Thomas Cook posted this in TRE on the riot in Little India..
‘I summarize it in few points below & hope you take note it and pass to as many friends & citizens as possible:
Today’s America prosper due to the early immigrants arrive there.
Today’s Germany prosper due to the early immigrants arrive there.
Today’s Australia prosper due to the early immigrants arrive there.
Today’s Singapore prosper due to our fore parents arrive here.
Need I say more?’
What this Thomas Cook was implying is that we are immigrants and forever
immigrants and we must open our arms to welcome more immigrants. I am
not going to deal with the size of this little piece of rock we called a
country. Anyone who cannot imagine how small we are and still keep
calling for more people to settle here is not only mad but dangerous to
the well being of the citizens of this island.
My main point is that our fore fathers or our parents are immigrants. We
are not immigrants. We are born here, built a modern city on the sweat
on our backs. We own this place. We are not immigrants anymore.
Our forefathers came to a place that was hardly a country. The early
Americans and Australians went to different lands as immigrants. Their
roots were immigrants, but the present Americans and Australians are no
longer immigrants.
What many people are spouting is that we are forever immigrants and we
have no right to this land. We must share it with whoever that comes
along and wears a badge, ‘I am immigrant’. How foolish can these people
be? They do not understand what is ownership? They stupidly want to
share whatever they have with foreigners and they believe that they owe
it to the foreigners. The homes or properties that you bought and owned,
you want to share with anyone that comes along?
Sinkies must start to get rid of this silly immigrant mentality. That is
history. Today you are owners of this island. You want to invite
foreigners here to kick you out of this island? You believe the
foreigners have the same equal rights as you to be here?
Now which twit is implanting this silliness in the minds of daft
Sinkies? Sinkies who believe in this nonsense deserve to be boat people
one day. PMEs deserve to lose their jobs to foreigners. Our children
deserve to be deprived of university places. Sinkies don’t deserve to be
owners of this island…coz you are immigrants. Damn it!
12/18/2013
Send them home
The police have completed their investigation and 28 foreign workers had
been charged in court for rioting. Another 53 are waiting for
deportation. Some were given warnings. This is the end of the first
chapter of this nasty incident. Hopefully there is no need to open a few
more chapters and followed by a sequel. The accident that caused the
death of the foreign worker by a bus is still under investigation and
this would ensure the story would not end just yet.
There were comments that our laws may not have been fair for not giving the foreign workers due for deportation a fair hearing. But our laws do not provide that comfort. The arrival of foreigners to work here is on their free will, like someone accepting a job offer voluntarily. The owner of this land has the same right to ask the foreigner to leave without the need to give a reason, or like an employee resigning from a company without the need to give a reason.
Under the Immigration Act, we do have a provision ‘that someone has acted contrary to our interest or public security or safety, to ask them to leave.’ Throwing the book to the foreign workers may appear to be harsh as these are people from different countries, different culture and different socio economic background. They could be behaving normally as rioting is normal to them in their country. But this does not mean that we have to accept their normal and to tolerate their wildness and lawlessness. They have to accept what is normal to us, to be civilized, to learn what modernity is all about and the social norms of a developed country. We must not go down to their level.
This also does not imply that people in developed countries, like ours or the west, would not behave like animals. The aggressive and boorish behaviour of some foreigners that are in the PME levels have been in display many times, with Sinkies on the receiving end. The Law Minister should make use of this same Immigration Act to send those unruly and uncouth animals home as well. We must apply the Act fairly across the spectrum of people regardless of their income and appointments.
Send them home if they are nasty to Sinkies. This is our right ya? We need to make an example out of some foreigners that think they own this country. Start by sending the cyclist in Vivo City home. No reason is needed. That will send a message to the hooligans in suits that they are also hooligans and will be dealt with like hooligans. We do not have to live with monkeys.
There were comments that our laws may not have been fair for not giving the foreign workers due for deportation a fair hearing. But our laws do not provide that comfort. The arrival of foreigners to work here is on their free will, like someone accepting a job offer voluntarily. The owner of this land has the same right to ask the foreigner to leave without the need to give a reason, or like an employee resigning from a company without the need to give a reason.
Under the Immigration Act, we do have a provision ‘that someone has acted contrary to our interest or public security or safety, to ask them to leave.’ Throwing the book to the foreign workers may appear to be harsh as these are people from different countries, different culture and different socio economic background. They could be behaving normally as rioting is normal to them in their country. But this does not mean that we have to accept their normal and to tolerate their wildness and lawlessness. They have to accept what is normal to us, to be civilized, to learn what modernity is all about and the social norms of a developed country. We must not go down to their level.
This also does not imply that people in developed countries, like ours or the west, would not behave like animals. The aggressive and boorish behaviour of some foreigners that are in the PME levels have been in display many times, with Sinkies on the receiving end. The Law Minister should make use of this same Immigration Act to send those unruly and uncouth animals home as well. We must apply the Act fairly across the spectrum of people regardless of their income and appointments.
