Upturn the Downturn Song

[angiebrodie]

Please sing less but do more for the people..

[thegerrymanderers]

If the Union had been working with the Management why aren't they (Management,NTUC,PAP) Cheaper,Better and Faster themselves?

Isn't it hypocritical that the NTUC Sec Gen and the Minister of Manpower have multi million dollar salaries and increased their salaries during the downturn?

They should upturn the downturn together right?Is SG Labour Movement's goal to make Singapore the cheapest wage labour in the world?From 1st world back to 3rd world?

[srekcus]

WORST...

[ineverfakejumps]

Hmm, it's not even economically sound.

[ineverfakejumps]

I'm so glad everyone who comments realises how stupid all this is.

[doodoggy]

THIS IS FUCKING PRICELESS!

[MrChooWei]

HAHAHHA I heard this tune from some hokkien song.

This is hilarious haha :3

[1337hacks]

The same asshole who busted your eardrums in the first 6 seconds of the video wants you to work harder for lower wage =_=

[junkai21]

are you sure singapore government are doing this? wow

[ingm4r]

excellent comic relief amidst the downturn. NTUC HAS UPTURNED THE DOWNTURN INDEED.

[lazierguy]

Actions speak louder than songs...

[StarfireAlpha]

Sounds like funeral song to me.

After few minutes I decide to mute my notebook.

Horrible!

[maimai1311]

the downturn never affect them, no wonder can sing happily......

[delcatty546]

i dont know singapore anymore :p

[shittzume]

my gosh this is totally bad singing

[maimai1311]

fuck..... i am ashamed to be singaporean.... what kind of government is leading us?

[suxmetwice]

they sing like constipated, who are they? Where is this from?

[jiazhi9393]

Sounds like funeral song

[sgcommoner]

Are they

Pro-workers

and

Pro-business?

[citizenoflosangeles]

is this video from north korea?

[skandelas]

ah no.

lmao.

it's Singapore.

[rubikq8]

THIS SOUNDS DAMN DEPRESSING LAH.

[ExoWraith]

this is damn depressing

[sozlonli]

this is seriously... *eh hem

[pcscorpio]

after hearing this its a big downturn for my mood

[KJoker]

this is really Lame with a capital L

[anfield22]

YOUNG ntuc indeed

turn turn kilan

[muzican]

This is just for uncle and auntie citizens to get INSPIRED! Mai siao siao k.

[MaximillianMan]

I am inspired. My downturn has been upwardly turned. Oi Oi!!!!!

[dsylxeic]

OMFG

[Virtuamotion]

this video explains the brain drain in SG....

[aaroncheong]

leaders of our generation!! HAHAHAH!!!!!

[sect0r7]

Wow is this some kind of 7月歌台 where they sing to pacify the ghost etc??

[theunraveler]

hmm...is this is wat our million dollar salary yes men/women are up to?

[rubbadubbaducky]

holy mother fulking shet!

wayang show ftw. sigh.

[qert079]

this could be one of many solutions to upturn one of many downturns.

[lamerhood]

WAHAHAHHAHA

u call this creative ??

pls dun make us Singaporean ashamed can ?

[Kriminot]

a song to boost the economy?? there could be a million ways to spend the money elsewhere...

[ahbeng]

maciam like some commie gathering

[evoxpress]

im so ashamed

[bbtan]

Thanks for making my ears bleed. The first 10 seconds is enough. Kkthxbai

[wonglausern]

This is so fucking disgraceful! I can't believe what I see and hear.

A multi-million Dollar wage minister leads a bunch of idiotic clowns to show the world what Singaporeans are made off!

I'm so fucking ashamed for being .........

[mohdis1972]

Bravo! This is the way MPs solve problems.Singing their way through...

[hafizbz]

1:14 Female MP owned big time! hahaha

[ferrarif1rulez]

this is why there is a downturn.these people thinking of lyrics instead of solutions.....

[plasticblimp]

"It is just so creative!" 1:03

[limkaiheng]

We are PRO FT, We are PRO FW, Bye Bye my dear singaporean.....

[Reg101st]

Uncles and aunties will love this video I lasted 10 seconds

[Luqman90]

let recommend this video to youtube failblogs. Minister Fail..haha

[ne0nFACTory]

Epic Fail

[donnk]

ehhhhh, damn disgusting leh

i cant even bear to watch the whole video, i'm squirming in my seat

[donnk]

they invented a new genre of music.

its called lame, corny, and not funny.

[lpcube123]

the introduction was claaaaaaaaaasic.

epic fail.

[snufflesbum]

SOOOOO fu*king proud to be a singaporean as of this moment. we're the joke of the century, isn't that just FANTASTIC?

