Be warned, do not anyhow wear Indian clothing

A husband-and-wife real estate agent couple have elicited backlash after they posted a property listing video online and it attracted attention for all the wrong reasons.

In the video, the duo — Jasen Tan and Shiqi Lim — donned traditional Indian clothing, made gestures that appeared to be mimicking Indian dance moves, and spoke in poorly-pronounced Tamil and Malay. 

Photo credit and quotes from mothership.sg.

I thought it would only happen in Malaysia, but now in Singapore also. In Malaysia, a Malay actress had to apologise for wearing Indian clothing in a commercial ad and was attacked for doing so. Now this couple, housing agents, wanting to sell a flat to Indian buyers thought it was good to dress up in Indian clothes and doing a bit of Indian dance, mimicking Indians, and were attacked as being insensitive.

Non Indians, especially Chinese, must be extremely careful about the sensitivity of Indians about their culture and dresses.  Do not anyhow put on Indian dresses, mimick Indian dances etc etc or face the prospect of being attacked, as insensitive to Indians.

As a majority, do not assume that you understand how the minorities feel and be very careful not to do things to offend the minorities.  Just stay clear from putting on Indian dresses. You may think it is fun but the minorities may be offended. But if you visit their temples and they made you wear their dresses, it is ok.

The above couple have apologised for their insensitivity. Shanmugam may want to consider coming out with a new law and guidelines on what is allowable to wear and what is not to prevent such insensitivity from becoming a hot racial issue. It is so dangerous for the innocent and insensitive Chinese to do something like this and be accused of being racist. Better to nip the problem in the bud.

Exposing Indian lies, deceit and fake news with Indian maps and news

The past weeks the Indians had a field day gloating about how they captured Chinese positions in Ladakh while the PLA were caught sleeping, caught by surprise, unaware of what was happening, Chinese satellites not seeing anything etc etc. The Indians were glorifying the great defeat of the PLA that they accused of being aggressive and trying to invade India but repelled by India's pre emptive strikes across the LAC. It was victory after victory, with Indian soldiers occupying strategic positions to prevent a Chinese invasion. It was a reenactment of the early days prior to the 1962 Sino Indian border war when the Indians were victorious with their surprised incursions into China. China today and then were caught off guard by the Indian aggression with the latter accusing China of aggression just to invade China. It does not need much thinking to see who would be in a better position in an unannounced attack, the aggressor that made the first move, ie India. China was not doing anything and thus would be taking the blows from the Indians. The attackers would always have the advantage of surprise and well prepared.

Let's see how dirty the Indians were in the first few rounds of incursions into Chinese territory with the element of surprise. The map below shows two LACs, one on the left, proposed by Zhou Enlai in 1959 and another further to the right appearing in Indian maps today. In the 1962 war, China pushed back and held on to the 1959 LAC till today with both sides agreeing to pull back 20km from this LAC. A LAC is where actual control is, not imaginary line one wish to have like the one on the right.

This is from Wikipedia, 'The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is a loose demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory in the Sino-Indian border dispute. The term was first used by Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru. It subsequently referred to the line formed after the 1962 Sino-Indian War, and is part of the Sino-Indian border dispute....The term "LAC" gained legal recognition in Sino-Indian agreements signed in 1993 and 1996. The 1996 agreement states, "No activities of either side shall overstep the line of actual control." However clause number 6 of the 1993 Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China Border Areas mentions, "The two sides agree that references to the line of actual control in this Agreement do not prejudice their respective positions on the boundary question".'

In this second map, the Chinese and Indian positions are clearly marked in red and blue respectively. The Chinese positions are 20km behind the LAC as agreed but the Indians are on the LAC, not 20km behind. The Indians have been making such aggressive moves, disrespecting earlier agreements and take it for granted, and ignoring the Chinese protest. This is what Indians are good at, making unacceptable aggressive moves but blaming China for it. China is in control of the region right of the LAC and India left of the LAC.

 

And here is a satellite pic showing details of Chinese soldiers and buildings in the observation posts Every one of these posts is manned by at least a company of PLA soldiers, fortified with fences, surveillance radars and minefields around the peripherals.

With these maps and pictures, let's exposed the recent Indian lies and myths about their victorious advance and capture of Chinese positions. To attack and capture one such observation post, the Indians would need at least 3 or 4 companies to mount the attack. And if successful, there would not only be prisoners of wars but also casualties on both sides.  Even if the Chinese were caught sleeping and did not put up a fight, the Indians would have taken them as prisoners of war. It would be something that the Indians would trumpet to the world to prove how good their soldiers were. Capturing such fortified positions is no easy task and there would be a lot of fireworks.

But no such news. There was no news of prisoners of wars, no wounded or dead soldiers from both sides, no pictures to show the world the captured Chinese positions.

The only news of casualties coming out from India was the Tibetan Special Forces soldier, Nyima Tenzin, died from an exploding mine. There was also news of another Indian or Tibetan soldier that died from an IED explosion. These two deaths could be from the Indian sneak attacks on 29 and 30 Aug, trying to capture Chinese positions like Black Top but failed. Whatever positions they claimed to have captured were actually hilltops on the LAC that were not manned by PLA soldiers. The Indian soldiers moved up from the base of the LAC to the hill tops and claimed to have captured Chinese positions that were 20km away.

What the Indians were crowing about were imaginary victories that they trumpeted but with nothing to show, no pictures of the sites or wounded or dead soldiers. A military operation of such a nature would definitely have casualties on both sides. And China would have launched an immediate counter attack when their positions were attacked and captured. It was like the proverbial saying, all quiet on the western front, except for the Indians beating their drums of an imaginary war.

While talking about Indian myths, let me revisit the brawl at Galwan Valley a couple of months earlier. The Indians were furious and mad that 20 of their soldiers were killed in that fist fight and none from the Chinese side. So embarrassing. After making many attempts to find out Chinese casualties and with the Chinese not saying anything, the Indians have come up with another imaginary version that there were more casualties on the Chinese side, Indians won again. So clever.

Think again. Two sides fighting with hundreds of soldiers involved. How come no Indian soldier could tell from what they saw at the scene of Chinese casualties? How come all the soldiers that were thrown or forced into the river and some died were all Indians? How come the Indian soldiers fought so bravely and so well but only Indian soldiers were in the river, no PLA soldiers in the river?

