Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Mrs Lim HH, here's Mr Low Thia Khiang's Reply!
It is a disgrace that 2 members of the pro-term committee who were interviewed by Channel U on National TV had chosen to speak with their face "blackened" or "obscured", i.e., if they are so honourable to bring up this matter.
It is also a disgrace for the PAP to resort to such tactics mentioning lawyers' letters to cast aspersions or doubts on the WP Hougang Town Council and Aljunied GRC candidates' honesty.
Does Singapore not have a honest legal profession? If lawyers had issued letters, why lawyers had not made a complaint against the WP and Mrs Lim H H had to sound off? Does she not even trust Singapore lawyers? What about auditors? Are they also not reliable?
Is the PAP Team at Aljunied GRC so desperate that they have to stoop so low?
Is the PAP Team at Aljunied GRC so desperate that they have to stoop so low?
Reference #01
Abstracted from
Reply by Mr Low Thia Khiang (WP) to Mrs Lim H H (PAP)
Dear Voters of Pounggol East, Seng Kang West, friends and fellow Singaporeans, good evening.
We have entered a critical phrase in this election. PAP has shown its hands. They have embarked on a personal attack against me to try to discredit me. The Prime Minister has personally gone down to Aljunied GRC to campaign for the PAP team led by 2 ministers and a future speaker of Parliament, three veteran PAP heavy weight candidates. And MM Lee has also come out to make fun of our team as compared to the PAP’s.
I believe they will also make use of the media to mock me. Please be careful of what you read in news paper and what you see on TV. Please come and attend our rallies in the next 2 nights and help us to spread the message, and keep checking our web site wp.sg
First, I want to respond to Mrs Lim Hwee Hua’s accusation about Hougang Town Council’s Account. She said: “Is it messy or are they holding back till after the elections so that whoever wins Hougang will then inherit the account?”
Do you believe that Low Thia Khiang is dishonest? Do you believe that if the account of Hougang Town Council is messy, I can survive for 20 years?
The account of Hougang Town Council, like any Town Council account from the PAP, has to be audited by a public accountant who must be approved by the Ministry for National Development. After the auditor completed the audit, it has to be submitted to the Ministry for National Development and Auditor General for approval. After which, like all statutory boards, it has to be presented to Parliament and each MP can have a copy of it.
If the account is messy, how come MND and Auditor General approved it? Why is Mrs Lim, who is a minister and an MP, making this kind of comment now? She has received a copy of the report on Hougang Town Council and had not made any observations earlier. Why shoot such irresponsible comments on me now? What is she trying to do?
May I remind her as well that during the Lehman crisis, Hougang Town Council is one of those who did not lose any money! We have always handled our funds prudently.
Next, she brings in the issue of the privatization of the HUDC estate at Hougang Ave 7. She says that Hougang Town Council has not given the pro-tem committee formed for the purpose of privatization on the portion of the sinking fund balance, to be transferred to them after the privatization. This is again totally misleading.
The HUDC estate is part of the estate managed by the Town Council. The expenditure of the estate such as repainting works, reroofing works, building maintenance and other expenses are all taken in one single account under the account of Hougang Town Council which includes the HDB flats. This was what I took over from the PAP when I was elected in 1991.
Now that these blocks are to be privatized and they will manage themselves, the accounts have to be segregated, including the expense attributed to the blocks. The balance will then be transferred to their account as required on the date decided by the HDB.
This is the first time Hougang Town Council has needed to do this, we want to be sure that the account separation is done properly and we do not have experience in this area, so what did we do? Hougang Town Council wrote to HDB on 23 August 2010 after the HDB sent its briefing note to HGTC on the privatization process on 23 August 2010. We asked for advice and guidance on the method and principles we should use to separate the account as well as format for the accounts to avoid future dispute on how we have arrived at the final amount to be transferred to them.
The HDB replied to the above query on 24 Nov 2010 and said that HougangTC will have to decide on the basis of splitting the account. Hougang TC then started preparation for the process by discussing with the auditor the job scope and modification of the computer system to capture the expenditure and receivables separately.
