years on, after the referendum of 1963 for Malaysia Merger, I now feel like PAP is "beating my mother, my wife and my sisters". Worse, come 2030, my grandchildren will be beaten by them too. In 2030, my grandson may just be "cannon fodder" to defend a Singapore infiltrated by 50% foreigners endorsed by a PAP government.

That is why I am so unhappy and frustrated with what PAP is doing not only to me but to the generations to come.

I'm moved by the speeches made by the Cold Store detainees and I must share the videos above. We must do what we have to do to build a democratic society based on justice and equality. We cannot allow the elitist PAP to continue riding roughshod over us, our children and grandchildren.

While waiting for 2016 to show our colours, we must press on daily to let the uncaring rulers know that all is not well. Enough is enough! The wayang must stop!

While the callous PAP cabinet may not I, as an average Singaporean, am embarrassed by the "belakang pusing" of ministers on the White PAPer on PAPulation" after having sensed the disquiet of the people. On the front page of ST and other media, PAP ministers are featured to come up with crap like: 

• Shanmugum: Paper on Population is "to spur debate" (ST Feb 4); 
• Lee and Khaw: 6.9 million is the worse case scenario (ST don't know when)

So is today 4 Feb 2013 twelve days to HARTAL.v2? [Link]

Transcript of Ms Teo Soh Lung's speech availble here [Link]

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ps: If the videos above do not measure up, please pardon the old fogey whose hands are not steady enough to act as a tripod. The smartphone he used to record the event was also too smart for him and the battery dried up before Teo Soh Lung finished her speech. The video of Dr Poh's speech was edited so that he appears to speak continuously in English. In the actual speech, the translation was done in between paragraphs of his speech. If it gets too giddy to watch the video. you may read Dr Poh's speech here.

When Saying Sorry Means Nought

Below in italic is extracted from Yahoo - a "must read" [Link]

"If we didn't get it right, I'm sorry. But we will try better the next time."

It was an apology that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong saw fit to repeat twice on Tuesday during the People's Action Party (PAP) first lunchtime rally at Boat Quay next to UOB Plaza.

PM Lee acknowledged some of the government's initiatives have resulted in "side effects", such as problem gambling among Singaporeans due to the opening of the Integrated Resorts.

He also cited the congestion in public transport because of the increased intake in foreigners.
"These are real problems, we will tackle them.  But I hope you will understand when these problems vex you or disturb you or upset your lives, please bear with us, we are trying our best on your behalf," said PM Lee to a crowd of about a thousand.

The secretary-general of the PAP continued, "And if we didn't quite get it right, I'm sorry but we will try better the next time."

Pushing on with a message he had for voters on Monday, PM Lee also admitted the government had made two other high-profile errors.

"We made a mistake when we let Mas Selamat run away. We made a mistake when Orchard Road got flooded," he said. 

"No government is perfect… we will make mistakes. But when it happens we should acknowledge it, we should apologise, take responsibility, put things right. If we are to discipline somebody, we will do that, and we must learn from the lessons and never make the same mistake again," said PM Lee.

Like father like son! They never mean what they say. The never say what they mean. They are mean and untrustworthy. Simple as that!

To say sorry then for the sad state of affairs they created and to put up the White Paper on Population now to fook us and our descendants up is simply beyond comprehension! Are they so deranged that reality has escaped them? Or have they given up on Singapore to create mayhem just so to enhance their well-being?

Why put up a White Paper to have 7 million population to be discussed in parliament and then to mitigate the impact by saying it's only the worse case scenario?

Since PAP can no longer dazzle us with their brilliance, are they trying to confuse us with their crap? If this White PAPer ain't crap, I don't know what is.

Let's see if the crap will hit the celing in parliament tomorrow.

Meanwhile, please pay mindful attention to Dr Poh Soo Kai's speech on 2nd February 2013, the 50th Anniversary of Operation Cold Store.

Please note that I have edited the video so that the complete speech by Dr Poh continued in English instead of being translated intermittently between paragraphs. If the quality of the video is not up to your expectation, please pardon me as I was only using a smart phone (too smart for me) to record the event.

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HARD TRUTHS - Too Hard To Swallow

The end of the dragon year brings forth much changes and excitement.

Aljunied Hougang Town Council led to AIMgate.
Palmergate led to WP's Lee Li Lian winning Punggol East by 54%
PAP's White Paper on Population led to furore in Singapore over the 7 million in 2030.
Which will lead to 16 February's 'ZoukOut' at Hong Lim Park at 4.30pm!

Surprisingly, out of the blue, a huge crowd gathered at 4pm today 2nd February 2013 at Hong Lim Park to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Operation Cold Store where more than a hundred were arrested under ISA on 2 February 1963.

Chia Thye Poh, Lim Hock Siew, Said Zahari, Poh Soo Kai and many others were incarcerated for decades for their courage and fortitude in not selling their integrity and honour to a bully. Their steadfastness in refusing to succumb to the wishes of a cruel political megalomaniac deserves respect and admiration from Singaporeans and many who are not kiasu, kiasi, kiachenghu and kiaqui.

Having celebrated 'live' the winning of WP's Lee Li Lian at the coffeeshop in Hougang [Link] exactly one week ago, my damaged heart races again this afternoon at Hong Lim Park listening to these elderly gentlemen recounting the years of cruelty inflicted upon them and their loved ones. They lost many years of their youthful life being incarcerated by a sly and wicked despot.

