I like to recommend this website. It is the Penal Code for our country.
http://agcvldb4.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?actno=REVED-224&doctitle=PENAL+CODE%0A&date=latest&method=part
It could be an interesting read and it is also good to know some law which interest you.
Check out Penal Code 121B
121B. Whoever compasses, imagines, invests, devises or intends the deprivation or deposition of the President from the sovereignty of Singapore, or the overawing by criminal force of the Government, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to a fine.
You could be imprisoned for life just by imagine the deprivation of the President!
Penal Code 277
Fouling the water of a public spring or reservoir.
277. Whoever voluntarily corrupts or fouls the water of any public spring or reservoir, so as to render it less fit for the purpose for which it is ordinarily used, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 months, or with fine which may extend to $500, or with both.
Careful next time when you want to pee into the reservoir!
Penal Code 279
Rash driving or riding on a public way.
279. Whoever drives any vehicle, or rides, on any public way, in a manner so rash or negligent as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $1,000, or with both.
Good for all the drivers to know about this.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Graciousness in Singapore?
ST Forum 27th July
What's become of our youth? Many young people don't care to give up seats to a pregnant woman
THE most uncomfortable moment of the day comes when I am on board the MRT train.
The passengers of the whole cabin would instantly close their eyes. You may have guessed it, they saw me, a pregnant lady, boarding the train.
There is a thread in a 'motherhood" forum that discusses the topic of the difficulty in getting a seat on the train. I was mentally prepared for all what I had experienced, but the fire in me pushed me to put my feelings into writing.
Wouldn't it be comforting if someone could graciously stand up and volunteer his/her seat to me?
Through the experiences over the last few months, the sad truth is that such a probability is extremely low.
Surprisingly, students and women are the people who do not bother to lift their eyes to look at you, what more giving up their precious seats.
If Singapore could put great emphasis on encouraging childbirth, I believe an equal amount of effort should be made to educate our next generation of young leaders on how to be gracious.
I was standing right in front of a student one evening in the train cabin. She looked blankly at me and closed her eyes. When it was time for her to alight, she did all she could to hide her school badge from me.
How can we depend on such people as future leaders? Even if they achieve No. 1 in all aspects, they score zero in compassion.
Since young, my parents had taught me the right values of greeting the elderly and giving up my seat to those who need it more. I also put myself in other people's shoes and console myself that the women around me in the train cabin may be pregnant in their first trimester. It is not convincing, but I feel better thinking this way. Give them a reason to justify their behaviour, I thought.
But what about the students? I cannot seem to convince myself. Tiredness? I was a student before but being considerate was of a higher importance than given the opportunity to rest at the expense of another person's comfort.
What a great difference the new generation is. In other words, great disappointment.
Chai Juwin (Ms)
I would recommend you to read the Straits Time Forum online instead of reading them from the paper. Not only does it has a additional Online Forum section for letters who are not published.
They also have new feature for reader to post their comments with regard to a certain letter and some are quite good.
See some of the response to Miss Chai letter below:
I think if Ms Chai looks like she needed the seat, there will be those who would offer it to her. In most cases, I have seen pregnant ladies or old people who actually do not expect to have a seat.
Some of them prefers to stand, maybe. But most of them do not have the attitude of "I am pregnant, it is my right", or "I am old, you stand up".
While I think it is a gracious thing to give up my seat if I see a pregnant lady, I do not think it is mandatory. I have very bad chronic headaches, and sometime, I just need to seat and close my eyes on the train to rest. But if someone needs the seat more than me, I would stand up for him or her, if he or she would ask politely.I am not defending the selfish people. But I think that instead of pouting over it, try something else. Do not push all responsibilities to others unless you have make an effort too.Maybe next time, if you feel that you need a seat, ask politely. You will be surprise how many people would give up their seat. As the saying goes, " Ask, and you shall be given".
Posted by: jasoncbk at Fri Jul 27 11:57:16 SGT 2007
Lets be open about it. Being pregnant is difficult but it does not neccessarily mean that you have to sit all day. In Singapore, the MRT/LRT longest ride would be about 40mins? (sorry hv been overseas too long) So that 40mins, would be an alternate to some exercise that doctors encourage pregnant women to have esp closer to delivery date. I guess look at things on the positive side, at least you have some exercise rather then stand 40mins fuming about who is giving up a seat to you. Your baby will be affected by your mood.Cheers!!
Posted by: tony1971 at Fri Jul 27 11:31:22 SGT 2007
Maybe the sitting passenger was tired? Sick? Leg hurts?What disturbs me more is the tendency of people to jump into a 'moral-police' mode and judge a person guilty by default. The sitting person may or may not have valid reason, he could jolly well be simply selfish, I don't know. Since I do not know, I shall not judge. The sitting passenger is not obliged to explain to anyone also.
Posted by: John.Hooi at Fri Jul 27 11:21:39 SGT 2007
I shared the sentiment of some of the readers here.
Being pregnant does not give you the rights to have a seat. Everyone on the train paid for the tickets and although it would be a nice gesture if someone offer you his or her seats but they have no obligation to.
Personally I think old folks have more rights to be offered seat rather then pregnant women.
Being pregnant is a choice and we all should know by now that Singapore is not really a Family friendly place.
The government want people to give birth, but they don’t re-look at a flexible working environment.
Owning a car too expensive for normal Singaporean, Taxi companies sucks and MRT and Buses are there to rack up profit which result in the long waits for over crowded buses and trains.
In school we are taught it’s the survival of the fittest and in society where we needed to be reminded to flush our toilets, I don’t think there is much social grace left in us.
Its every man for himself out there, even our goverment told us they cannot take care for us forever. (But somehow they like to keep our CPF for us.)
What's become of our youth? Many young people don't care to give up seats to a pregnant woman
THE most uncomfortable moment of the day comes when I am on board the MRT train.
The passengers of the whole cabin would instantly close their eyes. You may have guessed it, they saw me, a pregnant lady, boarding the train.
There is a thread in a 'motherhood" forum that discusses the topic of the difficulty in getting a seat on the train. I was mentally prepared for all what I had experienced, but the fire in me pushed me to put my feelings into writing.
Wouldn't it be comforting if someone could graciously stand up and volunteer his/her seat to me?
