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Friday, December 28, 2012
Punggol East 5 corner fight? Hope it is just strategic bargaining...
In a multi-corner fight with the opposition putting up credible candidates, the votes will be split and the PAP will win in Ponggol East. In fact the more credible and the stronger the opposition candidates and the harder they campaign in a multi-cornered fight, the more likely the PAP candidate will win because the votes on the opposition side will become more evenly divided.
Some argue that giving voters more choices is good for democracy. This is not true. There is an artifact in our winner take all system that we should all be aware of before we make such statements. Suppose there are 3 candidates in an election, 2 centrist and one right wing candidate. 40% of the voters want a right wing candidate and 60% want someone centrist. Under our system the right wing candidate would win if the votes are evenly split between the centrist candidates, although 60% does not want him. Our system will not give the right result. The way some countries fix this is to drop the candidate with the fewest votes in the first round, then do a run-off election. In Israel they designed a proportional representation system to overcome this. In Australia (I think), voters rank the candidates (1st Choice, 2nd Choice, 3rd Choice etc), the votes of the weakest candidates goes the 2nd choice of the voters who selected that candidate - this has the same effect as a runoff election.
Due to this artifact in our system, there is a possibility that the emerging strength of opposition can be played to the advantage the PAP. As more capable and qualified people join opposition parties, the chances of multi corner contests increases because each party has more candidates to field and more resources for election...disunity and rivalry can result in self-inflicted wounds for the opposition.
You can see the potential problems coming in 2016 because in the 2011 election the opposition parties collectively already have sufficient resources to contest in every constituency. In 2016, you can expect each party to recruit even more people given the way things are going in Singapore and avoiding multi corner fight becomes more critical.
Coincidently, Punggol East SMC was the only place in the electoral map in GE2011 with a 3-corner fight. The opposition won 45.5% of the votes in total so it is possible for the opposition to win there. It is hard for the PAP to find someone to replace Palmer who served the residents for quite a few years. He received only 54% of the votes because of profile of the voters - the voters in Punggol East are young and this is the group that has felt the negative effects of PAP policies. In a by-election setting, chances of an opposition win increases further because voters are less worried about an abrupt disruptive change of govt.
The most logical and sensible thing to do now to further the opposition's cause is to put the support behind the opposition candidate that ran in the recent 2011 General Election and did relatively well there. A change of candidate and parties will give the voters the feeling of "come and go"opposition and waste the effort of earlier campaign that won 40+% of the votes. A multi-corner fight will be a complete disappointment for opposition supporters and produce a lose-lose situation for the opposition parties.
"In the interest of furthering the opposition cause, NSP has decided not to create a multi-cornered fight by contesting" - NSP Statement.
If this is the most logical thing to do, why only one opposition party, the NSP , is enlightened enough to publicly announce it is making a logical decision not to take part? The other parties throwing their hats into ring really evokes fears among opposition supporters of disunity, rivalry and inability to grasp the bigger picture. I'm actually not so pessimistic. Remember in the GE2011 election, once it was announced, the opposition parties show that they could get a deal done to avoid 3-corner fights everywhere except in Ponggol East SMC.
The opposition parties should start discussing not just about the coming by election but the 2016 General Election. They should settle the issue of where they are contesting early so that all parties can start investing their resources in specific areas. This is what I hope this whole business of expressing an interest to run in Ponggol East is about .. strategic bargaining.... to get some concession on where to contest in 2016 and put in place a strategy. They can all walk away winners...or end up inflicting injury on each other and lose a chance to take another seat from the PAP. They can show that they are all matured and grown up ready to further the opposition cause or show they are just bickering schoolboys unable to stand together to get something done. Singapore really needs them to get their act together because the PAP can't seem to solve the people's problems these days.
126 comments:
"...disunity and rivalry can result in self-inflicted wounds for the opposition."
Lucky Tan
That's why PAP sure win, even though PAP govt it is not as good as before.
But despite Lee Hsien Loong not being a good PM, but at least he maintains unity within PAP. That's why PAP is so strong and can contest 100% seats and win at least 93% every election.
So for the opposition to win, there must only be one party under one leader.
But of course this is impossible lah. How can you expect SDP, WP, RP, SPP, NSP and SDA or what not P to merge as one?
Chee Soon Juan can make a good PM but if cannot unite others also no use what.
That's why opposition will forever never win to replace PAP lah.
- 28/12/12 11:10
that the winner should be the one with the most votes if there is a three-horse race is not an artifact, but rather simple mathematics that dictates the results of elections in most democracies around the world. Case in point: the last prime minister election in UK with three parties running. Voters' shares be inevitably split among the opposition parties, thus leading to a shoo-in for the incumbent, as a result of more than one opposition party deciding to compete for the seat is still a better outcome compared with a behind-the-scene strategic bargaining between the parties, as not only is such a process full of potential pitfalls, the least of which a lack of transparency, it reeks of collusion not too different from how the telecoms companies bid for broadband spectrums in different geographical regions by tacitly agreeing to avoid each other and thereby lowering the final winning bid prices and shortchanging the taxpayers. What is good in the shortrun that helps win a seat may ultimately ends up potentially poisoning the long run prospect of a fairer election.
calling it so to encourage the different parties
- 28/12/12 11:14
60% voters will only respect and vote for a party that can contest 100% seats at elections.
Even if a party has talented candidates but cannot contest 100% seats, forget about winning to deny PAP 2/3 majority, let alone become government lah.
- 28/12/12 11:17
If I were PM Lee, I will now be laughing all the way to by election day.
By the way, by election is also at my own time, own target. Hahahaha
- 28/12/12 11:23
- The said...
I think we are putting the blame and onus on the wrong parties (pardon the pun) here. Why should opposition parties opt out? Why only the WP is entitled to contest? Political parties are formed to contest elections and nobody has any right to tell them what to do, where to contest or not contest.
