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Semantics of all GRCs outside Aljunied GRC is that it is the Opposition’s Job to place a strong team to wrest control of the GRC from the Minister’s grasp.
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All Ministers pray that strong Opposition GRC will not choose his/her GRC leaving the Minister no option but to fight.
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Hence no Minister wants to find trouble by taking initiative to take on Aljunied GRC, not even retiring Ministers like KBW and GCT who wants to retire with a 100% win track record and nothing to sully their reputation.
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How well is well-paid?
By Tan Hui Leng and Jasmie Yen, TODAY | Posted: 10 April 2007 1028
They expressed support for the need to pay top dollar for top talent in the public sector.
But Members of Parliament (MPs) who took part in yesterday’s parliamentary debate on the pay hike also spoke passionately about what many Singaporeans believe to be the heart of the issue: The benchmarking formula used to determine ministerial pay.
Ang Mo Kio MP Inderjit Singh noted that Singaporeans could not expect their leaders to serve based on altruism alone. “Are we willing to leave the future of the country to chance, that we will get good people who will give up their competence without caring about their salary?” he asked.
Some MPs, however, saw problems in benchmarking ministers’ pay to the private sector, pointing out to disparities in the risks taken by company chief executives and ministers and top civil servants.
Marine Parade MP Lim Biow Chuan said:
“I struggle to understand what a top Admin Officer aged 32 at grade SR9 has to worry about that will justify him receiving $363,000 a year … From many people’s perspectives, they take no personal risk and are at best, paid employees.”
Opposition MPs Mr Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir) and Hougang’s Low Thia Khiang took issue with the fact that Singapore’s ministers are paid more than their counterparts in developed countries.
MPs like Bishan-Toa Payoh’s Mrs Josephine Teo, however, pointed out that ministers in other countries may make more money after their term in office ends, such as through public speaking.
Some MPs voiced concerns about the timing of announcing the pay revisions, especially with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) due to rise to 7 per cent in July.
Mr Singh said: “How do we answer the man-in-the-street when we’re told that about one-quarter to one-third of the expected revenue increase this year from the GST is going to be for the proposed ministerial and civil service salary increases, about $240 million, I was told?”
Mr Low also referred to the recent debate on increasing the amounts for public assistance. “It’s also ironic that we are consuming taxpayers’ money and … discussing how much more of a fraction of a million to pay civil servants and ministers while we haggle over additional tens of dollars to hand out to our needy and disadvantaged citizens,” he said.
Some MPs who supported the pay hike also suggested that the salary benchmarking could be finetuned, such as pegging ministers’ salaries to more realistic markers such as top men in private equity firms and top companies based on market capitalisation.
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MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew called for a sense of proportion yesterday, pointing out that the annual wage bill for ministers and all office holders is $46 million - or just 0.022 per cent of Singapore’s total economic output.
It was an ‘absurdity’, he said, for Singaporeans to quarrel over whether ministers collectively should be paid $10 million or $20 million more, when an economy worth $210 billion was at stake
‘The cure to all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government,’ he said in his first comments on impending salary increases for ministers and top civil servants. ‘You get that alternative and you’ll never put Singapore together again.’
Singaporeans’ asset values would also disappear, he warned, adding that ‘your apartment will be worth a fraction of what it is, your jobs will be in peril, your security will be at risk and our women will become maids in other people’s countries’.
He said the present system of benchmarking ministers’ pay to top private sector salaries was ‘completely above board’ and allowed the Government to recruit ‘some of the very best’ to lead the country
When it was put to him that people hoped for leaders who were willing to make sacrifices and who were not there for the money, he replied that these were ‘admirable sentiments’. But he added that ‘we live in the real world’.
His bottom line: if the Government could not pay competitive salaries, Singapore would not be able to compete and ‘we’re not going to live well’.
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New PAP candidate Ivan Lim bows out following controversy over past conduct
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Singapore — A new People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate at the centre of controversy online over his past behavior withdrew from the General Election on Saturday night (June 27), hours after he issued a statement saying that he could “do better” and that he was “willing to learn”.
