Dear fellow Singaporeans,
Happy National Day
. . . but are there good reasons to celebrate?
Inflation is at an all time high. Consumer prices are soaring, fuel oil is at record prices, and the value of our money is also getting smaller. So, is there any good cause to celebrate?
More ERP gantries are being installed, for longer hours, and some at higher prices too. Night ERP is here to stay. Even though our night-time drive home does not affect economic productivity, they are still up. These will directly affect our time spent with our families. The Government wants us to take more public transport like buses and MRT. Yet, the Public Transport Council has given its green light for both the SMRT and Comfort-Delgro to ask for another guaranteed 3% fare hike -- to enable them to maintain their profit margin, in the light of soaring business costs.
When the workers asked for a corresponding pay rise to cope with the higher cost of living, Finance Minister Tharman responded that it will cause another round of inflation. It is indeed a surprise that our workers have such powers to cause Inflation, but not our Ministers. Do you know that our PAP Ministers would soon be enjoying another round of confirmed wage hike of up to 21. 64% at the end of 2008. This hike was approved in Parliament last year.
Our President, MM, SM and PM will each earn around $3.76 million per annum, after this wage hike. Now, if those scary wages are not inflationary, how can our workers’request for a pay-rise be inflationary?
When increasing the GST to 7% last year, the Government, estimated that it would suffer a $700,000 deficit with the GST-offset package. But by the end of 2007, it reported a budget surplus of $6.45 billion instead. The Government had once again extracted too much more money from the people, than was required to run this country.
Except for some PAP elites, life is getting tougher for everyone in Singapore. Middle-income Singaporeans have been hit hard, and are badly squeezed by the Government’s policies. Are you one of them? If so, what are you going to do about it? We cannot remain indifferent and pretend that nothing can be done.
On this occasion of our 43rd National Day, may we wish you a happy holiday. We would also urge you to think and reflect on how we (together) can work to lobby the PAP Government to squeeze less and do more for the people of Singapore.
Please email us at <
Once again, Happy National Day.
Sebastain Teo Kway Huang
President
国 庆 献 词
尊敬的新加坡国民
国庆日快乐！
。。。但我们真有好理由来庆祝吗？
通货暴胀,百物价格持续上涨,燃油价格迭创新高,咱们的钞票也变得愈来愈薄。在这样的处境下，我们还真有好理由来庆祝？
政府增设更多的公路电子收费闸门，延长了收费时段和调高过路收费。即使晚间国人开车回家并不影响经济成长，却得照样支付夜间实施的公路电子收费。避之则直接影响了我们和家人团聚的时间。政府要国人多用公共交通工具（如巴士和地铁），然而，公共交通理事会却允许SMRT(新捷运公司)和Comfort-Delgro (康福德高)提出调高车资3％的申请，以确保它们在经营成本不断上升时还能保持其高盈利率。
可是，当一般员工要求加薪以应付更高的生活费时，我们的财政部长尚达曼先生却回应说它将引起另一波的通货膨胀。这可真令人感到惊讶！我们的一般员工竟然具备这种足以引发通膨的威力，而并不是部长们。
您知道吗？我们的PAP部长们将在今年末获得另一轮的加薪，幅度高达21.64%。这项加薪方案是在去年由国会批准的。我们的总统，内阁资政，国务资政和总理在加薪后的年收入每位将高达376万新元。试问：如果这不是引起通货膨胀的薪金增长，难道会是一般员工的加薪要求所导致的？
去年，当政府将消费税调高到7％时，政府预估在实施抵消消费税的配套后，财政将需承担70万元的预算赤字。然而，在2007年末，政府却公布了64.5亿元的财政盈余。政府再次征收了过剩的税收来管理这个国家。
除了PAP的精英，每个新加坡人的生活都过得愈来愈艰苦。中等收入的新加坡人因政府所推行的政策而陷入困境。您是其中一个吗？如果是，您该如何应对？我们不应对此漠不关心和装作无奈的样子。
在这个国庆日里，让我祝愿大家假日快乐！我也要借此吁请大家思考并反馈如何齐心合力去劝说政府，希望它不但能减少对国民生活上的压迫，还能致力于为新加坡人谋创更多的福祉。
如何更有效的为广大民众向政府力争更好的利益和服务是我党的首要课题。希望您能提供宝贵的意见和建议，将它发到我们的电子邮箱：nsp-cec@yahoogroups.com 谢谢。
再次的祝贺大家：国庆日快乐 !
张培源 谨上
国民团结党主席
2008年8月9日
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment