Here We Go Again
(This is a continuation of The Last Stop)
Once again, Singapore has proven once again that their official tourism slogan, "Uniquely Singapore", truly embodies the Singaporean spirit. Aside from the sometimes-unintelligible and rage-inducing elbows you get from old biddies on the subway, Singapore is totally unique.
One thing to note is that Singapore is the only country in the world (to my knowledge), whose General Elections is unscheduled. By unscheduled, it means that the Administration, lovingly called the gahmen, ("Government" with a Singaporean twang, get it? I didn't, at first.) can call for the elections whenever they jolly well want to. Huh? I'm expecting an election to be announced pretty soon, as is the trend in Singapore, just after announcing a budget, which gives away billions of dollars to citizens. Never mind, that the money actually comes from the citizens themselves. I guess the gahmen is already satisfied with the interest they earn on the money of tax-payers.
Another "Uniquely Singapore" moment is the disqualification of supposedly dangerous candidates to incumbent office-holders. Example: Last year, an election was to be held for the presidency of Singapore. Yeah, yeah, all of us know that the position of President is merely a title given away to loyal supporters of the current administration, but please, give us folks a holiday, man! The ONE day that workers have a day off fromm the usual bullshit of work. But of course, as usual, the election, if you can call it that, was cancelled, because of a lack of "suitable" candidates running against the incumbent. Of course, there would be no candidates, you disqualified them all! Grrr...
Just recently, another potential candidate, this time for the GE, was deemed to be bankrupt by the courts when he was ordered to pay astronomical damages to the former Prime Minister and father of the current Prime Minister. This happens merely a few months before the GE. Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide.
Just wondering. Why is it that news from the recent budget is missing one key component. In my opinion, the key component. This is the increase of the GST from the currently expensive 5% to the unreasonable rate of 7%. The media has been noticibly quiet about this piece of "good news". I predict that they will talk it after the elections. After Singaporeans re-vote for the incumbent who will, in no immediate future, be unseated.
Singapore, the only place where the saying "the only constant is change" is meaningless. Uniquely Singapore. Sigh....
Once again, Singapore has proven once again that their official tourism slogan, "Uniquely Singapore", truly embodies the Singaporean spirit. Aside from the sometimes-unintelligible and rage-inducing elbows you get from old biddies on the subway, Singapore is totally unique.
One thing to note is that Singapore is the only country in the world (to my knowledge), whose General Elections is unscheduled. By unscheduled, it means that the Administration, lovingly called the gahmen, ("Government" with a Singaporean twang, get it? I didn't, at first.) can call for the elections whenever they jolly well want to. Huh? I'm expecting an election to be announced pretty soon, as is the trend in Singapore, just after announcing a budget, which gives away billions of dollars to citizens. Never mind, that the money actually comes from the citizens themselves. I guess the gahmen is already satisfied with the interest they earn on the money of tax-payers.
Another "Uniquely Singapore" moment is the disqualification of supposedly dangerous candidates to incumbent office-holders. Example: Last year, an election was to be held for the presidency of Singapore. Yeah, yeah, all of us know that the position of President is merely a title given away to loyal supporters of the current administration, but please, give us folks a holiday, man! The ONE day that workers have a day off fromm the usual bullshit of work. But of course, as usual, the election, if you can call it that, was cancelled, because of a lack of "suitable" candidates running against the incumbent. Of course, there would be no candidates, you disqualified them all! Grrr...
Just recently, another potential candidate, this time for the GE, was deemed to be bankrupt by the courts when he was ordered to pay astronomical damages to the former Prime Minister and father of the current Prime Minister. This happens merely a few months before the GE. Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide.
Just wondering. Why is it that news from the recent budget is missing one key component. In my opinion, the key component. This is the increase of the GST from the currently expensive 5% to the unreasonable rate of 7%. The media has been noticibly quiet about this piece of "good news". I predict that they will talk it after the elections. After Singaporeans re-vote for the incumbent who will, in no immediate future, be unseated.
Singapore, the only place where the saying "the only constant is change" is meaningless. Uniquely Singapore. Sigh....
posted by The Silent Scream at 09:56
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