Hougang has the poorest residents

Somehow it seems like the economy has significantly picked up (well, at least in the eyes of our Civil Service and the like) so much so that they seem to have more time to carry out rankings of the most amusing things.

Frankly, how is "conservancy charges arrears" indicative of how good a Town Council is? If anything, the fact that Hougang Town Council fared badly in this category merely suggests 2 things: (1) Hougang has the poorest residents (So do we get a discount off all forms of taxes??) and/or (2) Hougang Town Council has the lousiest debt collectors (read: kindest / most soft hearted).

Seriously, I wonder how many will take this ranking seriously. Especially when the worst town councils are Potong Pasir and Hougang and the best being Tanjong Pagar, Ang Mo Kio and the like. If anything, I still love my constituency of residence as much as ever, and would think it's way better than one of our neighbouring constituencies, where the pathment floods like nobody's business whenever it pours (mental note: take photo next time I've to wade through the puddle to get the train station). Seriously (a 2nd time), next time you do another study like this, at least make it more convincing can?

PS: On a side note, kudos to the Sunday Times for publishing excerpts from the latest book on Mr Lim Kim San, and saving me from wasting money on a book on this person. Even if you are a founding father (supposedly), it does not give you the right to say this of my favourite president (quote) "Ong wanted to have a powerful presidency. This may be unkind, maybe his chemotherapy and his problem with his cancer may have affected his judgment. He wanted to stay on as the president and die in office. This could not be supported because the president's work has to be done." Hello Mr Lim, I do NOT for a moment think that Mr Ong had wanted power all to himself. And it is most despicable to make use of another's illness to insult the person, even if you're supposedly one of the founding fathers whom we should give utmost respect to. In fact, for these words of yours, you've totally lost my respect for you. In fact, why did you have to curse my favourite president?!?! I'm totally indignant.