May this by-election provide the ‘Punggol Slap’ which the PAP will never forget!

Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang reviving his infamous trademark "co-driver" analogy from the 2011 general election, Low said

policies must be devised to benefit the nation as a whole, instead of a smaller section of the population

. He said that if the latter situation occurs, the policy in question had failed. Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot afford to put our lives in the hands of a sleepy driver. Do not put another sleepy driver into Parliament

,” he said with gusto, to loud cheers from an estimated 8,000-strong rally crowd, its biggest turn-out of the three rallies. “May this by-election provide the ‘Punggol Slap’ which the PAP will never forget!”

PAP-AIM: how deep is the hole?

Referring to the controversial sale of management software by PAP town councils to Action Information Management (AIM), which is owned by the ruling party, party chairman Sylvia Lim said that even though the software was created using taxpayers' money, it was sold to an entity belonging to PAP. She said after the party won the contest at Aljunied GRC in 2011, they were able to “dig into documents” pertaining to the running of town councils. “There were aspects which showed how political, town management had become,” she said to an estimated crowd of about 7,000 people at an open field in Rivervale. “For instance, I have come across a few contracts signed by town councils, carrying a clause allowing for

termination of services if there should be a change in the composition of town council management, in other words, change of political management”.

The party chairman questioned the intention of such a clause, and asked if the ruling party was so determined to “trip” incoming opposition, even though

such an arrangement may not be in the public interest.

She said it was akin to sending soldiers to war, but taking away their ammunition in the field.

be free

free yourself. free your mind. do the things you like to do is happiness. and to live this world breathing the very fresh air is blessing indeed. life is indeed simple, why make it complicated.

PAP, AIM and the fat white elephant

In the end, only AIM submitted a bid on 20 July 2010

tender was close on 14th July 2010, and yet AIM submitted on 20th July 2010, 6 days after it has closed and they have awarded the contract. furthermore, they are the only bidder. moreover, it is linked to PAP as three directors are from former PAP MP. In page 6 of Jan 5th 2012 of today's The New Paper one of the companies that collected the tender document, Hutcabb Consulting, shed some light on what was in the documents. Hutcabb Consulting has an office located in Jalan Kilang and counts the Attorney-General Chamber and Ministry of Foreign Affairs as its clients: Chief Executive of Hutcabb Consulting, Mr. Oliver Tian told The New Papar that his company did not bid for the software because the town councils did not provide sufficient information about it in the tender document. "It was very hard to make a decision based on what was provided. After paying more than $200, we simply got a thin stack of documents and the town councils were unable to provide us with more information" - he said - The New Paper, Pg 6, 5 Jan 2013.