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Entries in Ng Kok Lim (3)

Wednesday
May052010

A simple majority is enough, continued

DateWednesday, May 5, 2010 at 11:18AM

Ng Kok Lim is not happy about NMP Calvin Cheng's assertion about the NCMP scheme putting "losers in Parliament", and I understand his ire towards Cheng; NMPs are not elected MPs by definition, and are appointed.

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Thursday
Mar112010

Our children pays for our political myopia

DateThursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:47PM

Allowing ourselves to be distracted from the real issues by being thankful of our current situation has never and will never make sense to me.

This is the Singapore story: Study hard, work hard, and you can pull yourself out of poverty.

I wish to remind the younger generation of where we have come from, and not to take what Singapore is now for granted. Today, I live in an HDB maisonette. Thank you, Singapore.

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Thursday
Oct012009

Rising HDB flat prices due to "unrealistic expectations"?

DateThursday, October 1, 2009 at 10:16AM

After the recent barrage of discussion about rising HDB prices, Miss Mabel Tan has decided to write to the government mouthpiece and declare the problem to be one caused by "unrealistic expectations".

My family is an example of how HDB policies have helped us improve our standard of living and how gradual price increases have helped my family upgrade our housing status.

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