Through the experiences over the last few months, the sad truth is that such a probability is extremely low.
Surprisingly, students and women are the people who do not bother to lift their eyes to look at you, what more giving up their precious seats.
If Singapore could put great emphasis on encouraging childbirth, I believe an equal amount of effort should be made to educate our next generation of young leaders on how to be gracious.
I was standing right in front of a student one evening in the train cabin. She looked blankly at me and closed her eyes. When it was time for her to alight, she did all she could to hide her school badge from me.
How can we depend on such people as future leaders? Even if they achieve No. 1 in all aspects, they score zero in compassion.
Since young, my parents had taught me the right values of greeting the elderly and giving up my seat to those who need it more. I also put myself in other people's shoes and console myself that the women around me in the train cabin may be pregnant in their first trimester. It is not convincing, but I feel better thinking this way. Give them a reason to justify their behaviour, I thought.
But what about the students? I cannot seem to convince myself. Tiredness? I was a student before but being considerate was of a higher importance than given the opportunity to rest at the expense of another person's comfort.
What a great difference the new generation is. In other words, great disappointment.
Chai Juwin (Ms)
I would recommend you to read the Straits Time Forum online instead of reading them from the paper. Not only does it has a additional Online Forum section for letters who are not published.
They also have new feature for reader to post their comments with regard to a certain letter and some are quite good.
See some of the response to Miss Chai letter below:
I think if Ms Chai looks like she needed the seat, there will be those who would offer it to her. In most cases, I have seen pregnant ladies or old people who actually do not expect to have a seat.
Some of them prefers to stand, maybe. But most of them do not have the attitude of "I am pregnant, it is my right", or "I am old, you stand up".
While I think it is a gracious thing to give up my seat if I see a pregnant lady, I do not think it is mandatory. I have very bad chronic headaches, and sometime, I just need to seat and close my eyes on the train to rest. But if someone needs the seat more than me, I would stand up for him or her, if he or she would ask politely.I am not defending the selfish people. But I think that instead of pouting over it, try something else. Do not push all responsibilities to others unless you have make an effort too.Maybe next time, if you feel that you need a seat, ask politely. You will be surprise how many people would give up their seat. As the saying goes, " Ask, and you shall be given".
Posted by: jasoncbk at Fri Jul 27 11:57:16 SGT 2007
Lets be open about it. Being pregnant is difficult but it does not neccessarily mean that you have to sit all day. In Singapore, the MRT/LRT longest ride would be about 40mins? (sorry hv been overseas too long) So that 40mins, would be an alternate to some exercise that doctors encourage pregnant women to have esp closer to delivery date. I guess look at things on the positive side, at least you have some exercise rather then stand 40mins fuming about who is giving up a seat to you. Your baby will be affected by your mood.Cheers!!
Posted by: tony1971 at Fri Jul 27 11:31:22 SGT 2007
Maybe the sitting passenger was tired? Sick? Leg hurts?What disturbs me more is the tendency of people to jump into a 'moral-police' mode and judge a person guilty by default. The sitting person may or may not have valid reason, he could jolly well be simply selfish, I don't know. Since I do not know, I shall not judge. The sitting passenger is not obliged to explain to anyone also.
Posted by: John.Hooi at Fri Jul 27 11:21:39 SGT 2007
I shared the sentiment of some of the readers here.
Being pregnant does not give you the rights to have a seat. Everyone on the train paid for the tickets and although it would be a nice gesture if someone offer you his or her seats but they have no obligation to.
Personally I think old folks have more rights to be offered seat rather then pregnant women.
Being pregnant is a choice and we all should know by now that Singapore is not really a Family friendly place.
The government want people to give birth, but they don’t re-look at a flexible working environment.
Owning a car too expensive for normal Singaporean, Taxi companies sucks and MRT and Buses are there to rack up profit which result in the long waits for over crowded buses and trains.
In school we are taught it’s the survival of the fittest and in society where we needed to be reminded to flush our toilets, I don’t think there is much social grace left in us.
Its every man for himself out there, even our goverment told us they cannot take care for us forever. (But somehow they like to keep our CPF for us.)
Cosmetic Solution
We all know how notorious the waiting times are at Singapore Polyclinics.
They acknowledged it and instead of tackling the root cause by introducing more staff to speed up the diagnosis times, they decided to add in cameras at waiting area.
http://polyclinic.singhealth.com.sg/OurServices/Queue/
This way you could go online and choose to check on the waiting time before you decide where and when you want to go down to you “friendly” polyclinics.
Firstly, most people who visit polyclinics are the older and the poor Singaporeans.
Do you think the majority of them are internet savvy?
Secondly, I don’t need to go to the web to find out that queue are the polyclinics are long.
What a waste of tax payer money again this time….must be another scholar’s project.
They acknowledged it and instead of tackling the root cause by introducing more staff to speed up the diagnosis times, they decided to add in cameras at waiting area.
http://polyclinic.singhealth.com.sg/OurServices/Queue/
This way you could go online and choose to check on the waiting time before you decide where and when you want to go down to you “friendly” polyclinics.
Firstly, most people who visit polyclinics are the older and the poor Singaporeans.
Do you think the majority of them are internet savvy?
Secondly, I don’t need to go to the web to find out that queue are the polyclinics are long.
What a waste of tax payer money again this time….must be another scholar’s project.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Transfomers the Movie
Went to watch Transformers last Friday. Was actually quite surprise that it was a full house despite it had been showing for close to a month.
If you are not a Transformer Fan then this movie is quite entertaining with lots of actions but for a Transformer Fan like me this is actually quite disappointing.
I felt that the producer should not change the design of the Autobots and Decepticons.
Optimus Prime look like cock with his human face but did saw a bit of the shielded face mode when he was doing his final battle with Megatron.
Starscream still look ok as he maintained his fighters look. (Upgraded to F22 from F15)
And yes, Megatron look like a big COCK. Wau lau… look like a bloody gorilla.
I am also Bumble Bee ended up as a Chevrolet Camero and not his original Volkwagen Beetle. I guess the American try to make all cars theirs. (SAD!) Take a look at the chart below!
