Saturday, May 7, 2011

What do you think of the election results?

Here is Mr Wang's view. http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-do-you-think-of-election-results.html

Give your views in this survey.

Political parties in Singapore

The smaller political parties should merge and be a more credible force. See TKL's article in SGEP. Here is the direct link.

Nominated Ministers

It is time for Singapore to introduce of appointing ministers who are not Members of Parliament. Read my  article posted here.

Loss of Foreign Minister

We have lost an experienced foreign minister, George Yeo. Here are some ways to get him back into this position.

The PAP can call a by-election in one of its SMCs. George Yeo can contest in the by-election and is likely to be returned to Parliament and can continue as foreign minister.
This requires one of the elected MP to be willing to give up his or her hard won seat for the good of the country. Any takers?

Another approach is to allow a minister to be appointed that is not a member of Parliament. Read my Open Letter to the Prime Minister here. This open letter was sent out a few days before the election.

Tan Kin Lian

Pupsik Studios joins iShop

You can order baby products and gifts at iShop

We hear all your voices - PM Lee

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1127451/1/.html

Reform the Electoral System

Hi, Mr Tan
I'm happy WORKERS' PARTY scored a landmark victory!
Under a 'proportional representation' electoral system, where voting is party-based rather than constituency-based, the Opposition, would, as a whole, have won 40 percent of  the seats in parliament since they polled nearly 40 percent of the total votes in this election, which means that in a 100-seat parliament, the Opposition would have won 40 seats! A great performance.
LET US WORK TOWARDS ELECTORAL REFORM, AND PRESS FOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.
FRANCIS TAN TC.

New name for SGEP

SGEP was the abbreviation for Singapore General Election Portal. As the general election is over, and the next general election will come in 5 years time, we will rename SGEP as the Singapore Social Economic Portal (and retain the abbreviation of SgEP). This will be done on 1 June 2011. It will continue to post social, economic and political articles of interest to Singaporeans.