These facts only show that it was a one sided affair with the Indians being chased and thrown into the river. And they were running away so fast that they did not even have the time to look back to see if there were casualties on the Chinese side. The Indian soldiers were fleeing or being pushed into the river by the Chinese soldiers and unable to drag one or two Chinese soldiers along. That was how well the Indian soldiers fought, more like what happened in 1962. And they were hoping to hear news of more casualties on the Chinese side. After spreading the lie that China had more casualties, the Chinese foreign ministry has came out to confirm that Chinese casualties were much less than India. This must have pissed off the Indians more.

What do you think?

PS. The only thing to say about the Indians is that they violated the agreement with China to pull back 20km from the LAC. Also in a way they 'captured' China's unmanned hilltops on the LAC but trying to give the impression that they fought the PLA and won. Sneaky, sneaky as usual.They have moved onto the LAC instead of being 20km behind and pointing the finger at China for aggressive moves while China maintained its position 20km from the LAC. This is the logic of Indians. Who is the aggressor and breaking all the agreements and conducting aggressive movement of troops?

Killer Trump admitted order to assassinate Bashar Assad

 In Bob Woodward's book on Clown Trump it was revealed that he ordered the assassination of President Assad of Syrian. He was only stopped by then Defence Secretary Jim Mattis who opposed the operation. To these descendants of the murderers of more than 100m native Americans, killing is second nature to them.  They have no qualms about killing people of coloured, black is their favourite victim, and ordering the killing of Assad is like ordering breakfast. The killing of hundreds of thousands of Koreans, Vietnamese and Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East is a full course for them to savour.

'"I woud have rather taken him out. I had him all set," Mr Trump told the morning show Fox & Friends. "Mattis didn't want to do it, Mattis was a highly overrated general, and I let him go."' AFP

With these murderers in the White House and the stupid world still regard the Americans as decent human beans, protector of the weak, defender of human rights, is utterly unbelieveable.  These are killers, beasts, sub humans that have not progressed through time. Their animal instinct to kill is a common behaviour like animals. Do not be misled by the suits and the smiles they put on their faces.

And their national policy is endless wars to support their war industry, their military industrial complex and their economy and Empire. They must have wars daily to keep themselves going, to keep the Empire going. 

While silly human beans failed to see through their evilness, God is not going to let it go by forever. The time has come to take down these evil human beans, and Covid19 is just the necessary and effective tool to do it. And if this is not enough, floods, fire and street fightings would do the rest.

The evil Empire and its evil men and women must be taken to task, and only God can do it, effortlessly and effectively and these evil men and women are hapless, no one to blame or to attack with their nuclear arms and powerful armed forces.

The days of these evil men and women are numbered.  They always think they could order the killing of so and so, this country or that country. And on country can stop them in their killings. Not really, the ONE up there will do the necessary and finish the job.

PS.  While they suppressed other countries to have their own means of defence, like nuclear arms for Iran and North Korea, the evil Empire is launching an ambitious plan to build up a more powerful and deadly military force. Here is a quote from AFP.

'WASHINGTON: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced on Wednesday (Sep 16) an ambitious plan to expand the US Navy with a range of unmanned and autonomous ships, submarines and aircraft to confront the growing maritime challenge from China.

The Pentagon chief said a sweeping review of US naval power dubbed "Future Forward" had laid out a "game-changer" plan that would expand the US sea fleet to more than 355 ships, from the current 293.

The plan, which requires adding tens of billions of dollars to the US Navy's budget between now and 2045, is aimed at maintaining superiority over Chinese naval forces, seen as the primary threat to the United States....'

Arrogance of foreigners now referred to as 'locals'

A local entrepreneur named Rudy Irawan Kadjairi took to Facebook on Monday (14 September) to highlight that Singaporeans, who have over the years discriminated minorities in the labour market, are now voicing their displeasure towards foreign talents in the country....

As such, Mr Rudy asserted that there will always be Singaporeans who are not affected by the “indiscriminate insertion of foreign manpower”, and these individuals will keep “drowning the voices of those aggrieved.

“At the end of the day, the ones lamenting are still, for now, the minority, in numbers. Stop it with the xenophobia. If you want to be upset, don’t be upset at the foreigners who are here to earn a living. They are our guests. If you want to be upset, get upset with the policies.

“Work at changing the policies for the better. But don’t be as discriminatory as the way discrimination has put many of us in harm’s way. Rationalise more strategically. Reason better. Articulate your thoughts in a manner that will convince, not rile,” Mr Rudy expressed.

“We’ve been through this “scenario” before. As an experienced individual in this matter, all I can say is, “suck it up, dudes”.  Work harder. As I have had to all my life.”

 

The above is from an article posted in the TOC about how a 'local' arrogantly dismissing the grievances of Singaporeans now affected by the discrimination against them from foreigners in Singapore. Unbelieveable for a foreigner to talk like this to daft Singaporeans thinking that this sorry state of affair, where foreigners are now the darling of a silly govt that faun on them at the expense of Singaporeans would continue unabated, unchanged. When the breaking point is reached, not only xenophobia will fall through the roof, even the silly govt would be booted out and replaced by a new govt that is pro Singaporean and not pro foreigners.  And when that day comes, there would be no mentioning of this four letter word 'locals' and foreigners would be treated as foreigners no matter if they are PRs.

The temperature is rising as more Singaporeans start to feel the pain. How could daft Singapore afford to live for another 20 or 30 years without a job in this extremely expensive city on their miserly savings? Losing their jobs in the 50s and 60s is going to be hell of a problem, an existential threat to their well being. They could bear with it for a few years, but when they get older, their little savings in their CPF got depleted, when having 3 meals is going to be a struggle, hell will break lose.

The 'local' foreigners would face the brunt of the unhappiness of a people unable to put food on the table for sure, and xenophobia in its real sense, not the so called casual xenophobia of now, would surface to destabilise the society and the relationship between Singaporeans and foreigners. When things become unbearable, there would be ugly incidents on the streets and in public transports against foreigners when Singaporeans no longer can bear their presence, stealing their lunch.

Such 'local' foreigners would then not be in a position to write such acidic and cocky comments about Singaporeans as if they are the upper class in this island when Singaporeans stood up to tell them to get lost. 'Local' foreigners must not take the generosity and stupidity of daft Singaporeans for granted, as if it would last forever. When the straw breaks the camel's back, the leaders would be forced to protect themselves and their million dollar salaries and would have to tell the 'local' foreigners that this place is called Singapore and for Singaporeans and would have to do the necessary and not paying lip service like today.

