Has not been blogging as my computer is dying on me and I has been too laze and cheapo to get a new one until now.
Got my new laptop after I finally sick of my 4 years old desktop (if you still know what this is) taking a few decades to boot up. Did not get anything fancy, just got my self a Toshiba laptop, one of the cheapest you can find out there.
I just need something to work with beside my office laptop which is a dinosaur compare to my new laptop.( Yes I finally found someone who is more cheapo then me.)
Still trying to set things up on the new laptop and also trying to remember my blog password and hopefully I will start to blog more often.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Monday, September 16, 2013
Guide dog in Singapore
I fist blogged about Esme back in December 2011 when she first arrived.
http://javertworld.blogspot.sg/2011/12/singapore-singapores-second-guide-dog.html
2.5 years has passed and Esme and her handler Cassandra are still being discriminated today. See articles below.
As I have blogged back in 2012, I first know about guide dogs after watching a documentary 30 years ago. It is strange that Singapore being a “first” world county and is so ignorant on welfare and social issue.
Sad…..
TITLE: Public education on guide dogs 'needs to be ramped up'
10 Sep
It has been two years since Esme the guide dog arrived in Singapore to help her blind handler Cassandra Chiu navigate Singapore's streets and buildings, but the duo are still regularly turned away at restaurants and retail stores.
SINGAPORE: It has been two years since Esme the guide dog arrived in Singapore to help her blind handler Cassandra Chiu navigate Singapore's streets and buildings, but the duo are still regularly turned away at restaurants and retail stores.
Last Sunday, ice-cream chain Haagen-Dazs refused Ms Chiu and her dog indoor seating, even though she presented the manager with a photo identity card supported by the Ministry of Social and Family Development to allow guide dogs into public places.
Describing the incident on Esme's Facebook page, Ms Chiu said the cafe staff repeatedly told her no pets were allowed, even though she had explained that Esme was not a pet but a working dog to assist the blind. The group eventually left.
Pets and animals are not allowed into food outlets unless the establishment is licensed to do so, but guide dogs are exempted from the rule.
The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore also states that halal-certified eateries can allow guide dogs on their premises.
Contacted on Monday, Ms Chiu said a staff member from Haagen-Dazs had called to apologise.
"I had explained many times that this is not a pet - this is a guide dog and I need it as I am blind. At the end of the day, it is not about Haagen-Dazs or any particular merchant. It's about my basic right to go about doing normal day-to-day activities."
Although rules are on her side, it is still "down to the people on the ground" to permit them entry. "On a daily basis, I suffer rejections at least once or twice, mostly at eating places, including coffee shops," said Ms Chiu, who added that this problem has pushed her to turn to shopping online instead of at stores. Public transport was once a major problem but the situation has since improved, although taxis still remain an issue, she added.
Responding to media queries, Haagen-Dazs' Managing Director for Asian Markets Wuthichai Ratanasumawongs said: "We sincerely apologise for this mistake in judgment made by our shop staff. It was wrong, and we are taking steps to ensure that this does not happen again. While we are taking steps, we need some more time to investigate and finalise the action steps. Once again, our sincere apologies to all."
Dr Francis Seow-Choen, Chairman of the Guide Dogs Association of the Blind, said businesses' concerns include the fear that giving guide dogs entry is against government regulations, that the dogs may offend Muslim customers, or that the animals may urinate or defecate on the premises.
He gave the assurance that guide dogs are well-disciplined. "They pee or poop only on command. They are trained not to bark, and not to be distracted by other humans, cats, rats or small animals. They also don't go around sniffing people." He added that public education on guide dogs needs to be ramped up, as there are plans to bring in more of them in future.
Singapore welcomed its first guide dog in 2005, followed by Esme in 2011, and a third last year.
-TODAY
Life with Esme, the guide dog
My Paper follows blind psychotherapist Cassandra Chiu and guide dog Esme around on a typical day out and about. -My Paper
Joy Fang
Mon, Dec 03, 2012
My Paper
SINGAPORE - Last Saturday, psychotherapist Cassandra Chiu made the news when her Facebook post about how she was treated at a Forever 21 clothing outlet went viral.
Ms Chiu, who is blind, had her guide dog with her at the store, and was repeatedly stopped by staff.
Such incidences, sadly, are common in her life.
"Many Singaporeans have not understood or accepted the use of a guide dog. They are not ready yet," said Ms Chiu, who is the second person in Singapore to be matched with a guide dog.
Under the law, such dogs are allowed everywhere, including on MRT trains, in hospitals and in halal restaurants, except hospital operating theatres and the zoo.
But the 33-year-old said she often faces negative reactions whenever she takes Esme, her Labrador guide dog, into shops, eateries and other indoor public places.
She has been scolded and refused entry into places when Esme is with her. Once, at International Plaza, she and her friends were rejected by three restaurants in a row.
When this happens, she tries to show the staff the legislation regarding guide dogs and her Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped member's identification card, in order to explain her need for a guide dog, usually to no avail.
Once, she was even pushed down an escalator by an angry shopper who couldn't understand why Ms Chiu had to take a dog into a mall. Ms Chiu had to be tended to by paramedics.
That is why there are few guide dogs here, as blind people are unable to get past the fear of rejection, she said.
Ultimately, it is "down to the retail manager of the shop and how understanding and sympathetic he is to the use of a guide dog", she said.
"Many basically don't care, even though there is legislation in place."
This is unlike in countries such as the United States, Australia or Japan, where rejecting a blind person with a guide dog can be seen as discrimination. A company or person who treats a person with a guide dog differently can be subject to prosecution.
http://javertworld.blogspot.sg/2011/12/singapore-singapores-second-guide-dog.html
2.5 years has passed and Esme and her handler Cassandra are still being discriminated today. See articles below.
As I have blogged back in 2012, I first know about guide dogs after watching a documentary 30 years ago. It is strange that Singapore being a “first” world county and is so ignorant on welfare and social issue.
Sad…..
TITLE: Public education on guide dogs 'needs to be ramped up'
10 Sep
It has been two years since Esme the guide dog arrived in Singapore to help her blind handler Cassandra Chiu navigate Singapore's streets and buildings, but the duo are still regularly turned away at restaurants and retail stores.
SINGAPORE: It has been two years since Esme the guide dog arrived in Singapore to help her blind handler Cassandra Chiu navigate Singapore's streets and buildings, but the duo are still regularly turned away at restaurants and retail stores.
Last Sunday, ice-cream chain Haagen-Dazs refused Ms Chiu and her dog indoor seating, even though she presented the manager with a photo identity card supported by the Ministry of Social and Family Development to allow guide dogs into public places.
Describing the incident on Esme's Facebook page, Ms Chiu said the cafe staff repeatedly told her no pets were allowed, even though she had explained that Esme was not a pet but a working dog to assist the blind. The group eventually left.
Pets and animals are not allowed into food outlets unless the establishment is licensed to do so, but guide dogs are exempted from the rule.
The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore also states that halal-certified eateries can allow guide dogs on their premises.
Contacted on Monday, Ms Chiu said a staff member from Haagen-Dazs had called to apologise.
"I had explained many times that this is not a pet - this is a guide dog and I need it as I am blind. At the end of the day, it is not about Haagen-Dazs or any particular merchant. It's about my basic right to go about doing normal day-to-day activities."
Although rules are on her side, it is still "down to the people on the ground" to permit them entry. "On a daily basis, I suffer rejections at least once or twice, mostly at eating places, including coffee shops," said Ms Chiu, who added that this problem has pushed her to turn to shopping online instead of at stores. Public transport was once a major problem but the situation has since improved, although taxis still remain an issue, she added.
Responding to media queries, Haagen-Dazs' Managing Director for Asian Markets Wuthichai Ratanasumawongs said: "We sincerely apologise for this mistake in judgment made by our shop staff. It was wrong, and we are taking steps to ensure that this does not happen again. While we are taking steps, we need some more time to investigate and finalise the action steps. Once again, our sincere apologies to all."