The auditor was then appointed on 17 March 2011 and the certified apportioned sinking fund based on audited account as at 31 March 2010 was completed on 11 April 2011. HGTC is now in the process of capturing the expenditure apportioned to the HUDC estate between 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011. Once the audited account for the HUDC estate is completed and presented to Parliament, HGTC will give a copy to the pro-term committee.
The HDB privatization briefing note to Hougang TC stated that the role of the TC is to hand over the operating and sinking fund to the Management Committee upon legal privatization. According to HDB who informed HGTC on 6 April, they have obtained the required consent for privatization but the expected duration to legally privatize the estate is 2 and half years!
I have called for a report on this issue, Hougang Town Council has given me the correspondence between the Town council and the HDB and between the pro-term committee chairman. The Pro-term committee chairman was informed of the steps HGTC has taken.
Therefore, we have done everything correctly. Why does Mrs Lim Hwee Hua decide to take up the case and suggest that the account of Hougang Town Council is messy and I, as chairman of Hougang Town Council, have done something wrong. I leave it to you to guess her intentions. Don’t you think that if I had done this, I am quite sure that I will be sued.
It is tiring during election time to deal with this kind of issue, instead of using my precious time to tell you more about Workers Party message and policies, I have to end up wasting time answering such nonsense accusations.
I will tell the PAP: if they suspect that I have done anything wrong with the account, do report me to the CPIB. Do not hookwink the voters at this critical time when polling day is near.
This is the PAP’s usual tactic: Do you still remember at the last election, the case of CCTV footage from the Election department?
All this is calculated to distract the voters and the Workers’ Party from delivering its message.
Election is a serious matter. I will be focused in the next 2 days to urge the voters to Vote Workers’ Party, towards a First World Parliament.
We have entered a critical phrase in this election. PAP has shown its hands. They have embarked on a personal attack against me to try to discredit me. The Prime Minister has personally gone down to Aljunied GRC to campaign for the PAP team led by 2 ministers and a future speaker of Parliament, three veteran PAP heavy weight candidates. And MM Lee has also come out to make fun of our team as compared to the PAP’s.
I believe they will also make use of the media to mock me. Please be careful of what you read in news paper and what you see on TV. Please come and attend our rallies in the next 2 nights and help us to spread the message, and keep checking our web site wp.sg
First, I want to respond to Mrs Lim Hwee Hua’s accusation about Hougang Town Council’s Account. She said: “Is it messy or are they holding back till after the elections so that whoever wins Hougang will then inherit the account?”
Do you believe that Low Thia Khiang is dishonest? Do you believe that if the account of Hougang Town Council is messy, I can survive for 20 years?
The account of Hougang Town Council, like any Town Council account from the PAP, has to be audited by a public accountant who must be approved by the Ministry for National Development. After the auditor completed the audit, it has to be submitted to the Ministry for National Development and Auditor General for approval. After which, like all statutory boards, it has to be presented to Parliament and each MP can have a copy of it.
If the account is messy, how come MND and Auditor General approved it? Why is Mrs Lim, who is a minister and an MP, making this kind of comment now? She has received a copy of the report on Hougang Town Council and had not made any observations earlier. Why shoot such irresponsible comments on me now? What is she trying to do?
May I remind her as well that during the Lehman crisis, Hougang Town Council is one of those who did not lose any money! We have always handled our funds prudently.
Next, she brings in the issue of the privatization of the HUDC estate at Hougang Ave 7. She says that Hougang Town Council has not given the pro-tem committee formed for the purpose of privatization on the portion of the sinking fund balance, to be transferred to them after the privatization. This is again totally misleading.
The HUDC estate is part of the estate managed by the Town Council. The expenditure of the estate such as repainting works, reroofing works, building maintenance and other expenses are all taken in one single account under the account of Hougang Town Council which includes the HDB flats. This was what I took over from the PAP when I was elected in 1991.
Now that these blocks are to be privatized and they will manage themselves, the accounts have to be segregated, including the expense attributed to the blocks. The balance will then be transferred to their account as required on the date decided by the HDB.
