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SG vows to address hate campaign on Filipinos
(13 Jul) - Singaporean officials has assured the Philippines their government is taking steps to address the hate campaign on Filipinos working there. The assurance was made by the Singapore delegation who participated in Informal Consultations on the Philippines-Singapore Action Plan (PSAP). During the meeting, the two sides tackled labor cooperation, noting the large number of Filipinos who live and work in Singapore. The Singapore delegation said its government does not condone negative opinions against Filipinos recently expressed by a small segment of its society, and was taking steps to address the issue, including police investigation. The Philippines took note on this and expressed appreciation for the support extended by the Singapore government, including its support to the Bayanihan Center, which is attached to the Philippine Embassy in Singapore and provides numerous skills training opportunities to Filipino workers. The PSAP was convened following the successful state visit to the Philippines of Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam last April 2. The Philippine delegation, led by Assistant Secretary Minda Calaguian-Cruz of the Department of Foreign Affairs, met with the Singaporean delegation led by Deputy Secretary Vanu Gopala Menon from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore. Both sides expressed satisfaction with the developments in the overall implementation of the PSAP, including strengthening defense cooperation, which has seen active intelligence and education exchanges between military personnel of the two countries, as well as education cooperation, which has seen hundreds of Filipinos availing themselves of scholarships at Singapore schools, including numerous Philippine civil servants, who have attended programs at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Also discussed were potential cooperative activities, such as possible Singapore investments in the Philippines’ infrastructure and energy sectors, and the possible expansion of Philippine companies in Singapore. Both sides agreed to continue existing cooperative activities, including student exchanges, exchanges of cultural artifacts and experts, and the strengthening of cooperative activities in the vocational and technical education sector, among others. [Source]: http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/world/item/1432-singapore-vows-to-address-hate-campaign-on-filipinos Read More →

Rebutting Mahbubani’s $5 meals, $500 holidays and $50k homes for SG50
Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Kishore Mahbubani I refer to Mr Kishore Mahbubani’s 12 Jul 2014 Straits Times column “$5 meals, $500 holidays and $50k homes for SG50”. Mr Mahbubani mistakenly confines our extraordinary success to just the last 50 years. Singapore had become prosperous soon after our founding in 1819. • Since its foundation, Singapore had rapidly developed into a prosperous international free port. Its success was due to joint Sino-British expertise, capital and labour. By the 1930s Singapore had become a trade focus for an immense and wealthy area stretching from the Bay of Bengal to China and embracing the whole of Southeast Asia. [Yeo Kim Wah, Political Development in Singapore, 1945-55, page 14] • Singapore was the example par excellence of a colonial port that had prospered on global trade because its overlord had the wisdom not to confine its trade for narrow imperial gain. [Abu Talib Ahmad and Liok Ee Tan, New terrains in Southeast Asian history, page 152] • Before World War II Singapore had already experienced very considerable economic development. At the beginning of the 1950s it was the most important communications centre in the Far East, not just for shipping but as a focal point for airlines, telecommunications and distribution of mail, Singapore in the inter-war period, was the biggest market in the world for natural rubber, internationally important as a specialized futures market for tin, and a major world oil distribution centre. There existed a reservoir of human capital: the city had an entrepreneur