The SDP’s Sec-Gen, Dr Chee Soon Juan, addressing party cadres at the 2009 Party Conference.
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The logo of SDP resembles that of Daihatsu.
Why isn’t any of the PAP MPs talking in this wavelength? I don’t even pay any taxes for SDP but they seem to be reasonable. Am I crazy now?
i thought it looked more like the Star Trek logo… -.-”
like most party, when it grows up, the logo will morph into Lexus
One on One with Ah Loong……. debate, arm wrestling, survival, last man standing, etc, etc,……my money is on Chee……any time !
Come to think of it, Chee also has a superior taste in choice of woman……LOL
like magnets north & north will repel each other.
$$Chee also has a superior taste in choice of woman$$
how u know? u his kaki ah?
after saying all those things, i think he wont dare collect $3M for his services if he ever gets to the top of the rank.
how about $1.5M?what u think?
if you use HC as comparison, then it is impossible to beat lah ! look at her again closely, more closely, not scared ah ?
imagine a wife like her who spends your money and tells you, ‘no regrets’.
choice of woman? like Ho Jinx? lol…
good choice. mdn ho will rise from her grave too. and she did return, didnt she?
Chee doesn’t speak like a mad man….and the video is quite well done!
As to the guy who said Chee got better taste in women…ya…His wife is much better looking and more sexy than Ho Ching.
can read the text in the report. has someone censored it?
sorry, meant ‘can’t read’ the txt.
i wanna hear my hero speaks.
CSJ will tear LSL into shreds if ever a debate were to take place. no contest man…
such tickets into parliament are rare.
thanks for hosting this up. i can totally understand why pap wants to actively persecute them.
good job there!
Chee can be a good opposition leader if elected to parliament. 100 times better than the two oppo.MP
Very determined guy.
Yesterday ST article, Ho K P, a member of Think Tank, predicted a very vibrant and very successful Singapore in the year 2059, after 100 years of PAP’s rule, and the PAP is still the dominant party of Singapore.
He predicted LHL will hand over the premiership to a fourth-generation leader in 2020 when he is 68 years old. I posted in another TOC article that the PAP, in 2020, would rather hand-over power to FTs rather than to Chee S J and his coalition partners just like the Ming Dynasty’s army surrendered to the Manchus, a non-Han Chinese tribe from north of China, instead of letting the Chinese peasants take over the country. History may repeat itself here in Singapore, the new little Middle Kingdom.
FTs and FWs already constitute 25% of the population of Singapore now. So, Dr Chee you may have to fight against the new ‘Manchus’ beside the PAP.
Chee Soon Joon is the only opposition leader who will call a spade a spade.
The the elected ones are being cowed into submissiveness and behave
like part of the establishments.
If only the electorate wise enough to see through the difference especially
with all that happenings during the past year
well said but he must show better behaviour in this coming election. If not , he wil be out again. Don’t fall into the trap of the PAP. This is my advice to him. You can change it if you want to. All the best Soon Juan.
Dear yang, how exactly did Chee misbehave? By speaking in public? Wearing forbidden t-shirts?
Shouldn’t it be the PAP that has misbehaved? Romping all over Sgreans and opposition?
Agree CSJ does not speak like a mad man and he was never mad.
It was the Mad Minister who made the accusation. Spore has put up with the antics of this old fart for far too long.
As someone had pointed out, LHL is absolutely no match for CSJ.
I believe CSJ can quite easily put LHL in the pocket,
and of course LHL will crawl out of the other pocket……..what a laugh !
Will all singaporeans chip in and pay the blood sucker to clear CSJ of bankcruptcy so that he can contest the next election.
Individuals can contribute from $10 to $100 or more, and companies can contribute $10k onwards, but make sure you all pay your income tax and not under declare because the blood sucker will go after you like what happened to Francis Seow !!!!
to CSJ,
beware chiong all the way, charge too deep into enemy territory & cannot U-turn out. what if the escape routes are blocked & you are surrounded & outnumbered?
want to be Napoleon but you are not, beware!!
Alas, why did people miss the exchange in court when the kangaroo was in the zoo and the judge was in the court? It was a rare occasion where those who act like ‘gods’ were humanised and put in place, for a while at least.
Chee Soon Juan is not ‘seow’ just because an octogenarian called him ‘seow’! I still remember Anthony Yeo’s (God bless his soul) kind comments on the desperately ‘sick’ psychopath comment.
