Singaporeans, We Must Have The Courage To Change

With the heat emanating in Punggol East, you will notice the above monstrosity at the junction of Sengkang East Way and Sengkang East Drive. If my memory serves me well, the banner had the picture of Michael Palmer instead of the above before he resigned. 

Questions: 

1. Does this location in front of Block 160 carpark (junction of Sengkang East Way and Sengkang East Drive) belong to the constituency of Punggol East SMC? If it is, why are the pictures of the MPs of Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC staring at us?
2. If it is in the constituency of Punggol East, what right does PAP have to display this banner?
3. Who pays for the banner?
4. Which government department/ institution allows such banners to be displayed?
5. Why do I see faces of only PAP's MPs pictures in such banners all over Singapore?
6. Why do I not see faces of WP's MPs pictures in Hougang or Aljunied?

Fair is fair. If the location is in the electoral boundary of Punggol East, I would think that someone has illegally abused his/her power to benefit PAP for cheap advertisement and self-aggrandisement. So does this location belong to Pasir Ris-Punggol or Punggol East?

Funny. Though many uncouth Singaporean bitch much about the inefficiency (corrupted, slow, dirty, etc.) of countries they visit, most Singkies do not give much fook to the dirt (unfairness, inequality, injustice, lack of real democracy) practiced by their own countrymen in their own country.

So what does it take to change the essence of a man? The essence of Singaporeans?

What does it take for Singaporeans to realise:

1. The only fear to fear is fear itself
2. LKY is not God and all that come from PAP are not gospel truths
3. We are too old to die young but our descendants are not. If we do not have enough alternative voices and strength in parliament to mitigate the harm being done to Singapore, it is not us but our children and our children's children who will pay the price and suffer
4. The arrogance, callousness and hubris of "PAP Knows Best" are the roots of many evils manifesting Singapore now.
5. The rubbish of Singapore being 1st World is a damned lie.
6. The fact that Singapore is the only country where old folks in their 60's. 70's and even 80's need to work as cleaners in hawkers centres and have to pick paper cartons and aluminium cans in rubbish dumps to survive is a sad truth for all to see. It is a fookin' shame that my friends from Burma and PRC are telling me how screwed up Singapore is because such shame is rarely seen in their countries!
7. The disparagement and derogation Singaporeans had of Philippines (Marcos era), Indonesia (Suharto and even Soekarno era) and other neighbours is coming to visit and bite us now. We used to speak of the corruption of such nations not knowing that we may be paying the same price now albeit in a more leegalise way. Atrocious salaries for ministers who failed and retired with pensions. Incoming ministers with such sense of granduer that they feel and commented that the obscene salaries they receive is insufficient to pay for their family time they sacrifice to serve the people! AIMgate.
   
   Is it payback time for Singaporeans for the sins they committed in despising and looking down on others?

I'm not sure if it was written in "Beyond the Blue Gate" by Teo Soh Lung or another book by another Singapore political prisoner that in ISD interrogations, officers threatened that "accidents can happen" to those who do not toe the line. 

Being a blogger telling it like it is, I have been advised by those who love and care for me to be careful. I have been often warned to do no harm to those so powerful who can easily harm me. I write from my damaged heart sharing my perception of the things I see that does not resonate well for my country. If the powerful feel slighted by my perception and accident happens, it happens.

I'm already too old to die young. 

Now let's hear the people sing!

With optimism in my damaged heart and for the good of my children and grandchildren, let's look forward to an encore in the early morning of 27 Jan 2013!

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