After
one and a half years of economic downturns, and after spending more than
$100 billion of hard-earned taxpayers' money in the Reserve, the
world-best super talents of Singapore are desperate, very desperate.
They
are now in the process of turning the tiny island of Singapore into a
"Lepers Island", where all potential lepers are sent to, for quarantine,
until they are proven "cleaned", before they are allowed to proceed
forth towards their destinations. A COVID-19 Halfway House of sorts.
It's
all about the economy. It is all about money. Money is more important
than preventing, protecting, preserving and saving their own citizens'
lives, their own citizens' children and their own citizens' children's
future.
If the economy tanks, no amount of safety measures
implemented against the COVID-19 coronavirus for the safety and health
of the country men, women and children can save them from the ultimate
misery and suffering.
If the economy fails, thousands of jobs
will be lost, foreign talents will desert, foreign investments will
escape, and even some local talents and leaders will abscond. The
suffering will be immense.
If the economy collapses, the whole
country collapses. It becomes a failed state. It becomes a shame, a
disgrace, a laughing stock and horrendous experience for the elites as
well as the majority or the commoners through no faults of theirs. The
suffering will be unimaginable.
There are some fake leaders who
always talk about reviving the economy while the COVID-19 Pandemic is
still in existence, still in progress, still marching on and still
rampaging. But the beauty of it all is that they don't even have a
single clue as to how to go about doing it, how to revive the economy
while the COVID-19 is still very much alive. How to have the cake and
eat it, so to speak.
There are some fake leaders who are quick to
parrot other leaders' use of the phrase "coming back stronger" but how
do you come back stronger when you don't even know how to come back in
the first place?
So, the best they can do is to grab at any straw
that floats towards them. In other words, they will seize any
opportunity that may accidentally or incidentally comes across their
paths.
So, now that some countries like Australia and Japan are
presenting the idea of using Singapore as a Covid Quarantine Station
(CQR) for foreigners who wish the visit their countries, the desperate
world-best super talents quickly seize the opportunity, and so Singapore
is now on its way to become the first (or the only) world-best COVID-19
Halfway House!
Fact is stranger than fiction.
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Plan for S'pore quarantine hub to ease Aussie log jam
ReplyDeleteCouple months ago, Aussie media were saying the Morrison government was working on an ambitious plan that would establish Singapore as a quarantine gateway, holiday destination and potential vaccination hub for returning Australians, international students and business travellers.
The deal would help clear the log jam of approximately 40,000 Australians stranded overseas, boost tourism to Australia from Singaporean nationals – and third countries down the track – and kick-start the multibillion-dollar market for international students at Australian universities, which has been smashed by border closures.
Multiple Morrison government sources, who asked not to be named so they could discuss details of the proposal, told The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age Trade Minister Dan Tehan and Government Services Minister Stuart Robert were driving the plan and leading behind-the-scenes policy work.
Under the plan, Singaporean nationals who have had their vaccination would be able to travel to Australia for work, study or holidays without having to complete two weeks’ hotel quarantine.
It could also be possible for people from third countries to enter Australia via Singapore after completing two weeks’ quarantine in the city-state.
The use of Singapore to bring Australians home and to restart tourism and business travel would significantly ease pressure on the states’ hotel quarantine systems and the federal government’s Howard Springs facility.
For Singapore, the proposal would bring in revenue for its hotel operators and the broader tourism sector, as well as ensuring it maintained its status as regional hub for flights.
Australian government wants to establish Singapore as Australia's quarantine gateway - never knew Singapore was ruled by Australia !
ReplyDelete"Singaporeans want their Government to put their safety first." - Leslie Fong, ST May 20 2021
ReplyDeleteGood idea. Turn the island into Alcatraz. Then Indonesia and Malaysia will have a perfect excuse to take over or take back Singapore, because that means Singapore is no more an Independent state but an appendage of Australia.
ReplyDeleteThink deeper.
Brunei has announced on Wednesday (19 May) that it will be temporarily suspending its reciprocal green lane (RGL) arrangement with Singapore and will take effect from 7pm on Thursday (20 May) until further notice.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the press statement, this decision is made after the review of the risk assessment of the countries/areas/regions affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
From now, all travellers from Singapore will be required to undergo self-isolation in a hotel for a period determined by Brunei’s Health Ministry.
Now Brunei also sees Singapore as high risk. What the fuck?
Singapore used to be a safe place. Now people are avoiding Singapore, closing down on Singapore. Conference, meeting etc are cancelled.
ReplyDeleteSingapore must have done the right thing, ya?
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed four more cases linked to the Changi Airport Terminal 3 cluster, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 100, as of 12pm on May 20, 2021.
