tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post6647022601805619874..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Pioneer Generation Package – The brass tacks Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-44055241215570588302014-02-25T08:23:59.415+08:002014-02-25T08:23:59.415+08:00What is P(A) = to ?
[ P(A) means probability of e...What is P(A) = to ?<br /><br />[ P(A) means probability of event A ]<br /><br />Once this is figured out, supposedly likely all mysteries and all the to-ing and fro-ing, all the "arguments", "speculations", "theories" are likely to be "clarified"!<br /><br />The implications and the probability of many other consequences ( events ) would likely be crystal PSShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888849464342306834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-56031725672536662222014-02-25T08:16:27.079+08:002014-02-25T08:16:27.079+08:00To hit the issue on the head of the nail, let all ...To hit the issue on the head of the nail, let all the people including all the oldies be = to the sample space S<br /><br /><br />and <br /><br />A be the event people would hit 90 and abovePSShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888849464342306834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-15658109886632030862014-02-25T08:13:56.027+08:002014-02-25T08:13:56.027+08:00More specifically, in the field of PROBABILITYMore specifically, in the field of PROBABILITYPSShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888849464342306834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-84628468533643479892014-02-25T08:13:01.059+08:002014-02-25T08:13:01.059+08:00It is in the discipline of StatisticsIt is in the discipline of StatisticsPSShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888849464342306834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-16747793286346449042014-02-25T08:12:03.074+08:002014-02-25T08:12:03.074+08:00At the end of the day, such issues were already mo...At the end of the day, such issues were already more or less figured out by Fermat, Pascal and Isaac Newton about 300 years ago or more than 3 centuries agoPSShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888849464342306834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-9666580368256330222014-02-25T08:10:08.618+08:002014-02-25T08:10:08.618+08:00Many engaging in the social media discussion seems...Many engaging in the social media discussion seems to miss the BIG POINT about this PGP, Medishield Life tinkie ......PSShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888849464342306834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-64664925162812171042014-02-24T16:55:53.065+08:002014-02-24T16:55:53.065+08:00Also the $1 million dollar salary for the pukima g...Also the $1 million dollar salary for the pukima generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-64228945858893334292014-02-24T15:39:41.189+08:002014-02-24T15:39:41.189+08:00It is a pack of wolves running the show. Which poc...It is a pack of wolves running the show. Which pocket will the $8b really go into? No need to be a genius to figure it out lah. Still believe in such crap when transparency is not in place? Still cannot understand why it takes 50 years to compute the reserve figure? bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-24519062703865276142014-02-24T15:30:09.182+08:002014-02-24T15:30:09.182+08:00$200 a year. If two years only $400. RB must live ...$200 a year. If two years only $400. RB must live another 10 years to get $2000 to help him pay for Medishield Life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-44973064119136827262014-02-24T13:46:20.212+08:002014-02-24T13:46:20.212+08:00RB, with a $8b package and you only got $4000 over...RB, with a $8b package and you only got $4000 over 20 years to cover the Medishield Life insurance, maybe not enough some more. Not so big deal leh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-50117588662446170932014-02-24T12:39:58.267+08:002014-02-24T12:39:58.267+08:00The Pioneer Generation Package is an ad hoc policy...The Pioneer Generation Package is an ad hoc policy solution targetted at a particular generation.<br />It is not an ongoing budget allocation to solve problems for the elderly.<br /><br />Example:<br />Expenses for people growing old, who are not defined as the Pioneer Generation.<br />PM Lee has not solved any problems for you.<br />You will still be a burden to your children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-55498996951836029942014-02-24T11:08:19.061+08:002014-02-24T11:08:19.061+08:00Like GST to help the poor?Like GST to help the poor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-19702508784620442482014-02-24T10:38:08.983+08:002014-02-24T10:38:08.983+08:00As a oldie but not belonging to the pioneer genera...As a oldie but not belonging to the pioneer generation, I am really worry.<br /><br />In the past before retirement, I know I need to pay income tax when I earning something but I also know that I need not pay if I have no income.<br /><br />I also know that if I wanted to not pay property tax, I can choose not to own any property.<br /><br />Then come the gst or consumption tax. This one must Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-66164086145623304102014-02-24T10:26:26.097+08:002014-02-24T10:26:26.097+08:00If the Medishield Life Scheme is to be run as a pr...If the Medishield Life Scheme is to be run as a private company with profit motive, you will know that it will smell. <br /><br />The same logic like the transport companies, so many years never raise premiums, the cost is going higher, the shareholders' interest must be taken into account, etc etc.<br /><br />Why is such a big monopolistic national health insurance scheme not run as a stats Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-74302535904479717542014-02-24T10:07:11.713+08:002014-02-24T10:07:11.713+08:00In Sin, what is made good today could turn lousy o...In Sin, what is made good today could turn lousy or even abhorrent the next moment. THIS IS BECAUSE THE RULERS ARE FREE TO PLAY WITH RULES AT WILL. THEY HAVE ALL THE SAYS TO PLAY WITH STRATEGY TO SUIT THEMSELVES.<br /><br />THE RULERS DICTATE ALL BUT NOT NECCESSARY FOR THE WELLBEINGS OF THE PEOPLE. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT IS STRATEGY FOR THEM TO RULE AND LORD OVER THE PEOPLE.<br /><br />patriotpatriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012654183813005452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-77112448719935926332014-02-24T10:04:28.368+08:002014-02-24T10:04:28.368+08:00I dread to think of the premiums one has to pay fr...I dread to think of the premiums one has to pay fr medshield life. Its definitely NOT going to be low and who do u think will be laughing all the way to the bank!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-4562933791129403132014-02-24T09:53:47.201+08:002014-02-24T09:53:47.201+08:00Typical strategy is to set the fee low. This alrea...Typical strategy is to set the fee low. This already done as last year there was a large increase in premium so this year with the change, they can just do a small increase so people will accept that the change only have small impact. Next come with subsidies that make u feel good that it is even lower then you have expected.<br /><br />Then the vacuum cleaner will come later when the premium Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-26673971831636872752014-02-24T09:38:03.452+08:002014-02-24T09:38:03.452+08:00After all the mumbo jumbo in the PGP, the net resu...After all the mumbo jumbo in the PGP, the net result may still be the same or worse.<br /><br />That $8 shorty is at it again. Talking as if Santa Clause is on duty 24/7, 365 days a year. <br /><br />Cutting away the crap, just say that the PGP is FREE medical care for the rest of their remaining lives. <br /><br />Now, that's something, no bullshitting, no rhetoric.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com