The power lies within our hands - the voters. Just put out the word to voters to vote the WP. Period.
I think the WP will win.
- 28/12/12 11:34
time to reflect how Tony Tan won over Tan Cheng Bock and the other 2 Tans. Surely this is a lesson no one forgets so easily. However, if opposition can't get their act together, then we deserve to have PAP lead us to 'more good years'.
- 28/12/12 11:34
The inside story on the 3-corner fight at Punggol East during GE2011 was that the WP did not bother to negotiate on which party should contest there. The iron lady simply told the other opposition party that WP was going there and that's it. In order to justify to the public WP's entry into Punggol East, WP spun the story that the SMC is new constituency, conveniently ignoring the fact that the area was part of the GRC that SDA contested in GE2006. WP was not interested in opposition unity and never will.
- 28/12/12 12:02
- The said...
/// time to reflect how Tony Tan won over Tan Cheng Bock and the other 2 Tans. Surely this is a lesson no one forgets so easily. However, if opposition can't get their act together, then we deserve to have PAP lead us to 'more good years'. ///
Equally speculative that if the other Tans were not there, Tony Tan might got a bigger share of the votes.
- 28/12/12 12:36
If there is multi corner fight, it means only the PAP is electable.
The rest deserve to lose or lose deposit. Better if they don't exist.
- 28/12/12 12:42
Sgreans want change but are also of afraid of change. Perhaps the change they are seeking is change from the incumbent party, not oppositions. Could be the WP under stood the voters' fear and vote along every govt bill despite vocally disagreeing in Parliament?. Somehow the rest of parties think otherwise and am sure like blogger do not want multi corner contest to take place but but are unable to tolerate WP style anymore.
- 28/12/12 13:07
- Ghost said...
There is no self-inflicted wounds for the opposition because they were never united in the first place.
People need to understand that these are rival parties. If you are a member of the SDP or the RP, why should you give way to someone in the WP? What's in it for you or your party?
Answer is nothing. So why not go for the seat yourself? Anyone who thinks the parties will give up the seat for "the good of the opposition" is daydreaming.
- 28/12/12 13:16
WP has proven to act only in self interests.
Ever notice that that WP hardly condemns PAP's ill conceived policies at all - not in Parliament and not in press statements.
When WP first discovered it was given a royal screw over AIM-Aljunied town scandal, it must have realized that tax dollars were improperly channelled to a PAP owned company. Instead of surfacing it to protect Singaporeans' interests, it hid it away until its own interests were compromised when PAP foolishly accused WP of poor governance. All of a sudden, you see WP releasing statements defending its sinking reputation by hinting impropriety on the part of PAP.
Is this how a self-appointed watchdog of first world parliament suppose to act?
It would not be inconceivable to think that should WP come across any gross accounting errors by PAP government in managing our reserves, it would not bring to Singaporeans' immediate attention, but rather to cut a deal with PAP. you scratch my back, and i scratch you. you slap me, and i slap back!
when Palmergate case broke out, instead of wanting to work with other opposition, it came out in a hurry to lay stake on this smc. Singaporeans have never seen this rapid action over Yaw Shin Leong-gate, escalating housing, train breakdown, strikes etc.
Enough of PAP Team B AKA Workers' Party. Time to send a message to parties who would collude together and enact pro-immigration/pro-business/anti-Singaporean policies!
- 28/12/12 13:34
The opposition has enough votes to get another seat. However, if RP, SPP, NSP AND SDP all throw their hats in, then PAP will win.
For Singapore to win, the opposition needs to unite. And the leaders of the opposition need to find common ground. But there are too many selfish leaders in the opposition.
I just fear for the future simply because of opposition leaders.
- 28/12/12 14:09
The sale of the Town Councils Management Systems (TCMS) to Action
Information Management Pte Ltd (AIM) is a case of an abetment in committing Criminal breach of trust between the 14 PAP town councils and AIM.
Another offence to consider is that of a Criminal conspiracy to defraud
the town councils common property.
Both parties are members of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), in the case of the PAP town councils, it is run by PAP MPs, Dr Teo Ho Pin is the coordinating chairman of the 14 PAP town councils.
Criminals must be brought to justice first, lest they get away scot free and cause more grief and harm than goodness to helpless but innocent people.
(PAP town councils defend computer systems deal - Yahoo! News Singapore)
(Singapore Notes Insights From The Past)
(Creative 'sponsorships' obtained by grassroots organisation exposed « Assorted « TR EMERITUS)
(Laura Ong 3rd Punggol grassroots staff in scandal)
(Was woman in Michael Palmer scandal caught in love triangle - Yahoo! News Singapore)
(Penal Code (Singapore) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
(3 men jailed for criminal breach of trust of iPhones)
Joshua Chiang
- 28/12/12 14:35
- patriot said...
The worthiness of Alternative Parties is hard to gauge unless it/they has,have the power to decide on policies.
PAP has been ruling for nearly 5 decades and the people should by now be able to decide if it has delivered and performed to expectation.
Going by the recent corruptions, transport, labour hiccups and AIMGATE, the Last being the most important issue affecting almost all HDB Dwellers, Singaporeans will have to be mindful of
their decision in choosing their rulers.
Ultimately, the choice is in the hearts and hands of the people.
- 28/12/12 14:35
Even if straight fight between PAP and WP, WP may not win.
Because a PAP MP will have more weight than a WP MP in a Meet the People Session (MPS) what. So when seeking help, things can jalan better mah.
Who knows, maybe the PAP MP will even become a minister, lagi more weight lah, tio bo?
But if it is a SDP MP, wah lau eh, hear the name Chee Soon Juan only, you know lah.
Unless Chee Soon Juan become PM lah, then different story.
That's why majority voters are so smart as to who to vote for.
- 28/12/12 14:43
Even if straight fight between PAP and WP, WP may not win.
