Comments on: Civil service is “politically impartial”

By: To Apek

To Apek — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:25:19 +0000

“All cats have 4 legs
All animals have 4 legs
Therefore all animals are cats.”

You should stick to your kopitiam else you may turn to one of the above equations.

By: tiredsingaporean

tiredsingaporean — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:24:36 +0000

Can’t imagine how much $millions of the taxpayers money are being used to feed all these coffers just to protect a single party instead of the nation and its people. Sigh!!!!!!

By: To Apek

To Apek — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:21:36 +0000

“Hey give chance lah to the lowly lowly civil sevants, like the mata kia, the jaga at the High Court, the claeaners in school, not all high pay hor”

What do you think of of those lowly lowly ……, impartial or very partial (fearrrrrrrrr ?) ? yes poor ……….., so does it help us more or help those ELECTED HOR more ?

By: KopitiamApek

KopitiamApek — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:02:11 +0000

37) Gigi on May 21st, 2009 7.33 am It’s very hard to be impartial when civil servants are paid so much. .”

Hey give chance lah to the lowly lowly civil sevants, like the mata kia, the jaga at the High Court, the claeaners in school, not all high pay hor

They could be all uncles aunties mother father of some of us, trying to tan chiah, so don’t one stroke sweep all lah

By: KopitiamApek

KopitiamApek — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:53:40 +0000

All cats have 4 legs
All animals have 4 legs
Therefore all animals are cats

By: KopitiamApek

KopitiamApek — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:24:11 +0000

Civil servants under the constitution hold their allegiance to the President
President under the constitution hold their allegiance to the Cabinet
Cabinet the constitution hold their allegiance to the People
People hold their allegiance to their Mother.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:33:27 +0000

It’s very hard to be impartial when civil servants are paid so much. The government is very “smart”….using public funds to pay civil servants to buy loyalty.

By: Dumb and Dumber

Dumb and Dumber — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:06:53 +0000

I see kangarooes hopping around…. dizzy…

I can also see how far these MIW have raise… away from the people on the ground… Hope they raise higher and reach their paradise soon so that they can leave the people on the ground in peace.

By: NeedToBeHonest

NeedToBeHonest — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:42:39 +0000

We have civil servants who are still in dreamland.

They have not awaken to the fact that the people have woken up and can see things for themselves.

The govt can put up all its justifications but the people will buy them or not. The people have, until recently, only the MSM for information and dare I say disguised propaganda.. The internet has levelled the playing field.

The people are not blind. Let the elites all wake up now and not be aroused from their dreaming in a rude way.

Be honest.

By: aiyoyo

aiyoyo — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:01:12 +0000

aiyoyo

impartial here, impartial there, everywhere…

look at the economic situation, investment losses, job losses, price hike etc..

keep wonder – what’s the purpose/function of these servants/elites???

aiyoyo

By: patriot

patriot — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:29:11 +0000

Let’s hope that Owi Beng Ki’s Assertion is at least true of the Singapore Armed Forces and Singapore Police Force, that is; both are functioning for the State and not aligned with political party, politician and regime .

The QUESTION THEN MUST BE ; WHY SHOULD THE CIVIL SERVICE HOLD THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE PRESIDENT and not the State? What happens if the President himself favours the Regime ?

patriot

By: David

David — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:06:08 +0000

Politically Impartial? why WP won’t granted cycling permit and LHL & gang can cycle freely in the park without poodles interference? Why CASE can hold protest outside parliament and SDP were send to jail for doing similar things?
Than the clips, between SDP & Pap, that leaked out from kangaroo court dimisses all the talks about politically impartial situations. Unbelievable!

By: omega

omega — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:33:33 +0000

but not so when unemployment is very high, for there will be less tax revenue

By: Ps

Ps — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:24:00 +0000

2 words: YA RIGHT!

By: notalone

notalone — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:45:30 +0000

can you see that the taxpayers money is used to get political supporters in the process?

By: TrueBlood Singaporean

TrueBlood Singaporean — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:25:42 +0000

Who appoint the President? – LKY

See how Ong Teng Cheong was pinned down by LKY!

LKY is the only GOD of Singapore! He is the truth nothing but the truth!

By: My Feet are Politically Impartial

My Feet are Politically Impartial — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:34:45 +0000

Civil Service people are politically impartial??? !!!

Please tell that to the kindergarten kids!

By: Kelvin Tan

Kelvin Tan — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:53:42 +0000

Like what Tom Cruise replied to Demi Moore’s point in “A Few Good Men”, about the doctor being pressured by Colonel Jessup to cover up for the Code Red,

“You cannot prove coercion!”

By: white raven

white raven — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:49:26 +0000

When PAP captured power, much of the civil service was neutral due to the way the British had administered it. But LKY used his knuckle-dusters on any and everyone who did not play ball, replacing top servants who were not pliable with yes-men, trashing the futures of those whom he regarded as dispensable, and eliminating all those who could pose a threat to him.

Even this Ow chappie – if he doesnt use PAPspeak, he’ll be exiled into the wastelands of Singapore’s Siberia. He will have no future in Singapore, not even as a French cook.

By: Doubtful Answers Begets More Questions

Doubtful Answers Begets More Questions — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:21:23 +0000

1. Civil Service serves the President? For the past 50 years, I was given the impression and truly believe that the civil servants are supposed to serve the people. Now, then we are told that the civil servants serve the President! Something wrong somewhere or not?

2. If the civil service serves the President, who does the President serves, if he is handpicked by a particular political party and entered the office in a walkover – with no other candidates available to contest the election?

3. If the civil service serves the President, why is there a need for political personality, with the political office of “Minister In-charge of the Civil Service”?

4. In fact, everybody serves the President! Even the ministers and political office bearers are supposed to serve the President; and even some of the convicted criminals also serve their sentences at the President’s Pleasure!

5. The revised function of the Elected President is to hold the invisible “Second Key” and to check on the National Reserves. If the civil service was/is supposed to serve the President as stated by the senior counsel, why didn’t they serve ex-President Ong Teng Cheong accordingly when he asked to check the accounts of our National Reserves?

6. So, is there a preference or choice for the civil service to select as to which President to serve?

7. Last but not least, civil servants are impartial? After 50 years of displaying your modus operandi to the public, can any civil servant really hold his head up high with his right hand touches his heart and sincerely, truthfully and full conscience says that he is politically impartial while looking straight into our eyes?

Doubtful answers beget more questions when under close public scrutiny in the Internet Age ….

Next time, better think through thoroughly before trying to answer off-the-cuff even to a group of students, no matter how smart one thinks one can be …..