Dr Francis Seow-Choen, Chairman of the Guide Dogs Association of the Blind, said businesses' concerns include the fear that giving guide dogs entry is against government regulations, that the dogs may offend Muslim customers, or that the animals may urinate or defecate on the premises.
He gave the assurance that guide dogs are well-disciplined. "They pee or poop only on command. They are trained not to bark, and not to be distracted by other humans, cats, rats or small animals. They also don't go around sniffing people." He added that public education on guide dogs needs to be ramped up, as there are plans to bring in more of them in future.
Singapore welcomed its first guide dog in 2005, followed by Esme in 2011, and a third last year.
-TODAY
Life with Esme, the guide dog
My Paper follows blind psychotherapist Cassandra Chiu and guide dog Esme around on a typical day out and about. -My Paper
Joy Fang
Mon, Dec 03, 2012
My Paper
SINGAPORE - Last Saturday, psychotherapist Cassandra Chiu made the news when her Facebook post about how she was treated at a Forever 21 clothing outlet went viral.
Ms Chiu, who is blind, had her guide dog with her at the store, and was repeatedly stopped by staff.
Such incidences, sadly, are common in her life.
"Many Singaporeans have not understood or accepted the use of a guide dog. They are not ready yet," said Ms Chiu, who is the second person in Singapore to be matched with a guide dog.
Under the law, such dogs are allowed everywhere, including on MRT trains, in hospitals and in halal restaurants, except hospital operating theatres and the zoo.
But the 33-year-old said she often faces negative reactions whenever she takes Esme, her Labrador guide dog, into shops, eateries and other indoor public places.
She has been scolded and refused entry into places when Esme is with her. Once, at International Plaza, she and her friends were rejected by three restaurants in a row.
When this happens, she tries to show the staff the legislation regarding guide dogs and her Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped member's identification card, in order to explain her need for a guide dog, usually to no avail.
Once, she was even pushed down an escalator by an angry shopper who couldn't understand why Ms Chiu had to take a dog into a mall. Ms Chiu had to be tended to by paramedics.
That is why there are few guide dogs here, as blind people are unable to get past the fear of rejection, she said.
Ultimately, it is "down to the retail manager of the shop and how understanding and sympathetic he is to the use of a guide dog", she said.
"Many basically don't care, even though there is legislation in place."
This is unlike in countries such as the United States, Australia or Japan, where rejecting a blind person with a guide dog can be seen as discrimination. A company or person who treats a person with a guide dog differently can be subject to prosecution.
Friday, January 25, 2013
The dumb PM never failed to sound stupid......again...
Govt has always been working with S'poreans to improve lives: PM
CNA 24 JAN 2013
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says the government has always been working with Singaporeans to improve their lives and that the ruling party, through successive generations, has always kept the people's interests at heart.
He was speaking at the People's Action Party's (PAP) rally for Punggol East by-election on Thursday night.
Joining candidate Dr Koh Poh Koon in his final rally for the campaign, Mr Lee urged voters to consider carefully what the by-election is about.
He stressed that the by-election is about choosing the right person with the heart and abilities to serve.
The by-election is also about supporting a good government that will serve Singaporeans and their family. It is also a vote for a better life.
Mr Lee stressed that by working together, the PAP government has transformed Singaporeans' lives.
One example is Punggol, which has been totally transformed from pig farms, kampongs and dirt roads to the Punggol 21 Plus and the award winning Punggol Waterway, he said.
And this is the same all over Singapore, said the Prime Minister.
He stressed that what Singapore has achieved no other country has done and this was done together with Singaporeans working together with successive PAP governments.
Mr Lee also refuted the opposition's accusations that the PAP has changed. He said successive PAP governments, from Mr Lee Kuan Yew to Mr Goh Chok Tong to his leadership team, have had to change policies with the times.
But the party's fundamental ideals have not changed, neither has its goal to help the low-income, elderly and the middle-class.
For the elderly, Prime Minister Lee emphasised that they had helped build Singapore together and that the government will not forsake this generation.
He stressed that the government will always stay on the side of Singaporeans and continues to maintain high standards of integrity.
He went on to explain that another thing that has not changed in Singapore is that the PAP still maintains high standards of integrity.
One aspect of this is honesty, and the PAP has always been honest with Singapore, said Mr Lee.
Another example of integrity is how the party handled embarrassments and mistakes, and one example was the resignation of the former Speaker of Parliament, Michael Palmer.
The Prime Minister recounted that when Mr Palmer offered to resign, he accepted and handled the matter transparently and openly and hence the Punggol East by-election.
Mr Lee once again apologised for putting residents through another election but added that the way the PAP had handled the matter was completely different from the way the Workers' Party had handled the Yaw Shin Leong affair in Hougang when the former MP went missing in action.
The Prime Minister conceded that nobody is perfect and certainly not the PAP.
He said the party makes mistakes and lapses from time to time but it admits to its mistakes and shortcomings and did its best to set things right and work with Singaporeans to do better.
Mr Lee said that is how the party has maintained its reputation for so long and that is how it must uphold the integrity of the system in future.
So the Prime Minister stressed that the question to ask is: what will Singapore be in 10 to 20 years and the kind of leaders the country wants - honest leaders who will explain the challenges and work with the people to overcome them or those who make empty promises and leave it to others to get the job done.
Mr Lee said the country needs to develop a capable and committed leadership for Singapore with good MPs to represent the people and constructive politics to tackle the country's challenges together.
Mr Lee urged Singaporeans to continue to support the PAP.
"The People's Action Party has not changed its purpose and what's its purpose? Action for the People; to act on your behalf, to be your representative, to be your servants, to be your agent to make happen in Singapore what we all would like to see happen. That's the reason why the people join the PAP," he said.
Mr Lee called on Singaporeans to vote for PAP candidate Dr Koh, saying he will be able to contribute significantly.
He said Dr Koh will not only be able to help Punggol East residents, but that he has the potential to do more for Singapore.
As I have said before, I love Election!
It is quite fun to see how diluted the PAP still is and at every election times, they are always caught with their pants down and start to babble nonsense.
Some sound so stupid that you can’t believe these people are actually “leader” of our country.
I tried to watch the PAP rally but I always got so sick at the beginning that I have to stop before I start to hyper ventilate.
So I just watch the news summaries and read from the newspapers what was said at the PAP rally, being a PAP dogs, the main media can’t be reporting wrongly, so I guess they pretty up summarised the rally accurately.
Not surprising Amy Koh was present yesterday trying to really the people. She was the most popular PAP MP from GE 2011 and therefore the PAP hope she can use her celebrity status to bring in more vote.
But what she said last night was of no substance and even made he look stupid.
“Minister of State Amy Khor said that she had seen how Dr Koh interacted with people of all ages. "I believe he's the best person to serve you," she said.
"PAP cares about the elderly - if you look back, special attention has been made to address concerns," she said. She outlined elderly-friendly moves made by the PAP, and added that the example of BMW's employment policies that was cited by the WP was first raised by DPM Tharman.
She also said that under PAP policies, no one will be deprived of medical treatment just because they cannot afford to pay for healthcare.” – TODAY ONLINE 25 Jan 2013-01-25
Here’s my rebut to Amy.
Please tell us how long you know Dr Koh and how many occasion you seen him interacted with people and how you conclude he is the best person to serve punggol east. In fact do you know punggol east? May I remind you Dr Koh is only a 3 weeks PAP member.
If PAP cares about the elder then why our elder still have to work as low salary worker, why they still need to pay for high medical cost and wait half a day to see a doctor at poly clinic?
You say no one will deprived of medical treatment, yes they just have to wait very long to see a doctor and they died before that.
Get some reality check Amy. The best for PAP MP now is to keep quite and don’t look stupid.
Now our dear Hsien Loong…..
You can read from this super long article about his rally speech last night. Gosh he actually spoke for an hour.