In an announcement, the PAP said that Mr Ivan Lim had written to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the party’s Secretary-General, about his withdrawal from the polls and that Mr Lee had accepted his decision.
In his letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Lim wrote:
“Following my clarification this morning, further allegations have emerged against me. These new allegations are baseless.
“I recognise that the controversy over my candidacy has eclipsed the core issues of what this election should be about — Singapore’s future and the difficult steps we have to take to recover from Covid-19.
“The controversy has also caused intense pain and stress for my family. I cannot put my family through this. I thank the party for giving me this opportunity to serve.”
Earlier that day, Mr Lim wrote in a statement that it was important for him to “state his position” since his family, especially his mother, was getting affected by the controversy.
First, Mr Lim, a General Manager for Specialised Vessels of Keppel Offshore & Marine, denied allegations of any involvement in the company’s bribery case in Brazil. He wrote: “I was not involved in any of the Brazilian projects.”
Secondly, he addressed the stories circulating around social media regarding his allegedly condescending and elitist behaviour during National Service that had reportedly come from people who were under his command at that time.
According to Mr Lim: “People can have different perspectives of the same incident.”
The statement added: “For example, it has been suggested in one of the posts that I was harsh for recording the man to book-in at 2200 hours when the norm was 2359 hours. I should explain that on that occasion the men had a move-out time early the next morning at 5 am. It was important to ensure, and the rules required, that the men get enough rest. As such I asked them to come back at 2200H and not 2359H. As the story notes, I came back earlier myself as well. I set high standards for the unit as a CO. I believe in working together and I did not ask the men to do something I was not prepared to do myself.”
Mr Lim addressed two other items in his statement, one concerning Keppel and the other regarding a post wherein he was described as not smiling at a neighbour.
He ended his statement by saying he knew politics would be “tough” but that the test that he was facing had “come sooner than” he expected, but that he could “always do better”.
Mr Lim added: “I wish to say that I am determined to stay the course and to serve if I am elected. I accept that I can always do better and I am willing to learn. I will take this experience to heart and do my best to prove myself to voters and all Singaporeans.”
However, there was a groundswell of opinion against Mr Lim, as indicated in a petition started on change.org to remove him from the General Election.
Mr Lim, 42, was introduced on Wednesday (June 24) by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who is the PAP’s First Assistant Secretary-General. However, after his introduction, posts emerged on social media questioning whether Mr Lim was fit to be one of PAP’s candidates due to previous negative attitudes and behaviuor. The PAP was urged to look into his background.
About 22,000 people had signed the petition by Sunday afternoon, with more signing by the minute. The petition was put up around noon on Friday (June 26).
Some of those who signed the petition have given their reasons for doing so.
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If they really Wan take back Aljunied why they didn’t put Heng Swee Keat in?
Because
2.No Minister Junior or Full wants to risk his salary, status and job for a larger chance to lose at Aljunied GRC.
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Netizens question whether new candidate Ivan Lim is fit to contest in the GE, but PAP stands by their man
Singapore—Trouble may be brewing for one of the new candidates presented by the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), who was among the new faces presented by the party on the first day of candidate introductions.
Ivan Lim Shaw Chuan, age 42, was introduced on Wednesday (June 24) by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who is PAP’s first assistant secretary-general.
Mr Lim is the General Manager for Specialised Vessels of Keppel Offshore & Marine. According to Mothership, Mr Lim “wants to help elderly residents and children who have disadvantages, people with special needs as well as parents who have to strike a balance between work and family,” and “would like to focus on digitalisation and transformation of businesses and workspaces.”
However, since his introduction, posts on social media have emerged, questioning whether or not Mr Lim is fit to be one of PAP’s candidates due to negative attitudes he displayed in the past.
The PAP posted video clips of the different new candidates from the virtual press conferences held over the past three days. And while other candidates are receiving encouraging remarks from netizens, there have been warnings posted concerning Mr Lim’s character.
