Why did they use the figure of 6.9 M instead of a round figure of 7 M?
After all it's only an estimate.
Please take out your calculator:
Since the population will grow from 5,300,000 to 6,900,000
from 2013 until 2030 ( 18 years )
6,900,000 minus 5,300,000 = 1,600,000
Divide it by 18 years and see what you get!!
------>88,8888888888......HUAT AH!
If you use 7,000,000 minus 5,300,000 = 1,700,000
Divide by 18 years will give 94,444.44444 .... that will be to die forever!
So ???
Same reason why we have a "ba-gua" shaped $1 coin!
The above was sent to me by a friend. Must have been circulating everywhere by now. Huat ah!
Yup, I got that email last week too. Huat Ah.
ReplyDeleteBut I think the rationale is much simpler - marketing gimmick. 6.9m sounds more than 6 million plus, whereas 7m is 7 million plus. The same reason that products are marketed at $1.99 or $99. Optics.
I went to Taiwan recently and according to the guide, we consulted the fengshui master in Taiwan and that is why u have ba gua shape $1 coin. In fact in you look at all our paper currencies, the ba gua shape also printed there. Take a look and I did not notice till the guide shows us the notes
ReplyDeleteWhile we are at this ba-gua thingy, the same can be said of the new road tax disc. It used to be round, but was changed to octagonal around the same time. You see the ba-gua coins didn't quite work as ba-gua are supposed to be exposed and seen to be effective. However, everyone keeps their coins in their pockets and purses, so more "public" ba-gua are needed. Hence the ba-gua road tax discs that are displayed on all car windshields for all to see and to ward off evils.
ReplyDeleteHahaha
ReplyDeleteIf the PAP believe in this ba-gua or fengshui thing, the MRT would not have been built.
The whole PAP is dominated by MPs of Christian faiths, with few MPs of other faiths, and I think such superstitions of another faith would be the last thing they want to believe.
Since when the Lee family became Christians?
DeleteThat would be ground breaking news!
Unless they are really desperate!
ReplyDelete/// If the PAP believe in this ba-gua or fengshui thing, the MRT would not have been built. ///
ReplyDeleteActually hor, that is part of the story. When the the tunnels were dug for the MRT lines, the fengshui master told the old man that the tunnelling has disrupted the dragon's lair, which was why the Singapore economy went into a recession. Hence the need for those ba-gu thingies.
I read some where the population white paper was authored by a young woman who is highly qualified academically.From her appearance in CNA news she does not look like the superstitious auntie.
ReplyDeleteI think it is slick marketing. 6.9 is easier for public consumption than 7 million.
I was told the Merllion was created due to fengshui as advised by the Taiwan master. If not u explained why each note has ba gua?
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely a psychological thingy as rightly pointed out by many. Marketing is the secondary factor for like it or not, it will be passed as it had, all 77 PAP Parliamentarians voted for it.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Singapore Chinese and Indian Christians and for the matter our Malay compatriots, all are superstitious to some extent. The only exception is the atheist.
Now that it is 88888888 all the way, chances of Sinkies accepting the Population White Paper will be as high.
So, expect no more anti population talk and event. Or there will be much less resistance.
Welcome to Sin dear foreign friends.
You could be bringing luck to Sinkies and they are eagerly waiting for it.
ReplyDeleteIt has always been '444' for the working class aka serfs and '888' for the top 20% aka rulers.
ReplyDeleteRemember lightning struck the Merlion?
ReplyDeleteRb - in that case, why not just increase the population by 160,000 in 18 years for a total population of 5.46 million by 2030. You will also get an annual increase of:
ReplyDelete8,888.8888888888888888888888 people.
/// Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteIt has always been '444' for the working class aka serfs and '888' for the top 20% aka rulers.
February 20, 2013 4:44 pm ///
Wow - you time yourself or what? Your post on '444' was time-stamped 4:44pm. You better watch out and load your pockets with tons of $1 coins.
Uncle really very free ah.
ReplyDeleteCannot think out of the box.
Becos Garmen is kind and want to give Sinkies some fortune and as such give out the figure 6.9.Many box the number 6969 and touched 2nd prize.
Garmen cannot always give handout as this will make Sinkies lazy.But they are secretly giving out kang thow jee.
They help us secretly but not many know how to appreciate .Tell you 7 M how to buy?Box 7000 sure pokkai.Chances slim mah.
I am looking forward for Garmen to give more numbers.I know they will help me.
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ReplyDeleteBagua road tax disc can minimise complain of high road tax that is why owner seldom talk about expensive road tax.
Next time COE can also be in Bagua form.
Thankѕ for finally writing about > "Why 6.9 and not 7m?" < Liked it!
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INT (ln(sqrt(6.9*10^6)))^3 = 488
ReplyDeleteDie first, then get double lucky.
Good policy. Some will matilah, but those who prosper will benefit greatly.
先死后生 is the only way out for Sin.
ReplyDeleteDeath leads to rebirth. Death provides the only solution like those terminally ill.
If it is marketing gimmick then the White Paper is dishonest
ReplyDeleteIts marketing. If they say 7m with 3.5M citizens, then population is DOUBLE the citizen numbers. So they say 6.9M (higher bound) with 3.6M (lower bound) citizens, to confuse people into not thinking that it is not so much. Clever huh! Talk to us like children. 乖乖, here is some candy (baby incentives, more flats, more MRT lines etc). If you naughty, you will have no rice to eat (aging population, low support ration so have to raise taxes, population & GDP will contract, Singapore sinking ship ...). Same thing when they wanted to pay themselves million dollar salaries. TCH said "YOUR housing estates will become slums, YOUR women will become maids in other countries..." Obviously they don't think that THEY are US. They don't live in OUR flats & THEIR women will never become maids in other countries.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the White Paper but marketing. Same with the MND Planning paper. Didn't you see in both pictures of WIDE open spaces (no trash somemore) in the foreground, filled with happy families having picnics, kites flying in the sky. Just go to any public park TODAY & see who are there. When 700,000 flats & more roads, MRT lines are built, there won't be any space & any wind between the buildings to fly a kite. Oops, oh but those are only "Artists' impression", not real one. The government is not liable for those misleading images. Neither are the artists because they are exercising their artistic freedom. But boy, don't you feel good about the papers, huh? You feel that you will be one of those happy people who don't have to work OT & have free time to go picnic & fly kites with your kids in those wide open spaces. Don't you feel like having kids now?
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the "Garden in a city" gimmick too!
ReplyDeleteChop down all the good trees, clear all the vegetation that support natural ecosystems and replace them with pretty landscaped gardens. Line the cultured trees in a straight line like a runway and many birds, different kinds of them, will land and make the garden their home. Don't you feel like going for a picnic now?
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