The role of the opposition is tough but when the opposition speak against the bill, then they must live up to their speech i.e. vote against the bill or at the very least, Abstain. They cannot say one thing and do another. Hope this is clear.

The PAP has a morbid fear that a “scuffle in the National Stadium will lead to rioting” as testified by the strict crowd control during the Malaysia Cup football
heydays where except for the shouting of “Refree kayu”, no drums and banners were allowed into the stadium.

LKY’s motto is “always nip them in the bud” A Confucian leader is intolerant of
poking fun at your betters/elders – “Boh tuah, boh suay”.

Up to the 80s, the Chinese Sporean father, particularly the less English educated, becomes restraint in his feelings “don’t give face” as soon as his children reached their mid-teens.

Culturally, the Chinese still remain a “unforgiving father” and this rigid attitude estranged hundreds of Chinese Sporean families. Dozens of fathers have disowned their children and adamantly refused to relent even when his children repent and seek forgiveness.

Our Asean neighbours continual top-turviness do frighten the PAP whom do not acknowledge that constructive chaos can be instructive. Their continual refrain is “You will frighten foreign investors away. Tourists will shun our Lion City. Your property and the Sing dollar will fall in value. That will be the end of Spore” which were swallowed wholesale by mostly Chinese Sporeans cause had Spore’s population been at least half non-Chinese, the PAP’s talking-cock will be rubbished off.

My take is most Chinese Sporeans above their mid40s have been emasculated by the PAP.

“If you have 3 votes out of 84 for the bill at the third reading, the bill goes into the dustbin. There is no such thing as passing one quarter of the bill as suggested by someone!”

Soly, i no very the good in english. Do you mean when there is 3 votes against, the bill goes into rubbish bin?

like this waste paper is that what you mean?

I think you mean if only 3 votes against, bill passed as proposed? Does this then mean majority = >=51% or majority = any number of ‘FOR’ votes where ‘Abstain’ votes are not counted?

Either case, please share with us, as long as the status quo, 3 alternative voice,
what happens with each new bill proposed? Can it ever be veto’d? To make it simpler, has any BILL from the ruling party ever been veto’d in history? I can assume there is but I wonder out of all the bills, how many , if any, was veto’d?

Mind you, lots of paper is used to pass bills. Think of the trees. I think we don’t need a parliament in Singapore. Save money.

When the bill was finally put to vote Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong voted against the amendments to the Films Act. But NCMP Sylvia Lim supported the bill, according to TODAY newspaper of 24 Mar, 2009.

I think if we can show that we’ll cry for them, perhaps they’ll let us make the films.

There is a process to pass this bill by way of voting in the parl is that correct?
Let me know if i sala.

assuming so, i like to know, what is the effect of the alternative parties on this aspect alone?

So what happens if these 3 vote AGAINST?
So what happens if these 3 vote FOR?

what happens when the next bill comes along? what will happen? I wonder very hard. i wonder like the lemon tree.

see my point? ??? huh ????

tomolo going u kno?

this the chris patten interview you talking abt?

is this considered a political film?
so my question is clear. WHAT Exactly constitutes as a political film?
Who decides if any video is or is not political film? just by mentioning a politician’s name is political film?

I hope what you say is not true.

i am a supporter of sylvia. if its true, i would be very traumatised by her decision and her thinking. she is one of the few hopes i have.

skilled migration is last resort.

So why did NOT Workers’ Party MP, Mr Low Thia Khiang and NCMP Sylvia Lim vote against the enactment of this law?

If I’m correct Sylvia Lim voted FOR, as mentioned by #21

Oh yeah ??? So what do you think. are the reson(s) (who knows what they are) justifiable ??? Of course, it is justifiable to them whowever they are to come out with it. But is it justifiable to you as far as you as a blogger is concerned especially when you have some comments to make – which may not be too flattering on those that you may wish to comment on.

There is definitely a reason why things are done the way it is done, the only issue here is whether is it done with a specific reason. Most importantly; is the reason(s) justifable?