PAP is on the side of Singaporeans

This is the position of the Govt and spoken by Hsien Loong on Thursday to wrap up the by election campaign. Many Sinkies are startled into disbelief. But I tell you the truth, it is true. Look at all the living examples around you and you will agree.

First, the foreigner influx is a good thing. Wait for 7m population, it will be even better. Don’t believe me? Look at your property prices! Every Sinkie is now so rich, sitting on multi million dollar properties. This must be really good, extremely good.

Another example, crowded public transport especially the trains. Some are complaining. But only rich and fast growing countries would have such jams in public transport. Look at Japan, we are not even near there. The jams and the foreigners in the trains are signs of progress and they make the SMRT make very good profits too, and good for all kinds of businesses.

Some were complaining about giving university places and scholarships to foreigners while our own children were deprived of places and have to go overseas on PM’s scholarship, ie Papa and Mama Scholarship. But we need these foreign talents to boost our dying and degenerating gene pool. Think about it, these foreigners will enrich our lives and the quality of our future children. We will have a lot of kopi susu and tea with milk children growing up soon. And the foreign talents contributed to our economic growth too, when they stayed to work. And our boys can do NS happily while the foreign talents oil the economy.

No need to add more examples, the more foreigners here the more vibrant is our economy, and the value of things all go up to help our economic growth. And the Sinkies will benefit directly with all their properties going up in prices. No need to work, just sit on your properties and see them appreciate in values, and at the same time can collect rentals.

The prosperity of Sinkies can be seen by the amount of money they are willing to pay for a piece of paper, COE, to be allowed to buy a car. You think poor Sinkies can afford this?

Sinkies must see the good side of having all the foreigners here. They make us very rich or at least feel very rich. See, understand or not? All the policies are for the good of Sinkies. As for the money in the CPF, the minimum sums, it is all for Sinkies. All the Sinkies will be able to afford the world best medicare and world best prices. No sweat. And many will die very, very rich. There will be poor Sinkies alive. But all dead Sinkies will be very rich with the minimum sums they left behind.

I am sure you are now all convinced by my clear and simple logic. It makes cents right? Er, I mean sense.

SPH employee arrested for threatening Kenneth Jeyaretnam

This is the latest news on ST online that a 23 year old employee of SPH has been arrested for threatening Kenneth Jeyaretnam’s wife and son in London using emails. The administrative assistant with ST classified ad has since resigned and is out on bail.

The brave or provocative Philippines

Depending on how you look at it, some may think the Philippines are very brave to want to stage a fight with China. Some will think it is a very provocative thing to do. Anyway, the Philippines are taking the disputed island claims in the South China Sea to the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas(ITLS) unilaterally as if it is a very brave act against China. And everyone knows that the ITLS has no jurisdiction over such claims if the interested parties could simply ignore its findings or recommendations.

So what are the Pinoys trying to prove? Or who is really behind this silly move, of a little mouse trying to pull the whiskers of the dragon? They have not forgotten how they threatened to arrest Chinese fishing boats only to flee when the Chinese wanted to sink their biggest antique called a warship. Or maybe they are still angry of that sheepish incident and wanted to prove that they are made of stronger stuff?

By making this provocative affront, it has forced Singapore which has always tried to be diplomatic, to take a stance to distance itself from the Philippines. Singapore has made an official statement that this is strictly a Pinoy initiative, nothing to do with Asean. And it added that such territorial claim can only be settled by the claimants and Singapore is not a claimant.

Singapore’s position would have undercut the Philippines if it ever thinks of using Asean to fight this spurious claim with China. And maybe the only country in Asean that would support such callous and silly move will be Vietnam. The rest of Asean would rather choose either to be neutral or to discuss with China through dialogue.

The Philippines have opened its cards, that it wants a confrontation with China, to provoke China, to raise tension, which is the last thing Asean wants with China being the biggest trading partners with several of the Asean states.

Is Lui Tuck Yew kidding?

‘Given Singapore's limited space for new roads, the government plans to further curb vehicle growth from next year, revealed Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew.’ This is quoted from Yahoo News.

We have just heard of a White Paper discussing about Singapore having a population of 7m from the current 5.3m. Can the island have enough space for an additional 1.7m people when it cannot find space for new roads and have to curb the growth of vehicles on the road? It is either the island still has a lot of space for more people or the island has not enough space. It cannot have more space for more people but not enough space for vehicles unless these people do not need the use vehicles in their lives, for private or public transport. The growth of road network will also be halved. Lui said, "You can't allow it (the vehicle quota) to grow at the rates in past years simply because the road networks are not expanding as what we have done before,"

It is getting very confusing. When population growth is concerned, we can grow and grow and build and build more housing to support the growth. Then we cannot have space for more roads for more vehicles.

Subsidies are like crutches, for the richest people in the world

More subsidies, more subsidies, as if the govt is the Santa Claus. Oops, no, not the Santa Claus but the rich man doing charity and those stretching out their hands must feel grateful to this demi god. Without this demi god there will be no subsidies and the cost of everything will be unaffordable. So the grateful citizens that need subsidies will be forever grateful that the demi god is around. And this group of grateful will stretch from the low income to the middle income. This is a lot of grateful people.

Really, subsidies are like lelong sales. Price marked up exponentially only to give an equally big discount for the recipients to think they are getting a good deal. For that, they may even be cheated as the cost could be much lower and the price could be much lower too. If the prices are not marked up so high, there is no need for subsidies at all. It is all a matter of packaging. What really is important is the bottom line, what the people have to pay for it.

The other negative aspect of subsidies is that the recipients are portrayed as helpless, dependencies, desperadoes and needing charity, needing handouts. When or if the price is priced correctly, there is no need to queue for handouts. The dignity of the recipients will not be thrashed. Why make people go and beg for subsidies?

There are better ways to bring down the cost of operators or service providers without having to make the recipients queuing up for it, submit their particulars to plea for help. Things can be done much simply and respecting the pride and dignity of the recipients.

The proposed babies and parenthood scheme will eventually be eroded and the fees be raised by the operators to near the same level, with subsidies. The calibration to fine tune the handouts according to level of income is a very tedious and embarrassing affair, micro managing the life of people. The govt could work out the subsidies with operators and service providers, controlling their fees by giving more subsidies to more reasonably priced services while the upmarket brand be given less or no subsidies.

Still this is not the best option. It will, yes, become another crutch mentality thing. Making babies, bringing up babies must depend on govt subsidies! Why no one is talking about crutch mentality anymore?

Sinkies have become a people living on crutches, on govt handouts, despite being millionaires, multi millionaires or half a millionaires. Weird isn’t it? The richest people in the world but needing govt subsidies in almost everything to get by!

Punggol East – So far very tame, very civilised

For the watchers of this by election who expect a lot of fire and storm, it must be a big disappointment. So far everything appears to be very mild and tame. There were great expectations given the indiscretion of the ex MP who was also the ex Speaker of Parliament. Many could remember the fire and ferocity of the attack by the ruling party against the WP then in Hougang. All the big guns were firing in full force and the WP was finding no place to hide. It was shame, shame and shame all round. It was high morality against individual failings and indiscretion. It was monks and priests against sinners.

In this case all the shame, shame and shame somehow disappeared. There was a lack of viciousness from the WP side. Even the name Michael Palmer was not even mentioned, I think, forgive me if I am wrong on this, but I wasn’t following the rally speeches closely. I can only feel the kindness and the politeness in the whole tussle from all quarters. My respect to the honourable men and women in the opposition for not spreading the swill and shit out into the open for airing.

And even the AIM saga that was a time bomb waiting to explode but got defused. Or was it that no one is willing to light the fuse? Minus all the drama and fiery speeches, this is really like a tea party. Perhaps the politicians have matured and are less quarrelsome and less vicious. No longer behaving like little school boys or ruffians picking up on petty quarrels to look saintly. And this is good.

Well, who shall we thank for for such a civilized election campaign? Could it be a repeat of another Hougang dirty saga if the fallen MP was an opposition party MP? Would the niceties be exchanged for ‘please tell, please come clean’ for all to see who is cleaner or whiter than white? Thank God that things did not go down the longkang way. And no opposition speakers claimed or peddled to be men and women of high morals or of religious pedigree. And they still maintain a very respectable decorum and conduct while pitching for support from the voters without trying to tarnish or destroy anyone for personal flaws.

What more is there to say?

Obama's inaugural speech " sheer rhetoric" . BY Linh Dinh

Obama’s inaugural speech ‘sheer rhetoric’     Written by  LINH  DINH

Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:47AM

U.S. President Barack Obama’s inaugural speech was a “sheer rhetoric,” which many Americans know that “the situation is much different,” an analyst said.  

“In his inaugural speech, Obama said a decade of war is now ending and that the U.S. will walk to resolve future crises peacefully, but that is all rhetoric,” author and activist Linh Dinh told Press TV’s U.S. Desk on Tuesday.

“Because Obama is starting new wars, you know it is the attack on Libya and the hell that he is creating in Syria is entirely instigated by the United States, and he’s now provoking China.” he added. “The Prime Minister of Japan is visiting Washington DC next month, and this man is quite literally a nutcase. He is a very dangerous man. He denies that Japanese troops committed atrocities during World War II. He denies there were comfort women, that is, sex slaves, Korean sex slaves, during World War II, so he is the new Japanese prime minister, and he is an ally in the US provocation of China, so that’s another crisis that the US is starting, and why is the US doing that? It’s because the USS thrives in the war business. That’s the only business it has left.”