Send them home if they are nasty to Sinkies. This is our right ya? We need to make an example out of some foreigners that think they own this country. Start by sending the cyclist in Vivo City home. No reason is needed. That will send a message to the hooligans in suits that they are also hooligans and will be dealt with like hooligans. We do not have to live with monkeys.
12/17/2013
US gangster behaviour in the South China Sea and the PACIFIC OCEAN
Communication key to avoid sea incidents
| Global Times | 2013-12-16 0:43:01 By Global Times |
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The US
media has reported, citing sources from the American military, that on
December 5 the Cowpens, a US guided missile cruiser, was forced to take
evasive action to avoid a collision with a Chinese warship when the
Cowpens was near the Liaoning aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
Anonymous sources from the US side called it a "dangerous maneuver" and said the US has made protests to China through diplomatic and military means. A statement issued by the US Pacific Fleet said that the State Department has taken the issue up with China and thinks the acts of both "not uncommon." As of last night, the Chinese military has not responded. This is not the first time that Chinese and American warships have confronted each other in the South China Sea. Airborne confrontations have also occurred often.
It is a fact that China has already announced three regions in the South China Sea as its military areas. The outside world knows that they are used for scientific research and training of the Liaoning aircraft carrier. Meanwhile, many areas in the South China Sea are China's exclusive economic zones. Clearly, the US missile cruiser has come to China's threshold and posed a threat to China's military security.
If the American navy and air force always encroach near China's doorstep, "confrontation" is bound to take place. In 2001, the collision between an American spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet was such an accident resulting from constant confrontation between the two.
The US side demands the Chinese navy and air force abide by "rules." Such rules are only served at American convenience to conduct inspections and show off its military strength. They do not belong to international laws. With its overall strength as the backing, the US forces the world to abide by them.
But the US should not go too far. Especially, it should show respect for China's legal interests and concerns for its own security and should not harm China's security at will.
We don't think the South China Sea is a stage where the US 7th Fleet flaunts its prowess. We try to avoid friction because we wish for a new type of major power relationship with the US rather than being pressured by this fleet.
The China-US crisis management system should be based on past rules on the one hand. On the other hand, China should also participate in rule-making. American leaders have welcomed China's peaceful rise, but they didn't actually respect the fact that as China's interests expand and its strength increases, its concern for security also deepens.
As China's strength grows, the US should learn to communicate with and respect China if it doesn't want a collision on the sea or in the air.
China should speed up empowering itself. Only when the US feels China is a well-matched adversary, will it deal with China in a reasonable way. China is trying to avoid friction with the US. But it should also be firm about safeguarding its own interests.
This has nothing to do with the "China threat" theory. Only when the world acknowledges China's deterrence, could the South and East China Seas stay in peace. We will bear every risk involved in this process.
Anonymous sources from the US side called it a "dangerous maneuver" and said the US has made protests to China through diplomatic and military means. A statement issued by the US Pacific Fleet said that the State Department has taken the issue up with China and thinks the acts of both "not uncommon." As of last night, the Chinese military has not responded. This is not the first time that Chinese and American warships have confronted each other in the South China Sea. Airborne confrontations have also occurred often.
It is a fact that China has already announced three regions in the South China Sea as its military areas. The outside world knows that they are used for scientific research and training of the Liaoning aircraft carrier. Meanwhile, many areas in the South China Sea are China's exclusive economic zones. Clearly, the US missile cruiser has come to China's threshold and posed a threat to China's military security.
If the American navy and air force always encroach near China's doorstep, "confrontation" is bound to take place. In 2001, the collision between an American spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet was such an accident resulting from constant confrontation between the two.
The US side demands the Chinese navy and air force abide by "rules." Such rules are only served at American convenience to conduct inspections and show off its military strength. They do not belong to international laws. With its overall strength as the backing, the US forces the world to abide by them.
But the US should not go too far. Especially, it should show respect for China's legal interests and concerns for its own security and should not harm China's security at will.
We don't think the South China Sea is a stage where the US 7th Fleet flaunts its prowess. We try to avoid friction because we wish for a new type of major power relationship with the US rather than being pressured by this fleet.
The China-US crisis management system should be based on past rules on the one hand. On the other hand, China should also participate in rule-making. American leaders have welcomed China's peaceful rise, but they didn't actually respect the fact that as China's interests expand and its strength increases, its concern for security also deepens.
As China's strength grows, the US should learn to communicate with and respect China if it doesn't want a collision on the sea or in the air.
China should speed up empowering itself. Only when the US feels China is a well-matched adversary, will it deal with China in a reasonable way. China is trying to avoid friction with the US. But it should also be firm about safeguarding its own interests.
This has nothing to do with the "China threat" theory. Only when the world acknowledges China's deterrence, could the South and East China Seas stay in peace. We will bear every risk involved in this process.