Because a PAP MP will have more weight than a WP MP in a Meet the People Session (MPS) what. So when seeking help, things can jalan better mah.
Who knows, maybe the PAP MP will even become a minister, lagi more weight lah, tio bo?
But if it is a SDP MP, wah lau eh, hear the name Chee Soon Juan only, you know lah.
Unless Chee Soon Juan become PM lah, then different story.
That's why majority voters are so smart as to who to vote for.
- 28/12/12 14:43
Why Aimgate affects the HDB Dwellers, it should matter more about the integrity of
those involved.
- 28/12/12 15:26
Alternative parties have to work together in this and avoid 3 or more corners fight. If they can pull resources and work together, together they will be very convincing. If they can settle their discord and work together for the good of Singaporean interests, they can lead the country. Once they have the mandate, they can go ahead to abolish the GRC system and split seats accordingly to what has being agreed.
- 28/12/12 15:30
No party can stop another party from contesting, except for the PAP which can invoke the ISA.
In a multi-cornered fight, some of the egoists will lose their deposits and the strongest alternative party, although may not be winning the election, get to signal its cred.
- 28/12/12 15:33
Where is Harban Singh?
- 28/12/12 15:35
On the other hand, one of the opposition will still probably win under this mess. If WP fans are loyal and continues to get 45% of the votes whereas PAP votes are being diluted, this arrangement may work. Most of the times, confusion will bring a change.
- 28/12/12 15:38
Should LHL finally gather his courage and decide to hold a by-election, there is no reason why the PAP should field a candidate.
In fact, it Shouldn't....
This would allow it to save money. It would also let the party concentrate on errr more important national matters, like wriggling out of AIMgate.
It will not need to find a candidate with enough guts to have his private life scrutinised and the ability to speak (to crowds) effectively to go try his luck. It can't keep on throwing any old army general or union executive into the fray. What would SMRT and the GLCs do if deprived of hiring yet more of these fellows?
Anyway, better to have fewer men of the highest calibre rather than just any old soldier or former civil servant, no? It allows you to show up the other sides better.
Not fielding a PAP candidate means the party's popularity - or lack of it - cannot be judged. We all believe anyway if there is more than one Opp guy standing, the PAP will win. So no face is lost by not fielding anyone. And no need to put this assumption to the test.
Let the Opp parties burn their money campaigning, and giving up their deposits from lack of votes. Let them whack each other and claw each other's eyes out. That will put an end to any Opp unity!!
Useful for 2016.
It'll give the PAP also a chance to assess how the Opp parties are seen by voters, esp in these errrrm trying times.
Let those buggers realise it's not that easy to govern a country too.
Whoever wins will provide a new face to be made fun of in Parliament. PAP MPs get to practise their ability to put these fellows down. And oh, the fun of making them and their party look stupid and inept. Let them mess up running their constituency. Huat ah!
So yah, the PAP should not bother to field anyone. Too many advantages not to. And hey, it's just a weeny constituency. Let it go. The world will not end.
To other commenters: Quite a large no of Sporeans I've spoken to are Unaware of AIMgate...
- 28/12/12 17:12
- booong!!! said...
Take some political lessons of political unity in political diversity from ANWAR !!!!! That's how you clobber the incumbent away from the 2/3 majority in the House as a first step to the final goal of full political governance. If the political guys across the casuseway can do it, why can't we ??
- 28/12/12 17:15
- booong!!! said...
It is imperative that there be no 3-corner election tussle in the next GE 2016. The final resort in such horse trading negotiation is that for such acrimonious disputable GRC constituency each of the stake-holder alternative political party nominates equal number of representation according to the fixed number of candidates fixed in such GRC taking cognisasnce the legal aspects of the then prevailing electoral rules. An alternative multi-party standing under a UNIFIED BANNER of political unison gives greater untold confidence to the electorate for their more agreeable, successful voting and winning impact at the polls. This is critical otherwise the alternatives' squabbling and resorting to 3-corner fight is more than moronic and idiotic than the simple honest but less street-smart straight process of tossing a coin into the air of head you lose and tail you also lose !!!!! Alternatives want more MPs in the Parliament??? Make up your damned minds and show that you are not that STUPID to the VOTERS to recognise what is the political ultimate end objective.
Get this straight. It is not a matter of voting. It is the basic objective of winning this by-election.
It is not about your inalienable right of standing for by-election. It is about either winning or losing this by election.
Punggol SMC is as good as gone to the incumbent with the respective insane declaration of mult-corner fights by the alternative nincompoops. Confident to win ??? My foot, sure to lose, stupid political clowns !!!!! DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND "SPLIT VOTES" !! Punggol voters should at least be very happy to participate and watch with smirk and amusement this political acrobatic circus. Congratulations to the political moles, saboos and agent provocateurs for their success at churning out political bums.
To get round this thorny problem, the best political resolve is to rid this perpetual acriminious flaw in our democratic election system. Instead of FIRST PAST THE POST, do another FINAL RUN-OFF with the 2 best voting results to determine the majority electorate wishes. Are there any better solutions instead of discoursing without any end the chicken or the egg ???? The final winning candidate can hold his political head up high with being DEMOCRATICALLY MAJORITY ELECTED instead of being in a similar questionable disregarded and very much less respected position like the NON-MAJORITY but MINORITY elected President we currently have. Let's increase POLITICAL RESPECT. Do the right thing and be judicious about it. MAJULAH SINGAPURA.
- 28/12/12 17:20
Where is the money going to come from?
From the same place as the money to pay for the Millionaire Ministers' salaries.
Money comes from the hard work and bank accounts of all Singaporeans lah.
You vote PAP.
And the money is spent of Ministers' salaries;
GIC and Temasek losses (I mean investments);
and our defence budget.
You vote Opposition.
And the money is spent on benefiting yourself, your children and your families.
