Mah: Dr Goh tasked me to reorganise SBS
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wahahah.
Article on today's Zaobao. http://www.zaobao.com/wencui/2010/05/lhwb100515e.shtml
He said he'd wanted to quit after joining MINDEF. But Dr Goh persuaded him to stay and tasked him to reorganise public bus svs in the newly formed SBS.
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English text: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1056832/1/.html
Incls Ret LTG Winston Choo's interview.
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the Mabok Tongue could be lying you know?
heck.. that's his forte isn't it?
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said the only cabinet minister to have lost an election (though losing elections are normal in a democracy, in singapore, when you're a PAP candidate, well...)
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thought there was an article of him driving SBS bus back then?
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my hero
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Originally posted by sbst275:
thought there was an article of him driving SBS bus back then?
so what?
the publicity stunt was him trying to "understand the hardships" of the common man..
if he was sincere, he'd take a $2,000 paycheque for a couple of months, live in a HDB flat with his family and go to work each day (his family included) in real public transport like the buses and trains without all his goddamned security goons shadowing him...
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Originally posted by the Bear:
so what?
the publicity stunt was him trying to "understand the hardships" of the common man..
if he was sincere, he'd take a $2,000 paycheque for a couple of months, live in a HDB flat with his family and go to work each day (his family included) in real public transport like the buses and trains without all his goddamned security goons shadowing him...
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Originally posted by the Bear:
so what?
the publicity stunt was him trying to "understand the hardships" of the common man..
if he was sincere, he'd take a $2,000 paycheque for a couple of months, live in a HDB flat with his family and go to work each day (his family included) in real public transport like the buses and trains without all his goddamned security goons shadowing him...
why should he.
he is our minister and almighty transport boss
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Originally posted by the Bear:
so what?
the publicity stunt was him trying to "understand the hardships" of the common man..
if he was sincere, he'd take a $2,000 paycheque for a couple of months, live in a HDB flat with his family and go to work each day (his family included) in real public transport like the buses and trains without all his goddamned security goons shadowing him...
HDB flats are "affordable" because a $500,000 HDB flat is just only 3 months of his $2 million dollar annual salary.
And he probably wonders why some people need 30 years to pay off a HDB mortgage loan.
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Originally posted by charlize:
HDB flats are "affordable" because a $500,000 HDB flat is just only 3 months of his $2 million dollar annual salary.
And he probably wonders why some people need 30 years to pay off a HDB mortgage loan.
do we need 30 years to pay off?
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Originally posted by NG QIBO AARON AUBREY:
do we need 30 years to pay off?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
yesI was just wondering, if you are 40 years old, will they still allow you to have a 20-30 year mortgage?
After all, there is a high likelyhood of you retiring at say 55 which means you do not have any more income to service the 20-30 year mortgage loan the moment you stop working at 55.
So how?
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Originally posted by charlize:
I was just wondering, if you are 40 years old, will they still allow you to have a 20-30 year mortgage?
After all, there is a high likelyhood of you retiring at say 55 which means you do not have any more income to service the 20-30 year mortgage loan the moment you stop working at 55.
So how?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
thought there was an article of him driving SBS bus back then?
not sure, but i did have an article of what happened during the 1984 election.
here's another about introducing Service 142 on Nomination Day.
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
not sure, but i did have an article of what happened during the 1984 election.
here's another about introducing Service 142 on Nomination Day.
MBT lost terribly.
wa so lucky. tat 142 article below got something on implementing GIRO.oh yeah, same year 1984.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
yeswhy take so long?
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Originally posted by NG QIBO AARON AUBREY:
why take so long?
Say back in 1980s, 1 flat was abt $65,00025 yrs meant abt $220 per month excl interest.
Dun forget then wages were lower and you've to feed a family and so on.
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Originally posted by NG QIBO AARON AUBREY:
why take so long?
You think everybody is a poly or university graduate making $5,000 a month?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Say back in 1980s, 1 flat was abt $65,00025 yrs meant abt $220 per month excl interest.
Dun forget then wages were lower and you've to feed a family and so on.
So expensive?
If I can recall correctly, a 4 room flat in the early 80s cost about $30-40K.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
MBT lost terribly.
wa so lucky. tat 142 article below got something on implementing GIRO.oh yeah, same year 1984.
yes, but interesting to read about LKY's speech on CST having only 6 credits and 1 pass in 'O' levels, and hence MBT is the "better man".
see if you can sieve out more interesting stuffs about him from 1979 to 1990.
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Originally posted by charlize:
So expensive?
If I can recall correctly, a 4 room flat in the early 80s cost about $30-40K.
yes.
even new 4-room flats in Marine Parade were going for about $25k.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Say back in 1980s, 1 flat was abt $65,00025 yrs meant abt $220 per month excl interest.
Dun forget then wages were lower and you've to feed a family and so on.
65000 can be cleared in 4 years
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
yes.
even new 4-room flats in Marine Parade were going for about $25k.
Now old 3 room flats for resale can be going for $250,000.
If people cannot imagine the magnitude of this increase, look at $250,000 as a QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
yes.
even new 4-room flats in Marine Parade were going for about $25k.
tat $65,000 can't remember was it 1980s