Yes. We are going into 2015 soon and we have only about 2 years before the crucial 2016 Election Year. Someone said that GE will be Dec 2015 after the SEA Games to capitalise on the SEA Games sentiment.
2016 will be a do-or-die year for Singaporeans like you and me.
If Singaporeans fail to take out PAP by 2016, it is likely that PAP will flood our country with more foreigners to make up 6.9 million and by then, the foreigners will blindly vote PAP for many more years to come and PAP will be invincible.
Ever since the Roy Ngerng incident, Singaporeans have hailed him as a hero for daring to speak out against CPF and PM Lee.
But then again, before Roy Ngerng, there are many courageous Singaporeans who opened the door for more Roy Ngerngs. By doing so, many passive Singaporeans have finally decided to awaken and realised that they have the power to hold the incumbent government accountable for the policies.
Today, we pay tribute to 10 Singaporeans who may have inspired Roy Ngerng to stand out.
10) Leong Sze Hian.
Quoted many times in media, a frequent writer to SPH, Mediacorp and his own blog, Sze Hian is the master of statistics in employment issues, public housing, national reserves, CPF and a frequent speaker in Speakers' Corner with Gilbert Goh on the White Paper 6.9 million.
He gave endorsement to Tan Kin Lian for his Presidential Campaign by speaking out in his rally.
He gave many free talks on retirement, CPF, housing issues and financial literacy through Chiam See Tong's SPP Financial Literacy Programme and not forgetting funding for Anthony Chen's Ilo Ilo movie project and probably taught Roy Ngerng on various govt issues.
9) Catherine Lim
In 1994, Catherine Lim was blasted by Goh Chok Tong for meddling with politics after her article was published in SPH and challenged Catherine to join politics.
Lim, who is a frequent critic of the government, is best known for her social commentary story in 1994, titled The PAP and the People – A Great Affective Divide, which sparked controversy with the ruling party. Since then, she has published numerous novels and political commentaries
Catherine Lim is more famous for her literary works but her involvement with SPP's Chiam See Tong is widely known among Singaporeans as well.
After GE2011, Catherine Lim said that the People’s Action Party (PAP) is incapable of reinventing itself.Her view was in response to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s speech at a PAP convention last November where he said that the party has to reinvent itself to “build a new PAP for a new era”
Despite her great dissatisfaction with PAP, Catherine refuses to join politics and prefers to be at the sidelines.
8) M.Ravi
Kampong Boy, his autobiography, was a bestseller for a few weeks.
Netizens have said that he is just a human rights advocate and has appeared many times in the press and in the Speakers Corner.
But he may not have a firm understanding of our heartlanders' problems with CPF, HDB and domestic issues to vote for him.
However, I disagree. PAP likes to use their own legal system and policies and Acts to suppress Singaporeans. We need someone with a sound legal knowledge to challenge and amend Bills and Acts in Parliament, just like Sylvia Lim.
Many Singaporean Indians I spoke to see M. Ravi as a hero to the Indian community. If M.Ravi can be an opposition candidate in a Indian neighbourhood such as Yishun, he may have a strong fighting chance.
7) Siew Kum Hong.
Former NMP, many Singaporeans remember him as pro-gay activist who engaged with anti-gay Thio Li Ann in Parliament.
However, Siew has also done a good job in tackling issues on Mas Selamat escape and accountability, Ministerial salaries, Budget Speech and discrimination against males.
For some reason, he refused to be dragged into the politics and denied that he is a mole or a puppet for SDP's Chee Soon Juan in Parliament.
He is still active on his blog at http://siewkumhong.blogspot.sg/
Some netizens say that he is better off at being an NMP and being excellent at Parliament speeches as he lacked the people's touch to win swing voters over.
