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saw this caption in the straits times. i think its thurs or fri edition. anyway they have promised to listen to the people. i sincerely hope that they will be less proud, less arrogant in future. eat at hawker centers with the people, take public transport with the people. stay in touch and understand the concerns of the people 5 yrs from now, hope to see them have a winning average of at least 70%.

https://youtu.be/MWeLATbd7OY While waiting for traffic to clear before going into parallel parking lot, this Audi SKN8586U started reversing to the lot despite sounding my horn and left indicator light. I moved slightly forward and sounded my horn continuously to warn him off. He opened his car doored and signalled for me to move back! WTF! Then he purposely bump his car into my stationary car before moving forward. He got out of his car and expects me to move back for him to park. Told him I'm waiting for traffic to clear and he started scolding me. After he went back to his car, he opened his door and shouted for me to go back to China. LOL. I am a true blue Singaporean born and educated in Singapore. These are the westerners who think they own the world!

Not sure if any of you guys have seen this, but I find it damn stupid, plus this guy is actually my neighbour... sigh... Now I know I really live in an estate filled with idiotic people, probably me included. Sauce: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153694088972866&set=pcb.10153694089247866&type=3&theater

If she is so rich (as claimed), shouldn't she just pay up and shut up? Anyway, I find that she can't even speak properly... http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/this-urban-jungle/arrogant-passenger-boasts-about-wealth-and-degrades-cabby-after-vomiting-in-cab

This morning, a WRX came out from a small lane and turned into the man road without looking out for cars. I nearly knocked into him, jammed my brakes and horned at him. This WRX fellow with his yaya papaya sunglass with his windows down, stared back at me and braked in the middle of the road and wanted to pick a fight.... I think he was not happy that his c-port car been horned by a uncle's korean MPV, made him lose face. anyways, he gave me a dirty look and went off. funny, if so aggressive why don he come down his car and approach me??? kns......

Lim Hwee Hua: Low arrogant and more personal in his attacks 04:46 AM May 06, 2011 She has been accused of a personal attack on Mr Low Thia Khiang - but PAP candidate Lim Hwee Hua said it is the Workers' Party (WP) chief who has been getting personal and arrogant. Mrs Lim, at a PAP rally in Aljunied GRC last night, referred to Mr Low's accusation that she was out to discredit him with her comments about the finances of Hougang Town Council. Mrs Lim, who denied launching a personal attack, said she had merely asked why the WP was not providing residents of a HUDC estate details of their sub-accounts with the town council. "I had merely repeated a question which his own HUDC residents have asked repeatedly. Mr Low has become very defensive," she said. Mr Low had explained on Tuesday that the separation of accounts was taking time as they wanted to get it right. Mrs Lim also noted that, early on in the campaign, Mr Low had likened contesting Aljunied GRC to approaching the tiger's mountain. "George (Yeo) protested, he said, 'Do we look like tigers?' But what did Mr Low say? He said that George's Mandarin was bad and he said that George needs tutoring in Mandarin." When asked why he chose to contest in Aljunied, Mr Low had said it was "to teach us a lesson", she added. "Now I ask you who is more personal? "Mr Low Thia Khiang is way more personal in his attacks and he is arrogant." Mrs Lim also focused on how Singapore's system must not become rigid nor its Government become "empty of feelings". Citing the frustrations of singles looking after their elderly parents without benefit of incentives and full-time mothers who were not eligible for tax and childcare incentives, she said: "Sometimes, the rules trip them up." She pledged that the PAP team in the GRC would "listen more carefully" and push for refinements to the rules that would better meet constituents' needs. -------- http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC11...-in-his-attacks

The word is think. So it can be based purely on opinions and generalizations. I havent been to many ADs but i think, for me, Audi will be most arrogant. Went for a test drive of the A1 yesterday, and the salesman totally bochup me during the entire test drive and explanation after it.

