Subject/Topic: Facts in the Singapore Political Context 13 JULY 2019 Saturday Singapore Time
Article: Why Singapore voters are asking for Santas Claus as their ideal politician to challenge the ruling party Online Platform: The Online Citizen (TOC) Author: Terry Xu (Singaporean, Chief Editor of The Online Citizen) Date Published: 25 June 2019 URL: https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2019/06/25/why-singapore-voters-are-asking-for-a-santas-claus-as-their-ideal-politician-to-challenge-the-ruling-party/ Excerpts from the above news article: "...we should set out the following facts in the Singapore political context. - Majority of Singaporeans will not fork out money to support political causes or parties for change (even if it is a change that they desire) - Most if not all Singapore businesses are beholden to the Government Linked Companies and those associated with it such as NTUC. - Singapore was ranked fourth on Economist’s crony-capitalism index in 2016. - Most Singaporeans will not stick their neck out for anyone penalised by the system. Forget what you know about the solidarity of citizens in Hong Kong, Taiwan or any other democratic country. (Notes: Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming is a 41-year old Singaporean Targeted Individual (TI) living in Singapore. After graduating from the National University of Singapore (NUS) 13 years ago in the year 2007, Mr. Teo En Ming did not have any stable job for the past 13 years. His employment history is extremely sparse for the past 13 years. In fact, he is not allowed to work for the past 13 years due to political pressure. In what subtle ways? He keeps getting fired or is forced to resign for the past 13 years due to political pressure. Many times he has to accept a job way under his specialization (university degree and computer networking diploma). His total Central Provident Fund (CPF) (CPF is a compulsory government "pension fund" which cannot be withdrawn) savings of SGD$56,969 (as at 27 Jun 2019) shows that he is extremely under-employed and under-achieved for the past 13 years as compared to his contemporaries. He has no career progression for the past 13 years, leading to stagnation or should I even say regression. He is always forced to accept an entry level/fresh university graduate salary of SGD$2800 (for IT professionals) or way lower (for mediocre jobs) for the past 13 years. His longest held job is only 12 months (1 year) in a small IT company in Singapore from Nov 2017 to Nov 2018. Compared to his contemporaries, Mr. Teo En Ming has the lowest Socio-Economic Status (SES) in Singapore and the poorest, even though he has a Bacheor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (with honors) from NUS, a diploma in Mechatronics Engineering (with Merit) from Singapore Polytechnic, and another diploma in Computer Networking (based on Cisco CCNA curriculum) from Singapore Polytechnic. What an irony! He lives in a HDB One-Room Rental Flat meant for the extremely poor in Singapore and he does not have any residential property, not even the most basic HDB 3-room flat. He has no car and not even a bicycle. Maybe he will also face difficulties buying toy cars as well. He has no credit cards at all for the past 13 years. Compared to other Singaporeans, he travels out of Singapore extremely infrequently due to a limited purse. Mr. Teo En Ming is an under-privileged Singaporean. He is a third class citizen in his own country. Maybe he is worse than third class. 1000th class??) - Most Singaporeans are grateful to the People’s Action Party for monetary handouts especially during election year even though the handouts are financed through the government and not the party. So what this essentially means – should the complaints of the average voters be valid – that an ideal political party or politician before considering its political ideology, should: - be able to self fund the party’s activities between elections because Singaporeans will not donate to political parties and neither will businesses because Prime Minister Office will be told who are the supporters." "Even the esteemed Dr Tan Cheng Bock will find it hard to please their standards as a running-candidate in the General Election for his party does not have the same war chest and the support from the business community as what his former political party has." "Most Singaporeans will not stick their neck out for anyone penalised by the system. Forget what you know about the solidarity of citizens in Hong Kong, Taiwan or any other democratic country." The following photos illustrate the stark contrast between a protest in Hong Kong and a protest in Singapore. [1] http://i67.tinypic.com/2lc63cw.png [2] https://i.imgur.com/nfOGSVT.png [3] https://i.postimg.cc/bJYLqn7p/HK-protest-vs-SG-protest.png -----BEGIN EMAIL SIGNATURE----- The Gospel for all Targeted Individuals (TIs): [The New York Times] Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html ******************************************************************************************** Singaporean Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming's Academic Qualifications as at 14 Feb 2019 [1] https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/ [2] https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/ [3] https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming -----END EMAIL SIGNATURE-----