Thomson Medical Centre is going big in Johore Bahru. So were many other hospitals from around the world. JB is going to be a boom town, with the best medical facilities without the outrageous charges in Singapore. JB is going to be a threat to Singapore’s medical hub if things go on as planned.
There is really no competition if JB can bring in the best doctors to helm the medical industry and will provide a good alternative to Singapore and Bangkok as the region’s medical hub. It has all the comparative advantages to make medical industry a success in JB. Get the formula right, the quality of the medical professions and the services, and JB will be on its way to replace Singapore. There are conditions to overtake Singapore and it is not a given.
Patients from all over the world would have a good alternative to the Singapore brand at a more affordable price. Singaporeans too would stand to benefit from this option. The only drawback is transportation. Sinai Airport would be pushed to the limits with medical tourist arrival. It needs better connections to other parts of the world, even to/from Singapore.
Singaporeans would have a little problem accessing the medical facilities in JB. In non critical cases, when time is not a problem, JB is a good choice. For critically ill patients, there is a caveat. They may not survive the jams at the Causeway, stuck for a couple of hours or more could be death threatening. Unless of course the JB govt could open a special fast lane for medical patients to pass, otherwise it is no go for critically ill patients to test their fate in the Causeway jam.
The jam and security and the causeway fees are obvious trouble in the way of the medical industry. It would be a pity if everything is in favour of JB, to flourish as a new international hub but be held hostage due to a few silly problems and failed.
Would Malaysia do anything to make JB a success or do silly things to ruin the hopes and dreams of many entrepreneurs that pour in their money to want JB to be the next commercial and industrial centre, including the next medical hub?
1/02/2017
Welcome to the New Sick Man of Asia
Here is a post in the statestimesreview titled Ang moh threatens to kill Grab car 'driver'.
‘A caucasian man was captured by the car’s in-vehicle recording unit slamming the window of a GrabCar driver.
According to the driver’s account, he picked up the caucasian’s family at 296 Beach Road Concourse Skyline on Tuesday (Dec 27) around 3.45pm. However, as he did not have an infant seat, he told the caucasian’s family that he is unable to pick up the family due to traffic regulation requirements.
The man in the video was enraged and then stopped the GrabCar driver from driving away and proceeded to act violently and even threatened to “fucking kill” the driver. Throughout the incident, the GrabCar driver stayed in his car, locked his doors and called the police.’
When would the govt get rid of these foreign scums from our country before more Singaporeans are beaten up or threatened to be killed? No, no way, these are the talents that we need to replace the daft, no brain, no talent Singaporeans. More should be promoted to head GLCs, stats boards and even ministries. Their talents are more important and a bit of violence should be tolerable. Just turn the other cheek.
Singaporeans when faced with such violent foreign talents should just meekly lock themselves in the car like the Grab car driver and call the police. If cannot hide inside a car for safety, run for your life. Do not attempt to defend yourself for good reasons. You may end up in jail for violence against these foreign talents.
Be safe, be meek, run or hide.
Tommy Koh had asked if we are the New Sick Man of Asia. In the last century China had this reputation when China was invaded by hordes of western foreigners and Shanghai was cut out into pieces as foreign concessions. And the foreigners ruled Shanghai, bullying and beating up the residents at will, for their own fancy. And the weak govt looked at the foreigners haplessly,, unable to protect its own citizens. The rich and powerful slept with the foreigners to bully and cheat the residents.
Welcome to the New Sick Man of Asia where the foreigners feel so arrogant and free to beat up the citizens and the meek citizens could only wait to be beaten. At most the foreigners would get a slap on the wrist. And they would walk away sneering at the meek citizens that have become their past time punching bags.
This is now a sick place where the citizens have lost their pride and dignity. No one is there to stand up for the citizens to kick the asses of these foreign scums but begging for more to come. And more foreign scums are brought in to boss around with the citizens, replacing the citizens in good jobs, top jobs, and the daft citizens are told to go overseas, like their forefathers that came here, unable to find decent jobs in their motherland and unable to fend for themselves.
The similarities are no coincidence when the rich and powerful are fraternalising with the foreigners and thinking hell a lot of the great talents of the foreigners and despising the citizens as good only for low value jobs.
What is there to be happy about the new year and going forward when there is no pride and dignity?
