Historically a country needs a strong army to protect itself and its people from foreign invaders. Every country protects its territory and people from outside forces so that its people can live a better life. Singapore built a very strong army(inclusive of air force and navy) for exactly the same purpose, to keep foreigners out from our little piece of rock. However, this concept of keeping foreigners out seems to be an outdated thinking. Singapore now is well known for an open leg immigration policy, to bring in as many foreigners as possible into the country, with some floating the idea of having a population of 10m or more. As it is today, there are more foreigners in the island than Singaporeans with many foreigners given citizenship freely.
With such a change in the thinking, with a liberal policy of sharing the island and its wealth freely with foreigners, the concept of protecting the island from foreigners is no longer valid. With more than 50 per cent of the population being foreigners, it is as good as the foreigners taking half of the island and everything Singapore has, including a share of the reserves and assets.
This calls for a rethink in having a big army when there is no enemy to protect and keep out. Everyone is friend and potential citizen, new Singaporeans. So, is there still a need for a strong army and National Service? If this is the direction Singapore is heading, abolishing NS and the army is a natural thing to do. Why spend so much money, a huge defence budget for nothing when there is no foreigners to keep out? Singapore actually wants the foreigners to be in.
The advantages of not having a strong army and not having NS are tremendous. No need for a defence budget, no need to have so many ministers of defence and minister of states for defence, no need to buy expensive military toys and to upkeep them. At best Singapore only needs a few F35s to show off and for National Day Parade. No need so many military camps and air bases and naval bases, no need expensive training overseas. And all the able men and women can be deployed into the industries to be productive. All the land saved can be used to build more flats to sell to foreigners or to build shopping complexes.
What do you think? Good idea or not?
And Singapore can solve the problems of the two white elephants in the making. The Covid19 Pandemic is destroying the air travelling industry. Air travel is not going to be the same any more. Even Terminal 4 is going to be under utilised, not counting Terminal 5 going to be like a cemetery. How to save some money by making the two terminals, maybe even 3 terminals useful again?
Think Djibouti. Djibouti has turned itself into a rentier country, collecting rent by leasing its land to any country that wants to put its military bases there. The 2/3 terminals can be rented to the USA and China or India and collect rent. This goes the same as Tuas Terminal, another white elephant in the making with China planning to by pass Singapore altogether and working to cut across the Isthmus of Kra. Thanks to our pro American policy and inviting this rogue country to threaten China.
By subletting part of Tuas to China as a naval base, China would then not feel threatened by the Americans, and no need to cut the Kra to build a canal. Its merchant ships can then return to Singapore freely and Singapore's port facilities need not be mothballed. The two white elephants in airport terminals and Tuas Port would thus be made useful again. Can sublet the Istana also, to the super rich. Everything can go if the price is right.
And there is no need to keep building homes like crazy to sell to foreigners. Just turn them into military bases and lease them out. After all, all are welcome. Singapore belongs to everyone here. And Singapore would be prosperous forever and ministers can even be paid tens of millions with all the rents collected and money saved from having a big army. No foreign country would dare to invade Singapore, no reason to as all is welcome here, even if they do, the big powers with their bases here would do the defending.
This must be a crazy win, win, win idea for all. Caveat, cost of living would be extremely high and Singaporeans that cannot afford to stay here can move to Batam, Bintan or JB, if Malaysia and Indonesia don't mind accepting them, if they don't mind having open leg immigration policy that is free for all.
Whew, I am so brilliant.
Singapore can become the first global city, free for all to come. Singaporeans can call themselves global citizens, only believeable inside Singapore global city as no country would be silly enough to allow citizens of other countries to enter their country freely, not even global citizens of Singapore. But this is Uniquely Singapore at its best. It is called creativity and innovative thinking or disruptive thinking, disrupting the lives of daft Singaporeans.
ReplyDeleteHi a very very good morning to everyone.
The simple answer is NO!
No! No! No!
Cheers......
Once again need to highlight bout tis NS thingy. The whole idea is to keep its Sillyzens subservient to its masters of the land & nothing else, train them to be like dogs & on times of war or crisis these Sillyzens will juz die die fight to protect the Masters of this Land or Rock. The Secondary thingy is to make them feel the Sillyzens to hv own something so that they die die protect it, kind of humans brainwashed en masse & nothing else.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Singapore's Open-leg policy . . .
ReplyDeleteTuesday 04 August, there were 7 imported cases, all from India .
2 are Singapore Permanent Residents who returned to Singapore from India on 23 July. 2 are Work Pass holders and had arrived in Singapore from India on 22 July and 31 July. Another 2 are Dependant’s Pass holders who arrived from India on 21 July and 22 July, and the remaining case is a Student’s Pass holder who arrived from India on 23 July.
There was a twit in TRE complaining that the garment was hiding something by not naming the countries of infected Covid19 people coming into Singapore. This idiot thought those infected were from China and because of this the garment did not want to name them.
ReplyDeleteNow garment is forced to name them and practically everyone came from India and a few from USA and UK.
Confirmed Cases by Country:
ReplyDelete4,768,827 US
2,801,921 Brazil
1,855,745 India
88,206 China
53,346 Singapore
(Source: Latest from JOHNS HOPKINS)
In my early years' batches of NS, our population was small. Majority of the people were Sinkapooreans. We seldom see many foreigners working here as compared to present days. These early batches of NSmen were conscious and were prepared to protect our country. Then, we took NS quite seriously despite being paid $60 pm & later $90 pm allowances. Many decades later, the MIWs started to open their legs wide wide to foreigners, and now we are overcrowded, as if we original Sinkapooreans are staying in a foreign country. Now these modern NSmen are protecting foreigners, and the rich millionaire politicians who are paid top of the world's salaries. They can hide in their home toilets and laughed at us like we are stupid people.