Hsing Loong said PAP has always been working with Singaporean to improve their lives.
Rubbish, when you actually listen to us?
When people in the oppositiong ward are put last in lift upgrading and their town council sabotaged?
Do you really care about all Singaporean or only those that voted for you?
If you really care about Singaporean, what is happening to our reserve? Why are you using our money for your own investment and is allow not to report it? Even the late President Ong can’t even get the number. Bloody blood sucker. Still dare to say you are honest to the people.
The fact that the PAP is in power for so long is all these unfair election system. The GRC system, the constant change of the borders of constituency let the PAP had a firm grip of the parliament.
In GE 2011 PAP only won 66.6% of the vote but they control 91% of the parliament!
This certainly is not a correct representation of Singaporean wish in Parliament.
Wake up PAP, do more correct and good things for Singapore and only then you will only lose more votes and stop sounding stupid.
Till then people will vote for those who really care about them.
Praying hard on 26th JAN!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Election time is good time.
I love Election!
This is when the PAP suddenly came down from the realms of Gods and becoming human again.
Suddenly the men in white are seen eating at hawker centres, walking the ground and shakes hand with ordinary Singaporean.
It is also fun to read what sort of stupid things they said during this period.
The By-Election at PE came gave the opposition parties a chance to seize another seats in parliament and I think it also gave the PAP some headache as they are not really prepare for the resignation (SACK) of Palmer just 2 years after the last GE.
So PAP has not choice and just field a new face, Koh who is only a 3 weeks old PAP member.
In fact the PAP may think there is nothing much to lose if Koh is not elected since he is a nobody, but of cause they cannot tell that to the resident. So different Ministers start to say how good this Koh is and even the PM is saying he had plan for Koh to be a Minister.
Heng Swee Keat which was one of the Minister that I quite like also start to sprout nonsense to support Koh during this GE. He said PAP is already working hard for you with or without the opposition. For God’s sake please do not take us a fools and make yourself one at the same time.
If the PAP really care about people of PE, then why Palmer did not solve the Rivervalle plaza problem for 2 years? If the PAP really care about people of PE, then whey PM appointed Palmer as the speaker of parliament.
As speaker of parliament he won’t be able to raise your problem for you during parliament sittings and so good luck to your Rivervalle.
Then again why suddenly this Koh can do everything when By Election come?
This tell you PAP can do but choose not to do as they see you not important.
Voter of Singapore, choose wisely in 2013 and 2016. PAP is screwing us and will only show us the sincerity during Election time.
Gosh how I wish we have elections every year!
This is when the PAP suddenly came down from the realms of Gods and becoming human again.
Suddenly the men in white are seen eating at hawker centres, walking the ground and shakes hand with ordinary Singaporean.
It is also fun to read what sort of stupid things they said during this period.
The By-Election at PE came gave the opposition parties a chance to seize another seats in parliament and I think it also gave the PAP some headache as they are not really prepare for the resignation (SACK) of Palmer just 2 years after the last GE.
So PAP has not choice and just field a new face, Koh who is only a 3 weeks old PAP member.
In fact the PAP may think there is nothing much to lose if Koh is not elected since he is a nobody, but of cause they cannot tell that to the resident. So different Ministers start to say how good this Koh is and even the PM is saying he had plan for Koh to be a Minister.
Heng Swee Keat which was one of the Minister that I quite like also start to sprout nonsense to support Koh during this GE. He said PAP is already working hard for you with or without the opposition. For God’s sake please do not take us a fools and make yourself one at the same time.
If the PAP really care about people of PE, then why Palmer did not solve the Rivervalle plaza problem for 2 years? If the PAP really care about people of PE, then whey PM appointed Palmer as the speaker of parliament.
As speaker of parliament he won’t be able to raise your problem for you during parliament sittings and so good luck to your Rivervalle.
Then again why suddenly this Koh can do everything when By Election come?
This tell you PAP can do but choose not to do as they see you not important.
Voter of Singapore, choose wisely in 2013 and 2016. PAP is screwing us and will only show us the sincerity during Election time.
Gosh how I wish we have elections every year!
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Give me your feedback so I can sue you.
It’s the New Year and the PAPian are suing people again.
Defamation suit is good if you have unlimited resources.
What is everyone can use defamation suit in our daily lives…..
Scenario 1:
Hawker: Sir your cha kway tiao ok liao.
Man: Wah so small size, you cut corner is it?
Hawker: Wah I sue you. So fat better don’t eat so much.
Man: Wah I sue you back.
Scenario 2:
Office worker 1: Oi boss what you think of Alice’s appraser?
Office worker 2: Aiay she everyday carry balls sure good lah.
Boss: I sue you!
Alice: I sue you too.
You see life will be so complex when people start to sue each other and the only winners are the lawyers.
I think the PAP is making a bad more by starting the year suing people.
You see, PM Lee just ask for National conversation to improve his party image by trying to get people involve in National building. By suing people once you don’t like what you heard makes you look kinda petty.
So for the rest of the Singapore, we better shut up and vote them our in 2016 rather then talk so much and get sue by the PAP.
In Singapore when the PAP sue someone, then we all very kapo and will try to find out what that person said.
So suing people make have a negative effect as people who usually can’t be bother actually will bother to find out what the other party is saying about you that you have to sue them.
Bad move Hsien Loong.
Happy 2013.
Defamation suit is good if you have unlimited resources.
What is everyone can use defamation suit in our daily lives…..
Scenario 1:
Hawker: Sir your cha kway tiao ok liao.
Man: Wah so small size, you cut corner is it?
Hawker: Wah I sue you. So fat better don’t eat so much.
Man: Wah I sue you back.
Scenario 2:
Office worker 1: Oi boss what you think of Alice’s appraser?
Office worker 2: Aiay she everyday carry balls sure good lah.
Boss: I sue you!
Alice: I sue you too.
You see life will be so complex when people start to sue each other and the only winners are the lawyers.
I think the PAP is making a bad more by starting the year suing people.
You see, PM Lee just ask for National conversation to improve his party image by trying to get people involve in National building. By suing people once you don’t like what you heard makes you look kinda petty.
So for the rest of the Singapore, we better shut up and vote them our in 2016 rather then talk so much and get sue by the PAP.
In Singapore when the PAP sue someone, then we all very kapo and will try to find out what that person said.
So suing people make have a negative effect as people who usually can’t be bother actually will bother to find out what the other party is saying about you that you have to sue them.
Bad move Hsien Loong.
Happy 2013.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Saving Grace!
12-12-12 - Speaker of Parliament, PAP MP Michael Palmer resigns due to 'improper conduct'
Ho say liao, Bus fare will not go up for the time being!
Ho say liao, Bus fare will not go up for the time being!
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Blowing his own trumpet.
Man arrested for filming upskirt video of woman in Sengkang
05 December 2012
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 55-year-old man for taking an upskirt video of a woman at a shopping centre in Sengkang.
The incident happened on Monday at about 7.25 pm.
Police said a passer-by had noticed the suspect behaving suspiciously behind some women shoppers.
Upon closer observation, the passer-by saw the suspect holding a pen-like object and pointing it up the skirt of a female shopper.
Sensing something amiss, the passer-by called the Police.
Officers who arrived at the scene searched the suspect and found two pens with pinhole cameras in his possession.
The suspect admitted to taking upskirt videos of female victims.
If convicted, the suspect could be jailed up to one year and fined.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police Keok Tong San, who is the Commander of Ang Mo Kio Police Division HQ, commended his officers for their promptness and excellent investigative work which resulted in the arrest of the suspect.
It is good that the pervert got arrested.
But Keok Tong San is taking all the credit for the police.
How about the member of the public who call the police in the 1st place?
He/She is the one who did all the work.
First the police is not even patrolling at the crime scene.
Second they were alerted by the member of the public regarding the pervert behaviour. He/She probably waited for the police to arrive and pointed out to them who the pervert was.