class which is both extensive in numbers and high in quality, and substantial industry, not least as a centre for ship repair with the skilled labour force this implied. Quantitative evidence confirms this impression of rising living standards. In 1956 the first estimates of national income for Singapore showed that per capita income had been increasing fairly steadily and rapidly since 1948 and were very much greater than almost anywhere else in Asia. Per capita income was probably over a third of that in the United Kingdom. [The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century, W. G. Huff, pages 31-33] Mr Mahbubani claims that the increase in our per capita income from US$500 in 1965 to US$64,584 is unmatchable by any other nation state. Mr Mahbubani is again mistaken. According to the Penn World Tables (http://www.rug.nl/research/ggdc/data/penn-world-table), South Korea, Taiwan and China outgrew us in per capita GDP (output) from 1965 to 2011. South Korea also outgrew us in per capita GDP (expenditure) from 1965 to 2011. Our per capita GDP growth has been matched by the other East Asian dragon economies. Country PWT 2011 output per capita GDP as multiple of 1965 (both in 2005 USD PPP) Country PWT 2011 expenditure per capita GDP as multiple of 1965 (both in 2005 USD PPP) Korea, Republic of 22.6 Equatorial Guinea 28 Botswana 19.3 Botswana 27.1 Equatorial Guinea 16.7 Korea, Republic of 21.6 Taiwan 10.8 Singapore 17.5 China 9.6 Taiwan 10.9 Zimbabwe 7.9 China 9.6 Singapore 7.6 Hong Kong 7.5 Malta 7.5 Cape Verde 7.2 Romania 7 Romania 7.2 Thailand 6.8 Thailand 7 Japan 6.6 Egypt 6.9 Cyprus 6.1 Cyprus 6.5 Ireland 6.1 Malta 6 Cape Verde 6 Indonesia 5.6 Egypt 5.6 Ireland 5.5 Argentina 5 Malaysia 5.4 Hong Kong 4.5 Argentina 5.4 Panama 4.4 Japan 5.2 Portugal 4.4 Iran 5.1 Italy 4 Portugal 4.6 Mr Mahbubani believes we have reached a good base camp in 2014. How can a good base camp be so squeezy and so infrastructurally inadequate? Mr Mahbubani claims we have had no conflict over the last 50 years as though the recent Little India riot is not a conflict. Like the three wise monkeys, Mr Mahbubani sees no evil, hears no evil and speaks no evil. Mr Mahbubani takes pride in 90% of our citizens owning our own homes, never mind many retiring today don’t have sufficient CPF retirement money after paying for their homes. Mr Mahbubani quotes well known journalist Mr M. J. Akbar asking fellow Indians why can’t they have a simple toilet in every home by 2022, broadband in every village and cleanliness. Mr Mahbubani forgets that: • India has 192.67 million households compared to 1.15 million households in Singapore. If Mr Mahbubani is tasked to supply another 192.67 million - 1.15 million = 191.52 million toilets in Singapore, can he complete the work by 2022? • If our nationwide fibre optic contractor keeps getting fined for not being able to complete its work on time in small Singapore, can it do better in much bigger India? • Singapore has hordes of cleaners without which Singapore would look like Little India after every Sunday. Mr Mahbubani bemoans citizens’ growing tired of success narratives and begrudges them focusing only on huge population increase, crowded trains, long wait for flats, highway jams and soaring COE. • He should accept that as long as success narratives don’t gel with figures from international agencies and don’t gel with everyday experiences, people won’t buy them. • He forgets that it was through sound public provision that PAP won over Singaporean hearts so why should it come as a surprise that when the goods dry up, so will the good will? Mr Mahbubani uses his own example of going from a three-figure monthly salary in 1971 to a five-figure salary now to show how exceptional Singapore’s first 50 years track record has been by historical standards. He forgets that Singapore is winner-takes-all so that when one person takes all, others cannot. Mr Mahbubani claims that every Singaporean can enjoy cash and credit. But given our high GINI inequality how much cash or credit can low income families enjoy? Mr Mahbubani boasts of our car ownership being the highest for a city. But Singapore already had the highest car ownership in