ReplyDeleteThe cluster at the Changi Airport is currently the largest active cluster in Singapore.
What an achievement!
I am jobless and I want to rent out my home as quarantine for income.
ReplyDeleteUnless your property is isolated or as big as the Istana and with no near neighbours, or else it would be difficult. It can turn out to be another Hougang Ave 8 situation when everyone in the same block would be swapped, and may even be quarantined.
ReplyDeleteIf they turn Red Dot into a hallway house for quarantine purpose, God help us.
ReplyDeleteThat mistake at Changi Airport already taught us a costly lesson. Do not play with fire. Unless backside itchy and needs sodomising jialat jialat.
It'll be a good idea to use Pulau Tekong as quarantine island for the 40,000 Australians, transported straight from the airport to the island via Changi Ferry Terminal.
ReplyDeleteProblem once they are in the airport. There is possible leakage liao
DeleteWhy don't they use their, once ours, Christmas Island instead?
ReplyDeletePaid such obscene amounts and touted as the best talents in the land and their grand vision is for our once beautiful country to be turned into a halfway house or sick bay for Australia? And in a pandemic when we are still struggling to stop a virus from overwhelming us? As RB says stupidity has no cure.
ReplyDeleteIt is bad to have no plan. It is worse to plan to fail.
ReplyDeleteWhat the Australians have is land. They have many remote towns where they could conveniently turn into quarantine camps and the virus would not spread to nearby towns unlike the congested island like ours.
ReplyDeleteBut they want to keep Australia safe while conning the imbeciles to the take risk to infect the whole island.
The dumb imbeciles might say good idea, easy money and can fill up all the hotels.
SINGAPORE: A man and a woman were charged on Friday (May 21) with harassing their neighbours, one of whom is a nurse at Sengkang General Hospital.
ReplyDeleteCheang Eng Hock, 56, received two charges of intentionally causing harassment. His wife Lim Sok Lay, 48, was given five similar charges and one count of public nuisance.
They are accused of using insulting words and behaviour against their neighbours at a Punggol HDB block in May 2020 by shouting: "COVID", "COVID spreader", "virus" or "virus family". They also allegedly sprayed disinfectant solution in their neighbours' direction.
This type of mindless idiots must be locked up to set an example.
The covid-19 lockdown must have affected them seriously, until insanity. They should plea insanity as their defense to mitigate for the count's finding and sentence.
DeleteShould apply the caning test. Give each 3 strokes of the cane. If they cannot feel the pain, then they are really insane. If they can feel the pain, then they are pretending.
ReplyDeleteSingapore has now become a parriah city state where every other country shunned.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great achievement and lasting legacy of LHL and his natural aristocrats!
Singapore is now like a "kalong guni" country, picking up what others discarded.
ReplyDeleteSingapore - from Garden City (LKY era) to Trash City (PAP 4G era) . . .
ReplyDeleteRb. Knn what else can I say? I have been saying better control the intake from that south Asian country but they no listen. So rb, lnn what else can I say
ReplyDeleteThe ST reported: "Preliminary investigations indicate that the initial transmission could have occurred through an airport worker who was assisting a family from South Asia, who arrived in Singapore on 29 April, 2021 and were subsequently found to be positive for Covid-19 through their on-arrival tests." Further investigations are being done. CAAS and CAG did not say which country the family was from.
ReplyDeleteWhy weren't that family tested for COVID-19 before they board their flight to Singapore?
Why are they so fearful of mentioning the country. If it's India, just say it is India.
Their obsession with India Indians is so great that even sick and diseased India nationals also want.
ReplyDeleteMy intuition tells me that there must be something sinister behind the scene. What it is is not difficult to find out. It is bound to leak out because this whole thing is not good for our country and people.
So, whoever are responsible for this will have to be exposed for the good of the whole country and our future generations.
just in....Case 63509 is a 1 year-old male Singaporean who is a student at Skool4kidz Centre at Punggol Way and AWWA Early Intervention Centre @ Fernvale. As he had been identified as a close contact of Case 63357, he was placed on quarantine on 16 May. He was tested for COVID-19 on 18 May during quarantine and his test result came back negative on 19 May. He is asymptomatic, and was detected when he was tested again on 19 May and his test result came back positive for COVID-19 the next day. His serology test result is negative.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Angry Citizen May 22, 2021 12:10 am
ReplyDeleteNothing sinister, it's spelled out clearly in the CECA Agreement signed in 2005.
ARTICLE 9.3: GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR GRANT OF TEMPORARY ENTRY
Each Party shall grant temporary entry to natural persons of other Party, who are otherwise qualified for entry under applicable measures relating to public health and safety and national security, in accordance with this Chapter.