Then it would be good riddance to foreigners, 'locals' or otherwise. The Covid19 crisis and rising unemployment are a preview of what's worse to come if jobs do not come by and more and more Singaporeans became unemployed.  Then no silly leaders would dare to utter the word foreign talent or 'locals' in passing and with immunity. Singaporeans voted them into govt to serve Singaporeans not to serve foreigners, PRs are foreigners. Period.

Over reliance on foreigners to write about Singapore news - marginalising of Singaporean correspondents

 

If one bothers to notice, the serious news column in local media are often filled by foreigners writing about Singapore affairs. If this is not foreign interference in our domestic politics, what is?

The corollary to this trend is the marginalisation of our own reporters and journalists. Singapore is becoming a sick country that does not bother to train its own talents and keeps on bringing in foreigners to replace them in every industry and profession. If the govt does not bother to give Singaporeans the opportunity to grow into bigger players, who else would be interested to groom or help Singaporeans to grow in their jobs and professions? 

A case in point is the CEO of DBS bank. If the top job is to be filled by foreigners, to train foreigners instead of Singaporeans, what is left for Singaporeans to gain the experience to helm such jobs? Thank God we have Wee Cho Yaw to train Singaporeans to helm UOB. If not, UOB would also be handed to foreigners in a silver platter and making Singaporeans looking silly.

When would such silly policy of training foreigners and exposing them to top jobs be given to Singaporeans? I still remember the days of Goh Keng Swee when he would throw Singaporeans into the deep end of the pool, to learn the rope, to gain the experience that no one would give them, to grow into the jobs.  That is how we train our first generation of top civil servants, military leaders and captains of industries. Today we stupidly retrain our PMETs into lower paying jobs to become gardeners, nurses etc etc while bringing inexperienced foreigners to be put into top jobs to gain the training and experience.

It is so sad that the pages of local media is now being filled by foreigners who would write their narratives from the eyes and perspective of foreigners, and foreign interest while our own writers are writing about food, pets and poos.

How sad that Singapore has deteriorated to this level where Singaporeans are being downgraded everyday in every industry while foreigners are taking over and in charge. There will be no future top Singaporean bankers in the making.  There will be no good quality Singaporean correspondents in the making, and neither would there be many top Singaporeans in other industries if this silly policy continues.

Stupidity has no cure is a national disease in Singapore and is spreading like wild fire across every level of Singaporeans. If you don't train Singaporeans in top jobs, not stupid low level jobs, if you don't give Singaporeans the opportunity to gain the experience, soon there will be no Singaporeans left in top jobs. No country would be as silly as Singapore to train foreigners and marginalise its own citizens in this way.

It is so disgusting and painful to see this happening in Singapore.

Sneaky India changed the status quo but accused China of 'trying' to change the status quo in Ladakh

 

This map is produced by an Indian media agency, the Wire.

What happened on 29/30 Aug was claimed by India as a precision military operation by a brigade size force across the LAC to occupy 6 hill tops in the Chushul/Spangur Tso region and a great achievement to the Indian Army. The occupation of these strategic positions was a replica of what they did in 1962, preempting the Chinese side and crowing victory and Indian cleverness to seize new territories and changing the status quo. Changing the status quo was what the Indians accused China of wanting to do, and precisely what the Indians did using this as an excuse and then accusing China of aggression. The Indians won, they moved into these positions while the Chinese did not do anything. The same thing happened in 1962. But after the humiliating defeat they turned around to say China started it. Now we have it in the news, the Indians started it again.

The Indian sides are now talking big, that despite drones, satellites and new technologies, China did not detect their military incursion and could not prevent the clever Indians from occupying the 6 mountain tops to cut off any attempt by PLA to move into Chushul. They were so confident that China did not know of their sneaky attacks but the truth could be far from what the simplistic Indians were thinking. The PLA could be watching every Indian move and let them commit the first offensive move just like in 1962 and claiming victory. In any early phases of a war, the side that made the first move would have the advantage of surprise and could look victorious. 

India is using the same cheap trick the Americans are using in the South China sea, thief shouting thief. The aggressive and reckless Americans sent in their warships to provoke China and raise tension but accusing China of doing so. Here the aggressive Indians moved in to take strategic positions and accused the Chinese of trying or wanting to do so but did not.

China now has all the moral ground to hit back and retake the positions occupied by the Indians. And the Indians knew and feared that this is going to happen. They made the first offensive move against China. Now they are panicking and in a hurry for India to form a military alliance with the US to protect India against an impending Chinese offensive to push back the Indians. And like the Americans, to hide their aggression, they are accusing China of being aggressive.

The two foreign ministers have met in Russia and agreed to deescalate. Let's see if the Indians withdraw from these positions. China would not allow the Indians to change the status quo and occupy these positions inside the LAC. Failure on the part of the Indians to pull back would guarantee an attack by the PLA. China would not change the status quo and would not allow India to change the status quo.

Is India cocky enough, with a misplaced sense of confidence that they could reverse the fate of 1962 and be victorious this time? While bragging about their successful incursion into the Chinese side of the LAC, the Indians have admitted that they have started this war. Every quarter in India is cheering about how brilliant and successful this sneaky attack was, like in the early days of the 1962 war. They have out flanked the PLA....for the moment, when the PLA is not retaliating. The PLA is still restraining itself from attacking and hoping for the Indians to pull back. But be very sure that the planning to retake these positions is going on. India would face another 1962 rout if it persists to stay put.  The China today is hundreds of times stronger than in 1962 and would not allow India to sneak in and take an inch of its land.

What's next?

PS.  We are now living witnesses to this new Sino Indian Border War 2020. India made the first incursion to occupy 6 positions inside China's LAC. Let's not allow the Indians to wriggle away should they be defeated one more time and to blame China for making the first move. The Indians are crowing that they are all prepared and ready to take on the PLA, with superior Rafale fighters and other superior military equipment and all their forces in position.

Place China and India side by side and it is so easy to notice that nothing in India that comes close or comparable to China.  The couple of things that the Indians are better than the Chinese are the use of the English language and talking. Talking and bragging are the forte of Indians. Hope they can win this war just by talking blowing their own trumpet.

Pompeo pushing Asean states to fight China

Pompeo said it was time for Southeast Asian governments to reconsider their own relationship with firms working in the sea.

"Don't just speak up, but act," he told the 10 foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during an online summit.

"Reconsider business dealings with the very state-owned companies that bully ASEAN coastal states in the South China Sea.

"Don't let the Chinese Communist party walk over us and our people."....The United States this year has escalated "freedom of navigation" operations in waters claimed by China, including bringing two aircraft carriers into the region for the first time since 2014 and lifting submarine deployments and surveillance flights....