After taking his second inaugural oath of office in front of the Capitol building on Monday, Obama declared misleadingly that “a decade of war is now ending,” while pledging to maintain America’s superpower status through a global military presence.

“America will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe; and we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation,” Obama said in his speech.

Jonathan Tan - The AIM saga taking the spotlight again


The internet is buzzing again with more disclosures of the AIM saga. Someone has disclosed an ex staff of NCS, Jonathan Tan, posting his achievements that included his work with the Town Councils amounting to $30m and a software licence fee of $5m. (S$30 million deal with Singapore Town Council. Software license at S$5 million. This is found in his Linkedin page). How are these numbers related to the cost of developing the Town Council Management System is going to be interesting. The $30m could include hardware and software development and the $5m could be a one time license fee, or would the Town Council be required to pay more license fee for continuous used are not clear.

Some netizens are already screaming their heads off by assuming that the management system costs $30m and being sold for $140,000. On face value it looks quite ugly. But given proper and creative accounting, everything will be in order. There will be fair wear and tear and a large portion could go to hardware and equipment.

There is this thing called depreciation or writing down of goodwill. So if all these have been written off as goodwill or depreciation, there is no value left to the software. And those who think that a $30m system selling at $140,000 will incur a big loss will be mistaken. When the residual value is 0, the $140,000 will become pure profit. Yes, selling the software for any amount is profit.

You may choose to disagree with my ingenious reasoning and explanation.

When the govt starts to throw money…

The latest babies and families $2b package is another of the govt’s way to throw money at the people. This is not a bad thing and the people welcome it. What I think the govt should take heed is that before they start to throw money, please be reminded that the money is from the people, it comes from the people. And if not enough, the govt will introduce more direct or indirect taxes on the people. The people will ultimately foot the bill and some will benefit some will not, some will benefit more and some less. What the govt should also be mindful is who the money is given to.

The unequal distribution of the country’s wealth could become unacceptable and a big problem when some recipients are deemed as undeserving of the handouts or should not benefit fully from such programmes. What some Sinkies have in mind are the direct beneficiaries of such govt schemes especially when they are new citizens. Giving new citizens equal rights and opportunities as a citizen is not an issue per se. What is troubling citizens is the throwing of money from the public coffers to new citizens. There are many schemes, from housing to education and medicare when being a citizen could mean a lot of savings and may even lead to a lot of instant monetary gains.

New citizens receive immediate monetary profits in housing when they are eligible ot buy direct from HDB while some Sinkies are not even allowed to, in education fee subsidies, in subsidies for public hospitals, educational opportunities etc etc. Should new citizens be entitled to such monetary rewards almost immediately when they become a citizen? A new citizen could reap hundreds or tens of thousands of dollars by simply becoming a citizen and scoot off when it is time to trade in the profits.

The latest $2b package would likewise benefit the new citizens most. Should new citizens qualify for such monetary or money equivalent benefits like all citizens? Should not there be a qualifying period to phase in govt benefits and subsidies for new citizens? Could there be a gradation of benefits in relations to how long a new citizen has been here? Why should new citizens be eligible or be entitled to financial reward when they have not done much in this island?

What do you think?

More schemes, more conditions for babies and housing

All the rules and restrictive conditions are simply unnecessary when the fundamentals are right. Today the govt is rolling out another $2 billion package to stimulate more births and more babies. It also tweaked the conditions for housing priorities.

All these are reactive policies, measures that try to patch holes caused by bad policies and assumptions. Why is the govt now so desperate for Sinkies to have more babies when all it needs is to import more fully grown adults, immediately productive? Why are the people not having more babies in the first place? What kind of life will our children lead when everyone is just an economic digit and each one will contribute to buy a million dollar pigeon hole and keep several hundred thousand dollars in the CPF dunno for who to use?

Then the housing fiasco that is going to balloon into the biggest monster Sinkies have to live with and many will have to suffer for the 99 year lease pigeon hole and paying for the main part of their lives. A 3,500 sq ft landed property can be had for $400k just across the causeway. Sinkies are going to live and work for the pigeon holes over their heads. And they cannot afford to stop work, both must work to pay for it. How to make babies and look after babies? No sweat, hire foreign maids and the babies will grow up speaking and behaving like FTs and can blend with FTs easier.

Why has the housing problem reach such a scale? And the tweakings and the conditions, are they really helping when all the govt needs to do is to do away with most of them and just simply build for the Sinkies. A caution here. Don’t turn every foreigner into a new Sinkie to add to the demand and the problem. The solution is so simple and no need more complex rules and conditions to confuse everyone without solving but adding to the problem.

Punggol East – What if the PAP loses?

