For the millionaires and those who can afford to pay and pay, surge pricing in a good formula and good policy to provide services and goods according to supply and demand. It is another core principle of free capitalist economy and laissez faire. Provide service and goods to those who can pay, forget about those who cannot pay. The rich will be very happy but the poor, what poor, they don’t deserve to have the services and the goods.
There is no free lunch, come and get it if you can afford it. That was why
many of the landlords and rich were executed when Capitalism reached its perfection and Communism came in to level the playing field when the
majority of the poor rebelled. Revolutions are made of such stuff, the
struggle between perfect Capitalism and the need to distribute wealth more equally, not equally, to the less deserving.
The parents are complaining that the price of milk powder has surged more than 120% over the last decade or so. A 900g tin of milk powder now costs $56 from $25.40. This must be surge pricing demand at work thought the manufacturers claimed costs are going up due to R & D. The parents are not amused. Maybe they should stop producing babies, then the demand for milk powder will fall and no surge in price.
When the prices of basic goods and services are determined by demand without intervention by the govt, it is very good for the rich and the producers of these goods and services. The other end of the stick is a different story. Should this be the principle for pricing of goods and services for all things?
Public transport prices, food prices, education, ERPs, medical, use of water and electricity, etc etc? Should the govt go this way, to encourage surge pricing and apply surge pricing for more goods and essential services?
The Sultan of Johore has just done the opposite by selling low cost housing to the losers that cannot afford to pay. This is against the principle of Capitalism and surge pricing. Why supply housing at low prices when he could make a pile by restricting supply and sell to the highest buyers? But he is going to stand out as a leader of the people, a champion of the masses, He is now putting many political leaders to shame. Once in a long while a benevolent leader will appear on the scene. This sultan is looking like the one the Malaysians are looking for.
How many monkeys are out there clapping and saying surge pricing is the
right thing and right policy to be adopted by the govt?
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Prices go up, people run away like avoiding wild beasts.
This is a chinese proverb, every chinese able to read square words would have known.
But one teen was able to get away from the price increases and NS then jobless in the same environment. This is a real news.
Who broke the news? not the main media, it was hwz first came out with the news, I must say sinkies bloggers are supper fast.
"A judge rules the 18-year-old can stay in US as he faces political persecution in Singapore.
BBC News - World"
Yes! Living in this sardine-packed tiny city state is indeed very "siong"!
Sorry to say that....it is going to be very very very expensive living here!
Here surge a little and there surge a little, when added together "bay-tar-han"!
This is the new normal. Dont play play!
You-die-your-business! No-money-no-talk!
We are in the NEW society, NOW!
Is this what we want?
Are we really better now then 10/20 years ago?
Can we U-turn? How to at this stage?
We are indeed......Too massive to fail!
Sad.
The Surge Pricing thing is gonna squeeze the low-mid incomers very hard ( even with subsidies given by the govt). Already they r being chased out of their HDB flats when they can't pay up, & being sent debt collectors to collect monies when they can't pay the healthcare services etc...
..u see these low-mid incomers r unable to find innovative ways to increase their incomes unlike the elites PAPies whom even went to Vietnam to invite bziness. Like the saying goes --"God save those who save themselves first". These 70% dafts r gonna remain in Sinkieland & continue to vote the miws PAPies Lah ..Stupidity has no cure here Liao..
What is wrong with Surge Pricing? It is supply and demand, right? Certain things will go down in price when demand is low, and prices will rise when demand is high. ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong in this system.
Salary goes up of course everything must go up.Simple logic.
Blame those why cry for more pay or MW.
Milk powder goes up then breast feed instead of telling others not to produce.
When there is surge pricing upwards due to "what's wrong with collecting more money policies"
- there has to be a surge voting downwards away from PAP in GE 2020
If we don't vote Opposition ... how are we ever going to bring down the costs of living in Singapore?
The Sultan of Johore has just done the opposite by selling low cost housing to the losers that cannot afford to pay.
RB
Because Singapore has no sultan mah. The closest we have will be the "elected" President, but then you know lah, what can he or she do?
