GILBERT GOH SETS DATE FOR THIRD POPULATION PROTEST

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Dear Singaporeans,

We are organising a third population white paper protest on 5th October at 4pm Hong Lim Park – We Want Change.

The Prime Minister has completely sidestepped the grievances of the people by not mentioning a word of the 6.9 million population white paper in his recent national day rally speech – despite the unprecedented show of force at the previous two protests against the white paper.

Worse of all, to add salt to the wound, the government introduced the contentious internet law to curb open discussion on the web after the two massive protests by the people.

During this period, our people continued to suffer immensely from low wages and recently there are reports suggesting that the recent huge influx of foreigners has dampened our wages.

About 340, 000 Singaporeans earn $2000 and below and many struggle to make ends meet in a country that has an inflation rate of close to 4% for the past one year.

There is also an increase in molest cases on our jam-packed MRT trains and Singaporeans suffer the nightmare of having to ride in it twice daily.

Specifically, we want the government to back down on the 6.9 million white paper and introduce minimum wage so that our low-waged workers can earn a decent living.

We also want the government to disallow PRs to purchase second-hand HDB flats as they are the main cause for the doubling of flat pricing in six years. If they want to purchase houses, they must buy from the private market.

We will be preparing petition papers on the spot to be signed by the protestors and this will be handed over to the government.

We will want to rally the people once gain to rise up and stand up for their rights in this third white paper protest!

This is our country and we want what’s best for us and our children – not to have a foreigner-induced 6.9 million population target shove down our throat.

We want a Singapore for Singaporeans! We want change!

Gilbert Goh
President
Transitioning – unemployment support services

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