But the Philippines already said last week it would not follow the US lead because it needed Chinese investment, even as a fresh dispute between the two nations over Scarborough Shoal - one of the region's richest fishing grounds - hangs over the talks....Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi cautioned the United States and China on Tuesday (Sep 8) not to entangle her country in their regional struggle for influence, telling the two superpowers: "We don't want to get trapped by this rivalry."

Retno said ASEAN must remain steadfastly neutral and united.

“Firstly I do not want Malaysia to be dragged and trapped in a geopolitical tussle between superpowers,” said Mr Hishammuddin.

“We must prevent any unwanted incident from happening within our territorial waters. We must also prevent any military clashes in the waters between any relevant parties,” he added.

Secondly, Mr Hishammuddin said that the South China Sea dispute cannot be used as an issue that will cause disunity between ASEAN countries.

“If we follow the narrative and succumb to the pressure of superpowers, the potential for ASEAN countries to bend and take sides with certain countries will be high. When facing big superpowers, we must be united, as one bloc, so that our strength will be synergised effectively,” he said.   CNA

 

The above are some reports from CNA on the evil scheme of the Americans to stir trouble in the region and trying very hard to agitate and provoke the Asean countries to fight China for the Americans. The Americans have been raising the tension in the South China to the point of an all out war with China. And if the Asean countries are stupid enough to be dragged into this war, the people and countries that would suffer and die will be the people of Asean, and the Americans will be laughing at the Asean's stupidity and making money out of it by selling more weapons. 

It is a stroke of luck that Asean now have a few thinking leaders that saw through the deceit and vociferously told the Americans that Asean would not be the pawns of the Americans in its war with China. This tough stand has put a stop to the few American cronies in Asean that still wanted to take the side of the Americans to provoke and start a war with China. Thank God the number of cronies is down to probably one or two in Asean.

The Philippines is lucky to have Duterte to stand up to the Americans, but for how long? Below comment is the mentality and thinking in the Philippines especially in the miliitary. The distrust is because the dispute in the island claims. But the silly Philippines military trusted the Americans, the people that invaded their country, massacred their people and colonised and ruled them while China did not step foot on Filipino soil.  Can you believe it, they trusted the murderers of Filipinos and invaders of their country!

'The Philippines, particularly its military, has a deep mistrust of China over what it sees as intrusions into its territory, bullying of its fishermen and denial of access to its energy resources. Vietnam and Malaysia have made similar complaints this year.'

PS. 'LKY always used ‘white trash’ as a weapon or goad.' Graeme Dobell, Australian Strategic Policy Institute.  SCMP

Companies that did not want to hire Singaporeans are not welcomed in Singapore

 

WSG subsequently contacted the company in question for clarification and the post was amended at 2.25pm on Sep. 9, three weeks after it had been first put up on the MyCareersFuture portal on August 26.

The Tripartite Alliance for Fair & Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) is also expected to follow up with the employer to review its employment practices....

In emphasising that it took a serious view of the matter, WSG stated that all Singapore-based jobs and related posts must be aligned with the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (TGFEP).

It elaborated that under TGFEP, it is "discriminatory" to exclude Singaporeans or indicate preference for non-Singaporeans during the hiring process, which includes job advertisements.

Such breaches will also be referred by TAFEP to the Ministry of Manpower for the "appropriate" action to be taken against the employer. 

 Above is from www.mothership.sg  Does Singapore need such companies that prefer to hire westerners/Europeans and not Singaporeans? What can WSG/TAFEP do about it? What is MOM going to do about it? A company that does not want to hire Singaporeans, even if they remove the add would not make any difference with their intent.

MOM or the Singapore govt must make it clear that such companies are not welcomed in Singapore and take decisive actions to ask them to operate elsewhere. Singapore is for Singaporeans and companies that are not working for Singaporeans have no reason to be here.

Get them out of Singapore.

Below is posted in an article in TOC.

Companies caught for pre-selecting foreign job applicants and didn’t conduct any local job interviews

Together with the announcement of harsher penalties for discriminatory hiring practices in January this year, MOM named a few companies caught for flouting FCF.

One company, Ti2 Logistics Pte Ltd, was caught for making a false declaration to MOM. It submitted an EP application for a foreign job applicant for the position of business development manager. It had also advertised for the position of accounts manager on the Jobs Bank.

For the former role, it made a false declaration that it had interviewed two Singaporeans and considered candidates fairly when it had not done so. For second role, the firm also treated the job advertising requirement under the FCF as a paper exercise, posting a job description unrelated to the actual job.

In reality, it had already pre-selected an EP applicant for the business development position and had no intention to interview any Singaporean candidates. MOM charged the company with one count of making a false declaration to the Controller of Work Passes in its EP application. It has also been debarred from hiring new EP holders or renewing existing work passes for two years.

Like Ti2 Logistics, two other companies also did not interview any locals even though they had put up advertisements on Jobs Bank. Before putting up the job advertisement, Meyer Burger (Singapore) Pte Ltd had already interviewed a foreigner overseas and deemed him suitable for a process engineer post in Singapore. It then advertised the position on Jobs Bank for the purpose of applying an EP for him.

Meyer Burger did not carry out any interviews since it had already made up its mind to hire the foreign worker. The job advertisement was posted solely to make an EP application. MOM debarred the company from hiring new EP holders or renewing existing work passes for two years.

Tarantula Global Holdings Pte Ltd similarly submitted an EP application for the position of senior IT support engineer. Like Meyer Burger and Ti2 Logistics, the company had pre-selected the EP applicant, who was a former employee of an affiliated overseas company. It put up a job advertisement, but likewise did not interview any candidates other than the chosen one. The company was debarred by MOM from hiring new EP holders or renewing existing work passes for 12 months.

Another company, Nihon Premium Clinic Pte Ltd, submitted an EP application for the position of regional customer development manager. It omitted listing critical key criteria in its job advertisement like the ability to speak fluent Japanese and Mandarin, when they were actually required for the job.

As a result, none of the job applications submitted was suitable for consideration as the local job applicants did not know that fluency in Japanese and Mandarin was required. Instead, an EP applicant recommended by one of the company’s shareholders was deemed suitable after an interview.

Trump lied and lied but insisted he did not lie - Evil Americans cannot be trusted

 

'I didn't lie,' US President Donald Trump says

President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that he never lied to Americans about the dangers of coronavirus after a bombshell new book by journalist Bob Woodward revealed that he deliberately tried to downplay the crisis.

Trump's taped admission to Woodward that he minimized the pandemic in public, while being aware of the unique danger from Covid-19, has set off alarm bells less than eight weeks before election day.