At this point in time, the PAP and WP are looking quite evenly matched and it could be anyone’s game. If the PAP were to win this election, it would just be another by election and all things return to its normal state of affair. A new face just got elected to replace another PAP MP.

What if the PAP loses and WP wins another seat? There are many things to read into such an eventuality. Firstly, it is another chip off the PAP’s fortress. It would add another opposition party into parliament. What I think would be of greater significance will be the perception of the voters and future of the political scene. Would this win by the WP be seen a milestone of sort that will chart the direction of the next GE?

From the opposition camp, it will be a comforting assurance that things are looking brighter, that the PAP is no longer the party to watch. It will definitely be encouraging for those wanting to join the opposition in the next round. It will be much easier for the opposition parties to recruit more supporters and potential candidates.

On the other hand, those thinking of saying yes after being invited for tea could have second thought. When such a well qualified professional with all the potential to be an office holder could lose to an average Singaporean from the opposition camp, it must mean something. It would be a reminder of Chiam See Tong’s less than pristine academic papers beating an elite, the best of the best that the PAP could find.

The myth that a highly qualified candidate donning the PAP’s white and badge is a sure win formula will be just a myth. It is something else that is the deciding factor. PAP brand, high and impeccable qualifications, big potential, all the praises from the ministers and even the PM would mean nothing now.

What is this new element that will henceforth decide the fate of an election? What is apparent is that it is not about the candidate as long as the candidate is good enough, decent and willing to serve the people. Then could it be the party, PAP or WP? Or could it be the ruling party and any opposition party?

Or could it be the policies, the more good years that are being rejected by the people, that the people want change and the PAP brand is no longer what the people want? It may be a combination of many factors for the people to want a change, a breath of fresh air. The old formula and the old policies are no longer workable. The people have lost faith in a party that has lost its bearing and leading the people and country down the wrong path. This would prove very difficult and costly for the PAP to make a comeback.

Many will be wondering. Many academics will be thinking. Many strategists will be asking and wanting to know why, and to make new prescriptions. All will be back to the drawing board, to do some deep thinking, to seek enlightenment and hopefully a new way forward.

Yes, a resounding victory for the WP would send many reeling into disbelief.