Bumble Bee Chevrolet Camaro(Movie) Volkwagen Beetle(Original Form)
Jazz Pontiac Solstice (Movie) Porche 925 Turbo (Original Form)
IronHide GMC C4500 Pickup (Movie) Nissan C20 (Original Form)
Ratchet Hummer H2 (Movie) Nissan C20 (Original Form)
Found the reason! "The other Autobots also became GM-owned vehicles in a product placement deal that saved $3 million"
The transfomation of the Transformers are quite cool but again the camera was panning all over the places making it difficult to see. I guess Michael Baywas trying too hard?
I think this is a movie not for Fans but are more appealing to the general public.
Anyway for information, there already plan for 2 sequels of the movie and I hope they change the director for the new two movies.
If you are not a Transformer Fan then this movie is quite entertaining with lots of actions but for a Transformer Fan like me this is actually quite disappointing.
I felt that the producer should not change the design of the Autobots and Decepticons.
Optimus Prime look like cock with his human face but did saw a bit of the shielded face mode when he was doing his final battle with Megatron.
Starscream still look ok as he maintained his fighters look. (Upgraded to F22 from F15)
And yes, Megatron look like a big COCK. Wau lau… look like a bloody gorilla.
I am also Bumble Bee ended up as a Chevrolet Camero and not his original Volkwagen Beetle. I guess the American try to make all cars theirs. (SAD!) Take a look at the chart below!
Bumble Bee Chevrolet Camaro(Movie) Volkwagen Beetle(Original Form)
Jazz Pontiac Solstice (Movie) Porche 925 Turbo (Original Form)
IronHide GMC C4500 Pickup (Movie) Nissan C20 (Original Form)
Ratchet Hummer H2 (Movie) Nissan C20 (Original Form)
Found the reason! "The other Autobots also became GM-owned vehicles in a product placement deal that saved $3 million"
The transfomation of the Transformers are quite cool but again the camera was panning all over the places making it difficult to see. I guess Michael Baywas trying too hard?
I think this is a movie not for Fans but are more appealing to the general public.
Anyway for information, there already plan for 2 sequels of the movie and I hope they change the director for the new two movies.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
National Flag
I was just wondering a few days ago, when I saw the National Flags being displayed by the RC all over the island, why are they are flying the flags so early this year?
I remember the government did states only to fly the flags in the month of Aug.
Well look like they just amended the law this year, now you can even wear the national flag!!
From http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20070717984.htm
To keep pace with these changes, and to encourage Singaporeans to display their pride and loyalty to Singapore, MICA has taken steps to amend the Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Act. The notifications were published in the e-Gazette, Subsidiary Legislation Supplement on 16 July 2007 and take immediate effect.
Flying the Flag during the National Day Celebrations period
a) The National Day Celebrations period will be extended from 1 July to 30 September each year (instead of 1- 31 August currently in force), during which the Flag may be flown without a flagpole and night illumination.
b) National Flag decals and stickers, posters or other visual images may be displayed freely. Additionally, the National Flag may be flown on vehicles (both private and commercial) during the National Day celebrations period.
c) The National Flag may also be displayed on costumes and personal attire during the period with the requirement only that the Flag be treated with respect at all times.
I remember the government did states only to fly the flags in the month of Aug.
Well look like they just amended the law this year, now you can even wear the national flag!!
From http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20070717984.htm
To keep pace with these changes, and to encourage Singaporeans to display their pride and loyalty to Singapore, MICA has taken steps to amend the Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Act. The notifications were published in the e-Gazette, Subsidiary Legislation Supplement on 16 July 2007 and take immediate effect.
Flying the Flag during the National Day Celebrations period
a) The National Day Celebrations period will be extended from 1 July to 30 September each year (instead of 1- 31 August currently in force), during which the Flag may be flown without a flagpole and night illumination.
b) National Flag decals and stickers, posters or other visual images may be displayed freely. Additionally, the National Flag may be flown on vehicles (both private and commercial) during the National Day celebrations period.
c) The National Flag may also be displayed on costumes and personal attire during the period with the requirement only that the Flag be treated with respect at all times.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
SBS Response
SBS replied on 13th July:
1.Please refer to your feedback regarding Service 89.
2.We are sorry to learn of the inconvenience caused while waiting for this service.
3. The Manager has noted your concern on the frequency of the service and is monitoring the situation closely. Rest assured that, where it is within our control, we will ensure that buses arrive at regular intervals.
4. Bus captains have also been reminded to try their best to adhere strictly to their time schedules to ensure service reliability.
5. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
Yours sincerely
Tang May May
for Deputy DirectorCorporate Communications
SBS Transit Ltd
To me this letter is so lame..
It did not state whether was there any investigation done nor does it answer any of my questions.
Just a standard template I guess. A give away is at point 2. (this service, can't she just response service 89?)
May May just have to fill in the service number and also note these point form answers can be used to reply to any compliants.
Sad... a service corporation should take customer feedback more seriously since they bother to give feedbacks.
But again I guess SBS Transit has not much of a competition in the market so they can affort to give you such a lousy response.
1.Please refer to your feedback regarding Service 89.
2.We are sorry to learn of the inconvenience caused while waiting for this service.
3. The Manager has noted your concern on the frequency of the service and is monitoring the situation closely. Rest assured that, where it is within our control, we will ensure that buses arrive at regular intervals.
4. Bus captains have also been reminded to try their best to adhere strictly to their time schedules to ensure service reliability.
5. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
Yours sincerely
Tang May May
for Deputy DirectorCorporate Communications
SBS Transit Ltd
To me this letter is so lame..
It did not state whether was there any investigation done nor does it answer any of my questions.
Just a standard template I guess. A give away is at point 2. (this service, can't she just response service 89?)
May May just have to fill in the service number and also note these point form answers can be used to reply to any compliants.
Sad... a service corporation should take customer feedback more seriously since they bother to give feedbacks.
But again I guess SBS Transit has not much of a competition in the market so they can affort to give you such a lousy response.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Day Light Robbers
A sample of how the price of some food in my office canteen post 1st July. Remember GST is only up by 2 percentage point.
Hum chin Pan up from $0.50 to $0.55 (10% increment)
Chapti up from $1.50 to $1.60 (6.6% increment)
Coffe-Si up from $0.50 to $0.60 (20% increment)
Breakfast set up from $1.50 to $1.60 (6.6% increment)
Hum chin Pan up from $0.50 to $0.55 (10% increment)
Chapti up from $1.50 to $1.60 (6.6% increment)
Coffe-Si up from $0.50 to $0.60 (20% increment)
Breakfast set up from $1.50 to $1.60 (6.6% increment)
My letter to SBS Transit today
I must congratulate SBS Transit for making it to the top on my list of worst public transport operator in Singapore.
