Original Singaporeans ie Pioneer and Merdeka Generations facing extinction

 The original Singaporeans, the Singaporeans that saw the birth of Singapore as a new independent city state, will soon disappear from this island. These are the people that saw and built what Singapore is today, not the silly narrative that the new foreigners are the one that built Singapore being peddled by some Singaporeans and foreigners. Some even claimed that foreigners built DBS or SIA or all the infrastructure of Singapore, the roads, trains, the reservoirs, the housing estates. True that Singapore hired a lot of foreign workers to do the manual works, but the thinking and planning need brains, were by Singaporeans.

The pioneering Singaporeans are ageing, in their 70s, 80s and 90s. Many have departed. What is left or will be left will be their descendants, supposedly the rightful heirs to the trees planted by their fathers and forefathers. But the demographics of Singapore is changing as well. The Singaporeans, the inheritors of the island, are also diminishing, through low TFR and diluted by the influx of foreigners, both residents and non residents. The opening of the flood gate to turn foreigners into Singaporeans will dilute the original Singaporeans even faster. Superficially nothing changed, but when new citizens became the majority, growing at faster rate than the original Singaporeans, the core will change.

The bigger picture, ignore the official statistics, just move around the city state, the trains and the buses, the business centres, industrial parks, there are more foreigners than Singaporeans. Singaporeans are now a minority in their own country. Is this a good thing? To those that allowed this to happen, facilitating the foreigners to be here, it must be a good thing. Would the original Singaporeans think so? They own this place and all the assets and reserves. Why give it away on a silver platter and being sneered by the foreigners as stupid, as undeserving? Many are so daft or tidak apa, did not bother, did not want to know, did not care. The low TFR will mean Singaporeans will extinguish themselves by not reproducing. Well, if this is the trend, nothing can be done, why bother?

The distinction between a citizen and a foreigner will increasingly become less important. Just treat Singapore as a hotel for everyone. The more aggressive and scheming foreigners will know what to do if they want to take over Singapore. It is so easy. They can buy up everything here. They can populate and displace the original Singaporeans when no one think it is necessary to stop them, or even facilitating their takeover of Singapore. Singaporeans just live for a generation or two and disappear quietly from this island, with no traces of themselves in the future. Why bother about nation building? Why bother about a human story movie like Dear Ah Mah?

There are now more than 6 million people in the island and the original Singaporeans is probably less than 2 million. The statistics about residents and non residents, not wanting to count the non residents to comfort the original Singaporeans that all is fine, that the island is still their island, is fine to the daft Singaporeans. When would the day come when Singaporeans become so few that they no longer mean anything and their fate will be determined by the foreigners, now calling themselves Singaporeans, new citizens? Do the contributions of the original Singaporeans mean anything to their descendants, as legacies and inheritance, or can simply be given away to foreigners and new citizens?  How long would the CMIO formula last? Some may argue that this is the natural course of things to come. Let it be. No need to worry, no need to bother. Who cares about being Singaporeans? Who cares about the Singaporean core? Let Singapore be another hotel, a MNC owns by everyone that manages it, no need to have any angst about being Singaporean or not Singaporean. Family fortunes too can be squandered and taken over by outsiders, and not retain for the family, and no one feels any loss when it happened.

When the original Singaporeans are no more, everything does not matter anymore. No more complaints about being Singaporeans, the inheritors of what their forefathers built and passed down for them. ITE.

Iran must not allow IAEA to inspect...only if IAEA inspect Israel

VIENNA: UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi called on Iran on Monday (Jun 8) to "re-engage" with him so inspections can resume at sites the US and Israel bombed a year ago, as the US led a push for a resolution to that effect at the agency's board....

"It's very important that we re-engage," Grossi told the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors on the first day of a quarterly meeting.

"I call on Iran to engage the Agency constructively in order to facilitate the full and effective implementation of safeguards in Iran," he added in a separate, written statement to the board, using a term that encompasses inspections.

