hell... The gov can advocate for even 1 day work week for all they want when in real fact, if you don't want to work 6 days week plus OT on most days, then the employer will find ways to get rid of you. With little labor law protection plus minimum union support, employees are for the slaughter!

Talk about 5 days work-week is cheap.

Once again, the 66% must be very very very happy AGAIN! (wonder if they were slaves in their previous lives)... hmm

Well, my greatest salute to the 66%!

I am sure they are feeling very very very happy now with price increases all over the place!

Actually I really wonder... what comes first? A good gov or smart citizens?

Originally posted by Snookerlover:

You all must understand how Singapore government develop this country. Appreciate what you have now and pls contribute to country if you don't want any increasing of tax!!!

I dun understand how come the basic necessaties are also being taxed.

Since you, the Snookerlover is so smart, why don't you enlighten us on why rice, medical bills, and other necessities are being taxed?

Another IRC thread!

A Renaissance in IRC??

Originally posted by cApitaland:

see who is the minister. if dun save minister then we get holiday rite?

Dont save minister and yet get holiday.

Interesting logic, care to expand on it?

Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

Twits. Yeah.

Next time, I write in ASCII codes for you to read. Now, that's called style!

At least you are not writing in binaries IOIOIIOIOIIOIII

Originally posted by *=Optimus=*:

Dun save anybody

U must save someone.

Who?

Originally posted by FireIce:

u can try

if u never try, u never know..............

Ice is correct. Just try loh. Worst is a "no". You will not die by getting a "no"

Just a quick survey.

If a Singapore Minister and a no-body, not famous average Singaporean are drowning, who will you save?

You are a good swimmer, and no one else is around other than you and the above 2 persons. You only have time to save 1 person and ASSUMING you want to save 1 person.

Originally posted by mistyblue:

be realistic. This is Singapore and you are going to a public hospital.

True True.

Hope eggprata you are feeling better now.

We have seen complains like yours on numerous occassions whether its in the news or here.

Sometimes, just have to resign to fate that we are no the "special ones" whose salaries are pegged to x% blah blah.

Originally posted by caleb_chiang:

Why the topic and the contents not the same huh???

As per normal, this thread evolved into pap bashing mode.

Any, I agreed that with the record profit, SBS shouldn't have increased its bus fare in the first place. Same logic to SMRT and whatever temasek or GLC linked conpanies.

Yes, I think they are underpaid.

Hopefully their pay will rise and "encourage" them to solve the mx-5 killer case.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1151534&page=1&pp=15

http://alphas.blogs.friendster.com/alphas/2007/03/who_is_he.html

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Originally posted by oxford mushroom:

They would not be in this situation if they had rented a 3-room flat right from the start.

Secondly, if they are in the low income group, they get huge subsidies from the government if they rent a HDB flat. For incomes between S$801 to S$1,000, the monthly rent is only 20% of the market rent at the point of allocation. If they earn between $1000 and 2000, the rental is only 30% for the first 2 years. Subsequent renewals are still heavily subsidised.
(http://www.hdb.gov.sg/aa11/isrr018p.nsf/RpsConditions?OpenForm)

The problem is that many Singaporeans overstretch themselves. Why buy a 5-room flat when they cannot afford it? They have got themselves to blame..

Historian eh?

Why don't we go further back in time?

Lets go all the way back to the family's fore fathers and quote:
"They would not be in this situation if they were borned in Sweden or some European states".

Originally posted by ProGovt:

The people that the Govt has chosen were already earning high salaries before joining politics. The Govt is merely making it worth their while by paying the equivalent of what they should/would be earning.

Since the MPs are so die hard on getting high pay and they said the private sector pays them well, then why not they all go back to private sector?

I don't mind them all resigning. They can be quitters for all I care.

I am sure there are many who can fill in their shoes.

I don't know why the ministers are arguing for a pay rise when theirs is already the highest in the world.

In my mind, its... "If you don't like your pay, quit loh! and go get a job that can pay what you desire".

And they say the average singaporean whines. Look who is whining now.

Hai...

Blah!

Vomit!

146th reporting!

1st world government... from the last place!

Originally posted by Dr Who:

if that is the case..........how about offering Singapore island to Australia for free...they can even have our $100 plus billions reserves........SEntosa however will remain independent because it's Harry's Island.......and our old man friend can retire there ........

Brilliant!

Like that migration rate will drop drastically.

Hopefully I can dream of that scenario tonight...

I can imagine, the day of merger with Australia is the day of mega lawsuits against the "you-know-whos"...

So excited!

Going to sleep soon!

Originally posted by charlize:

What next?

HDB will come up with a standard template reply stating they are committed to providing low cost public housing to the people blah blah blah.

End of matter.

Case closed.

So what are you gonna do about it?

Brown Sundays!

Originally posted by asdfzhao:

like sign petition got help like dat...

i believe there is 1 for the anti casino thing lor...
but then, gov still wanna build casino wat...

sign 4 wat? waste time onli

You should change your nick to NATO_zhao

No Action, Type Only

Worse still in this case, you are TOTALLY@‚m‚n ACTION, too lazy even to type a petition.

I pity you.

How many of the protesters here wore brown the past Sunday?

hope the animals are alright now

Yeah Funny quotes Hogzilla

We should have sticky here with all the notable funny quotes by our MIW.

It will make bright the day of anyone who is down.

Originally posted by blu_sky:

Agree totally. i think they will juz turn a blind eye to it.

Since you think Brown Sundays won't work out, do you have any better suggestions?

Or are you like what the pappies said, just plain "Whiners and Complainers" who only complains without taking any initiative to do anything?

Opps, I am not totally right in the above accusation. You did something! You poored cold water over the Brown Sundays initiative.

Originally posted by ditzy:

I moving home soon, but the chee bie cynthia phua is still my constituency mp!!!

Serious language!

What did she do to you??

Originally posted by photo_seeker:

Is it necessary to do so?

If you complain about the rise in cost of living, you should wear brown on Sundays to show that you are not a NATO

NATO = No Actions Talk Only