Saturday, July 27, 2019

PAP takes governance seriously, says DPM Heng as he rebuts Tan Cheng Bock’s comments
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Danny Lum
DPM Heng noted that Dr Tan has yet to articulate any policies for Singapore.
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Posted on :- 26 Jul 2019 12:50PM (Updated: 26 Jul 2019 02:45PM)

Danny Lum
Tan Tan -
(1) He has been MP all his life - and he does not has the mettle to be a Minister, not even a Minister-of-State.

(2) Even if he win a seat - it does not make him a quality to be a Minister.

(3) An MP only file question in Parliament and don't formulate policies.

(4) Since when did MP WP formulate any policies in Parliament?
Ans :- None

(5) Anyone can remember TCB formulate any policies in Parliament when he was an MP for so many years?

(6) So are voters so naive - as to hand their future to someone that is not of Minister quality or his party to run Singapore?
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Freddy Chin
Who can define good or bad policies? Who can make policies? Are there copyrights rules for policies? Why the Ministers have not responded to Trump's statement about us being a developed country?
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Danny Lum
Freddy Chin -
Now try this. See whether TCP and his PSP party got solutions and policies to some of these fundamental problems :-

Danny Lum
Eg :-
(1) How TCB help all traditional industries transform to embrace Digital Economy - eg. digital analystics, AI, NLP, robotics, mobile apps, web apps etc and open up a new sector of the Economy for each industries (TCB is a doctor - does he even understand all these terminologies and understand its significance - or whether his PSP parteis have such knowledge to lead Singapore?_

(2) Does TCB and his PSP party know how and understand how to apply and adjust Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy - to tackle the slowdown of our Economy to ensure soft-landing, keep business afloat and grow and keep jobs?
Does TCB and his PSP party understand the economic principles, national finances to formulate good economic and financial policies to sustain Singapore Economy?

(3) Singapore is facing tremendous pressure to maintain our port hub status - with advent of new trade route eg. Arctic route (that will totally bypass our port), land route (silk route) etc.
How does TCB and his PSP party consolidate and ensure Singapore port hub is not threatened?

PAP's strategy is using "virtual port" --- does TCB and his PSP party even understand what is it - to ensure Singapore port hub and our livelihood are safeguarded?

(4) Singapore is one of the world financial hub - but now under threat from "virtual banking", "technology companies disruptive tech - cryptocurrency - that will threaten our Monetary Policy".

How does TCB and PSP party counter this threat and maintain Singapore as our financial hub?

(5) Singapore is facing a falling birth rate - and this will compromise our future National Security - as there will be lesser Singaporeans to be enlisted in NS to protect our Country.

How will TCB and his PSP party solve the manpower issue - by ensuring we have a strong army even though with lesser manpower.

PAP has solution. What about TCB and PSP?

(6) How does TCB and his PSP make use of 5G to make Singapore a competitve country, bolster our vision of Smart Nation and transform all our industries with a 2nd wing of Digital Economy?

Does TCB and his PSP party know enough of tech comm and IT - to understand and exploit it to improve Singapore standard of living.

(7) Trump's trade war against China and many Countries have threatened and will derail the Global Supply Chain.
Singapore is a very integral part of this Global Supply Chain and our trade make up of 3 times of our whole GDP.

How does TCB and his PSP party - ensure that Singapore will not be derail from the Global Supply Chain - and can re-configure ourselves to plug into the Global Supply Chain as we re-adjust?

PAP can. Can TCB and PSP party can?

(8) I can go on to write more and more - as there are so many challenges and opportunities that we can tap on ---- but does TCB and his PSP party up to mark and up to standard to tackle them?

Seriously you think TCB and his PSP party can do a LKY?
If he can't do it for his last 26 years as PAP MP --- at 79 years ago --- i don't think he can.

Anyone who has reasonable wisdom think he can?
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Freddy Chin
Danny Lum , I think you have a mis conception. Do you know the roles of civil servants? Ronald Reagan was an actor and he was elected a president. Does he have the knowledge to run a country? LKY has put Singaporeans first in his nation building but with current population of FTs and foreigners, many do not feel the same.
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Danny Lum
Freddy Chin -
(1) If you have a lousy Minister or politician - even a 1st class civil service to support them are useless.

You want your boss or your leader to be mediocre - but leading and managing an elite civil service?
You will feel very shameful - when top civil servants ridicule mediocre Ministers or Politicians leading them.