Hsun Tze on The Evil Empire 's war plan against China

	HsunTze	2013-01-21 15:19
	"The region welcomes the US if it acts as a peacemaker, not if it acts as a provocateur". China seems to give the USA a lot of face saying the above. When has this ugly wasp ever been a true peacemaker? The Global Tyrant had been digging up places for meddling and causing instability to gain advantage and for own selfish interest. In Korea it was not peacemaking. It was using its military and allies to divide the peninsula for a future agenda. In Vietnam, it lied to attack the North so that it get a unified but pro USA regime but unfortunately it miscalculated and had to run from the fight. If I continue with other incidences, I would be writing the sad history of the world and the USA would still be the wasp that people despise. I believe that there is one special set agenda that all US President will undertake to carry out (probably written in the constitution or in the handbook for Presidents). Was it why GWBush had said that "if you are not with us you are against us" and the agenda is to dislodge all not in the US good list, starting with the lesser nations. Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya were the recent entities removed and replaced by pro US regimes. The USA eyes are now on Iran and DPRK for now. Interestingly, China gets into the picture and the USA seems to be gearing to have a go at China. I believe the USA is now weighing the pros and cons and does not want to miscalculate or it may find itself going down much faster than later. In a way it is very busy with its internal woes and potentially irreversible debt throes. I have that feeling that the Obama warmongering machine is calculating whether to go along the righteous route to gain credibility and dignity as well as have a new restart OR to go for war to get out of the quicksand Yes, the USA may want to risk third world war to dig a way out of its own blues. So it is never ever in the interest of Japan? Japan interest? Japan actually has no right to China's Diaoyu Dao just as the USA has no bloody right to hand over adminstration rights to Japan. The USA would have to respect that MIGHT IS NEVER RIGHT. The evil nation had done just that when it arrogantly and unilaterally handed over control to Japan and it was bilaterally arranged without the participation of the rightful owner who protested the bloody action. Just as Japan, the other evil has still not shown true remorse over its brutality in the past, the even greater evil USA has not shown moral and credibility to reverse its wrongs like the handling of the Diaoyu Dao issue nor of the other blunders and evil deeds done after the war. Are the USA, Europe and Japan having such irreversible woes because they all did good things for the world? Of course the USA still has influence in the world and why not with such message as "If you are not with us you are against us" and those lowly dog nations obeyed with tails between the legs. Though there are growing signs of the USA imploding, the country is still the most powerful nation on Earth and such countries like Vietnam and Philippines whimper like little dogs in the presence of the patriach dog of the pack. Take a look at Japan's Abe. His first wish was to go meet with the master Obama and other master Hillary Clinton (may be to say Sayonara to her). Hmmm, the Japanese side surely will be missing the grand matriach when she finally departs from the scene. Yes, to Abe's dismay and surely displeasure his trip was postponed to next month andthe able nationalistic leader had to go to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia instead. Wow, did they really welcome him with open wide arms and say yess yess, Nippon, we support you? Of course diplomatic protocal must be given and that was what Abe got. How can ASEAN and Asia allow the running lackey of the USA come to cause more division? And the Japanese have been running around, here and there to try to gather more support for its case on the dispute and yet if you hear right, Japan had said there was no dispute. Do you guys see the hyprocrisy here? When you put two nations with double speak and hypocrisy together what do you get? Double whammy. Vietnam, Philippines, ROK and Japan are getting along very fine with the USA but the most pariah Asian of the lot is Japan. Why? simple. Japan is the first and so far only country to be slammed by Nukes with hundreds of thousands, if not millions of casualties. Who did that? its great friend the USA. Japan's economy was then the 2nd largest but was never allowed to grow to surpass that of the USA. Why? The USA pulls the strings and Japan has no chance at all to do its best. It has to listen to the master USA. Japan had thought the USA would help it stay at number two but alas, China caught up and took over and never looked back again. Wow, with all the things spoken about China taking over the number one place causes panic in the USA and that is the reason why we see the USA instigating or making irresponsible moves to try to prevent China from gaining that position. Is it possible without going to war? China's peaceful rise seems impossible to stop unless the USA goes to war with China. If China is stopped this way will the USA get to get out of the woes and grow??? This must be the catch 22 situation in the US think tank's minds bursting without solutions in mind. That may be why some people in the USA have gone crazy and shooting at kids. In this modern age and time, going to all out war is crazy and thinking about doing it is also mad. I know my beautiful China is a responsible country but as for the USA, I have reserves. It is already a war monger, it needs to have conflicts to feed its oversized military which itself has some weird tendencies too. The US national debt is almost touching the sky and no sign of improvement. Yet the people are not ready to save and go for austerity and the leaders just cannot cope in the normal way. They do not know what is hunger, what it is like without a roof and all they know is about their rights and those stipulated in the constitution one of which is to keep guns. Phew, as we get to learn more of the USA the more worrisome it gets. The USA is about to crack like a volcanoe about to erupt. You now see steam or smoke rising here and there. Well, time will tell. Yes, yes yes, time will always tell. Meanwhile my beloved China, just get our PLA all equiped and prepare for possible combat duties. We cannot be with them so we will be seen as against them. WE MUST WIN THIS CHESS GAME.
	Concerned	2013-01-21 11:42
	China should avoid any war now but instead deploy it's economic might to bring Japan's ALREADY fragile economy to its knees by economic sanctions and boycotts if Japan won't come to the negotiating table over the Diaoyu islands dispute. Japan's National debts is already about 25 times the government's tax revenue. And 21% of Japan's total exports go to China. Printing more yen won't help as inflation will rise to beyond the 2% that Abe wants. It's like fighting fire with gasoline. Japan is totally vulnerable if China decides to slow down trade with it through sanctions and boycott. If the US intervenes then sell all the nearly US$1 Trillion US Treasury bonds and other US dollar assets China hold in one fell swoop to buy gold and silver and precipitate the crash of the US dollar and Wall Street.

British em,pire manipulates situations to wage global wars . By Mike Bilington

Sunday Jan 13, 201304:04 PM GMT



British empire manipulates situations to wage global wars: Mike Billington
Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:15PM GMT





Interview with Mike Billington


View of London and of Obama and not necessarily the US military by the
way; is that they need a war, they need a war especially with Russia
and China to prevent an alliance of the Russians, the Chinese and the
US, which is the only alliance that could break the power of a
London-based financial empire.”
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A prominent analyst tells Press TV that the London-based empire is
after waging war between the US on one side and Russia and China and
other Asian nations on the other side to maintain its financial power.


The US’ arms sales to China’s and North Korea’s neighbors appear set
for significant growth amid regional security jitters. Washington’s
provocative decision comes as territorial disputes between China and
Japan over a disputed group of islands in the East China Sea are
raging. Meanwhile China’s Foreign Ministry has warned about
infringement of its sovereignty by Japan with regards to the islands.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mike Billington, wit the
Executive Intelligence Review from Arlington to shed more light on the
issue at hand. Billington is joined by two additional guests on Press
TV’s News Analysis program: Chris Bambery, political commentator from
London and Linh Dinh, writer and political analyst from Philadelphia.
What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Press TV: Mike Billington, our guests have mentioned the US in a
number of occasions so let me introduce the US in this scenario. It
just came out last week, US arms sales to Asia set to boom, that is
what the headline read. White House to boost security partners armed
might, economic rewards for the US to lead to enough US sales in South
and East Asia to more than off set a slowdown the European
arms-buying.

