tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post114515272428521899..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: ge round 31: a strong mandate to show our foreign friendsChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1145340678710511962006-04-18T14:11:00.000+08:002006-04-18T14:11:00.000+08:00there are many people who are qualified to hold di...there are many people who are qualified to hold directorship position or senior management positions and are jobless, hungry for a job.<BR/><BR/>on the other hand there are people holding 10 directorship and 4 or 5 employee positions. obviously these people cannot do all these jobs and many were, well....<BR/><BR/>there is nothing wrong for people to hold two or three full time positions, or two Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1145337672564150032006-04-18T13:21:00.000+08:002006-04-18T13:21:00.000+08:00I am struggling to understand your argument. So fo...I am struggling to understand your argument. So for eg. we have A, who's jobless and B who holds directorship in two public listed companies. Are you saying that B should vacate one of his director positions so that A can take it up ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1145335086097638682006-04-18T12:38:00.000+08:002006-04-18T12:38:00.000+08:00the pre financial crisis was a heady time when eve...the pre financial crisis was a heady time when everyone was intoxicated, from the bottom to the very top. It was a time of extravagance and the problem was compounded when decision makers were equally drunk.<BR/><BR/>as for jobs, any job is better than no job. our sin is too many jobs in one person while too many ended up jobless. this is an inequality that people who are enjoying the party Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1145333081000676632006-04-18T12:04:00.000+08:002006-04-18T12:04:00.000+08:00Don't you think contract jobs are still better tha...Don't you think contract jobs are still better than no jobs ? What do you want ? A return to the good ol' 90s before the financial crisis with near 100% employment and employers dishing out fat year-end bonuses ? Face it, those times are gone and never coming back. You'd do well to accept the new reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1145278156921996272006-04-17T20:49:00.000+08:002006-04-17T20:49:00.000+08:00PAP wants a strong mandate from Singaporeans to co...PAP wants a strong mandate from Singaporeans to continue to squeeze the people till dry by "suka" "suka" increase this and that after GE. <BR/><BR/>Not to forget the Ministers' pay will go North after the economy has "improved" even those majority Singaporeans don't feel it. <BR/><BR/>The CPF rates have not restored and majority jobs created are contract based with pay cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1145153349894921752006-04-16T10:09:00.000+08:002006-04-16T10:09:00.000+08:00actually it is nonsense to tell people about wanti...actually it is nonsense to tell people about wanting a strong mandate when you cam't define it. if you can't quantify it, if you do not know what it is, any number can be a strong mandate or a weak mandate.<BR/><BR/>it becomes so subjective that you can call it anyway.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.com