(2) Just look at how Trump override his civil service - and make a mess out of global trade, public debt, political relationship with the World etc.

(3) Ronald Reagan is the one that start the largest public debt for US - and since, the public debt has accumulated into US$23 trillion - and US will have no means to repay.

(4) I, a common man in the street - can articulate the challenges that Singapore face and have viable solutions to the challenges.

You mean TCB and his PSP party has no viable solutions and policies to tackle the Country challenges - and need to rely on civil service?

Then why will Singaporeans vote TCB and PSP party for? 吃了米?

(5) Every PAP Ministers, Minister-of-State, Parliamentary Secretaries are better if not as good as the top civil servants - else they can't be Ministers to run Singapore.

(6) We don't need mediocre politicians or fly-by-night politicians to be a leader to lead the elite civil service - Politicians need to be smarter or at least on par with the top Civil Servants --- else "out they go".

(7) Governance are not child play, tikam-tikam, or play play. If TCB and his PSP party don't qualify - out he go.
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Abdul Hameed
Danny Lum hahahahaha...
Who Was Officially The First Elected President Of Singapore. ?
That Enough Said About The Government. Not Enough ?
Who Broke The Country Constitutions And Institutions By Selling The State Bank Without The Approval Or Informing The President Of Singapore ?
Magically Change A Indian To Malay
Hmmmmmm
Interest Of Singapore Or Party ?
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Tan Koo Koo
Danny Lum. You said Dr TCB and his party, if they have solution to issues.

Your PAP NEW MPs who turned into Ministers of state within 1st term, they have real knowledge, proven record?

Before shooting, reflect in your chosen PAP, and reflect if their NEW MPs are of the same level!
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Sam Long
Danny Lum i think you dont have the knowledge of being in power, let me tell you
If you are the boss of a company do you do the work of a clerk, ???the work of the IT engineers , ????
the work of your servicemen?????
The answer is a big big
"NO" When you have money you employ the brian to think and work
FOR YOU
I guess you have never being a boss all your life only a worker that is looking up at the bottom of a well
Narrow vision
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Freddy Chin
Danny Lum , i think many people have already shown how flawed your arguments are... About Ronald Reagan, I would not argue whether he is a good or bad president as I am not his citizen but his presidency term was renewed, though US has faced huge deficit, again I am not a economist to tell you whether it is really bad as America is still a strong powerhouse today. My point is he learnt his president skills on the job and that is what define a good leader... No one had experience being a president of a country, does that mean that no one can be president except the incumbent president?
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Danny Lum
Freddy Chin -
(1) You mean those few comments here show how flaw my arguments are?

(2) Running a Government - is not what an engineer do, not what an IT person do. These show how naive the thinking of these people are - including TCB and his party.

You think as Minister and MP - TCB just walk around, shake hand, pat people's shoulder, carry babies, smile and look pretty on the camera --- means running a Government ---- I think you and these people comments here probably assume this is probably the job of TCB.

How naive are you and these people here have been.

(3) TCB know very clear - he 
and his PSP has to come out with clear policies and directions how to lead Singapore forward as his Election Campaign Platform. Failing which - voters will not let him pass.
Else why TCB promise to come out with a plan when the Election start - when ask point blank by the journalists.

You people contradict what he say?

This show that you people has no clue about Governance.

If TCB got to meet foreign leaders with no clue how to govern or able to explain in clarity about Singapore policies - TCB will be cast aside by the World leaders - and Singapore will lose our port hub, air hub, investment hub, financial hub - because foreign leaders will out-maneouver TCB and Singapore will lose investment, business and jobs for Singaporeans.

(4) Mr LKY and his Minister team - set out the vision, strategy and how to run the Government - including setting up civil servants under them to run the Country (not the other way round - where civil servants lead a Minister and Prime Ministers) --- these show how flaw all these people comments are - including you.

Mr LKY and his Cabinet is the visionary leader that lead on the front and not hide behind the civil service.
Same as the current PAP cabinet Ministers.

Mr LKY say - We can have good leader and medicre followers - and Singapore can still succed.
But if Singapore is led by poor leader or politicans - but surrounded by elite civil service - Singapore can fail.

TCB and his party - cannot hide behind the civil service - because the civil service will kick him out - if he can't grasp the policies, debate in the Parliament, engage foreign leaders to get the best for Singapore.

(5) If TCB and PSP party has no clue how to identify the challenges Singapore face and come out with viable solutions to counter the challenges - they are as good as dead.

