tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post6700883221019454333..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Comparing a well against an oceanChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-24989570108644326812007-12-10T15:41:00.000+08:002007-12-10T15:41:00.000+08:00> Speaks volumes of the standard of so-called worl...<I> > Speaks volumes of the standard of so-called world-class trained Singaporeans if professionals with third-world rated qualifications can beat them on their own home turf. < </I><BR/><BR/>Ouch! Man, that's gotta hurt...<BR/>(and it should)Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-14919114264536710042007-12-10T10:13:00.000+08:002007-12-10T10:13:00.000+08:00Anon 10:07, what do you expect from the products o...Anon 10:07, what do you expect from the products of a system that only churns out rote learners and regurgitators. All they're good at is following a prescribed sequence of steps and instructions. Once some unknown is introduced into the mix, watch them stumble and stutter. Oh, they're world-class alright, world-class robots that is. hahahahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-71202436619243800942007-12-10T10:07:00.000+08:002007-12-10T10:07:00.000+08:00Speaks volumes of the standard of so-called world-...Speaks volumes of the standard of so-called world-class trained Singaporeans if professionals with third-world rated qualifications can beat them on their own home turf. Only one word can be used to describe them: losers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-55708733477773862012007-12-10T09:55:00.000+08:002007-12-10T09:55:00.000+08:00The Singaporeans who choose to get off their butts...The Singaporeans who choose to get off their butts, work hard and compete with everyone else will be fine. The beggars will be those whose only talent is whining on forums and blogs and believes this country owes them a living just because their ID cards or passports are of a certain colour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-64953488526614163622007-12-10T09:49:00.000+08:002007-12-10T09:49:00.000+08:00some fts will like to live in this paradise. after...some fts will like to live in this paradise. afterall it is a world of a difference to live on paved floors instead of hardened mud.<BR/><BR/>some will be here to gain language proficiency before they jump boat.<BR/><BR/>some will want to get employed in a mnc to be given a leg up for employment in the west.<BR/><BR/>some will need to bolster their third world degrees with a singaporean or a Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-23554246559115557162007-12-10T09:43:00.000+08:002007-12-10T09:43:00.000+08:00if our govt accepts this reasoning, that all the j...if our govt accepts this reasoning, that all the jobs that fts can do cheaper shall be given to the fts, then we will no longer be a country. but this is what all fts will want. and singaporeans will be replaced by fts eventually.<BR/><BR/>then singaporeans will all become beggars in their own country.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-2583483725251743392007-12-10T09:11:00.000+08:002007-12-10T09:11:00.000+08:00>> they are here because they are not good enough ...>> they are here because they are not good enough to go to the west.<BR/><BR/>Now this is amusing. Amongst the many complaints I have heard of foreigners here is that they are using Singapore as a springboard to go to the west. Yet here you are saying that they are here because they can't go to the west ? Both of these assertions can't be true. Also, what makes you think all FTs want to go to theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-37381430910728217922007-12-10T09:00:00.000+08:002007-12-10T09:00:00.000+08:00The fact that FTs can do the same job cheaper than...The fact that FTs can do the same job cheaper than a Singaporean already means they are better. If as you say Singaporeans are so much better, why then do they not stop whining and go seek their pot of gold overseas ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-39673457098522428752007-12-10T08:50:00.000+08:002007-12-10T08:50:00.000+08:00it is true that the concept of state needs re exam...it is true that the concept of state needs re examining given the breaking down of national barriers. but this barrier is broken not for everyone but the very rich and very talented.<BR/><BR/>sad to say, what we are getting are not the real talents that we need. what we are getting are mainly cheap labour to do works cheaply which singaporeans can do.<BR/><BR/>how many of the white collar fts in Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-79933792586270624482007-12-10T08:11:00.000+08:002007-12-10T08:11:00.000+08:00The accommodating ones are the truly enlightened. ...The accommodating ones are the truly enlightened. They understand the reality of today's globalised world. They know their status as a citizen os this country is worth jack shit if they do not possess the skills and bilities to compete with FTs. Instead of having their heads firmly embedded in their arseholes like so many of the whining, sissy Singaporeans, they choose to tackle the competition Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-40250012362453824432007-12-08T11:04:00.000+08:002007-12-08T11:04:00.000+08:00read the comments in msm and cyberspace and you wi...read the comments in msm and cyberspace and you will find some very accommodating to foreigners and some very irritated by foreigners.<BR/><BR/>we are still at a level that singaporeans find bearable. but how long more?Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-20411798985878330822007-12-08T11:01:00.000+08:002007-12-08T11:01:00.000+08:00are singaporeans xenophobic? singaporeans are just...are singaporeans xenophobic? singaporeans are just like any other people. they live and let live. no where in the world where the citizens are becoming a minority in their own country. we are something like 2 singaporeans to 1 foreigners or 1 to 1 if prs are regarded as foreigners.<BR/><BR/>if australia or england or which ever country reaches this ratio, mind you how the locals will react. in Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-80769724122461911642007-12-06T15:10:00.000+08:002007-12-06T15:10:00.000+08:00It comes down to CULTURE. Notice in Western cultur...It comes down to CULTURE. Notice in Western culture one rarely sees the level of animosity between say an English person and a German. Sure, there's light bantering. But it is harmless.<BR/><BR/>But compare that to the animosity between China mainlanders and say S'porean Chinese, or between an S'porean and just about any foreigner...who is looked on as an economic and social threat to whatever Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-90231381677231206602007-12-06T09:27:00.000+08:002007-12-06T09:27:00.000+08:00Singapore has its own 'yellow policy' in place for...Singapore has its own 'yellow policy' in place for decades. Typical Singaporean Chinese double standards and prejudices.<BR/><BR/>[start quote] The numerical preponderance of the Chinese must be maintained or there will be a shift in the economy, both the economic performance and the political backdrop which makes that economic performance possible. [ end quote]<BR/><BR/>a former Singapore PM in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-81285638785277701862007-12-06T09:13:00.000+08:002007-12-06T09:13:00.000+08:00Anon above, don't mind him cos he is talking throu...Anon above, don't mind him cos he is talking through his asshole again, as usual. Australia now has a PM who speaks such fluent Mandarin that he can bring even some ethnic Chinese Singaporeans to shame. They've now also got the first Asian-born minister Penny Wong, a former Malaysian from Kota Kinabalu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-65965274920370145632007-12-06T03:22:00.000+08:002007-12-06T03:22:00.000+08:00>In fact that policy is still in place but watered...>In fact that policy is still in place but watered down.<BR/><BR/>Please substantiate your statement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-86510017370146136452007-12-05T13:31:00.000+08:002007-12-05T13:31:00.000+08:00> We are even fighting for a seat in the train wit...> We are even fighting for a seat in the train with foreigners.<BR/><BR/>Shows how childish and silly Singaporeans have become, just so that they can stake their misguided claim on the country. Absolutely and pitifully pathetic. When are you going to realize that having foreigners living in your midst is now as real as the sun rising from the east every morning. You are itching for a fight, well Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com