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A Government Designed for The Rich, Powerful and Foreigners? Singaporeans increasingly think so.

 

A Government Designed for

The Rich, Powerful and Foreigners?

Singaporeans increasingly think so.


The government sets up an independent ‘ownself check ownself’ review.  Singaporeans begin to wonder about the meaning of independence which indicates a strange meaning, a new definition. 

Most likely, after wondering, they will think the government is designed for the rich, powerful and foreigners.  As long as there is nothing to hide, as far as it is above the ‘guided rent’, you are free to rent a black and white colonial house.   

Look at the hot money from overseas, the high rent, property price, the COE, ERP, and the foreign talent and job policy, you wonder who benefits from the government?    

Yes, you serve national service, who are you really protecting? The government and those benefiting from their policies.  

Ministers cannot blame the online media.  They should not see the allegations as outrageous.  They should be happy there is an independent review to confirm their ‘nothing to hide’ story.

Increasingly, Singaporeans see the PAP government as a stranger. Do Singaporeans really understand the Lee Hsien Loong Administration?  It is not the PAP of the past. It blames populistic politics for its shortcomings. 

Speaking in Japan, Lawrence Wong said the PAP is still focusing on bread and butter issues. But their behaviour tells different stories: GST increase, no minimum wages, higher BTO prices, CPF withdrawal …

Wong also stressed ‘we adapt and learn, we apply a model that is suitable for our own needs’. And, according to Wong, the model has worked and delivered good outcomes.

The so-called ‘worked’ and ‘outcomes’ again is under the independent review of the PAP.  Singaporeans have no say. What is the meaning of ‘good outcomes’?  Do the good outcomes mean good government design for the rich, powerful and foreigners? And it works well too. 


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