Talking about wives. . . better not talk about it. The audacity of the greatest wastrel of public funds takes the cake! And if that’s not enough, she asking for more funding by tempting more suckers to invest in Temasek in the news today. Really, how daft and thick-skinned can one be???
Compared to one who has to take care of three kids who’s husband has to pop in and out of jail just because he dares to be true to his soul and tell it like it is!
feedmetothefish
CSJ is better than some others who pocket $14,000 a month and then keep quiet since GE 2006. Chiam can be forgiven as he’s not as healthy as before.
But Low Thia Khiang? What has he done? Even when Temasek loss so much he diam diam. Very disappointed. Last GE so many people support WP but they have done nothing at all.
$14,000 a month = $168,000 per year
3 years since GE 2006: $168,000 X 3 = $504,000.
No wonder Low Thia Khiang diam diam never make noise.
I feel that the only way for singaporeans to really able to benefit from the capability of CSJ is by giving him at least 1 year term in parliament and should he not perform, we shall ask for him to be replaced one way or another.
His ability to speak is quite rare in singapore, at least based on what i have seen.
I sincerely hope to see Dr CSJ take on all and any MP including all PAP and WP MPs in parliament.
So as to achieve.
Lets think out of the box, Question and Challenge, for the sake and goodness for our nation. Majulah!
singapoeans, its all in your hands now.
ITs TIME!
It is heartening to read the positive comments about CSJ. However I feel Mrs. Chee deserves a lot of respect too. She is a role model to all women when it comes to understanding what it takes to stand by your man, especially under the circumstances. That’s why Chee has superior taste to LHL in choice of woman.
One wife is exemplary whilst the other is giving the hubby and famiLee a freaking heartache and headache.
31) famiLee jewels
///That’s why Chee has superior taste to LHL in choice of woman. //
Hey I kinda liked LHL’s 1st – Ms Wong. Think about it, if she had not a heart attack, Singapore could have saved BILLIONS!
And yes, I really respect Mrs Chee for standing by her man. It is not a common virtue this days.
Coming back to the point. Not a bad speech. Bravo.
Chee, send down one of your guys to contest here in Ayer Rajah. I will vote for your guy even if he only has a PSLE Cert.
I am so fed-up I will vote for anyone besides PAP.
Let our country be OURS again! Quit the pro-foreigner policies!
This is interesting. Read this:
http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/singapore-pm-vs-chee-soon-juan-it%E2%80%99s-not-wimbledon-but%E2%80%A6.html
MM Lee once called this man a psychopath…
I used to believe Uncle Lee’s words.
Not anymore.
I read more about Chee. E.g.:
http://www.singapore-window.org/sw02/020529cn.htm
If he is a psychopath, I am one too.
SDP and WP where got chance. The PAP will convert 1M imports to new citizens definitely 90% of these new votes will vote for the PAP since they are so happy to be in Singapore.
question remains..how much does he expect to be paid for his services once he gets to taste real power?
does he also believe…pay peanuts you get monkeys?
if so, i do not see much differences in his team than the current regime unless of course, he thinks his ideas can go against global trend?
It would be great if TOC or other bloggers could do a special coverage on the majority who always supported the PAP.
I mean , to educate the public why they still continue to support and will continue to support and the effect of their ensuring no change in this aspect on the whole country , the poorer and the richest and the young jobseekers and employees in their late 30′s to 40′s and onwards and their retirement.
It is afterall a fact that so many exist. But in the face of every issue that surfaced, have they asked or demanded for improvement and if so, in what way have they done that?
Who constitute the majority, typically?
They always start off with good intentions. And once they come into power, the become the corrupt people they deposed.
He’s no angel either.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html
The populace, great chunks of it, has been brainwashed into thinking that the PAP is the sole arbiter of what’s good and what’s no good for lesser mortals like you and me.
Dr Chee, bless him, challenges this premise.
Whatever you say say or think about the man, he is indomitable.
I say, give Dr Chee a fighting chance to prove his worth.
If the powers that be are so confident that the people are with them, and that we Singaporeans are part of the First World, surely we will be able to discern right from wrong, crap from good sense, etc etc.
Let Dr Chee and other opposition politicians have their say, and let the people decide.
sure, everyone can have their say but don’t skirt the issues. how much? peanuts or gold?
((I feel that the only way for singaporeans to really able to benefit from the capability of CSJ is by giving him at least 1 year term in parliament and should he not perform, we shall ask for him to be replaced one way or another.))