Of course if the opposition become strong and ready to be a better govt, maybe the "elected" President can also become stronger and better.
So vote opposition, provided of course the opposition is ready to be govt lah. If not, how can they govern properly if they are not ready, tio bo?
PAP voters must feel the full cost of voting PAP ... everyday ... for the next 4 years
- otherwise, they will still continue to vote PAP in GE 2020.
We should support PAP's price increases.
Please give PAP MPs more ideas .... many other areas in which PAP can increase prices for Singaporeans.
Anon 11.12 am
" If we don't vote Opposition ... how are we ever going to bring down the costs of living in Singapore? "
This is total rubbish. What makes you think that if Opposition gets into power there will not be double surge in the price?
You can never predict what will happen when there is a change in power. If it is not broken, or even a little broken, don't start a major repair. Things might get even worse.
If not, how can they govern properly if they are not ready, tio bo?
11:15 am
Tiok lah. This is common sense, yet 30% still voted for opposition despite the opposition not ready to be govt. Luckily only 30%.
What makes you think that if Opposition gets into power there will not be double surge in the price?
11:19 am
Not to worry lah, because they will for sure be voted out in the next election and PAP will be more than ready to take over again.
So if Opposition gets into power, they will have every incentive and motivation to be better than PAP lah, if they want to remain in power.
/// This is total rubbish. What makes you think that if Opposition gets into power there will not be double surge in the price? ///
March 25, 2017 11:19 am
What makes you think that if Opposition gets into power things will not get better?
PAP's performance is so lousy right now.
Any change will be an improvement.
The sun will rise in the west and sets in the east, if opposition wins the next election. Last GE 70%, with all the new citizens the prediction will be 80% mandate for the PAP.
Live with that thought and prepare for that. You know what to do if you consider that unacceptable.
Not to worry lah, because they will for sure be voted out in the next election...
11:27 am
That's why WP Teochew Ah Hia and team nearly lost Aljunied, after just only one term as GRC MPs.
I predict they will lose Aljunied in the next GE if they continue to diam diam and no better than PAP MP.
Amos, take your time to enjoy the many facets of the vastness and natural beauty of America while the sinkies enjoy their chicken rice with chicken balls as their side dish
Singapore also famous for their frog in the well porridge and frog in the slow cook porridge!
/// You can never predict what will happen when there is a change in power. ///
March 25, 2017 11:19 am
Exactly.
So if we don't change government, how will we ever know if we are being deceived by PAP or not?
From the way things are going, in terms of hardship and suffering brought upon by policies, pricing, taxing, controlling, dictating and forcing down your throats by cunning schemes such as the compulsive compulsory cpf life insurance ponzi schemes, I think it is only a matter of time that Communism's Ideals may come into play to overturn the Abuseses and Excesses of the Capitalist Model controlled and enjoyed by the Elites of the Uncaring Kind. A single word to say it is: REVOLUTION!
With Amos succeeding in getting US asylum, will this encourage more Sinkie teenagers or even adults to follow in his footsteps?
If so, PAP may have a hard time jailing so many Amoses.
But then, the future Amoses may not be as lucky as Amos getting US asylum. US may also want to discourage more Sinkie Amoses because it doesn't benefit them really.
Whether deceived by PAP or not, is not the question. 70% mandate means that 70% of Singaporeans trust the PAP government. Next GE it will be more than 70%.
PAP will be running Singapore for all eternity. New citizen will see to that.
Live with that certainty.
Anon 12.00
REVOLUTION????
Singaporeans do not have the balls for that sort of thing. Look at the turnout at Hong Lim Park. HAHAHA.
Only know how to kpkb. Nothing else.
A single word to say it is: REVOLUTION!
12:00 pm
U talking about Sinkies? Hahahahahahahaha.
Just look at Hong Lim Park turnout. Govt allow them to protest legally they also not interested.
And if 70% even voted for PAP as recently as 2015, when will a Sinkie REVOLUTION start? Or tan ku ku?
Only know how to kpkb. Nothing else.
12:06 pm
kpkb for real for those who still remain here and money no enough. These are the pa see buay zao (beat until die also don't want to run, only kpkb) Sinkies.
kpkb for fun for those who still remain here and money got enough.