More than one netizen has urged the party to look into Mr Lim’s background.
One commenter called him a “potential lightning rod for opposition votes.”
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The Facebook page Temasek Review Daily posted a screenshot from a netizen named Bryant Wong Hai Chew, who wrote that Mr Lim had been the CO of his “ex-NS Combat Engineer Battalion.”
Another story from one of his former subordinates in NS came out in the page Sin Rak Sin Party.
One netizen named Laxton Yeo, who said Mr Lim has been the OC of his battalion, left this comment on a video posted by Channel NewsAsia (CNA).
Another post from Temasek Review Daily also featured negative comments from people who claim to know Mr Lim. The post read, “From polytechnic classmate, national service camp-mates to coworkers at Keppel, no one seems to like the PAP new candidate Ivan Lim Shaw Chuan. At least we now know that Ivan’s snobbish, condescending and elitist attitude did not changed (sic) over the years which fits perfectly into the PAP.”
At today’s virtual press conference wherein the ruling party introduced their final group of new candidates, Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli, PAP’s vice chairman, asked about Mr Lim’s character.
It seems that the minister, and the party, is choosing to stand by the newcomer.
“General Election is a time when people who have been introduced will elicit responses, which is not surprising.
But I think that it’s also important for the candidates who may have been alleged to be something or other, to also prove themselves,” said Mr Masagos. -/TISG
Read also: Singaporeans answer if they’ll be voting for PAP in the upcoming GE
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PAP not only will stand by their man, they’ll stand by their dogs too
If the allegations appear after Nomination Day, you will be right. PAP has no choice but to defend Ivan Lim all the way. Turn black into white regardless the cost.
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NTUC youth wing leader drops out from GE race
SingaporeScene•27 April 2011
Rumours are making its rounds as to why a People’s Action Party candidate withdrew last minute from running in Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
Mr Tan said he had been discussing with his wife and cited “personal reasons”.
Speculations were posted on an online forum, saying that two woman working at the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) umbrella union were sexually harassed by Steve Tan. The poster is an ex-colleague and mentioned that there were others who had similar experiences and they were all unreported and undisclosed.
It is also speculated that letters were sent to the Prime Minister’s Office to complain about the sexual harassment cases.
Mr Tan said that he “has not heard about the speculations and think that people are starting it because of the short notice of the withdrawal.”
When asked if he will continue to conduct activities under the PAP banner, Mr Tan has said that he has no comments for that. He will continue his work and daily life.
The vacancy was filled up last minute by Baey Yam Keng, previously running for Tanjong Pagar GRC that was announced to be a walkover on Wednesday.
“I was informed just yesterday, on Tuesday evening. I did a quick drive through last night and looked around the town. The profile of the residents here are different from Queenstown and Tanjong Pagar,” said Mr Baey.
He also added that he hopes to be given a chance to serve the Tampines community.
Young NTUC executive secretary Steve Tan said on Wednesday morning that he has dropped plans to run for a seat in Parliament.
“It’s a personal decision, and a hard one,” said the 37-year-old unionist, who was one of the new candidates presented by the People’s Action Party, according to The Straits Times.
Tan was supposed to be fielded in the Tampines group representation constituency (GRC), taking over from outgoing MP Ong Kian Min.
PAP Member of Parliament Baey Yam Keng, who was supposed to run for the party’s Tanjong Pagar GRC slate, has replaced Tan as the party’s candidate for Tampines GRC.
Replacing Baey, in turn, is Singapore General Hospital doctor Chia Shi Lu, who has worked on the grassroots level in Aljunied and Hougang.
Tan is a grassroots volunteer at Tampines East and helps out at Meet-the-People Sessions, among other activities. A business graduate of the Nanyang Technological University, he also helps to manage the community website, My Tampines.
When he was introduced as a PAP candidate last month, he said that he sees being an “ordinary guy” as a strength.
“When I’m doing my union work, this is one aspect I love: I hang out at the same places and do the same things as my workers… we eat roti prata at Jalan Kayu together,” he said. “It will make it easier for me to relate to voters.”
