PAP incapable of reinventing itself: Catherine Lim

We have a style of government that has gone wrong is its mindsets
and disconnect with the people they govern.

To date I have yet to understand how CPF LIFE can help me. Why it is been offered. The FAQ from the CPF does not provide answers to questions that I have.

Over the decades, there were clear directions to forge ahead in terms of education, manufacturing and even the stop at 2 campaign.

The last 8 years saw dismal performance in:
Wafer Fabrication plants
Genetics
Pharmaceuticals
Precision Engineering
Bio-medical manufacturing

It did not bring in many jobs for Singaporeans
It does not pay very well
It provided opportunities only for limited group of people.

Instead, over the last 8 years or more, there was great success in property markets, financial products, building construction and oil riggs.

Construction and oil riggs benefitted people with strong legs and arm power..people without polytechnic diplomas and degrees

Financial products and properties benefitted people with money. Something most Sinaporeans did not have.

No improvements to the software which is the people.
No improvements to incomes and jobs
No improvements to skills either.

Talk about the knowledge economy was talk only.. the result was a couple of casinos and large skyscrappers.. filled with foreigners.. The singaporean continued to drive taxis, be property salesman, insuarnce scammers and stock traders.

Zero productivity
Zero innovation
Zero economic benefit to all

Good cosmetics though.. beautiful landscape at the Marina.. but whose pet project is that?
Did you get money out of it?
or did you have to pay to get in?

This is our home.
This is the home our father built
Yeah right... but youI am jobless.

Sure, you can drive a taxi
Sure, you can be a property agent
Sure, youcan sell insurance
Sure, you can be an Allied Educator
Sure, youI can trade on line
You could also be a production operator at Biosensors's factory.

Question is: is that the future of my children too?

Look at Taiwan, we know what to do in 2016 and 2020, etc.

Voice out and vote.

A dynasty will be over, sooner or later.

Chia Thye Poh held for 26 years? Why? Is he holding some dirty secrets of the PAP that cannot see the light of day?

Mr Goh Keng Swee and Mr Lim Kim San would weep if they were still alive today.

A classic examlpe is Dr Vivian!!! First he said to draw top few % of talent around the world only, latter part he changed his words!!!!! YOG ovwer budget!!!!!! Current only in the capacity on stamford canal which differs on experts view!!!! This kind of person can still hold cabinet minister!!!!!! I ask LKY and LHL to judge how many mistakes has he made!!!! Is he still capable to be a minister? Thinks he still never learn his lesson on the old, needy and poor people allowance. Sigh!!!!!!!!!!!

She is right!!!! The only thing that the pappies are capable of doing is sucking the money from the people. My vote for GE2016 is definitely for the opposition.

The PAP is a festering gangrenous wound that is beyond all medical cure. The only option is amputation. 2016 cannot come soon enough.

Before, 1 nation 1 singapore
Now,,,, 1 nation many FT
This what they invented, but lousy invention.

I feel very sad for my country that our MPs dare not put their parliament discussion “live” for her citizens to view. It has been done before and it should be done. It helps to improve our citizens’ awareness about how national policies are formulated. What are the considerations involved. By showing their debates live, we know whether our MPs indeed have the best minds and the voters are able to make adjustment during general election. Only then the people are confident that the best of the best are governing the nation. I stayed in WP GRC, I would like to see how my MPs perform and carry themselves in parliament. If they don’t act well in the interest of my country and my fellow countrymen then I know who to vote in the next election. But a pity I can’t tell whether they are great thinkers in parliament thus I afraid that my country will grow weak as years go.

if a govt say they got to be paid millions to ATTRACT top talent and PREVENT corruption, what does that tell you ? Country before people ,or money before people ?

The ruling party is still harping and riding on their past glories and achievement.Most of the current leaders were born with a golden spoon and it is difficult for them to really connect and understand the plight of its people.Money seem to be the key motivation for them to enter politics.The result of the last election served as a wake up call.There were alot of issues raised during the GE and if nothing is being done to solve these issues that affected Singaporean livelihood,I believe come GE2016 the ruling party will be the minority in Parliament.Thank you Ms Catherine Lim for standing up for the ISA detainees and your constructive criticsm.

