SM Goh speaks on opposition's strategy
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SM Goh speaks on opposition's strategy
Posted: 04 February 2010 2308 hrsSINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said the opposition will focus on policies which they think are not working for Singapore.
He was asked to comment on reports that opposition parties want to contest in Tampines GRC with the plan to turn growing concerns over the affordability of public housing into an election issue.
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan is an MP there.
Mr Goh also noted that the opposition is trying to win one GRC or one or two single seats.
He added that the ruling People's Action Party would have to convince the voters that the policies of the government are right.
Mr Goh added: "Housing prices have gone up but is this the work of the minister or is it a wrong policy? Or is it the demand for housing is so high? And the answer lies in liquidity. There is so much liquidity in Singapore and the interest rate is so low. So anybody who can borrow money from the bank, think they can just hop to property and make a killing. But there is a danger. When the interest rate goes up sometime in the future, are you able to service your loan? Most people don't think that way.
“You can target on such policies but the voters got to ask themselves are you just criticising without offering an alternative solution. If they can criticise and offer a superior alternative which the voters believe in, of course the opposition will be in a strong position to win over votes.
“You criticise without an alternative solution and sometimes you criticise without giving the full facts and the context. It is our job to point out that you are just giving wrong information and giving figures out of context. So this is the debate.
"One must expect the opposition to try and find fault with our policies but we will be able to defend our policies quite well. That is the nature of this contest."
Turning to problems being faced by the Malay community in Singapore, Mr Goh emphasised that there were national problems.
Mr Goh explained: "Their performance in Mathematics, in education, dysfunctional families is not peculiar to the Malay community. But for the Malay community, the sense of proportion of the whole community is higher.
“It may be double what we see for the Chinese population or the Indian population. We got to attend to the problem in two ways. One on the national basis, the national policies must be right and also resources must be given to solve the national problems.
At the community level, that is outreach and implementation. How do you reach out to dysfunctional families? I still believe that using Muslim leaders will be more effective that using a Christian leader to reach out to the Muslim family on their problems.”
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zainul Abidin Rasheed added: "It is nothing like having the Malay-Muslim leaders themselves being engaged in this and Dr Yaacob and the Muslim leaders in fact with all the Malay-Muslim organisations are on hand.
“They are working through the community leadership forum to work out programmes. We are approaching them squarely and being honest about it and we want to tackle as much as we can. We have made much progress.” - CNA/vm -
Who controls the supply of HDB housing? Who controls the influx of "foreign talents" and directly the demand for HDB housing? Who controls the money supply and interest rate?
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GCT , another hopeless scumbag. So much of resentment from people yet refuse to wake up.
What the people want is sincerity, commitment. Is it so difficult to serve the needs of the locals??
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I like gct and lily neo.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
I like gct and lily neo.
YOu can vote for PAP. Then keep your bad comments about PAP yourself, don't post it here. -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
YOu can vote for PAP. Then keep your bad comments about PAP yourself, don't post it here.
Like a person doesnt mean vote for pap. -
YOu can vote for PAP. Then keep your bad comments about PAP yourself, don't post it here.
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So you prefer forumers sharing the same view as you.
Those not, dont post it here. Is that what you mean?
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Originally posted by likeyou:
YOu can vote for PAP. Then keep your bad comments about PAP yourself, don't post it here.
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So you prefer forumers sharing the same view as you.
Those not, dont post it here. Is that what you mean?
I don't mean that. Some of us notice you love to flip flip flip. One moment bash PAP, next the oppositions, just be firm and don't confuse forumers with your fickle mind. In fact, someone has already given you an advice.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
I don't mean that. Some of us notice you love to flip flip flip. One moment bash PAP, next the oppositions, just be firm and don't confuse forumers with your fickle mind. In fact, someone has already given you an advice.
Wow, I dont know I flip flip flip.Just pen what I want to say.
Seem like some forumers are very sensitive.
Cannot blame lah. Human minds are like that.