I commute to work from Pasir ris Bus stop 77019 to Air Freight Terminal daily by Service number 89 in the morning.
I reach Bus Stop 77019 daily at about 7.40am and trying to get on board Service 89 has always turn out to be an impossible mission at that time.
However thing had improved as there are a fairly empty bus arriving at about 7.40am daily to pick up passengers stranded in Pasir Ris as I believe this bus does not start its journey from Hougang.
But as good thing never last long. For the whole of this week, service No.89 at 7.40am disappeared miraculously with the introduction of GST increment on 1st July.
Service No.89 is impossible to get on board at Bus stop 77019 between 7.40am till 8.15am with passengers packed the brim. Worst still SBS Transit had changed one of the service bus to a single deck. Please explain the logic of introducing a single deck bus at peak hour.
The situation of Service No.89 had become even worst with the introduction of No.89E. Hooray for passengers living in Hougang and Sengkang but as the bus does not stop at Pasir Ris and these 89E had made the wait for Service 89 even longer.
SBS Transit must be grateful that pubic bus routes in Singapore are heavily regulated as no 2 bus company are allows to service the same route. As I certainly will not take and SBS transit service if I have the choice.
Please published the time table for service No.89 as this was no where to be found on your website.
Please explain why there are only 2 frequency of No.89 are Pasir Ris between 7.40am and 8.25am.
Please advice is a wait of 45min at peak hour for a passenger within SBS transit KPI.
I commute to work from Pasir ris Bus stop 77019 to Air Freight Terminal daily by Service number 89 in the morning.
I reach Bus Stop 77019 daily at about 7.40am and trying to get on board Service 89 has always turn out to be an impossible mission at that time.
However thing had improved as there are a fairly empty bus arriving at about 7.40am daily to pick up passengers stranded in Pasir Ris as I believe this bus does not start its journey from Hougang.
But as good thing never last long. For the whole of this week, service No.89 at 7.40am disappeared miraculously with the introduction of GST increment on 1st July.
Service No.89 is impossible to get on board at Bus stop 77019 between 7.40am till 8.15am with passengers packed the brim. Worst still SBS Transit had changed one of the service bus to a single deck. Please explain the logic of introducing a single deck bus at peak hour.
The situation of Service No.89 had become even worst with the introduction of No.89E. Hooray for passengers living in Hougang and Sengkang but as the bus does not stop at Pasir Ris and these 89E had made the wait for Service 89 even longer.
SBS Transit must be grateful that pubic bus routes in Singapore are heavily regulated as no 2 bus company are allows to service the same route. As I certainly will not take and SBS transit service if I have the choice.
Please published the time table for service No.89 as this was no where to be found on your website.
Please explain why there are only 2 frequency of No.89 are Pasir Ris between 7.40am and 8.25am.
Please advice is a wait of 45min at peak hour for a passenger within SBS transit KPI.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Holiday in Seoul
Just came back from a week break in Seoul.
Weather was rather warm for the first few days and the Sun was pretty strong. Then it got cooler towardes the end of the week. Started to rain and the temperature was hovering around 28 C.
Some interesting things I’ve notice about Korean.
1. They are still in the “couples dress alike fag”
2. They love to buy stuff onboard. (I notice the cart was 90% empty when they are done!)
3. Good girl friends like to hold hands
4. There always someone doing big business in the toilet.
(Yes! 80% of the time I visited the public toilets there are someone doing it. Even start doing on board the aircraft. I guess it’s the food, I did my business everyday there.)
5. They love to stand really close to you.
6. They more or less respect the elders.
7. They like to “fight” for the bill.
Weather was rather warm for the first few days and the Sun was pretty strong. Then it got cooler towardes the end of the week. Started to rain and the temperature was hovering around 28 C.
Some interesting things I’ve notice about Korean.
1. They are still in the “couples dress alike fag”
2. They love to buy stuff onboard. (I notice the cart was 90% empty when they are done!)
3. Good girl friends like to hold hands
4. There always someone doing big business in the toilet.
(Yes! 80% of the time I visited the public toilets there are someone doing it. Even start doing on board the aircraft. I guess it’s the food, I did my business everyday there.)
5. They love to stand really close to you.
6. They more or less respect the elders.
7. They like to “fight” for the bill.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Conspiracy Part 2
Guess I was right after all…
Yesterday happened to drop by NTUC and it was really crowded.
Guess everyone just give the first Wednesday of the month a missed these days.
Yesterday happened to drop by NTUC and it was really crowded.
Guess everyone just give the first Wednesday of the month a missed these days.
Conspiracy
Yesterday was the 3rd Bring You Own Bags Day at various supermarkets.
Again there were publicity on the news last night with these supermarkets claimed a drop in plastic bags usage by 30-80%.
Think the failed to see the main point.
The drop is usage merely shows that more people are avoiding to shop on BYOB days.
Again there were publicity on the news last night with these supermarkets claimed a drop in plastic bags usage by 30-80%.
Think the failed to see the main point.
The drop is usage merely shows that more people are avoiding to shop on BYOB days.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Update
Not been blogging for a while now. Busy with many stuff…haha…
Should be able to update more often for the coming week before I am flying off to Seoul for holiday on 16th June.
Can tell that this is the star to of school holiday just by judging the traffic on the street in the morning. This week I have no problem of finding a seat on our world class bus and also the traveling time shorten significantly.
Its amazed me how much of our citizen life are revolving around their children.
Should be able to update more often for the coming week before I am flying off to Seoul for holiday on 16th June.
Can tell that this is the star to of school holiday just by judging the traffic on the street in the morning. This week I have no problem of finding a seat on our world class bus and also the traveling time shorten significantly.
Its amazed me how much of our citizen life are revolving around their children.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Yet another quick solution
ST Forum
April 25, 2007
Some suggestions on how we can achieve a plastic bag-free society
WE HAVE been talking about using fewer plastic bags to help save the environment for sometime now and we have finally put words into action by declaring every first Wednesday of the month as Bring Your Own Bag day.
