tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192886411710925198.post2501432480166077407..comments2023-11-02T21:24:44.689+08:00Comments on Today's Mostly Cloudy: I will vote for you reason #3 - IF you gimme back my MerlionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12832231635886351226noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192886411710925198.post-5955070402917498932011-03-24T11:47:25.874+08:002011-03-24T11:47:25.874+08:00i) If the govt stops parachuting new faces into MP...i) If the govt stops parachuting new faces into MP seats through GRCs. Let these new faces fight in 1-to-1 SMCs, so that they can earn their place in parliament; this is esp. important for new faces who are destined to be ministers.<br /><br />ii) If the govt makes sure govt/private sector jobs go to every available, qualified, Singaporean first, and then only can they hire PRs/foreigners if no capable Singaporeans are to be found. Singaporeans live here; PRs/foreigners can choose to live elsewhere.<br /><br />iii) If the cabinet (who is paid by tax-payer dollars) declares all their private assets, including homes here and abroad, shares in local stock market, companies owned...etc. Oh, and their wives/husbands' assets too, and those of their kids who are over 18. We must be able to see that their peronal wealth have not benefitted from their positions of power.<br /><br />iv) Cut back on Mindef/Home Affairs spendings. Our security is already quite good; so I think saving a few dollars in the armed forces/police and channeling them to welfare would not be a problem. <br /><br />v) If they abolish ISD. It is now used on so-called 'terrorists', but what if someone who is stuck there is really innocent? Also, when needed, they will use ISD against political opponents. Scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com