(Source: CNA)
Christmas is coming and Singapore is playing Santa Clause to "poorer" ASEAN nations by pledging S$50mil to help them overcome the storm forecast from Europe. Personally, the S$50mil is not printed from PAP's money printing machine. The amount are the people's money gained by PAP through the various means of taxes, surplus etc. Its not PM Lee's ah kong's money too!
Why spend on other countries that cannot help themselves and the pledge is liked pouring money into vast pit without any quenching and not spend S$50mil on our own people? Liked helping poor old folks to spend their twilight years more comfortability?
Our 7269 votes President Tony Tan who suppose to spend his working time looking after our reserve is not going to do anything about this? I could remember during Asian Crisis when then PM Goh wanted to loan S$10 Billion to Indonesia but luckily Dr Chee Soon Juan "cry father cry mother" and PAP quickly said the Indonesians did not need the loan at all.
S$50mil is loose change compared to then S$10 Billions but still President Tony Tan should make some noise unless the Presidential Key does not lock the source of the S$50mil!
"Controversy then arose during the campaign when rival teams headed by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Chee Soon Juan met on 28 October during street electioneering in a contested constituency.
Chee Soon Juan publicly challenged the Prime Minister and the government to explain and justify US$10 billion of loans previously offered to former President Suharto of Indonesia. Chee Soon Juan later apologised to the Prime Minister for the manner of his questioning and any personal offence caused by it.
This and a subsequent apology was rejected, and Goh Chok Tong demanded a formal apology, damages and costs for the allegedly libellous attack on his "character, competence and integrity" as Prime Minister.
Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew made similar demands. Chee Soon Juan subsequently apologised as demanded, agreed not to repeat the allegations and to pay damages and costs to both ministers." (Source: http://www.amnesty.org)
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