In addition, some participating stores are also starting to charge the customers 10 cents per plastic bag. A good start but not enough if you are hoping that it will be a stunning success eventually.
In fact, I find this half-hearted effort is doomed to fail in the long run - the reason being that it is too much a hassle for affluent Singaporeans to remember to bring their reusable bags on every first Wednesday of the month in order to save a few cents.
I have some suggestions.
>>Instead of charging 10 cents, why not charge the customer $1 for the reusable bag which can be refunded if he returns it on his next shopping trip.
>>If he forgets, charge him another $1 for another reusable bag. He can also accumulate up to five bags and use them in exchange for goods bought.
>>It is more palatable for customers to pay if they know that no extra charge will be incurred at the end of the day as long as they cooperate and make the system work. The customers must also be told that the bags must be returned in good condition for reuse.
>>We can start off this scheme by getting all the major supermarkets to come together to agree that they charge the same price for each reusable bag and that they can be returned for a refund at all participating outlets.
If we can produce Newater, I have no doubt we can be equally successful in making Singapore a plastic bag-free society and in our own small way help to save the environment.
John Voon Zoon Choong
The talk of the town in Singapore is going plactic bags free.
We see several ass kisser supporting this move to “save the Earth”
Let me paint you a scenario, Mrs Tua JuaLong, stays somewhere in Tampines and she use to take a bus to IKEA Tampine to make her purchase. However after IKEA start to charge $0.10 for each plastic bag, Mrs Tua decided it will not be economical if she keep being charge is she need to purchase several item. So she decided to DRIVE to IKEA instead, this way she can go completely plastic-bags-less as she only need to put the IKEA cart to the car park, dump everything into her car boot and drive home.
Plastic Bag 1
Emission 0
Now how environment friendly is that?
What I am saying is that there are much much more needed to be done to really make Singapore an environment friendly country. We should be work more on education and have a efficient re-cycling system.
I am using plastic bags to line my dustbin and in a way I am re-cycling them.
If there are no free plastic bags available in the future. I still need to BUY MORE PLACTIC BAGS to line my dustbin if the waste disposal method remains the same.
Why is this harping on charging customer plastic bags? This is not tackling the root cause of the problem but only a quick way of making “grocery” plastic bags consumption go down. But soon we will see sales of dustbin plastic bags going up….
April 25, 2007
Some suggestions on how we can achieve a plastic bag-free society
WE HAVE been talking about using fewer plastic bags to help save the environment for sometime now and we have finally put words into action by declaring every first Wednesday of the month as Bring Your Own Bag day.
In addition, some participating stores are also starting to charge the customers 10 cents per plastic bag. A good start but not enough if you are hoping that it will be a stunning success eventually.
In fact, I find this half-hearted effort is doomed to fail in the long run - the reason being that it is too much a hassle for affluent Singaporeans to remember to bring their reusable bags on every first Wednesday of the month in order to save a few cents.
I have some suggestions.
>>Instead of charging 10 cents, why not charge the customer $1 for the reusable bag which can be refunded if he returns it on his next shopping trip.
>>If he forgets, charge him another $1 for another reusable bag. He can also accumulate up to five bags and use them in exchange for goods bought.
>>It is more palatable for customers to pay if they know that no extra charge will be incurred at the end of the day as long as they cooperate and make the system work. The customers must also be told that the bags must be returned in good condition for reuse.
>>We can start off this scheme by getting all the major supermarkets to come together to agree that they charge the same price for each reusable bag and that they can be returned for a refund at all participating outlets.
If we can produce Newater, I have no doubt we can be equally successful in making Singapore a plastic bag-free society and in our own small way help to save the environment.
John Voon Zoon Choong
The talk of the town in Singapore is going plactic bags free.
We see several ass kisser supporting this move to “save the Earth”
Let me paint you a scenario, Mrs Tua JuaLong, stays somewhere in Tampines and she use to take a bus to IKEA Tampine to make her purchase. However after IKEA start to charge $0.10 for each plastic bag, Mrs Tua decided it will not be economical if she keep being charge is she need to purchase several item. So she decided to DRIVE to IKEA instead, this way she can go completely plastic-bags-less as she only need to put the IKEA cart to the car park, dump everything into her car boot and drive home.
Plastic Bag 1
Emission 0
Now how environment friendly is that?
What I am saying is that there are much much more needed to be done to really make Singapore an environment friendly country. We should be work more on education and have a efficient re-cycling system.
I am using plastic bags to line my dustbin and in a way I am re-cycling them.
If there are no free plastic bags available in the future. I still need to BUY MORE PLACTIC BAGS to line my dustbin if the waste disposal method remains the same.
Why is this harping on charging customer plastic bags? This is not tackling the root cause of the problem but only a quick way of making “grocery” plastic bags consumption go down. But soon we will see sales of dustbin plastic bags going up….
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Greed?
Too much had been written on the nets on the recent Ministers Pay Hike.So I will not write on what all Singaporean should already know about their government that they voted for.
After all these sagas over the years, I am wondering what are the benefits of being a Singaporean after all? And what the government is doing for the “Stayers”?
When I look back the years, I see fares of public transport going up countless time, GST went up from 0% to 7%, medical cost going up, people being retrenched and got a pay cut during SARS and 911, people found new ways of killing themselves with the MRT, gross management of charities (NKF, Youth Challenge), plan to increase our population to 6millions with Foreign Talents, cost of basic food stuff are going up……………..
This makes me think more seriously on migrating… I may be a second-class citizen in another country but I may be better of being a “1st class” citizen in Singapore.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I was watching this charity drive on TV. They got several patients to relates on national TV how poor they are and how they need the help from the man on the street with donations. Yesterday, just saw the first wave of the gross increment for our government. How ironic…
“The world has enough for us, but not our greed”
After all these sagas over the years, I am wondering what are the benefits of being a Singaporean after all? And what the government is doing for the “Stayers”?
When I look back the years, I see fares of public transport going up countless time, GST went up from 0% to 7%, medical cost going up, people being retrenched and got a pay cut during SARS and 911, people found new ways of killing themselves with the MRT, gross management of charities (NKF, Youth Challenge), plan to increase our population to 6millions with Foreign Talents, cost of basic food stuff are going up……………..