Asia back in the mid-1950s. • Prosperity had spread, so that Singapore was almost certainly the only place in Asia where there is a really substantial middle class. In the mid-1950s the island had 30 people per private car and British Malaya 70. No other country in Asia had fewer than 120. [The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century, W. G. Huff, pages 31-33] Mr Mahbubani boasts of us being the first to open up to global MNCs. We were just one of four East Asian dragon economies that were the first to benefit from globalization and MNCs. Furthermore, our pursuit of the FDI strategy was courtesy of Dr Albert Winsemius, our economic advisor from UN. Mr Mahbubani boasts of Singapore being one of few developed countries where good meals can be had for less than $5 per head. He quoted Mr Steve LaNasa, ex-president of Donnelly College in Kansas praising the amazingly good quality hawker centre food at astonishingly low prices. Mr Mahbubani, please tell Mr LaNasa that Singapore hawkers have existed long before PAP was born so stop trying to sneak this in as another PAP achievement. Mr Mahbubani asks us to stop dreaming about holidays in London, Paris, New York or Orlando and travel instead to magnificent Southeast Asian historical sites for less than $500 per head. From dreaming about Switzerland in the 1990s, we are now asked to dream about Southeast Asia. Is that progress Mr Mahbubani? Mr Mahbubani suggests that we buy small homes elsewhere in Southeast Asia for less than $50,000. After studying hard, serving NS and working hard, Singaporeans are now asked to move to poorer parts of Southeast Asia. All our hopes for this country have been in vain. Singaporeans who cannot afford expensive Singapore must vacate this land for rich foreigners who can. This Mr Mahbubani says is normal behaviour in other countries. Mr Mahbubani wants us to forget all our troubles and party for one year to build up our happiness quotient. But burying our heads in the sand won't bring us happiness. Mr Mahbubani must supply 40% × 3 million × 365 = 438 million ecstasy pills to dumb ourselves down for one year. Thank you Ng Kok Lim Straits Times, $5 meals, $500 holidays and $50k homes for SG50, 12 Jul 2014, Kishore Mahbunani BIG Idea No. 6 will seem corny at first glance. This is why it is important to read to the end of this column, especially the last paragraph, to understand its full import. Here is the idea for my fellow Singaporeans: Let's decide to be happy for one year - from Aug 10 to next Aug 9, when it will be the 50th year of Singapore's existence. And why be happy for this one year? The reason is simple. We have had, by any standards, an extraordinarily successful first 50 years. The chances of us being equally successful over the next 50 years are practically zero. I will explain why later. Since we have had a good run and are about to embark on a more difficult run, let us rest and celebrate before the hard slog. A mountaineering metaphor comes to mind. We have reached a good base camp. Before we climb to higher and more difficult altitudes, let us drink teh tarik and celebrate how far we have come. Since so much has been written about Singapore's extraordinary success story, I will not dwell much on it. Our per capita income has gone from US$500 in 1965 to almost US$64,584 (S$80,253) last year, based on purchasing power parity terms. No other nation state can match this record. More importantly, we have had no conflict, at home or with our neighbours. Ninety per cent of our citizens live in homes they own. And we have wonderful education, health, civil service and military systems, and so on. To understand how well-off we are, just read the following aspirations of Indians after they elected Mr Narendra Modi as their Prime Minister. Mr M. J. Akbar, a well-known journalist, asks his fellow Indians: "Why cannot we have a simple home with a toilet for every Indian family by 2022? Broadband in every village? Electricity around the clock? A clean country, rid of garbage and filth that poisons life and nature, by 2019, as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary? These are not luxuries in the 21st century: they are bare