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20-08-2013, 12:30 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Hsien Loong’s NDR – just cosmetic changes (http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/08/19/hsien-loong%e2%80%99s-ndr-just-cosmetic-changes/)
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PM Lee at National Day Rally 2013
Heard Hsien Loong’s Rally speech and what came across were some cosmetic
changes that were less than expected after the hype by Heng Swee Kiat.
There were great expectations for sure but now the great disappointments.
With the strong ground shift and the negative sentiments, many were thinking
that this would be a good opportunity for Hsien Loong to make some dramatic
changes as preparation to the GE in 2016 or a possible surprise snap election.
If these were all that the govt was willing to change to redeem itself and its
falling popularity, it was obvious that many would see it as plain
inadequate.
First the changes on high cost of healthcare. There will be some savings for
the senior citizens at the polyclinics and those using CHAS. The changes to the
Medishield scheme to Medishield Life is not as good as it first appeared. This
new scheme will cover all the seniors that lived past 90 and at first glance
sounded very attractive. But with this sweeping coverage that most seniors would
not need, many would have died, many would not need a heart by pass or major
ops, the failure to fine tune the needs of the very senior citizens would mean a
huge paper cost to be shared by the rest. Everyone is going to pay for it.
Is this the best shot the govt could come up with and the need to raise the
premiums for Medisave? What else is new? What was sorely missing is the silence
on bringing down healthcare cost. Hsien Loong touched more on how to help the
seniors pay and the need to increase the premiums for Medishield. What is so
good about it when the cost is passed down to everyone?
In the case of housing, those earning up to $4k monthly household income
would benefit from more subsidies and a lower net purchase price for 2 to 4rm
HDB flats. The prices of these flats would still be maintained at the existing
levels but the net sales price would be brought down to the levels of the
2005/6. The ignoramuses were clapping in glee like it was a big savings. They
could only see how high were the current prices and thought it was a big
discount and were very grateful. They forgot that the prices have been inflated
so high and the supposedly lower prices were still very much higher than the
prices in early 2000. There is nothing surprising that these people could be so
easily deceived into thinking that it was a good deal. They could only see as
far as the tip of their noses.
There was nothing mentioned about removing the upper income ceilings and many
high income earners would still be disqualified from buying direct from HDB. How
does this fit in to Hsien Loong’s statement that every Singaporean family would
be afford a HDB flat? How many Singaporeans would still not be able to buy from
HDB? I have received comments from a young couple that they were still excluded
from HDB, and there were many highly qualified young Singaporeans that would
prefer to remain overseas than to return to be robbed of a million to buy
private properties because of the income ceiling.
This stupid policy means that many highly qualified Singaporeans would not
return and their skills would be lost, a policy that literally kept highly
skilled Singaporeans away from home. Is this policy meant to be this way so that
the Govt can find the excuse to bring in more Third World fake talents to
replace the sons and daughters of Singapore that they have driven away?
There were the usual big plans into the future, bigger Changi Airport and two
huge puzzles of land in Paya Lebar and Tanjong Pagar for more concrete buildings
to house more people. Do not be happy too early if these two big complexes are
meant to house the 7m or 10m population. The existing infrastructure with the
upgrades would still be inadequate, particularly the roads and public
transportation. There will be rooms and housing for 7m or 8m, but could there be
room for them to move around? It would be good if the new spaces created were
meant for the same population size, allowing more breathing space for all,
better facilities and bigger leg room. Fear not, it will be for more people, for
more compact living.
The changes in some of the policies were to rein in the excesses of flawed
policies but not enough to bring things back to an easier way of life. And the
future developments would mean the squeeze and crams and jams would be worse.
The cost of living will be up and up with more people cramming up in this island
when the sky is the limit for building more Towers of Babel.
Would these changes be enough to win back more confidence and more votes in
2016? I doubt so.
Chua Chin Leng aka
redbean
* The writer blogs at http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com (http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/).
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?160395-Ass-Loon-NDR-Shows-FAP-Eunuchs-Are-Daft&goto=newpost).
