A friend suggested that I do a “Top 10” of the worse things that have been or continue to be done to Singaporeans, or the worse things that happened in 2017. After looking at just the last 10 days – I decided to change it to “The top 10 worse things that happened to Singaporeans in the last 10 days “?
So, here’s my selection:-
… Transport fares formula resulted in 5.4% reduction in fares for everybody, but -3.2% deferred to next year? (“MRT: You don’t care – why should I?“, Nov 3)
… Don’t ever come home for more than 140 days? (“MediShield Life: Don’t come home for over 140 days, or else?” Oct 27)
… Most powerful or worse passport? (“Most powerful passport: Most open immigration?” Oct 25)
… No jobs? (“IT sector: Highest jobs growth potential, but highest unemployment rate also?”, Nov 4)
… Less people get less help? (“GST Voucher: 730,000 less people get it?”, Nov 1)
… Record debts? (“Bank lending up: Record debts?”, Nov 1)
… Put more in CPF? (“CPF Tips: A “1-sided” story?“, Oct 29)
… More elderly have to work? (“Elderly women “expect to work” up 3 times?“, Oct 27)
… How much lower can graduates’ pay go? (“University graduates’ pay only $2,250?“, Nov 2)
… More unemployed? (“Unemployment rate down due to new PRs/citizens?”, Oct 27)
Leong Sze Hian
Leong Sze Hian - skilful puppet master tugging at the strings of his puppets Roy, HHH and Amos Yee.
I can think of more serious ones.
For example:
1. Halimah Yacob being made President without encountering so much as a contest thanks to the monkeys in white clearing every obstacle for her along the way
2. Prime Minister LHL and his siblings airing dirty laundry from the OXLEY ROAD house feud for the entire world to enjoy with popcorn, then simply "clears" himself of wrongdoing in a single session of parliament convened. We are now officially an international joke oh yes amen to that
3. CCS "volunteering" to become next PM
4. The most useless folks (Khaw Boon Wan and Desmond Kuek) helming the country's public transport system, culminating in a record number of breakdown incidents and even an instance of flooding in the train tunnel; expect more exciting mishaps in the remaining 2 months of the year.
5. Water pipes bursting anywhere and everywhere these days (Bukit Panjang, Tampines etc)
6. SG Secure App
So on and so forth.........