- 28/12/12 17:22
Your insinuation that Israel governments have a fair by proportional representation in voting offends me. No, Israel governs by is not fair and evens more brutal our PAP. It gave almost no right to its Palestinians population in voting and other social services. Israel continues to built settlements in occupied Palestinians lands. Do you know what is "Apartheid"? The White regime in South Africa introduced it to denied equal right to its majority Black population and jailed Nelson Mandela for years but less time than LKY jailed its dissidents. You have desecrated the name Dr. Ang Swee Chai a detainee and wife of another detainee's Tan Jing Quee. This lone Singaporean went out of her ways to help anyone in need everywhere around the world.
Abstract from TOC: "Dr Ang Swee Chai, a prominent surgeon and author of From Beirut to Jerusalem has now written about her arrest and detention without trial under the ISA in 1977. She was one of at least 28 people, mostly professionals, who were arrested.."
I strongly suggest you remove the statement.
- 28/12/12 18:12
Forgot to include websites references:
- 28/12/12 18:18
- Minghui Kuok said...
It's not that complicated imo. The biggest lesson learnt thus far was the last GE where a near-happening land grab scuppered the bigger plan. If the Opposition parties decided that a part deux is truly viable, then the Hougang BE would have created a 3 way fight.
At the moment, everything seems to pointing at an Opposition coalition more than anything else. The Opp are just trying to play a guessing game with the PAP, but this will be truly enough for now.
- 28/12/12 18:42
Realistically, WP does not have a viable candidate in a one-on-one fight with the PAP, whoever the rulers field. Opposition candidates who win by-elections vacated by PAP are always nationally-known faces in the past. Third a WP vs PAP fight will boost PAP tremendously if the PAP wins, and destroy the WP's momentum if WP loses. What is there to gain for thw WP who already has 6 MPs in parliament by adding another one now? They have not done so much on national issues vis-a-vis SPP or SDP or even RP in the past 18 months. Weighing the upside vs risks of defeat is simple game theory. Folks like Vikram and Shao Mao will be able to figure it out even though ego and past differences might push the WP stalwarts in the wrong direction.
Punggol East will need both discontent and a candidate with already a positive image from the last GE. Another Png will not make the cut.
- 28/12/12 18:49
well said
- 28/12/12 18:59
The KEY QUESTION is;
What were the merits of selling the software in the first place?
What additional merits and value does a $2 company bring to the operations of town councils?
- 28/12/12 19:07
That's why it is no use to win 1, 2 or even 6 seats.
Must win to form the government, then got use.
Even if WP do much better in Parliament or for issues at national level than they had been doing, so what?
You think PAP will give a damn? You think things will change better than now?
In Singapore elections, if your objective is not to form government, you will only lose big, no matter what you are.
Majority voters will only respect strong parties which can form government, not the "too many generals but few soldiers" type of parties.
- 28/12/12 19:07
"Another Png will not make the cut."
Anon 28/12/12 18:49
Not really. If Png is from PAP, he will make the cut in at least 93% of the seats.
It is not so much who you are but rather which party you are from. Especially a strong party like PAP which can contest 100% of seats every election.
- 28/12/12 19:14
Over five decades, sinkkies are being manipulated by pussy action party that we have
not enough land= we accept to live in highly priced flats
not enough roads= we accept to bid for highly priced coe
not enough money=we accept to have no social net
not enough people=we accept to have more foreigners even when they are fighting for our jobs
not enough restriction=we accept to have no freedom of speech, to have isa
not enough profit=we accept to pay more taxes, fees and fares
not enough smooth traffic=we accept to pay erp
not enough education=we accept that and go for upgrading after upgranding and our kids have to go for tuition after tuition
not enough medical services=we accept that medical costs are expensive and pay accordingly
not enough scholarships=we accept to pay for our kids uni fees while they rewarding scholarships to foreigners happily
not enough taxis=we accept to pay more for taxis fares
not enough food, electricity, water=we accept to pay more for food, electricity, water
not enough retirement=we accept to have more minimal sum in cpf
not enough security=we accept that guys need to do NS
not enough capable people=we accept that his son became PM
this ridiculous list can go on and on
All these "not enough nonsense" while precious land and space are sold to foreigners, Leeconyou family amassing astronomic amount of wealth, ministers getting millions of pay and staying in super good class bungalows, pm wife gambling away our hard earned reserves, ex ministers getting all the pensions and medical benefits and directors fees etc. When are sinkkies going to wake up? Will they even wake up? I doubt so even when they realised that things will only be enough in a place called heaven.
- 28/12/12 19:23
Politics is not about fixing things up, it is about messing it up and amassing an amazing amount of wealth. Believing in politicians is like believing pigs can fly.
- 28/12/12 20:32
Yes, the HDB should explain to all the people that live in HDB Flats, the Rationale for the queer arrangement.
- 28/12/12 20:41
Though I voted for the opposition in the last GE cause its a two parties contest but now it looks like a joke. I will spoil my vote
- 28/12/12 21:13
The KEY question is;
Where is the money going to come from?
From the same place as the money to pay for the Millionaire Ministers' salaries.
Money comes from the hard work and bank accounts of all Singaporeans.
You vote PAP.
And the money is spent on Ministers' salaries;
GIC and Temasek losses (I mean investments);
and our defence budget.
You vote Opposition.
And the money is spent on benefiting yourself, your children and your families.
- 28/12/12 21:44
Voting opposition is to trim the power of pap not about whether opposition can live up to expectation as thats still yet to be proven.
- 28/12/12 21:53
The KEY question is;
Is PAP still living up to expectations?
How many more screw-ups and scandals will it take to convince you?
- 28/12/12 22:04
"But despite Lee Hsien Loong not being a good PM, but at least he maintains unity within PAP."
Please lah, please stop giving this useless pinky credit. We know very well that it is his papa that PAP people is afraid of offending not some ball-less pinky.
