tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post114471628251661546..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: any more reasons to go to malaysia?Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144832130943744262006-04-12T16:55:00.000+08:002006-04-12T16:55:00.000+08:0050 years is a long time. who knows, anything can h...50 years is a long time. who knows, anything can happen. <BR/><BR/>in our case, if things go bad, it can go very bad and very fast. we can be a goner in less than 5 years if things are not carefully managed.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144823605894624362006-04-12T14:33:00.000+08:002006-04-12T14:33:00.000+08:00Well, as the cliche goes hindsight is 20/20 but wh...Well, as the cliche goes hindsight is 20/20 but who knows if Malaysia would have been even worse off had they not taken the path they had. You need to have an appreciation for the complex social environment that existed at the time those affirmative action action policies were put in place. And don't forget the journey isn't complete. Who's to say the tables won't be turned 50 years down the roadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144820078038088222006-04-12T13:34:00.000+08:002006-04-12T13:34:00.000+08:00they were once half as efficient as we were. and t...they were once half as efficient as we were. and that was reflected in the strength of the ringgit.<BR/><BR/>then they abandoned english as their lingua franca and teaching language. by so doing, they plucked themselves out from the western world of science and technology.<BR/><BR/>then they plucked themselves into arabic and the arabic world that has stagnated for the last couple of centuries Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144813608425684292006-04-12T11:46:00.000+08:002006-04-12T11:46:00.000+08:00Actually. we should be thankful they have this unc...Actually. we should be thankful they have this unconventional way of doing thing. Imagine if they were even half as efficient as we are and with the resources at their disposal, Singapore would be rendered irrelevant !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144812201807983312006-04-12T11:23:00.000+08:002006-04-12T11:23:00.000+08:00i agree with you.that is why they cannot understan...i agree with you.<BR/><BR/>that is why they cannot understand the logic singapore is applying to the causeway bridge. they can only see their gains and do not care if singapore can justify the money spent on the bridge.<BR/><BR/>then the rest of their politicians will just jump into the bandwagon to score political points with no bearings on the economic pros and cons of a project or issue.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144808824050827412006-04-12T10:27:00.000+08:002006-04-12T10:27:00.000+08:00redbean, you gotta understand that in Malaysia, po...redbean, you gotta understand that in Malaysia, political considerations almost always outweigh business and even practical ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144751619059918832006-04-11T18:33:00.000+08:002006-04-11T18:33:00.000+08:00i thought if the malaysians were to think business...i thought if the malaysians were to think business then they should treat the whole country as an emporium. and to attract more tourists and visitors, it is ok to have a few loss leaders eg cheap petrol, cheap sugar, cheap food, cheap oil etc.<BR/><BR/>otherwise what is the incentive to attract the border line visitors?Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144737798141578482006-04-11T14:43:00.000+08:002006-04-11T14:43:00.000+08:00i used to go in every weekend for several years. t...i used to go in every weekend for several years. the further you get from jb the more hospitable are the people, with some exceptions.<BR/><BR/>i did had a few not too pleasant experiences in jb. once they shafted a ball of clay into my exhaust in a legitimate parking lot fronting a shop which i believe the owner was treating it as his private parking lot.<BR/><BR/>another time while my friend Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144724968822197652006-04-11T11:09:00.000+08:002006-04-11T11:09:00.000+08:00The crime situation is an exaggeration. I have bee...The crime situation is an exaggeration. I have been making weekend trips across the Causeway for a long time. Never been car jacked, never been robbed in broad daylight. You just gotta know how to carry yourself and be street smart, something sorely lacking in Singaporeans who have been so molly-coddled in a supposedly safe, secure environment. For these people, it may be better to stay in their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144724318780910562006-04-11T10:58:00.000+08:002006-04-11T10:58:00.000+08:00I definitely ain't going to cut down my trips even...I definitely ain't going to cut down my trips even if they do implement the 20 ringgit entry fee. It's bad enough to be stuck in an overcrpopulated, stuffy island for 5 days a week. To have to subject myself to some more of that on weekends is definitely too much to ask. Here's one person for whom the much-famed Singaporean propaganda has no effect on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144722496895615272006-04-11T10:28:00.000+08:002006-04-11T10:28:00.000+08:00singaporeans go to malaysia for different reasons....singaporeans go to malaysia for different reasons. some for leisure and pleasure, some for social and some for business.<BR/><BR/>then there are those who are attracted by bargains. when all the bargains are gone, then this group has no reason to visit malaysia any more.<BR/><BR/>for business and social reasons, these visitors will have to cut down their trips when the cost of going in goes up, Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1144721361723793832006-04-11T10:09:00.000+08:002006-04-11T10:09:00.000+08:00I go to visit my friends and relatives, shopping i...I go to visit my friends and relatives, shopping is only secondary. For that reason, no matter how much the local media tries to bad-mouth Malaysia, I will continue make those trips up north. Heck, it may be even be a good thing if all the exaggerated accounts of crime in JB does indeed lead to less flow of Singaporeans into malaysia coz then I will no longer have to endure the traffic jams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com