This makes me think more seriously on migrating… I may be a second-class citizen in another country but I may be better of being a “1st class” citizen in Singapore.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I was watching this charity drive on TV. They got several patients to relates on national TV how poor they are and how they need the help from the man on the street with donations. Yesterday, just saw the first wave of the gross increment for our government. How ironic…
“The world has enough for us, but not our greed”
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Flag Days
April 3, 2007
Many turn blind eye to Flag Day collection
MARCH 31 was 'Flag Day' - a day for all St John cadets, island-wide, to go around collecting donations.
My squad mates and I set off for various places with positive attitudes, hoping to collect donations, only to face disappointment and frustration.
My senior and I were positioned outside Queensway shopping mall. The human traffic there was fantastic. But whenever I approached any of them, they shunned me and quickened their pace in a bid to avoid me.
Out of 20 people, one came forward. There were some people who turned the other way when I was walking towards them. This left me shocked and appalled.
Would it do any harm to come forward to make a donation, regardless of the amount?
There were even passers-by commenting that we may be the second NKF, and our motive was to con them. I was utterly wordless upon hearing this.
I hope people will take on a more positive mindset when donating and let bygones just be bygones.
Lim Jia Yan Jasmine (Miss)
I got to admit I have stopped donating on flag days.
One reason is that I find the government is not doing enough to help charity organisations. Instead they are giving themselves a fat paycheck.
Also there are too many flag days in Singapore. We used to seem them on Saturdays only but now sometime weekdays are swamped with flag days.
I also wonder how many of these charities are properly managed.
I can suggest a good solution. Get the cabinet to donate 10% of their monthly salaries to a pool. Member of the public can also donate as well.
Then which ever organisation need to raise fund, they can write a proposal or report to the group managing the pool of money. The goup will then decide how much to give to this applicant.
Why should the poor man on the street give when the rich man in the room don’t?
I think we should think about this before complaining on the poor response on flag days.
Many turn blind eye to Flag Day collection
MARCH 31 was 'Flag Day' - a day for all St John cadets, island-wide, to go around collecting donations.
My squad mates and I set off for various places with positive attitudes, hoping to collect donations, only to face disappointment and frustration.
My senior and I were positioned outside Queensway shopping mall. The human traffic there was fantastic. But whenever I approached any of them, they shunned me and quickened their pace in a bid to avoid me.
Out of 20 people, one came forward. There were some people who turned the other way when I was walking towards them. This left me shocked and appalled.
Would it do any harm to come forward to make a donation, regardless of the amount?
There were even passers-by commenting that we may be the second NKF, and our motive was to con them. I was utterly wordless upon hearing this.
I hope people will take on a more positive mindset when donating and let bygones just be bygones.
Lim Jia Yan Jasmine (Miss)
I got to admit I have stopped donating on flag days.
One reason is that I find the government is not doing enough to help charity organisations. Instead they are giving themselves a fat paycheck.
Also there are too many flag days in Singapore. We used to seem them on Saturdays only but now sometime weekdays are swamped with flag days.
I also wonder how many of these charities are properly managed.
I can suggest a good solution. Get the cabinet to donate 10% of their monthly salaries to a pool. Member of the public can also donate as well.
Then which ever organisation need to raise fund, they can write a proposal or report to the group managing the pool of money. The goup will then decide how much to give to this applicant.
Why should the poor man on the street give when the rich man in the room don’t?
I think we should think about this before complaining on the poor response on flag days.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Why not to have a Nokia
Was at Wheelock place on Saturday afternoon. (One of my rare weekend in Orchard road, can’t stand the crowd.) And walk passed Nokia Service Center.
The place was really packed!
I concluded that either there are many Nokia Phone user in Singapore or the phone are not reliable.
Look around… how many of your friends are still using Nokia HP?
The place was really packed!
I concluded that either there are many Nokia Phone user in Singapore or the phone are not reliable.
Look around… how many of your friends are still using Nokia HP?
Monday, March 26, 2007
Vegetarian at McDonald's?
ST Forum
March 24, 2007
McDonald's should lower price for 'vegetarian' meal
BEING vegetarians, whenever we go to McDonald's, we would invariably order a meal without the meat patty.
Invariably McDonald's would charge us the same price even though the meat portion of the meal costs the most.
Can't it charge a lower price in these instances?
N. Nageswaran
This is quite amusing…
Question: Why is a vegetarian doing in a McDonald’s restaurant and complaint about them not selling a burger without meat at a lower price?
Firstly McDonald is not a vegetarian’s restaurant. And Mr Nageswaran can always visit the restaurant with a non vegetarian friends and he can just give or sell his portion of “meat patty” to his friend.
Simple solution.
March 24, 2007
McDonald's should lower price for 'vegetarian' meal
BEING vegetarians, whenever we go to McDonald's, we would invariably order a meal without the meat patty.
Invariably McDonald's would charge us the same price even though the meat portion of the meal costs the most.
Can't it charge a lower price in these instances?
N. Nageswaran
This is quite amusing…
Question: Why is a vegetarian doing in a McDonald’s restaurant and complaint about them not selling a burger without meat at a lower price?
Firstly McDonald is not a vegetarian’s restaurant. And Mr Nageswaran can always visit the restaurant with a non vegetarian friends and he can just give or sell his portion of “meat patty” to his friend.
Simple solution.
Aero Soarer
Got this TOMY aero soarer from HK recently. Haven’t really got the chance to fly it yet.
Cost me about HK$130 which is about S$20plus. Cheap! Saw they were selling the same thing in HK Toy R Us for HK$300!!!
Gosh you really have to know where to shop.
Basically it is almost the same as my helicopter, to be used indoor only. The plane is really light and is made up of Styrofoam and you charges it before you fly by attaching it to the remote control. It suppose to give you about 10min of flight time per charge.
Friday, March 23, 2007
How to beat the GST rise?
Somehow I knew this is coming.....
I just can't help whethere does the term "Public Services" meant anything to them.
Paying the (super)market rate
Wages of ministers, civil servants to go up as Govt seeks to keep its talent
Friday • March 23, 2007
TO KEEP pace with the growing salaries of the private sector, the Government is revising the pay of its ministers and civil servants.
For officers of the Administrative Service — the cream of the civil service — this is the first time that an adjustment has been made since 2000.
