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Published: November 2, 2012
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Ask the PM: Choose your top 10

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Ask the PM: Choose your top 10

Posted on : Sep 17, 2012 5:00 PM




THANK YOU FOR VOTING. THE POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED

Since we made the call for questions some two weeks ago, we have received around 400 e-mails from you with your questions for the PM. As we explained when we made the call, we can only post a limited number of questions to the PM. Here is your chance to determine which questions make the top 10. We have shortlisted 25 questions. We went through every email and then tried to summarise the thrust of the letters to shape the questions.

We had to exclude some questions that were about personal problems and also gave a lower priority to questions that had been recently addressed by the PM. Until 5pm on Friday, you can vote for the questions you want the PM to answer. You can vote for as many questions as you wish. The top 10 questions as voted by you will be submitted to PM Lee. The editors will also pick two questions that did not make it into the top 10. Cast your vote now!

2.How will you ensure the cost of living in Singapore remains manageable? How will you keep healthcare affordable?

10%
23.Can we really have work-life balance?

7%
3.Can we change the model of public housing so it is a home, and not an investment asset?

6%
6.We are trying to help parents look after children, what are we doing to help children look after elderly parents?

6%
9.What is the limit to our population size? What do you, as PM, think is the optimum size?

6%
14.Can the Govt do more for those with special needs?It should sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

6%
13.Can we do more for those in the 50s and 60s who have been retrenched or are being rehired at lower pay?

5%
7.Having a childhood is good in theory, but how do we reduce the reliance on exams? For example, do we need the PSLE?

4%
16.Where do you see Singapore in 20 years’ time? What will our niche be? Will Parliament still be dominated by the PAP?

4%
19.Could a percentage of a citizen’s CPF account be set aside for unemployment insurance?

4%
25.Why do some grads with external degrees or degrees from schools like UniSim or MDIS have trouble getting civil service jobs?

4%
22.What are your views on nationalising our public transportation system?

4%
1.With the growing strawberry generation, are you worried about the next generation who will take over?

3%
10.Can we have a freer mainstream media? The perception is that the media is controlled by the Government, albeit indirectly.

3%
8.Private property-dwellers are not necessarily rich. Can the Govt stop using Annual Value of Property as a measure of income?

3%
17.Singapore has one of the highest concentrations of millionaires. How do you view this? What are the pros and cons?

2%
21.Singaporeans assimilated in the past. Why can’t newcomers do it now?

2%
24.Is there any part of Singapore that you love or miss, that has now been made over, built over or doesn’t exist anymore?

1%
11.What has been the most satisfying achievement in your political career? If you were not a politician,what would you be doing?

1%
4.With policies like building cycling lanes, is the Govt trying to meet wants instead of needs? Is the approach sustainable?

1%
18.I would like to seek your help to defeat prejudice against the LGBT group, preferably by amending the Section 377A first.

1%
15.Are you grooming your son for politics?

1%
12.Can we be more inclusive with languages? How about a Tamil National Day Rally speech and TV programmes in dialect?

1%
5.How will the Govt help develop civil society? Can the Political Donations Act be loosened?

1%
20.In our national conversation, is there now more space for discussions of race?

1%

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