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Monday, July 28, 2008
im not sure if anybody read the thingthing on saturday or sunday about SM Goh's speech at hougang buried in some corner of ST, but if somebody did, it might have raised some eyebrows and such.
excerpt which can also be found in ST: Amongst the things you can do, I suggest you study the annual accounts of the town council to ensure that the funds are properly used. Check whether the arrears for S & C charges are piling up, and eating into their reserves. Make sure that enough money is put aside for cyclical maintenance. In your walkabouts, check on the estate maintenance. If Mr Low has done a good job, give him credit for it. If there are deficiencies, point them out to the residents. In short, play the role of an effective opposition in Hougang.
my first reaction was like, huh? HUHH?! huh huh huhh??! why the huhs. the last i heard/read from various online sources, other town councils were the ones taking flak for their reserves. for having something in the region of tens of millions of dollars in their coffers. and investing quite a fair portion in less stable stuff like stocks. while increasing their S & C charges, even though they receive government grants. whereas if you compare this with the opposition wards, if im not wrong, hougangs charges went up by much less even though they dont receive the grants because apparently the grants are given out by some pap people? or at least, thats what i think is happening lah.
yeah so hence the big huhh. i mean, that is like seriously what on earth lah, i think. i thought the thing was about why the other town councils have so very much, not why hougang has so much less than them.. i dunno, sounds alot like trying to divert attention to me..
speech can be found here and partial ST article can be found here.
10:52 pm
gail.
loves anything new
gets caught up in causes, events, loves
but doesn't do anything about them.
professes to be a supporter of the green movement
but leaves the lights on
disapproves of mcdonalds
but eats there anyways.
godwise, the jury's still out.
schoolwise, fass rocks my socks
but why do i have like a ton of work to do?
familywise, i guess theyre/its great
we just need to figure out what to do around each other?
freindswise, hey you guys are awesome.
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but doesn't know how else to fill up the space.
