PAP releases picture book (wtf?)

[PAP picture book]

In this election, the PAP offers a vision for every citizen.
We will:

• Create a future full of opportunities for Singaporeans, with a dynamic economy generating good jobs for all, and a vibrant city which we will all enjoy living in.
• Strive to keep Singapore a safe, stable and harmonious multi–racial society, united by share values and purpose, and confident of its place in the world.
• Foster an open and inclusive society which welcomes diversity, values each individual, and involves all of us in shaping our future.
• Build a fair and just society which invests in its people, supports the pursuit of excellence by all, and helps its weaker members to succeed.

To make this happen, the PAP seeks your mandate to:

• Create opportunities for Singaporeans
• Give our young the best start
• Encourage every citizen to play a role
• Do more for lower-income Singaporeans
  
• Help older Singaporeans to lead full and active lives
• Provide affordable healthcare for all

Create opportunities for Singaporeans

• Pursue policies which strengthen confidence, attract investments, and make Singapore a dynamic and competitive economy
• Create jobs by growing new industries and upgrading existing ones
• Foster entrepreneurship and encourage individuals to pursue their dreams
• Build up excellence in R&D as a driver of long–term prosperity
• Promote sports, arts and culture by building a national sports complex and an arts school, and supporting cultural groups and activities
  
• Upgrade our HDB housing estates, rejuvenate the city, including the Central Business District and Orchard Road, and create a new Garden City by the Bay

We will upgrade and grow our economy, and remake our city, so that all Singaporeans will have jobs and opportunities, and live in a place that is throbbing with energy and excitement. To do this, we will:

• Give our young the best start
• Offer Singaporeans more educational choices in academic and technical fields, and in the arts and sports
• Help every school to develop its own special area of excellence
• Enhance the Normal course in secondary schools
• Do more for students with special needs
• Set up three ITE colleges to impart top–notch technical skills to students
  
• Link up our polytechnics with specialized foreign universities
• Provide Singaporeans with a top–quality and affordable university education

Encourage every citizen to play a role We will provide opportunities for citizens to get involved in community and national aff airs, so as to strengthen our sense of community and
social responsibility. To do this, we will:

• Involve the public more in developing policies
• Empower community bodies and broaden their roles, for example, to oversee social assistance schemes
• Engage grassroots, unions, employers and other groups to strengthen inter–racial ties
• Support youth and civic groups to tap into their idealism and develop their leadership and life skills
• Link up with Singaporeans overseas
  
• Do more for lower–income Singaporeans

We will do more to help lower-income and less–skilled Singaporeans to improve their lives and not be left behind. To do this, we will:

• Redesign old jobs to pay more, and upgrade workersʼ skills so that they can earn more
• Enhance social support for families so that workers, particularly women, can go out to work
• Ensure that their children receive a good education
• Give them more help to buy their homes and build up their assets for their retirement, through the Additional CPF Housing Grant Scheme
• Distribute Workfare Bonus to encourage and reward work
• Build up the ComCare Fund to $1 billion to help those in greatest need

Helping older Singaporeans to lead full and active lives We will help older Singaporeans cope with change so that they can continue to live active and meaningful lives. To do this, we will:

• Encourage companies to employ and retrain older workers
• Enable workers to retire later Create more housing options for senior citizens such as HDB studio apartments, private retirement homes and rental housing
• Make public places and public transportation more accessible to senior citizens
  
• Implement the Lift Upgrading Programme in all HDB estates by 2015
• Top up the CPF retirement and Medisave accounts of older citizens
• Set up a “Golden Opportunities” Fund for innovative projects by senior citizens that will keep them active socially and promote intergenerational bonding
  

We will ensure that Singaporeans can aff ord quality healthcare services. To do this, we will:

• Make hospitals more efficient so that they can keep charges affordable
• Improve MediShield, Medisave and Eldershield to help Singaporeans afford medical care
• Continue to subsidise lower–income Singaporeans who fall sick
• Double Medifund to $2 billion to provide additional help for the needy
• Build a new general hospital in Yishun
• Help Singaporeans lead active lifestyles and stay healthy
• Provide affordable healthcare for all

PAP's manifesto is a joke!

Compare PAP's manifesto to other countries:
Canada's NDP
UK's Labour party and Conservatives
Australian Labour Party