A formal announcement on the changes will be made in Parliament on April 9.
The worldwide hunt for talent is intense and to remain an attractive employer, the Public Service, too, had to keep pace with the private market, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.
I wonder what is the turn over rate in our Public Services.
Speaking at the annual administrative service dinner and promotion ceremony, Mr Lee, who is also the Finance Minister, cited the Administrative Service as one of the many services that had "fallen behind".
He described two key salary benchmarks that the Administrative Service, which employs some 230 officers, uses in calculating its salaries.
The first is the "Staff Grade 1" rank for senior Permanent Secretaries, especially those leading the larger ministries. This benchmark is also used to determine the salaries of ministers.
This is done by first tracking the top eight earners in each of six professions. Their salaries are arranged from No 1 to 48. The benchmark is pegged at two-thirds the salary of the median — the 24th earner.
Using the data from private sector incomes in 2005, Earner No 24 took home $3.29 million, so the 2006 benchmark for minister salaries would be 66.6 per cent of that — or about $2.2 million. Historically, ministers have been paid less than the benchmark.
Today, senior Permanent Secretaries and ministers in this grade are paid $1.2 million a year, or 55 per cent of the benchmark. Back in 2000, they were earning 71 per cent of the benchmark.
In a statement by the Public Service Division (PSD), it said these six professions were picked because they are "alternative professions" that the Government's top calibre senior civil servants could have otherwise joined.
On top of their main jobs, senior civil servants hold concurrent appointments such as chairmen of statutory boards or government-linked companies.
More reasons to increase their salaries.
"We recognise that the nature of work in the public and private sectors are different and there is some personal sacrifice involved in public service," said the statement.
I can think of any. Maybe you don’t have the fun in taking the public transport to work?
The job security of ministers was also highlighted by the PSD.
"Ministers are not in guaranteed long-term jobs — they face the General Elections every five years. Similarly, our top civil servants are put on fixed term appointments once they are appointed to a top position," it said.
Another main salary benchmark is the "SR9" — the lowest Superscale grade at which officers in their early- to mid-30s enter the senior ranks of the Administrative Service.
This benchmark dipped between 2001 and 2004 because of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks and Sars in 2003, but has since climbed to $361,000 — just below the $363,000 benchmark set in 2000. Last year, an entry-level Superscale officer was paid a salary amounting to 103 per cent of the benchmark — or $371,830 a year.
Explaining that these numbers were based on incomes earned two years ago, Mr Lee said the private sector salaries "have most probably risen further" since then.
Most probably? I am sure the gahment know exactly what is going on in the public sectors.
Describing the talent squeeze as an urgent problem, he spoke of how the civil service needs to provide challenging assignments for its staff.
Singaporeans are in demand not just here but the world over. Mr Lee gave the example of a Middle Eastern country that dropped feelers about buying the whole of JTC!
And hinting that money is not the route to all solutions, he said the civil service leadership must excite and enthuse its staff to see that they are helping to make a difference to Singapore's policy-making.
If not then why the high salaries?
In the early 1990s, the Administrative Service lost "entire cohorts of good officers", and having taken many years to recover from the loss, the Prime Minister said it "must not happen again" in future.
The resignation rate in the public sector rose to 5.7 per cent last year, up from 4.8 per cent in 2005.
How many of these people resigned due to low pays? Or could there be other reason that they resigned? Like too many red tapes in our public services? Lack of empowerment, job satisfaction? I think the gahment should seriously look into it. Increasing pay in not the only way to stop people from quitting the public services.
"Besides civil service salaries, we are also reviewing salaries for the political, judicial and statutory appointment holders. It is even more critical to keep these salaries competitive ... to bring in a continuing flow of able and successful people to be ministers and judges," said Mr Lee.
In this latest review, the new salary structure is expected to tie salaries more closely to performance, in line with private sector practice.
In his speech, Mr Lee also outlined another pertinent problem — that of encouraging Singaporeans to venture overseas, while at the same time ensuring that there is enough talent in Singapore to grow the economy.
He said: "How will Singapore businesses recruit talent and grow into first-class companies? How will we create the jobs and opportunities for the less successful Singaporeans, who cannot seek their fortunes in China, India or the US? How will the Public Service maintain a first-class team that can lead Singapore into the future?"
Looking ahead, Mr Lee challenged the Public Service to benchmark itself to top global companies, such as Google.
"Google receives 1,300 resumes a day. The Public Service must strive to have that same cachet. The whole tone of the organisation must exude confidence, energy and purpose," he said.
I just can't help whethere does the term "Public Services" meant anything to them.
Paying the (super)market rate
Wages of ministers, civil servants to go up as Govt seeks to keep its talent
Friday • March 23, 2007
TO KEEP pace with the growing salaries of the private sector, the Government is revising the pay of its ministers and civil servants.
For officers of the Administrative Service — the cream of the civil service — this is the first time that an adjustment has been made since 2000.
A formal announcement on the changes will be made in Parliament on April 9.
The worldwide hunt for talent is intense and to remain an attractive employer, the Public Service, too, had to keep pace with the private market, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.
I wonder what is the turn over rate in our Public Services.
Speaking at the annual administrative service dinner and promotion ceremony, Mr Lee, who is also the Finance Minister, cited the Administrative Service as one of the many services that had "fallen behind".
He described two key salary benchmarks that the Administrative Service, which employs some 230 officers, uses in calculating its salaries.
The first is the "Staff Grade 1" rank for senior Permanent Secretaries, especially those leading the larger ministries. This benchmark is also used to determine the salaries of ministers.
This is done by first tracking the top eight earners in each of six professions. Their salaries are arranged from No 1 to 48. The benchmark is pegged at two-thirds the salary of the median — the 24th earner.
Using the data from private sector incomes in 2005, Earner No 24 took home $3.29 million, so the 2006 benchmark for minister salaries would be 66.6 per cent of that — or about $2.2 million. Historically, ministers have been paid less than the benchmark.
Today, senior Permanent Secretaries and ministers in this grade are paid $1.2 million a year, or 55 per cent of the benchmark. Back in 2000, they were earning 71 per cent of the benchmark.
In a statement by the Public Service Division (PSD), it said these six professions were picked because they are "alternative professions" that the Government's top calibre senior civil servants could have otherwise joined.