[snufflesbum]

nice. REALLY nice. i'm sure that song has INSPIRED so many of us singaporeans. i'm SOOOO proud to be a singaporean after seeing this. i'm glad we're paying them so much money to come up with stuffs like these. definitely money well spent.

[donnk]

lolol i can sense ur sarcasm

[gssq]

Singing FAIL

[bazook77]

Ouh with that, I say we MUST hire Foreign Talent!

We should hire them to replace most of our ministers in the parliment becoz they sucks. Lose alot in investments, high pay and bonus, lousy entertainers and the list goes on...

And other than having better talent, these foreigners are also willing to accept lower pay and hence cut cost. So more money to help those poor and old singaporeans. :) Problem solved.

[bazook77]

I hav seen so many people struggling in this bad time. It's either they got retrenched or they are forced to work on certain days in order to cut cost. Either way they earn less than they used to.

And why is our darn ministers salary are not affected? They are still getting astronomical salaries from taxpayers like us!

If only Obama is our PM, he would slam the ministers pay, including his own and perhaps use it instead to help the poor.

[willieregister]

Guys, check out clip at 1:14.

The tall lady raised her hands to 'Hi 5' the one on her right but she didn't get any responses.

Maybe she thought Lim Swee Say had raised his hands to 'Hi 5' but actually not so.

If I'm there, I will feel very paiseh for her..

[FieryWaters]

only one thing I can do.

laugh.

[vidsan81]

0:01 - 0:06 made my day

[kiasukid]

I can't say that they sang very well but the SPUR programme is a good programme. And if you want a mid-career switch or if you want upgrading, the SPUR programme really helps.

And no, before all of you jump on me to say that I work for the government. I don't work for the government but I know people who have benefited from government funding into upgrading.

[snufflesbum]

just shut up LAH.

[ricgore]

No lah, these people are almost certainly cronies, MIW, running dogs or GLCs. Of course they always benefit from gov funding into upgrading.

[kiasukid]

I do find it sad that I post a positive comment and I get 6 negatives and someone who replies "just shut up LAH" gets no thumbs down.

You may think that all government initiatives suck but I don't. I'm not a crony, I'm merely a person who hopes to benefit from the funding into upgrading. I've long wanted to do a mid-career switch and this has finally given me the opportunity to do just that.

If you don't want to take the opportunities, then don't, but don't knock those of us who do.

[kiasukid]

Anyway, whatever. I'm not interested in continuing this discussion.

And while I do support some of the initiatives. This song is really not music to the ears at all and not something I really want to hear again.

Will not be back.

[meltonkiss]

Excellent, NOW we're really e laughing stock of e world, 1st Mas Salamat, now this crap.

[SooperKewl]

Check out the comment by the video owner at the top:

"All non-professional singers...." Really?!!! You're putting me on!

[SINPariah]

So much hot air - Oi, Oi!

[VanillaWaffles]

Please pardon - If you are the one who's fired or had the paycut with this downtown, will you have time to watch these people singing? If they're fired/had their pay cut, would they still stand there and sing this? Should cut their pay abit, so they'll feel the anxiety so as to "professionalize" their singing/contribution to the fund raising.

[VanillaWaffles]

Sends shiver down my spine, negatively. I wonder how will other countries view us as... cold jokers? I feel shameful over this.

[torpedo130]

Viewing this stupid performance makes me embarassed to be a Singaporean. I can't believe our people can be this stupid. It is a ridiculous song made worse by their awful singing and dismal attempt to appear enthusiastic.

[royng888]

The lyrics is ok, but the choice of song is wrong and the 'oei oei' thing plus the ending 'hooze' part are distasteful.

Even taiwan obasans will find Lim Swee Suay's choice of song and acts obiang!!!!!

If in taiwan, Lim Swee Suay would be defeated straight away by this act!! Real Distasteful!!!!

[schmuardian]

the opening almost made me puke.

and i wonder if they can be sued for copyright infringement... hmmmmmmmm

[nanak0h]

AI PIA JIA EH YIA~ LOL

[Duuckie]

Omg..

[samstom]

WAH almost all negative comments, wait some minister see liao cry how? some lim sway sway...

ok ok nice song dont cry.

[mickeybond88]

I am compelled to post again.

This is a bunch of freaking goons and court jesters trying their idiotic best to entertain their emperor. Disgusting that we pay them millions too to clown around and copy a Taiwanese hit song. SHAME SHAME SHAME on you mindless morons.

[mickeybond88]

There is a thing known as trying too hard. The more you try, the worst it gets.

[royng888]

Singapore is ruled by one ruthless man and all his lackey clowns!