- 28/12/12 23:49
Just take a look at some PAP trolls here working over time to encourage 3 party fight so the PAP clown can still win due to vote dilution of opp party ...
Cheapskate troll...
- 28/12/12 23:53
Why do people keep insisting on playing a losing game?
They do so because they know not what they do?
- 29/12/12 00:14
I believe the opposition parties are just creating smoke-screens to entice LHL to call for an early BE. They are using the media to draw attention to their cause in the lead up to nomination day. End of the day, we'll probably see a straight fight between PAP and WP.
- 29/12/12 01:03
RE look at how Tony beat Cheng Bok in the PE.
A little bird whispered after the event, that when voting was around the corner, and Cheng Bok looked like he might win - Cheng Bok told his team to pull back...
- 29/12/12 02:16
Your comments remind me of this old joke.
PAP-MIW Joke
In the 1993 Presidential Elections between Ong Teng Cheong and Chua Kim Yeow.
During the vote count.
Chua Kim Yeow was having dinner with his supporters.
Initial news indicated that Chua Kim Yeow had won the elections.
Upon hearing this news.
Chua Kim Yeow stood up on the dining table and announced to all his supporters that he will be demanding a recount of the votes.
- 29/12/12 04:08
"If this is the most logical thing to do, why only one opposition party, the NSP , is enlightened enough to publicly announce it is making a logical decision not to take part? The other parties throwing their hats into ring really evokes fears among opposition supporters of disunity, rivalry and inability to grasp the bigger picture."
Each party thinks they are the right way and the others, "not as right". To be a party and not join in the challenge and be the ultimate leader in the contest for power is to go against its inherent self interest.
There is no logic in religion but absolute worship of its deified ego.
- 29/12/12 08:50
The entire political model needs to be demolished. Those who are thinking party politics are not waking up to the....new reality
- 29/12/12 09:03
They need to stop calling themselves the opposition - this in a society where dissent has a negative connotation.
- 29/12/12 09:11
Party politics( practiced almost world wide)has mostly contributed to GLOBAL UNREST. Stupid for anyone to support it.
- 29/12/12 09:13
With a multi-corner fight, PAP will become the best available party for 60% to vote for.
Kamsia kamsia
Terima Kaseh
Sie Sie
Thank You
Chee Soon Juan, Kenneth, Desmond, Sylvia Lim and Benjamin Pwee.
- 29/12/12 09:14
Be smart. Then you will make lots of money. Better still, form $2 company to make lots of money.
Join opposition for XXXX?
- 29/12/12 09:17
You need...virgins blood
- 29/12/12 09:18
With lots of money, you can buy a good class bungalow (GCB) to live in.
But if you do not have enough money but die die want to live in GCB, you can sell your 3 rm HDB pigeonhole and emigrate to Timbuktu. And of course buy a GCB and live there lah.
- 29/12/12 09:23
Chee Soon Juan, Kenneth, Desmond, Sylvia Lim and Benjamin Pwee.
huh?who they?
- 29/12/12 09:27
who lee kong si mi?
- 29/12/12 09:27
Woh kong Lee Con-You
- 29/12/12 09:45
chicken and duck talking
- 29/12/12 10:06
We are all too busy with looking for money to pay for home, car, kids and parents medical biils. Or eveb just looking for a job!
Where got time to consider which party?.. maybe just listen to fiery speeches, but when its time to vote, just mark X on the most familiar logo.
Change the election process?
Change the constitution?
Change the law?
WTF, cant even understand how COE works, levies work,.. and no one is able to explain in simple language.
- 29/12/12 11:11
Just vote Opposition.
Then you will have;
a.more time
b.more money
c.A simplified car ownership policy
You have identified your problems.
The cause is PAP. They have been ruling over all these problems for far too long.
Unable to solve the problems.
You voted PAP.
You got the govt. you deserve.
You caused your own problems.
- 29/12/12 11:18
PAP Teo Ho Pin and WP Sylvia Lim now chicken and duck talking on AIM.
- 29/12/12 11:30
Lucky is like someone who smell food outside of a friend's house but was never invited into the house to feast.
He is constantly supportive because his mouth keeps drooling.
- 29/12/12 12:43
- patriot said...
Was at a coffeeshop earlier in the day and CNA was reporting about China tightening Internet Ruling.
Someone in a small was heard saying that similar action will be implemented in Sin. They speculated that AIM and Palmergate maybe the Reason for the Measure.
Do You believe? And what do You think?
- 29/12/12 14:50
You might as well not have kids since you can't protect them from the world's garbage
- 29/12/12 15:00
It's exactly this mindset that has gotten Singaporeans into the mess we are in today. Think of the little things like this and forget the bigger national issues. It's what I call penny wise pound foolish. No wonder the PAP continues to have power to screw us. Maybe we simply deserve it hor? Haha! We are such losers.
- 29/12/12 15:18
Very simple to settle...
"Under the Town Council Act....the Minister can order/instruct/approve/(circle appropriate term) the disposal of assets using any means suitable as approved/instructed/ordered by the Minister..."
Case closed.
Neh, Neh, Neh... you cannot catch me!
- 29/12/12 15:21
"Under the Town Council Act....the Minister can order/instruct/approve/(circle appropriate term) the disposal of assets using any means suitable as approved/instructed/ordered by the Minister..."
So now we know a Minister is responsible for making the decision to sell assets to AIM.
Any idea which Minister is responsible?
- 29/12/12 16:03
Actually the most logical thing to do is all PM from democratic countries must be a member of WHO (World Human Right Organization). Their licence to practise as PM will be revoked if they breached any WHO rules.
- 29/12/12 16:33
Legally right does not mean also morally right.
So morally right sometimes no use.
- 29/12/12 16:49
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- 29/12/12 19:40
So now we know a Minister is responsible for making the decision to sell assets to AIM.