Or else, they either make more money to have good life here or emigrate elsewhere to have it.
"Amos, take your time to enjoy the many facets of the vastness and natural beauty of America while the sinkies enjoy their chicken rice with chicken balls as their side dish" 11:47am
This boy s escape from jail is deemed as enjoying US beauty. Not sure what he wanted, for sure is: NO NS.
If the Pap dares, authorize citizens to exchange to PR if they do not want to do NS. I guess 99% citizens will do so, from the fact that the elites asked PR to volunteer for NS only few weeks training. PR 700000, came forward 1000, really took up 100, really passing out UNKNOWN.
PR living here only interested to eat Singaporeans chicken balls, chick got balls meh?
"Salary goes up of course everything must go up.Simple logic."
Foreigner got a job here will chant this as logic.
Does he know that nation wide productivity must increase 1% before cleaner can get increments? Cleaner s pay was $700pm.
Productivity has not been increasing but decreasing because the garmen keep increasing foreigners to work here.
Salary can go up?
Prices go up because of salary: this writer has just move into sinkieland.
Wait for the prices all go up higher and higher while garmen tries hard to get foreigners in to bring down the salaries and productivity statistics.
Then some days, there must be time for celebration: imploding sinkieland. A total collapse, households go stagnant stop buying anything, shops close, malls only have security guards.
By then may be security guards will pay more than 2k. Everyone is guard and grape or ibird taxi driver. Shops or factories have little sales. These days will come. I call implosion day. Celebration with Kool, open your wine or stout.
...imploding sinkieland. A total collapse, households go stagnant stop buying anything, shops close, malls only have security guards.
12:40 pm
Provided majority Sinkies become poor and so will not vote for PAP lah.
But as recently as 2015, 70% still voted for PAP, meaning at least they still got money to eat and buy things and are still happy to vote for PAP lah. And just last year, in May 2016, Chee Soon Juan even lost a by election because 61% are still happy with PAP.
Only when they become really poor with no money to eat and buy things, for sure they have nothing to lose by voting even for monkeys. So still got time to tan ku ku lah.
"And if 70% even voted for PAP as recently as 2015, when will a Sinkie REVOLUTION start? Or tan ku ku? "
12:06pm
Who want to go revolution? No need lah. Wait for the foreigners to do it. They are 50% of total population. When something not shiok to them, similar to Little India riots, such as salaries not paid, salaries taken back, etc quietly accumulated, the day may come.
The elites may run off if these people got mad and go island wide.
Another unlikely is neighbors are getting impatient with the elites of pap. There was some unwelcome incidences to indons army. There can be retaliation from malaysian opposition when in power. Any riot incidences in sinkiesland is an opportunity to them.
Pap is anti china and najib is pro china, conflicts may get in the way when malacca town gets big and water stops supplying to singapore. U wanna eat the malaysians? By then, singapore population will be 7 millions under the Pap. U dont need to do anything, just go celebration. Pap will give up, even voters want them, as malaysia opposition does not like pap.
If the Pap dares, authorize citizens to exchange to PR if they do not want to do NS.
12:22 pm
What for need Pap to do that? Sinkies not happy already can given up citizenship and emigrate.
And those remain Pap know they will not and cannot run.
There was some unwelcome incidences to indons army.
12:58 pm
That's why Pap want to buy expensive US weapons and become US ally mah. Changi Naval base is serving the US Indo-Asia-Pacific fleet, u know.
So Indonesia will not attack Sinkieland lah, what resources or advantages is there to gain by doing that?
Malaysia will also not attack but rather may become more developed and can bypass Sinkieland, but then also not easy lah. If not, they would have already achieved it long ago.
I sincerely hope that there will be more essential services and items
following the surge pricing model!
Surge! Surge! Surge! The only sustainable pricing model going forward!
Let Singapore be Surgepore! Yes! Surgepore! Surgepore!
Huat-Ah! Huat-Ah! "一路发!" "一路发!"
Hahaha..............
12.40
Now lakopi with a cleaner working 7am to 12.30pm.
Cleaner pay was 700 but now 1.5k.