Meanwhile, on Thursday, independent candidate Andrew Kuan said he would not be contesting for the General Election, leaving the Joo Chiat single member constituency as a straight fight between the PAP and the Workers’ Party.
He made his decision after realising that the WP was adamant about contesting the ward, and that a three-cornered fight would benefit the PAP.
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Baey Yam Keng is the nasi lemak man? Another white fxxker
90% of PAP backbenchers are redundant and doing nothing much but keeping PAP and Ministers in power.
Assuming PAP selection system is faulty, how many Ivan Lims already manage to avoid whistleblowing due to fear from whistleblowers and enter Parliament as PAP MPs. We dont know.
Most of the Ivan Lims PAP MPs only want Power, Money and Status to improve their own lives, not our lives.
Without strong Opposition and impartial Media to check/challenge on these Ivan Lims PAP MPs daily to make them reveal their fox tails, these PAP MPs will just enjoy the PAP gravy trains.
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Singapore Budget 2018: GST to be raised from 7% to 9% some time between 2021 and 2025
SINGAPORE - The goods and services tax (GST) is set to increase from 7 per cent to 9 per cent some time between 2021 and 2025.
This comes as the Government’s spending on healthcare, infrastructure and security has gone up and is expected to increase further in the years to come.
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat made the announcement in his Budget statement in Parliament on Monday (Feb 19).
The exact timing will depend on three factors: the state of Singapore’s economy, how much the country’s expenditures grow, and how buoyant Singapore’s existing taxes are. But Mr Heng said he expected that the Government would need to do so earlier rather than later.
Mr Heng said the GST increase is “necessary because even after exploring various options to manage our future expenditures through prudent spending, saving and borrowing for infrastructure, there is still a gap”.
He said the 2 percentage point increase will provide the Government with revenue of almost 0.7 per cent of Singapore’s gross domestic product per year.
GST is a broad-based consumption tax levied on nearly all goods and services in Singapore.
The last time GST was raised was more than a decade ago in 2007, when it went up from 5 per cent to 7 per cent.
The GST hike comes after months of speculation. DBS Bank senior economist Irvin Seah had said in a report by The Straits Times in November that he expected the GST to be raised by 2 percentage points in Budget 2018. He predicted a staggered hike implemented over two years.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last year that Singapore will be raising taxes as government spending grows, sparking speculation among economists and tax specialists about the type of increase and when it would kick in.
Nine of 10 economists polled by Reuters predicted an increase, with policymakers flagging the need to increase revenue to meet the future social spending needs of a rapidly ageing population.
On Monday, Mr Heng said the Government will continue to absorb GST on publicly subsidised education and healthcare.
It will also enhance the permanent GST Voucher scheme when the GST is increased, to provide more help to lower-income households and seniors. About $800 million is disbursed ever year currently under this scheme. The Government will be topping up the GST Voucher fund by $2 billion this year.
There will also be an offset package for a period to help Singaporeans adjust to the GST increase when it happens. Lower- and middle-income households will receive more support.
Mr Heng said more details of the GST increase will be released once the timing for its implementation is determined.
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Leaked Audio: Chan Chun Sing said crisis will save PAP in the election
“Lee Kuan Yew’s death saved us. Before Lee Kuan Yew’s death, 9/11 saved us.”
Lia Cai by Lia Cai 8 July 2020in Current Affairs, Government, Politics
6 min read
In a roundabout way, Chan Chun Sing has confirmed that the People’s Action Party (PAP) is using the COVID-19 crisis as a means to have them re-elected given that their votes have been falling over the last 50 years.
“Every election the PAP-vote problems, you check back the 50 years and see. Then suddenly a crisis will save us. Then we’ll start dropping again. Until the next crisis save us, and it’ll drop again. You look at the last 40 years pattern,” said Mr Chan.
“Lee Kuan Yew’s death saved us. Before Lee Kuan Yew’s death, 9/11 saved us,” he added.