necessities." We have achieved everything on his list and achieved it long ago. Yet, it is also clear that our citizens are tired of this success narrative. They remember only the difficulties of recent years: the surge of foreigners, the crowded Mass Rapid Transit trains; the long wait for Housing Board flats; the traffic jams on our highways; the soaring COE (Certificate of Entitlement) premiums and so on. Hence, instead of approaching our 50th anniversary in a jubilant mood, there are hints of a sour mood in the air. The goal of this article is to dispel the sour mood. Hard times ahead PARADOXICALLY, the best way to do this is to tell Singaporeans that harder times are coming. First, since our track record in the first 50 years was so exceptional (even freakish by most historical standards), it will be impossible to match the same success. My generation has had it exceedingly good. And I experienced it personally. I went from a three-figure monthly salary in 1971 to a five- figure salary now. My children will not experience this dizzy climb upwards. Second, as I have said in earlier columns, we do not have enough land for each and every Singaporean to achieve the dream of the five Cs (car, condo, country club, cash and credit card). The last two we can all have. The first three we cannot all have. There isn't enough land to have millions of cars. Singapore already has one of the highest car ownership populations for a city; as of April, about 560,000 households owned at least one car each for a total of 605,184 cars. Nor can we build condos for each Singaporean family. And the land for country clubs is shrinking. Singaporeans therefore belong to a unique tribe: They have to deal with the existential angst of not having the land to fulfil their dreams. Third, we are losing, if we have not already lost, our first-mover advantage. We were the first to open up to global MNCs. Today every country does so. We were the first to set new global standards in services and logistics. Dubai Airport used to describe itself as a disciple of Changi Airport. But now our disciple has a much busier airport. In the past year, 67.3 million international passengers passed through Dubai, compared with 53.1 million through Changi. Indeed, Dubai is now No. 1 in the world for international passengers, surpassing even London's Heathrow Airport. Similarly, Emirates used to look up to Singapore Airlines for inspiration. Now it has become twice as big. In each area that we have excelled, we will have to deal with tougher competition. That's why the next 50 years will be a harder slog. So, let's celebrate this very special moment. And how should we celebrate? There will, of course, be many national parties in 2015. And we should participate in them heartily. But let us also celebrate at the individual level. Let us appreciate some unique and simple joys that all Singaporeans, rich and poor, can enjoy together. Let me cite some simple pleasures we can indulge in (and since we are celebrating our 50th birthday, I am using the number five in each category). A toast to $5 meals FIRST, Singapore is one of the few developed countries where one can get good meals at less than $5 per head. It took a colleague of mine, who recently arrived in Singapore, to remind me of this exceptional gift we have. Mr Steve LaNasa used to be the president of Donnelly College in Kansas. Since coming to Singapore with his wife and two children, aged 10 and 13, in early January, he has been taking his children out to hawker centre after hawker centre. And he is absolutely amazed at the good-quality food you can enjoy in Singapore at such astonishingly low prices. He says: "Despite the fact that 'fast food' is ubiquitous throughout the United States, it's nearly impossible to find good, healthy prepared food at convenient locations, and what is available certainly isn't worth what you pay for it." Sometimes it takes a foreigner to remind us that we live in a food paradise. Why not indulge in this food paradise for less than $5 a head and toast Singapore each time we do so? $500 holidays SECOND, Singapore is fortunate to be situated in the most diverse cultural environment of our entire planet, South-east