tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post7354238187619733068..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Free university education?Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-89730225626857178162014-10-06T02:25:49.113+08:002014-10-06T02:25:49.113+08:00Thank you. I am entirely in agreement with you abo...Thank you. I am entirely in agreement with you about university education as an investment, not just for economic reasons, but for producing graduates who are better able to balance material success with the greater social good. The Scandinavian countries do understand this. Having just returned from Stockholm and Mora (the romantic heart of Sweden) and meeting a wide range of people there I canRobert C H Chiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759647572953234325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-60186711866720770132014-10-05T09:54:00.879+08:002014-10-05T09:54:00.879+08:00Hi Robert Chia, welcome to the blog. as far as I c...Hi Robert Chia, welcome to the blog. as far as I can remember, there was no mention of countries providing free university education in our media. We only heard about how high other students are paying and we are still cheap, or cheaper than the most expensive universities in the world.<br /><br />University education has wide ranging implications and consequences to a country and its people. TheChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-42398605196405701382014-10-05T07:06:02.887+08:002014-10-05T07:06:02.887+08:00" 害国害民, 整成无声"" 害国害民, 整成无声"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-3565549781866926752014-10-05T07:02:46.971+08:002014-10-05T07:02:46.971+08:00"陈整害民, 亡国亡朝""陈整害民, 亡国亡朝"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-61725558925301873422014-10-05T06:59:32.542+08:002014-10-05T06:59:32.542+08:00"为民除害, 安邦定国""为民除害, 安邦定国"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-59883031466523157782014-10-05T06:54:02.467+08:002014-10-05T06:54:02.467+08:00" 纸虎陈氏, 祸国殃民"" 纸虎陈氏, 祸国殃民"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-34884589295393112192014-10-05T06:50:28.454+08:002014-10-05T06:50:28.454+08:00How about "陈川无能, 成仁有余"?How about "陈川无能, 成仁有余"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-41206652387660479342014-10-05T06:19:41.945+08:002014-10-05T06:19:41.945+08:00Rb // But can we also follow those countries to pr...Rb // But can we also follow those countries to provide free university education to our citizens and make foreign students pay instead of providing free education to foreign students and make ours pay? Funny right?//<br /><br />Last GE even an undergrad was so fed that he joined a team of rookies to oppose the garment.<br /><br />Coming GE may see many more helping in the background to unseat Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-37914565259386801872014-10-05T02:44:13.463+08:002014-10-05T02:44:13.463+08:00Enjoy your commentaries. Just to say that Scottish...Enjoy your commentaries. Just to say that Scottish students do not pay university tuition fees because of decision by Scottish parliment to abolish it. Welsh assembly havr more limited powers so there are subsidies but Welsh students DO have to pay a smaller tuition fee. English students have to pay up to £9000 in tuition fees. Before 1998 all UK students did not pay tuition fees.Robert C H Chiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759647572953234325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-6693087240532083772014-10-04T20:36:51.832+08:002014-10-04T20:36:51.832+08:00So?
Yew think PAP Ministers' million dollar sa...So?<br />Yew think PAP Ministers' million dollar salaries not funded by taxpayers meh?<br /><br />No, that is not funded by taxpayers. That is funded by the excess CPF investment returns creamed off from our CPF monies. Even if you are not a taxpayer retired old man or woman, they still cream off your minimum sum returns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-33391479276475173762014-10-04T19:24:08.616+08:002014-10-04T19:24:08.616+08:00/// Nothing is free. They are funded by taxpayers..../// Nothing is free. They are funded by taxpayers. ///<br />October 04, 2014 3:22 pm<br /><br />So?<br />Yew think PAP Ministers' million dollar salaries not funded by taxpayers meh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-11345744903294110552014-10-04T15:22:03.464+08:002014-10-04T15:22:03.464+08:00Nothing is free. They are funded by taxpayers. Nothing is free. They are funded by taxpayers. bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-50031949418555610592014-10-04T14:05:23.918+08:002014-10-04T14:05:23.918+08:00More to that, pay in Germany for doctors and engin...More to that, pay in Germany for doctors and engineers are almost the same. Why?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-57310545066882308842014-10-04T12:25:19.826+08:002014-10-04T12:25:19.826+08:00Should encourage them to do so.Should encourage them to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-18054042689330295922014-10-04T11:53:47.407+08:002014-10-04T11:53:47.407+08:00Maybe if we don't pay these PAP Ministers well...Maybe if we don't pay these PAP Ministers well, they will go away to another country that better appreciates their talents;<br />e.g. India, China, Philippines or ISA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-23355598538465025002014-10-04T10:55:18.853+08:002014-10-04T10:55:18.853+08:00Good thinking. If don't pay them or pay them t...Good thinking. If don't pay them or pay them too little, what would you get?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-32902356071516518242014-10-04T09:57:03.731+08:002014-10-04T09:57:03.731+08:00Free university education?
What will they think of...Free university education?<br />What will they think of next?<br />PAP Ministers working for free without dignity and without pay? <br />We pay million dollar salaries and still we get some pretty lousy performance from some PAP ministers.<br />If we don't pay them then how?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-31986608926682140462014-10-04T09:43:51.539+08:002014-10-04T09:43:51.539+08:00Aiyoh, you are too late or what.
The Singapore go...Aiyoh, you are too late or what.<br /><br />The Singapore government is providing FREE TUTITION AND FREE ACCOMMODATION PLUS ALLOWANCES for foreigners already for so many years....<br /><br />What do you think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com