Then the police searched the joker and found the evident.
Not even a word of thanks to the member of public who did most of the work.
Instead the Deputy Ass only thanks his officer for all the “Hard” work.
Well done Tong San
05 December 2012
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 55-year-old man for taking an upskirt video of a woman at a shopping centre in Sengkang.
The incident happened on Monday at about 7.25 pm.
Police said a passer-by had noticed the suspect behaving suspiciously behind some women shoppers.
Upon closer observation, the passer-by saw the suspect holding a pen-like object and pointing it up the skirt of a female shopper.
Sensing something amiss, the passer-by called the Police.
Officers who arrived at the scene searched the suspect and found two pens with pinhole cameras in his possession.
The suspect admitted to taking upskirt videos of female victims.
If convicted, the suspect could be jailed up to one year and fined.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police Keok Tong San, who is the Commander of Ang Mo Kio Police Division HQ, commended his officers for their promptness and excellent investigative work which resulted in the arrest of the suspect.
It is good that the pervert got arrested.
But Keok Tong San is taking all the credit for the police.
How about the member of the public who call the police in the 1st place?
He/She is the one who did all the work.
First the police is not even patrolling at the crime scene.
Second they were alerted by the member of the public regarding the pervert behaviour. He/She probably waited for the police to arrive and pointed out to them who the pervert was.
Then the police searched the joker and found the evident.
Not even a word of thanks to the member of public who did most of the work.
Instead the Deputy Ass only thanks his officer for all the “Hard” work.
Well done Tong San
Friday, November 30, 2012
Same nationlity but different treatment.
Why nobody want the pandas to go home?
Sad that the panda home cost more then 4 years of the total salaries of these 160 drivers.
Ironic isn't it?
A human life is less worthy then 2 pandas.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Strike by SMRT Chinese driver - Is there more then meet the eyes?
Yesterday a group of SMRT drivers from China had a strike.
Judging from the reaction from the public, I think most Singaporean want blood because these Chinese did what no Singaporean will dare to do and we all want the Chinese to be arrested and deport back home.
IF you don’t like the pay you can all go home FT.
Frankly that is what my thought was initially.
You bloody know what pay and what you are getting yourself into before agreed to work in Singapore……… wait… something not right…..
What if they really don’t?
What if they really don’t know they will be paid miserably, work 7 days a week and no leave etc etc?
I personally know someone who worked with a PRC as an air-con repair man. The PRC told him he was tricked to come to Singapore; the agent told him he will be working as a driver and will be paid $2000 a month. However he was ask to work as an aircon tech when he arrived in Singapore.
Since he had paid some money to the agent (I don’t know from China or Singapore), he had to pay off this amount before even consider going home. So this PRC has no choice but to work off his debt here before returning home.
I guess these PRC driver is throwing in the towels.
They are now asking to be paid equally as other foreign drivers and if not I guess they don’t mind being deported back home without needed to pay any penalty, maybe a few days stay in prison, full paid for by tax payers.
China is developing fast and I believe they can find a more decent working environment back home.
So the question is why is SMRT hiring cheap labour from China and making them work like slave? Is it because they are has no voice and SMRT is cutting cost so they can have their millions dollar profit?
Also we need to find out were these PRC drivers and all other foreign workers were told exactly what they will be working as and the terms and conditions before they come to Singapore.
If not then there is something very wrong and the government should come down strong on these errant agents, I call them slave traders.
I hope we can all look beyond the surface and look deep into what really cause this strike by the PRC.
Judging from the reaction from the public, I think most Singaporean want blood because these Chinese did what no Singaporean will dare to do and we all want the Chinese to be arrested and deport back home.
IF you don’t like the pay you can all go home FT.
Frankly that is what my thought was initially.
You bloody know what pay and what you are getting yourself into before agreed to work in Singapore……… wait… something not right…..
What if they really don’t?
What if they really don’t know they will be paid miserably, work 7 days a week and no leave etc etc?
I personally know someone who worked with a PRC as an air-con repair man. The PRC told him he was tricked to come to Singapore; the agent told him he will be working as a driver and will be paid $2000 a month. However he was ask to work as an aircon tech when he arrived in Singapore.
Since he had paid some money to the agent (I don’t know from China or Singapore), he had to pay off this amount before even consider going home. So this PRC has no choice but to work off his debt here before returning home.
I guess these PRC driver is throwing in the towels.
They are now asking to be paid equally as other foreign drivers and if not I guess they don’t mind being deported back home without needed to pay any penalty, maybe a few days stay in prison, full paid for by tax payers.
China is developing fast and I believe they can find a more decent working environment back home.
So the question is why is SMRT hiring cheap labour from China and making them work like slave? Is it because they are has no voice and SMRT is cutting cost so they can have their millions dollar profit?
Also we need to find out were these PRC drivers and all other foreign workers were told exactly what they will be working as and the terms and conditions before they come to Singapore.
If not then there is something very wrong and the government should come down strong on these errant agents, I call them slave traders.
I hope we can all look beyond the surface and look deep into what really cause this strike by the PRC.
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
The Clown is at it again!
S'poreans think govt is "not poor", expect more from govt: PM Lee
CNA Sep 30, 2012
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singaporeans think their government is "not poor" and as such, expect the government to do more for them.
He said this in a wide-ranging interview with "The Australian" newspaper, ahead of his second official visit to Australia next week.
Mr Lee was asked if there were any lessons Singapore could learn from the Western world, which is suffering from a crisis of entitlement spending.
He said Singaporeans are not poor, but feel less well-off relative to others in society, and therefore have a relative sense that they should get an entitlement.
Mr Lee also said that Singapore's system starts with giving very minimal welfare, and goes on the basis of growth, high employment and low unemployment, so that those who are out of a job can find a new job.
He said Singaporeans will get help, but the help is not something they are absolutely entitled to.
Using Europe as an example, Mr Lee said besides entitlement spending, the idea of state welfare is also entrenched among the Europeans.
He said Singapore needs to adjust accordingly "without going overboard".
Holy shit this Hsien Loong should be given a price for sprouting rubbish and shows, yet again, how out of touch and idiotic he is. Think he is catching up to George Bush.
First I do not think our government is “Not poor”, in fact I think they are bloody rich. If not how to have pay the world most expensive cabinet, if not how to pay our top civil servant super high salaries to prevent them from corruption?
What Singaporean want for the government to do for them is to have an affordable life, we want to have a simple quite life in Singapore where medical and housing is not a problem for us, where basics like public transports are not run by some greedy F who saved on maintenance to drive up profit.
We want to be able to express ourselves freely, no more Chao Wayang ball suckers to the PAP and no more ISA.
We want a good quality of life, a slower pace if economic growth has to be scarified then so be it.
We also want a fair and just society and a proper General Election and please get rid of the President if he is doing nothing important.
If Singaporean are not poor then why we see old aunties and uncle working as cleaners or picking up scrapped to support themselves?
Do you think they enjoy doing that Hsien Loong?
You have to remember most Singaporean are not earning millions and we do not have free unlimited medical cares at our disposal.
Yes Singapore has minimum welfare but that is only to the poor, where you and your cabinets are enjoying life to the maximum.
Now who voted for this clown? I hope you ends up as a cleaner when you are old and you only have yourself to thanks.
CNA Sep 30, 2012
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singaporeans think their government is "not poor" and as such, expect the government to do more for them.
He said this in a wide-ranging interview with "The Australian" newspaper, ahead of his second official visit to Australia next week.
Mr Lee was asked if there were any lessons Singapore could learn from the Western world, which is suffering from a crisis of entitlement spending.
He said Singaporeans are not poor, but feel less well-off relative to others in society, and therefore have a relative sense that they should get an entitlement.
Mr Lee also said that Singapore's system starts with giving very minimal welfare, and goes on the basis of growth, high employment and low unemployment, so that those who are out of a job can find a new job.
He said Singaporeans will get help, but the help is not something they are absolutely entitled to.
