I read with amusement on PAP's manifesto for 2011 election and the PM's speech for the Young PAP 25th anniversary.
Why with amusement? Well, let's talk about the manifesto.
The manifesto's six key objectives are:
1) Create opportunities for higher incomes
2) Improve the lives of lower-income Singaporeans
3) Bring out the best in every child
4) Develop a vibrant city and an endearing home
5) Help the elderly stay active, healthy and engaged
6) Involve all Singaporeans in shaping the future.
The garment has been claiming that they are not out-of-touch with the ordinary people, they know the problems Singaporeans are facing, etc, etc. But in their manifesto for the election, I can't find a point that address the problems and suffering of ordinary people. Instead, it is liken to a airy fairy kind of statements, u know, like promises that marketing and sales people always tell you, but in reality there is nothing solid about it.
Ordinary people are getting poorer, things are getting expensive, flats have been so out of reach, jobs are harder to find, Singapore is getting more and more crowded, the public transport infrastructure is not able to accomodate the sudden influx of foreigners. Yet these are not being addressed by the garment. I did not see any point that says helping Singaporeans to cope with the inflation, addressing the overcrowding issues on public transport and housing, how to create more jobs for Singaporeans (for SG only not foreigners). Helping the elderly stay active??? Sure, I will see more and more ah-ma and ah-gong cleaners getting more active and engaged in foodcourts and toilets. Create more opportunities for higher incomes, sure, for the elites, the army officers, scholars and the rich, but sorry nothing left for the poor or middle income hor, I will have to continue to slog.
Next on PM's statement : - "Never forget we are servants of the people, not their masters."
The first thought I have when I read this is: I have very highly paid servants lor, my servants' salaries are so many times higher than me and yet they did not do anything that help me much wor. I am still slogging away earning peanuts.
His father had once mentioned that "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys". Their pay are not peanuts, but how come I am still getting monkeys??? He also once said that Singaporeans are draft, well, he is surrounded by elites most of the time and not ordinary Singaporeans, so does that mean his scholars and elites are draft????
So I pay high salaries to draft elites to run my country, no wonder I am getting monkey's problems like flood in Orchard Road. Ooopss, it show our selection of scholars is a bit ahem .... not that good??
Sign ... life in Singapore is getting harder. Too bad, my area most likely will have a walkover, and I am going to be overwhelmed by the garment for another 4-5 years.
P/S: I have nothing against PM and MM, I just don't like the policies they and their elites came up with.