Any idea which Minister is responsible?"
29/12/12 16:03
Funny, the Act does not specify either!... just "minister"??
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- 29/12/12 19:44
I do hope that this is just a strategy to help LHL to make up his mind to abide by the constitution to hold a mandatory by-election. So far the papist Leegime has been treating the Singapore Constitution like a piece of SHIT. This must change if the pap wants to turn the tide moving strongly against them. They are still losing support for good reasons. All the efforts so far are half-heart. They must do a fundamental change in their mind-set, attitude and instinctive reaction if they hope to stay in power. At the rate they are going for sure they will be kick out in the next GE. No doubt about that.
- 29/12/12 23:06
The KEY QUESTION is;
Who authorized the sale of the software?
What were the merits of selling the software in the first place?
What additional merits and value does a $2 company bring to the operations of town councils?
- 29/12/12 23:24
As long as the opposition is as it is, PAP will be as it is too.
That is, PAP will continue to rule the way it rule and 60% voters will vote the way they voted.
If opposition no change for the better, nothing will change for the better.
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- 30/12/12 01:48
/// As long as the opposition is as it is, PAP will be as it is too. ///
You are wrong.
Sinkies are learning to ask;
"What do I get if I vote for you"?
The change has started.
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- 30/12/12 09:00
"What do I get if I vote for you"?
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If you vote PAP, AIM will support your Town Council Computer system.
A PAP MP appeal letter, more so if from minister, will logically carry more weight than an opposition MP letter lah, tio bo?
So now do you know what you will get if you vote PAP?
- 30/12/12 10:28
That's why nothing will change lah, unless sinkies want to vote for opposition to become government.
Vote in one more opposition MP no use lah, because PAP is still the government and will call the shots, tio bo?
So just like in GE 2011, PAP will have 93% chance to win Punggol East by election in a straight fight, if there is one.
- 30/12/12 10:33
Even if majority Punggol East voters are daft to vote in a SDP MP, so what?
What can one MP do, if 6 already cannot do?
But I believe majority Punggol East voters will not be daft, if they read Anon 30/12/12 10:28
- 30/12/12 10:38
What do you get if you vote PAP?
1. High COE prices?
2. Injury and/or death while serving NS?
3. High property prices?
4. A second career as a food court cleaner in your old age?
- 30/12/12 15:48
Voting PAP and you will also get plenty of unqualified foreigners to replace your job, take up your land and space, polluting your air, introducing lots of vices to your kids.
- 30/12/12 16:04
People here are very forgetful and easily manipulated. Just throw them some goodies and they will go happily licking the pussy of pussy action party. People have to bear certain level of responsibilities for the situation they are in. Even China and India know how to protest.
- 30/12/12 16:06
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as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
- 30/12/12 18:28
"Hope it is just strategic bargaining..."
Lucky Tan
It's only one peanut!
What so strategic and what's there to bargain?
Really pathetic, those jokers.
Like that how to vote for them?
- 30/12/12 20:40
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— MM Lee Kuan Yew on the results of the 2006 elections.
"Please do not assume that you can live forever. Old people don't understand this"
— Young Singaporeans on the results of the 2011 election.
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- 31/12/12 09:11
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- 31/12/12 09:47
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- 31/12/12 11:36
SPP was among the first if not the first to say they will not contest. Can lucky correct your title/body text please?
Text from their press release:
SPP Statement on the vacated seat of Punggol East SMC
The parliamentary seat for Punggol East has been effectively vacated with the resignation today of Mr Michael Palmer.
We strongly urge the Prime Minister to call for a by-election as soon as possible, to ensure that the constituents of Punggol East are democratically represented hereafter.
The SPP is of the opinion that the Workers' Party should have the priority to contest in the by-election, due to their earlier involvement in the constituency during the 2011 General Election.
Mrs Lina Chiam, NCMP
Chairman, Singapore People's Party (SPP)
- 31/12/12 12:35
Lucky, I "borrow" your blog to say something hor.
The opposition parties should sit down and decide where they want instead of popping up only when got election. PAP had said this many times, so please don't fall into their trap again.
My suggestion according to the 2011 GE map.
Singapore East - WP
Singapore Southwest - NSP
Singapore Northwest - SDP
Tanjong Pagar, Bishan - SPP
SDA, RP - organise yourself first.
Like this no need to fight each other too much everytime got election. Work your ground. Don't just jump into the fray.
- 31/12/12 12:41
In the first place, with so many opposition parties existing in little red dot is already gone case liao.
That's why if I were PAP, I can suka suka also not scared one.
- 31/12/12 14:53
The truth is people here are simply too kia. In the hougang by election, only one woman dare to stand up for her byelection right, others are just sitting ducks. Too many sitting ducks.
If people dare to stand up for their basic civilian rights, able to organise themselves in vast numbers, take to the streets for protest, the politicians will respect the people. Else, any parties who come into power will screw the people over and over again. Fear is the main reason why people continue to the oppressed by their dictators all over the world.
- 31/12/12 15:44
We can now see that if the MND had not criticised the AHTC for poor performance the AIM-AHTC matter would not have surfaced. The WP should have exposed the PAP as soon as it found out that the PAP-controlled TCs has sold their software program to a wholly PAP-owned $2 company, but it did not. Surely such a party does not deserve to be elected to parliament. So the electorate of Punggol East should NOT vote for WP (if a by-election is called).
- 31/12/12 20:14
WP has the making to challenge PAP. If the other opposition parties decide to join in to split the opposition vote, be warned that they will not be forgiven in the next GE.
Opposition party like SDA & RP should learn their lessons from the last GE. So what is the point of contesting if they can even lose their election deposit ? Isn't it kind of shameful for them to declare they are keen to declare ?
- 31/12/12 20:20
"So the electorate of Punggol East should NOT vote for WP (if a by-election is called)."
