Be kind to foreigner rogue cyclists or be sorry

There was a front page report of a local motorist being harassed by a rogue foreign cyclist that cut through 4 lanes in heavy traffic at morning peak hours. What the local motorist did was right by honking at the foreign cyclist. Her intention was to warn him to be careful as he was risking his life cycling dangerously. This is what the motorist, Ms Huang, said to the reporters of mypaper, ‘after seeing him riding recklessly and very close to her car, she worried for his safety…so she decide to sound her horn to alert him.’

Unfortunately the rogue motorist thought otherwise and thinking that the honking was rude. So he became rude and stared at her and threatened her. It was lucky that the rogue foreigner cyclist did not beat her up. Singaporeans must handle these rogue foreign cyclists with care and not be rude to them. They are somebody’s loving pet, very pampered. As they say, beating a dog, one must know who is the master of the dog, 打狗看主人. Don’t anyhow scold them or their masters will be very angry and may punish you.

Where is that kind guy? Please come out and say some kind words to soothe the nerves and tempers of these rogue cyclists before they beat up another local motorist, especially the woman kind, very easy to bully and beat up.

Kopi Level - Blue, thank you.

Foreign judges will sit in Singapore International Commercial Court

‘For what good is it if we gain the whole world of international commercial litigation, but forfeit forever the possibility of an autochthonous legal system.’ I quote senior consultant Sim Yong Chan for RHTLaw Taylor Wessing. He was arguing his case against allowing foreigners to sit in the SICC located here as part of our legal system.

May I add, ‘For what good is it if we gain the whole world by being the smartest city of foreign talents, and average Sinkies ended up as cleaners and taxi drivers and living in Batam, Bintan and JB?’ This is something the hotel managers of this city that do not have high regards for its citizens must think very carefully. And this is one thing that this silly city state with silly heads can learn from Malaysia and the countries all over the world. A country is not a hotel!

What is the point of setting up SICC here if it does not benefit the citizens of the island? Oh, we gain a lot of recognition as a venue for international litigation. So? The only people that may benefit will be the property developers or owners selling or renting a few properties and maybe the hotels and restaurants with a few more clients. What is so good about it if the legal fraternity and profession did not reap real benefits like jobs and professionalism?

Or, I may quote Sim Yong Chan once more, the presence of foreign judges ‘could threaten the development of a homegrown legal system, something towards which Singapore should be working…’ Or shall I quote someone else by saying, you want the best Singaporean lawyers and judges, just bring the best from the world and issue them with pink ICs as instant citizens. Or shall I quote Judge of Appeal Andrew Phang, ‘voluntarily embrac(ing) the fetters of our colonial heritage’.

The thought of having foreigners presiding in our courts is anathema to our integrity as an independent nation. Sad to say, many jokers think losing our independence is ok, giving our country to foreigners is ok. If foreigners are talented, nevermind if they are fakes or from unrecognized pariah universities where the grades are suspect, it is ok to let them replace our citizens.

What is the point of having international courts here if they are to be run by foreigners with Singapore as a minor partner and Singaporeans as clerks and messenger boys?

Kopi Level - Blue, thank you.

Obama – Please spend your last days solving the white racist shit against the blacks in your own backyard

Obama still got time to talk nonsense and meddle with other countries’ domestic affairs when his backyard is burning. If he can’t handle the rise in white racism and hate against the black Americans, someone may even burn down the White House, the symbol of White Supremacy in the USA.
 
We took more than 30 years to realize that the rogue retailers in our shopping centres were cheating the tourists and giving our country a bad name. And it also took us more than 30 years to find that there must be a law to stop what the rogue retailers were doing as crimes. Luckily there is the internet to help the govt to think real hard on this problem. A few weeks ago so many quarters in the establishment were still harping about how clever the retailers were, they knew the law and did not do anything criminal. Some came out to chastise the netizens to be kind to the retailers, some were apologetic not to break the rice bowls of the rogue retailers, some minister, I think, even threatened the netizen vigilante not to go too far to harass the rogue retailers.
 
