Comments on: Trust, but verify

By: Lilian

Lilian — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:06:27 +0000

As per what I have written here:

http://leelilian.blogspot.com/2009/01/insure-our-country-and-our-future.html

Titanic which was suppose to be unsinkable has lifeboats too. Incidentally, the Titanic sank in 1912, killing more than 1,500 people.

By: Kaffein

Kaffein — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:04:01 +0000

Is that what happened in the NKF saga? What about the Madoff saga? Have not the PAP learnt from others’ mistakes?

Ask me again: Why are we paying millions of dollars if the basic transparency is not even in place? We trusted that you could be trusted by paying you millions and place you in trust of our billions. Gee it’s simple, isn’t it?

Trust me,
Kaffein

By: James

James — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:39:01 +0000

Ok. Everybody breath.

Notice that the exchange between Mr Tharman and the other MPs were extracted from Channel NewsAsia?

Gerald, how sure are we that Channel NewsAsia did not extract Mr Tharman’s words out of context? They did not provide the full transcript after all.

If Mr Tharman had really said that, then I’m sure at least one MP would have reacted the same way as us. He (or she) would have stood up and questioned Mr Tharman. But there were no such reports.

If Mr Tharman did not really say that, then once again, what the hell is our mass media doing?

By: The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Daily SG: 9 Feb 2009

The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Daily SG: 9 Feb 2009 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:53:53 +0000

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By: George says:

George says: — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:20:53 +0000

Singaporeans are accused of COMPLACENY when Mass Selamat escaped from the ISD top security detention prison. That is, it is our fault for TRUSTING the govt to perform.

When a senior civil servant, daughter of an ex-Chief Justice made a big boo boo of giving away hundred of millions of dollars to a telco, it was an HONEST MISTAKE. But when the govt don’t feel like helping the down and out, it was because ‘NOBODY OWES YOU A LIVING’.

Now when there is zero transparency in the manner of the govt dipping into the national reserves that is supposedly guarded by the elected President, the Finance Minister demands our TRUST.

Like the saying: Head, you win , tail I lose. But, really, the biggest culprit in all this liberties, guilty to the hilt for conspiring with the govt is the mass media of Singapore. They are the ones who have abdicated their role as the voice of the people. They are the ones who have sold their souls to the devil.

By: Volunteers for TKL

Volunteers for TKL — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:06:25 +0000

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By: David

David — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:32:43 +0000

We have been con into believing that the government has a system of check and balance for the past few decades. And so all this while, the so-called check and balance is delegated to something call Trust. How amazing ! 4 decades and finally someone inadvertently broke the news that it is Trust that rule the system ! Last time, I thought it is complaceny. That is definitely Uniquely Singapore. Now I know why late-president Ong want to bring the PAP government to justice and demand them to list down all assets.

No wonder those audit of HDB, EDB and many more are never performed properly much to the dismay of many because there is never a system in place at all. This is all wayang.