I mean how do you see that? Is not the US in a sense fanning a rise of
militarism in the region? And on the other hand why does not the US
want to enforce diplomacy between the two countries?

Billington: Well, I think that you have to look at to this
historically first of all. That you are dealing here with a classic
British policy.

Remember that the British successfully manipulated Japan into
launching two world wars. One, when they went to war with China over
Korea in 1894 which led ultimately into World War I, and then in the
1930’s when British and their allies in the US around JP Morgan and
his friends financed and pushed Japan into the Manchurian invasion and
what ultimately led to World War II.

And it is certainly the hope of Wall Street and London and Obama, the
puppet to the Wall Street-London crowd, that they can push Japan into
a confrontation with China now, whose purpose is to break up any
alliance between the United States and China and with Russia as well.

    Keep in mind that we are in the midst of the biggest financial
breakdown crisis in the history. The entire European and American
financial system is bankrupt, they are printing money at unprecedented
rates, creating a hyperinflation and the view of London and of Obama
and not necessarily the US military by the way; is that they need a
war, they need a war especially with Russia and China to prevent an
alliance of the Russians, the Chinese and the US, which is the only
alliance that could break the power of a London-based financial
empire, which is now in the state of total collapse, and replace it
with a development-oriented creditary system.


Now the view from London, as you know, from the economists in the
Financial Times is that they are going to be successful in
manipulating this war calling the new Japanese government of Shinzo
Abe, rightwing, anti-China and so forth.

I do not believe that. I think that it is possible but it is highly
unlikely. Remember that this entire incident was started by Mr.
Ishihara, the former mayor of Tokyo, a British asset who views Russia
and China as Japan’s enemies, who wants nuclear weapons to counter
them and who intervened here, in a peaceful situation to buy these
islands; the government then foolishly, under the previous government,
stepped in and had them nationalized, but it was Ishihara, a puppet of
this global financial crowd, who launched this confrontation,
precisely to stir up this confrontation with China and to try to drive
the United States into a confrontation with China, which
unfortunately, this idiot president that we have here in Washington
[President Obama] is following London on every step, pushing for an
encirclement of China as he is with an encirclement of Russia with ABM
systems and military policies in Syria and Iran, which are aimed at
provoking a war with Russia, a war that will likely be thermonuclear.

Press TV: Mike Billington, let us cut away the fluff here. If you were
to give us a timeline in terms of a confrontation that may occur; how
quickly do you think that this may happen? Given the fact that I would
think that the US also needs to ..., well they have said, the Pentagon
Chief, Leon Panetta, defense policy in the region calls for the US
military to expend military-to-military relationships well beyond the
traditional treaty allies.

He is referring, I assume, to the Association of South East Asian
Nations [ASEAN]. So what about looking at it in terms of Taiwan?

Billington: Not only the South East Asian Nations [ASEAN], the irony
here is that the US military headed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Dempsey are probably the leading force that can prevent this
war.

They do not agree with Obama, they do not agree with Wall Street or
the city of London and your previous speaker [Chris Bambery] who
identified the London-Wall Street axis is exactly right.

    This does not serve British interest, it does not serve the
American interest as nations. It serves the interests of the empire,
the financial institutional empire, which has always been historically
known as the British Empire or the Venetian Empire but the timeline is
extremely short because we are looking at a situation where if Obama
continues with his colonial regime change policy with Tony Blair and
Cameron backing it up full steam by launching a war against Syria or
perhaps even before Syria Iran; this will provoke a war with Russia.

    This could be literally in weeks and if it becomes a war it is
going to be a thermonuclear war and if it is a war with Russia, the
likelihood is that they will immediately be at war with Russia and
China.


So it is in that light that you see the placing of these X-band radar
systems, second one in Japan and the one that they plan to put in the
Philippines. The upgrading of the ABM systems and a ring around China,
claiming falsely that this is a defense against North Korea just as
they claim falsely in Europe that the ABM systems are [in] response to
Iran, when in fact those systems have only one purpose which is to
prevent a counterstrike from Russia or from China and therefore it is
very serious strategic threat to both Russia and China.

So we are sitting on the brink. If this president, Obama, is not
removed through impeachment or through forcing him to resign now, on
the grounds of his very, very serious crimes in Libya, in allying
himself with the al-Qaeda forces in Syria and in Libya; removed and
prevented from pushing this imperial British line of warfare, so that
we can get down to the busin bess of the implementing of a new world
financial system around the Bretton wood’s approach with a
Glass-Steagall [Act] so that we can begin working with our true
allies, Russia and China as great nations, with whom we can work to
develop the world, as Franklin Roosevelt [32nd President of the United
States] wanted to do and as the best of the US military leadership and
intelligence leadership wants to do.

