Low Thia Kiang is a good opposition, passionate and diligent, but he is not very smart. Look at his insurance analogy. Maybe now he realizes it is not a good one. Why not just say: We want to form the government in the long run. Support us. Give us the opportunity.
I think he gave little thought to his manifesto too. His price-of-new flats suggestion would definitely lower the prices of existing flats. Now the WP has to feebly defend it.
Mr Low doesn’t have the courage to go out of his Hougang comfort zone. If he had done that five years ago, probably the WP would have got a GRC already.
Chee Soon Juan was the ‘star catch’ of Chiam See Tong who was later ousted from the party he founded by his star-catch. Chee has been called a liar and a cheat. But he didn’t do anything about it. Why? Because he champions America-style democracy. You can defame anyone and you won’t be sued. Maybe he also approves gay marriage and allowing people in Singapore owning guns.
He also disapproves of certain laws. Instead of trying to convince people, get himself into parliament to try to change these laws, he intentionally broke the laws.
Mr Chee has not changed. He and his party still want to bring down our system, only that they don’t want to shout about it during the election period.
If there were a three-corner fight between Low, Chee and Tin Pei Ling, I would support Pei Ling, the courageous young woman who stands up for Singapore.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Investment, not Insurance
Mr Low said that voting for the WP is like buying insurance so that the WP could form the government if the PAP fails. How could it be?
Do we buy insurance from a company that has no means to deliver, merely hoping that it might be able to do so in future. Isn't it foolish?
We should invest in a good strong company with proven track records.
Do we buy insurance from a company that has no means to deliver, merely hoping that it might be able to do so in future. Isn't it foolish?
We should invest in a good strong company with proven track records.
Monday, April 4, 2011
GRCs for the Opposition
The oppositions could get two GRCs but probably that is as far as they could go. There will not be a two-party system. For a small Country, we have too many opposition parties.
No single opposition party will have enough able and committed people to form a government. Even the PAP finds it hard to get these people. And with their avoid-three-corner-fight agreement, it makes things worse. People in some constituencies who wish to vote for the better opposition party could not do so because it has given in to weaker parties.
To have a strong opposition, the smaller opposition parties should merge with the bigger and established parties. Instead of that, we saw opposition members switching parties or breaking away to form new parties.
It seems that these parties cannot even agree on what is good for Singapore. Or perhaps the party chiefs do not want to give up their leader title. For example, if the RP joins the WP, then the RP chief would be,at best, No.3 in the WP.
No single opposition party will have enough able and committed people to form a government. Even the PAP finds it hard to get these people. And with their avoid-three-corner-fight agreement, it makes things worse. People in some constituencies who wish to vote for the better opposition party could not do so because it has given in to weaker parties.
To have a strong opposition, the smaller opposition parties should merge with the bigger and established parties. Instead of that, we saw opposition members switching parties or breaking away to form new parties.
It seems that these parties cannot even agree on what is good for Singapore. Or perhaps the party chiefs do not want to give up their leader title. For example, if the RP joins the WP, then the RP chief would be,at best, No.3 in the WP.
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