Mr Chan, formerly the Minister of Trade and Industry, was speaking at a PAP’s closed-door meeting to 60 attendees in the northwest division in Bukit Panjang on 9 January 2019.
The PAP won by close to 70% votes share in the General Elections (GE) 2015, a jump of almost 10 per cent from GE2011. PAP only won that election with 60.1 per cent of votes – its lowest since Singapore’s independence in 1965.
PAP’s Votes Share for the past 10 GEs:
GE 2015: 69.7% (Lee Kuan Yew’s death)
GE 2011: 60.1%
GE 2006: 66.6%
GE 2001: 75.3% (9/11 incident)
GE 1997: 65%
GE 1991: 61%
GE 1988: 63.1%
GE 1984: 62.9%
GE 1980: 75.6%
GE 1976: 72.4%
Mr Chan also mentioned another “crisis” in the previous year that would have been opportunistic for the PAP.
“The party could have called for an early election over the conflict with Malaysia if it escalated,” he revealed.
“The most important thing for PAP in tonight’s conversation must be the house majority. We will never know; our neighbour might do us a favour and we might call for election tomorrow. Are you ready?” said Mr Chan, indicating that the PAP would have capitalised on the crisis by calling for an election in 2019 instead.
He explained that “winning the election has nothing to do with the nine days of campaigning”.
According to Mr Chan, the PAP has four to five years to get themselves ready by “doing the right” in order to justify to the people that they have been cared for.
“If people feel itchy enough, and say that ‘I have nothing to lose’ or ‘I can afford to take a risk’, then PAP will be in trouble,” he added.
“No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems – of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind,” said Thomas Sowell, an American economist and author.
What Mr Chan said was not surprising. What was surprising was his candid affirmation of what most Singaporeans have already thought.
There is a perverse line between being strategic and Machiavellian. A crisis is extremely opportunistic in politics. But what if that crisis concerns your citizens’ lives? Mr Lee’s death and 9/11 did not directly put our lives in any danger. But the COVID-19 pandemic is a whole different story and ball game altogether.
To solve a government’s problem, of being elected and re-elected again, will the PAP go so far as to jeopardise our lives? Mr Chan seemed to have confirmed that, just that we never knew – or even expected – the Government would go to this extent to win an election one and a half years later.
The dispute with Malaysia over airspace really “spiralled”
Mr Chan then switched to a part of an on-going foreign political climate under which Singapore lives under.
He talked about how tensions were so dense in early January 2019 over the airspace dispute with their neighbour Malaysia, so much so there was a real possibility of an armed conflict being anticipated.
Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke said in parliament on 4 Dec 2018 that Malaysia will be reclaiming its sovereign and delegated airspace in southern Johor. This was in response to Singapore’s publication on Instrument Landing System (ILS) procedures for Seletar Airport released on 1 Dec 2018.
The ILS procedure is a supported navigational aviation facility at the airport which provides vertical and horizontal guidance to pilots while the flight is descending and approaching the runway. The Minister was concerned that aircrafts would have to fly lowly over Pasir Gudang airspace when it descends and lands.
“We can’t even build tall buildings in Pasir Gudang since Seletar Airport is very near the area,” Mr Loke explained. “There are currently some tall buildings above the limit over Pasir Gudang. So it is technically not viable right now for that flight path to be allowed.”
“(Therefore) developments in Pasir Gudang areas may be stalled as buildings and structures must comply with the impedance and height control limits set by international standards,” he stated.
As far as the descending of flight path is concerned, it cannot be over Pasir Gudang, Mr Loke asserted.
Singapore’s Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan responded on 4 Dec 2018 saying that Seletar Airport was not a new facility, saying: “The ILS procedures are in line with the current flight profile, so we are not introducing new flight paths, new flight patterns with this Seletar Airport.”
He stated that it was Malaysia’s decision to “take back the airspace”, before going on to say that one cannot “just change the status quo” as ICAO procedures are “quite clear” that any such changes must improve on the status quo.
Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was supposed to get back to Mr Khaw, but it never came.