Each Party shall process expeditiously applications for temporary entry from natural persons of the other Party, including requests for further extensions. Each Party shall notify applicants for temporary entry, either directly or through their prospective employers, of the outcome of their applications, including the period of stay and other conditions.
Neither Party shall require labour market testing, economic needs testing or other procedures of similar effects as a condition for temporary entry in respect of natural persons upon whom the benefits of this Chapter are conferred.
Natural persons of either Party who are granted temporary entry into the territory
of the other Party shall not be required to make contributions to social security funds in the host country. In such cases, they will not be eligible for social security benefits in the other Party for the duration of the stay.
http://www.commonlii.org/sg/other/treaties/2005/1/INSFTA-Agreement.html
CECA Agreement Provide India An Unfair and Unnecessary Advantage Over Singapore
ReplyDeleteARTICLE 9.3: GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR GRANT OF TEMPORARY ENTRY
Each Party shall grant temporary entry to natural persons of other Party, who are otherwise qualified for entry under applicable measures relating to public health and safety and national security, in accordance with this Chapter.
Each Party shall process expeditiously applications for temporary entry from natural persons of the other Party, including requests for further extensions. Each Party shall notify applicants for temporary entry, either directly or through their prospective employers, of the outcome of their applications, including the period of stay and other conditions.
Neither Party shall require labour market testing, economic needs testing or other procedures of similar effects as a condition for temporary entry in respect of natural persons upon whom the benefits of this Chapter are conferred.
Natural persons of either Party who are granted temporary entry into the territory
of the other Party shall not be required to make contributions to social security funds in the host country. In such cases, they will not be eligible for social security benefits in the other Party for the duration of the stay.
This Article 9.3 of the CECA agreement offered, allowed and provided India an extreme and overwhelming Unfair, Undue and unnecessary advantage over Singapore.
See link below:
http://www.commonlii.org/sg/other/treaties/2005/1/INSFTA-Agreement.html
Although the document states "either party", in practice, Singapore is extremely and overwhelmingly on the losing end because of the mere fact that Singapore has only a 5.8 million population but India has 1.3 billion population!
That means Singapore has surrendered her rights to decide in her people's interests, in her national interests.
It further means that certain aspects of sovereignty of Singapore has been surrendered to India by virtue of this chapter in the CECA agreement.
Why our world-best top politicians did not take this practical aspect into consideration before signing the CECA agreement in 2005?
Blinded by certain limited considerations of gains in a bigger investment market?
This, in many respects, looks like a case of penny wise, pound foolish.
Think harder.
LIPS
Neither Party shall require labour market testing, economic needs testing or other procedures of similar effects as a condition for temporary entry in respect of natural persons upon whom the benefits of this Chapter are conferred.
ReplyDeleteWhy they allowed this? Stupidity has no cure.
Each Party shall grant temporary entry to natural persons of other Party, who are otherwise qualified for entry under applicable measures relating to public health and safety and national security, in accordance with this Chapter.
ReplyDeleteWhat does this clause mean?
Were there any strings pulled to let that infected family from that very high risk though unmentioned South Asian country come to Singapore on 29 April and subsequently spread their virus to the local community? How was their approval to come to Singapore given?
ReplyDeleteIn any agreement India wants to reap all the advantage, giving little in return.
ReplyDeleteUnder the BRI and RCEP they know that using that tactic will not work. With the likes of China inside those groupings. The Indians knew they have little room to manipulate to gain advantage. Hence they prefer to stay out.
But staying out is a blessing in disguise for the others in the two groupings. If they stay out and stay away is a good thing, but what India is doing, under USA and Western brainwashing, is also trying to sabotage the two groupings. India has seen the developments in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka taking off and could see the benefits, but are bound by their affiliation to the USA to stay out.
What's the nationality of that Airport Worker?
ReplyDeleteIndia in denial - there's NO Indian B.1.617 COVID-19 variant virus
ReplyDeleteThe Indian government has asked Indian social media companies to immediately remove any content from their platform that uses or refers to the term ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus, sources said Friday.
According to sources, the IT Ministry has written to all Indian social media platforms asserting that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not associated the term “Indian Variant” with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in any of its reports.
The sources said that a notice has been issued in this regard on Friday by the IT Ministry, which states that a false statement is being circulated online that implies that an ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus is spreading across countries.
They added that social media platforms have been asked to “remove all the content that names, refers to, or implies Indian variant’ of corona virus from your platform immediately”.
Ya, remove it and India will be fine overnight. The idea is good. But the reality is more Bollywood make believe than real.
ReplyDeleteDoes not matter anywhere or affect anyone else. If the Indians thinks it suits them and make the situation better in the country, who are we to go against it?