At the rallies over the last 4 days, the Workers' Party have been touching on serious and important issues such as health care, eduation and transport, concerning Singaporeans and is not distracted by the pork-barrel politics and the James Gomez issue which is forcefuly being played up by the PAP.
Health care Cost
1. Given our superb port & air facilities, develop Singapore as a manufauture and distribution hub for medical drugs. (lower cost as less money is spent on shipping medicine from place to place)
2. Remove GST for medicine and medical related charges
3. For chronic illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure & depression, the government should use its powers to negotiate a cost based pricing strategy that is beneficial for Singaporeans. It appears that the tender system is used for buying medicine. The tender should also includes medication for distribution by private practice doctors. This will help private doctors lower their costs to you, the patient.
4. Recall the privatization of Medishield to keep the cost of health insurance manageable. The government has a social responsibility to its citizens.
5. The Government should establish contracts for medicine researched with Singaporean funds to be distributed in Singapore on a cost only model. Ask for a steep discount from patent royalties with the drug companies that research and manufacture these medicines using our money.
Education Policies
1. Remove the barriers of entry to higher education and allow anyone who feels that she or he can benefit from a University level or Polytechnic level course be allowed to sign up for one.
2. Build 2 or 3 more universities in Singapore(If we reduce the number of countryclubs and golf courses we have, i think this above proposal is feasible)
3. University fees should be capped and similar subsidies be given to existing and incoming students.
Transport Costs
1. Nationalise and subsidize our public transport system.
2. Remove barriers to competition within the transport sector and allow prices to fluctuate according to the forces of demand and supply.
3. Dissolved the Public Transport Council and all public transport services should be brought under a National Transportation Council which will oversee and provide universal transport service to all (refer to WP's manifesto chapter 8)
To the People's Action Party:The author sincerely ask the PAP to stop the politics of distraction and approach, address this election in a professional and correct manner. Start addressing the needs of Singaporeans; bread and butter issues, and stop harping on the James Gomez incident, liftupgrading programmes, SDP's lawsuits with the PM and MM, progress package and their past achievements.
The people of Singapore would like to hear about concrete ideas and proposals to address the issues of their daily lives. In the words of the PAP, "staying together, moving ahead". The author and all Singaporeans would want to know how are they going to achieve this vision for Singapore. (elaborate on their own manifesto and stopping doing all they can to slam the manifestos and ideas of the opposition)
Bring out your election ideas and proposals and allow the people of Singapore to decide as to which party best serve their interests and which is capable enough to alleviate the pressing bread and better issues facing all Singaporeans.Yours Sincerely,
A Young Concerned Singaporean