Obama and his law makers just worked up and think this white racist thing against the blacks also happened yesterday after more than 200 years of racism. They did not know that the blacks have been victims to white policemen all the while, beaten and killed even when unarmed or underage. No, there is no racism in America!!!! The policemen are so angelic and only killed the blacks when their lives were threatened, like 14 of them, all carrying arms, fearing for their lives against one unarmed black and had to shoot him dead, 14 time over to make it 14 times sure. Then two armed policemen had to kill a child with a toy gun, fearing for their lives as well. And now another black man choked to death by a white policeman despite pleading for his life that he could not breathe. And the white policeman was acquitted.
 
These are the only three of four exceptional cases that happened to happen. In Singapore we called it once in 50 years incident. Happened only once in 50 years, get it? Obama, are you that ignorant? You were supposed to be an exceptionally intelligent black man. The black community expects you to do something good, at least during the last two years of your term, for respect and decency for the black Americans. Please, stop poking your fingers in other countries’ affair and do something good for America and the black people. You owe it to them for voting you to the White House. What happens in other countries in none of your business. Go do something useful, do something real. And please return the Nobel Peace Prize that some stupid people gave it to you by mistake.

Kopi Level - Green

Aljunied is now the Hougang of yesteryears

Hougang was then the only stronghold of the WP. It was like a tiger’s den and any PAP candidate going there would be devoured, meal for the tiger. PAP candidates treaded Hougang in fear. Many had fallen and many more will fall again.
 
Aljunied GRC has taken over this role as the most formidable opposition stronghold and a bigger one. In the past, there were sneering calls for Low Thia Khiang to step out of Hougang to challenge the PAP. Some even suggested taking on a biggie or lead a team to take on the PM. Today, the ground has changed. Some quarters are throwing the same kind of challenge to the PAP to send a strong team to Aljunied to face defeat. It is a dare from the supporters of WP, with so much confidence that they had for Hougang and now for Aljunied. Aljunied is the GRC to take but many will fall like the retaking of Hougang.
 
It would be something if Low Thia Khiang would to throw a challenge to the PAP in the next GE to send a strong team to Aljunied. And he could peppered it with comments like no fight, very disappointing, and looking for a good fight if the PAP team is weak and eventually lost Aljunied again.
 
Such thoughts would never be in the minds of anyone. Every GRC or SMC would be an uphill struggle and likely to lose except for Hougang and at one time Potong Pasir. Now there is Aljunied, a 5 seat GRC for the opposition side to make their war cry.
 
And this is very intimidating and it is unlikely to see anyone from the PAP bravely standing up to volunteer for this great opportunity. Those who have said they needed a good fight, this is the time to prove what they said, to take up the cudgel in Aljunied. The days of Goh Keng Swee, Rajaratnam, Lim Kim San, Hon Sui Sen, Barker, Ong Pang Boon, Ong Teng Cheong when they would just carry a GRC wherever you put them were long over. There is no more such heavyweights to depend on today.

Kopi Level - Green

World’s 4 'most peace loving' countries signing military pacts

The world’s four ‘most peace loving’ countries have been going around signing military pacts and buying and selling arms to one another, all in the name of advancing regional peace and stability. The US, Japan, India and Australia, have been very busy inking defence agreements. The latest by Modi and Abbott, ‘They agreed to hold regular meetings at the level of the Defence Minister, conduct regular maritime exercises and convene regular navy to navy, air force to air force and army to army staff talks.’
 
On the other the ‘most belligerent country’ China according to the West, has been going around the world signing trade pacts and free trade agreements, the latest with Australia and the state of Tasmania.
Countries signing trade pacts are offensive and dangerous. Military pacts are peaceful, friendly and for peace. Just believe the western media and the Empire and their cronies and you will have world peace. Don’t believe in countries that go around to trade and promote economic growth.
 
India got no money and time to build Smart Cities but got a lot of time and money to buy and build more submarines to tell the world the Indian Ocean belongs to India and no one can come in and practising big power hegemony in South Asia. At the same time it is conducting war games in East China Sea and South China Sea. All very friendly acts, to promote peace and stability. No need to mention what the Americans and the Japanese are doing. Australia thinks and acts as the sheriff of South East Asia. Just wondering when would it be overrun by Indonesia.

Kopi Level - Green