This is the first time Hougang Town Council has needed to do this, we want to be sure that the account separation is done properly and we do not have experience in this area, so what did we do? Hougang Town Council wrote to HDB on 23 August 2010 after the HDB sent its briefing note to HGTC on the privatization process on 23 August 2010. We asked for advice and guidance on the method and principles we should use to separate the account as well as format for the accounts to avoid future dispute on how we have arrived at the final amount to be transferred to them.
The HDB replied to the above query on 24 Nov 2010 and said that HougangTC will have to decide on the basis of splitting the account. Hougang TC then started preparation for the process by discussing with the auditor the job scope and modification of the computer system to capture the expenditure and receivables separately.
The auditor was then appointed on 17 March 2011 and the certified apportioned sinking fund based on audited account as at 31 March 2010 was completed on 11 April 2011. HGTC is now in the process of capturing the expenditure apportioned to the HUDC estate between 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011. Once the audited account for the HUDC estate is completed and presented to Parliament, HGTC will give a copy to the pro-term committee.
The HDB privatization briefing note to Hougang TC stated that the role of the TC is to hand over the operating and sinking fund to the Management Committee upon legal privatization. According to HDB who informed HGTC on 6 April, they have obtained the required consent for privatization but the expected duration to legally privatize the estate is 2 and half years!
I have called for a report on this issue, Hougang Town Council has given me the correspondence between the Town council and the HDB and between the pro-term committee chairman. The Pro-term committee chairman was informed of the steps HGTC has taken.
Therefore, we have done everything correctly. Why does Mrs Lim Hwee Hua decide to take up the case and suggest that the account of Hougang Town Council is messy and I, as chairman of Hougang Town Council, have done something wrong. I leave it to you to guess her intentions. Don’t you think that if I had done this, I am quite sure that I will be sued.
It is tiring during election time to deal with this kind of issue, instead of using my precious time to tell you more about Workers Party message and policies, I have to end up wasting time answering such nonsense accusations.
I will tell the PAP: if they suspect that I have done anything wrong with the account, do report me to the CPIB. Do not hookwink the voters at this critical time when polling day is near.
This is the PAP’s usual tactic: Do you still remember at the last election, the case of CCTV footage from the Election department?
All this is calculated to distract the voters and the Workers’ Party from delivering its message.
Election is a serious matter. I will be focused in the next 2 days to urge the voters to Vote Workers’ Party, towards a First World Parliament.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Oops, Did I Make a Mistake?
My posting "An illegal raid on the reserves? Mr Mah Should Explain About Ballooning Land Costs" on 21 April 2011 has become the most popular read in this Blog.
Oops I think I am a little ill-informed, not the historial land cost back in June 1975. But the current selling price.
Look at the selling price here :- http://easyapps.sg/sgep/admin/file.aspx?id=139
Can someone help me to calculate and advise me the profit for a 5 Rm flat at Clementi Ave 3? This is just checking procedure, in case I do make a mistake.
The Deleted Video of Pathetic PAP Teo Ser Luck
The Deleted Video of Pathetic PAP Teo Ser Luck [ Singapore Election Watch ]
If George Yeo goes, it’s the PAP’s fault
If George Yeo goes, it’s the PAP’s fault [ Politics / Blog ].
The PAP Govt created 9 NCMP seats, hoping to avoid the loss of a GRC fight, and to tilt the balance of the GRC System in favour of the PAP. The writer of this article shares my thoughts on what I wrote in this Blog earlier,
It seems that the GRC system is now not just tilted only against the Opposition but also a more sophisticated Electorate. PAP should be weary of this new divide. Politics must evolve ...
Minister George Yeo should put his emotional blame on the GRC System and not the WP for making this Mother of Election Battles to grap a GRC possible. If there is no such battle, it could be Singaporeans' greatest regret in life.
It seems that the GRC system is now not just tilted only against the Opposition but also a more sophisticated Electorate. PAP should be weary of this new divide. Politics must evolve ...
Sunday, 1 May 2011
TOC speaks to a member of the audience at PAP rally ...
TOC speaks to a member of the audience at PAP rally who was ferried from the Community Centre.
MP for Tanjong Pajar Chan Chun Sing interrupts midway to greet the audience.
