Floods again today! What excuse will PAP give now?
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Floods again today! What excuse will PAP give now?
June 25, 2010
25 June 2010
When Bukit Timah Road flooded in 2009, Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim told us it was a once-in-50-years freak incident. When Orchard Road was flooded, the problem was debris in a culvert blocking the water flow.
Always an excuse, never acknowledgement of failure of planning. This morning’s floods — now over several parts of Singapore including Upper Thomson Road, Bukit Timak Road (again), Boon Lay Road — have exposed the PAP’s hubris yet again.
When will the Government stand up like a true leader and accept responsibility, apologise to the public and make sure that genuine effort is made to aleviate the situation. If the situation warrants (as in the case of Mr Wong Kan Seng over the repeated security breaches), the minister should be replaced.
Instead, we see the PAP making the unseemly move of making the public servants take the blame. When Mas Selamat escaped, it was the police officers. When the MRT depot was broken into, it was the SMRT. When Orchard Road was flooded, it was the PUB.
Public servants take directions from the PAP politicians. The ministers determine how much resources is made available for infrastructure maintenance and improvement. Without proper planning and foresight from the political leadership, things go wrong.
This is why the PAP ministers, not civil servants, must be held accountable.
The Orchard Road flood was blamed on a blocked culvert, not a failed canal system. Translation: The former meant that someone at the PUB was not vigilant enough to make sure that the drain remained clear and unobstructed, the latter was lack of planning on the part of the politicians.
Were there more blocked culverts in this morning’s floods? Or will the Government finally take responsibility?
Through all these incidents the Prime Minister has, and is continuing, to hide. Mr Lee Hsien Loong has not uttered a word about the recent floods and the security breach into the MRT depot. He has shown absolutely zero leadership.
When there are accolades the ministers stand right in front to absorb the fragrance, using it to increase their salaries. When troubles come, they hide and push the blame to others. Welcome to the world of the PAP.
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Flood again today omg.
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all car owners just standby one rubber boat
in case, it flooded again
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LKY 's house flooded then they'll wake up one.
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
LKY 's house flooded then they'll wake up one.
His house waterproof. -
Where are the big shots like Lee Hsien Loong, his deputy wong can't Seng, the Goh choke tong, Lee Kuan You, Nathan president? None of these utter a word of concern?
In other countries like China and Taiwan , big shots will go to the site to check it out. Our highest paid govt don't give a damn. Singaporeans you are shortchanged.
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Originally posted by ~PEPPER~:
His house waterproof.
Show us the proof of what you said. -
Again? wow, the property price should come down.
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http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/06/25/flash-floods-come-to-the-neighbourhood/
rmb to wear swimsuit when u go out :lol: -
How government should answer for flood?
Sorry, read too many international news of hurricanes, earthquake, a hole suddenly appears and swallow a 3 storey high building, and flooding 2 metres in dept.Their govenment didn't answer much too
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Flooding, this is PAP blocking the water for all of us to play.
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Get sampan ar if u rich get speedboat, can earn $$. Can transport people from one side to one side at $1/person/time
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Originally posted by hasene:
Where are the big shots like Lee Hsien Loong, his deputy wong can't Seng, the Goh choke tong, Lee Kuan You, Nathan president? None of these utter a word of concern?
In other countries like China and Taiwan , big shots will go to the site to check it out. Our highest paid govt don't give a damn. Singaporeans you are shortchanged.
Our govt is like "Ahh F*** it! I'm not getting out of my air-conditioned office."
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Er......global warming?
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Originally posted by Dragonaxe:
Our govt is like "Ahh F*** it! I'm not getting out of my air-conditioned office."
Another way of showing "you die your business". Earning quick big bucks and getting world class salary out of us is utmost important lol. -
Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
LKY 's house flooded then they'll wake up one.
his house is on a hill - no chance of flooding lah...... But mebbe got sinkhole.......? -
should get boat license and we can drive on the "river" ... then they will start to charge ERP for every boat "Every River Pay" :lol:
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Not different than Indonesia - but PAP govment always claim better, lah