China has never learnt from its past mistakes. It is a super power that
is afraid to use its clout and allowed pesky little countries to climb
all over its head and kick its ass. Look at the USA or even India, who
dares to trifle with them knowing for sure they will be whacked?
China is being threatened and provoked by the Japanese daily and not
doing anything. The worst case is to be provoked and threatened by the
Philippines. The Pinoys are threatening to use force against China if
its fishing boats are attacked by the Chinese. So what can China do? It
did sprayed water at the Pinoy fishing boats in the Scarborough Shoal or
Huangyan Island. And this has angered the Philippines govt.
Why is China behaving so meek to the Philippines? In the past, the
Pinoys had towed many Chinese and Taiwanese fishing boats into Manila
Bay from the area and demanding fines and ransoms. The Pinoys even fired
and killed a Taiwanese fisherman. Neither Taiwan nor China could do
anything.
The precedents set by the Pinoys should be used to China’s advantage.
China should simply tow Pinoy fishing boats to Hainan and fined them for
fishing in Chinese waters. There is no need to go further and shoot at
the fishing boats like the Pinoys. Is China acknowledging that the
Scarborough Shoal/Huangyan Island is a disputed territory so it has no
right to do so? This kind of meek behavior is unbecoming of a super
power and little pesky countries like the Philippines would see it as a
sign of weakness and would continue to tease China, even threatening to
use force against Chinese ships.
When is China going to learn to behave like a super power, to be
respected or if not feared by little irritating countries? The inaction
or meek reaction will only embolden little pests to continue taunting at
China. It is time that China put a stop to the pomposity of little
countries like the Philippines to make them behave and know their proper
place in its relationship with a super power. If the Pinoys were to try
the same act to the Indians, they will be whacked until their butts
bleed.
A super power must behave and act like one to avoid trouble from trouble makers.
A super power must behave and act as a super power or it will be plagued
by constant irritations from little pests. China cannot be nice to trouble
makers and think they will go away.
2/27/2014
The troubling fate of Sinkie PMEs – A sad story of Mr Tan
‘Mr Tan was let go by a prestigious MNC company located in Science Park
some years ago. Until today, in his late 40s, Mr Tan cannot secure any
permanent job. He tried to find a job in his industry but was consider
too old. He went to try other sector to be a property or insurance agent
and did not meet any success.
Mr Tan shared his struggles. He is paying off his debt and had to cut down extensively on their family lifestyle. Gone are yearly holidays and meals in restaurants. He sold off his car to pay off some of the debt and started taking taxi course. This is the ONLY protected industry in Singapore from FT invasion.’
Please read the story of Mr Tan in TRE under the title ‘FT converts to S’pore pink IC but ostracizes S’poreans
How long would Sinkies be willing to bear and endure such discrimination by foreigners in their own country? When would Sinkies put an end to their pathetic plight and suffering from unemployment in the hands of foreigners? It seems that the story of Mr Tan is a familiar one and many affected Sinkies suffering from the same fate simply swallowed their pain and misfortune and turned to taxi driving which some jokers claimed was a good alternative, that they could become their own boss. And foreigners happily kept coming in to replace Sinkies one by one with impunity. This is a crime against the citizens.
Boh cheng hu!
About 60 years ago, the colonial govt was running the island as their prized possession and fed themselves handsomely while throwing a few crumbs to a small group of local elite. A group of young men was driven enough to want to take over the running of the country from the colonial govt for the good of the people. They could not stomach the disinterest of the colonial govt while they took care of their self interest and the excesses of the elite. They fought valiantly to wrestle the island from the British and eventually founded a new nation. They saw a bad situation and turned it around.
Today we are seeing quite a number of citizens being forced out of their comfort zone by foreigners into a corner with no jobs. And the foreigners exploited their haplessness to the fullest, to replace them in good jobs by bringing in more foreigners with impunity. This unhealthy state of being is becoming intolerable to many citizens, even those looking from the sideline.
Would this pathetic situation be good enough to spawn a few good men to stand up for the good of the people, to take back the country and run it for the good of the people before the country is taken over by the foreigners? Would there be people driven enough to want to change this despicable fate of the PMEs?
Ask yourself, when would you be next to be replaced by foreigners?
Kopi Level - Green
Mr Tan shared his struggles. He is paying off his debt and had to cut down extensively on their family lifestyle. Gone are yearly holidays and meals in restaurants. He sold off his car to pay off some of the debt and started taking taxi course. This is the ONLY protected industry in Singapore from FT invasion.’
Please read the story of Mr Tan in TRE under the title ‘FT converts to S’pore pink IC but ostracizes S’poreans
How long would Sinkies be willing to bear and endure such discrimination by foreigners in their own country? When would Sinkies put an end to their pathetic plight and suffering from unemployment in the hands of foreigners? It seems that the story of Mr Tan is a familiar one and many affected Sinkies suffering from the same fate simply swallowed their pain and misfortune and turned to taxi driving which some jokers claimed was a good alternative, that they could become their own boss. And foreigners happily kept coming in to replace Sinkies one by one with impunity. This is a crime against the citizens.
