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Tak
bolek tahan!
Singapore
Democrats
12 Mar 08
Tak
boleh tahan!
Loosely translated: "I can't take it anymore!" That's
the theme for the protest rally this Saturday.
If you
feel the way we do and you don't want to take it lying down
anymore, put on a red T-shirt and join us at Parliament House by
the Singapore River.
The prices of basic foodstuff like
rice, cooking oil, bread, milk powder, sugar, etc have all shot
up.
Bus, MRT and taxi fares have all gone up.
Fuel
prices have skyrocketed.
The Government's raising of the
GST to 7 percent and its setting up of ERP gantries all over the
island have all contributed to the inflation rate that is at its
highest in a quarter of a century.
The result is that the
crushing burden on working folks gets even more unbearable.
Our
elderly poor continue to break their backs just to eke out a
miserable existence. Many cannot even afford three square meals,
some even having to live off scraps on hawker centre tables.
The PAP's young, arrogant, and heartless ministers then
tell them that they should forget about retiring.
What
about our workers? They are made to work harder and longer, and
for less pay. Many of them have to sign contracts that don't
allow medical leave, no bonuses, and demand 72-hour-work weeks.
They have no unions to speak for them as the NTUC is
headed by a PAP minister.
The problem is worsened by the
indiscriminate taking in of foreign workers to compete with
Singaporeans to suppress wages.
Despite all of this, the
ministers brazenly help themselves to an 85 percent increase in
salaries last year with the prime minister paying himself more
than $300,000 a month!
The PAP is like a grotesque monkey
on our backs, keeping Singaporeans bent and strangulated.
We
know many of you are incensed. We know you cannot take this
anymore. Tak
boleh tahan!
As
citizens you don't have to keep quiet. You can demonstrate your
anger in a peaceful manner at Saturday's rally. If fact it is
your duty to stand up and speak out.
At the same time, the
Singapore Democrats are launching our Campaign Against Repression
and Exploitation of Singaporeans 2008 (CARES '08).
The Tak
Boleh Tahan!
protest rally will kick-off the SDP
CARES '08.
As consumers of many of the Government's services, we have the
right to demand fair prices, and to put a stop to the
exploitative price hikes of the PAP Government.
There
comes a time when we have to stop talking and start doing.
Remember, we reap what we sow.
Event:
Tak
Boleh Tahan!
Protest Rally
Date:
15 Mar 08, Saturday
Time:
2:00 pm
Place:
Parliament House beside Singapore River
Attire:
Red
top
Contact
us at:
speakup@singaporedemocrat.org
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