(6) Ronald Reagan has started the largest public debt for US - and lead to an accumulated debt of US$23 trillion debt - by borrowing to spend and no World Bank or financial institutions can bail US out.

US treasury is virtually a bankrupt - and with Trump recently pushing the Congress to increase the debt ceiling ---- it means there is no way US can finance its debt.

US are living on borrowed money.
If you, TCB and PSP cannot even interpret and understand the World financial problems arising --- I can't see how they can run Singapore ---- or go to our civil service for help, or expect civil service to explain to TCB what is fiscal policy, monetary policy, circular flow of income, macroeconomics?

Those people who talk like expert here evidently have no substance.
You people can explain to TCB what all this mean?
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Danny Lum
(1) Some Singaporeans got the mis-conception that Minister don't lead the Ministry and set out the vision, strategy, policy and direction for the civil servants in their Ministry to resolve challenges face by the Country.

(2) Some Singaporeans thought that politicians only need to walk around, shake hand, pat people's shoulder, carry babies, smile and look pretty on the camera --- means running a Government.

(3) And they think that Ministers will just need to run to the Civil Servants for solutions and policies.

(4) This is a big flaw --- the argument brought out by Oppositions, fly-by-night politicians or those 没料 politicians - to cover their deficiencies.

(5) Civil Service are set up by Ministers.
Ministers interview and select top civil servants, groom top civil servants, grant scholarship, set directions, strategy for their civil service to follow through in the nitty gritty details.

(6) Ministers will identify new area of growth and set up new Ministries, Statutory Board, Organ of State, Appoint top civil servants, appoint ambassadors, Judges and appointment holders.

(7) Ministers hire and fire civil servants - and not the other way round.

(8) If wrong politicians or mediocre Ministers are elected or appointed --- the standard of Civil Service will fall - and Singapore will be doom.

(9) Those people who are naive and ignorance - who are fool by the Oppositions that if even they are of lower quality - the Civil Service will help them ----- then all these fools will reap the consequences one day.
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Weng Cheng Ye
Danny Lum
I have no substance like you said but please permit me to bray like one.

In short, permit me to believe what Freddy Chin meant is a "principled" example of running a company to running a country and everybody or most understand what he meant, except you and the few smart wannabes.
Could LKY be what he was without the likes of Toh Chin Chye, Goh Keng Swee, Hon Sui Sen, Devan Nair, Prof S. Jayakumar, Kandasamy (who chose not to be a backbencher)...?
What makes you think TCB should not keep his manifesto until the GE, to be a person with no substance just because he didn't want to fire his loose cannons and lay his facts at the right time?
Please bear with my braying in ingorlish.
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Danny Lum
Weng Cheng Ye -
(1) I can give TCB the benefit of the doubt - by awaiting his plan for Singapore and how he will lead Singapore forward - as promise by him to the press.

(2) Singaporeans will assess him whether he fit the bill - as to whether he can run Singapore like he claim he can.

(3) Singaporeans demand the highest qualified candidates to lead Singapore - not a populist politicians with little or no substance.

(4) This end my responses on this post - till TCB and his PSP emerge and reveal his plan.

(5) My whole series of post - laid the ground for TCB and his PSP party - to contest the election based on competence and merits - not based on populism ---- where in the last election that is how WP ride on but fail miserably in running the GRC town council with a $33 million loss.
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Poi Pat
It seems DPM Heng has forgotten what LKY said about no transparency for GIC and SWF. His former boss, LKY, telling Singaporean to trust them to handle our reserves and CPF fund. LKY stressed no transparency so as to prevent offshore speculation. Now DPM Heng again calling Singaporeans to trust them again, quote "4G leaders must forge 'renewed bond of trust' with voters: DPM Heng". Singaporeans already played out once and once bitten twice shy.
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Danny Lum
(1) In the name of transparency, will you expect the Government to share military secret, terrorism secret, financial secret, cyber security - so that people with bad intent can attack us?

(2) Or will you post your bank pin number or your email password here - in the name of transparency?