Election Watch Part XIII - Five Years to Ruminate and To Regret or A Climate of Fear for PAP to face Aljunied GRC voters
MM Lee warned Aljunied GRC voters to make a critical choice between "a capable PAP team" who can look after their interests and a WP team with "a limited track record" as reported in the MSM (Straits Times; 30 Apr 2011).
As reported, he warned :
"If they choose the opposition, then I say, good luck to them. They have five years to ruminate and to regret what they did. And I have no doubts they will regret it."
"At the end of the day, if you are in Aljunied, ask yourself : Do you want one MP, one Non-Constituency MP, one celebrity who has been away 30 years, and two unknowns to look after you?"
Or, he continued, did voters prefer a team that has two ministers, one potential Speaker of Parliament and two strong on-the-ground leaders?
He also noted that Aljunied voters should also ask how come homes in opposition-held Hougang were not as high in value as neighbouring places.
What do you think of MM Lee's words for Aljunied GRC which most probably would be his last for a GE as reported in the MSM?
Whilst DPM Wong had said this GE would be about "evolution" and not "revolution", MM Lee is not encouraging and leaving things to "evolution" but again trying to create a Climate of Fear against the voters in order to win votes for the PAP team.
Will the Aljunied battle and final results be just "five years to ruminate and to regret" about if the PAP team actually falls? If so, will this future five years of regret be as minor as Ms Tin Pei Ling's personal greatest regret in life so far of not bringing her parents to Universal Studio at the Sentosa IR?
Say Aljunied GRC voters fail to see the need for a "First World Parliament" and vote in favour of a PAP team to keep the status quo, will they then live with their greatest regret in life for not voting the WP when the next GE come by in 2016. By then will the so called celebrity to MM Lee, Chen Show Mao; be still available? Aljunied voters should think clearly that a "celebrity" candidate like Chen Show Mao will need time to bring about CHANGE against the PAP, for at least 2~4 terms in Parliament like what SM Goh and PM Lee are thinking for matured PAP candidate like Heng Swee Keat.
MM Lee had warned Singaporeans alike, especially Aljunied voters; about making their choice carefully.
MM Lee had warned Singaporeans alike, especially Aljunied voters; about making their choice carefully.
MM said,
"It may well happen that they win, in which case the people of Aljunied live with the results."
"The only way people learn is when they have to pay a price. From time to time we may lose, and the voters pay the price."
Is the loss of Aljunied GRC already a forgone conclusion for the PAP? Why does MM Lee shook his head when asked by Straits Times if he would visit Aljunied GRC to give the PAP team a boost. Why had he spoken about Aljunied GRC from the Tampines GRC Rally where the embattled Minister Mah is facing his Mother of GE Battles in a personal capacity in his political life? Why has the PAP announced that new candidate Heng Swee Keat is a possible Finance Minister to prop up Minister Mah?
I think the facial expressions in this scanned photo from the Straits Times tell it all, not just about the battle in Aljunied GRC but also for Minister Mah personally in Tampines GRC.
[Scanned from Straits Times 30 April 2011]
A "Climate of Fear" in facing Aljunied GRC voters?
Note : Why had MM Lee spoken about Aljunied GRC from Tampines GRC?
There is too much "political backlog" for the PAP to clear in respect of the GRC system. Is this PAP's greatest regret in this General Election, having to face a more intelligent Electorate and the new media?
Perhaps MM Lee has no courage to bid farewell to Aljunied GRC where a loss for the incumbent PAP team would testify to a "backfire", which might even spell the demise of the GRC system. Minister George Yeo should put his emotional blame on the GRC System and not the WP for making this Mother of Election Battles to grap a GRC possible. If there is no such battle, it could be Singaporeans' greatest regret in life.
MM Lee is trying to tilt the balance to give the PAP Aljunied GRC team more hope. Will his old antics in politics help to swing votes again towards the PAP, against a more sophisticated Electorate this time round or will a fall of Aljunied GRC to the WP be "the last leaf falling" for MM Lee? After all DPM Wong had declared this GE as one not about building "legacy" for the PAP but about "evolution", and not "revolution". You may note a MG Chan is already installed in Tanjong Pagar GRC in a walkover.
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