Asked bluntly at a hastily organized White House press conference "Why did you lie to the American people?" Trump responded: "I didn't lie."....

"Rage" is filled with startling episodes, including the assessment by Trump's then director of national intelligence, the respected Dan Coats, that the president "doesn't know the difference between the truth and a lie."....

"He knew how deadly it was," Biden said Wednesday. "He lied to the American people. He knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months."  Yahoo News

The congenital liar lied and lied and lied. And his professional liar, the big piece of lard called Pompeo lied to the whole world without feeling any sense of guilt or shame. This is American culture, the shameless behaviour of a people that lived on lying, cheating, stealing and killing.

During the last few years under Trump assisted by Pompeo, the world was given a clear view of what evil Americans are like. The tarnished image of this evil country and evil people cannot be hidden anymore.  The longer these two liars are in the White House, the blacker would the White House turn into.

American culture is a lying culture. And to deflect their lying behaviour, they accused China of lying in its Covid19 report to WHO when China did not. How to trust the lying evil Americans?

Another example of American lying culture on display by Trump's spokeswoman Kayleigh in Yahoo News.

'CNN cut away from a White House press briefing Wednesday and anchor Brianna Keilar told her viewers press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was “lying” about President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response.

During the briefing, McEnany was asked to respond to new reporting from Bob Woodward that Trump knew about the coronavirus threat in early February, but downplayed it significantly.

“The president never downplayed the virus,” McEnany said. “The president expressed calm.”'

The Americans run up to their presidential election is the moment to see the ugliness of these evil people. See how they lied to tear down each other and exposing the sickness of a people that use lies and deceit to win in whatever competition. Both Trump and Biden are examples of the shameless and evil people that Americans are made of. And it is part of God's plan to let them show to the world what they really are, their ugly faces revealed for the world to see, and how their racist and unthinking people would go all out to support two of the worse specimen of human beans they wanted as their President.

High Concentration of PMETs From One Country "Discovered" By MOM

 

Last month, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) suddenly woke up and quickly made a public announcement that it has "discovered" 47 companies with suspected discriminatory hiring practices have been placed on its Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) Watch list. (As a pass-time bird-watching hobby?)

This is on top of the 1,000 firms in the watchlist as announced by Manpower Minister Josephine Teo in Parliament earlier this year – an increase of about 400 more firms compared to last year's watchlist. (Which means the watching alone is not effective. It does not mean anything to the culprits. They simply don't give a damn!)

The announcement came after the recent Pandemic General Election which saw the PAP lose another GRC and perform worse than expected.

Of the 47 companies, 30 (64 per cent) are in the financial and professional services sectors. They include banks, fund management firms, management consulting companies, as well as firms that provide project management and engineering services.

MOM said that all 30 of the financial and professional services employers have a “high concentration of PMETs from single nationalities”. In simple layman's words, ONE COUNTRY.

(We can confidently assume that that One Country is INDIA, because MOM is terrified to reveal it to us.)

In one financial institution in the fund management industry, almost 75% of their PMETs are of the same nationality and in another bank, almost 66% of the PMETs are also of the same nationality, MOM revealed.

“We will subject their hiring to closer scrutiny to ensure that there is no nationality bias against locals, which is unacceptable and not in line with fair, merit-based hiring,” said MOM.

How do you ensure just by "closer scrutiny"? It's like 66-75% of your territory has already been invaded by enemy forces and you suddenly discovered it, and then as the commander tasked to defend the territory, you shouted at the enemy forces, "Hey! I am going to take a closer look at you, to ensure that you don't invade my territory!" What a brilliant commander!

Even though MOM did not name the companies or the nationalities involved, most netizens pointed to Indian nationals. Why? Because we can see, feel and smell them crowding everywhere, especially at Changi Business Park and the Financial Centre at Shenton Way. Simple as that.

Only those comfortably sleeping inside ivory towers cannot feel and cannot see the real situation on the ground.

Solution:

To ensure that the various companies abide by MOM"s guidelines, regulations, rules, directives and decrees, the following actions (not observations) should be taken:

1. Impose heavy penalties even for first offence.

2. Charge them in Court and send the CEO to serve jail terns.

3. Terminate their licence and ban them from operating in Singapore.

4. Reserve all CEOs and Human Resource Directors or Managers for Singapore-born Citizens only. New citizens or PRs holding such posts must be approved by MOM and issue with a revocable permit to hold such posts.

5. All government agencies, organs of state and MAS, GIC, GLCs and Temasek Holdings and its subsidiaries must also comply. They serve as good examples to lead the rest. If they can vagrantly flout the rules, so can others. Then MOM will have no moral standing to exert compliance. 

 

Queen of Hearts

 

PS. Posted on behalf of Queen of Hearts

Foreigners having a party, Singaporean PMETs in dire straits - A choice between stupidity and change

Temasek says it hires mostly - Singaporean staff

“About 60 per cent of our staff across our 11 offices in eight countries are Singaporeans”, said Temasek Holdings Private Limited is a Singaporean holding company, owned by the Government of Singapore.

In its Temasek Review 2020 report highlights, the commercial investment company revealed its staff composition proportion in a series of graphs....

“Temasek has its roots in Singapore, where there is no place for xenophobia, racism, or hate speech. The very birth of Singapore as an independent nation was founded on the ideals of meritocracy, regardless of race, language or religion. What matters most to us in Temasek, are the values, the integrity, and the character and capability of our people”, it added.

The above is quoted from www.theindependent.sg. This explanation by Temasek came about as a result of the recent furore over the massive influx of foreigners in Singapore and the increasingly clearer picture of many top jobs in govt and GLCs being filled by foreigners while many experienced Singaporean PMETs were laid off, became unemployed, retired, or underemployed. The trend also says that those Singaporeans aspiring to top management jobs are likely to lose them to foreigners. 

The problem of unemployment is not only limited to the senior PMETs but also to fresh Singaporean graduates that have been discriminated and marginalised or just unable to find employment while foreigners are in charge and foreigners could walk into Singapore and landed a permanent job like a breeze.

Anger is rising with the increasing pain faced by Singaporeans, many felt betrayed and cheated by the policies of the govt and the practices of GLCs. Temasek felt the pressure when it was revealed that its top management has a high percentage of non Singaporeans and with Indians being singled out for criticism. And now this report to explain and justify what it is doing.