Using Europe as an example, Mr Lee said besides entitlement spending, the idea of state welfare is also entrenched among the Europeans.
He said Singapore needs to adjust accordingly "without going overboard".
Holy shit this Hsien Loong should be given a price for sprouting rubbish and shows, yet again, how out of touch and idiotic he is. Think he is catching up to George Bush.
First I do not think our government is “Not poor”, in fact I think they are bloody rich. If not how to have pay the world most expensive cabinet, if not how to pay our top civil servant super high salaries to prevent them from corruption?
What Singaporean want for the government to do for them is to have an affordable life, we want to have a simple quite life in Singapore where medical and housing is not a problem for us, where basics like public transports are not run by some greedy F who saved on maintenance to drive up profit.
We want to be able to express ourselves freely, no more Chao Wayang ball suckers to the PAP and no more ISA.
We want a good quality of life, a slower pace if economic growth has to be scarified then so be it.
We also want a fair and just society and a proper General Election and please get rid of the President if he is doing nothing important.
If Singaporean are not poor then why we see old aunties and uncle working as cleaners or picking up scrapped to support themselves?
Do you think they enjoy doing that Hsien Loong?
You have to remember most Singaporean are not earning millions and we do not have free unlimited medical cares at our disposal.
Yes Singapore has minimum welfare but that is only to the poor, where you and your cabinets are enjoying life to the maximum.
Now who voted for this clown? I hope you ends up as a cleaner when you are old and you only have yourself to thanks.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Don't take Normal for granted
Recently my boss got a bashing from his boss because of a chain of events in our department which cause the company some serious problems.
You see my department is doing the shitty and unglamorous job for the company. No doubt we are important but we are expected to be doing the right things every time and all the time so then things will look normal.
Not great but normal. But once you slipped up, it will cause a chain of events that could be catastrophic to the big boss eyes.
So it’s a important yet unappreciated role. My boss spent half an hour trying to drill that into our brains but we all know no one will give us the credit for doing a great job everyday so thing can be “NORMAL”.
Normal is always been taken fro granted.
When I look at our society, they equates to our rubbish collector, cleaners, bus drivers, cooks etc etc.
Do you think our country can go on normally just one days without them?
Yet these people are normally the lowly paid and are always been looked down on.
In the matter of facts, I think we can go one for months without the President, Emeritus or even the Prime Minister and we will not feel any impact but try going for months without a single rubbish collectors.
So it does matter if you are some top brass somewhere, you should be humble and thanks the person who cook for you, clean your toilets and clear your rubbish.
After all a job is a job, you may be at the top due to some connection so nothing to be so proud of.
You see my department is doing the shitty and unglamorous job for the company. No doubt we are important but we are expected to be doing the right things every time and all the time so then things will look normal.
Not great but normal. But once you slipped up, it will cause a chain of events that could be catastrophic to the big boss eyes.
So it’s a important yet unappreciated role. My boss spent half an hour trying to drill that into our brains but we all know no one will give us the credit for doing a great job everyday so thing can be “NORMAL”.
Normal is always been taken fro granted.
When I look at our society, they equates to our rubbish collector, cleaners, bus drivers, cooks etc etc.
Do you think our country can go on normally just one days without them?
Yet these people are normally the lowly paid and are always been looked down on.
In the matter of facts, I think we can go one for months without the President, Emeritus or even the Prime Minister and we will not feel any impact but try going for months without a single rubbish collectors.
So it does matter if you are some top brass somewhere, you should be humble and thanks the person who cook for you, clean your toilets and clear your rubbish.
After all a job is a job, you may be at the top due to some connection so nothing to be so proud of.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Wrong priority in Singapore.
'Greater accountability needed from SAF'
Today online Sep 18, 2012
SINGAPORE - Her son, Lee Rui Feng Dominique Sarron had died in April in a military training exercise. Last week, Madam Felicia Seah wrote an open letter - which was posted on a Facebook page set up in memory of her 21-year-old son - urging "all parents of Singaporean sons to stand with me, to advocate for greater accountability" from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) "for the safety of our sons".
Recalling how her world "collapsed" when she learnt of her son's death, Mdm Seah claimed it would have been averted if his superiors had paid heed to his condition.
"It is clear to my family and me that my son's death was preventable. He was asthmatic. The incident that cost him his life was an urban training exercise involving smoke bombs in a confined area," said Mdm Seah.
As of yesterday, the impassioned letter was shared on the social networking site more than 280 times and was "liked" by more than 900 users.
Among other things, it called for "more thorough screening" of the medical history of enlistees and "more stringent monitoring of staff who oversee (full-time national servicemen), to weed out abuse of power at all levels".
Mdm Seah wrote: "We cannot allow for our sons to be at the mercy of the training officers ... who are very often little older and none the wiser than the boys they are tasked to oversee, boys whose lives often depend on the decisions that they make."
The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) is awaiting the findings of its investigations. In response to TODAY's queries, MINDEF Director Public Affairs, Colonel Kenneth Liow, said that the ministry and the SAF "would like to again express our deepest condolences to Mdm Seah and her family" on Mr Lee's death.
MINDEF's Family Liaison Officer "has been in regular contact" with Mdm Seah and her family, and the SAF "remains committed to assisting the family and providing them the necessary support during this difficult time", Col Liow said.
Stressing that safety is a top priority for MINDEF and the SAF, he added: "Every incident resulting in injury or death is painful to us and gets top management attention. We will learn from every incident to continually improve our safety system to ensure high standards of training safety."
Last month, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announced that MINDEF is conducting a broad review of its medical support system, including its Medical Classification and Screening System.
Cardiologist Leslie Lam told TODAY that the screening should involve ultrasound scanning of the hearts of enlistees. This would identify underlying conditions which a normal electro-cardiogram (ECG) - currently a part of the screening system - would not pick up.
However, each ultrasound scanner costs about S$250,000 and Dr Clarence Yeo, a general practitioner, pointed out that cost could be an issue.
Still, he agreed that more needs to be done in screening certain parts of the body, such as the respiratory system and muscular-skeletal structure.
It is unfortunate for any NS boys to die during his service, more so if it is due the MINDEF trying to cut proper screening of Singaporean boys because of cost.
What is $250,000 is to MINDEF? For God’s sake a bloody missile cost more then this and I think lot of its senior officers earn more then this annually.
The least MINDEF could do for its soldiers is to provide a proper screening for its soldiers so to reduce the risk of death or serious injury to the minimum.
Saving life should be the top priority, not saving cost.
If Hsien Loong is to be enlisted today, do you think MINDEF will casually put him through the normal health screening?
A life is a life, don’t think one is worth more then the other.
Today online Sep 18, 2012
SINGAPORE - Her son, Lee Rui Feng Dominique Sarron had died in April in a military training exercise. Last week, Madam Felicia Seah wrote an open letter - which was posted on a Facebook page set up in memory of her 21-year-old son - urging "all parents of Singaporean sons to stand with me, to advocate for greater accountability" from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) "for the safety of our sons".
Recalling how her world "collapsed" when she learnt of her son's death, Mdm Seah claimed it would have been averted if his superiors had paid heed to his condition.
"It is clear to my family and me that my son's death was preventable. He was asthmatic. The incident that cost him his life was an urban training exercise involving smoke bombs in a confined area," said Mdm Seah.
As of yesterday, the impassioned letter was shared on the social networking site more than 280 times and was "liked" by more than 900 users.
Among other things, it called for "more thorough screening" of the medical history of enlistees and "more stringent monitoring of staff who oversee (full-time national servicemen), to weed out abuse of power at all levels".
Mdm Seah wrote: "We cannot allow for our sons to be at the mercy of the training officers ... who are very often little older and none the wiser than the boys they are tasked to oversee, boys whose lives often depend on the decisions that they make."
The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) is awaiting the findings of its investigations. In response to TODAY's queries, MINDEF Director Public Affairs, Colonel Kenneth Liow, said that the ministry and the SAF "would like to again express our deepest condolences to Mdm Seah and her family" on Mr Lee's death.
