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25-07-2013, 09:00 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
For decades, the PAP has been uttering to us: “Ours is a system of meritocracy” and “Ours is a clean and honest system that pays top dollars to the best”.
The ministers keep repeating these statements in public and with the unabated broadcasting of selective stories and information by their media to support these claims, in no time most Singaporeans joined in to parrot the same.
People do not take a pause to think how much water these statements hold, whether these are political propaganda designed to remain in power, or marketing strategies formulated to brand the ruling party to the world and international organisations.
Not long ago, we saw Lim Boon Heng (a minister without specific responsibility and a former labour union chief) bidding a teary farewell in public when announcing his retirement from politics. He had good words for his party and even warned Singaporeans of the need to live a painful outcome, should there be a freak election result. I thought, then, he would subsequently be given a stress-free job to keep him occupied throughout his nice retirement.
However, as it turned out, it was a shock...http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/07/25...ll-trust-them/ (http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/07/25/can-we-still-trust-them/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?158039-More-bricks-crumble-on-the-meritocratic-honest-pay-top-dollar-system&goto=newpost).
For decades, the PAP has been uttering to us: “Ours is a system of meritocracy” and “Ours is a clean and honest system that pays top dollars to the best”.
The ministers keep repeating these statements in public and with the unabated broadcasting of selective stories and information by their media to support these claims, in no time most Singaporeans joined in to parrot the same.
People do not take a pause to think how much water these statements hold, whether these are political propaganda designed to remain in power, or marketing strategies formulated to brand the ruling party to the world and international organisations.
Not long ago, we saw Lim Boon Heng (a minister without specific responsibility and a former labour union chief) bidding a teary farewell in public when announcing his retirement from politics. He had good words for his party and even warned Singaporeans of the need to live a painful outcome, should there be a freak election result. I thought, then, he would subsequently be given a stress-free job to keep him occupied throughout his nice retirement.
However, as it turned out, it was a shock...http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/07/25...ll-trust-them/ (http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/07/25/can-we-still-trust-them/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?158039-More-bricks-crumble-on-the-meritocratic-honest-pay-top-dollar-system&goto=newpost).