Why “parliament” be the only place for us to “benefit from the capability of CSJ”?
Why not free the media and let us see how CSJ and SDP perform. Have TV forums and debates to test the prowess of the PAP and the opposition.
Free the compliant judiciary and see how the judges deal with the court cases that CSJ , SDP, its members and supporters are forced to stand trials on trumped-up charges.
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I’ve this weird scenario in my mind.
Let’s say, *knock on wood* Someone – down the family line of the Lee family has a fatal kidney illness.
And the only compatable kidney comes from CSJ.
Do you think the press would want to cover a CSJ story?
I don’t know how it would turn out for the country but it would be the greatest history of Singapore. :)
As a start, we need to reduce the 2/3 majority of the PAP as they can change the laws at their whims. To ensure a non compliant judiciary, the selection process needs to be independant and the elections commission as well. If not, the process of getting a balanced parliment will be a pipe dream for Singaporeans. Want the ruling party to listen to its citizens, throw their “mandate” out the window.
This blog Diary of a Singaporean Mind sums it up very simply,
http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2009/07/chee-addresses-his-troops.html
Chee addresses his troops….
Pretty decent speech for someone accused of being a psychopath. Whether you like their politics and cause, you have to accept that joining the SDP does take a lot of courage. All of them are probably put on the watch of the state security agencies and face a high risk of bankruptcy. It is hard for many Singaporeans to see through the negative image the media has painted of Chee but the Internet does help to bring his message to across to more people.
In any other developed country, the SDP would have been just another pro-democracy party…in fact some countries are run by such parties. But in Singapore, the authorities/govt treat them like political extremists….yes, standing up for democracy, justice, equality and freedom is dangerous in Singapore although a number of these ideals are in our pledge because the PAP govt will see it as undermining the system they have created….the PAP has diverse interests other than that of ordinary Singaporeans and these interests are put ahead of justice and equality…we see it in the way the minibond fiasco is resolved.
That is why the PAP treats the SDP as a threat that needs to be crushed rather than just another political party. The SDP is asking for the democratic rights and freedom of Singaporeans to be restored and that is seen as something very wrong by the PAP.
a simple question. how much?
As a start, 50% cut across the board. Do we need so many Minister without portfolio in the PM office on top of a SM and MM? Is the PM office unable to function without these people? We have either the most unusal or most inefficient setup in the world!
going by the current two oppositions in parliament, the citizens can probably expect similar performances from these “brave souls”.
c’mon, you get more daring and stupid questioning in forums than in parliament and you know why? because these oppositions have NOTHING (no viable alternatives to a competitive economy)or nothing incriminating against the PAP because if they do or dare make the kind of accusations you usually find in forums against them, they be quick to lose their $200k per annum job and all the privileges that goes along with it – beat up so badly, you end up like JBL.
the chees are bold now – nothing to lose. if they step into parliament, it will be a different story – and the difference is….$200k per annum plus….privileges – isn’t that part of the reason why these oppositions behave like quiet little mice in parliament?
Remuneration equal to Obama should be acceptable to majority of citizens, not counting bonuses. Of course some idiots will want to include Airforce One, Presidential retreat ,cost of security arrangements etc, etc to be factored in.
I believe there are people out there who will do it on par with worldclass leaders. I don’t think money alone is the motivation for Chee, Kenneth J, leong Sze Hian, etc , etc. and it is strictly my personal opinion.
The fairest way is to start at the highest pay for worldclass leaders, not including Spore of course.( not worldclass even if endowed with an extra brain)
Do a damn good job, after which let the citizens decide….how much they appreciate the effort.
#47
HAHAHAHA
to ErniesUrn,
Hypothetically, CSJ will be wasting one of his kidneys on a Lee member. It is a possibility each have inherited a dna that inhibits understanding of moral values.
So donating is in effect doing a great disservice to lesser mortals
Seriously I fear for the safety of anyone with a compatible kidney.
tok @ 46
You certainly have done Chee and his team a great disservice. Chee is anything
but in it for the money. Why should he? He had a good life , family and a good
job before he went into politics. But because of the passion in him to
make a difference, he was knocked down too often for the most flimsy of
reasons and for just exercising his constitutional rights, like they did with JBJ
before. But he had never wavered or conceded to all the abuses of power and
for that he deserves our admiration.
All you do is sitting behind your disk disparaging peoples’ character at the
click of the mouse.
Until you are able to hold a candle to him, or made of sterner stuff like him,
that you have that right to judge