Category Archives: Elected President – roles, powers and responsibilities; The 2nd Key; EP: the proposed changes;

Elected President in office: events and speeches;

Posted on February 14, 2024 by tankoktim

====================== . The criss-crossing of cultures will help enrich our identity as Singaporeans: President Tharman We must make it possible and natural for people to develop proficiency in each other’s cultures. President Tharman Shanmugaratnam UPDATED FEB 14, 2024, 12:52 PM … Continue reading →

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National Reserves S$1.73 trillions as at 31st March 2023; – Cap it at 3 or 5 times of GDP? Should NR have a limit? NIRC from National Reserves – how it benefits Singaporeans? PM Lee Hsien Loong released the NR figures for the first time in Parliament on 27th Jan 2016;

Posted on March 5, 2018 by tankoktim

======== . S$1.7 trillions.It is official.S$1 trillion is outdated. National Reserves or Total Govt Assets as at 31st March 2019: S$1.174 trillions. It was S$1.732 trillions as at 31st March 2023. Grown by S$0.56 trillions in four years. [Source: MOF’s … Continue reading →

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9th President Tharman won the 2023 presidential election on 1st Sept 2023 with 70.41%; Ng Kok Song 15.72% and Tan Kin Lian 13.87%; Swansongs for both losers? Not all can qualify as candidates for PE; Amendments to the Constitution passed on 9th Nov 2016 have new eligibility requirements for PE candidates; How to tighten the PE rules and make it clearer?

Posted on December 15, 2016 by tankoktim

======= . Man who paid for Tharman’s presidential campaign posters was arrested by CAD 30 August 2023 by yeeloon in gutsy.asia SINGAPORE: After three presidential candidates successfully submitted their nomination papers on 22 August, they been actively campaigning before the … Continue reading →

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Proposal for a Senate in the EP constitutional change will only give rise to more questions….

Posted on November 10, 2016 by tankoktim

  WP’s proposal for a Senate will only give rise to more questions PUBLISHED:  NOVEMBER 10, 2016 in Today Voices I refer to the report “WP proposes elected Senate to replace EP, calls for national referendum” (Nov 9). Clearly, the … Continue reading →

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View minority Elected President proposal as an insurance policy

Posted on September 27, 2016 by tankoktim

  “View minority EP proposal as an insurance policy” PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 in Today Voices I refer to the report “Malays welcome minority EP proposal but stress that ‘meritocracy must be preserved’” (Sept 23). I hope pragmatism will prevail … Continue reading →

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Elected President – Constitutional Commission – the Proceedings at the Hearings…

Posted on April 26, 2016 by tankoktim

Minority candidate elected at restricted presidential poll ‘may lack gravitas, political legitimacy’ . Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) deputy director for research Gillian Koh (left) and IPS researcher Tan Min-Wei at the third public hearing on proposed changes to the … Continue reading →

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The Constitution; Elected President – What should be in the Constitution before and after the election? President, and ministers – should they hold roles in foreign and global organisations?

Posted on April 20, 2016 by tankoktim

================= . Singapore proposes new laws for President, ministers to hold roles in foreign and global organisations BYLOUISA TANGPublished November 6, 2023 in todayonline.com SINGAPORE — Legislative changes aimed at allowing the President and ministers to accept appointments in foreign … Continue reading →

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The learned know-all or all-rounded CEOs and leaders; The world-class leaders; Motivators; Charismatic orators; Powers of persuasion; Gift of the gap; Do presidents and prime ministers need prior political experience? Not Donald Trump; What qualities and attributes are needed? CEOs; Public Service Sector – the new officer five-year development plans to develop their leadership skills; Is it team decision or rather OMO in govt and in business?

Posted on October 9, 2015 by tankoktim

. ======== . Leaders – what is a leader? Are leaders the know-all persons? ======== . Is a CEO, a leader, a know-all person. Definitely not. What is a true leader? This topic is not new. ========== . Leaders for … Continue reading →

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Aim to win hearts of all Singaporeans to win at GEs; What is the cost? Trust between elected leaders and the people; Letter from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to PAP MPs on Rules of Prudence; Is it the PAP Govt’s honourable duty and responsibility to open the political floodgates to critics, and to lose at the next GE? What is true democracy? Google for the list of democratic countries;

Posted on September 25, 2015 by tankoktim

================== . Trust is a two-way street, and it has to be earned. Once trust is broken, gone, it cannot be easily be regained and to return to what it was originally. Yes and no. There are strict rules for … Continue reading →

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A PM is not a know-all or do all; Yes-man will weaken the quality in leadership; How to conduct self in a calm and orderly manner in governing 1m, 10m or 100m? Grooming of a successor better than the self, not easy due to big and small ego of the leader; What is Big Ego or small ego? When no gratitude, acceptance, humility, it will be no true happiness;

Posted on March 28, 2014 by tankoktim

The man at the helm decides. A prime minister or president of a country can single-handedly bring about grave and unhappy results if he/she were to carry with him/her emotional baggage, either personal or national, to direct affairs of state … Continue reading →

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UK PM Rishi Sunak wef 25th Oct 2022; Revolving-door PMs and Presidents – no need prior experience; To combine both the American and UK systems to govern. Possible? Create Senior Minister post in key ministries; Many MPs, but few have ministerial abilities; Also the same in the UK Conservative Party governing UK in 2022;

Posted on September 19, 2013 by tankoktim

============Ethics….? First practise this Divine Trinity Practice of: Gratitude, Acceptance, Humility. There will be false ethics if any one of these three is missing. It will be no gratitude, no acceptance, and no humility, which will lead to darkness, unhappiness, … Continue reading →

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