ReplyDeleteYes, according to self-make-rich using taxpayers' money multi-millionaire ministers, 101% need NS (Numbskull Slaves) to protect them and the families, so that they can continue to enjoy life at the taxpayers' expense.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Dead Old Man, NS (National Slaves) were needed because Malaysia Generals offered to be his bodyguards to escort him wherever he went. Like that, he got so frightened of losing his power, so he told Dr Go-Go to form Army to protect him and his family. Dr Go-Go also kena conned. So he formed National Slaves Army. At first only 2 battalions - 3Sir and 4Sir. Mostly no education speak only Hokkien.
Hi Anon
Delete1SIR and 2SIR spoke Malay.
Replica of Malay Regiments
CAS men trained mainly by them in Ulu Pandan Camps
Now, of course don't need NS already. Protect who, what and why? Fight with who? Which countries? Malaysia and Indonesia? Where got fight one? Indonesia just send 10% of population over to pee in the streets, the whole Singapore flooded and stinks. How to fight? I also NS. My father and grandfather every time tell me to prepare on white T-shirt to put inside my army bag. In case need to surrender. If my paper general hide behind, inside bunkers, and tell us to Cheng, I quickly use my white T-shirt tie to me bayonet and fix to my rifle to surrender. All my friends sure follow me one. Like that clever or not? What for die for foreign workers and foreign talents and foreign new citizens? And millionaires. Siow ah?
ReplyDeleteStupid also not stupid until like that lah.
ReplyDelete@ Anon @ August 05, 2020 9:47 am, who said:
/// There was a twit in TRE complaining that the garment was hiding something by not naming the countries of infected Covid19 people coming into Singapore. This idiot thought those infected were from China and because of this the garment did not want to name them.
Now garment is forced to name them and practically everyone came from India and a few from USA and UK. ///
Actually, your comment makes YOU look like the twit and the idiot.
The other guy has done Singaporeans a good service. Instead of being grateful for his good deed, and thank him, you have chosen to belittle and condemn him.
Anonymous 212 pm
ReplyDeleteU are very very descriptive!
U are indeed a talent?
Very very good! Keep it up!
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ReplyDelete4,768,827 US
2,801,921 Brazil
1,855,745 India
88,206 China
53,346 Singapore
(Source: Latest from JOHNS HOPKINS)
Multiply each of the countries' figures as reported by Big John Hop-Kins by 5 and you get the actual numbers on the ground.
India, Iran, Indonesia, Israel and Ireland, the five I's have been grossly under-reporting since November 2019, due to lack of information on the noval coronavirus. They already have the Covid19 infections even before China had.
ReplyDeleteThe World Health Organisation also not the wiser, if China had not reported to them in December 2019. Even at that time, WHO Chief had not taken it seriously. He kept delaying the Declaration of Pandemic, for at least three or four sessions of the deliberation meetings.
You are wrong Uncle Redbean. Singapore needs as many foreign talents as you can get, to improve the gene pool and to upgrade the capability of Singaporeans. You need Indians from the CECA agreement to run your banks and major enterprises. You need PRC to start SMEs and Europeans to teach Singaporeans the technical knowledge. 10 million population is OK. Singapore will be a better country with free access for all.
ReplyDeleteYou are right.
DeleteNow MOM just disclosing 47 errant employers for unfair discriminate hirings?
Just only 47 added to the thousands?
After ao many donkey keys them now they start hardball policies.
Wait till the day you also been RTS that is Roam The Streets been displaced then you will sing a different tune of having ten millions.
Anyway, now I don't give a damn whether MORE and more sinkies RTS as they really deserved to be RTS for been dafts.
They need much syfferings to mature and NOT so pampered and fussy like withered strawberries.
Generation with GRIT? My foot.
Ah Gua generation.
Wednesday 05 August, there were 4 imported cases, all from India.
ReplyDelete3 are Dependant’s Pass holders who arrived in Singapore from India on 22 July. The remaining case is a Short-Term Visit Pass holder who arrived in Singapore from India on 22 July.
Agree, we need better genes from the Guptas. Our Subramaniam, Muthusamy and Arumugam types of genes no fight against the northern Indian genes. Similarly the southern Chinese gene pools need to be replaced by the northern Chinese genes.
ReplyDeleteAnd the rest of the Singaporean genes can be replaced by the Pinoy and Myanmese genes.
Waiting for these foreign talents to kick out the useless and untalented politicians just like they kicked out the local PMETs, calling them unfit, untalented, no skill to do the jobs.
conscription is slavery.
ReplyDelete"'Slavery is involuntary servitude; conscription is involuntary military servitude; therefore not only is conscription slavery; it's a particularly heinous form of slavery that often ends in maiming and death.''
anyway there is nothing to protect anymore. everything belongs to foreigners welcomed into this country by the current gov. might as well just scrap ns and pay jobless benefits like all first world country.
ReplyDeleteAsk the NSman that have to do reservist and lost his jobs to the foreigners, how does it feel to be in such a situation? Worse, he has to sublet his flat to the foreigners, to share his home.
ReplyDeleteOr the NSman that lost his jobs to the foreigners and has to drive taxis or Grabs to fetch the foreigners to his office or for entertainment?
Or ask the NSman that was told he is fired by a foreigner and now jobless but still called up as reservist to protect the jobs and homes of the foreigners and the millionaires that made him lose his jobs to the foreigners?