MINDEF's Family Liaison Officer "has been in regular contact" with Mdm Seah and her family, and the SAF "remains committed to assisting the family and providing them the necessary support during this difficult time", Col Liow said.
Stressing that safety is a top priority for MINDEF and the SAF, he added: "Every incident resulting in injury or death is painful to us and gets top management attention. We will learn from every incident to continually improve our safety system to ensure high standards of training safety."
Last month, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announced that MINDEF is conducting a broad review of its medical support system, including its Medical Classification and Screening System.
Cardiologist Leslie Lam told TODAY that the screening should involve ultrasound scanning of the hearts of enlistees. This would identify underlying conditions which a normal electro-cardiogram (ECG) - currently a part of the screening system - would not pick up.
However, each ultrasound scanner costs about S$250,000 and Dr Clarence Yeo, a general practitioner, pointed out that cost could be an issue.
Still, he agreed that more needs to be done in screening certain parts of the body, such as the respiratory system and muscular-skeletal structure.
It is unfortunate for any NS boys to die during his service, more so if it is due the MINDEF trying to cut proper screening of Singaporean boys because of cost.
What is $250,000 is to MINDEF? For God’s sake a bloody missile cost more then this and I think lot of its senior officers earn more then this annually.
The least MINDEF could do for its soldiers is to provide a proper screening for its soldiers so to reduce the risk of death or serious injury to the minimum.
Saving life should be the top priority, not saving cost.
If Hsien Loong is to be enlisted today, do you think MINDEF will casually put him through the normal health screening?
A life is a life, don’t think one is worth more then the other.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Hsien Loong Screwed up again.
During the national day rally this year, Hsien Loong talk about inclusive society and he want Singaporean to give feedback to the government so together we can make a Singapore we want.
So dear Hsien Loong went on to have some tea session with bloggers before have a televised forum on Channel New Asia to have a “open” discussion on national’s issues.
However not only the PAP cannot take the hard truth, they are trying to pretend they can.
First the forum was for people who they want to be there. They disinvites some blogger and more skeletons in the closets had came out as netizen has indentified a fair number of people who took part in the televised forum are actually PAP members.
This gave an impression that the forum was staged and the PAP is insincere.
Hsien Loong still doesn’t get it. He did not learn from the last GE.
Singaporeans are not stupid. If you really want to win the next GE then I hope you better buck up and show some sincerity.
Listen to us with an open mind and not try to tell us you are but actually you only one to hear the good things.
PAP indeed is quite good at wayang but with social media, it has fell flat on its face yet again.
Bad publicity again!
Friday, August 31, 2012
I wonder how he became a Minister
Taxes must rise for social spending to increase: Ng Eng Hen
Yahoo News 31 Aug. 12
The money needed for increased social spending can only come from higher taxes, says Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, reiterating a point made recently by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Speaking on the sidelines of a forum on the prime minister’s National Day Rally speech on Thursday evening, Ng said Singapore’s ageing population necessitates higher social spending by the government.
He noted that by 2025, there will be roughly two to three working adults for every elderly person in Singapore. The Ministry for Community Development, Youth and Sports also estimates that by 2030, elderly people aged 65 and above will form almost one-quarter of Singapore's citizen population.
“Our society is ageing, we will have more aged people, and we want to take better care of the disadvantaged and disabled,” he told reporters. “Just by numbers alone, even if you spend the same amount, social spending has to increase.”
Responding to a question posed in the forum and addressing an audience of about 200, Ng said, “If you want more social spending, you have to find the money only from taxes.”
Lee had said in his speech on Sunday that taxes would have to be raised within the next two decades to fund higher social spending. He also explained that, though people have said the government could rely on reserves to finance the increase, it has already in a way been doing so through the use of returns from investing the reserves.
When asked by a forum participant about the possibility of using budget surpluses to fund the nation’s increments in social spending, Ng pointed out that the government does not have surpluses, noting that PM Lee had even mentioned in his rally that it took out S$8 billion from Singapore’s reserves in the last financial year.
“If our economy grows, if the size of the economy grows and revenues come in, then perhaps we don’t. But as you know, we have some limits of growth in terms of labour and our land, so our economy is projected to grow one to three per cent,” Ng added.
“But these are issues I think that are best dealt with when we need to, it’s just that we first have to determine the national conversation — how do we better take care of the disadvantaged groups... and then decide from there how much, what we need, what we can afford and how (we can) husband our resources to take better care of them. I think that’s a better conversation."
This guy is nut! I wonder how he became a Minister but again history has proven that you don’t really need one to be in the Cabinet.
Ok I agreed with him that we need money for “social spending” and raising taxes is just one way of generate the fund.
First we must look at who you are taxing to fund your social spending and the money needs to be really given to those who really need help. Are you taxing all Singaporean to buy a gold taps or fund a Singer career?
I have a few suggestions on how to increase fund for social spending.
First cut the Minister’s pays, after all they are public servant and already have all the benefit of transports, medical and pensions.
Tax should increase only for the top earners in the country and reduced for the rest. This is so because the rich must have social responsibilities to the society since they earn their wealth from the people.
Although our population are ageing but technology is improving, so why should taxes be increased for the next 20 years? In fact it should remain the same if not cut due to advancement of science.
Finally what is happening to our reserve and country investment? If GIC earns from its investment, which it claims, then these profits should be used to fund social spending and not just for the government to play with. These are money belong to Singaporean.
Eng Hen scenario above is like:
You give your father 20% of you salary as an allowance. But on top of this you need to pay rental and utilities. Your father wants to rent his flats to an expat and he reduces the size of your room but increase the rent yearly. Meanwhile he used the money he earn from your allowance and the rental fees to gamble in the casino and claims he won every time but now he is asking you to give him more allowance for the next 20years so he can take care of you when you stop working.
Face palmed!
Yahoo News 31 Aug. 12
The money needed for increased social spending can only come from higher taxes, says Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, reiterating a point made recently by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Speaking on the sidelines of a forum on the prime minister’s National Day Rally speech on Thursday evening, Ng said Singapore’s ageing population necessitates higher social spending by the government.
He noted that by 2025, there will be roughly two to three working adults for every elderly person in Singapore. The Ministry for Community Development, Youth and Sports also estimates that by 2030, elderly people aged 65 and above will form almost one-quarter of Singapore's citizen population.
“Our society is ageing, we will have more aged people, and we want to take better care of the disadvantaged and disabled,” he told reporters. “Just by numbers alone, even if you spend the same amount, social spending has to increase.”
Responding to a question posed in the forum and addressing an audience of about 200, Ng said, “If you want more social spending, you have to find the money only from taxes.”
Lee had said in his speech on Sunday that taxes would have to be raised within the next two decades to fund higher social spending. He also explained that, though people have said the government could rely on reserves to finance the increase, it has already in a way been doing so through the use of returns from investing the reserves.
When asked by a forum participant about the possibility of using budget surpluses to fund the nation’s increments in social spending, Ng pointed out that the government does not have surpluses, noting that PM Lee had even mentioned in his rally that it took out S$8 billion from Singapore’s reserves in the last financial year.
“If our economy grows, if the size of the economy grows and revenues come in, then perhaps we don’t. But as you know, we have some limits of growth in terms of labour and our land, so our economy is projected to grow one to three per cent,” Ng added.
“But these are issues I think that are best dealt with when we need to, it’s just that we first have to determine the national conversation — how do we better take care of the disadvantaged groups... and then decide from there how much, what we need, what we can afford and how (we can) husband our resources to take better care of them. I think that’s a better conversation."
This guy is nut! I wonder how he became a Minister but again history has proven that you don’t really need one to be in the Cabinet.
Ok I agreed with him that we need money for “social spending” and raising taxes is just one way of generate the fund.