Boh cheng hu!
About 60 years ago, the colonial govt was running the island as their prized possession and fed themselves handsomely while throwing a few crumbs to a small group of local elite. A group of young men was driven enough to want to take over the running of the country from the colonial govt for the good of the people. They could not stomach the disinterest of the colonial govt while they took care of their self interest and the excesses of the elite. They fought valiantly to wrestle the island from the British and eventually founded a new nation. They saw a bad situation and turned it around.
Today we are seeing quite a number of citizens being forced out of their comfort zone by foreigners into a corner with no jobs. And the foreigners exploited their haplessness to the fullest, to replace them in good jobs by bringing in more foreigners with impunity. This unhealthy state of being is becoming intolerable to many citizens, even those looking from the sideline.
Would this pathetic situation be good enough to spawn a few good men to stand up for the good of the people, to take back the country and run it for the good of the people before the country is taken over by the foreigners? Would there be people driven enough to want to change this despicable fate of the PMEs?
Ask yourself, when would you be next to be replaced by foreigners?
Kopi Level - Green
2/26/2014
Consider local contractors for MRT projects
Chin Kee Thou wrote in the Today forum pleading to the authority to
consider local contractors in the award of contracts. We have been in
the train business for about 40 years and there should be enough
expertise to do it ourselves. Why continue to award contracts to
foreigners, to be forever hoping for the transfer of know how to our
local boys. China opened up for less than 40 years and they are building
bullet trains on their own and many other things without the need for
foreign talents. Or shall we wait to recruit train experts from the
recently commissioned Mumbai LRT to run our trains as they would then be
deemed as foreign talents and better than our no talent locals even
after so many years of running our train system?
Actually I am crossing over, or bought over by this craze for foreign talents. I think I am getting the disease. We really need more foreign talents or we will sink. Let’s have more of them. We have foreign talents in DBS and the bank is getting better and better. No bluff. And our stock exchange is so vibrant, the best in the world.
And we have quite a number of foreigners in the stats boards. Ok, let’s open up the ministries to foreign talents, and to make it more palatable, any position that is equivalent to the premier admin service the employee shall be given the pink IC to be seen as one of us. We can start by replacing our permanent secretaries, deputy secretaries and assistant secretaries with foreign talents.
I think all our senior civil servants will love the chance to work with foreigners as their bosses, more oomphs and creativity. They have been the ones pushing for this policy and they would not oppose it for sure. Let’s start with SPH, MHA and Mindef.
What do you think?
Actually I am crossing over, or bought over by this craze for foreign talents. I think I am getting the disease. We really need more foreign talents or we will sink. Let’s have more of them. We have foreign talents in DBS and the bank is getting better and better. No bluff. And our stock exchange is so vibrant, the best in the world.
And we have quite a number of foreigners in the stats boards. Ok, let’s open up the ministries to foreign talents, and to make it more palatable, any position that is equivalent to the premier admin service the employee shall be given the pink IC to be seen as one of us. We can start by replacing our permanent secretaries, deputy secretaries and assistant secretaries with foreign talents.
I think all our senior civil servants will love the chance to work with foreigners as their bosses, more oomphs and creativity. They have been the ones pushing for this policy and they would not oppose it for sure. Let’s start with SPH, MHA and Mindef.
What do you think?
Salma Khalik kpkb about medical insurance
Following closely behind Han Fook Kwang’s unhappiness about the free
hand given to medical insurers to change their premiums and terms of
coverage, Salma Khalik has written another piece to highlight the
‘abuses’ or liberties given to insurers at the expense and interests of
the insured. Not only can insurers raise premiums, but could stop
insuring someone with serious conditions, change the coverage or not
even paying for what they deemed should not be covered under the
insurance plans. And the insured is stuck with an insurer and changing
to another insurer would be difficult or not possible. Salma is yelling
at the MAS to do something for the good of the insured.
Medical insurance has always been a commercial transaction with the insurers thinking only of profit as their main objective. And the insured would be at their mercy, to be made to pay for their profits all the way. And this can become a scam to the consumers. And this is something that is not addressed in the proposed Medishield Life Scheme.
To be serious, for the interests of the the people, the Medishield Life must not be farmed out to any private insurers. It must be managed as a govt service like the CPF, ‘for the good of the people’. I know some of you are sneering. Nevermind that this is a truism that is found wanting. The profit motive of the Medishield Life must be taken out from the equation. And to ensure that this will be the case, all the excess revenue from premiums should be ploughed back to lower the premiums of the insured in the scheme.
