Singapore can help Andhra Pradesh

A Professor Venkata Reddy from Andhra Pradesh is visiting Singapore as a tourist. What he saw here impressed him immensely to write a strong word of thanks for Singapore to help Andhra Pradesh to become a modern city and a role model for India.  In his article posted in the TRE he wrote this,

‘Andhra Pradesh is poised not only for a new capital with the forthcoming aid of Singapore, but also for “Singapore-style living”. There are many things – diligence, discipline and devotion to duty – that the people of Andhra Pradesh can look forward to learning from Singaporeans.

Though Andhra Pradesh is known for its rich resources, both natural and human, it has yet to harness them to become a strong state industrially and economically. Singapore could be a source of inspiration for the people of Andhra Pradesh to develop the habits of hard work and self-discipline.
Singapore is well known throughout the world for its cleanliness. It could serve as a role model for Andhra Pradesh.’

Where is this professor from? Is Andhra Pradesh a city in India?  Didn’t this professor know that Singaporeans are daft, lazy, lack of talent, lack of discipline, lack of skill sets and that they are gradually being replaced by the hard working and very talented Indians from India and other 3^rd world countries? How could Singaporeans be a good example for the people of Andhra Pradesh to emulate? How could Singaporeans be good enough to help to rebuild the city Andhra Pradesh into a modern city?

The diligent, disciplined and devoted to duty Singaporeans are extinct, dead and gone. And the only talented workers in Singapore are from India. If Singapore is going to rebuild Andhra Pradesh, it is likely to hire Indians from India and send them to Andhra Pradesh to do the work and get paid at Singapore’s salary rate. Give it another few decades there will be no talented Singaporeans left as they would all be replaced by talented foreigners. And very likely the new Andhra Pradesh would be built by India Indians using ex Singaporean’s money.

Now, am I making any sense or is the professor making any sense? Today is Christmas and everyone must be singing Santa Claus is coming to town in Andhra Pradesh.

PS: Would anyone want to offer a chair to this professor in one of our world class institutions or think tank schools to tap on his talent as a distinguished professor on smart cities?

Kopi Level - Green

Christmas wish list for the New Year

A year has come and gone. Only a week left before the dawning of another year and as usual there will be hopes for a better tomorrow to many. To some, the days may not be brighter no matter how much they hope and pray.

To the many who are already living a rich and eventful life, when everyday is a bliss, they must be wishing that nothing changes, and everyday be the same happy day forever. As a country and a people, many are not sharing the wealth and prosperity of the successful and the widening social and economic divide is there as a reminder that things could be better and have to better for those on the wrong side of the divide. Those that have lost their jobs and retired, those going to lose their jobs, those going to retire, unless they have bags of gold under their beds, the high cost of living and medical care will be their utmost concern when the income stream is diminishing or just living on their savings.

I would like to share the traditional 7 wishes for the seven days of Christmas with all Singaporeans.

The first wish is for Singaporeans to live with pride and dignity in their home country.

The second wish is for a new govt that practises honesty, transparency and accountability to the people of this island.

The third wish is for a new govt that the people do not have to fear, but respected.

The fourth wish is for the Silver Brigades to continue to live a productive life, those that can work should continue to work in decent and respectable jobs and not fearing when they would be replaced by foreigners.

The fifth wish is for the return of the CPF savings to the people and not for it to be turned into another animal, can see but cannot touch.

The sixth wish is for the lowering of the cost of living in basic needs like food, medicine, education and childcare.

The seventh and final wish is for an inclusive society where more able, honest and self less Singaporeans would step forward to serve the people fearlessly.

These are very simple wishes but not easy to be fulfilled and not likely to come true if there is no real change in the political system. We have seen only cosmetic changes so far and there were as good as nothing changes. Let’s hope 2015 will be a year of real positive changes for the betterment of Singaporeans and their future generations.

Kopi Level - Green

Obama bent on starting more wars

As if there are not enough problems and terrorist threats around. The Australian PM Abbott is warning the Australians of more terrorist attacks in Australian cities. And the attacks are also very likely in western countries as well, with a big one coming in the US or UK, the two strongest protagonists against the IS. But have no fear. The Americans did not think they have enough problems in hand. They are stoking the amber in the Korean Peninsula to open another front. They have started another war in East Asia.
 
The accusation of North Koreans attacking Sony Pictures became an assault against the Americans and a reason for war. The American people are going to be dragged into another war they have no say and with a more formidable opponent with nuclear arsenal. The two Koreans would provide the cannon fodder, destruction to their countries and death to their people, by courtesy of the great and peace loving Americans! All the instruments of war have been activated with the media spreading the American lies that the North Koreans had attacked the Japanese Company. It is like the attack on the South Korean navy ship all over again. And the North Koreans have already been pronounced guilty and no further investigation is needed.
 