To Temasek, what it is doing is the best and good for Temasek and Singapore. The Singaporeans may have different views, and the share of Singaporeans in top management is a subjective and arbitrary number. Temasek is very happy with the composition and very likely the govt too. That is its prerogative and assessment. It is a matter of judgement and values and priorities and even personal preferences of the govt and those in charge in Temasek. The people may think otherwise and want it changed.

So, what can the people do about it if the govt and Temasek think they are right and this is the best for Singapore and Singaporeans? Nothing. The people have voted the govt into power and Temasek is an arm of the govt. The people have given the power and consent to the elected govt and the govt/Temasek will think and decide for them.

If the people are not happy with what they see, just do the necessary in the next GE. This is democracy at works. The people decide what is best for themselves through the govt they elected to serve them. Sure, for the moment when the die is cast, for the last two decades, the people at best can cry and scream and thump their chests about their unhappiness. But the ball is in the court of the govt and Temasek to do what they perceived as what the people want versus what they think is good for the country and people. The govt may change some of the policies to appease the anger of the people. The govt may not and continue to do as it pleases. And looking at the explanation of Temasek, they are doing the right thing and so don't expect any changes.

So, if nothing gonna change, change can only take place in the next GE. In the meantime, just gripe and show your anger and unhappiness o be heard or else the natural aristocrats would say no one is complaining, all is well or the people have accepted their fate. That's about what the people can do for now. And comes the next GE, if the people continues to vote the same govt to rule over them, to bring in more foreigners for top jobs, then so be it. 

Stupidity has no cure. And it is best the people shut up and live with their choice and their own stupidity.

Read this piece by Anna Maria Romero (local, PR or new citizen or foreigner) in the Business Times.

The issue of the foreign workforce became a focal point in Parliament last week, pointed out an editorial in The Business Times (BT) on Wednesday, September 9.

And while the piece acknowledges that there are ‘grievances’ from, Singaporeans who have been displaced by foreigners in the job market, it asserts that, at this particular time, the country must remain “open to trade, investment, and talent from the rest of the world.”

What the article said is that Covid19 more serious, forget about the problems of foreigners in Singapore. Open the legs wider and let more foreigners in? The only thing positive about the article is that finally they are willing to acknowledge that 'Singaporeans (who) have been displaced by foreigners in the job market' and no silly bugger stood up to ask for proof that this is so.

What do you think?

 

Indian aggressive moves in the Pangong Lake, Ladakh

New Delhi: The Indian Army has reportedly occupied heights on the north bank of Pangong Tso which overlook Chinese positions on the ridge lines in the Finger 4 area.  This means that the Indian Army now has a tactical advantage on both the north and south banks of the Pangong Tso.

Mountain warfare is all about dominating the heights, and since they have come under the Indian Army’s control, there are reports that China has started building up its forces on the north bank of the Pangong Tso and is trying to come closer to the Indian position at Finger 4.

The whole Pangong Tso area in the Ladakh sector is on edge with expectation of some kind of action from the Chinese Army to regain lost ground on the south of the lake where India had in a pre-emptive move occupied two dozen strategic heights.

What has added to the tension is the fact that now all the action in the Pangong Tso area is being controlled directly by commanders in Beijing and it’s no longer in the hands of local PLA officers. Posted in deccanchronicle

The above article clearly showed that India had taken aggressive moves into Chinese claimed territories inside China's side of the LAC on the ground that it is preempting China's move that has not taken place and could be fabricated by India as an excuse to make the first move.  In plain language it is like claiming someone is going to burn your house so you make your first move and burn his house first. So who is the real aggressor? And after making such aggressive moves to take territories on the Chinese side it accused China as the aggressive party.

This is typical of snakes speaking in fork tongues, like the Americans, fabricate a hoax and use the hoax as an excuse to invade or attack another country, like Iraq, Syria and Iran. Now without China doing anything, the Indians are claiming that China is going to do something, so they moved first, to prevent China making the fabricated move.  This is a very aggressive country and needed to be taught another bitter and embarrassing lesson before they learn to be a good and well behaved boy.

Indian aggression against China and its immediate neighbours are legendary. India is a big bully in South Asia. But they are pushing their luck too far thinking 36 Rafales fighter aircraft would make them invincible against the PLA. India can continue to blow its trumpet and act aggressively. The world is watching these aggressive moves.  China has not made any move yet but will in a matter of time to drive out the Indians in their territories. 

The aggressor would always win in the first few days, like in the 1962 war. Now India is winning by moving into Chinese territories. Now India even claimed to have tactical advantage, everything in favour of India in a war with China, just like pre 1962 border war. And when they got chased out latter, they would claim China made the first move and is the aggressive party. This is India and its lies. And when defeated, they would find all kinds of silly excuses, claiming they were caught unprepared, their armies were weaker, not acclimatised and all the craps. Now they are telling the world they are well prepared, stronger than China and have made the moves into Chinese territories and in very good position, with superior Rafale fighter jet that one Rafale could take on 5 to 10 Chinese jets. Please don't laugh, this is typical Indian delusion.

Let's wait and see what they say when they are chased out from these positions. China your move next in respond to the Indian aggression.

 

American little poodle crying

Stopping trade means China loses too, and Beijing must know the world is watching, says James Laurenceson.

SYDNEY: When Canberra called for an international, independent inquiry into COVID-19 in April, Beijing deployed trade restrictions measures against Australian beef and barley the next month.

And so when the Australian government responded firmly to China imposing a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong at the end of June, the Australian Financial Review’s Andrew Tillett and Mike Smith wrote that “the government [was] privately bracing for a trade backlash as punishment”.

Sure enough, what followed was an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine, another meat processor having its certification to supply the Chinese market suspended, and barley exports from a major Perth-based grain company barred on food safety grounds. CNA

The above is a clear case of when you are small don't act big. Australia, the American poodle in Asia has been the most vocal against China since the few American crony states in Asean have quietened down after China started to carry a cane. But this self professed white sheriff in Asia, thinking that white is still superior and strutting around like it is the master in the region, continues to agitate and provoke China, thinking that with the evil Empire on its back China would not dare to hit back. They have been poking the eyes of China everyday and smearing China like a good lapdog of the Americans, echoing everything Pompeo wanted them to say and do.

Hitting back is what China did and this little poodle is starting to feel the pain and whining. Oh, a trade war with China would hurt both parties. Really? Raw material and food can be replaced from other sources with equally good substitutes. As long as China is buying, every country would want to sell, including the evil Empire,

But how is Australia going to find an equally big buyers to replace China? NONE! China must continue to squeeze the balls of Australia until they scream for mercy. This white racist poodle must be taught a lesson it would not forget, that it is a little group of white gangsters in stolen territory in Asia and Asia belongs to Asians not white men. so don't muck around in Asia.

