"Indonesian Parliament rejects DCA" repeat

meds has left a new comment on your post "Indonesian Parliament rejects DCA": We must reject this unfair agreement. singapore, house of corruptor, feen form bastad money. we reject. unfair DCA sumedi, indonesian I received this post in the thread posted some time in May, deep inside the file. Many of you may not have read this reply so I decided to post it here. Hi Sumedi, welcome to the blog. I can appreciate your point. From the Indonesian perspective, they must see real benefits to go along with the DCA. And if they can't, then they should object to it or speak against it. It is the right of every citizen to talk and express their views on issues concerning their country. Otherwise the country will be run without the consent of the people. As citizens, I must say that we do not know the details of the agreements. I believe that the govt representatives of both sides are intelligent people who negotiated the agreements based on the best interests of their respective countries. And that your ministers would not have agreed on the DCA if Indonesia is not getting a fair and justified returns for the agreements. I would not simply run down the agreement without knowing the details. You may want to find out more from your ministers. There must be enough trade off for them to agree. They must have seen enough benefits in the agreements which the public may not know. Cheers

Why complain about working to 70?

I have read some forumers complaining about having to work till 70. Now that is a shame. I would love to work until 100. I am craving, and crazily in love with work. But I have a little problem. Can someone please offer me a job that pays $1 mil? Never mind $500k also can. I promise you that I will be the most happy worker and will not give anyone any problem. And the cpf can do anything they want with my money. Withdrawal at 100 years also can.

GST increase no longer an issue

According to Sue Ann Chia, the 2% GST increase apparently is not turning out to be a political hot potato. Now is this good news or bad news? I think the people will find the 2% increase not that painful. But what is hurting them will be the other increases that are not related to the GST increases, and much much more than the affordable 2% increase. Now why are there so many increases and in double digits? These are what that will hurt the people's pockets.

KL putting more men to police JB

More men, patrol cars and police stations to be set up to control the rising crime rate in Johore. Najib had told the Cabinet that he wanted immediate actions from the police and the Minister of Internal Security to fight the crimes in Johore. That is what KL wanted. That is what the govt wanted. What if there is a second agenda by a different group that wanted to perpetuate the crimes? What if this group has a stronger influence on the ground and has the ears of the police and the police chooses to look the other way? The pattern of the crimes committed recently tells of a sinister plot. I may be imagining, but I can't help imagining after reading the reports from the victims. And if there is really a sub plot in the hatching, all the additional men and patrol cars may not mean anything. I hope I am wrong.

nkf story - is it over or not over?

Thomas Koshy wrote about the closure of the NKF saga with the jailing of Durai. He questions whether witnesses in court who flip flopped in given evidence should be charged for perjury. The case of David Tan was a glaring example that prompted many questions to be answered. Would the NKF saga spawned another saga? I think there is a bigger saga about the whole case. Or there are many sagas that the people are watching. Many are very cynical about the whole saga and how the events developed. But many are not saying anything except behind closed doors. It is better not said and not heard and pretend that everything is alright. All settled and forgotten.