First we must look at who you are taxing to fund your social spending and the money needs to be really given to those who really need help. Are you taxing all Singaporean to buy a gold taps or fund a Singer career?
I have a few suggestions on how to increase fund for social spending.
First cut the Minister’s pays, after all they are public servant and already have all the benefit of transports, medical and pensions.
Tax should increase only for the top earners in the country and reduced for the rest. This is so because the rich must have social responsibilities to the society since they earn their wealth from the people.
Although our population are ageing but technology is improving, so why should taxes be increased for the next 20 years? In fact it should remain the same if not cut due to advancement of science.
Finally what is happening to our reserve and country investment? If GIC earns from its investment, which it claims, then these profits should be used to fund social spending and not just for the government to play with. These are money belong to Singaporean.
Eng Hen scenario above is like:
You give your father 20% of you salary as an allowance. But on top of this you need to pay rental and utilities. Your father wants to rent his flats to an expat and he reduces the size of your room but increase the rent yearly. Meanwhile he used the money he earn from your allowance and the rental fees to gamble in the casino and claims he won every time but now he is asking you to give him more allowance for the next 20years so he can take care of you when you stop working.
Face palmed!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
A Hero who I think worth more then the whole cabinets.
It was the last episode of the “Who is my Neighbour” series.
It feature Mr Foo Chee Tun who had been giving free tuitions at void deck to family for need help for the past 20 years.
His did not seek any help from any organisation nor did he seek any form of recognition. He selflessly gave up his time and money simply to help others.
There were times why jealous people broke the light at the void deck trying to prevent him from teaching but he went bought batteries powered lights to teach in the dark.
This guys is a hero man!
He should be given PBM or BBM.
I still wonder why these national awards are given to people who organise function for the MP and Minister instead of people like Mr Koh who quietly help others shying away from fames which so many jokers yearn for.
Sad country.
Try to catch this episode on XINMSN if you have missed it, it really shows the human spirits.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Same man, Same Speech, No Solution and he is on every channels!
I tried to watch the PM rally yesterday; actually it was quite easy as every channels on TV are showing it. I really make me wonder the logic behind it?
As usual, the same old stuff.
I didn’t really paid 100% attention to him (not like those at the auditorium who spontaneously break into laughter at every punch lines PM said) so these are some points I caught.
Hsien Loong as usual started off threatening us, telling us the world is in deep shit so you people have to keep your expectations low. Cost of living going up but not worry, his team are giving Singaporean lots of lots of helps but still no minimum wages.
He acknowledge there were shortage of pubic housing (he did not acknowledge is was a screwed up by his Minister a few years back), public transport are crowded so he is asking for Singaporean to be patient so his million dollars teams can come up with some long term solution hopefully before the next election.
Then he go on painting more dark pictures, telling us the world is not going to come out from the deep shit soon. So his team is asking you as a citizen to contribute to these million dollars Ministers who finally had learned to blogged, Twitter and are on Facebook. They want to engage Singaporean online! I guess he finally realised they cannot control the medial anymore.
Then again the talk about our need for foreigner and we need them for our country so we can have big bucks. We need to integrate with them and no worry his team will always give Singaporean first.
This is where my mind started drifting away.
But never mind, what Hsien Loong said is not much different from last year nor last last year.
He is telling us what problems Singaporeans are saying but again he did not offer any concrete solution. In fact, he is asking us to give him some solution.
This is a waste of time rally again.
As usual, the same old stuff.
I didn’t really paid 100% attention to him (not like those at the auditorium who spontaneously break into laughter at every punch lines PM said) so these are some points I caught.
Hsien Loong as usual started off threatening us, telling us the world is in deep shit so you people have to keep your expectations low. Cost of living going up but not worry, his team are giving Singaporean lots of lots of helps but still no minimum wages.
He acknowledge there were shortage of pubic housing (he did not acknowledge is was a screwed up by his Minister a few years back), public transport are crowded so he is asking for Singaporean to be patient so his million dollars teams can come up with some long term solution hopefully before the next election.
Then he go on painting more dark pictures, telling us the world is not going to come out from the deep shit soon. So his team is asking you as a citizen to contribute to these million dollars Ministers who finally had learned to blogged, Twitter and are on Facebook. They want to engage Singaporean online! I guess he finally realised they cannot control the medial anymore.
Then again the talk about our need for foreigner and we need them for our country so we can have big bucks. We need to integrate with them and no worry his team will always give Singaporean first.
This is where my mind started drifting away.
But never mind, what Hsien Loong said is not much different from last year nor last last year.
He is telling us what problems Singaporeans are saying but again he did not offer any concrete solution. In fact, he is asking us to give him some solution.
This is a waste of time rally again.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Dumb Mother and Son
Teacher cuts pupil's hair, mum files police report
ST ONLINE 23 Aug 2012
A mother has lodged a police report after her 12-year-old son's teacher cut his hair an hour before his PSLE oral exam last Thursday.
The mother, Madam Serene Ong, is outraged that the teacher did this just before a crucial exam, that it was done without her knowledge - and that it ruined the boy's $60 haircut.
She claimed the teacher - Ms Belinda Cheng of Unity Primary - also threatened to deduct marks from the boy's exam if he refused to have his hair cut.
On Wednesday, the school's principal, Mrs Jasmail Singh Gill, agreed with Madam Ong that the teacher had no business cutting the boy's hair.
Ok I admit it is not the teacher business to cut the boy hair. She should just refer him to the school dicipline master and maybe this bloody Ryan missed his PSLE exam.
The paper did not report what really happend before the teacher cut the bloody kid's hair. Maybe he was challenging the teacher? Maybe he was showing off his $60 hair cut?
Look at this stupid Ryan, if I am the teacher I will give him a few tight slaps, so there is a reason why I am not a teacher. He look like a bloody cock and dear Susan, you wasted your $60.
The article points out the social problem of Singapore, we are all too self centered.
Ryan only care about his hair, although we don't know what happened in school before the exam so we cannot comment much.
Susan felt the teacher ruined her son $60 and may have caused him failed his PSLE (Which I think he will), and not doing what most parents will do, that is to report to the school principal, but she felt it was so important and dangerous that she has to make a police report. Poor policeman, I wonder what they want to charge the teacher for? Maybe they will give her a award!
Monday, August 13, 2012
Reasons for not having children in Singapore
1. I am not able to commit 100% of my life to the kids.
If you can’t spend time with your children then please do them a favour and not have any. I have seen people have kids just for the sake of having kids. They don’t spend time with them. Don’t educate them. Don’t play with them. They just dumped them to the maid and this is very wrong.
The kids will just ends up as social pests and make other Singaporean life like shits.
2. Singapore is an expensive place and not pro-family.
Imagine the cost of houses, public transports, education. We need to have 2 working parents to support a family in Singapore these days. Not to mention a high stress working environment, long working hours, MOM rule don’t even protect graduate mothers which were forced to leave the companies when they are pregnant.
We are constantly competing with cheap foreign workers and the government only give lips service or “baby bonus” without solving the root cause. Singapore needs a pro family society.
3. Education in Singapore is ridiculous.
I remember the time where I actually enjoy going to school. We study and play. Nowadays the kids have no time to play.
Parents are crazy, kiasu and mad. They start to educate the kids while they are still in the womb! Then send them for pre-school at 1 year old! Holy shit! The kids’ childhood are being robbed even before they are born.
Besides going to “branded” school, you are seen as a failure if your grad is no good. Therefore parents are spending billions on tuitions every year. Where are the funs of learning? It’s all competition these days. No wonder tuitions centres are earning big bucks these days. They prey on the parent’s kiasuism
Monday, July 30, 2012
Social problem in Singapore. All need sex and Money.
Female teacher's sex romp with pupil: Prestigious school imposes gag order on students
Raffles Institution imposes gag order on students, warning them not to discuss sex scandal involving former female teacher .
Singapore’s top boy school Raffles Institution has imposed a gag order on its students warning them not to speak to the media or discuss among themselves the shocking sex scandal involving a former female teacher in her 20s.
