http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 en-US 60 <p>Every 23rd....... Payday <img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_exclaim.gif" alt= "icon_exclaim.gif" /><img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_exclaim.gif" alt= "icon_exclaim.gif" /><img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt= "icon_mrgreen.gif" /></p> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:55:52 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8316742 hloc http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>F1! <img src="/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/redones/angel.png" alt="angel.png" /></p> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:03:02 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8314948 Evangel http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>actually, i kinda look forward to the nd rally every year. to see what other tricks up lhl's sleeve can he conjures....</p> <p>but i tend to listen to him `mesmerize the nation' over the radio, so i can do other things. otherwise, it is a waste of time watching and listening to him at the same time.</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:54:05 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8314796 redDUST http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>I always thought we needed an extra public holiday between the aug-nov period.&nbsp;</p> <p>Maybe Prime Minister's Day or something, to honor all our present and former leaders.</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:46:21 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8314742 Quincey http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>xmas?</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:33:49 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313745 FireIce http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by yamizi:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>1 October, Wednesday, Hari Raya Puasa</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /> thinking of hari raya..i kena call back for reservist sia from 24 sept to 7 oct...</p> <p>kns!</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:32:53 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313743 Fs4751 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>anything to look forward?</p> <p>teachers' day.</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:27:00 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313727 SBS7484P http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Restoring the pay cuts of civil servants and ministers is reasonable as Singapore's economy has now regained momentum.</span>" - Ng Eng Hen<br /> <br /> "<span style="font-weight: bold;">I don't think my reading for the economy is strong enough for us to even consider asking for the restoration of the cut in CPF.</span>" - Lim Boon Heng<br /> <br /> "<span style="font-weight: bold;">If we ever introduce anything like quotas or incentives based on race, it will reinforce the perception that Malays and Indians have low skills and can only get jobs because of an incentive or quota.</span>" - Tharman Shanmugaretnam<br /> <br /> "<span style="font-weight: bold;">These schools (SAP schools) need to remain essentially Chinese to give the edge in interacting with China...</span>" - self contradictory statement made by Tharman Shanmugaretnam again<br /> <br /> "<span style="font-weight: bold;">We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two... We will regret the time lost if we do not now take the first tentative steps towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large number of the physically, intellecually and culturally anaemic.</span>" - MM Lee in 1967<br /> <br /> "<span style="font-weight: bold;">If you don't include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid society...So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. That's a problem.</span>" - MM Lee in 1983<br /> <br /> "<span style="font-weight: bold;">The PAP Government has always thrived on its ability to anticipate problems.</span>" - Wong Kan Seng<br /> <br /> "<span style="font-weight: bold;">We are not able to be everywhere as a government to know everything in Singapore.</span>" - PM Lee</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:25:37 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313723 Catknight http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>the 400,000 is to remake east coast, not to give it a name only</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:17:49 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313318 stupidissmart http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>This forum nt for Jokes and humour... see properly and post in the correct forum b4 u post...</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:05:01 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313293 whiskers http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Catknight:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>"We started off with (the name) and after looking at everything, the name that really tugged at the heartstrings was in front of us. The name itself is not new, but what has been used informally so far has endeared itself to all parties." - Mah Bow Tan on the $400,000 exercise to rename Marina Bay as Marina Bay.<br /> <br /> "Having enjoyed football as a national sport for decades, we in Singapore have set ourselves the target of reaching the final rounds of World Cup in 2010." - Ho Peng Kee<br /> <br /> <br /> "People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament." - PM Lee</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /> What&nbsp;are this bullshits???</p> <p>Spending 400,000 to rename marina bay as marina bay???</p> <p>How can we have protests when we are not allowed to???</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:36:39 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313215 Sjabsucks http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>1 October, Wednesday, Hari Raya Puasa</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:35:32 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313212 ^tamago^ http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Man!x:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>dont you guys think its wrong holding public office while having directorship in companies? Possible conflict of interest? How to have a level playing field?</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /> who told U there is actually one?</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:25:47 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8313190 Xcert http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Catknight:</div> <div class="quote_body"></div> <p>"I don't think that there should be a cap on the number of directorship that a person can hold." - <span style= "text-decoration: underline;">PAP MP John Chen who holds 8 directorships.</span><br /> <br /> "It's not for the money because some of the companies pay me as little as $10,000 a year." - <span style= "text-decoration: underline;">PAP MP Wang Kai Yuen who holds 11 directorships.</span><br /></p> </blockquote> <p>dont you guys think its wrong holding public office while having directorship in companies? Possible conflict of interest? How to have a level playing field?</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:13:51 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8312924 Man!x http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>nd rally. see what goodies, or at least promises of goodies</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:35:43 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8312849 Acidshuriken http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>1 October, Wednesday, Hari Raya Puasa</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:44:57 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8312772 yamizi http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321 <p>Retrenchment is good for singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry." - SM Goh<br /> <br /> "I don't think that there should be a cap on the number of directorship that a person can hold." - PAP MP John Chen who holds 8 directorships.<br /> <br /> "It's not for the money because some of the companies pay me as little as $10,000 a year." - PAP MP Wang Kai Yuen who holds 11 directorships.<br /> <br /> "If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off the bar Top. Some people will die as a result of liberalising bar top dancing... a young girl with a short skirt dancing on it may attract some insults from some other men, the boyfriend will start fighting and some people will die." - Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports<br /> <br /> "I would want to form an alternative policies group in Parliament, comprising 20 PAP MPs. These 20 PAP MPs will be free to vote in accordance with what they think of a particular policy. In other words, the whip for them will be lifted. This is not playing politics, this is something which I think is worthwhile doing." - SM Goh<br /> <br /> "If you sing Jailhouse Rock with your electric guitar when others are playing Beethoven, you are out of order. The whip must be used on you." - SM Goh again, on a dramatic u-turn, rethink or backtrack, whatever you call it.<br /> <br /> "Save on one hairdo and use the money for breast screening." - another gem from Lim Hng Kiang<br /> <br /> "We started off with (the name) and after looking at everything, the name that really tugged at the heartstrings was in front of us. The name itself is not new, but what has been used informally so far has endeared itself to all parties." - Mah Bow Tan on the $400,000 exercise to rename Marina Bay as Marina Bay.<br /> <br /> "Having enjoyed football as a national sport for decades, we in Singapore have set ourselves the target of reaching the final rounds of World Cup in 2010." - Ho Peng Kee<br /> <br /> "Only 5% are unemployed. We still have 95% who are employed." - Yeo Cheow Tong<br /> <br /> "Singaporean workers have become more expensive than those in the USA and Australia." - Tony Tan<br /> <br /> "People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament." - PM Lee<br /> <br /> "No, it was not a U-turn, and neither was it a reversal of government policy. But you can call it a rethink." - Yeo Cheow Tong<br /> <br /> "...I regret making the decision because, in the end, the baby continued to be in intensive care, and KKH now runs up a total bill of more than $300,000..." - Lim Hng Kiang, regretting the decision to save a baby's life because KKH ran up a $300,000 bill</p> <p>I feel a sense of disenchantment nothing like say an American celebrating their first 50 years of independence as an immigrant state.</p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:24:30 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:327321:8312456 Catknight http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/327321