PM Lee: Dr Tony Tan will unify S’poreans

EP 2011 watershed. Unify Singaporeans.. Vote Wisely.. Cooling off day?? Please

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

1) RETURN OUR CPF MONEY. This is our hard earned money. You have NO RIGHTS to hold it "indefintely".

Allow CPF to be used to fund children's education in private tertiary institution IMMEDIATELY.
YOUR STUPID CPF POLICIES.will ruin our children's future.

2) No transparency yet in our Nation's Reserves and the policy on our money in CPF kept changing again and again. WHY??? Is it because alot have already been lost and now there is insufficient fund left?

WE NEED OUR CPF MONEY TO SUSTAIN THE HIGH COST OF LIVING NOW.
Very stupid to talk of tomorrow (age 65) when we cannot even survive today(55) cause we have already lost our jobs to the FT.

3) Comes Year 2016. WHICHEVER PARTY takes over as the new Government PLEASE check on this matter seriously and urgently. I dont wish to be shocked with MORE BAD news. I DEMAND full payment. Anything short is UNACCEPTABLE.

4) ELECTED PRESIDENT
UNLESS the Constitution is amended, I consider it utterly a sin to pay this Ceremonial Head a sum of $4 million over a year. No wonder he and all the MILLIONAIRE MINISTERS do not care about their money in CPF. Haiz! Haiz! Haiz!

The more I think about it, the more FRUSTRATED and ANGRY I I become.

PM LEE you are responsible for the divide in Singapore. Your policy on granting PR and Citizenship status has caused such a rift in our communities. The Indian community is completely divided as the new immigrants consider themselves as Superior and will not make any effort to blend in with the locals.

If you need workers to grow our economy, yes many Singaporeans will agree with it, but not on giving away PR and Singapore citizen so cheaply.

TKL - Talk Kok La (Insurance Talk)
TCB - Tan Chia Bo (Healthcare Businessman)
TT - Tonic Tan (Nutrient Talent)

How to pick??

No need EP la.

"I made it clear TT did not need my go ahead to enter contest."
"TT also informed me he would be resigning from GIC to contest."

The Presidential Election must be held by 31 August.

I have no preference. The vote is in your hand. Vote wisely.

HOW TO TRUST A PAP GUY??? will he care about the citizen or to here to cover PAP @#$%..

Tony Tan a unifying figure?
Trying to fool Singaporeans again?

Now even the Prime Minister has to weigh in with claims that Tony Tan “did not need my permission, nor did he ask for it.”

He was careful not to be seen as endorsing Tony Tan. In past elections for the Elected President post, the government made it clear who they were backing but not now.

With the humiliating defeat no doubt still fresh in their minds, the PAP leadership knows that to openly endorse a candidate is to court hostility.

But Singaporeans are not fooled. We can be fooled some of the time but not all the time. Tony Tan is widely believed to be the anointed one. His long association with the PAP and ties with senior PAP leaders make him the ideal candidate for what is essentially a figurehead post.

Far from being a unifying figure, a former PAP man will invite further derision.

With only blocking powers (for which the EP can put up a show at best), and the inability to initiate anything, isn’t the EP a puppet?

A vote for any former PAP man is a vote for the PAP. It is as simple as that.

If the ruling party is genuinely concerned about unifying Singaporeans, it should address the root of the problem which lies in the repressive nature of this government and a lack of transparency regarding our very substantial reserves.

The script says “Written and produced by PAP”, and everyone knows that.

Clearly the PAP brand is waning.

Remote control "Electronic Puppy" can do the job. Cheap and good. No need EP.

Hello lee hsien loong, why are you still holding the post of PM ?
You have failed miserably the last 2 terms!!!
Please resign and stop acting as if you are the only talent to run the office...

Full-page ST propaganda on Tin Pei Ling's views about DBSS flats. ST should start a separate 'TPL' section to keep us updated on the number of hiccups, stomps and farts she made daily.

Do you think we will listen to this stupid no substance....idiotic PAP MP?
Just look at the netizen negative remarks on her fb.....

Thumbs up..those who agree....

We had made mistake in the GE by letting the PAP win most of the seat, let not make the same mistake again in this coming PE
Those who had voted for KBK must had regretted now, that the Housing price is even worse than MBT in charges. Blamed it only on those who had voted for him to received such a surprise outbreak of HDB prices which is meant for the rich FT and not for the local Singaporean, what they see now is $$$$ in their eyes and not the living condition of the Singaporen who had vote for him............so frustated in seeing them talking rubbish that doesn't make sense.

Even before the presidential election has started proper, PAP ministers are rushing in one after another to endorse former PAP minister Dr Tony Tan which raises serious questions on how ‘independent’ he can be.

After ESM Goh Chok Tong proclaimed Dr Tan as a ’suitable’ presidential candidate, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong now weighed in saying that he has ‘no doubt’ that he will be a ‘unifying figure for all citizens and will bring honour and credit to Singa­pore if he is elected as Singapore’s next president.’

In response to queries from the state media, PM Lee described the president as a ‘key person’ in Singapore’s (or PAP regime?) unique system of government which is completely dominated by a single ruling party in control of all state institutions such as the police, media, civil society and grassroots organizations.

