tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post2445497153084882236..comments2024-03-29T13:25:57.689+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Do not over reactChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-26226361715489971422012-08-23T13:25:24.372+08:002012-08-23T13:25:24.372+08:00Singaporeans ae now mired in shit because of polic...Singaporeans ae now mired in shit because of polices that our leaders formulated years ago.<br /><br />Future generations will have to bear the consequences of sustaining exconomic growth at all cost. <br /><br />At this rate, we will come to the stage of what they call 'living hell' with overcrowding, failed transportation system due to overcrowding, and just like the Japanese, being a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-2660062651247888262012-08-22T15:05:45.911+08:002012-08-22T15:05:45.911+08:00MS, what happy themes you want to share with us?MS, what happy themes you want to share with us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-8144667309359196062012-08-22T12:59:36.241+08:002012-08-22T12:59:36.241+08:00The curse is that, whatever you build, it will not...The curse is that, whatever you build, it will not last beyond the fourth generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-20494675144291014462012-08-22T12:57:30.071+08:002012-08-22T12:57:30.071+08:00Your minister cow is worse then Marlboro Tan. He p...Your minister cow is worse then Marlboro Tan. He panders to the greedy by building more. Is that a solution to control prices or sink us eventually?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-12520220857328053782012-08-22T12:41:07.598+08:002012-08-22T12:41:07.598+08:00Everyone aspires to be landlord. Even the poor can...Everyone aspires to be landlord. Even the poor can be landlord.<br /><br />How to sustain that? You plug the source of income for them, they sink...you sink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-51804908909621724672012-08-22T12:31:15.121+08:002012-08-22T12:31:15.121+08:00Your beautiful homes will become a burden dragging...Your beautiful homes will become a burden dragging you to hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-73083247711223481182012-08-22T12:23:02.095+08:002012-08-22T12:23:02.095+08:00Reality check: your pigeon holes are not easily li...Reality check: your pigeon holes are not easily liquidated. With an impending aging population, more will want to cash out.<br /><br />Where are the throngs of buyers who can afford sky high prices coming from? <br /><br />Time to bail out of a sinking ship!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-16287836412631645722012-08-22T12:16:18.927+08:002012-08-22T12:16:18.927+08:00Because of high cost of living and low wages for b...Because of high cost of living and low wages for bottom feeders, many turned to rental for more money. Even those who are not financially challenged are renting out their HDBs. Heck, got money to make, make as much as you can because there is no limits to what money can buy you anyway.<br /><br />And we are building more to feed the money making machine. Everyone wants a share of the concrete pieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-67486473383198240382012-08-22T11:57:56.534+08:002012-08-22T11:57:56.534+08:00Since Sinkies are powerless against the authority,...Since Sinkies are powerless against the authority, they will have to leave it to gods.<br />Be it be in the form of disease, food and water shortage and or other natural and man-made mistake, let it happens. There is no escape from it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-14059757375403280082012-08-22T11:57:09.311+08:002012-08-22T11:57:09.311+08:00I think the call for more babies is to cover the t...I think the call for more babies is to cover the track that they have brought in so many new citizen without telling us. It is a way to justify their action of inviting foreigners to come and stay in Singapore because we do not produce enough. You see, the problem is us and not them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-64096839515145981982012-08-22T11:42:44.131+08:002012-08-22T11:42:44.131+08:00Came across HDB One Room Unit for rent with rental...Came across HDB One Room Unit for rent with rental charges as high as over $2k a month. Thot One Rm Units are to cater to the lowest income citizens for them to have a roof over their heads.<br />Who is/are the owner/s of these HDB One Room Units? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-69211077424953318812012-08-22T11:21:37.942+08:002012-08-22T11:21:37.942+08:00redbean, there are a few planning studies out ther...redbean, there are a few planning studies out there which specify varying numbers of what population Singapore can support.<br /><br />Could the be wrong? Of course. No one really knows what the future will bring or what the optimum number is.<br /><br />There is no need to panic about contagious diseases. At 4 million population, something like SARS , if not contained, could wipe out a Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-36048150379966696992012-08-22T11:06:55.666+08:002012-08-22T11:06:55.666+08:00We have educated a hungry populace for success.
