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https://mothership.sg/2018/10/tharman-tommy-koh-social-mobility-inequality-ips-30th-anniversary-transcript/ out-of-context screengrab from DPM Tharman

I never feel the need or urge to start a political topic until now. I didn't even went to see any rally or bother to watch any on TV or internet for that matters before this year. On the 7th of May, most of us have to make a very important decision. No, I am not talking about to bet on Chelsea or Man United. I have only a few words to say, & I will start it off with this statement "If we don't help yourselves, no one will" There was a time when MM Lee was respectable, where PAP ministers worked hard for the people of Singapore. There was a time, when I feel proud to don the green Uniform, & I feel at home every time I return from oversea. But that time has since pass. We have now a Government that are obsess with GDP growth & their own wealth. They paid themselves huge salaries & bonus, when Singaporeans are fighting inflations & housing loan. They would rather spend the nation money, from us!, & give free passes to other country people, for them to study here fully paid, with allowance, then go on to challenge us for our jobs & housings. But stingy on aids to the poor, & healthcare subsidies & benefit. They told us Pension system will make us broke, but feel its ok for them to have pension. When you go downtown, you wonder if you are in Manila, or Orchard. When you order food, you can't, cause the person at the counter can't understand what you are saying. When I called for technical support on the phone, I can't understand what she said. For the longest time, PAP keep saying opposition have no quality, but not this time. While I admit not all are good, but surely new candidates like Pritam, Nicole, Mao are better than most of the candidates, if not all, from the PAP. We are at the cross-road. This could be a new beginning of a hard road towards a better future, if we put our trust in the creditable opposition like the ALjunied team from WP, with more checks to our arrogant & "deaf" Ministers, so as to implement more policies with humanity & good for the people. Or it could mark complete whiteout, with no one to check on the ruling party, a party, that has lost touch with her citizens. But whatever the outcome, know this fellow Singaporeans, that it happen because of us! Our vote on the 7th. Singapore is home to us all, fight for her, fight for the right to be heard, fight for her children, your children!

For reference sake. 1) Hoppe