“It’s not conducive for a good bilateral relationship to carry on with this current situation. It is not favourable for both countries,” the Minister stressed.
To resolve this diplomatically, both Mr Khaw and Mr Loke met for a formal discussion. In a joint press statement on 8 Jan 2019, it announced that Malaysia will immediately suspend its permanent restricted area in the airspace over Pasir Gudang, while Singapore will similarly suspend its implementation of Instrument Landing System procedures for Seletar Airport.
Mr Chan delved into this issue at the meeting on 9 Jan. He began by stating how serious the incident that happened on Christmas was, adding that the subsequent actions Singapore had to take at Seletar Airport were dangerous.
“On Christmas Day, [Malaysia] instituted a restricted area – north of Seletar – along the platform. So that means whether it is instrumental landing or visual landing, you cannot go through the platform [and fly over Pasir Gudang airspace],” he said.
Mr Chan went on to elaborate on what this would be on the ground: “Since 2 Jan, (any) plane coming into Seletar has to do the following removal: Right above 5000 feet, spiral down and land. When was the last time in world history that the country’s plane is forced to spiral down? The last time this happened was in 1948, (it was) called the Berlin Blockade.”
He added that “[spiralling] was a different skill set altogether”, stressing on the problems Malaysia has caused for them.
Malaysia’s uncertainty might do Singapore a favour by having call for an election, said Chan Chun Sing
Besides the airspace dispute between Malaysia and Singapore, Mr Chan also spoke about taking advantage of the situation in the neighbouring country.
On the certainty of Malaysia’s action, he said to the grassroots, “We never know, our neighbour might do us a favour and we may have to call for an election tomorrow.”
[Update: Wednesday, 8 July – 3:30pm]
Chan Chun Sing offers clarifications on the leaked audio tape, says it is “taken out of context” and being “circulated with ill-intent”
Not long after this article – along with the leaked audio tape – was published, Mr Chan took to his Facebook to clarify on its content.
According to him, what he uttered in the audio clip has been “taken out of context” and being “circulated with ill-intent”.
Mr Chan went on to clarify what he actually meant.
Chan Chun Sing
on Tuesday
It has come to my attention that truncated audio clips of one of my conversations, taken out of context, are being circulated with ill-intent. The timing of the release today is surely not coincidental.
This conversation occurred in early 2019, in the wake of Malaysia imposing a restricted flying zone north of Seletar Airport.
There were various parts to the conversation. I am aware of three parts being circulated.
Part 1. I explained the implications of Malaysia restricting airspace access north of Seletar Airport. There were grave implications to the safety of our flights in and out of Seletar. There were also grave implications to our lifelines when the approaches to our airports or seaports were restricted.
Part 2. I explained the deeper forces behind the various issues and that it was not personality-dependent, even though many thought it was so. If it was so, the issue would blow away when personalities changed. But we should not be under any illusion that it was such. And we must be prepared to deal with such bilateral issues beyond specific personalities.
Part 3. I warned our people to never be complacent, thinking that a crisis will help PAP secure the votes at an election. It may be true that historically during crises, there may be a flight to quality and stability. But we must never take it for granted. In fact, we must work hard to serve our people, take care of them and not depend on a crisis to secure the votes.
I trust Singaporeans will understand what was shared in context.
The points in the conversation are poignant reminders of our vulnerabilities as a small country, and the need for our people to keep serving with the right motivations and to put Singapore and Singaporeans at the forefront of everything we do.
As I said in one of the clips, winning an election has nothing to do with the 9-day campaigning. It has to do with the hard work over the previous many years. CCS
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Leaked Audio 3: Chan Chun Sing said PAP couldn’t blatantly say they’re going to let micro companies die as it was not politically prudent
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Leaked Audio: Since Jan 2019, PAP has been worried about PSP’s Dr Tan Cheng Bock and Lee Hsien Yang, SDP’s Tan Jee Say, Workers’ Party
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Leaked Audio: Chan Chun Sing says allowing Muslims to withdraw CPF fund for Hajj is “reasonable” but cannot be done