This is a govt initiated compulsory national scheme and must be managed with morality and social responsibility as the key principles, not profit. No one should be allowed to covet the revenue churned out by this Medishield Life Scheme and to lay their hands on the surpluses for whatever devious schemes they have in mind in the future. Any surpluses must go back to the people in the Scheme.
In a small way this could ease the buffet syndrome and cut down on excessive consumption of medical services if the insured know that by not over consuming they could end up paying less, paying just enough.
And it should remove totally the desire by anyone to think there is money there for harvest. Oh, there are so much money in the Scheme, let’s make it more affordable, or the money can be put to better use. Take your hands off the money!
Don’t touch the money in this compulsory Scheme. It is the people’s money, forced to pay ‘for their own good’ and it must stay that way. If the govt is serious in its intent ‘for the good of the people’, keep this out of private insurers or any insurers. This must be a non profit making govt scheme, with govt regulated terms and conditions and coverage for all with no exceptions and exclusion clauses.
Not that I have agree to a compulsory scheme, but it is not going to be otherwise, so everyone must make the govt know that the surpluses in the Scheme must be retained in the Scheme for the benefits of the people in the Scheme.
Kopi Level - Green
Medical insurance has always been a commercial transaction with the insurers thinking only of profit as their main objective. And the insured would be at their mercy, to be made to pay for their profits all the way. And this can become a scam to the consumers. And this is something that is not addressed in the proposed Medishield Life Scheme.
To be serious, for the interests of the the people, the Medishield Life must not be farmed out to any private insurers. It must be managed as a govt service like the CPF, ‘for the good of the people’. I know some of you are sneering. Nevermind that this is a truism that is found wanting. The profit motive of the Medishield Life must be taken out from the equation. And to ensure that this will be the case, all the excess revenue from premiums should be ploughed back to lower the premiums of the insured in the scheme.
This is a govt initiated compulsory national scheme and must be managed with morality and social responsibility as the key principles, not profit. No one should be allowed to covet the revenue churned out by this Medishield Life Scheme and to lay their hands on the surpluses for whatever devious schemes they have in mind in the future. Any surpluses must go back to the people in the Scheme.
In a small way this could ease the buffet syndrome and cut down on excessive consumption of medical services if the insured know that by not over consuming they could end up paying less, paying just enough.
And it should remove totally the desire by anyone to think there is money there for harvest. Oh, there are so much money in the Scheme, let’s make it more affordable, or the money can be put to better use. Take your hands off the money!
Don’t touch the money in this compulsory Scheme. It is the people’s money, forced to pay ‘for their own good’ and it must stay that way. If the govt is serious in its intent ‘for the good of the people’, keep this out of private insurers or any insurers. This must be a non profit making govt scheme, with govt regulated terms and conditions and coverage for all with no exceptions and exclusion clauses.
Not that I have agree to a compulsory scheme, but it is not going to be otherwise, so everyone must make the govt know that the surpluses in the Scheme must be retained in the Scheme for the benefits of the people in the Scheme.
Kopi Level - Green
Jin Soh Lee apologises to Desmond Quek
Singaporean commuters are feeling so guilty for causing the frequent
breakdowns of MRT trains that a Jin Soh Lee felt obliged to say sorry to
SMRT CEO Desmond Quek for making him work so hard to solve the
breakdown problems. Another Singaporean, Boh How Seow suggested that
Sinkies should stagger their time to board the trains to prevent
overloading so that the trains will feel lighter and no need to crawl at
a snail pace. He will be going on a diet to reduce his weight to have
ease the load on the trains.
And another Singaporean, Jin Kay Khian, suggested that more electronic boards be installed at MRT stations to inform the commuters on the capacity of arriving trains and how many spaces are available, like signs for carparks. He credited this suggestion to an MRT station that have installed ‘traffic lights’ to regulate the flow of commuters. With such advance information, the commuters can decide which train to take or not to take. It will help to ease the load on the trains too.
I think MRT should follow other organizations to call for feedbacks from the public on how to improve its services, on how to maintain the trains so that there will be no more break downs. Conducting a COI will be good as there are many experts among the commuters to offer specialist advice for free. The aunties and uncles and Boh Tak Cheh will have a lot of clever ideas to offer.
What do you think?
And another Singaporean, Jin Kay Khian, suggested that more electronic boards be installed at MRT stations to inform the commuters on the capacity of arriving trains and how many spaces are available, like signs for carparks. He credited this suggestion to an MRT station that have installed ‘traffic lights’ to regulate the flow of commuters. With such advance information, the commuters can decide which train to take or not to take. It will help to ease the load on the trains too.
I think MRT should follow other organizations to call for feedbacks from the public on how to improve its services, on how to maintain the trains so that there will be no more break downs. Conducting a COI will be good as there are many experts among the commuters to offer specialist advice for free. The aunties and uncles and Boh Tak Cheh will have a lot of clever ideas to offer.
What do you think?
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