Pay doubled but kopi cost 15% extra nia.
Having a recession is good.
Those pmets will learn how to treasure their jobs.
Salary lower,kopitiam no laku ,kopi maybe buy one get 1 free.
Wine n stout comes with sweet charbor glued to you.
worry not worry not
there is a lot of people with plenty of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
are you one of them
what is surge pricing to them
nothing nothing
Complain so much for fuck!?!? You ALL FUCKING DESERVE IT!!!! Instead of being Sinkies (which are losers) --- think & do things that will allow you to renounce your pink NRIC (like investing in Grab).
Grab raising US$1.5B :-
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-24/uber-rival-grab-said-raising-1-5-billion-in-new-funding-round
Grab creating 800 IT and R&D jobs in India and Vietnam :-
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-15/uber-rival-grab-boosts-research-development-with-800-new-jobs
Rb, I remembered the time when milk powder was around $25 and it was then already considered expensive. Now my sons have reached adulthood and I told them better get Ang moh Wife. They asked me why but I did not response. The main reason of course is to save on milk powder cause Ang moh women have larger tits so can produce more milk.
The main reason of course is to save on milk powder cause Ang moh women have larger tits so can produce more milk.
2:11 pm
Another reason is that breast milk is natural so it is better and healthier for babies. Some more it is free.
Any food, and not just milk for babies, that is artificial and processed is not as good as natural or organic. This one no need expert to tell u one.
So PAP should have a campaign to encourage breast feeding, even in public places eg on MRT.
So PAP should have a campaign to encourage breast feeding, even in public places eg on MRT.
2:33 pm
Tiok. When PAP support it and say OK, it is OK. That's the power of PAP. So no need to feel shy.
"Now lakopi with a cleaner working 7am to 12.30pm.
Cleaner pay was 700 but now 1.5k.
Pay doubled but kopi cost 15% extra nia."
U told the opposite story to support the elite.
Use the latest figures, i wander its true to get 1.5k, Its only around 10 to 11 dollars per hours for partime. The total is not enough for a family that needs 2k to function. Minimum pay must be 2k and above. The price increase 15% is up to the seller. In the past, swee swee supported them to pay only $700pm, that was a clear exploitation of the poor. to report to work at 7am, it means to wake up at 5:30am.
Sinkies should vote out people like tooth pick and the kek tapis, they find ways to stop welfare for the lowest layer of people who are the poorest. Their policies were to make them poor to poor through restraining the salaries increment and brought up the prices through other policies.
Wait for the imploding sinkieland to witness what happens similar to little india riots. No political party can solve problems by restraining salaries increases and letting cost of living go up freely. I can open my stout to celebrate the day.
No political party can solve problems by restraining salaries increases and letting cost of living go up freely.
2:37 pm
But why PAP need or want to solve problems when they can still get 70% votes without solving problems, u tell me lah?
...to report to work at 7am, it means to wake up at 5:30am.
2:37 pm
That's OK lah, if they stop work at 1.00 pm. I don't mind working such hours, but not as cleaner at $700 pm, of course.
I'm voting Opposition to teach PAP a lesson.
I want PAP to feel my anger towards all their PAP-initiated price increases.
Vote Opposition.
Let PAP know how you feel about their price increases.
Talk no use.
Only voting Opposition can stop the price increase.
Why?
Because the price increases originated from PAP.
True or not?
You tell me lah.
I think someone will make a movie of Amos's life.
A teenage boy, quited Sin's education though he could easily breeze through, took on a shady and big bully gov, and won - he escaped from Sin City to a land of liberty
I am sure his english will be more American accented.
We will be watching his next chapter.
11per hour mean 99 for 9 hour.
5 day work easily 2k.
I think Amos will have a bright future in USA because he is creative even at a very young age.
At 13, he already made movies which won awards, u know. In fact Jack Neo even talent spotted him and cast him as a child actor in one of his movies.
So I think such credentials may have also helped him to secure US asylum. The US definitely sees him as an asset, although PAP, and not surprisingly, sees him as a nuisance.