[tengkufriz]

this is a fucking shame

[plastikxp]

Pathetic sia, very very pathetic. " this is sooo creative?" oh god this is how theyre judging creative in sg? Sheesh!

[ricgore]

You dont know meh? That's why everybody outside Singapore calls us sterile.

I dont know what is worse, their horrible parody of a hokkien song I love, or the por lampar flattering comments from the MC.

[v1510n]

wow uniquely singapore

[chunchuan]

creeeeepy

[th3warr1or]

What the fuck?

[balj68]

Goddammit!! Embarrassing and bloody hilarious at the same time. Anyone that says Singaporeans have no sense of humour should look at this. We have humour....just no shame. bwahahahaha.

I like the two Indian fellas singing. They look so out of place......'dei, where the tablas da dei....'

[geekrules]

it sounds like they are singing to a bunch of small little kids. probably the kids might sing along. you dun see pop artists doing such hand actions.

[royng888]

WTF!!!!!! i

i am feeling real embarrassed now.

[vipersonickenneth]

YoungNTUC, you cannot stop us from criticizing this video forever, even though you can remove a few comments. This is Youtube, not Singapore. We are free to express our opinions here! Removing comments only show how authoritarian you are!

[MrSheringham]

Er... I think the comments were removed by the authors of the comments, not by Young NTUC huh...

[CasCWY]

...the stress of trying to manage the downturn, the stress of explaining the lost billions to Singapoeans, the stress of covering up their many shortfall, the stress of finding more wool to pull over Singaporeans' eyes...stress makes people do STRANGE things.

[tricon74]

gives me goosebumps...

[tricon74]

Really gives me goosebumps..

[tangerina22]

oh god save us the pain!

[666headbang666]

BWAHAHAHA!!!!! 1.15 no one wanna hi-5 with that lady!!!

[SooperKewl]

hahaha....left ya hangin!

[royng888]

horrible, bunch of idiots running singapore, no wonder lost so much money!!!

[VirginUndergrad]

Josephine Teo is probably the only saving grace in this video

[MrSheringham]

test

[zalxemptyx]

errr they mocking the ppl with the song?

[sekxa]

this > MDA rap > SARS rap

[SeelanPalay]

I can't decide which is worse - the MDA 'rap' or this. My stomach just got upset.

[benjamincheong]

Goosebumps immediately. Must I say some more? *Can we hear it one more time* - that is courage.

[ricgore]

no lah, not courage

the por lampar civil servant asking for more is obviously getting paid at least $50k a month or whatever is enough to take long holidays in France.

When you get that kind of pay and benefits, even shit coming from your master's backside becomes Buddha jumps over the Wall

[cedrych]

I'm making this my new ringtone

This is the most awesome thing on earth

UPTURRRRRRRRRN THE DOWNTURRRRRRRRRRRN

You know what, I'm going to make a death metal remix of this song

UPTURRRRRN THE DOWNTURRRRN RAWRAWRAWRAWR ARRRRRRRRRHHHH RAAAAAWR

[VotreX]

the microphones suffered the most, i think they died

[weijie90]

Absolutely horrible.

[cinewhore]

It made me want to cry. And also scratch my eyes out and stick pencils into my ears. For the love of all that's good and pure in this world, make the horror stop!

[Nambiarn]

Rubbish!

[shirubiya]

OH.....MY......GAWD.......we'r­e all screwed.

[carbonclad]

"Brothers & Sisters, it's so creative, do you want to hear somemore from them!" followed by weak clapping from the audience...

[SooperKewl]

"Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!"

[wendyneo]

Sing salah song liao lah!

The correct song is here:

watch?v=oregEJ_mHrU

[wendyneo]

马不知脸长！

丢人现眼！

肉麻当有趣！

半老徐娘扮天真！

We pay you $3,000,000 a year to sing song?

这么喜欢跳舞，来这边跳吧：

watch?v=RT8HWNIo8Xo

[tripod9990]

WTF!!! Million dollar salary and we get them singing??? Get to work and earn your pay! Find a solution instead of singing songs! The only thing that will do is make it rain!

[yankeedodo2003a]

This is worst than the worst horror movie.. in fact, like the mother of all crisis we are having now, this is the mother of all horror! What r they trying to do? pacify the heartlanders? oh plez.... Singapore is no more like the '60s, don't treat us like uneducated and ignorant idiot even though we are staying in HDB.. this is the 21st century already, if staying in HDB is only reserve for fools who know nothing about what is going on aroudn the world, then more than 80% of Singaporean are fools

[lifeobzervr]

In the great depression of the 1930s, it was the jazz and blues of the ghettoed people that gave birth to a social industry in Harlem. However, here it seems that the Parliament 'Ídols' might just be the cause of the blues of ghettoed people. Noticed anyone of them holding to lyrics sheet? How much time (and the equivalency of the money these ppl are receiving) were spent to memorise the lyrics? Ridiculous!!! Just Bloody Ridiculous!!!