This is not American interest that are pursuing this insane war policy
nor the hyperinflationary bailout of the British-American banking
system.

This is an empire, which is the enemy of the Americans as much as it
is an enemy of the British people and China and Russia. This is what
is at stake and it is very, very short-term. This could be literally
any day or any week if these wars are kicked off through an attack on
Syria or Iran or perhaps, even to start in Asia as it has [had] in the
past.

7 million population a working target

The news were splashed across the main media that the mass rapid transport system would be further enhanced with a couple more lines across the island, the Cross Island Line and the Jurong Region Line, plus the extension of a few other lines in progress. What are these expansion and upgrading for? Are they being developed to ease the problems of public transportation today or are them meant to cope with a bigger population in the future?

A White Paper would be discussed for a population of 7m, not 6.5m. Is this the main reason for the big news on the future MRT lines? If this is it, then the congestion and all the problems the commuters are facing today will become a matter of normal discomfort and commuting using public transportation. The commuters just need to get used to them. Nothing much is likely to change if the population is to hit 7m. And the 7m million is not going to be the final stop.

When 7m is hit, and the economy stagnates, the call for an increase in population to stimulate growth will become another no choice option. Sinkies need to prepare for 10m or more people in this island, to build more flats and other supporting facilities, roads and to sell more COEs.

Japan, revival of the monstrous barbaric Imperial Power

Japan is trying to revive its role as the number one military power in Asia. It is talking about rearming itself, about militarism, about war. It has just completed a tour of Southeast Asian countries, visiting countries that it thinks will support its militarization and military role in the region. It visited the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar to drum up support to be the top military power and leader in the region, to take on China in a war if needed. These countries are expected to support a neo militant Japan, as the cronies of a new Japanese Imperialism.

The irony of it all is that all these countries were victims of Japanese aggression, conquered and colonized by the Japanese, and ruled by the Japanese during the Second World War. Now the Japanese want these countries to come under its influence once again, willingly, and to fight China, the biggest investors and the biggest market for their exports.

Are the Japanese in delusion, that these countries are blind or crazy? Some are, for short term benefits and interests. What would the leader of Asean, Indonesia, do with the flirtation of Japan? Should Asian countries welcome the return of this evil and barbaric power? Are the memories of the suffering from the Japanese Imperial Army so easily forgotten?

People’s Power in Sin City

People’s Power has been an alluring phenomenon around the world since the days of President Aquino. The People’s Power swept her to the Presidency of the Philippines, to overthrow the Marcos family. People’s Power has filled the streets of other Asian and African countries where people took to the streets in demonstrations against their govts. The Arabs have had their Arab Springs. The Hongkies, Taiwanese and the Malaysians have had their mass demonstrations. Even in PRC, mass demonstrations are quite common.

In Sin City, you are not going to see such a public outcry against the govt. The laws forbid it. 4 persons together in a public area is illegal assembly except when approved like in Hong Lim Park. The only public demonstration of a similar nature was the spontaneous celebration of the by election victory in the last Hougang election.

Would there be a surge of People’s Power in Sin City in the same mould as those happening around the world? It is not going to be under the present govt and legal constraints. The kind of People’s Power that is showing signs of life is likely to be of a different nature. It would be the voices of the people, to be heard and listen to. We have just witnessed a nascent stage of People’s Power last week when strong views of the netizens were recognized and acted upon by a political party, the SDP.

The SDP was quite adamant to throw in the gauntlet in the by election. The voices of netizens were loud and clear, get out or you will be history. Much as SDP would like to contest the by election, rational voices in the party understood the ground sentiment and voted against those who wanted to join in a multi corner by election that would spoil the chances of the opposition parties. Yes, the voices of the people, the voices of reasons are echoing loud and clear. Dismiss them at your own peril.

The same voice was and is very harsh on the Presidential candidates that led to a candidate that most did not favour while the favourite candidate was ousted. The people were angry and still harping on the missed chances. They find it very difficult to forgive and would take every opportunity to lambast those they felt have cheated them of the right to choose their President.

The Sinkies have found a new power tool to let their voices heard and be taken seriously. They will not walk down the roads to confront the forces of power. But that did not stop them from telling the power of the day, the political leadership of what they want. This is a new kind of People’s Power in Sin City. And this Power is going to be stronger and louder by the day. The Sinkies have found their way, a measured and effective way to be heard and to be noticed and be taken seriously. The people matter and the Power is with the people.

Listen to the voices of the people or court your own doomsday.

RAR art in Chinese ink style - Untitled

This is a piece of rar art done in Chinese ink style. It is untitled.

