up, up and away..

not that i want to sound like a whiner, neither do i want to run the risk of being seen as leaning towards the opposition, but it is getting quite ridiculous.. i still believe that the white party is the best one to govern, but it seems that the tried and tested form (whatever it is called) doesn't value the welfare of the common pple.

let us look back at the past six months since the general elections, where the white party won "big".. the opposition's campaign strategy touched a bit on rising standards of living in singapore, which the incumbent didn't bother to rebuke. then, after the elections, (in chronological order) utility fees went up.. taxi fares went up.. ERP fees went up.. public transport fees are announced to increase starting 1st Oct.. GST is going to rise to 7%.. even local postage fees will rise, up from 23 cents to 25 cents starting Dec.. hmm...

well of course, in this period of time, the fairly-new Parliament House has to conveniently undergo some minor but time-consuming renovations, which means that all these fee hikes couldn't be debated. these included the public transport fees and uni fees. hmm...

oh hmm, i recall that almost 1/3 of voters voted for the opposition, but we only have 2 opposition MPs in the Parliament (not counting the NCMP).. weird system, hor?

p.s. apparently, the GST and public transport fares went up soon after the 2001 elections.. hmm...