For the sake of his future, Amos indeed made a right and brave choice, and of course thanks also to US based activists like Melissa Chen and the pro bono US lawyers, without which this will not have happened.
"11per hour mean 99 for 9 hour.
5 day work easily 2k.
March 25, 2017 3:11 pm"
Correct lah, 2000pm is 10.49per hr. Any one takes up part time must ask for more that 11 per hour, as part time odd hours work is not full time with benefits. Pay only 11 hr is too little.
Indians will take as they can earn on exchange rate and ship money back to lower cost of living villages. Here in world most expensive city. 11 per hour is very low. NY, cost of living is not higher than sinkieland, pay 15 per hours for Mac crew. Many towns in US are paying 15 per hours.
Sinkieland is exploiting part time staff by importing indians to lower the overall asking salary. Only woke up sinkie like me knows the exploitation policy. Only one vote for opposition here. The rest are IB, voting for the exploitation. Lets celebrate the foolish town so called country.
5 day week at 2000 is better than those poly student who make lesser.
Can gossip half day n wayang.Actual work 4 hour niania.Got 350 quarterly payout for PG.plus work fare....Can drink angcheekow nightly..better than their towkays.
Tell me what good reason not vote for pap:-)
Ah pek cycle 5 minute to work nearby condo so no need wake up early.7am clear bin and lakopi at 8.30.toktoktok 10 am lakopi again.come back wayang sweep sweep wait for 12.30.
Plenty of cardboard can sell garangguni.Free angcheekow again.Can even go sinpopo.
Join the cleaning force.,b4 FT take over.
""A judge rules the 18-year-old can stay in US as he faces political persecution in Singapore.
BBC News - World"
March 25, 2017 10:04 am"
It started the whole thing when one lauahpek at hg filed poolist report against this 18 yr old. It ended up the 18 yr old avoided NS and living in USA, amarikar.
I wander anyone knows what happens to the lauahpek now. Is he doing very well got increased salary and promotions? He has done a good deed to this family. I guess the father and mother and the whole sinkieland will stand salute to this good deed. The case made world news and accorded goodwill to sinkieland. Anyone got news about the lauahpek now?
""A judge rules the 18-year-old can stay in US as he faces political persecution in Singapore.
BBC News - World"
Let's hope Amos Yee continues to blog about political persecution in Singapore.
Now it is news all over the world that leaders in Sin shamelessly played, groped and kicked the big balls of a 17 years old boy.
Sinply no shame leaders
Amos Yee got political asylum! That is Great News to Make AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! The Trump Administration MUST send a Strong Message to the Detractors who was all out in support of Hillary Clinton and Obama, and looked down on Donald Trumo during the US Presidential Elections last year.
When will Singapore ever be great? Will it ever be great? When a New Government by the Peasants fron the Peasants for the Peasants to the Peasants has materialised? Is it possible when the Ruthless Tentacles of the Uncaring Pretentious Self-confessed Natural Aristocrats lurking in every corner to arrest and handcuff and shackle you and charge you in court like how Amos Yee was treated???
AY gained UaSsH asylum...he gonna 'pluck' Ah Long san left right centre using his Youtuber live streaming ..he gonna screamed to Ah Long san '..come & get me Ashhh hole..u son of the bxcxx ...u mfxxxx...etc' it will be Ah Long nite mare every nite till he is in a wooden ward...
Ah Loong better not walk the streets of New York alone
Sooner or later Joe Schoolings & that Ah Quah man will follow suit..the probability of them migrating to America for their careers r very high..Sin City gonna lose more of its Local talents & the Sin govt no choice but to import more FTs ( who cares whether they born in Sin or not as long as they can win 4 Sin City will be oked Liao..)
Amos got politically sodomised in Sin. The judge was right to set him free from Sin.
Matilar also sodomised his daughters, he may use Amos case to apply too
Whole nation, and its leaders, persecuted a boy - that's how the world sees it.
50 years of economic development has produced a retard people - dirty toilets, dirty food court and ill mannered people everywhere
Hi guys, I have deleted a few comments that got too personal. Let's keep the discussion on issues and not to get too friendly in such ways. Of course there is one exception and that would be the only exception here: )
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