Have you looked at the data or are you taking LKY's word for it? Here's some data to suggest that there is not much difference in HDB prices between PAP and opposition wards:sundaymorningstaple wrote:Frankly, I worry about aljunied as I live there. I'm going to watch my property valuation take a tumble if the ruling party gets ousted here. A good example is the difference in similar HDB housing in both constituencies, with many more sales in Hougang (almost 2 to 1 and 10-16% lower sales prices). CRAP!
Isn't disregarding the data considered "making baseless claims"?sundaymorningstaple wrote:I really don't need to look at the data (singstat and HDB data can say the same or 100% opposite on the same site depending on how the data is pulled. I live in Aljunied AND I live across the street from Hougang.
I also read the first link several days ago, I notice that they are not using apples to compare apples except to compare bedroom sizes. They are not using same age flats or same sq/m flats, so to me, using a single year that has been cherrypicked for the article to make his point, I discount the effort. Will look at the second link later in the morning......
BBC ? Impartial ? Both sides of the fence ?BillyB wrote:I saw a funny and quite ironic report today on BBC World news regarding the elections in SG. It's getting some good & quite interesting coverage. Certainly giving opinion from both sides of the fence.
I never said the BBC was impartial. I stated the coverage was presenting both sides of the argument. If you think there is hidden messages in the reports then that's your interpretation.ecureilx wrote:BBC ? Impartial ? Both sides of the fence ?BillyB wrote:I saw a funny and quite ironic report today on BBC World news regarding the elections in SG. It's getting some good & quite interesting coverage. Certainly giving opinion from both sides of the fence.![]()
back home, when an election was coming up, BBC predicted the winner, who was the opposition, and when the election commissioner told BBC to wind their neck in BBC was like "We are a neutral broadcasting agency" and the EC had this to say "well, then stop influencing votes by predicting who is winning" .. and lo and behold, the fact that the incumbent party was anti-Brit didn't help .. or rather, the UK was anti-ruling party ..
And when the ruling party won the election, the Ruling party did squarly ask what BBC was trying to do, by influencing those on the fence to vote for the opposition.
It's all Politics ..
+1.morenangpinay wrote:They really don't think we contribute like pay taxes , buy their food, buy their clothes, bring more tourists. Its also ironic that my job helps bring in investors by promoting their country instead of mine. If they don't want foreign talents then make it across the board without bias for any nationality whether the foreigner is from a first world or a third world country.
When one taxi driver complained to me bout them being poor and not having any help from the government. I told him your poor lives in an HDB when our poor lives under the bridge without food for the day...
when my officemate told me she never get any job after school and why did I get a job immediately in my country after I graduated from school, i told her we don't rely on our government.Apparently she thought the government gave us jobs or help us go overseas by placing us in jobs abroad.
If they win nothing will change or everything will be turned to chaos (as compared to what is now) resulting in losing the established country credibility and only then Singaporeans will have a true reason to complain. It is always easy to ride on populistic sentiments but this finishes soon after the real job starts unless this job was only about filling up some pockets or satisfying someone's hunger for power.nakatago wrote: Sadly, even if the opposition wins, a lot of pampered, spoiled brats would expect miracles
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