Asia. No other region can claim to have all the world's leading civilisations and religions living in relative harmony in such close proximity to one another. Many middle-class people from all over the world spend thousands of dollars to appreciate the special beautiful attractions of South-east Asia. So for one year, let us stop dreaming of going to London or Paris, New York or Orlando. Instead, for less than $500 a head, we can experience magnificent historical sites and some of the most hospitable cultures on our planet. I hope that my next book will be on South-east Asia. Its tentative title is The Most Blessed Corner Of The World. We Singaporeans are truly blessed to be situated in the heart of this blessed corner. Let us enjoy it for one year very cheaply with $500 holidays. $50,000 homes MY THIRD suggestion will be both controversial and difficult. It is very difficult to buy a decent- sized condo unit for less than $1 million in Singapore. Yet, we can buy a small home somewhere in South-east Asia for less than $50,000. Ultimately, this may be the best solution to the existential angst of living in Singapore. We can experience the freedom of space in our neighbouring countries if we cannot experience it in Singapore. In looking for cheap properties in rural areas, we will simply be emulating the normal behaviour of citizens who live in crowded cities and look for homes in rural areas in South-east Asia within easy reach via budget airlines. Let me add another truly outrageous suggestion. Why don't we encourage our rich developers, who have profited from 50 years of economic growth in Singapore to develop projects selling $50,000 homes in South-east Asia to fellow Singaporeans? The Government can also step in to help as it will make many Singaporeans happier. And why is happiness important? I believe that the most important goal for Singapore in the next 50 years will not be economic growth or political stability. Instead, it will be social resilience. Only strong social resilience will carry us through the inevitable stresses and strains Singapore will encounter in the next five decades. Happiness does not just help at the individual level. Happy societies are also more resilient societies. We have had a happiness deficit for some time. Let us party for one year and build up our happiness quotient. After that, we will be ready for the more challenging five decades coming our way. Postscript IN MY column on April 12, I wrote: "Hence, for 2015, when we celebrate our 50th anniversary, I hope that one of Singapore's philanthropists will award a $500,000 prize for the best history book written on Singapore." I am pleased to inform Straits Times readers that an anonymous donor has contacted me to support a project to promote a deeper understanding of Singapore's history in future generations of Singaporeans and the world. He has agreed to donate $500,000 for this Singapore history project prize. The money will go towards an endowment fund whose interest will be used to support a book prize every three years. He told me he became a Singapore citizen this year, even though he has lived here for many years. He would like to do something for Singapore. The writer is dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He was named one of the top 50 world thinkers this year by Prospect magazine, a British publication. Read More →

鄞义林:《团结起来,实现我们所要的改变》—于2014年7月12日在芳林公园举行集会上的讲话
[This is a Chinese Translation of Roy Ngerng's Speech: My Speech At 12 July #ReturnOurCPF Protest: Be United And Be The Change We Wish To See. Should there be any discrepancy between this translation and his speech, the latter bears the original intention. Translated by Wang Rui Rong] 正当我们说话的时候,改变正在来临! 在过去20-30年,每当新加坡人民向政府提出问题有关如何处理我们的公积金的问题时,政府总是说这样告诉我们,“我们的兴趣不应该是关注这件事”、“让大家知道是不利于国家的利益的。” 在过去的20到30年里,我们的公积金户头存款越来越少、我们公积金户户头的利息越来越低。但是,公积金的最低存款额却一再被要求提高。这些年里最低存款额已经上调到超过10%。 政府说,所以要上调公积金的最低存款额是因为通货膨胀的原因。问题是:通货膨胀指数只是上升了2%——3%,为什么公积金的最低存款额可以上调到超过10%呢? 到今天为止,我们仍然无法获得这个问题上的答案。政府说,公积金最低存款额的上调是对我们有利的。但是,问题是,我们根本就没有足够的钱达到公积金最低存款额的要求!公积金最低存款额的调高对我们有啥好处??? 政府突然在今年6月间承认了这个事实 在过去几十年来,新加坡人民一再追问政府,让我们知道有关公积金的事实真相!政府从来就没想过答复我们!政府从来就没想过要告诉我们事实的真相! 但是,就在过去2个月里,这一切都突然改变了!. 为什么在今年5月开始,这一切都改变了呢? 