Tag Archives: LEE HSIEN LOONG

My back was aching from the cleaning, but the clinic was going to open in another hour and I couldn’t stop to rest. Otherwise, I would be cleaning while the patients were walking in and it would be inconvenient to them. Unknown to most people, after I lost my job in the middle of June, I took up a cleaning job for about 2 weeks. A friend of mine had asked me if I knew anyone who could do some cleaning work for the clinic that he works at, as his cleaning lady was going on leave. I volunteered as I had just got out of a job, and I thought that it would be a useful experience to learn from.

PM Lee has filed a court application for a summary judgement against blogger Roy Ngerng late yesterday night (10 Jul) If PM Lee is successful in getting a summary judgement against Roy, a lengthy trial would be avoided. On the grounds of this court application, Mr Lee’s lawyers added that Roy has no defence and the only issue to be determined is damages. Mr Lee’s lawyers also provided the affidavits of seven others, together with Mr Lee’s, in support of this application: It’s unclear what is the relationship between these 7 people and Mr Lee.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin tackled some common myths and misconceptions about the Central Provident Fund system during Tuesday's Parliament session. MYTH NO. 1 - Your Minimum Sum keeps going up ...

This morning's (9 July) World Cup semi-final has produced one of the most extraordinary results in World Cup history. The host Brazil lost to Germany in a bizarre scoreline 7-1, its biggest defeat in their World Cup campaign. The quality of the German team is "not normal", said Brazil's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Despite the sorrowful atmosphere in Brazil, halfway around the globe, Singaporeans are smiling.

The event questioned whether Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is the right person to lead Singapore and whether he should resign had attracted a respectable crowd of 200 in the backdrop of the recent public uproar against the government's unfettered use of citizens' CPF monies.

I have applied many positions but only received one rejected reply. This job has the lowest salary and qualifications. All the jobs I applied are within the government. Our government encourages Singapore employers to give priority to Singaporeans when it comes to hiring employees. I am sure the civil sector would lead an example in helping jobless fellow Singaporeans!

While Singaporeans will have to pay higher insurance premiums under the upcoming universal healthcare plan MediShield Life, the Government will ensure that "affordability should never be an issue", Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday. The premiums payable for the upcoming healthcare plan, which will cover all Singaporeans and offer better protection against large medical bills, will be kept within each person's Medisave contributions, Mr Lee said.

Even then Roy exaggerated. PM Lee's lawyers had sent him a cease and desist letter, which said that PM Lee would sue Roy if he did not apologize and remove his offending post. Roy used the opportunity to muddy the water even more by saying he was being sued. If Roy really was being sued there and then the lawyer's letter would have just said we will see you in court instead of basically giving Roy a way out to avoid going to court by apologizing etc. Roy did post an apology as asked. But in the same breathe he also called for Singaporeans to attend the Return our CPF protest on June 7 and announced that he will continue to fight for all of us.

How to tell apart people's problems which are caused by government policies from those which are not? Do people expect that CPF payouts alone would see them through retirement? When did they start to think this way? How many think about it this way? And did our leadership know about this?

What is at stake is not any short-term positive or negative impact on the government, but the sort of public debate Singapore should have. When someone makes false and malicious personal allegations that impugn a person’s character or integrity, the victim has the right to vindicate his reputation, whether he is an ordinary citizen or the prime minister. The internet should not be exempt from the laws of defamation. It is perfectly possible to have a free and vigorous debate without defaming anyone, as occurs often in Singapore.