The IAEA has conducted some inspections at sites that were not bombed, but it halted those on safety grounds in February because of renewed military strikes, and has since only inspected Iran's operating power plant at Bushehr.  CNA

The most stupid thing was for Iran to allow this pro American and pro Israel IAEA to inspect its nuclear facilities when it is not inspecting Israel because Israel refused to let them to do so. IAEA is run not much different from the rogue ICC, by American gangsters to target enemies of America. They will not inspect Israel, that obviously has developed nuclear bombs, but insisting on inspecting Iran that did not have nuclear bombs and had made it a national policy not to have nuclear bomb. The inspection is more than just looking at the Iranian nuclear power plant, but spying on Iran, may even sneak in dangerous stuff to undermine Iranian facilities.

Iran should make it conditional that the IAEA inspect Israel first, with Iranians in the inspection team. If this condition is not met, Iran must not behave like fools to be messed around with by the American operators in IAEA. With the anti Iran agenda by the American and Israeli terrorists, it would be better for Iran to go ahead and develop its own nuclear weapons like North Korea and be free from American and Israeli coercion and attacks.

Latest, 'US suspends Iran oil sanctions, says nuclear inspectors to return

Iran has agreed for inspectors from the UN's nuclear watchdog to return to the country, said US Vice President JD Vance.' CNA

The American terrorists said their rogue IAEA will return to inspect Iranian nuclear facilities. Holy cow, why would the Iranians allow this to happen? This is a one sided deal, no need to inspect Israel that illegally had developed nuclear weapons but insisted on inspecting Iran that did not have nuclear weapons, and with most of its facilities bombed out by the American and Israeli terrorists. This is as good as letting in the terrorists to walk all over Iran to see whatever they want to see, to meet and identify who to assassinate, where to bomb. How can Iran agree to this? 

Inspecting Israeli nuclear facilities must be the precondition to inspecting Iran. Period.

US soon will ban Deepseek. Too good and too cheap to compete

Never underestimate China, but unfortunately the USA and the West clearly underestimated China. That four-decade rapid rise of China and the lifting of 800 million Chinese out of poverty should have been a lesson learnt, but arrogance gets in the way.

The bigger problem is still trying to flog a dying horse that could not compete and expecting it to win the race. The Chinese have already won most races it entered and competed in, save for the last high-end chip and AI race. But the writing is already on the wall. The AI competition is not a sure-win race for the USA, with Chinese AI innovators coming up with comparatively cheap and competitive AI platforms that are cannibalizing the earnings of USA tech giants.

Now there is talk about a ban on DeepSeek in the USA coming. The adoption of DeepSeek's AI open-source platform is causing huge losses for the multi-billion tech giants of the USA. They are tottering and needed the USA Government to save them by banning open-source AI from Chinese companies. I guess this is the usual modus operandi of the USA Government. Where it cannot compete, it will demonize and ban using the template 'National Security' excuse. Or enact laws to take over such companies operating in the USA, just like Tik Tok.


Anonymous

India is the grave yard of companies. Only the very dense disagree

Companies in the EU would not build factories in India to build anything. They would be throwing good money after bad. Uncertain Government policies, poor infrastructures, lack of supply chains, lack of skilled workers and lack of good work attitudes. Moreover, India has a well-known reputation - The Graveyard of Companies. If companies want to die, go to India and get a fast track to the grave.

It is ironic actually talking about graveyards. Afghanistan's reputation of being the 'Graveyard of Empires' signifies a positive vibe that emphasized that no empires are able to defeat the Afghans on their soil. India's 'Graveyard of Companies' invoke a negative image of India, indicating that companies go to India to die.

Apple already found that out. Elon Musk also changed his mind about building a Tesla factory in India. As a matter of fact, Elon Musk does not even think it necessary to visit India to survey the ground. The experience of others is enough to change his mind.

Anonymous

China is expanding, China is expanding! China is expansionist? Really?

 

This is the world represented on a chess board. China used to occupy only one square, being cornered and isolated by the Americas and their allies. Today China has squeezed 3 more squares of space and the American terrorists are alarmed and shouting, China is expanding, China is expansionist. Raise your defence budget to stop China's expansion. 

The American terrorists would not talk about all the squares they have and had occupied for decades, at one time with China only having one square. The Americans still want to contain China to one square, in a little corner. And the brain dead and unthinking American allies, colonies and cronies will shout, yea, yea, China is expanding, China is expansionist. Stop China, stop China. They would not want to know that the American terrorists are occupying nearly the whole chess board, own them, control them as part of the American Empire.