Anon 31/12/12 20:14
Agreed. In fact not just WP, but also should not vote for any other alternative party.
Anyway, 60% voters will only vote for a party that is already the government.
Or if not, at least to be seen to be able to form a better government than PAP.
Can WP do that? Just look at their MPs' performance you know already.
Can SDP, RP and SDA do that? They can't even win at all. Worse than WP.
- 31/12/12 20:37
Anybody will do.
As long as it's not Pee A Pee.
- 31/12/12 22:11
/// The WP should have exposed the PAP as soon as it found out that the PAP-controlled TCs has sold their software program to a wholly PAP-owned $2 company, but it did not. ///
Expose straight away.
No Singaporean will believe.
Because 60% of Sinkies believe PAP so good one.
So must give rope (chance) for PAP to hang itself.
Then people (including the 60%) will believe.
Sure enough.
PAP stupid, stupid, went ahead and hung themselves.
Since PAP brought up the matter instead of WP.
Everybody now find it so easy to believe WP.
PAP. You damn stupid suckers.
Hakka kena played out by Teochew.
Huat ah!
- 31/12/12 22:16
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- 31/12/12 22:58
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- 1/1/13 00:17
With the apparent stupidity of the opposition in trying not to avoid a multi-corner fight, my dollar is on PAP to win hands down and no questions asked. Credit is to be given to the ingenuity of Hazel Poa of NSP. She is a wise lady indeed.
- 1/1/13 00:59
It is wiser not to be in opposition now.
Unless there is only one party and one leader.
Which means among Low Thia Kiang, Chee Soon Juan, son of JBJ, Desmond and so on accept one of them as their leader and the rest be contented as followers.
Then the opposition can be united and strong like the PAP, never mind if quality of members still not that good.
Only then, can they fight and win PAP.
Only then will more talented people join opposition, so making it even stronger.
Only then will there be hope and a "new dawn", to borrow "Boleh land" Anwar's famous words in 2008.
But for now only fat hope.
- 1/1/13 08:44
It is like playing a chess game with no ending. Why? The king is still alive?
- 1/1/13 09:27
You are right about the king being still alive.
Man. It's a bloody long wait.
Talk about overstaying your welcome.
On the bright side.
The pigs are starting to fragment into different factions.
They are motivated by money and self interest.
And there isn't enough money to satisfy all of them.
- 1/1/13 10:26
This king hasn't died. He lives, no peace
- 1/1/13 10:59
The King can even "rise" from his grave to put it right, if something is not right.
- 1/1/13 12:33
A ghost can use the ghost way of getting things right.
- 1/1/13 12:36
"You have been sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of god, go!."
Oliver Cromwell.
Addressing the Parliament.
April 1653.
- 1/1/13 12:44
"Weeds and nettles, briars and thorns, have thriven under your shadow; dissentment and division;
discontent and dissatisfaction, together with real dangers to the whole.
Oliver Cromwell's speech dissolving the 1st Protectoral Parliament.
- 1/1/13 12:51
"In every government there must be somewhat fundamental, somewhat like a Magna Carta, that should be standing and unalterable ... that Parliaments should not make themselves perpetual is a fundamental."
Oliver Cromwell in a speech to the first Protectorate Parliament, 12 September 1654.
- 1/1/13 12:55
Oliver Cromwell knew when & how to say goodbye.
"My design is to make what haste I can to be gone."
Oliver Cromwell's last words; in Cromwell, by John Morely.
- 1/1/13 12:57
I totally agreed witht the writer.
- 1/1/13 13:21
The king cannot die the normal way
- 1/1/13 13:57
You see, lucky is smelling it but he is not logical enough
- 1/1/13 14:28
Dear Lucky Tan
Wah! Dun know what comments people made but sure your this blog topic hot hot.
Wishing you & your loved ones "A Blessed 2013"! Thank you for your blog. I hereby confess the I didn't have time to read your excellent analysis nor the over one hundred comments which I dunno what was commented.
To conclude, 'A Happy 2013' to Lucky Tan. Long may your blog prosper! Aiyoh, I oso Hardcore Opposition Supporter and Voter. Dun bother but just steadfast help my party, praying hard 'Gloria In Excelsis'. The day when OPPOSITION LEADS IN GLORY TO PROSPERITY AND HAPPY WORK-LUFE BALANCE.
- 1/1/13 19:56
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We know Oliver Cromwell defeated and executed King Charles I.
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- 2/1/13 09:15
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Ask the average Android fan why they love their device and you'll surely hear them utter the words "open source." With Android, your smartphone is free of chains. You can do anything you'd like with it and aren't held back by either Google or the hardware manufacturer.
Open-source suggests endless possibilities and freedom, and everyone agrees that's great. Yet reality often forces an ideal to conform with restrictions that aren't immediately obvious. Android is no exception and, on close examination, the advantages provided by the open-source platform are slim indeed.
An App Store by another name
Central to the argument for Android's openness is disdain for Apple's App Store. Cupertino's PR department has repeatedly had to deal with bad press related to the banishment of certain apps from its store's virtual shelves. These issues are offered as proof that Apple is a evil empire willing to sacrifice customers and developers on the altar of profitability.
If Google doesn't think your app should be on the store, then it won't be – and that's final.
Yes, there are other ways to grab apps for Android, but Google Play's dominance makes this irrelevant. If a developer wants to make money with an app, or gain a broad audience, their app must be on Google Play. The number of people who use alternative app stores, or simply download app from the Web, is infinitesimal. Open development is meaningless if one company controls the only widely used channel for distribution.
What's openness good for?
What can be accomplished on Android that can't be accomplished on the iPhone?
The list is short. Some Android phones can tether without being rooted, which is nice as long as your carrier doesn't catch you. Users also are given more out-of-the-box ability to customize the look of the operating system, which is nice, but usually a matter of form over function. Oh, and Android users can swap out certain baked-in apps, like the keyboard.