P...We have educated a hungry populace for success.<br /><br />People don't think much of the word "success".<br /><br />And people don't think much of the word "work".<br /><br />What are they hungry for at the end of the day?<br /><br />Feeding a hungry money machine and you work yourself to death!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-37320307034948083942012-08-22T11:01:01.929+08:002012-08-22T11:01:01.929+08:00The rich have no idea how crowded HDBs shopping c...The rich have no idea how crowded HDBs shopping centers are. On weekends, you hardly can find seats in food court. Equally bad, you have to siam people on walking paths or be slowed down by slow moving human traffic when walking in these crowded places. <br /><br />Horrigible!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-83825788613568815572012-08-22T10:53:25.845+08:002012-08-22T10:53:25.845+08:00Bottomline.
Fact?
Government owns 90% of land in ...Bottomline.<br /><br />Fact?<br />Government owns 90% of land in Singapore<br /><br />Question<br />Is it in government's or rich land owners' interest to see property price go down?<br /><br />How to double confirm?<br />Follow the money trail. Where does all the money finally end up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-34569317645957057662012-08-22T10:53:22.440+08:002012-08-22T10:53:22.440+08:00With the Government having large investments in lo...With the Government having large investments in local private developers, besides the HDB, they have to make sure the balloon is not pricked. <br /><br />That is why foreigners are important because they prop up the private property market, which in turn influence the public housing market. <br /><br />So, whatever the consequences now, the population must grow, if not from within, then from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-85421856952930370752012-08-22T10:52:36.186+08:002012-08-22T10:52:36.186+08:00More people, more businesses and more infrastructu...More people, more businesses and more infrastructures and it leads to more people required to feed the hungry business structure or die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-20181950023013161652012-08-22T10:47:14.894+08:002012-08-22T10:47:14.894+08:00Everytime I am in the train I wonder how easy a co...Everytime I am in the train I wonder how easy a contagious disease could spread and infected the whole population within days. There is not place to hide, no room for quarantine in this kind of crowded and close living.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-59303191637121574812012-08-22T10:43:55.492+08:002012-08-22T10:43:55.492+08:00That's why I used the word 'prick' : )...That's why I used the word 'prick' : )Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-20399184974394105142012-08-22T10:42:41.810+08:002012-08-22T10:42:41.810+08:00Will rent keeps trending upwards then? Who will pa...Will rent keeps trending upwards then? Who will pay $3K a room? <br /><br />More homes, more rental units and you need more foreigners to occupy all these homes or it becomes a burden to owners and the economy.<br /><br />"The trick is the bigger base and a statistical formula that says no matter how big is the population, you need so much percentage of growth to be sustainable. Now the baseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-20052097761403647872012-08-22T10:40:32.741+08:002012-08-22T10:40:32.741+08:00/// In the meantime a property balloon has been cr.../// In the meantime a property balloon has been created that cannot be pricked but pricked it must. Whichever way, to prick or not to prick, some parties would be hurt real bad. ///<br /><br />Readbean - the property bubble is like virginity - one prick and it is gone for ever.<br />Thehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02941744057903049051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-58259770711445175372012-08-22T10:40:05.035+08:002012-08-22T10:40:05.035+08:00For a casual visitor here just to spend a few days...For a casual visitor here just to spend a few days away from the wilderness, anything can. And let me tell you, your 15m is definitley wrong. With careful planning sinkieland can easily take in 50m people.<br /><br />No need to worry about cost of living and the type of lifestyle. It can be turned into the most futuristic city like year 2525.<br /><br />Got dole?Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-27069355142740660292012-08-22T10:39:51.781+08:002012-08-22T10:39:51.781+08:00When we were around 3 million, the message was ...When we were around 3 million, the message was 'stop at two'. We do not have enough land space for more.<br /><br />Now, at 5 million, the call is for still more babies. <br /><br />Isn't it strange? <br /><br />Think carefully before your leap, because they may reverse the thinking again and penalise those who go for more babies. <br /><br />Trust not the albinos! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-59057785911186595492012-08-22T10:32:33.592+08:002012-08-22T10:32:33.592+08:00I think the best classical example of over reactio...I think the best classical example of over reaction is one typified by redbean.<br /><br />Singapore can sustain around 15 million. Of course it has to be done right.<br /><br />I don't thin k that the present infrastructure is "strained". I think it copes with the present 5+ million quite well.<br /><br />It is to be expected that housing prices will rise, not only to increased Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-13411379506540777262012-08-22T08:26:22.091+08:002012-08-22T08:26:22.091+08:00Redbean
The happy problem of more than 100,000 un...Redbean<br /><br />The happy problem of more than 100,000 unsold units in 2001-2003 were highlighted by the common man who is against as well as a number of opposition parties of the incompetence.<br /><br />A number of contrary voices which was inclusive of moi had stated that the problem should remain.<br /><br />Yet, such was the clamour that now we have the other side of the coin of high theonionnoreply@blogger.com