Recently, SPH carried an exclusive Mdm Halimah Yacob interview "Singapore Still Ageist" and Mdm Halimah chairs a new PAP Seniors Group. [Link]
Mdm Halimah has always championed Womens' Rights, "Hire Singaporeans First", re-training and also headed NTUC Union since elected as MP.
Many times, we hear too many PAP MPs talk about our needs in Parliament but how many of them dared to even walk the talk?
PAP leaders, if they really want to lead, must learn to walk the talk. Simply talking about transforming convinces few. Action speaks louder than words.
For example, the Yellow Ribbon campaign to re-employ ex-convicts was supported and fronted by ex-President Nathan. How many of our PAP Stats Board are willing to hire ex-convicts?
How can PAP expect others to follow if they don't step forward and hire these ex-convicts in government services in the first place?
Many government stats board also love to hire fresh graduates as their policy analysts and scholars to fill their elite ranks. How many of them can come out to say they even dared to hire mid-career people for top corporate positions?
Tin Pei Ling has also voiced out on "Mentally Ill" in her Parliament. Click on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WcPxwCIaxI
How many of us are willing to accept and hire a mentally challenged worker as our colleague?
If PAP can't get us to do that, why should they expect anything more from us?
As a concerned citizen, I have also been providing feedback to the government to walk the talk in other areas. To better understand the why the government has failed to meet our expectations, I suggest that PAP should stop these campaigns and prove to us that they can hire ex-convicts within their ranks. Until then, Singaporeans aren't going to buy their brand of campaign.
CJ
TRS Contributor