Tag Archives: PAP

Our reader thinks Singaporeans squandered their best chance in GE2015 where the opposition put up its strongest fight against the incumbent. He warned against giving the PAP a blank cheque as it will 'come back to haunt you'.

SDP's Damanhuri Abas is convinced that the reserved Presidency is a political ploy by the PAP to deny Singaporeans rights to choose their popular President. He assures people not to feel down but to bring about change in the next GE.

A netizen shared this frustrated response by Singapore poet Alfian Sa'at on his Facebook.

I refer to the article “Govt prepared to pay political price over changes to Elected Presidency: Chan Chun Sing” (Channel NewsAsia, Sep 9).

The problem of rental bikes being park anywhere and anyhow as the users deem fit, could soon be over. It was revealed yesterday that the three major bike share firms in Singapore, Ofo, oBike and MoBike, have a proposed agreement with the LTA in place, along with 15 town councils under the PAP banner to tackle this problem.

However you call it, as a matter of fact, Tan Chuan-Jin's appointment as Speaker of Parliament us nothing short of a demotion and a removal from cabinet.

Our reader notes that Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, who has been nominated at Singapore's 10th Speaker, will thus be out of the running to be our next PM. This leaves us with Heng Swee Keat, Lawrence Wong, Ng Chee Meng, Chan Chun Sing and Ong Ye Kung. He thinks this is all very well-planned and calculated.

Netizen Ismail Kassim thinks Mdm Halimah Yacob is an inspiring personality but not when she is a "PAP-sponsored" candidate. He acknowledged that all 3 candidates have achieved a lot but are only hurting themselves by taking part in the "flawed EP contest".

Opposition politician Ang Yong Guan thinks there is no chance of anyone becoming President democratically if he or she does not have links to "the whites". He said the world is marching on, but the PAP is crawling behind. Do you agree?

Just after making a post disageeing with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recommendations for a healthier living for all Singaporeans, former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Calvin Cheng has hit out again at another of PM Lee's key National Day Rally themes.