Samurai in the train
A man or was it a boy, dressed up in a samurai attire complete with a
samurai sword boarded a train in Paya Lebar and went to town. Some
passengers were wondering if he was involved in some cosplay event until
he unshielded his sword which looked very real. Then panic struck.
Apparently the men jumped over the gate at Paya Lebar station and the MRT staff alerted the police. Inside the train the passengers kept a safe distance from the man while the police stood in front to protect them. After the man left the train, the police went into pursuit and eventually arrested him after a struggle. Presumably the man was of unsound mind at this moment.
There is a photo of the man in the train in the ST. His face and hand were blurred, very likely he is a juvenile and there is a need to protect his identity. It cannot be a case of the media protecting a potentially dangerous criminal or too shy to show who he was.. It is a practice to protect the identity of young people caught in violation of the law. This guy must be very young. It is so thoughtful of the media.
Apparently the men jumped over the gate at Paya Lebar station and the MRT staff alerted the police. Inside the train the passengers kept a safe distance from the man while the police stood in front to protect them. After the man left the train, the police went into pursuit and eventually arrested him after a struggle. Presumably the man was of unsound mind at this moment.
There is a photo of the man in the train in the ST. His face and hand were blurred, very likely he is a juvenile and there is a need to protect his identity. It cannot be a case of the media protecting a potentially dangerous criminal or too shy to show who he was.. It is a practice to protect the identity of young people caught in violation of the law. This guy must be very young. It is so thoughtful of the media.
Crooked bridge and crooked expressway
When Mahathir insisted on building his crooked bridge everyone had a
good laugh. For whatever crazy reasons, he wanted to demolish a land
bridge in the form of a solid causeway just to build a bridge in its
place, presumably more efficient in that way and awe inspiring.
Fortunately the Malaysian govt had the commonsense not to believe him
and his crooked bridge.
How can a bridge be more efficient that a piece of land with relatively little maintenance and could easily be expanded to take in more load? How could a straight causeway, with shorter distance to travel be less effective than a crooked bridge with more distance to cover and high in the air? And there would be the cost of demolition and relocation cost of the causeway and the water pipes and all the businesses in JB town to account for.
While the crooked bridge is now history, Singapore has built a crooked expressway in Marina South and capped with an undersea tunnel and earning the accolade of being the most expensive stretch of road on earth. While Mahathir failed to get his pet project off the ground, Singapore got its pet project underground and under the sea.
In many ways, the crooked bridge and the crooked expressway have a lot of similarities. Cost is definitely one. A simple surface road plus a bridge could be much cheaper than the elaborate and highly geared tunnel with so many electrical and safety gadgets attached to it. And it is crooked, and its existence led to a stretch of ECP being chopped off. The trade off is a bigger piece of land to build more highrise buildings. Driving through a straight expressway from Tanjong Pagar to Fort Road must be faster and more economical on fuel and tyre wear for sure. Could a straight tunnel work and still create additional space?
Suffice to note these similarities, and there are many more that are obvious to everyone. Both are state of the art engineering feats, and monuments of achievements for whoever desired them, a legacy of sort.
And one thing for sure, the crooked bridge and crooked expressway would cost the users that much more in tolls to be paid and time to travel for the unnecessary distance added on. To the masterminds of these two projects, there must be great reasons and benefits to build them crooked instead of straight. Crooked is definite better than straight in both cases.
How can a bridge be more efficient that a piece of land with relatively little maintenance and could easily be expanded to take in more load? How could a straight causeway, with shorter distance to travel be less effective than a crooked bridge with more distance to cover and high in the air? And there would be the cost of demolition and relocation cost of the causeway and the water pipes and all the businesses in JB town to account for.
While the crooked bridge is now history, Singapore has built a crooked expressway in Marina South and capped with an undersea tunnel and earning the accolade of being the most expensive stretch of road on earth. While Mahathir failed to get his pet project off the ground, Singapore got its pet project underground and under the sea.
In many ways, the crooked bridge and the crooked expressway have a lot of similarities. Cost is definitely one. A simple surface road plus a bridge could be much cheaper than the elaborate and highly geared tunnel with so many electrical and safety gadgets attached to it. And it is crooked, and its existence led to a stretch of ECP being chopped off. The trade off is a bigger piece of land to build more highrise buildings. Driving through a straight expressway from Tanjong Pagar to Fort Road must be faster and more economical on fuel and tyre wear for sure. Could a straight tunnel work and still create additional space?
Suffice to note these similarities, and there are many more that are obvious to everyone. Both are state of the art engineering feats, and monuments of achievements for whoever desired them, a legacy of sort.
And one thing for sure, the crooked bridge and crooked expressway would cost the users that much more in tolls to be paid and time to travel for the unnecessary distance added on. To the masterminds of these two projects, there must be great reasons and benefits to build them crooked instead of straight. Crooked is definite better than straight in both cases.
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