Singapore Government's Best Achievements Todate.
8. Invest billions of dollars into Merrill Lynch, Citibank and UBS at the peak price
because the Singapore Government is above haggling for discounts. There'll be none of this
"price-hounding, bargain-hunting" nonsense, hell, we should pay more just to drive the value up.
And as of today (7 Nov), Temasek investment in ABC Learning (Australian company) vaporised. (See Straits Times or Today.)
7. Not being pro-active in resolving the Lehman Minibond Fiasco, because:
a) Government can't solve all your problems. Who you callin' a Nanny State now, byotch?!?!
b) You're on your own, pal. Highly indicative and in-line with the Good Ol' Can-do Spirit of Entrepreneurism in Singapore.
6. Proposing to house foreign talent in a private landed estate neighbourhood; because
we are an egalitarian (that means "having equality") society and there's no better way
than having Bangladeshi, Indian, Thai & Myanmar foreign talent living right in your 'hood.
If the value of your property were to suddenly be adjusted (drop), don't worry, it just makes property more afforable to purchase in Singapore. Aren't we a great government? :)
5. Approving electricity hikes at the time of recession, because, well, if it's that good, you'd shell out more for it. We even promise to improve the quality of our electricity.
4. Increasing GST from 5% to 7%, because damn, their service is impeccable, if not, world-class.
If the uncles & aunties (or "moms & pops") who lost money in the Lehman Minibond Fiasco can't afford to pay more GST, no worries, there's always plenty of jobs for them at McDonald's, Pizza Huts and KFC.
After all, this is a caring government and we would never let these retirees go jobless.
Moreover, this actually improves our employment rate.
3. Allowing the car population to explode and then installing more ERP gantries to tax usage
because (Hey! Hey!) you asked for it!
2. Hyping up the F1 Race and closing roads to cause traffic jams, in order to have a world-class Night Race. Look, it's the First Night Race.
1. The proper handling of the Mas Selamat escape case.
This was expertly handled by Wong Kan Seng in the sense that we are still looking for Mas Selamat in the best possible way.