No, the North Koreans are not allowed to defend themselves to find out the truth of the attack and the attackers. The American jury in the White House has convicted them of crimes they denied doing but not allow to prove otherwise.
 
And the US had launched its first attack at the North Koreans, bringing down its entire computer system. But the US denied it has anything to do with it. Who else would dare to provoke the North Koreans and has a reason to want to provoke the North Koreans and has the capability to do it?
 
Even the useless UN is being roped in to accuse the North Koreans on violation of human rights and threatening to charge the North Koreans for ar crimes and crimes against humanity, the same things committed by the CIA and the Bush Administration against the Muslim/Arabs and in cruel form than was reported by North Korean defectors. What the Americans are claiming against the North Koreans were hearsays. What the Americans committed against the Muslim/Arabs were confessions and solid evidence of cruel and inhuman torturing of captives of war. And the Americans and the useless UN are not going to charge the Bush Administration and the CIA for war crimes and crimes against humanity but going to charge the North Koreans based on hearsays.
 
Is the world going to continue to stomach the nonsense, lies and distortion of truth by the Evil Empire? Is the world going to let the Americans start another war in East Asia?
 
When would the rest of the world put a stop to this American adventurism and war mongering against nation states at their convenience and to stop looking the other way?
 
The Sony Picture on the assassination of the North Korean leader is not as innocent as it is put up to be. It could create and encourage copy cat assassins. It is suggesting to the North Koreans to assassinate their President. It has a subtle message, pretending to be a comedy, but telling the North Koreans that assassinating their President is alright, quite fun actually. To plant the assassination idea in the heads of the North Koreans and South Koreans is mischief.
 
Sony would be fair to make a film on the assassination of Obama or George Bush and see how the Americans would react to it. It could lead to the assassination of Obama overnight, or George Bush. It is Sony Pictures and the Americans Christmas present to the North Koreans.
 
PS: Want to try the same kind of movie with the MDA?

Kopi Level - Green

NYPD – The hunter the hunted

The series of street demonstrations against the police in the US is starting to take its toll. The repeated stories, one coming after another, of police happily shooting coloured people on the false pretext of their lives were in danger and they needed to protect themselves by killing the other party, including a child with a toy gun that trained policemen cannot tell the difference, were proving too much for the victims, their families and their friends and righteous people.
 
Within a week, three NYPD officers were shot dead in two incidents. These have struck fear among the men in blue. They are now the targets of their victims and their sympathizers. They are now really in fear. And it was reported that they would not respond to calls for help. If this is true, then what are the police for? What can the police do when they fear leaving the safety of the police station and would not respond to people in trouble? ‘Put own safety first, that is the order for New York Police.’ This is not a joke. This is very serious order from the top.
 
Where is Robocop? The US might as well replace all the policemen with Robocop instead. What happens to the trigger happy police officers? Isn’t this the moment they are looking for, a situation that would allow them to fire from their hips, and every street patrol is like a gunfight made in Hollywood.
 
Things are now complicated by the ascendance of the IS in the Middle East and their sympathizers would want a bit of action at home base, in the streets of New York and many be other cities as well. Would there be more street warfare, gunfights in every street corners, or police officers being stalked and ambushed in the streets of New York?
 
The nature of the ball game changes over night. The police are on the run. They are entrenched behind the fortress of their police station for safety. The question, how long are they going to hide behind the walls of safety? Would there be anarchy in the streets when the police have gone hiding?

Kopi Level - Green

What is Christmas?

This day is now better known as a festival for giving and merry making when children can expect a lot of presents and the young can party and be happy in countries of plenty. To the Christians this is a day when God came in the human form, in Jesus the Christ, more than 2000 years ago. And Jesus came with a solemn and yet happy message. The end is near and there will be a new beginning, a better life for those who want it out from the old decadent regime of an old religion and an old god.
 
The Pharisees had got too much power, gotten too rich, they had forgotten about the plight of the people. They only thought of themselves and how to get richer and be more powerful. It was all about ruling over the people and controlling the people. The people who did not belong to the church of the Pharisees were driven to the mountains to follow Jesus Christ, getting poorer and poorer despite toiling day and night. Life was getting more difficult and there was nothing to look forward to until they heard that there could be a better tomorrow.
 
God sent his son to bring hope to the people. The days of the Pharisees were numbered. The Pharisees were just exploiting the people with their own God and religion. The believers were told of the good news, of a new church and a better life of joy and plenty. There would be a new dawn over the horizon, and a paradise waiting when a new king would be enthroned. And the new king will prepared many mansions for them in paradise.
 
The Pharisees would fight but in vain, but before putting down many of God’s messengers. The new king would triumph. Light would triumph over darkness. The evil Pharisees would be history.
 
This is the message of Christmas.
 
Merry Christmas! Go forth and spread the good news.

Kopi Level - Green