My Final Stand

Guess what guess what?
The Mr. Brown issue has escalated into a worldwide criticism at Singapore government's closed-minded stand on crticism.

http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=1712&viewarticle=1

EVEN FRIDAE.COM HAS AN ARTICLE ON IT.

not to mention hardwarezone, sgboy and many other global newsletters.

every single non-singaporean newsletter are against what the action taken against poor Mr. Brown.

the whole world knows about it. Fridae.com is internationally read througout Asia and Hardwarezone throughout the world.

Quoted from Fridae.com :

It all started from the most unusual quarter: a release of dry numbers by the government's own Department of Statistics, showing a seriously widening income gap. It was not a question of some getting richer faster than others even as everybody was enjoying a better standard of living. Instead, it showed that large numbers of Singaporeans were getting poorer.

Ten percent of Singapore households had no income at all in 2005. Another 10 percent saw their average monthly income fall a whopping 19.7 percent over a 5-year period, from 2000 to 2005. These households, which had an average of S$1,470 (US$927) per month five years earlier, had only S$1,180 (US$744) per month last year.

The next 10-percentile group, also saw their monthly income fall, though by less. Where they had S$2,250 per month in 2000, they saw only S$2,190 per month in 2005, a 2.7 percent decline.

Another 20 percent saw little change in their household incomes, barely keeping pace with inflation. That left only 50 percent of Singapore households whose incomes rose over the last five years. But some of these did very well indeed. The top 10 percent of households in this city enjoyed a 14.8 percent increase in household income, from S$14,360 to S$16,480 over the same 5-year-period.

The government explained that this was the inevitable result of globalisation, but explanation doesn't help people make ends meet.

The cost of living had already become an issue during the recent general election in May, but barely six weeks after, hikes in electricity rates and public transport fares were mooted.

I knew that *cough* was denying that times were bad. but I never knew it was THIS bad.
omg. wth?
Rich getting richer and poor getting poorer and you call that "the economy is picking up"??

When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took office, he said in his inaugural speech: "We will continue to expand the space which Singaporeans have to live, to laugh, to grow and to be ourselves. Our people should feel free to express diverse views, pursue unconventional ideas, or simply be different. We should have the confidence to engage in robust debate, so as to understand our problems, conceive fresh solutions and open up new spaces."

quite laughable indeed.

Gays and lesbians are STILL supressed. and now this Mr. Brown issue.

unconventional indeed.

where is the integrity?

hmph.



anywayz, I'm not going to comment about the Mr. Brown issue and about the government anymore. This is my last stand and I'm not going to turn my blog into a political battlefield.

Lets all sing Singapore songs with integrity =)

hear ye:
"Until they learn to do what they claim they will do, I'll never support them."


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