Singaporeans should be concerned if Dr Tony Tan will serve the interests of Singaporeans or the PAP regime if elected into office as he was once the preferred successor of PAP supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew.

The moral of the story:
THE FATHER STILL PULL THE STRINGS.....
NEVER TRUST PAP...
NEVER VOTE PAP....

LHL has not change much since election. Promises to listen and change are all forgotten. KBW didn't address the real housing issue and play taiji. They are telling us that we are daft and easy to be bluff at. If you people still don't give them a strong signal, they will continue to do what is not right. Vote for anything that is not related to them.

Even the PM endorse Tony Tan.
In return, Tony Tan will endorse the PAP.

Eventually, no democracy and no transparency.
In that case, how can we vote for Tony Tan.

Better abolish the post of EP.

Errrr...........just count the number of whiten KEE CHIU so far for Dr Tony Tan
and tell me again that he is an independent candidate for the EP.

I may be just an ordinary citizen but I am definately not Daft !!!

Tony Tan,
You are from PAP and no one wil believe that you are not associated with them since you hold high post in both GIC and SPH.
If you are sincere to protect the interest of Singaporeans, you publicly tell all Singaporean what are the PAP policies you will not endorsed, inclusive of those had been endorse by President Nathan (because I simply don't believe President Nathan exercise his duty during his terms).
Hope to hear your clarification.
No clarification will means you are just another PAP man who will be endorsing all PAP policies and I will assume you are invited by PAP for this contest.
Sinagporean will continue to watse 4million a year.

A Ringing Endorsement
The more common usage of the honorific "emeritus" is as a suffix e.g. professor emeritus, chairman emeritus, director emeritus, bishop emeritus. It can also be used as a noun, e.g. emeritus of chemistry at Stanford University. Calling Goh Chok Tong ESM is rather unfortunate, as those who toy with acronyms may spell it out as Extra Stupid Minister. Goh as good as bestowed the kiss of death on Wong Kan Seng and Mah Bow Tan during GE 2011, when he defended George Yeo by saying latter committed no sin like letting Mas Selamat escape through the toilet window or HDB prices go through the roof. Maybe Goh is not a presidential race contender because he can't seem to keep his mouth shut, the one prime requisite of the selected president role.

Ms Tan, who is de facto spokesperson @#$% media contact for her father's campaign, must be wringing her hands and stomping her feet, after hearing Goh broadcast all the way from Japan that the candidate is "eminently suitable" for the post. Said the ESM, "He gives a real choice to the people." This unwelcome endorsement, despite the carefully orchestrated efforts to dissociate Tony Tan from the stain of party affiliation.

Main stream media mogul SPH, of which Tan was chairman of until he threw his hat into the ring on Thursday, went the extra mile of polling 60 people on the streets of Singapore to cement the message of choice. 30 reportedly said party association was not critical in the presidential race. 18 thought being close tot the PAP would be advantageous. 12 considered it would work against the candidate. "The political tide has turned, as can be seen from the last election. Anyone associated with he PAP could be received quite negatively, especially by the younger crowd, who prefer someone who will speak out," quipped a director of a childcare centre.

Make no bones about it, it's an uphill task to thwart the official scheme of things. In January 1999, Ong Teng Cheong told PM Goh Chok Tong that he intended to run again in the August presidential polls. He was given the go-ahead in principle, but was required to undergo a medical exam - he had been diagnosed with cancer in 1992. Although doctors gave him a clean bill of health, Goh and his cabinet quietly made the decision to prop up SR Nathan for the job. Initial soundings had indicated the popular and independent-minded Ong would most likely defeat their yes-man par excellence. As a fallback contingency plan, Goh's team lined up an alternative, lower-profile candidate than Nathan - one who would be less prickly to handle than Ong. At the very last nail biting moment, Ong decided not to contest the election and Singapore's fate was sealed. Four doctors from Singapore General Hospital who deemed Nathan fit for office noted "hypertension, diabetes, elevated cholesterol level, prostate enlargement and diverticulitis of the colon."

Strict eligibility requirements for the presidential slot, such as past experience in heading a statutory board or a company with a paid-up capital of at least S$100 million, restrict the number of eligible candidates, who skeptics say, will be eminently suitable for the honorifics of cronyism and nepotism

Is there really a need for us to have a very highly paid President., especially one from the ruling PAP? Absurd!!

I just hope that 60% of the Citizen can wake up. We don't need another PAP to safe guard our reserve so that they can continue draw high salaries monthly and just say Singaporean have forgotten our government.

Tony, Tony, Tony .......... Haizzzzzzzz
The cries of the Nation is NOT just your unifying factor.
The social & racial fabrics of the Nation are well unified.
The cries of the Nation is what you want & CAN do for
the Nation that the Govt WONT do.
So far, NO candidate have yet laid on the table what they
want & CAN do.
Only members of the Govt. .... oh & the "puppet" too have
come out to lay THEIR terms.

So, ..... is it relevant to be the Nation President when there's
NO policies laid down but expected approval from the citizens ?
Or just approval from the Govt ??
Not even the HIGHEST post of the Nation has DARE voiced
anything about the PEOPLE'S CPF withdrawal age matter !!!!!!!!
All the best Singapooorer ...... Thank you.