Hsien Loong’s NDR – just cosmetic changes (http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/08/19/hsien-loong%e2%80%99s-ndr-just-cosmetic-changes/)
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PM Lee at National Day Rally 2013
Heard Hsien Loong’s Rally speech and what came across were some cosmetic
changes that were less than expected after the hype by Heng Swee Kiat.
There were great expectations for sure but now the great disappointments.
With the strong ground shift and the negative sentiments, many were thinking
that this would be a good opportunity for Hsien Loong to make some dramatic
changes as preparation to the GE in 2016 or a possible surprise snap election.
If these were all that the govt was willing to change to redeem itself and its
falling popularity, it was obvious that many would see it as plain
inadequate.
First the changes on high cost of healthcare. There will be some savings for
the senior citizens at the polyclinics and those using CHAS. The changes to the
Medishield scheme to Medishield Life is not as good as it first appeared. This
new scheme will cover all the seniors that lived past 90 and at first glance
sounded very attractive. But with this sweeping coverage that most seniors would
not need, many would have died, many would not need a heart by pass or major
ops, the failure to fine tune the needs of the very senior citizens would mean a
huge paper cost to be shared by the rest. Everyone is going to pay for it.
Is this the best shot the govt could come up with and the need to raise the
premiums for Medisave? What else is new? What was sorely missing is the silence
on bringing down healthcare cost. Hsien Loong touched more on how to help the
seniors pay and the need to increase the premiums for Medishield. What is so
good about it when the cost is passed down to everyone?
In the case of housing, those earning up to $4k monthly household income
would benefit from more subsidies and a lower net purchase price for 2 to 4rm
HDB flats. The prices of these flats would still be maintained at the existing
levels but the net sales price would be brought down to the levels of the
2005/6. The ignoramuses were clapping in glee like it was a big savings. They
could only see how high were the current prices and thought it was a big
discount and were very grateful. They forgot that the prices have been inflated
so high and the supposedly lower prices were still very much higher than the
prices in early 2000. There is nothing surprising that these people could be so
easily deceived into thinking that it was a good deal. They could only see as
far as the tip of their noses.
There was nothing mentioned about removing the upper income ceilings and many
high income earners would still be disqualified from buying direct from HDB. How
does this fit in to Hsien Loong’s statement that every Singaporean family would
be afford a HDB flat? How many Singaporeans would still not be able to buy from
HDB? I have received comments from a young couple that they were still excluded
from HDB, and there were many highly qualified young Singaporeans that would
prefer to remain overseas than to return to be robbed of a million to buy
private properties because of the income ceiling.
This stupid policy means that many highly qualified Singaporeans would not
return and their skills would be lost, a policy that literally kept highly
skilled Singaporeans away from home. Is this policy meant to be this way so that
the Govt can find the excuse to bring in more Third World fake talents to
replace the sons and daughters of Singapore that they have driven away?
There were the usual big plans into the future, bigger Changi Airport and two
huge puzzles of land in Paya Lebar and Tanjong Pagar for more concrete buildings
to house more people. Do not be happy too early if these two big complexes are
meant to house the 7m or 10m population. The existing infrastructure with the
upgrades would still be inadequate, particularly the roads and public
transportation. There will be rooms and housing for 7m or 8m, but could there be
room for them to move around? It would be good if the new spaces created were
meant for the same population size, allowing more breathing space for all,
better facilities and bigger leg room. Fear not, it will be for more people, for
more compact living.
The changes in some of the policies were to rein in the excesses of flawed
policies but not enough to bring things back to an easier way of life. And the
future developments would mean the squeeze and crams and jams would be worse.
The cost of living will be up and up with more people cramming up in this island
when the sky is the limit for building more Towers of Babel.
Would these changes be enough to win back more confidence and more votes in
2016? I doubt so.
Chua Chin Leng aka
redbean
* The writer blogs at http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com (http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/).
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?160395-Ass-Loon-NDR-Shows-FAP-Eunuchs-Are-Daft&goto=newpost).