The state media reported two days ago that a former teacher in her 20s from a “top secondary school” in Singapore is currently under police investigation for allegedly having sex with an underage student who was a member of one of the school’s sports teams.
The woman was the teacher-in-charge of the team and was described by those who know her as ‘demure’ and ‘outgoing’. She is a married MOTHER of two kids.
She reportedly had sex with the male student more than once at the school and incident came to light after the boy’s parents lodged a complaint to the school.
According to an email we received from a RI student, the Head Prefect of RI sent a mass email out to its students last night asking them not to comment on the incident:
The female teacher has since left RI and she was described by those who know her as ‘demure, easy-going and approachable’ and was ‘well-maintained’ such that she appeared younger than her age.
The student who had sex with her is currently studying in Secondary Four and is reportedly the ‘envy’ of his classmates for having ‘shagged’ his teacher who is more than 10 years older than him.
Dear oh Dear what has our country and society became.
If you ask me what happened in Singapore for the first half of 2012 I can only recall scandalous stuff.
Underage prostitute who got 51 men in trouble include some high profile customers.
Corruption trial of High Ranking Official in the Central Narcotic Bureau and Civil Defence due to sex with their customers.
Corruption trial for Kong Hee and gang.
Sex for grad between a law student in NUS and her professor.
Now RI boys shagging his teacher. Still he became an envy of his classmate!
Happy National Day Singapore.
Raffles Institution imposes gag order on students, warning them not to discuss sex scandal involving former female teacher .
Singapore’s top boy school Raffles Institution has imposed a gag order on its students warning them not to speak to the media or discuss among themselves the shocking sex scandal involving a former female teacher in her 20s.
The state media reported two days ago that a former teacher in her 20s from a “top secondary school” in Singapore is currently under police investigation for allegedly having sex with an underage student who was a member of one of the school’s sports teams.
The woman was the teacher-in-charge of the team and was described by those who know her as ‘demure’ and ‘outgoing’. She is a married MOTHER of two kids.
She reportedly had sex with the male student more than once at the school and incident came to light after the boy’s parents lodged a complaint to the school.
According to an email we received from a RI student, the Head Prefect of RI sent a mass email out to its students last night asking them not to comment on the incident:
The female teacher has since left RI and she was described by those who know her as ‘demure, easy-going and approachable’ and was ‘well-maintained’ such that she appeared younger than her age.
The student who had sex with her is currently studying in Secondary Four and is reportedly the ‘envy’ of his classmates for having ‘shagged’ his teacher who is more than 10 years older than him.
Dear oh Dear what has our country and society became.
If you ask me what happened in Singapore for the first half of 2012 I can only recall scandalous stuff.
Underage prostitute who got 51 men in trouble include some high profile customers.
Corruption trial of High Ranking Official in the Central Narcotic Bureau and Civil Defence due to sex with their customers.
Corruption trial for Kong Hee and gang.
Sex for grad between a law student in NUS and her professor.
Now RI boys shagging his teacher. Still he became an envy of his classmate!
Happy National Day Singapore.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The Standard or Singapore News
Jurong MP Desmond Lee falls, fractures arm at bike event
He had stopped to check phone and was trailing behind group when the accident happened, Shin Min Daily reported.
Wed, Jul 18, 2012
Desmond Lee, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Jurong GRC Group Representation Constituency (GRC), has fractured his left arm after falling off a bicycle during the Bond & Bike overnight cycling event held on July 14 and 15.
In a Shin Min Daily report published on July 17, Mr Lee was said to have been taking part in the awareness event organised by the People's Association Youth Movement and the Singapore Association for the Deaf.
According to the paper, MP Desmond Lee had already begun cycling from East Coast Park and was in the vicinity of Kallang when the incident occurred.
He told the paper that he had stopped to check his phone and was trailing about 20 metres behind the group of 150 cyclists.
Mr Lee fell when he was making a turn and could not lift his bicycle when he got back up on his feet. The roller chain on his bicycle also broke in the fall.
As he could no longer continue cycling, he decided to take a taxi back to East Coast, where his car was parked.
There, he called his wife for help.
Despite his wounds, Mr Lee did not think his injuries were serious, he told the Chinese daily.
It was only when the pain did not subside the next morning that he realised something was amiss.
A doctor told him that his left arm had been fractured, Shin Min reported.
The MP also suffered from injuries and abrasions to his knee and arm.
I can’t believe that they actually classified this as news. But again it’s Shin Min anyway.
I also think no one really care that Desmond broke his arm while cycling.
Since it is written I will be “Bo-Liao” and go in depth about what this story said.
Firstly we know that Desmond is not a very good cyclist, as he was trailing behind the group by 20 meters. In fact he is the last rider of the group.
I am actually quite surprise that there weren’t any bootlickers beside him during the ride to help him when he was in trouble.
If it is true then the cycling event was not very well organise as I think there should be a safety rider at the end to help if there is an accident.
Another question is what happened to his bike when he gave up riding and took a cab to East Coast from Kallang? Unless his bike is a foldable one or the taxi was a London or Space Wagon Cab, you simply cannot fit a normal adult size bike into a regular sedan taxi.
Lots of un-answer questions.
On a serious note, I am quite shock that our quality of media had fallen into this level.
There report unimportant events and don’t report important events just because it is not pro-government.
Also if you want to be a tabloid then be the best, go dig deeper into the details and not give us half F report.
No wonder our newspaper is rank 135th by Reporters without Borders in 2011-12. Gosh we are even behind Nigeria and Ethopia!
He had stopped to check phone and was trailing behind group when the accident happened, Shin Min Daily reported.
Wed, Jul 18, 2012
Desmond Lee, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Jurong GRC Group Representation Constituency (GRC), has fractured his left arm after falling off a bicycle during the Bond & Bike overnight cycling event held on July 14 and 15.
In a Shin Min Daily report published on July 17, Mr Lee was said to have been taking part in the awareness event organised by the People's Association Youth Movement and the Singapore Association for the Deaf.
According to the paper, MP Desmond Lee had already begun cycling from East Coast Park and was in the vicinity of Kallang when the incident occurred.
He told the paper that he had stopped to check his phone and was trailing about 20 metres behind the group of 150 cyclists.
Mr Lee fell when he was making a turn and could not lift his bicycle when he got back up on his feet. The roller chain on his bicycle also broke in the fall.
As he could no longer continue cycling, he decided to take a taxi back to East Coast, where his car was parked.
There, he called his wife for help.
Despite his wounds, Mr Lee did not think his injuries were serious, he told the Chinese daily.
It was only when the pain did not subside the next morning that he realised something was amiss.
A doctor told him that his left arm had been fractured, Shin Min reported.
The MP also suffered from injuries and abrasions to his knee and arm.
I can’t believe that they actually classified this as news. But again it’s Shin Min anyway.
I also think no one really care that Desmond broke his arm while cycling.
Since it is written I will be “Bo-Liao” and go in depth about what this story said.
Firstly we know that Desmond is not a very good cyclist, as he was trailing behind the group by 20 meters. In fact he is the last rider of the group.
I am actually quite surprise that there weren’t any bootlickers beside him during the ride to help him when he was in trouble.
If it is true then the cycling event was not very well organise as I think there should be a safety rider at the end to help if there is an accident.
Another question is what happened to his bike when he gave up riding and took a cab to East Coast from Kallang? Unless his bike is a foldable one or the taxi was a London or Space Wagon Cab, you simply cannot fit a normal adult size bike into a regular sedan taxi.
Lots of un-answer questions.
On a serious note, I am quite shock that our quality of media had fallen into this level.
There report unimportant events and don’t report important events just because it is not pro-government.
Also if you want to be a tabloid then be the best, go dig deeper into the details and not give us half F report.
No wonder our newspaper is rank 135th by Reporters without Borders in 2011-12. Gosh we are even behind Nigeria and Ethopia!
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