[hong619]

Finally, having said that, honest truth be told, this video has its many flaws. Using a YouTube platform to share with the world that S'poreans lack the ability to properly dictate english (be it typed/said/sung), would have negative ramifications on the 'good' travel-industry S'pore tries so hard to portray.

Ultimately thou, the initiative and charity drive should be applauded.

(Caveat: PAP & NTUC, two entities that should not be directly linked as one)

[hong619]

Secondly, for those who DO like statistics so much, please review the current economy, better understand it, and appreciate the fact that S'poreans do NOT feel the pinch as much, when compared to the rest of the billions of people worldwide. Step out from that narrow-mindednes and naive mindset.

[hong619]

Firstly, let me put myself in a precarious situation by declaring that while i am not necessarily pro-PAP per se, despite the flag in my room, i believe credit should be given where credit due, regardless of the statistics, such initiatives ARE nonetheless aimmed for the needy, and should thus be applauded and supported.

[ricgore]

This is totally pathetic!

Dump these 'world-class talents', pay some real ($0.01, not $600,000.00) peanuts and get monkeys to perform!

Alternatively, import some FTs to sing for them!

[bumperboy2000]

kan pua lame.

[nathapresanna]

oh my....times are really bad arent they?

[hellojohnaa]

agree

[minki82]

I am embarrass. Totally.

[minki82]

They should translate in mandarin, malay and tamil. We are a multi-racial country.

[carbonclad]

+1 rofl

[imchazza]

Now we know why we need to pay them so much money! Why else would they risk embarassing themselves?!!!

[mildlad]

clowns! they are pro-workers and pro-business?? isn't this a contradiction? well, we pay top $ for these people?? good luck to union members! good thing i was never one, never have been, never will be and never want to be................

[leej88]

Epic Phail!

[erniesurn]

"Out of the $23.3 million set aside to help the needy, $7.6 million will be used for family bonding initiatives as well as to help the elderly. This means that only $15.7million is used to help the 194,000 members who need help.

This works out to an average of about $80 per year per member or $6.66 per month per member. Indeed, it seems this is not very much once the numbers are broken down. " - TOC

[wingsm84]

"It's so creative!!! Brothers and sisters.. do you want to hear somemore???!"

Haha....

[singaporeKKKx]

lim sway see (sp?) is a idiot

[tehsipeng]

I have no idea what to rate this!!! 1 for being so bad or 5 for being so bad!

[cedrych]

I laughed so hard that tears started streaming, this is the best shit ever.

5 stars, although I recommend that everyone who participated in this event be drawn and quartered.

[oahiz]

why cant they just fucking sing ai bia jiak eh yia the original version

[milsirhc77]

Someone has got to shoot the MC for encouraging a second round

[r4ridzy]

Are we human.....or are we dancer.....or are we pro worker....mash Human with this song's chorus...anyone

[gabey555]

This is what we call paying top dollars for top talent. Where do we go from here?

[darojobe]

yeaahahhh high ten...! high ten...! eh... no high ten...

[babyboyblue87]

"wah same same, but different ah!" - yah, fuxxing 10 times worse, just when I thought nothing could be worse than the first one.

[talamioros]

The song is enough to make a happy man slit his wrists in despair on a bright sunny day la.

[dreamingly]

I pity the one writing this song

[powerofstupidy]

Joke of the week.

[deejaykyle]

the first time a minister ever gave me an orgasm.

love it.

[x1x2x360]

bunch of fakies...

[trella123456]

out of tune..

[embracemonaco]

What the Hell do they think they are doing ?!!! Disgraceful !!!

[acer47204720]

The most horrible song that I had listen.

GHOST come out liao

[bluesea1978]

want to upturn the downturn? if those bunch of monkeys up there can take a 30% pay cut! surely we can do more to upturn the downturn! PAY CUT LAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[polarb]

I don't know about you all, IMHO this song is rather creative and catchy.

Think about the generation before yours. Try making a song that appeals to them and as well as getting the message across. Think they know about Kanye and Britney? Think again.

[samstom]

what a bunch of hip pocrites.

[leetahsar]

it was too early for 7th MONTH GHOST FESTIVALS or national day.

[ianlse]

"Brothers and sisters do you wanna hear somemore from them!"

NOWAI, I'VE HEARD ENOUGH

[skass03]

haha~ you tell them!

its sean btw XD

[leetahsar]

do we have a choice by the way?

[skass03]

WHAT THE FUCK

[victor3338]

upturn for opposition Downturn...for...PAP