Old PAP and new PAP is just different. New PAP since 1990s should not be allowed to claim credit for all the good works done by PAP old guards.

taiwan have 113 MP
spore have 87 MP
taiwan population 20 million
spore popualtion 5 million
taiwan president salary $200k a year
spore president $1.54 milliom a year
spore PM salary $2.2 million
spore minister salary

I do agree with Catherine that PAP will have much difficulty reinventing itself. The reason I believe this is because PAP has taken many wrong moves in their policies and in order to 'reinvent' themselves and make it right, they will have to reverse many flawed policies which will be almost impossible.
1) No Minimum wage and the 'FT' immigration policy - the govt have not prepared the framework well enough before they open the immigration floodgates, now it is too late to implement it because many low wage fws have already been hired and there will be adverse effects if they raise the bar only now.
2) The astronomical HDB prices - we all know how MBT screwed up with his flawed policy and loopholes and KBW is trying his best to control the damage . It would be hard to reverse the policy now, if not there will be a segment of the owners who will be very angry.
3)Singapore's economy - we are still largely dependent on the manufacturing sector for our economic growth. We all know that Singapore cannot be competitive in the area so any longer. Factories and manufacturing plants are relocating to China, India and Thailand. Our Govt. is slow to observe this trend or they blatantly refuse the idea because oppositions have identified this first. Instead of using our economic strength as an advantage to venture into new sectors, creating new local enterprises with our reserves, they have no foresight! and chose to built casinos, raise taxes, artificially boosting the economy by importing fws, and losing billions in bad overseas investments.

Once you make a mistake, quickly admit it and step out of it.
The deeper you sink into your own lies, the more difficult for you to find the way out.

May the heavens help our nation for the future.

CATHERINE LIM SHOULD HAVE STOOD FOR ELECTION IN THE LAST GE AND LED THE OPPOSITION!!! SHE STILL CAN DO IT IN THE NEXT ELECTION!

She's the only local celebrity who has the guts to stand up and speak out her mind against abuse of power by PAP!!!!! Everyone is so scared or indifferent!!! The WP borders on disappointment to me so far. All the ballyhoo about Chen and the other new additions from WP in Parliament at the last election. But since their Aljunied victory, these people and WP have been rather quiet in spite of the people's unhappiness with the new transport fare hike even though SMRT and SBSTransit made profits about $300 million between themselves recently and the panel for minister pay revision was unfairly selected and instructed what to do by the PM -- no independence. And the panel's recommendation still let the senior and junior ministers' pays to be double or more than the pay of the most powerful and important man in the world -- President Obama!!!

We need Opposition like those in Egypt, Libya, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the West to stem the tide of power abuse!!!

Government had turned into a Greedy Self-Rewards & Self-Served Party Mindsets!
Poor and Elderly Singaporeans will totally Passionless Ignored & Left Behind Helplessly!
PAP, GDP, GIC, TM, Comrades, Relatives, Friends will their only Fully Concerned!
Effortless to cope the further stressfulness, its times for a Turning Point of our futures!
Life is too Short to see our bloodily sweating CPF monies down in the drain in TM!

I guess the most important is the REFORM OF THE HIGH COURT AND SUBORDINATE COURT structure, REPLACE BENCH TRIAL WITH JURY TRIAL IN ALL civil procedure and criminal procedure!!!!

A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Modern juries tend to be found in courts to ascertain the guilt, or lack thereof, in a crime.
The size of the jury varies; in criminal cases there are usually 12 jurors, although Scotland uses 15. A number of countries that are not in the English common law tradition have quasi-juries on which lay judges or jurors and professional judges deliberate together regarding criminal cases.

In civil cases many trials require only eight.

In most common law jurisdictions, the jury is responsible for finding the facts of the case, while the judge determines the law. These "peers of the accused" are responsible for listening to a dispute, evaluating the evidence presented, deciding on the facts, and making a decision in accordance with the rules of law and their jury instructions. Typically, the jury only judges guilt or a verdict of not guilty, but the actual penalty is set by the judge. An interesting innovation was introduced in Russia in the judicial reform of Alexander II: unlike in modern jury trials, jurors decided not only whether the defendant was guilty or not guilty, but they had the third choice: "Guilty, but not to be punished", since Alexander II believed that justice without morality is wrong.

Catherine Lim Is a fighter. I still remember olden days that those things she wrote really made Goh Chok Tong Very mad of her. Almost put her in jail. Chinese saying : Money rust. PAP got too much money, full of corrosions, erosions, rust. Need Hydrochroric acid to clean up..............

If PAP & MPs always likes to claims NUMBER ONE,
Absolutely no ones will dare to admit a SINGLE Mistake!

PAP is like a growing child wearing yesteryear's clothes and shoes.