在2012年和2013年,我在政府的几个网站上找到了证据证明我们的公积金是投资在GIC和淡马锡控股。 在我公布了政府在这些网站有关我们的公积金的信息后,今年5月,政府把在这些网站有关公积金的信息全部删除了。 在今年5月之前,GIC仍然说不知道是在动用我们的公积金。 在今年5月之前新加坡人民仍然不知道GIC和淡马锡控股是动用我们的公积金去进行投资。因为他们不告诉我们事实的真相!因为政府不让他们告诉我们事实的真相! 在今5月之前,新加坡人民根本就不知道政府是如何动用我们的公积金的! 到了今年6月,这一切突然全部改变了! 在今年6月,政府第一次承认他们是动用我们的公积金投资在GIC! 在今年6月,GIC第一次承认他们是动用了我们的公积金! 在今 6月份,淡马锡控股说,他们没有投资我们的公积金! 但是,这是事实吗?一个在财政部工作过的前主管揭露说,从1970年开始,淡马锡控股就已经动用了我们的公积金进行投资。为什么淡马锡控股突然间说它们没有动用过我们的公积金呢? 我们要问,在过去,马锡控股是否投资我们的公积金?他们是什么时候停止投资的?为什么政府突然间停止注资于淡马锡控股? 记住,淡马锡控股赚取的利息比GIC还要来的高, 在今年6月间,政府突然间对很多事实都承认了! 他们从不让新加坡人民知道,发展到最终都彻底承认这些事实!这是政府在新加坡人民的压力下被迫承认了! 但是 ,政府没有向新加坡人民道歉啊?政府有没有向新加坡人民说出隐藏了这些事实几十年而道歉呢? 在今6月,我失去了我的工作。 假设政府就是GIC,为什么政府需要经过30年的时间来告诉我们这些事实真相呢? 但是,为什么政府需要这么长的时间来告诉我们事实?GIC为什么一直装傻说不知道一直是在动用我们的公积金进行投资呢? 政府是GIC董事部的成员的时候,为什么政府和GIC还一直在愚弄新加坡人民? 为什么新加坡总理、副总理以及两位部长是GIC董事部成员时,政府还一直在愚弄新加坡人民呢? 为什么? 为什么他们把新加坡人民当成傻瓜愚弄? 事实上,在1980 年代,政府知道我们的公积金是投资在GIC。 事实上,在1980年代开始,GIC已经知道是动用了我们的公积金进行投资。. 为什么他们还一直把我们当成傻瓜愚弄? 在今6月份,政府突然间都承认了这些事实。现在新加坡人民已经可以继续向政府追问这些事实的答案了。 但是,我们必须经过30年的推动啊! 在这30年的日子里,我们当中很多人已经失去了生命?我们当中有多少人为争取得到这些答案失去了生命而又无法得到这些答案?有多少新加坡人必须去乞求政府给予答复?我们当中有多少人一直乞求政府告诉我们真相,但是,政府一直不告诉我们真相? 经过了30年,在今年6月,政府最终承认了这些真相!但是,政府并没有就此向人民道歉! 新加坡人民是在谈论有关GIC和淡马锡控股的投资风险 公积金是我们的钱!公积金是我们的血汗钱!. 政府口口声声说,我们的公积金不是政府作为投资成本的最便宜的资金来源!但是,为什么政府要动用我们的公积金去投资在GIC和淡马锡控股赚取5%到16%,而只支付给我们2.5%到4%的利息呢?他们拿我们的公积金却赚取了GIC 5%的利润和淡马锡控股的16%的利润。 我们的公积金的不是政府所说的成本最低廉的资金吗?不对!我们的公积金是成本最低廉的资金!谁给了政府这个骚主意?他们把我们的公积金给了一些人去进行投资,然后,只支付我们2.5% 的利息,自己却赚取了16%的利息? 我们必须拿回我们自己的钱,不让他们再动用我们的钱!我们可以不让政府动用我们的钱吗? 是的。他们是不会答应我们这么做的! 政府说,他们支付我们的公积金户头存款利息2.5%是‘合理’的!GIC承担了新加坡人的风险!他们保证了我们在公积金户头的利息! 这是事实吗? 问题是:这是新加坡人民在谈论GIC的投资风险吗!为了赚取我们的公积金存款我们一直辛勤的工作。如果没有我们的公积金户头的存款,GIC和淡马锡控股有钱去进行投资吗? 我们必须把我们的公积金借贷给GIC和淡马锡控股进行投资。一旦GIC和淡马锡控股投资失利,谁将负责偿还? 那是新加坡人民自己在承担这个风险!这是新加坡人民必须为此每天的忧心忡忡的过日子!因为,我们每天都在担心自己的退休金是否能够拿的回来吗?今天,我们的退休金还不能回来! 假设GIC和淡马锡控股需要资金。政府毫不犹疑的给他们注入更多的资金。政府是在以‘注入资本金’的幌子下把这些资金给了他们! 我们要问:政府的这些‘注入资本金’的钱是从哪儿来的? 当新加坡人民需要求政府把我们的公积金归还时,政府是否这么做过呢? 他们支付给我们的公积金户头只是2.5%——4%的利息。他们绝对非常高兴动用我们的公积金去进行投资!假如我们不接受他们支付给我们的低廉利息,他们能够获得低廉的资金利息吗?他们有钱进行投资吗? 詹时中先生说,‘你就设想一下,你的叔叔告诉,要你储蓄并把36%收入通过他去投资。他在投资中取得了12%的回报,而给了你2.5%。哪些剩余回报的部分由他保管。他也告诉你别无选择,因为他才晓得如何照顾你。’ 这样,你可以想象,确实是你的叔叔在照顾你?还是,他确实在照顾自己? 政府说,GIC自己为新加坡人民承担风险? 事实并非如此。是我们新加坡人民承担了GIC的投资风险! 结果结局是什么?GIC一直在赚取越来越多的钱,而我们新加坡人民在公积金户头的利息却是越来越少! 现在,假设GIC和淡马锡控股在过去30到40年期间已经动用我们的公积金进行投资是事实的话,那么,这是政府必须向人民坦白的时候了。 1.政府一共动用了我们的公积金多少数额投资在GIC和淡马锡控股? 2.GIC和淡马锡控股总共已经赚取了投资回报的多少利润至今还未偿还给我们的公积金户头? 3.到底GIC和淡马锡控股已经赚取了多少百亿和千亿的利润,而这些利润至今尚未归还给我们? 4.GIC和淡马锡控股所赚取的这些利润必须归还给新加坡人民。 这是新加坡政府向新加坡人民坦白的时候了!他们必须诚实的告诉我们事情的真相。. 政府必须支付给我们的公积金户头最好的回报 但是,你知道吗?事实上政府必须奖励新加坡人民把我们的公积金让政府动用去投资在GIC。 首先,政府并没有征得我们的同意,假设他们已经动用我们的公积金去投资。 接着是,他们动用了我们的公积金后,他们辩称政府有权使用我们的公积金。过后并没有告诉我们是如何使用我们的公积金的。 最后,他们告诉我们,我们会获得赚取利息。但是,支付给我们的利息就是那么少。 新加坡人民如何?在没有获得我们的同意下政府动用了我们的公积金。新加坡人民这样厚待政府,政府应该给予我们奖励吗? 政府是否应该支付我们较高的利息? 我们人民不是乞丐!我们不需要乞求政府施舍零碎的东西。公积金是我们的钱。政府要动用我们的公积金,那就得按实际的利润支付。 政府既然要动用我们的公积金,那么,就必须支付我们更好的回报。 这就是我们必须要向政府提出的诉求。 政府必须向新加坡人民展现自己的忠诚。我们投票给政府是要保护我们,首先是照顾新加坡人民的利益!我们并没有投票支持政府首先照顾GIC或淡马锡控股。 政府首先照顾GIC的利益,是不是因为政府本身是在GIC董事部的关系? 请不要忘记,如果没有我们的公积金,政府是不可能从GIC哪儿赚取任何利润的。 假设政府晓得什么叫:咬断自己的手指来充饥,那么,政府就会明白:没有新加坡人民,他他们根本就没有钱可动用。 政府可以把自己装扮成王子,那是因为他们是在动用我们的钱。他们是忘记了,我们是这些钱的主人。他们是忘记了,我们是主人。 假设他们要动用我们的钱,他们最好支付我们更高的利息。 假设他们要动用我们的公积金,他们就必须和我们好好商量。假设我们乐意把钱借贷出去的话,我们将会做出决定。 公积金是我们的钱。为什么贷款人不是我们而是政府呢?当公积金是我们的钱的情况下,为什么政府变成了高利贷者,并用我们的钱来恐吓我们? 我们不要忘记,到今年6月为止,我们还不知道政府已经动用我们的钱投资在GIC。政府是在今年6月才承认他们动用我们的钱投资在GIC。在过去30年,政府一直在动用我们的钱在这些投资。我们新加坡人却完全不知道。 民选总统陈庆元是否会为新加坡人民的公积金问题发声吗? 新加坡总统的职责是必须保护我们的公积金的。今天他说了什么? 陈庆元总统是否协助新加坡人民为公积金的问题严厉的问题质问政府我们的公积金去了哪儿?政府动用了我们的公积金去干啥?政府总共动用了我们多少数额的公积金?政府已经能够动用了多少数额我们的公积金而至今尚未归还我们? 总统陈总统是否知道这些问题的答案?在他担任副总理的时候,他是否已经知道这些答案?在他担任GIC董事部的副主席和执行董事时是否已经知道这些答案?今天,他是新加坡的总统,他是否有向政府提出这些问题? 或者。他将会向政府提出这些答案? 一个真正的陈庆元是否会站出来? 为什么政府知道新加坡人是不可能达到设定最高顶限数额时,他们还要这样的设定呢? 在2011年,善达曼揭露,公积金终身的支付中间额是$260/-。这就是说50%以上的新加坡人是可以从公积金户头支取每月不低于$260/- 上个星期,这是有史以来的第一次,政府在经过长久隐瞒后承认更多的事实。。 今天,我们最终知道,超过85%的新加坡人民是不可能满足最低存款额的要求条件的。 政府说,最低存款的计算是基于足够中等入息者基本生活开支吧了。但是,问题是,85%的新加坡人在公积金户头里并没有这笔钱啊!这就是说,我们跟本就无法退休! 政府说,最低存款$155,000元将可以让新加坡人在退休后,可以每月从公积金户头里支取$1200元。但是,超过85%的新加坡人是不可能支取这个数额的。 事实上,50%的新加坡人在公积金的户头里根本就没有$60,000元。假设情况是这样,我们要每月从公积金户头里支取$500都根本不可能! 那么。公积金户头里的最低存款的意义是什么? 政府非常清楚知道,绝大多数的新加坡人是无法达到最低存款额的情况下,为什么政府要设定最低存款额? 为什么政府要设定这么高的最低存款额的同时,他们又不通过提高公积金存款户头的利息作为协助新加坡人民达到这个目标? 这是不是政府的规划太糟糕了?