China go, keep squeezing this poodle until it puts its tail between its legs.

CECA - An Invasion Without Firing A Single Shot!

 CECA - An Invasion Without Firing A Single Shot!

Facts:

Singapore's population is 5.85 million, while India's population is 1.38 billion today. 15 years ago, Singapore's population was much smaller.

Question:

Who in the world would sign an agreement of exchange of "free flow of talents" with a country of 1.38 billion mouths to feed, knowing fully well that his own country has only 5.85 million people?

Answer:

Only Singapore's Pseudo Leeders who claimed themselves to be outstanding talents in order to make themselves instant multi-millionaires within one or two years. No one else.

Comments:

1. ALL the other countries that signed the RECP refused to allow India to take advantage of them by including the terms from the CECA agreement, specifically those concerning the "exchange of free flow of talents" clause.

2. Until today, the idiots who have made the grave mistake are still trying to defend themselves with all sorts of excuses and refuse to make amends.

3. If CECA continues in force, Singapore will be "captured" by India without firing a single shot, in the not too distant future. The writing can be clearly seen on the wall. I have no doubt about it.

4. As it is today, the Indians, both local and foreign, are in control of Singapore already. Most of the powers are in their hands.

5. Under the leedership of a very sick man, the Banana has been out-manourved and out-witted by the Mangosteen.

6. Singapore has become the "Sick Man Of Asia", from 1st World To 3rd!

7. A prodigal son will spend all that his father had saved and destroy all that his father had built. This story has been played out in clear view for all to see. Yet the dafts cannot see, cannot feel, cannot think. It is going to be a very sad ending. So, bite the teeth and wait for it to come.

8. The saga of the high almighty CAG chairman vs a low-salary maid (Giant Goliath against Tiny David) depicts exactly the sad story of Singapore today for all to see and feel. This real life story summarises everything into a single episode, if anyone has bothered to see it in wider perspective and think deeper.

Sayonara, my beloved Singapore, don't cry for me, I will cry for you.....

SSO - 10 Sep 2020.

 

PS. Posted on behalf of SSO

Did the govt use a generation's worth of savings to combat Covid19?

 “We have used a generation's worth of savings to combat a crisis of a generation. We must therefore ensure that our fiscal balance is put back on a stable path when the economy recovers ...” - DPM Heng Swee Keat, in MoF’s addendum to the President’s address.

With great respect, this is nonsense coming from the Hon DPM. By any sensible measure of national savings, a S$50+bn draw on past reserves does not represent anything close to a generation’s worth of government savings - or if it did, then the Minister for Finance, and the management of our reserves investment institutions, should be promptly fired!

That’s one reason we need an elected opposition in Parliament - to check the PAP when it’s statements fall off the rails."

On 31 August, gov.sg published a "clarification" article to refute Lian:

- More at AllSingaporeStuff.com https://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/gahmen-takes-cheap-shot-lawyer-who-disagree-stroke-hengs-ministry-finance-addendum-statement
FB: http://fb.com/allsgstuff

Remember the 10m population misinformation or disinformation or 'spreading lies' or whatever Vivian called it, this 'generation's worth of savings' is coming very close to it. What does Heng Swee Kiat meant by saying 'a generation's worth of savings'?  Was it a figurative statement, not meant to be read literary, or an unnecessary exaggeration? 

How much is a generation's worth of savings? $50b? So little or too much? What is the real number? A generation is not about one year but 30 years. A generation's worth of savings is about 30 years worth of savings and can be quite substantial.

What do you think?

Looting is not protesting, setting fires is not protesting - Biden

 When China was first hit by the virus from Fort Detrick, USA, the Americans, laughed, sneered and painted China like a leper nation, closed down air traffic from China. What happened next? China stopped the virus from spreading across the country, contained it in Wuhan and prevented it from spiralling, keeping the infection at 85,000 till today.

What happened in America? When one Covid19 case emerged, Trump said it would go away. Today there are more than 6m infections in the USA with more than 190,000 deaths. The death figure is more than the number of people infected in China, more than double that. This is karma, retribution, God's punishment against this evil country and its evil people.

God's fury did not stop at just spreading the virus across the whole of America. The Americans were agitating and supporting the violence in the street protests in Hong Kong. And they celebrated the lawlessness in the streets calling it a beautiful sight. This beautiful sight has shifted to the USA. The violence is growing daily and will burn America to the ground once the white extremists start to come out on the streets to shoot at the blacks and Latinos. They are sabre rattling and the blacks are also coming out with their guns. And now the Americans are singing a different song. While they encouraged the street violence in Hong Kong and condemned the Hong Kong govt for trying to put it down, this is what Biden said of the violence in the streets of America.

"Looting is not protesting, setting fires is not protesting," he said.

"None of this is protesting. It's lawlessness, plain and simple, and those who do it should be prosecuted."

Really, aren't this the pride of America, freedom of expression, freedom to demonstrate and to protest? How come this is lawlessness in America but freedom of expression and human rights in Hong Kong? The hypocrisy of the evil Americans is not going to get lost in the eyes of God. God is watching and is furious. 

The fury of God has started following the spread of Covid19 virus across America. Now you have street violence. And there is this massive fire in California, millions of acres on fire. God said not enough as the evil Americans have not learnt anything and is still causing troubles around the world. So God devastated Louisiana with the worse hurricane the state has ever seen. After Hurricane Laura left, it was like a war zone.

Have the evil Americans learnt? If not, more fury from God will come their way. Just you wait. Just continue to stir troubles around the world, to oppress other people, sanctions to cripple the economies and lives of other people. Go and provoke wars, start wars. You shall pay for your crimes against humanity. Your end is near, evil ones.

Trump's hatred for black people

 Reuters has reported comments by Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen for his disparaging remarks about black world leaders. This is quoted from Reuters, 'Cohen worte that following Mr Mandela's death in 2013, Trump said: "Mandela f**ed teh whole country up.  Now it's a s***hole. F*** Mandela. He was no leader." Cohen also alleged that Mr Trump said: "Tell me one country run by a black person that isn't a s***hole. They are all complet f***ing toilets."'

This is how much love and respect Trump has for black people. I am not sure if he considers Indians black people. Maybe not as many Indians are in high places in the USA and CEOs of many American companies. If Trump thinks Indians are black people, then it is likely that he would ask them to be removed from those positions. He has only stopped the inflow of Indians seeking jobs in the US after Covid19.

