Sunday, May 7
The real player on my blog was giving me problem... There's this pop up window asking if u want to install a activeX control and I realised its caused by the embedded real player. Then the whole window closed by itself. Hmmm.
Anyway, I saw smint's post, and I would thought that if the main ruling party wanted more votes, they themselves should improve their image in the first place. Not physically. I was not going to vote for one who says he is thinking of ways to fix the opposition and buy his supporters over, and declares that he prefers a one-party dominance in the government. Doesn't this sound dictating? Or one who says that unemployed people should not approach the NTUC to look for jobs. Instead of focusing on more important daily issues, they chose to focus on gomez instead. What about the progress of SG and issues like healthcare, transport hikes etc? I dun think continually harping on the gomez issue were rational speeches by them. And the following week might be a good show, seeing how they will FIX gomez.
Speaking hokkien was just a way to get closer to the heartlanders. My parents speak Cantonese and me too, and I dun think we are beng. My friends' families and relatives speak dialect like Hokkien too, and speaking such languages was the best way to connect with them. Unless, well, the candidates are as chio as Glenda, who drew wolf whistles from the crowd...
The alternative parties do provide decent proposals too, for example, Low mentioned pegging the pay of ministers to the lowly paid SGreans. This would never be realised in SG when PAP continues to be the main ruling party and earns high salaries still. As for pap, lets take this example when khaw initially said means testing would be implemented in sg over the next few years. Then after a few days, he sorta backed out and Today reported that means testing would not be implemented in sg after all. And for PAP, their main proposals so far has been to upgrade lifts and estates. And SGreans will continue to live happily in our "wah so nice and new! every floor got life one!" estates, which is all that matters. I dun find this sincere. I feel that lift and estate upgrading is what should be done, election or not, to be fair to all SGreans. Instead, I want to know after I graduated, what will the gvt do to ensure that the cost of living would not escalate, and what are their long-term plans for SG. Estate upgrades are only short term plans and myopic in nature.
The PAP no doubt has aided in the economic progress of SG, but that was the earlier pap. What makes u think the pap candidates today are worthy of the job now? Too bad, all's over. I'm not targetting this to anyone, but I am beginning to understand more why Li Ao said SGreans are stupid. It's like, we've been living in this bubble that SG is the best and the gvt will continue to strive for us as long as we support them, and we just enjoy our estate upgrades and lifts on every floor.
I sound so pro-WP... Haha but no, I'm no WP Youth candidate here, but just an average S'porean k.