还是,政府根本就不管我们新加坡人民? 政府告诉我们,公积金的‘利息。。。与其他在资本市场提供的同等类似的资金相比是远远还要高的了。’ 现在,我失业了。我将拿我的公积金进行投资。我要看看他们说的是否属实。我可以将我每个月投资在资本市场的情况向大家汇报。 在三月份,我知道有人是使用他们的普通户头投资到资本市场。4个月里,她从证券投资组合赚取的利润中得到3%到40%。这就是说,在整个投资过程 中,她在4个月后已经赚取到部分3% 的回报,这是比公积金每年的2.5%还要来得高。那么,她一年后将赚取多少回报?9%?这是比政府愿意支付给的利息高出3赔 让我们看看,政府要我们相信,他们支付给我们的利息是绝对真正对的。2.5%的利息是不是比资本市场同等类似的投资资金回报还要高! 政府推高政府 组屋的价格,是要我们从公积金户头里支付更多的钱给他们建造的组屋 现在,政府有史以来最终第一次揭露,新加坡人必须动用我们在公积金户头里一半的存款去购买政府组屋。 为什么政府要造成我们必须动用我们公积金户头里一半的存款去购买政府组屋,然后,在告诉我们,再把组屋抵押一半给公积金局以便达到最低存款的要求? 这是什么合乎逻辑? 这是否是糟糕的规划?或者是政府根本就不管? 终于,许文远在上个星期承认了。‘第一,我们控制了施工进度计划;第二,我们制定了组屋售价。’ 政府终于承认了这些事实。 要是政府组屋的价格继续上涨,那是谁一直再推高组屋价格? 假设新加坡人民没有能力购买自己的组屋,是谁给我们设置了这个困难? 假设新加坡人无法在自己的公积金户头储蓄足够的退休金,那是因为我们必须动用我们的公积金去购买组屋,是谁造成我们无法拥有足够的退休金退休? 政府拿着我们的公积金、把公积金局借贷给我们。他们从中赚取了我们的利息,他们把赚取的利息归为自己所有 在1983年,海峡时报报道,政府把我们的公积金借贷给建屋发展局建造组屋。建屋发展局用我们的公积金的钱以高昂的利息借给我们购买他们建造的组屋。 为什么政府向我们的公积金借钱,通过借给我们而从中赚取我们的利息。 与此同时,当我们出售自己的组屋时,我们必须出还给政府。政府的理由是:我们动用了自己的公积金去购买组屋,他们不可以给我们利息。我们不可以赚取在公积金户头里的2.5%利息。所以,我们现在必须偿还这笔利息。 这就是他们所说的应计利息。 我认识的一些人,在他们出售了自己的组屋,他们高兴自己在组屋售后将会获得利润,但是,他们高兴得太早了。因为,他们被告知,必须把所赚取的利息存回应计利息户头里。. 但是,政府动用我们的公积金去进行投资,政府却没有把投资回报归还给我们啊! 政府说,公积金是我们的钱! 你看到你的公积金户户头赚取任何钱吗? 1.政府动用我们的公积金去投资时设定了最低利息 2.他们拿了我们的公积金再以高利息借回给我们。. 3.当组屋出售后,他们让我们把利息还回公积金局。 4.他们动用我们的公积金,但是,取得利润后并没有归还给我们。 公积金还是我们的钱吗? 或者,公积金是政府的钱呢? 政府说,他们动用我们的公积金是为新加坡人民承担了投资风险。 但是,事实上,是谁真正在承担风险?是政府?还是新加坡人民? 新加坡人民并没有拥有自己的产。政府组屋是政府的。 政府一直强调,政府组屋是我们的产业。今天,大家都知道,我们并没有拥有自己的产业。 但是,实际上我们并没有组屋啊!我们只是向政府租赁吧了! 这是在今年第一次政府承认,我们的组屋将在租赁期满后就失去产值!这还是我们的产业吗? 或者,我们只是支付了高昂的租金作为暂时的住宿? 许文远在上星期承认了。他说,‘第一,我们控制了施工进度计划;第二,我们制定了组屋售价。’ 许文远也说,一旦租赁期届满,政府组屋将归还回建屋发展局,因为建屋发展局拥有土地使用权。 这就是说,我们并没有拥有自己的组屋!为什么政府一再告诉我们拥有自己的产业呢? 为什么政府一直要让我们从公积金户头里支付这些永远不会属于我们的产业的组屋呢? 既然政府组屋不属于我们的产业,为什么政府要把组屋的价格推高呢? 为什么政府要让我们花怎么我们的公积金去支付不是属于我们的产业,终导致我们无法储蓄足够的退休金? 新加坡人民在付清了他们的组屋后还有足够的钱过退休生活吗? 今天,我知道,一套4房型的组屋的建造成本是$100,000或者更低。为什么政府要在建造完毕后卖给我们$300,000? 那多出的$200,000去了哪儿?是不是政府收起来了? 如果土地是属于政府的,为什么他们要我们再支付$200,000给他们呢? 在此,我们要问:建造公共房屋的目的是什么? 吴庆瑞博士的期望是,建造公共房屋是要给人们的。廉价的公共住屋可以为人民提供一个住宿。 吴庆瑞博士要为我们提供一个家。 他要新加坡人都有一个可以称得上是自己的家。 吴庆瑞博士要我们住在一个自己感到自豪的家。新加坡人可以真正为这个国家感到自豪!. 吴庆瑞博士有一个梦想。. 但是,他的这个梦想现在去了哪儿? 今天,我们是否真正感到自己确实高兴和骄傲的拥有自己的家?或者,我们一直在担心我们是否有能力偿还房贷吗?即便是我们已经能够偿还房贷,我们又再担心是否有足够的钱过退休生活吗? 行动党是否与普通的新加坡人民一样有着这样的感受? 老一辈的行动党人对新加坡有愿景。他们有一个梦。他们要为新加坡人民创造一个家。他们要新加坡人民有一个可以住宿和愉快生活的家。 老一辈的行动党人照顾人民,是一个负责任的政府。 今天的行动党已经无法可以相提并论了。 今天的行动党愿景是什么?高成本的成长?高GDP?但是,新加坡人民的生活如何?我们是否的快乐?我们是否是一个人? 行动党人今天当然是非常高兴的。因为他们坐在哪儿领取着百万元的薪金。对他们而言,物价永远都不会昂贵的? 当然,他们也就不会感受到一个穷人、一个失业者或者每天都在恐惧中生活。 但是,我是感受到了。我失去工作了。我担心到自己的生活是否还受到保护?我担心政府是否有诚心和有尊尊严的去照顾全体新加坡人民的生活。 当我失去我的工作,政府发表声明支持医院把我开除。世界上有哪一个政府特意发表声明庆祝自己的公民被开除的? 世界上有哪一个政府讥笑和欢呼自己的公民失去温暖、保护和恐惧的?然后指责你不够工作勤劳? 没有!这不是一个政府所应该做的事!政府必须照顾自己的人民、保护他们和为他们提供一个安全的住所。 这是老一辈行动党人所能理解的。这是老一辈行动党人所信仰的,他们实现了。他们让新加坡成为了一个我们所感到骄傲的国家。 但是,今天的行动党是否知道这一切? 他们是知道,一个失业者的感受和最希望得到的是失业的福利? 他们是否知道,当一个人生病时,因顾虑不够钱支付医院的医疗费而选择不去医院看病,与此同时,希望获得更高的医疗补贴吗? 他们是否知道,一个清洁工人或者小贩这么辛勤的工作,自己的时间和精力都付诸到他们承诺的工作上。而这些工作是需要热情和熟练的技术的。我们必须支付更高的薪金给这些工人。 他们感受到吗? 现在,我感受到了。我失去工作。我很害怕去医院。我必须去做临时工。 当你到星巴克时,首先不是去看哪一种饮料你最爱的。然后,你买来喝。你是先看哪一种饮料的价格是最便宜的,然后,买来喝。 当你不再去星巴克和餐馆时,即便是你必须在哪儿与朋友见面,你也必须在其他地方先吃点价格便宜的东西,再到约定的餐馆与朋友见面,这样你才有可能节约。 当你晚上躺在床上感到全身疼痛时,你必须忍受。因为你没有能力到医院花几百元的医药费。 当你弯着背在清洗厕所和站在炙热的火炉旁站上几小时,尝试记住客户要购买的食物。你就会认识到,每一份工作都有其价值;每一个人都有其价值;我们必须平等尊重和有尊严的对待每一个人。人各有所长,因此,不论你是一个清洁工人或者是公司的主管都必须持有这样的态度。 今天的行动党人是否理解这一切? 行动党做了正确的事吗? 行动党会不会诚心了支付给我们的工人最低工资$1500元或者$2000元?或者他们宁愿让他们自己的公司继续赚取数百万元和数亿元的利润? 行动党和是否会向其他先进国家一样,诚实的提高70%或80%医疗保健的开支?还是,他们希望新加坡人因为无法支付医药费而继续选择宁愿死亡? 今天,行动党是否有公义把我们的公积金归还我们?他们已经动用我们的公积金赚取了利润很多年了造成今天很多新加坡人无法退休? 新加坡人民是要一个可以照顾我们的政府 我们的公积金利息是世界上最低的。我们现在要的不是扯谈什么我们的公积金利息是‘合理’的故事! 当85%的新加坡人无法达到最低存款数额和一般的人每个月连领取500元都不可能的情况下,我们不要知道公积金最低存款是为了让我们每月能够领取1200元的故事。 我们要的不是要行动党告诉我们,最低存款是为了我们着想。当政府没有制定最低工资制,我们的公积金户头增加要达到最低存款是不可能的。 现在,我们要的是,行动党必须要有尊严和诚实的态度。在公义和坚定的信念下为人民争取利益,而不是与人民对立。 现在我们要的是,一个会照顾我们的政府。假设这个政府不愿意这么做,那它请离开。让我们重新开始。让我们制定新的政策来保护我们自己,为我们争取自身的利益。这样我们将会活得有尊严、勇气和受人尊敬。 这就是我们今天所要的一切。 我们新加坡人是有耐心和为他人着想的。我们相信你,只要我们了解你。但是,一旦你摧毁了这种信任感,那你也就失去了我们的信任。 我们将不会再相信你。 这就是为什么我们执着于公积金的问题 这是非常简单的事 你是不是要给新加坡人民高利息?是?还是不是? 假设答案是。那就提高利息。 假设,答案不是。你将会告诉我们各种鬼话,包括‘利息是合理的’、‘我们的没有任何的风险’。 利息低就是低,不要再一直欺骗新加坡人民了。 在其他先进国家,从2009年到2012年,他们每年赚取7.4%的利息。 为什么我们新加坡人民要被迫接受2.5%利息? 这是非常简单的事。 你要给新加坡人民选择吗?你要给新加坡人民自由选择权吗? 假设你同意,让我们自己决定公积金的管理和什么时候我们可以领取。 你要人民给自己选择,你会给这样的选择吗?你不要提出一大堆的理由胡说你不能相信人民,所以无法让人们自己选择。 这是非常简单的。只要你是有诚意协助新加坡人民,你就会这么。 