Diaoyu/Senkaku, the gloves are off

The latest official statement by Hillary Clinton telling China to respect the islands as under Japanese administration is as good as an open declaration of hostility towards China. The deceit and treachery of the Americans over the last 60 years is finally out in the open. It was the Americans that handed the Chinese islands to the Japanese and claiming neutrality. China was not able to do much then as it was a very weak nation in all fronts. China today is no longer the weak and bankrupt country that can be kicked around and be the victim of gunboat diplomacy. China is very capable and able to defend its own national sovereignty and territorial integrity. China will show its middle finger to the Americans and will go all out to reclaim its territories lost during its dark days as a poor and military weak nation.

The Japanese have been escalating the tension in the island dispute. It started by nationalising the islands as if they belonged to Japan and wanting to create a fait accompli. The old China could not do anything to respond to such aggressive acts. Not today, when China could run all over Japan if hostility starts. The Japanese still think it is the unchallenged military power of the past and China is a minnow, waiting to be invaded again by Japan. They used their patrol craft to harass Chinese civilian ships in the area, scrambled fighter jets to threaten Chinese civilian aircraft. China is responding might for might, with every escalation made by the Japanese, the Chinese is returning the courtesy. China is also scrambling its fighter jets to meet the Japanese. If the Japanese continue to raise the tension level, it is only a matter of time before hostility breaks out.

In the meantime Japan is visiting some Southeast Asian countries that it once conquered and colonised, to ask for support against China. It wants to involve its ex colonies, the countries it plundered and looted, the people it raped and killed, to come to its assistance in its fight against China, for wanting to keep a piece of war loot belong to China. Some of the silly ex colonies have received their ex colonial masters with open arms. Are they serious in wanting to be on the side of the barbaric colonial master in a matter that does not concern them?

The Evil Empire has made its hostile intention very clear. And China cannot back down anymore. The stage is set for a military confrontation in East China Sea.

Meritocracy with no respect for citizenship

We have seen how meritocracy in some sports have led to the replacement of citizens by foreigners, with the foreigners making a very good income paid by tax payers’ money. We have seen how the rich from all over the world are allowed here to speculate, they called in investment, in properties and making money from the daft Sinkies. We have seen how foreigners claiming to be foreign talents coming here to take away good jobs from the citizens.

This kind of mentality, translated to govt policies, is as good as amounting to a selling out of the people’s interests. Ordinary citizens can be mercenary, but not the govt. There is statehood and nationhood to consider. This country belongs to the people and their children, not to any foreigner. The govt has a responsibility to care for the citizens and their children. The govt owes nothing to the well being of foreigners. There cannot be a simple trade off on the basis of merits and put our citizen’s interests away while benefiting the foreigners.

A closer analogy will be parents love, commitment and loyalty to their children. No matter how dull or physically disadvantaged are the children, the parents would always put the interests of their children first. They would never bring in clever and smart children into their homes and kick out their children or lock them up in the storeroom.

If this treacherous trend and policy is not stopped, Sinkies will eventually find themselves as the Dalits in their won country, as the untouchable class. And foreigners will be here to master over them and kick them around. And there will be no turning back, just like the Dalits in India. The Dalits will be condemned for generations till eternity. We cannot afford to allow this to happen to our citizens and their children.

Put a stop to the foreign talent policy that is anti citizen’s interests. The citizen’s interests must come first. This country belongs to the citizens. We must take care of our own citizens, our own children and their children.

Kenneth Jeyaretnam attacks WP

‘Reform Party Chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam has launched a tirade against the Workers Party (WP) for not doing anything for Punggol East residents’. This is quoted from an Editorial in TRE.

Kenneth has a double first from Cambridge, so he must have a very intelligent mind. So, why is he attacking the WP and not the PAP? I think the reason is simple, he must have thought that the WP is the front runner and he is competing with the front runner in the election. Only by beating the front runner can he win the contest. He cannot be attacking a loser to be the next best loser in the contest. That would be quite a silly thing to do.

Given that Kenneth is an intelligent man, he must have read the situation very well. He claimed that he had done more for Punggol East than the WP and had raised the stalled renovation work at Riverdale Plaza and the WP had not done so. What could the WP do when it is not the MP of the constituency, not the ruling govt, not the

Town Council? The best the WP could do is to kpkb just like he had done and that is about it. It is the job and responsibility of the MP and Town Council to get the job done. Why didn’t Kenneth attack the PAP for the stalled renovation work?

Maybe he already knew that the PAP will lose this by election. So there is no need to waste time pulling the PAP down. It is a contest between Kenneth’s Reform Party and the Workers Party.  I hope this is true. But I am no double first so I am unable to see the picture as clearly as Kenneth. PAP sure lose this time if Kenneth is right.

The voters could see more of Kenneth going after the WP. But Low Thia Kiang is likely to ignore him as his target is the PAP. So the WP would be attacking the PAP in full force and allowing the RP to attack them on the flank. Hope Low Thia Kiang is right and the attack by the RP will not cause any dent to his campaign.