What about root? Well, what about it? An iPhone can be jailbroken just as an Android device can be rooted. In both cases you void your warranty and risk bricking your device in exchange for complete control over the OS.
Android experts will argue that jailbreaking isn't the same as rooting because, via root, an Android device can load a custom ROM. You could even install an entirely different OS, such as the new version of Ubuntu for smartphones. Jailbreaking only allows the installation of unauthorized apps.
That's true, but again – what's it good for? The various custom kernels for Android tend to be buggy, unreliable, and slow. Only a handful of projects update with anything resembling rigor and each supports only a fraction of the devices currently on the market. Even if you go to the trouble of rooting your device, thereby voiding your warranty, there's no guarantee the end result with be better than what you had before.
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Android's supposed openness is as much a myth about individual accomplishment as anything else. Die-hard fans of the platform often see themselves as rebels, toiling away at custom kernels in the belief that they'll be able to craft something better than what comes from labs of stodgy companies with more money than sense.
… Google has chosen to develop Android with only a facade of openness.
The story might be different if Google gave developers more say in he OS itself. Chrome OS, which has been built with far more community feedback, proves that this path is possible. Yet Google has chosen to develop Android with only a facade of openness.
Why? Advertising. Android was created with the goal of bringing Google ads to mobile devices. If the community was more deeply involved developers could insist on features that move away from that goal. They might create easy way to install apps directly from websites or circumvent the mobile ad features baked into the development kit. Don't let Google's preaching fool you – in the end, it's all about the Benjamins.
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Buddhism and Buddhist Meditation is flourishing in America. But why? This week I spoke with one of America's great meditation teachers, Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, about the power of meditation, and how it changed her life. She led a meditation retreat in Louisville this fall with the Center for Interfaith Relations. Mattis-Namgyel is author of the book, "The Power of an Open Question: The Buddha's Path to Freedom."
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What do you see when you come to downtown Leavenworth? Shoppers, traffic, cars parked on the street, interesting old buildings and unique signage?
You also may see some vacant storefronts and upper stories that appear empty? All of these are signs of economic development and revitalization. Yes, even vacant storefronts and upper stories are a part of economic development. Downtown Leavenworth is no different from other commercial districts. Businesses come and go, buildings change hands and sometimes bankruptcies occur, all contributing to economic development.
The good news is that more retail businesses are opening than closing, some are growing and expanding, the majority are successful and downtown employment is good. In 2012, 15 new businesses opened, 10 closed, netting 5 new businesses and 23 new employees. The business closings in 2012 were due to retirement, military transfer, unpaid taxes, landlord/tenant issues, relocation and business downsizing. However two buildings were sold which now, in 2013, house an expanded business and restaurant.
Statistics from 1995 – 2012 show 93 net new businesses and 396 net new jobs downtown. Keeping our downtown viable doesn't just happen on its own. It takes the hard work of small business owners and entrepreneurs, with help from the Leavenworth Main Street Program, Inc. LMS provides resources and opportunities to open, grow and expand businesses which improve the economic, social, cultural and environmental well-being of historic downtown Leavenworth.
Leavenworth Main Street works consistently with existing business owners and entrepreneurs to maintain full storefronts, offer products and services that our community and visitors need, find useful and interesting, and that offer a fun experience. The organization also acts as a liaison between city and county government and other business entities. In addition, LMS actively pursues grant funding for business growth and development, upper-story development and other related downtown projects.
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During the past 12 years, LMS has been instrumental in providing 31 downtown business projects with funding support through programs such as Incentives Without Walls (IWW) and Network Kansas. Why is this important? Investment in our downtown district means more investment dollars for the City as a whole:
A total of $825,500 in funding generated an additional $4 million in matching funds by business owners.The total downtown investment since Leavenworth Main Street began in 1995 through 2012 is $35.7 million.The current downtown property tax values are $39 million (excluding public properties), generating $1.4 million in annual property tax dollars.Another important concept for Leavenworth Main Street is historic preservation. Leavenworth is the First City of Kansas, a designation that belongs to no one else! We should cherish and build upon our historic buildings; they are built to last with quality materials and are already a part of the current infrastructure. LMS encourages adapting and managing change in these building for use in the 21st century and beyond. Once historic buildings are torn down, their architecture and significant place in our city's history are gone forever.
Historic preservation is an economic development tool that can also position our downtown as a unique shopping environment that shopping malls, strip centers or big box retailers cannot provide. LMS works with building owners and merchants on creative façades that reinforce their building's originality. We offer ideas for signage, awnings, color selection, scale and proportion that enhance the historic district. Business owners can access our "Toolkit for Success", a guide to building restoration and renovation, as a resource for their projects.
Without a strong organization such as LMS, our built history would be lost. LMS recently saved four buildings from demolition by finding building owners/investors who were up for the challenges and rewards of fixing old, crumbling structures. Not only were historic structures saved, but new retail space is now available and/or leased, as well as amazing upper story apartments. These downtown enhancements benefit the community as well as the state through increased property and sales tax revenue.
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- NFL Recap – Week 11Dallas Cowboys 23 - Cleveland Browns 20The Cleveland Browns vs. Dallas Cowboys was a game of two halves. In the first half, the Browns jumped out to a 13-0 lead, but were unable to hold onto the lead in the second half. The Cowboys rallied back to take a 17-13 lead in the fourth quarter, gave it up and then tied the game to send things into overtime. In OT, the Cowboys kicked the game-winning field goal with 6:07 left. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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- NFL Recap – Week 11New Orleans Saints 38 - Oakland Raiders 17Drew Brees threw three touchdowns and the New Orleans Saints rushed for 153 yards to get back to .500 on the season. The win puts them in position to make a playoff run. The Saints needed this win against the Raiders as they head into a three-game stretch against division leaders the 49ers, Falcons and Giants. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
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