Mr Tan Kok Fang 

Mr Michael Fernandez [Link]

Mr Chng Min Oh

Mr Lee Tee Tong

Many of us also heard from Dr Poh Soo Kai and Teo Soh Lung who was incarcerated in the 80's as a "Marxist Conspirator". (I will post their videos tomorrow).

HORMAT! From the bottom of my heart, I bow to the these Bravehearts not only for the sacrifice of years taken away from them; the hurt and sufferings they and their loved ones bear but more so for their courage to speak up and write of the suffering they went through. To teach Singaporeans and let the whole world know that Singapore may have been better place today if such atrocities were not committed against them.

Many paid $10,000 for one man's 'hard truths' and autograph. It's too rich for my blood and the "truths' may be too 'hard' for me to swallow. 

I'm elated to be the proud owner of the book, Fajar Generation, autographed by a political prisoner who sacrificed 17 years of his life refusing to be cowered by a sly political bully whose ill deeds are revealed in The Fajar Generation.

I did not have to pay $10,000 for this treasure. While Dr Poh Soo Kai so kindly signed the book before he spoke, I also received a warm handshake and a loving smile from him when I asked him about the Questions and Answers Session he had at KL recently (video below)  after his speech.

Saying "Mad Mullahs" and writing “I would say today, we can integrate all religions and races except Islam.” [Link] shows that even mother time cannot change the essence of a man. How sad.

Dr Poh's comrades like Dr Lim Hock Siew has passed on and it is the voice of our elders who are still alive who will tell the "Real Truths" from the "Hard Truths"

I will post the video that I took this afternoon in my next blog.

Have a beautiful Sunday!

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Time For Singapore President To Do Real Work

Dear Mr President of Singapore,

Are you sleeping
Are you sleeping
Pres-si-dent
Pres-si-dent
Singaporeans are angry
Very, very angry
Do you know?
Or don't you know?
(Sing to the tune of "Are you sleeping, Brother John")

I have the good fortune of attending the NSP's forum on Population Planning In Singapore at Bras Basah Complex last evening. [Link]

To listen to Hazel, Ravi, Tony and Bryan speak on the subject of the Population White Paper put forth by PAP is worth my effort and my bewilderment of having to take a lift of Block 232 to reach #04-41 of Block 231. To have touched the hands of these young people and spoken to them personally is a bonus! They and other politically minded citizens (audience) who care for the future of my children and my grandchildren deserves my respect and praise. The simple fact that they have the fortitude to stand up to PAP to make Singapore a better place speaks volume of their courage. They deserve our respect. Hormat!

Much was spoken and exchanged during the event. The items from the panelists and audience that attract my attention are:

• The notion that more human imports are needed to help support the ageing population in Singapore is a farce. The PAP government do not provide free health care nor other benefits like pensions to seniors (except for filthy rich ministers and elite civil servants). Such duties are taken care of by filial children or VWO. Old folks who do not have children to help take care of themselves by working as cleaners in hawkers centres/food courts or pick empty cartons and aluminium cans when their CPF depletes. It is sly to claim that foreign imports help the ageing population in Singapore.
• What is the reason for PAP to want to have 7 million in 2030? Is it done for economic or political reason?
• If the reason is economic, there is no reason to convert so many foreigners to Singaporeans. They can be 'guest workers" and return to their country of origin when the job is done. Why make them citizens to compete with born and bred Singaporeans?
• We are not only importing young foreigners, their ageing parents come along too.
• Why is PAP forcing this agenda at such speed especially after Punggol East's by-election?
• Studies showing that the high population density in Singapore will negatively impact the fertility rate of Singaporeans.
• GIC and Temasek should invest in Singapore and Singaporeans instead of losing overseas.
• The depreciation of the Singapore passport and how it is easy-peasy to be a Singaporean. Gone are the days when all men who wished to be Singapore citizens had to do at least 2 years National Service (followed by reservist duty) to qualify.
• PAP should lift the Party Whip in Parliament so that MPs can speak and vote with conscience (if they have one).
• "A sustainable population for a dynamic Singapore" is not going to work.

However, the main call was to ask the rulers to have a National Referendum on whether Singaporeans want to have 7 million in 2030.

While NSP calls for the referendum, I'm calling on Tony Tan (not of NSP) but Tony Tan, the President  of Singapore to do what is right. The job he swore to do with his hand on the bible to protect Singapore and its citizens is not just a glitzy ceremony. He is duty bound to do his job as a President and not let our ex-President Ong Teng Cheong turn in his grave knowing that the current President is sleeping on his job. If nothing is done to change this Ponzi Demography of 7 million population in 2030, it may be the death of true blue born and bred Singaporeans!

Though PAP and the Istana (Palace) wants Calm, the President should jolly well know that the Wind Of Change will not subside. 

Apart from asking for a referendum where concerned citizens should write to the MP and President requesting for one, transitioning.org is organising a protest at Hong Lim Park on 16 Feb 2013 at 4.30pm to say 'NO to 7 million population (give or take 100k)  in 2030'. 

With the spirit of Hougang, Aljunied and Punggol East, we the citizens of Singapore must now fight this 'enemy within' to save our children and our children's children.

Mr President, do you hear the people sing?

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