We built a Nation

The TV has been broadcasting the history of Singapore during the days of Malaysia and the fallout. There is now an exhibition on the separation from Malaysia with secret files being declassified to trace the events, called the Albatross File. There were letters by LKY, Goh Keng Swee and other ministers being shown to the public for the first time.

‘We built a Nation’ is an appropriate title to recognize and honour the works of these pioneer leaders of our country. As LKY put it, they belonged to a rare breed of people that were founders of countries and nation builders. They took pride in building a country from scratch, creating a nation of people that believed in themselves and took pride in themselves. They were brave men and women that would not say die and slogged to build this country to what it is today.

What would be the next chapter of this nation in the next 50 years? Would the title to celebrate SG100 be, ‘We built a Hotel’? Would there still be a nation left of this country? Would the people still be proud and hard working and be in control and in charge of the country built by the pioneer generation of leaders and people? Or would they be dismissed as losers, working in low level jobs and the country taken over by the foreigners brought in by the leaders today, the likes of Ello Ed Bello?

What would be the fate of Singaporeans in 50 years time? Would the new leaders be celebrating the transformation of a nation to a hotel with no citizens or with the citizens at the lower rung of society scrapping for a living, and new owners taking over this island they now called hotel?

Would anyone remember the founding leaders of this nation and still celebrate them for building a nation? Or would everyone be happily celebrating, ‘We built a hotel’?

Would Singaporeans queue for 10 hours to pay their last respect to Lee Kuan Yew if he and his peers did not build a nation but a hotel instead? Would people lined the streets under torrential rain to say farewell to Lee Kuan Yew if his legacy is a hotel and not a nation?

Ello Ed M Bello jails for 4 months

The Pinoy who insulted and threatened Singaporeans was given a deterrent 4 months jail by District Judge Siva Shanmugam. Though it was meant to be a deterrence and a warning to foreigners not to be naughty in this country, the sentence was far short of the maximum that could be handed down. According to media report, Bellow could be sentenced up to three years and a fine of S$5000 for promoting feelings of ill will and hostility among races. He could also be jailed up to a year and fined S$1000 for giving false information. Looks like the sentence is more like a slap on the wrist and far from being a deterrence.

What did Ello Ed say or do? In his Facebook post, Ello called ‘Singaporeans losers, and said that Filipinos were better and stronger, and would evict Singaporeans from their country as well as take over their jobs, women and future.’ I think he really believed it. And many Pinoys have already been taken over the jobs of Singaporeans.  The Philippines is a very powerful country. Wait for my post on how this Asean superpower is planning to take on China militarily.

Now that Ello has been put behind bars, would this be the end of this anti Singaporeans diatribe? How would the Pinoys feel about daft Sinkies? Would there be protest in the streets of Manila? Would Singaporeans visiting the Philippines be safe? What about the Pinoys here? Do they feel the same as Ello and now harbouring hatred against daft Sinkies? Would they take it out in the homes of Sinkies and their children?

I thought our govt and daft Sinkies were very generous and magnanimous to open our legs to foreigners to come here to work and earning good money. Why are the foreigners, or some of the foreigners, turning against Singaporeans and hating Singaporeans? Why do these foreigners think that they are better and daft Sinkies are really daft and deserved to lose their jobs, their womne and also to lose their country?

What is happening? Don’t these foreigners feel any sense of gratitude for the good jobs we offered them, the good money and the hospitality to welcome them to integrate with us, many given PRs and citizenships? Or do they feel that they are more deserving than the daft Sinkies, the real losers?

FBI investigating into 1MDB

What has FBI got to do with 1MDB? Was Najib’s money in the USA, deposited or withdrawn from an American bank or banks operating in the USA? What jurisdiction does the FBI have on Najib, a Malaysian citizen, a Prime Minister of Malaysia?

Oh, the Empire rules the world and has jurisdiction over everyone in this planet. And when it deems fit, it will investigate the individuals, heads of state or govt at its own discretion. Not an American is a non issue as long as the Empire is in control of the world, everyone in this world is a subject of the Empire.

And if Najib is not careful, as Mahathir said, ‘He could also be arrested if he leaves the country. So he has to remain here, like how he withdrew the passports of some people and barred them from going overseas.’ If this is true, this is serious. Is there a violation of the rights of a citizen of Malaysia, that he can be arrested anywhere outside Malaysia by Interpol, by the Empire?

Can Najib visit Singapore and meet Hsien Loong in Singapore without being arrested?  Poor Najib, now a wanted man by the Empire. Would they sneaked in a hit squad like the way they went after Osama in Pakistan and whisk Najib out of Malaysia to face trial in the USA?

This is looking like a James Bond movie script. Can this be real? If Mahathir said so, if the FBI is involved, can it be otherwise?

