Singapolitics, The Straits Times' new current affairs website, conducted a "Ask the PM" exercise not too long ago and have identified the so-called top 10 questions out of the short-listed 25 for the prime minister to entertain.
Embarassingly, Straits Times only managed to receive 400 emails from the public during a two-week period. After that, it proceeded to sieve out 25 issues for readers to vote and when the polling concluded last Friday, it came up with the "Top 10 questions" which it will "ask" PM Lee in a series of videos.
Here are the 10 questions which The Straits Times have to query the PAP leader.
1. How will you ensure the cost of living in Singapore remains manageable? How will you keep healthcare affordable? (10%)
2. Can we really have work-life balance? (7%)
3. Can we change the model of public houseing so it is a home, and not an investment asset? (6%)
4. We are trying to help parents look after children, what are we doing to help children look after elderly parents? (6%)
5. What is the limit to our population size? What do you, as PM, think is the optimum size? (6%)
6. Can the Govt do more for those with special needs? It should sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (6%)
7. Can we do more for those in the 50s and 60s who have been retrenched or are being rehired at lower pay? (5%)
8. Having a childhood is good in theory, but how do we reduce the reliance on exams? For example, do we need the PSLE? (4%)
9. Where do you see Singapore in 20 years’ time? What will our niche be? Will Parliament still be dominated by the PAP? (4%)
10. Could a percentage of a citizen’s CPF account be set aside for unemployment insurance? (4%)
Interestingly, issues like the actual amount of reserves, influx of foreigners and depression of wages did not make it into the top 10. Instead, topics like questions five and nine are the subjective kind which do not require a concrete answer.
A simple reply that starts with "Singapore is a small country blah blah blah" followed by "hence we must blah blah blah" and "depending on the blah blah situation" before ending with "we'll do the necessary blah blah in the interest of the country".
Well, I think I can be the prime minister as well, at a much cheaper rate.
How can Straits Times justify that those 10 were the genuine questions which topped its poll?
Embarassingly, Straits Times only managed to receive 400 emails from the public during a two-week period. After that, it proceeded to sieve out 25 issues for readers to vote and when the polling concluded last Friday, it came up with the "Top 10 questions" which it will "ask" PM Lee in a series of videos.
Here are the 10 questions which The Straits Times have to query the PAP leader.
1. How will you ensure the cost of living in Singapore remains manageable? How will you keep healthcare affordable? (10%)
2. Can we really have work-life balance? (7%)
3. Can we change the model of public houseing so it is a home, and not an investment asset? (6%)
4. We are trying to help parents look after children, what are we doing to help children look after elderly parents? (6%)
5. What is the limit to our population size? What do you, as PM, think is the optimum size? (6%)
6. Can the Govt do more for those with special needs? It should sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (6%)
7. Can we do more for those in the 50s and 60s who have been retrenched or are being rehired at lower pay? (5%)
8. Having a childhood is good in theory, but how do we reduce the reliance on exams? For example, do we need the PSLE? (4%)
9. Where do you see Singapore in 20 years’ time? What will our niche be? Will Parliament still be dominated by the PAP? (4%)
10. Could a percentage of a citizen’s CPF account be set aside for unemployment insurance? (4%)
Interestingly, issues like the actual amount of reserves, influx of foreigners and depression of wages did not make it into the top 10. Instead, topics like questions five and nine are the subjective kind which do not require a concrete answer.
A simple reply that starts with "Singapore is a small country blah blah blah" followed by "hence we must blah blah blah" and "depending on the blah blah situation" before ending with "we'll do the necessary blah blah in the interest of the country".
Well, I think I can be the prime minister as well, at a much cheaper rate.
How can Straits Times justify that those 10 were the genuine questions which topped its poll?
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