Neither are we the audience at a Circus Show, Mr. Minister. And even if we are, we need not pay what we pay you for the ‘amateurish’ show that you put up. I’m sure many of us Singaporeans have travelled abroad and seen Circus Shows featuring artistes performing feats which even our eyes could not believe what they had seen. And even then, we pay only a miniscule fraction of what we pay you for your ‘mini’ act.

The arrogance in the Minister’s reply serves to drive home the point only too evidently that when one achieves power, status, and very good money very easily for too long, one takes the people for granted. This reason in itself is all-sufficient to justify the people’s yearning for a multi-party system.

But we must not stop at yearning. We must in fact stop yearning and start the process going for the ultimate goal of a Nation governed along the lines of a “Government of the People, by the People, and for the People’.

Its time there is a stop to all these things. Its just like if they want to visit an estate , all of sudden the area is given extra clean , grass is cut , drains are cleaned lifts are spotless for their two bits of appearance. And after they are gone, its back to the old dirty uncleaned unkept estate till the next visit. What utter rubbish and this is what the tonw councils are also doing.

So thanks again, my fellow singaporean.

They the mnisters do nothing dont contrbute or donate anything so why use them at all. Its time we let them know that they are dispensable.

Time to stand up for the real honest singaporean. They have all become arrogrant to the core. Thinking that they are high and mighty.

Many faces looked strained and stressed. The students hurried as it was exam period. The workers hurried to catch the packed trains as they don’t want to look bad when late for work. The housewives were hurrying to the market to catch the best prices as things were expensive. The retirees hurried to get their free copy of Today at the MRT station.

We are indeed a nation of hurried people. We walked too fast and often missed out on theings along the way.

Here in Sydney I have time to smell the roses and even catch a latte on the way home sometimes. Though things can be rather fast at times in this bustling city, back home where it is rather distant from the city, we tend to take things easy abit here.

In Singapore, I hardly have time for myself as I felt like being hurried along in life. There is this motion force that keep pushing me forward without me knowing it. It can be frightening.

I know people are concerned about so many issues back home. I sense a crisis mode has seize the nation with so many things happening.

The future may look bleak with so many negative news flooding in. SOme of us may even be jobless some time soon. We don’t know the future yet. Let us join hands and help one another for a better tomorrow.

I don’t know why I write this now. Maybe some of us need this. As we complained here and there let us not forget to fulfill whatever goals and dreams we have in this world. The imperfection will be there. Ministers will still get their million dollar salary. PAP will still be in power. But that does not deter us from going after our life goal.

Oh I think the Singaporean had given ENOUGH kind consideration to these Elites considering the fact that all these years they had been “mandate” without much of a contest! You might be one of the lucky lots that voted for PAP and have a comfortable retirement but we believe there are many much more is still cleaning the toilets, mopping the floors and clearing the tables all over the island that do not have the luxury of that your kindself can sit on the desk comforably typing these words into this
Blog!

Whatever their freaking reasons for behaviouring this way, with all due respect, they are elected to serve the people and not self service into tax payer money. Thanks for the enlightening!

Think know what tharman trying to say; but brevity causes problems such as:

(1) he is out to embarass PM who grandstood by donating part of his salary when getting the increment ? Implication is that only one ma can decide on salary increment and the same one take or can give away – like a demi god!

(2) tharman cannot talk much -otherwise his past will alway catch up with him; pap must be desparate with no more capable people joining them ?- also the reasoning that hence the use of big salary to try to attract people over

(3) worst there are may be citizens calling for tharman to resign vis a vis the hurt and harm done by the mini bonds and rest of structured products, the unnecessary gst hike, etc .

Advice to tharman if you are reading netizens – better not talk, just do more- as the more you talk the more the ground will swell against pap. Best wishes.

The Government is not here to “Pai Sui” (In Hokkien for showcase), we are the Elite. You (Singaporean) don’t want to under pay the Elite because you don’t want us to under perform.

Don’t worry, we are not worry about the next election. We will always win because there is no opposition to fight with us. You people (Singaporean) just watch as we rise the GST right in front of your face.

I think the above is what in the “Elites” mind most of the time.

That was fun.

They have grandstood themselves for so long that they do not know what cheap gallery seat is all about.

If only they can be less greedy but more human, Singaporeans would have been more forgiving when they sleep on their watch.

If only they knew how to treat us as human and not morons, we would not have taken every opportunity to treat them like clown and irresponsible idiot when they behave like one. Eg: Mee Siam Mai Hum; Mas Selamat, Town Council’s Lehman Sinking Fund and Minister’s Monthly CPF statements

If only they do not come at us with their threats and knuckle dusters all the time, we would have been a more gracious society.

If they instil fear less but care more, we would have more happy caring Singaporeans and less kiasi, kiasu & kia chenghu scaredy cats.

If only they were more humble and less arrogant, we would not have become a Disunited Nation of Singapore of highly paid elites, struggling confused middle class and disenchanted suicidal poor.

The guy who counts his CPF every month, Lim Swee Say spoke about lose-lose “cutting cost to save jobs or cutting jobs to save cost ?” I’d say for Singapore and Singaporeans to win-win, the cabinet should do both. Cut cost and cut jobs by retrenching some in Parliament.

No, they are not there to grandstand, they are there merely to pay themselves and playing to the gallery.

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It is a sad day for Singapore when humility is thrown to the wind ; where was he before and if not for his father’s connection to an old guard ?

Wonder if he dares to take on the opposition in a single constituency seat in the coming general election.