假设你是没有诚意,你将不会这么着。. 新加坡人民的眼睛是雪亮的。 够了。已经够了。别再兜圈子了。我们要确实的答案。我们现在就要。 新加坡人民不需要政府再告诉我们故事了。我们要的是答案。我们要的是真相。我们现在就要。作为政府,它不是在告诉我们故事和假装在为我们着想。我们可以用自己的眼睛看到他们在做什么和不要做什么? 解决我们的公积金问题的途径很简单。. 1.让提高我们的薪金,这样我们的公积金户头的存款就会增加。 2.增加我们的公积金户头的利息,这样我们的公积金户头存款就会增加。 只要我们的薪金和公积金局 户头的利息增长,我们的公积金存款就自然会增长。 这样,我们还需要设定最低存款吗? 假设政府非常清楚知道,只是设定最低存款,薪金和公积金户头利息没有增长,我们将不会达到最低存款的要求,这可以称为是公积金最低存款的解决方案吗? 这不是解决方案。 解决方案首先是提高我们薪金,其次是增加我们公积金户头的利息。 3.完全坦白的告诉新加坡人民,他们在过去和现在是如何利用我们的公积金投资在GIC和淡马锡控股的? 4.让新加坡人民自己决定何时要领出我们的公积金。 5.把我们的公积金归还回公积金局。同时,设立独立管理机构管理我们的公积金。这个管理机构的管理必须是透明和可信赖任的。 假设政府是有诚意的,是具有真正的诚意把公积金搞得更好,这就是他们必须做到事。 政府不应该告诉我们给予的利息是合理的。政府不应该说不能够给予我们选择。政府不能够动用我们的公积金去赚取高利润,然后说不归还给新加坡人民。 当政府说了这些话,政府必须自问——政府是否照顾新加坡人民?或者,政府事实上是在照顾什么? 假设是政府不是为新加坡人民服务的,那么,政府是为谁服务? 新加坡已经成为昂贵开支和对新加坡人民不公平的国家了 最近一个刚刚完成的调查。 今天,超过50% 或是一半的新加坡人认为,政府给予我们的公积金户头的利息是不合理的。 政府可能会说,这是‘合理’的。但是。新加坡人自己会判断。 今天,超过60%的新加坡人认为,屋价是负担不起的。 政府会说,政府组屋是负担得起的。但是,新加坡人自己会判断的。 今天,近80%的新加坡人认为,新加坡的生活费太高了、物价太贵了。事实上,新加坡是世界上生活最贵的国家。 政府会说,在新加坡物价还是便宜的。新加坡人自己会判断。 尽管政府一直在向我们讲故事,但是,新加坡人民的眼睛是雪亮的。 政府一直在告诉我们,如果薪金上涨,物价就会跟着上涨,因此,他们告诉我们必须保持低工资。 然而,为什么我们的工资没有上涨的情况下,物价还是一直在上涨? 假设工资上涨不是造成物价上涨的原因,那么,是什么原因造成物价上涨? 是不是政府自己的薪金一直在调高造成的? 假设工资没有提高,但是,物价一直在上涨,政府要人民继续生存下去? 50% 的新加坡人认为公积金的利息是不合理的 60%认为屋价太贵了 80%认为生活费太高了 政府确实为要新加坡和新加坡人民做什么? 与此同时,为什么政府要耗费30年的时间后最终承认这个他们动用我们的公积金的事实。 为什么他们需要经过30年时间让我们知道他们是动用我们的公积金去投资在他们的GIC? 为什么政府要在今年5月份尝试删除全部相关的信息,这样新加坡人民就不可能知道这些事实?但是,为什么他们要在今年6月份承认他们动用我们的公积金投资在淡马锡控股的承认事实? 为什么政府突然间要转变这个态度?为什么政府突然间承认这个事实? 即便如此,他们是否为自己在过去30年里隐瞒这些事实向我们道歉吗? 30年!这是一个漫长的时间啊! 这段时间是我们开始进入社会工作和即将退休。在这漫长的30年里,我们能未获得任何这方面的答案。我们的一生、我们辛勤的工作和长期的劳累,因为我们相信最终我们可以退休。 我们想象中,政府会照顾我们的。但是,经过这漫长的30年,当我们没有受到照顾。为什么政府要耗费30年的时间最终才愿意告诉我们这些真相? 现在,政府已经把GIC和淡马锡控股的企业营业性质转为私人企业的性质了。这样,他们就不必再向新加坡人民汇报他们动用我们的公积金的情况。但是,GIC和淡马锡控股是在动用我们的公积金啊!他们是在动用公共的资金,这是新加坡人民的资金去金投资的啊! 因此,GIC和淡马锡控股不可以成为私人企业,因为这样一来,他们可以为所欲为的做任何事情,又不需要向新加坡人民汇报!GIC和淡马锡控股实质上就是一家公共上市企业,是属于新加坡人民的!GIC和淡马锡控股必须向新加坡人民承担责任! 政府必须坦白了!政府必须让我们知道GIC和淡马锡控股现在拿我们的公积金的钱再干啥? 政府必须坦白!告诉我们真相并向我们汇报全部的实际情况!政府必须老老实实的给予新加坡人民答案! 政府不可以利用我们的公积金的退休金赚取利润 政府不可以利用我们的退休金为自己赚取利润!这不是政府应该做的事。 政府不可以拿我们的公积金给建屋发展局,让它去赚钱。不。这不是政府应该做的事。 家屋发展局不可以拿我们的公积金的钱,然后,自己去赚钱。这不是政府应该做的事。 建屋发展局不可以赚新加坡人民的钱。GIC用我们的退休金去赚钱。淡马锡控股不可以用我们的公积金去赚钱! 一旦政府把权力和金钱都控制在自己手里,这个政府就完蛋了。人民将会站起来为争取和保护自身权力。 这就是新加坡人民必须做的事。 改变只有在我们准备争取的时候才会来临 但是,你准备好了吗?你愿意吗? 我的朋友们,只有我们的人民抱有希望和人民相信我们的国家,我们的祖国才能够生存。 我们的祖国能够生存是当我们了解我们自己的利益在我们的国家。才会认识到为自己的祖国而战斗、为权力而战斗、为自由而战斗。这就是说,我们必须站出来。这就是说,我们必须站在一起。 这就是说,我们不可以等待改变发生,而是让改变实现。 这就是说,不要希望政府有一天会改变,而是改变政府。 这就是说,不是希望某些时候、某个地方改变将会到来。而是,看到了,就牢牢抓住这个机遇,让它实现改变。 为了实现我们希望的改变。 让我们手挽手,团结在一起去实现改变 我们的祖国是我们的,直到我们能够看到它、直到我们相信团结在一起、我们人士到大家团结在一起,一块手挽着手、互相关怀和照顾、认识到为我们的祖国而战斗、为这块土地争取自由而战斗。 我们是新加坡公民, 宣誓我们是团结一致的人民 不论种族、语言和宗教信仰 建设一个民主的社会 基于正义和平等 为我们的国家实现幸福、繁荣与进步 为了我们的国家,我们的生活,我们必须相信,我们需要一个梦想 假设我们要正义、平等和自由来到我们的国家,我们必须坚信并实现它。 我们必须站出来,手腕和手让这个理想实现 我们相信,改变是需要的,但是,不是等待着它发生。一旦我们决定了,我们就要走到一起。现在改变将到来、改变一切。 恐惧在我们的面前有两条路。恐惧能够使我们退缩;恐惧能够使我们相信这是不合理的。 但是,恐惧也让我们感到愤怒。恐惧也会让我们变得热情。恐惧也会让我们变得无岁畏惧。现在,恐惧能够让我们说出真相。恐惧会让我们为争取自身的权利。恐惧能够让我们觉醒和看到改变。 现在,当恐惧已经无法控制我们时,当我们看到可行性——那就是梦想和机会。当我们相信未来是我们所要居住的,为每一个人都要斗争。当我们看到这一切,我们就会摆脱纠缠着我们前进的绊脚石!让我们把梦想变成现实。 只要我们看到了,就要坚信它。 请和我在一起,和我们在一起,实现改变的梦想。 我要一个属于新加坡人自己的新加坡。改变我们所希望看到的改变 我不是反对行动党。我不是反对我们的总理。我们的副总理和部长们。 我们是一个人,就像他们一样。 作为一个人,我们如果犯了错误,有时是为了他们自己、有时是为了他人和有时是为了国家。 但是,作为一个人,我们必须要有勇气认识到什么事已经能够发生了,必须站出来,要求别人的原谅和回应地原谅别人。这样,我们才可以一起继续朝向一条和平和热情的道路。 上个星期,我去了国会看了整个过程。我看到了在国会里的行动党、工人党、人民党、非选区国会议员和官委议员。他们都带着热情和勇气的信念发言。 我也看到一些议员他们的发言是因为他们别无选择,说出不是自己的心里话,而是由别人为他们拟好说话的内容。 但是,我们的国家已经不是一个为其他人拟好说话内容的国家了。 我们的国家必须成为一个人为众人说话的国家。 现在,我不是反对行动党。我要的是,一个未来是属于全体新加坡人的。行动党和所有向我们一样的人,能够一起沐浴在我们的光荣和成就的新加坡。 这个新加坡是我们可以分享成长的新加坡。我们可以分享我们国家的机会。假如我们失败了,我们会互相帮助。假如我们成功了,我们互相祝贺。 现在,这是我所梦想的国家。我已经看到它的实现。这不是一个梦。这是现实的。但是,只有我们新加坡人才可以把它变成现实。 行动党只有和新加坡人民合作,行动党愿意从他们的台上走下来成为人民一分子、和人民在一起,而只有大家把不同看法搁置一边,人民已经觉悟,一起走出来,说出自己的心里话、认识到争取自己的权利,这样,我们就可以朝向一个进步和繁荣的开始 当只有这一切实现时才可能。 今天,我们发出呼声。明天,将会有越来越多的呼声,接着将会一起发出呼声。 如果我们要改变,那么就从我们自己开始。 就我们而言,我们希望看到改变。 我们只有坚信,我们才有可能实现我们的梦想。我们必须一道去创造一个我们永远梦想的社会,一个我们一直追求属于大家的社会!这个社会是能够照顾每一个人和保护每一个人的社会。 前进吧!新加坡! 我的审前会议已经展延到2014年7月17日下午2点30分.法院听审日期已经定于2014年9月18日早上10点整。总理已经要求法院即席总结裁决。我再次感激我的律师拉维先生为我的案件进行辩护。谢谢大家对我的支持。我坚信,我们将会一块迈向康庄大道! 谢谢! http://thehearttruths.com/2014/07/13/video-my-speech-at-12-july-returnourcpf-protest-be-united-and-be-the-change-we-wish-to-see/ Read More →
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