Comments on: So… the money belongs to the government now, eh? http://pkchukiss.sgblogging.com/2009/10/13/so-the-money-belongs-to-the-government-now-eh/ Examining Reality; Speaking the unspeakable - with the help of truth serum Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:33:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Lee Chee Wai http://pkchukiss.sgblogging.com/2009/10/13/so-the-money-belongs-to-the-government-now-eh/comment-page-1/#comment-36433 Lee Chee Wai Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:22:23 +0000 http://pkchukiss.sgblogging.com/?p=781#comment-36433 It is clear as daylight that this is an attempt to create a political "photo-op" for the "right" people. It could simply have been arranged as a HDB or Ministry of National Development announcement for the current round of the lift upgrading program for Singapore as a whole. The letter hinted at this (with all the claims that this is a "government program"). But no ... they *had* to make it look like certain political figures were going to take credit for it. I am particularly pissed-off at the suggestion (in some previous article) that the Potong Pasir Town Council might not have the sinking funds to pay for it. Any well-planned program would have to take available funds into account. Why bother to announce "upgrading" for an estate you know cannot pay for the "upgrade" under the terms you offer? I have sort of given up on Singaporeans where these things are concerned. Anywhere else in the world, this forum letter will come back to haunt the government come election time. I'm not willing to bet the same would happen in Singapore. It is clear as daylight that this is an attempt to create a political “photo-op” for the “right” people.

It could simply have been arranged as a HDB or Ministry of National Development announcement for the current round of the lift upgrading program for Singapore as a whole. The letter hinted at this (with all the claims that this is a “government program”). But no … they *had* to make it look like certain political figures were going to take credit for it. I am particularly pissed-off at the suggestion (in some previous article) that the Potong Pasir Town Council might not have the sinking funds to pay for it. Any well-planned program would have to take available funds into account. Why bother to announce “upgrading” for an estate you know cannot pay for the “upgrade” under the terms you offer?

I have sort of given up on Singaporeans where these things are concerned. Anywhere else in the world, this forum letter will come back to haunt the government come election time. I’m not willing to bet the same would happen in Singapore.

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