Someone already given me advice? Do I need to listen and heal the advice? Who are someone anyway? I dont care a damn. I dont owe someone any living and reason.
Anyway, dont argue liao. Gtg.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Wow, I dont know I flip flip flip.Just pen what I want to say.
I get what you mean liao.
Let's sing the same tune.
It is not a matter of singing the same tune, it is you who have to make up your mind. Don't be swayed by this and that, you need to have a firm mind. xtreyier, though is for PAP, he has a firm mind about what he want to say, he is not easily swayed. He makes his stand very clear.
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I only post "I live cgt and lily neo", you already so fare up? Why?
Something bothering you?
Take care FANT.
Dont be so work up adn take care.
Afterall, here is just a forum only.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
I only post "I live cgt and lily neo", you already so fare up? Why?
Something bothering you?
Take care FANT.
Dont be so work up adn take care.
Afterall, here is just a forum only.
You still don't get it. H B R -
Cool down FANT.
Just a forum only.
Dont get so agigated early in the morning.
If you dont like what I say...."I like gct and lily neo." I apologised lah.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Cool down FANT.
Just a forum only.
Dont get so agigated early in the morning.
If you dont like what I say...."I like gct and lily neo." I apologised lah.
It is not a matter of agitation. Did you pass your English? -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
It is not a matter of agitation. Did you pass your English?
F10. Gtg. See ya. -
Originally posted by likeyou:
F10. Gtg. See ya.
Go retake your English for your own good. -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
Go retake your English for your own good.
Speed typo error and english is 2 differnt thing.Make it clear will you?
I think you better retake your english for your own future good.
And over here, I cant be bother to have spell check. Let my finger do the typing.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Speed typo error and english is 2 differnt thing.Make it clear will you?
I think you better retake your english for your own future good.
And over here, I cant be bother to have spell check. Let my finger do the typing.
YOu need to not me. -
I can see a few thread was locked.
Did you ask yourself why?
Give you 1 inch, you take 2 inch.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
I can see a few thread was locked.
Did you ask yourself why?
Give you 1 inch, you take 2 inch.
Are you here to discuss the topic? Locked? so what, many threads from other forumers were locked. Miracle just complained about his being locked. Any problem?Please approach owner of this forum to ban me from coming here if you don't like my presence here.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Are you here to discuss the topic? Locked? so what, many threads from other forumers were locked. Miracle just complained about his being locked. Any problem?Please approach owner of this forum to ban me from coming here if you don't like my presence here.
I just only say "I like cgt and lily neo" and you started to make a fuss out of it.I dont understand what's happening to you.
I never to offend anyone, just a simple sentence, and you already cannot eat and cannot sleep. And you started to say I flip flip lah, bad english lah, someone advise lah, Did I in anyway offended you? If so, I am sorry ok?
I want to point out this, (even though it MAY OFFEND SOME FORUMERS HERE, I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE).
Here goes : If a supportive opposition have this kind of attitude (as above), then the oppositon wont go far and long.
Imagine opposition take over PAP, and the pple (ground) say something or suggest something and you dont like it due to not open mind and you will simply shut us off without listening further. I dont want this party.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
I just only say "I like cgt and lily neo" and you started to make a fuss out of it.I dont understand what's happening to you.
I never to offend anyone, just a simple sentence, and you already cannot eat and cannot sleep. And you started to say I flip flip lah, bad english lah, someone advise lah, Did I in anyway offended you? If so, I am sorry ok?
I want to point out this, (even though it MAY OFFEND SOME FORUMERS HERE, I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE).
Here goes : If a supportive opposition have this kind of attitude (as above), then the oppositon wont go far and long.
Imagine opposition take over PAP, and the pple (ground) say something or suggest something and you dont like it due to not open mind and you will simply shut us off without listening further. I dont want this party.
Anyway, you still don't get it. It is fine, anyway when I mentioned about standing firm it is not for my benefit, it is for your benefit. It is fine, I will just take the advice from my friend.