Come the next election, please make sure you put your hand where your mouth is and vote appropriately.

And ask this question when voting :

How much worse can the oppositions do?

as opposed to the PAP propaganda :

How much better can the oppositions do?

Oh ! I did not know all of you are discussing this topic here. Now then I notice this article.
Thanks !

My big dream : everyone of the handicap people can own a electronic wheelchair.

http://app.reach.gov.sg/reach/YourSay/YourDiscussionCorner/tabid/117/ptid/414/page/13/totrecs/172/threadid/2848/forumtype/posts/Default.aspx

Listen to what Yacoob Ibrahim expressed yesterday: “… there is something seriously wrong with the Malay community … what with 3 young lives lost … it is a community in trouble… blah… blah … blah …”.

Goodness gracious! The Minister for Muslim Affairs, expressing sudden bewilderment over the state of affairs of the community he has been charged to care for? Where has he been all this while?

Anyway, coming back to the article in question, Ravi mentioned one key point that one can identify with what’s wrong with our society at large – that of being a shareholder.

Indeed we are all shareholders of this land we call our home, but unfortunately, our we wield no power as shareholders – much like the political situation – where the peoples’ voices have to pass the scrutiny of an elite group of officers.

What the use of all the configurations in our public transport trains and buses to be handicap-friendly when at the end of the day, the cost is going to be retrieved back from these poor handicaps? Worst still, the rest of us have to suffer these configurations with lesser seating capacities while paying an ever-increasing fare.

I sometimes wonder how much more that the average Singaporean continue to take all these lying down … I really do wonder … are we slaves or shareholders?

We are paying them to take expensive 5-week baking lessons in France

Budget 2010 » Discussion Forum Topic on Budget 2010

By Jane:

*Pls put in more budget for handicap because there are MORE AREAS NEED TO BE BARRIER FREE.

Can we have more friendly enviroment for the handicap people ?

Beside Bukit Merah NTUC entrance, there is a strong guy.

He is a handicap people selling big sweep here for more than 10 years. Sometime his big sweep and money were stolden by some bad guys who pretended to be customers buying big sweep from him but yet took away all the big sweep and ran away.

He is a strong guy. He thanks for other people who want to offer any help to him.
I asked him :” how do you go to the toilet?”
He said :” Oh, that is really a bit troublesome for me. Someone push me to the Bukit Merah bus interchange toilet.”

I said :” why go so far? is there any handicap toilet nearby ?”
He said :” There is one nearby at the Hawker centre but too small for my wheel chair to go in.”

I went to the handicap toilet last night and noticed that it was quite far from his place and it is not easy for him to push the wheel chair by himself.

But, if he has a electronic wheel chair. will it be better for him? If there is a big enough handicap toilet nearby him, will it change his 13 years troublesome which he needs to go to the toilet so far at the bus interchange? The Tanjong Pagar Town Council is just behind him. Is there any handicap toilet there?

When we are talking about having special pavement for cycling, do we also want to think about having handicap pavement? Let them using electronice wheelchair anytime by themselves. Let them have the opportunity to go everywhere by themselves. I believe it will brighten up their life.

It will be nice……………if…….

*all of the handicap people can own a electronic wheelchair and go everywhere easily anytime.
*The price of the wheelchair is affordable for every donor to sponsor the wheelchair for every handicap in Singapore.
* Our ministers may want to start to kick on of this project? one minister or one MP sponsor one electronic wheel chair for one handicap who need it? (it’s like an adoption project.)

More discussion at REACH :

http://app.reach.gov.sg/reach/YourSay/YourDiscussionCorner/tabid/117/ptid/414/page/1/totrecs/28/threadid/2848/forumtype/posts/Default.aspx

You said it right. But the unfortunate truth is, if any of the elites in the PTC, MOT or their family were to become handicapped by the cause and effect of life, i.e. as
you said KARMA, they are rich enough to move around in a chauffeur car. We would be too naive to think they will go by public transport.

Hence, these high and mighty people and cronies will never known what is poverty and compassion to the less privileged and handicapped.

As the saying goes: “to die a thousand death can never be living life for the suffering of the living death”. Being poor and deprived and handicapped can be a living death in a society of high-handled policy makers.

Do we have a heart??

By denying subsidy to these unfortunate citizens and other consumption subsidies the govt has accumulated hugh reserves which enable the govt to do many things many poor countries could not do during the recent financial crisis. People with disabilities have limited economic value to them.

You have the support of people in TOC.

Even if the Transport Minister is not free, he can ask you guys to meet his MOS, PS or a Senior Official from his ministry.

OF LATE, THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS ‘IN THING’ IN SINGAPORE ABOUT NOT HELPING THE DISABLED

Like the 3 ‘handicap’ ppl cases

- Handicap man still stuck at home despite LUP [Clementi Ave 5].
- Handicap/unemployed man brought to court by Town Council over 432 dollars in errears [Jalan Besar]
- Handicap/unemployed man needs help [Boon Lay]

SOMETHING IS DAMN WRONG , WHEN HELP IS DENIED TO THE HANDICAP PEOPLE.

Meeting the Transport Minister in person to deliver the entire petition would also have given us the added pleasure of having met the Minister in person to let him know our predicament.

CAN! is aware that such a petition will have to be looked at by the various players who provide, administer and manage the public transportation and so the reply may not be immediate; but meeting the minister in person, would have given us the satisfaction that we have voiced our concerns and delivered our petition to the highest person there is who could help us most in this matter, the Minister for Transport himself.

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Erm.. You only need 1 scanner right? Out of 377 people you managed to gather for your cause, not ONE person had a scanner at home?

What happened to LHL’s “inclusive society” promise made when he came into power? It’s time we hold him to his word.

Lets get rid of all of them in the next election. As someone mentioned get rid of all these millionaire ministers who think only for themselves and probably get some kick backs form being ton the board of all these transport companies. Where is the intergrity and also how can one be said to be objective and fight for the general public when you are on the board and also paid by them. For cure there will be a conflict of interest.

Stand up for all true singaporeans and dont be coned come the next election when all of a sudden the goodies arrive as they aways do to brainwash and confuse the electorial public. Let us not be fooled this time round and in the future.

Vote for a change> Vote for an opposition to rid the coutry of all these in humane ministers and the people involved.

How much growth can there be?

If only the no. 1 man in white will read this and lead.

In fact, the nation should promote a “Use Your 13th Month Salary To Help The Needy Campaign”. Many people earning above the average salaries or more, would just save their 13th month in the bank for rainy days. Or they spend $3000 for a holiday, and many would still have some left over. Please especially MIW consider donating annually some of the 13th month salary. 12 months for you guys, already very blessed, do a good deed, you will be remembered sirs and madams.
Having said that, i guess that nothing in singapore will move if the No.1 MIW don’t make any comment or first step. All the (n+1 MIW’)'s are monkey see monkey do MIWs. Perhaps lily neo is an exception, someone pointed out that she donated all her increments to charity.

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