On top of their main jobs, senior civil servants hold concurrent appointments such as chairmen of statutory boards or government-linked companies.
More reasons to increase their salaries.
"We recognise that the nature of work in the public and private sectors are different and there is some personal sacrifice involved in public service," said the statement.
I can think of any. Maybe you don’t have the fun in taking the public transport to work?
The job security of ministers was also highlighted by the PSD.
"Ministers are not in guaranteed long-term jobs — they face the General Elections every five years. Similarly, our top civil servants are put on fixed term appointments once they are appointed to a top position," it said.
Another main salary benchmark is the "SR9" — the lowest Superscale grade at which officers in their early- to mid-30s enter the senior ranks of the Administrative Service.
This benchmark dipped between 2001 and 2004 because of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks and Sars in 2003, but has since climbed to $361,000 — just below the $363,000 benchmark set in 2000. Last year, an entry-level Superscale officer was paid a salary amounting to 103 per cent of the benchmark — or $371,830 a year.
Explaining that these numbers were based on incomes earned two years ago, Mr Lee said the private sector salaries "have most probably risen further" since then.
Most probably? I am sure the gahment know exactly what is going on in the public sectors.
Describing the talent squeeze as an urgent problem, he spoke of how the civil service needs to provide challenging assignments for its staff.
Singaporeans are in demand not just here but the world over. Mr Lee gave the example of a Middle Eastern country that dropped feelers about buying the whole of JTC!
And hinting that money is not the route to all solutions, he said the civil service leadership must excite and enthuse its staff to see that they are helping to make a difference to Singapore's policy-making.
If not then why the high salaries?
In the early 1990s, the Administrative Service lost "entire cohorts of good officers", and having taken many years to recover from the loss, the Prime Minister said it "must not happen again" in future.
The resignation rate in the public sector rose to 5.7 per cent last year, up from 4.8 per cent in 2005.
How many of these people resigned due to low pays? Or could there be other reason that they resigned? Like too many red tapes in our public services? Lack of empowerment, job satisfaction? I think the gahment should seriously look into it. Increasing pay in not the only way to stop people from quitting the public services.
"Besides civil service salaries, we are also reviewing salaries for the political, judicial and statutory appointment holders. It is even more critical to keep these salaries competitive ... to bring in a continuing flow of able and successful people to be ministers and judges," said Mr Lee.
In this latest review, the new salary structure is expected to tie salaries more closely to performance, in line with private sector practice.
In his speech, Mr Lee also outlined another pertinent problem — that of encouraging Singaporeans to venture overseas, while at the same time ensuring that there is enough talent in Singapore to grow the economy.
He said: "How will Singapore businesses recruit talent and grow into first-class companies? How will we create the jobs and opportunities for the less successful Singaporeans, who cannot seek their fortunes in China, India or the US? How will the Public Service maintain a first-class team that can lead Singapore into the future?"
Looking ahead, Mr Lee challenged the Public Service to benchmark itself to top global companies, such as Google.
"Google receives 1,300 resumes a day. The Public Service must strive to have that same cachet. The whole tone of the organisation must exude confidence, energy and purpose," he said.
Monday, March 19, 2007
SIA Krisflyer
In recent months I have noticed an increase in publication on Straights Time’s Forum regarding complaints on SIA’s Krisflyer program.
Most are some Krisflyer’s members bickering about their experience on failure to redeem their mileage or failure to be upgraded to a higher class when traveling with SIA. They are normally followed by quotes of their wonderful experience from other airlines and it usually ends with complaints on slow or absent of replies from SIA.
Several things crossed my mine when reading these letters I just can’t help to think:
· How many of these passengers actually bought their First/Business class tickets and not being paid by their companies?
I know that SIA’s Krisflyer program may not be the best loyalty program in the world but I believed there are certainly a fair amount of abused by passengers.
I just can’t help to think some of these so called Krisflyer’s members are just want to get a “free lunch” with mileage clocked by their “Free” business travels to upgrade themselves whenever possible.
If these members so claim SIA had lost their business then what the purpose of writing in publics about it?
If they praised other airlines so much then they should just stick to fly with these airlines and enjoyed their loyalty program and be happy about it. They don’t have to fly SIA which they have so much complaints.
I’ve also heard horrific stories on unreasonable passengers from my cabin crew friends.
Although I am not a frequent flyers, I had flew with Cathay, Thai, Qantas, Emirates, Air France and British Airway and my experience with them on the whole are slightly below par when compare to SIA.
In summary, SIA is suffering a drop in service standard but so are all the other airlines in the world. Competition, terror treats and rising fuel prices are driving airlines to cut cost. But on the whole SIA are still up there among the best 4 airlines in the world.
So if you don’t like an airline, you have the option of taking your business to another. Stop being a bickering cheapskate.
Most are some Krisflyer’s members bickering about their experience on failure to redeem their mileage or failure to be upgraded to a higher class when traveling with SIA. They are normally followed by quotes of their wonderful experience from other airlines and it usually ends with complaints on slow or absent of replies from SIA.
Several things crossed my mine when reading these letters I just can’t help to think:
· How many of these passengers actually bought their First/Business class tickets and not being paid by their companies?
I know that SIA’s Krisflyer program may not be the best loyalty program in the world but I believed there are certainly a fair amount of abused by passengers.
I just can’t help to think some of these so called Krisflyer’s members are just want to get a “free lunch” with mileage clocked by their “Free” business travels to upgrade themselves whenever possible.
If these members so claim SIA had lost their business then what the purpose of writing in publics about it?
If they praised other airlines so much then they should just stick to fly with these airlines and enjoyed their loyalty program and be happy about it. They don’t have to fly SIA which they have so much complaints.
I’ve also heard horrific stories on unreasonable passengers from my cabin crew friends.
Although I am not a frequent flyers, I had flew with Cathay, Thai, Qantas, Emirates, Air France and British Airway and my experience with them on the whole are slightly below par when compare to SIA.
In summary, SIA is suffering a drop in service standard but so are all the other airlines in the world. Competition, terror treats and rising fuel prices are driving airlines to cut cost. But on the whole SIA are still up there among the best 4 airlines in the world.
So if you don’t like an airline, you have the option of taking your business to another. Stop being a bickering cheapskate.
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