Someone wrote in on this topic in today TODAY newspapers -------- Kings of the road? Letter from Yvonne Tan 05:55 AM Sep 20, 2010 MANY pedestrians and most, if not all, Singaporeans believe that it is the motorist's fault when a pedestrian gets knocked down. As a motorist, I frequently see pedestrians taking their own sweet time to cross at the traffic lights. They often continue walking slowly even when the green man turns to red. They also often continue to cross the road until the "green arrow" for cars that are turning goes off. I have come across pedestrians crossing the road so slowly that cars have to slow down almost to a stop in the middle of the road. If a motorist honks at them, these pedestrians merely look up and continue walking. Some don't even care. I have come across a pedestrian who told me that it is the pedestrian's right of the way because cars must stop even when there is no pedestrian crossing. I had stopped at a T-junction to ensure that there was no oncoming traffic before turning out. Just then a group of pedestrians crossed the road in front my car. I could see that some did walk faster to cross the road. However, there were others who did not increase their speed. I honked at them, cut a little into the next lane and drove off. I stopped at the traffic light a few metres away. While there, one of the pedestrians at whom I had honked approached me and told me that I had to stop because pedestrians had right of way. He insisted that he had right of way and threatened to call the Land Transport Authority. I find that this behaviour stems from the belief that pedestrians are kings of the road. These pedestrians are putting their lives in the hand of motorists by expecting cars to stop for them anywhere and everywhere. The law protects pedestrians from reckless and irresponsible drivers. Shouldn't it also protect motorists from arrogant, uniquely Singapore pedestrians.

MPs say civil service could be more responsive, coordinated By Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 25 February 2008 2233 hrs SINGAPORE : The civil service could be more coordinated and more responsive in the way it deals with queries and requests from the public. This was the view of two MPs who spoke in Parliament on Monday. MP for Aljunied GRC Cynthia Phua urged top civil servants to remember the elements of a good and successful civil service - one of which is listening to the needs of the man-in-the-street. Elaborating, Ms Phua said: "For the older civil servants, many have come from varied and poorer family backgrounds, and many have since retired. They had a greater propensity to empathise with the demands and needs of various sectors in our population. "Many of our key officers presently are returned scholars, some come from well-to-do backgrounds, and many have benefited from a 'helicopter' career path. The lack of opportunities to mix and interact with the various sectors of the population is also now a concern of our education system." Recounting her interactions with top civil servants in the course of her work as an MP, she asked if they are too detached from the realities of the frontline. For example, she said inquiries and correspondences were ignored without the courtesy of an acknowledgement. Ms Phua added: "I believe my experience may also be the experience of others in this House. One senior member has advised me to be 'thick-skinned'. My personal experience is that I have not only to be 'thick-skinned' but also to be tenacious with the requests that I have made." This had led to her to wonder about the responses the man-in-the street would receive when writing in to a civil servant. As for the MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC, he called for better coordination among the various ministries in the interest of greater efficiency. Mr Baey Yam Keng cited a media report where two eagles fought in the air and landed on a resident's balcony. He said: "The resident, Mr Chris Lau, called the Ministry for National Development and was directed to the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA). He was advised to call the National Environment Agency, which referred him back to AVA as it concerned wildlife. He was told NEA only collects dead animals. "Apparently, the resident could not be sure whether the two motionless birds were alive, dying or already dead. He called AVA again, which then arranged for the waste collection contractor to clear the birds. The worker turned up but took off after seeing the eagles. "The resident decided to call the Singapore Zoological Gardens, but the zoo said they do not deal with birds, and suggested that he call Jurong Bird Park. A bird handler arrived, but after reviewing the situation, he said he needed AVA's approval to deal with the birds. So it was back to the first agency Mr Lau called." In the end, it took many phone calls and eight hours of anxiety before the birds were finally removed. He said that this merry-go-round was something many people who have called a government body had experienced. Mr Baey said: "In trying to make sure that no child becomes nobody's child, the situation has become overly stringent, like a father insisting that a child goes for DNA testing before accepting his responsibilities as a parent. "I think we need to get various ministries and agencies to work quickly and efficiently, especially on matters where the boundaries are not too clear." He said the "No Wrong Door Policy" needs to be better manifested, both in practice and in spirit. - CNA/ms I think is high time for the public to draft out the roles and responsibilites of a civil servant job description instead of they themselves declare....since they are serving the public therefore they should 1) scrubbing and washing the void decks, public toilets and rubbish chutes instead of employing FTs to do the job 2) reduce the salary, less benefits and bonus as the public is poor yet has to pay income tax...you want more salary...join the private sector and not aligning public sector salary to private sector 3) spend their weekends in markets and neighbourhoods doing public service works and shaking hands with elders and carrying babies, scrubbing market floors and fan cleaning 4)and many more to justify their high salary and grades, they should do more for the public and not dressing well and behavor like an idiot elite goign around telling ppl they work as civil servants.

just watched the campus superstar...witnessed how the 3rd judge harshly criticise the 3rd contestant...words like 'should thank the gods that you are still around in this competition'....'don't have worth will not get respect'...etc...etc...really feel sorry for the poor fellow...the judge criticism is too much...getting too personal...and in national tv somemore...this is harsh on the contestant self-esteem...the contestant is in the competition due to public votes...judges should not be personal...go ahead and criticise the singing but not personal attacks...just feels pissed when contestant get bullied...