Population an issue where we must seek consensus: PM Lee
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Population an issue where we must seek consensus: PM Lee
AsiaOne Monday, Dec 31, 2012
This is just part of the long story. If you want to read more go:
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20121231-392664.html
No need to look at his face if you don't like him.
POPULATION
One issue where we must seek consensus is population, a longstanding challenge that we have been discussing in earnest this past year. It is critical that we strike the right balance in our population policies. At stake is a vibrant and cohesive nation, for Singaporeans, now and into the future.
Fundamentally, the population issue is about maintaining a strong Singaporean core. We need to balance two different imperatives carefully. First, we must deal with practical necessities, rationally and objectively. We need to prevent our citizen population from ageing and shrinking. We have to find effective ways to encourage Singaporeans to have more babies, and consider how many new immigrants to take in. We must keep our economy competitive and create good jobs for Singaporeans, and understand the mix and size of our labour force to support such an economy. We must work out how many homes, hospitals and train lines to build, and how quickly, as our population grows.
But our population policies cannot just be about numbers. Ultimately, a strong Singapore core is about the spirit of Singapore - who we are, what ideals we believe in and what ties bind us together as one people. We must therefore also give full weight to the intangible human considerations. We all need the anchors of family and friends, a sense of familiarity and home even as our society changes rapidly. We need to improve relations - between citizens and new arrivals, young and old, different races and religions - to preserve our social harmony. And we need to foster an open, confident spirit in our society, and stay connected to the world. Above all, we must affirm our common Singaporean values, norms and identity, forged through shared experiences and memories, regardless of where we originally came from.
The White Paper on Population will set out all these considerations. We will publish the White Paper in January, debate it in Parliament and set the direction of our population policy.
EMBRACING THE RIGHT VALUES
To realise our aspirations and manage our challenges, Singapore must have good governance. We need capable and committed leaders, who uphold high standards of integrity and set good personal examples, so as to have the moral authority to lead our nation.
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All text and talk but .... . . . . .. .. . .
Futile, futile. Talk, who don't know~~!
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anything new?
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almost same.
No creativity, no sincerity.
Waste our money.
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seems like a load of general rubbish
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he rfuses to take on th elow birthrate issue head on. still saying same old things. havent we alwasy give respect to new citizens? and note why new citizens have old people? wount that add to our already heavey burden?
numbers - how we control them? overcorwding - rdundnat people and workers in sg. how?
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When it reaches 6 million, the new target will be 7 million.
Then 8 million.
Then 10 million.
Then 20 million.
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
he rfuses to take on th elow birthrate issue head on. still saying same old things. havent we alwasy give respect to new citizens? and note why new citizens have old people? wount that add to our already heavey burden?
numbers - how we control them? overcorwding - rdundnat people and workers in sg. how?
What to expect from a spoilt brat? its behaviour is such that we put up shows to tell you we "care" and from beginning to the end I want all things my way.
DO IT MY WAY !
nOT FIT be PM.
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SG sink liao loh
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ah dou !
If the head is not that big, please don't wear that big a hat.
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From the start this one takes over it is already a sign of downfall of sinkingpore.
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Sure, you can squeeze 10 people to live in a 3 room hdb flat.
But there is only 1 toilet.
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10 people in 1 three room flat? No no no, later he increase property tax for three room flat citing that 10 people is a large number for a 3 room flat.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Sure, you can squeeze 10 people to live in a 3 room hdb flat.
But there is only 1 toilet.
n back full cycle where we started during the colonial era with 10 ppl to 1 jamban as it was called then (toilet)
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Why is he the way that he is?
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Maybe he never wanted to be the boss.
But, he was forced by his daddy to do it.
So, he is doing for the sake of doing it.
Same as the rest of the local.
Do it for the sake of paying their debts and material desire.
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its not the average job we tokin about here. pepples liveihood depends on it. we should consider propery next election.
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consensus means agreeing with his policies and fucking ourselves
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
its not the average job we tokin about here. pepples liveihood depends on it. we should consider propery next election.
I fully and wholedheartedly agree with what you said.
It born with gold, diamond, silver spoon in its mouth, damn filthy rich family. Dunno or refuse to know the hardship of others.
Spoilt brat! I believe it is enjoying its position now to fully cease it to talk rubbish to boost its own super big ego. Laughable, he does not realise he is incapable.
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Originally posted by laurence82:
consensus means agreeing with his policies and fucking ourselves
Even if we don't agree they still are able to say people agree. They only do what they want.
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We need to grow gdp at all costs.
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Originally posted by SJS6638:
10 people in 1 three room flat? No no no, later he increase property tax for three room flat citing that 10 people is a large number for a 3 room flat.
Yes, and property tax keep increasing too.
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Should we have 6 million or 10 million?
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Population issue will be raised in coming by election ?
Or just mall renovation issue?
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seek concensus on his see lang tao la ........