We can always dig out past cases of suspected criminals escaping right under our very eyes (eg. Tok Leng How walking to M’sia) or for non-critical cases, of the recent lapse of a father who used his son’s passport to pass thru’ the ICA.

My suggestion is that the Home Team members need to also change their attitude from top to the ground. With the linking of so many IT systems together, I think it can be safely be concluded that this attitude change will bring about signficant improvements to the security of our nation.

Imagine what shit you will get if you are not in power.

The above is almost an international practice and there are very little exceptions. In fact, that is an honourable thing to do to remain honourable and be respected.

patriot.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/344542/1/.html

This is accountability to the fullest.

The last thing that will come to PAP’s mind is to have him drag the entire GRC down.

Unless we have a Tanjong Pagar-TPY 11 man GRC coming up in the next election…

Well, to each his own.

I don’t think they are up to it, skill-wise.

:)

Yes, not unless the establishment give those foreigner better benefits to buy their vote. How about good working condition and regulation, increase their pay, better life, and ensure that future India will be well-treated in exchange for a pact ? If the foreigner going to make the majority, I do not see why the government will not allow them to vote eventually after all any reason given is as good as final decision. Will there be influential spokesperson for those foreigner worker (India) that bought by Government to vouch for the establishment if time arise ? Ruling party have done it for Singapore union, can they too do it for foreigner? I say why not ? Business as usual for them. Gov love to give us surprise and caught us without pant once a while. This will surely make a good surprise.

If Selamat case is precedent, there is nothing the coffers won’t do especially one that threaten their very existence. It obvious that they have to protect their regime at all cost least their evidence of past shit and deed are digged out one by one. We know what happen to President Chen once Ma in power, don’t we ?

We should not underestimate the coffers. As far, even if coffers implement policy, they know very well there will not be major protest aside from their few backlisted ‘troublemaker’. Moreover, they know too well Singaporean will swallow the most bitter medicine as history indicated. Singaporeans are obedient lot, and that what coffers have made them to be since the day they are born. The ultimate machinery ‘manufacture’ Human being without dream but with only hope to enjoy everything they have now, and living each day as it come.

My instinct tell me that Selamat’s escape is story concocted by the establishment. They become storyteller and eventually will be good at it. They corrupted the morality of the talented they hired to create the make-believe world, brainwashing the nation that money culture is the way of life in Singapore. I believe that ultimately, citizens are only as good as the leaders that govern the country. If the leader is greedy, the majority of citizen will act likewise because the leader promote that culture, and that culture become the mean to survive in the harsh environment.

Yes, there is great price to pay if they do what I list but remember the home populace may not matter once the nation proliferated with foreigner. Citizen and their voice are irrelevant because we are just digit like the foreigner. Moreover, with increasing liabilities and own survival to take care of, they know very well we be more busy struggling with life than resist their nonsense and rubbish. Remember, what matter to the establishment is economy sustainability and growth and they will pursue them tenaciously at any cost especially once that benefit the coffers greatly. We see that today, and we seeing that even more tomorrow as international competition intensifies.

Didn’t we experience that before ? If LKY, the once no-nonsense old folk, can tell you army will come to remove the opposition party if they elected as government, tell me what they cannot do ? He might appear mellow now, but one should never underestimate or judge a cunning deceptive fox by his silence. And his ISD will here to stay whether we like it or not.

I have painted the worse case only because still at this stage, the government is unrepentance and still indulge in their own self-righteousness, selfishness and benefit, and their forever infallible images. Responsibility, accountability and transparency seem a arcane concept to them.

For decades, we have believe in too much IF, only to be disappointed. Optimism will not bring us far (Remember more good years ? But whose good year is that ?) because we will be waiting for others to do the work. Will there be hope ? Yes, as long as the PM , MM relinquished their power and let more humane leader take charge, someone of late President Ong’s calibre.

I see a few things on your list as being untenable to be used in the next GE. Call it a hunch, but I would strike off #2 and #7 as highly unlikely and too costly.

As for #3, this is a wildcard because immigrants have not always in history, been seen to vote for the incumbent, especially those who hail from nations who actually have a liberal electoral process, e.g India.

#5 will go on as usual.

I’m not sure about #1.

In any case, perceptions change overnight, and if the ruling party decides to wake up and realises that changing their ways/doctrines/platform is the only way to ensure their relevance and survival, they might do it.

This party was founded on the premise of survival, and that they are the heirs to that tradition of battle.

Cheers.

Those are meant to deprive citizen the right to vote freely with truth and informed choice.

The only way to counter the coffer is to rethink the way of using ‘free’ technology to reach out the mass. Web 2.0 is there to bring the voice of citizen back, and it is up to us to utilize it. Malaysian had done the impossible, Singaporean been as technically savvy should have done better after learning from the predecessor.
‘Cheap, free technology’ at our disposal. Question is how to adapt these in Singapore to advantage.

The ballot box is the only way left.

If the Leadership chooses not to be answerable, responsible and accountable to flaws as suspected in Mas Selamat Escape, Investments in Foreign Banks, Lousy Policies and Poor Performances in running Singapore. What measure(s) can we, the lay citizens, do?
Or what can we do?

Ranting, cursing, swearing and suicides have not the slightest effects on unconscientious, unfeeling people with doubtful integrities. In the end it is the active citizens themselves that get hurt, demoralize and disappointed. Does the citizenry got no alternatives but to throw in the towel and remain in suffering?

take a look, it create some commotion in blogosphere but then this is moved on by the gahmen as usual.

It is reported in ShittyTime too,
here are some of the site.

http://www.sgreview.org/index.php?q=node/35

http://www.wp.sg/wordpress/?p=22

There is a youtube version of sylvia lim making an attempt of repelling the ‘ridiculous’ law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeVMcpc1eow

What is basically mean is that one need to seek approval from the government to investigate political figures, minister, president etc…

Everyone know that by the time when investigation is approved, the person under investigation will have been alerted, with evident destroyed, and thing cover-up, and in return retaliation or lawsuit against defamation may have occurred on person pressing the charge and investigation instead.

Remember how Dulai wanna sue SPH reporter in NKF saga ?

The government might have think we Citizen are stupid …