Friday, May 5
I really think I knew more about the elections through watching local news and ST, until I surfed online and realised I have been quite naive. Well because our local media does not exactly give us what we need to know, and always paints a more pleasant picture our main party. Like this example that an observant reader from HWZ forums noticed...
And one posted this...From the Straits Times...
If the opposition held 10 to 20 seats in Parliament, he would have to spend much more time thinking about how to counter them and 'how can I solve this week's problem, and forget about next year's challenges'.From CNA...
"Right now we have Low Thia Khiang, Chiam See Tong, Steve Chia. We can deal with them. Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?"
I thought this would be the worst statement ever made. Threat 1 is no lift upgrading, threat 2 is no jobs. What is the primary objective of NTUC??
And i really like Sylvia Lim, she's definitely more zai than many of the new candidates fielded by the other ones. Her managing style after the hyped-up G-issue (which became a sage like the nkf) shows she knows what she and wp is doing.
Hmmm voting is like auditing somehow. In auditing, we need to know the industry and economic conditions first and foremost, and obtain external information. We can't just rely on internal information provided by the management. Likewise, we cannot just rely on the news reports and ST times but should make the effort to read up more. Like visiting each party's website and read their manifestos, reading forums and internet articles, and attending rallies if one is free. Of course the internet may not be reliable as well, but at least they are less biased and look at the other end where the local media does not, giving us a more complete picture of the prevailing situation.
smint predicted who will win our grc, but i hope for otherwise. haa...