(3) Are you asking something that is obvious or a mischief to compromise Singapore security?
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Tan Koo Koo
Danny Lum PAP fart smells nice ya
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Sam Long
Danny Lum you are talking about a different context
In this digital world norhing is secret anymore it just a matter of whether those hacker wants to hack into our govt system.
They have already succeeded thrice
I guess that will be the next target for those hacker so that they can sell it on the darkweb
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Luigi Liew
Danny Lum
So in the name of state secrecy governance can be ignored? In some countries, the govts there use this reason to do alot of things not so transparent and not so good too!
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Anthony Teo
Danny Lum
Singaporean is not asking to know military security, financial security or cyber transparency. Does exposing HC wages will cause any security negative?
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Danny Lum
Anthony Teo, Luigi Liew - Will you reveal your salary and your financial status to the Web here? (including your full name, address, phone number, your work place and all your spouse and dependants detail)?
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Tan Tan
Govern with lots of shit policies and laws and everyday think of how to come and squeeze people's neck tightly
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Tan Tan
Keep increasing the see doctors cost subsidise as if wanting people to fall sick than u dont mind to help whole nation citizens go see doctors. If pocket no money people's mind and whole body how to be healthy ? Everyday think of this laws that laws making people's life so pressurized !
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Tun Osman
Another one braying without giving facts n figures. Anyone can throw a stone amongst crowds and hide their hands. I never heard of any Singaporeans being denied treatments at government's hospitals because " money not enough ". We needs evidence here.
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Freddy Chin
Tun Osman ,I think that you have put your words into Tan Tan's mouth. He only mentioned money not enough and you have added in "denied treatments at government's hospitals "... We need evidence that that is explicitly mentioned.
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Tjudin Tjong
Such naive and uneducated inputs, sad!
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Wee Beng
Dr Tan is not your brother, sue him and have a court case with no censorship.
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Cw Ang
Look at the AG Report over the year. Period
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Tun Osman
Doesn't that shows the government are being open n ready to be checked ?
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Freddy Chin
Tun Osman , after the checks any improvements?
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Chua Lee Kheng
PAP should sack those who employ foreigners who go against Singaporeans and make us suffer.
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Niko Nishi
I am looking forward to hear what has big issues Dr Tan has with the current govt. However I personally think that the govt has changed very much but for the better since they lost GRC and a good Foreign Minister in the 2011 GE.
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Singh Prem
Give a little, of no significance at all in uplifting lives, but take back so much more, leaving many in financial difficulties, families included. I am sad that up to now Minimum Wage for different qualifications, skills, or work experience, has not been given as a matter of legal right. I am sad that many managerial and executive positions in businesses are given to foreigners, in essence taking away from Singaporeans jobs which they are aptly qualified, or skilled, to perform. I am sad our young have a very difficult horizon ahead in getting jobs commensurate with their qualification, or geSee More
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Tan Koo Koo
Both of them... KA KEE KONG, KA KEE SONG!

Next GE, Singaporeans better SHOW them if Singaporeans agree with the LACK OF TRANSPARENCY is acceptable!!!!
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Dee
It is good let the dog and cat fight and kill each other... No need to show any mercy or sympathy..... This white horse 🐴 only know how to pretend to act as a good soul..... Nothing good or result they have shown to help those unfortunate and helpless plus in dire strait..... More opportunities for opposition to hit and bang hard to challenge all this unscrupulous idiot... Dr. Tan make our day and speak what is right 👉 correct and 👉 bring up all the Q&A you think it helps to nail 👇 all this leeches... The citizen is awaiting your Brave Heart  with this one for you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😢😢🅰🅰🅰
🍀🍀😊😊😊🍀🍀
📖📖🙏🙏🙏📖📖
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Ong Ch
Once GST increase after GE, many essentials will also increase ripple effect....sigh.
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Tan Koo Koo
As at TODAY, Singapore population is 5.87 mil. In 2018 was 5.64 mil. In 7 months, 230k increase.

Quietly.... surely, 6.9 mil is here for sure.
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Tan Koo Koo
10 mil is next target. 15 mil maybe final target
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Raymond Chan
Tan Cheng Bock will soon realise he is now in the opposition and talk opposition politics and expect rebuts from the PAP. It may not be so comfortable anymore. He willl be treated as an adversary, if not enemy. Be careful dear dr tan.
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John Low
It is good to note that Mr. Heng thus far projected well as a leader of Singapore. His focus of making Singaporean life better and well, is a good start indication of what Singapore future will be.
Fundamentally that is what politicians are paid to do.
However how much political space is he willing to give to opposition and other talents to flourish within this little red dot is still rather unclear.
The good news is that he is not a 94 years old man trying to hold the helm.
The pioneer sg party looks like one that is going to take Singapore through a slow walk to nostalgic era of the 60s.
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