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The
ALDE-CALD delegation
Dina
Abad
Philippines
Ignasi
Cambo Guardans
Spain
Eugenijus
Gentvilas
Lithuania
Fiona
Hall
United
Kingdom
Lydie
Polfer
Luxembourg
Saumura
Tioulong
Cambodia
Anders
Samuelsen
Denmark
Graham
Watson
United Kingdom
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Chee
Soon Juan to debunk Lee Kuan Yew's remarks at Friday's forum
10
Apr 07
Dr Chee Soon Juan will speak at the Public Forum to
be held on 13 Apr 07, Friday, at the Sheraton Towers Hotel (see
below). He will address comments Mr Lee Kuan Yew made in
yesterday's Parliament session, defending the pay increase for
ministers.
The Minister Mentor said that Singapore's
external trade is 3 1/2 times that of our GDP, surpassing that of
even Hong Kong. Because of this, he says, the Prime Minister must
be paid $3.1 million and the Ministers $1.9 million annually.
On Friday, Dr Chee will debunk this simplistic statistic
and show how misplaced Mr Lee's observations are. Dr Chee will
present the complete picture of Singapore's economic performance
in recent years and show how bleak Singapore's future will be if
we continue down the PAP's path.
In other words, not only
are the ministers not indispensable as they would have
Singaporeans believe, their inability to tear themselves away
from groupthink will lead Singapore down the road to ruin.
It
is stunningly disingenuous for the PAP to claim that its economic
policies are working and, worse, use them to justify the
outrageous pay increments for their ministers.
In
addition, MM Lee again made some rather unsavoury remarks about
certain governments, in particular, those of Denmark,
Switzerland, and Finland. Europe also came in for mention.
With
the delegation of European Parliamentarians speaking at the
Forum, come and hear for yourselves what the speakers have to
say, in particular, Mr Anders Samuelsen, who is an MEP from
Denmark.
Do the Europeans need to pay their ministers
million-dollar salaries in order for them to lead their
countries? Is it true that Denmark can fail and yet be saved by
other European nations?
What about Luxembourg? A
landlocked country with a population of only half-a-million, the
GDP income per capita of that nation is the highest in the world!
Did Lydie Polfer, former deputy prime minister of Luxembourg,
make the PAP argument that she had to be paid $3 million a year?
How did the tiny nation in Western Europe prosper without the
type of PAP-dictatorial system?
Don't miss this
opportunity to see and hear firsthand what politicians from
(genuinely) First World countries think and how they practice
democratic politics to achieve prosperity for their peoples, not
just for themselves.
So pass the word around and
encourage your family and friends to come. Admission is free. See
you on Friday!
Public
Forum
Development of Democracy in Europe and Asia
Date
13
Apr 07, Friday
7:00 pm
Venue
Venue: Sheraton
Towers, Scotts Road
Opal Ballroom
(Newton MRT
Station)
Admission
Free
Speakers
Dina
Abad
Fiona Hall
Ignasi Cambo Guardans
Eugenijus
Gentvilas
Lydie Polfer
Graham Watson
Chee Soon
Juan
The parliamentary
visit is part of the annual meetings held by the Alliance of
Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and Council of Asian
Liberal and Democrats (CALD) to discuss the promotion of
democracy as well as to foster greater cooperation between
parliamentarians and democratic parties in Asia and Europe.
Make a date
with the speakers. Come and express your views.
All are
welcome
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