So Trump may have high regards for Indians like Singapore leaders and don't mind or would encourage more of these talents to be employed in their respective countries in highly paid positions, in jobs that Singaporeans did not want, like CEOs of banks.

Trump's black people are likely referring to the Africans and Afro Americans, the people that they hunted as slaves to slog in their farms. Not India, Pakistan or Bangladesh. When is Trump going to visit India, maybe in his second term.

What do you think?

$4,500/$5,000 is a talent according to the Singapore govt

The govt has just raised the amount to qualify for Employment Pass to work in Singapore from $4,000 to $4,500 and $5,000 for financial industry.  This adjustment is due to a change in policy to go for quality instead of quantity. A foreigner earning $4,500/$5,000 is now a quality employee, a foreign talent. In terms of annual income this is at most a pathetic $67,500/$75,000, inclusive of 3 months bonus.

According to Chok Tong, anyone earning less than $500,000 annually is mediocre. But foreigners earning a miserable $67,500/$75,000 is a talent, a quality that is good enough to be called a foreign talent. Sadly many Singaporeans earning more than this but less than $500,000 are regarded as mediocre.

When a person's worth or talent is measured simply by a number, perhaps it is too simplistic. Obviously there are many people that are walking idiots or doing sweet fuck all, sweet nothing, but earning grandiose salary because of the right connection or family business. Tiok boh?

It is quite sad that a person's real worth is measured by what he earns. Many of our Ah Longs, Pimps and bookies are probably above mediocres, very talented if income is the only criteria. Same as those jiak liao bees, doing nothing but collecting millions, also very talented.

What do you think, mediocres?

 

PS. Got the numbers amended from $4.600 to $4.500/$5,000.

Comments in TRE

Goh C K:

September 1, 2020 at 8:04 pm  (Quote)

PAP suckers brought in aliens to steal the jobs of Sinkies. Now pretend to care. Bloody fools! Sheep still buy their shit.

 

the sinkie core ratio:

September 2, 2020 at 9:56 am  (Quote)

aiyoh. what core lar ? n

if not enough sinkie core, white idiots can convert FTs to sinkies lor so that the sinkie core ratio will shift doubly fast (both directions from FTs to sinkies) to meet the wayang definition of sinkie core by the white monkey idiots ?? what is the open-leg policy there for ?

 

Poon:

September 1, 2020 at 9:27 pm  (Quote)

The cruelty of the PAP in forsaking Singaporeans is shameful and unforgivable. No other country pays their politicians millions to get foreigners to come in and steal the citizens’ jobs.Despicable!

Trump supporters' boats sink - Act of God

 https://twitter.com/i/status/1302344161476128771

HOUSTON: A Texas boat parade in support of President Donald Trump's reelection campaign ran into trouble on Saturday (Sep 5), as multiple vessels took on water or sank, authorities said.

The Travis County Sheriff's Office "responded to multiple calls involving boats in distress during the Trump parade on Lake Travis", it said on Twitter. "Several boats did sink."

There was no evidence of foul play, sheriff's office spokeswoman Kristen Dark said. No injuries or medical emergencies were reported at the parade on Lake Travis, located northwest of Austin.

"Some were taking on water, some were stalled, some were capsizing, it was all types of different things," Dark said.  AFP

Trump's boat parade put up by his supporters ran into trouble that was abnormal. It is very unusual to see more than one boat in trouble in such events or in a sports event. Here, several boats were in trouble, took water and sank. Can you believe it? Bad American boat building? Or it is an act of God?

Looks more like a super natural force at play to wreck havoc to the Trump supporters and to mess up Trump's reelection bid. Darkside said, '...it was all types of different things.'  Yes, all types of different things are sinking for supporting Trump.

How many Indians has DBS employed in DBS India and DBS Singapore?

Hsien Loong has brought this photo out as a case of fake news.  Readers may be misled to think that this is DBS Bank in Chennai Business Park or DBS Bank in Mumbai Financial Centre.  Oops, what's getting on me, I mean Changi Business Park and Marina Bay Financial Centre.  So readers please take note, this is a DBS branch in Mumbai, India. So naturally you will see they were all or mainly Indian employees.  I think DBS has about 10 to 16 branches in India.  If this is one branch, then how many Indians have benefitted from DBS Bank's investment in Indian and got a good job paid by DBS?

I was also told that foreign investors starting a business in India must employed Indians only as employees, ie from the CEO to the lowest level staff, ie 100 per cent Indians. I stand corrected on this. I am not sure how many Singaporeans are employed in DBS India at the top after DBS invested billions to start a bank? There must be at least one or two Singaporeans to act as the watchdogs in case the billions be used as someone's ATM when the top management are all Indians and not Singaporeans. This is basic finance and asset control and management. I am sure DBS would have put in the people and procedures to make sure its money would be safe, and not be looted one day, in one way or another in a far away country when hardly a Singaporean is in the top management of DBS India. I checked the organisational chart and only chanced upon a vice Chairman in the Board of Directors that is a Singaporean, I presumed. Not sure if there is any Singaporeans in executive roles and in finance of DBS India. I think there sure be.  We cannot be so trusting with so much money there with a few Singapore keeping an eye on it, like trusting the foreigners here managing the critical IT systems and operations of banks.

In total, with so many branches in India, how many Indians were employed by DBS Bank? And how many Indians were employed in DBS Bank in Singapore. Added together I think the number is quite substantial. I wonder if there is an Indian company under CECA in Singapore that has employed as many Singaporeans here or in their India HQ as DBS Bank. Maybe all the Indian companies in Singapore added together would not employed the same number as DBS Bank's Indian employees, especially in good paying jobs like top bank management jobs. But we know that a few hundred thousands of the CECA Indians are in good paying jobs in Singapore.

I hope the MPs in Parliament can ask a few simple questions about how many Indians DBS Bank has employed in India and in DBS Singapore.  Hsien Loong has said that there is nothing to hide and he is prepared to answer all questions. This could be a good start. Hope the MPs would take this good opportunity of a new openness in the govt to tell all, to answer all questions and not getting answers like what is your intent for asking such questions or answers cannot be given because the answers are state secrets.  

After all the hypes and assurances made about how CECA benefited Singapore, Singaporeans need to be informed and convinced with numbers to show that this is the case and not a one way agreement that benefited India more than Singapore. With so many hundreds of CECA Indians benefiting from it, it is strange that so many Singaporean PMETs and fresh graduates are out of jobs or underemployed and finding a job so stressful and painful and difficult.

Don't tell us, show us the proof, in Parliament.