Muslim leaders have this penchant to put their monies in American and European banks. They trusted and loved the Americans and Europeans despite so many cases of money and assets being frozen at the slightest excuses. Hope Najib did not put any money in America or in Swiss banks. Swiss banks are also under the control of the Americans and would open up their books and their vaults if the Americans said so.

When would Najib be arrested by the Interpol?

NUS ranked 94th, NTU unranked in Reuters ranking of universities

The timing of this ranking by Reuters cannot come at a better time when some were drunk by the QS rankings believing that NUS and NTU were really top universities in the world. And Times Higher Education ranked NUS at 25^th and NTU at 61^st.  On the other hand the Academic Ranking of World Universities put NUS at 101 – 150 band and NTU at the 151 - 200 band. The differences in rankings were due to the factors used.

I would believe if there is a ranking based on gaming ranking systems, our universities would surely be ranked 1^st and 2^nd or some where up there at the very top. If the ranking is based on having the most modern infrastructure and modern equipment and facilities, NUS and NTU would rank ahead of the best in the UK and USA. The same too if the ranking is based on having the most foreign academic and administration staff in a local university.

But if the rankings would to be based on skill sets of graduates and employability of graduates, and the ability to produce top quality finance and banking professionals, NUS and NTU would rank somewhere in the 500s or 1000s. Hundreds of universities in India, China and the Philippines and other 3^rd World universities would rank higher than NUS as their graduates are much sort after here with the right skill sets for employment. Maybe some degree mills would also rank higher as their graduates are also accepted without checking by some organizations, and probably with NUS and NTU graduates working under them and reporting to them. I said, probably, as I have no data to support this. Please feel free to disagree.

So what is so good about rankings? One thing, if there is a lack of substance, go for the superficial. As long as it looks good, sounds good, it is worth the money spent, event at the expense of getting rid of Singaporean academic core and sacrificing places that should go to our children but go to foreigners.

What do you think?

Should Singapore emulate the USA?

‘Governing a country is not simply a matter of circulating the same amount of wealth between the rulers and the ruled. If Americans had insisted on a America only for Americans, it would not have become a superpower. Replenishment of talent is necessary, he who is not working for us is working against us.

Thankfully, the minority faces among us do not fancy the concept that they are competing against the majority. We are all competing against the rest of the world.

China only for Chinese, or India only for the Indians may be workable, but Singapore only for Singaporeans would be a joke.’  Today forum writer Ee Teck Ee

I quoted the above from the Today paper column Voices on 18 Sep.. I wonder how many of you out there subscribe to this mantra. If Singapore is not for Singaporeans, then is Singapore for everyone? We know who have been spreading this mantra and many have been sold without thinking how relevant or irrelevant it is to us. It only requires a little thinking to know that we are not USA the continental America. We are not even the size of a big American city.

The rise of an American superpower is not as simple as what the above writer puts it. The USA was an American Indian country, conquered and taken away from the American Indians, and the people of the land decimated to near extinction. Non Europeans were tolerated not because they were valued as talents and welcomed. The Africans were imported as slaves. The Asians were imported as exploited labours, not allowed to engage in any professional enterprise worthy of the word talent, except as labourers, cooks and laundrymen.

The USA was already a superpower with their own brand of European talents. The Asian and African talents came in only in the late stages of the American history, mostly post WW2. And not to forget, the USA is a continent that can accommodate hundreds of millions of human beans, like Australia. Even today, immigrants are selectively allowed into the USA. In Australia, they don’t need to have more immigrants for economic growth. They are still guarding their immigrant figures very carefully.

The density of this island is already exceeding the most densely populated American cities. Do we need to keep pouring endless human bodies into this island for the sake of economic growth? Can this be sustainable? Economic growth is not the end alls of life. There are many other considerations that are just as important or more important than economic growth. And adding population is not the only way to achieve economic growth. Even Hsien Loong has admitted that we have maxed out in terms of adding bodies into the island. Why are people still flogging this crazy mantra of importing the whole world to our shores?

We cannot compare our little island with the USA. Neither can we compare it with China or India. We have to look at our own characteristics and limitations. Every country should draw on its people for organic growth. Some foreigners can come in to compliment the needs of the island. But to allow them in indiscriminately to eventually replace the original citizens is madness. We don’t owe the foreigners a living, we don’t owe them anything. But we owe it to all Singaporeans and their children a good life. It is treachery and treason to bring in foreigners to replace them and at their expense. What is the point of National Service and a strong defence force?

It is very difficult to explain stupidity to daft Singaporeans. Like some said, Stupidity is incurable. Other countries are out there seizing every little bits of land or island as their own, for their people. We are begging to give our little island we fought for and built to what it is today, to everyone what wants to be here. There are at least 100m people out there that want to be here. And we are picking up the rubbish instead of the diamonds. We are a dumping ground for human waste.

Why turn our country into a rubbish dump?