‘A caucasian man was captured by the car’s in-vehicle recording unit slamming the window of a GrabCar driver.
According to the driver’s account, he picked up the caucasian’s family at 296 Beach Road Concourse Skyline on Tuesday (Dec 27) around 3.45pm. However, as he did not have an infant seat, he told the caucasian’s family that he is unable to pick up the family due to traffic regulation requirements.
The man in the video was enraged and then stopped the GrabCar driver from driving away and proceeded to act violently and even threatened to “fucking kill” the driver. Throughout the incident, the GrabCar driver stayed in his car, locked his doors and called the police.’
When would the govt get rid of these foreign scums from our country before more Singaporeans are beaten up or threatened to be killed? No, no way, these are the talents that we need to replace the daft, no brain, no talent Singaporeans. More should be promoted to head GLCs, stats boards and even ministries. Their talents are more important and a bit of violence should be tolerable. Just turn the other cheek.
Singaporeans when faced with such violent foreign talents should just meekly lock themselves in the car like the Grab car driver and call the police. If cannot hide inside a car for safety, run for your life. Do not attempt to defend yourself for good reasons. You may end up in jail for violence against these foreign talents.
Be safe, be meek, run or hide.
Tommy Koh had asked if we are the New Sick Man of Asia. In the last century China had this reputation when China was invaded by hordes of western foreigners and Shanghai was cut out into pieces as foreign concessions. And the foreigners ruled Shanghai, bullying and beating up the residents at will, for their own fancy. And the weak govt looked at the foreigners haplessly,, unable to protect its own citizens. The rich and powerful slept with the foreigners to bully and cheat the residents.
Welcome to the New Sick Man of Asia where the foreigners feel so arrogant and free to beat up the citizens and the meek citizens could only wait to be beaten. At most the foreigners would get a slap on the wrist. And they would walk away sneering at the meek citizens that have become their past time punching bags.
This is now a sick place where the citizens have lost their pride and dignity. No one is there to stand up for the citizens to kick the asses of these foreign scums but begging for more to come. And more foreign scums are brought in to boss around with the citizens, replacing the citizens in good jobs, top jobs, and the daft citizens are told to go overseas, like their forefathers that came here, unable to find decent jobs in their motherland and unable to fend for themselves.
The similarities are no coincidence when the rich and powerful are fraternalising with the foreigners and thinking hell a lot of the great talents of the foreigners and despising the citizens as good only for low value jobs.
What is there to be happy about the new year and going forward when there is no pride and dignity?
2017 – Return of The Age of Singularity by Michael Heng
In the Age of Singularity from 2017, know
that:
There are only ONE Truth, only ONE Happiness,
and only ONE Destiny.
Yesterday, an epoch
ended, and another begins today.
Today, we enter the Age
of Singularity once again.
This is the next stage
in my life journey
Towards the destination
at eternity’s edge
At the end of all the
times
And to where time shall
begin, again.
The past 366 days living at the
edge of tomorrow,
And the 22,230 days of
my life before today,
Were a continuous daily
struggle in the ether of change and hope;
Navigating the pitfalls
and milestones of errors,
Avoiding the tombstones
of reluctant heroes,
To escape the end of
otherwise meaningless existence.
Of the pilgrimage
towards life’s inevitable destination,
Guided only by the
longing of one’s heart.
2017
is an exceptional Year of unique Singularity;
It possesses the
emergent power of “One”,
From 2017=(2+0+1+7)=10=(1+0)=1.
In Mathematics, “1” is
an axiom as the self-evident truth;
Indeed, “1” exists as
the very first self-evident truth without need for proof.
The Singularity “1” is
thus Truth manifested.
2017
is also a Prime Number divisible only by itself and 1.
Prime numbers are the
building blocks of numbers or knowledge,
And they exist
independent of any logic or circumstances;
Basically, they are
truths in themselves.
My past 22,230 days
combines (2+2+2+3+0=9) into the number “9”
To signify the highest
level of
Change and transformation
happenings in 2017
From their unique
confluence today and here forth.
Incidentally, the
resultant “10” in 2017, (2+0+1+7=10),
Reveals the rebirth
essence of the Age of the Singularity.
Further, ignoring “0”
and assuming 1=A, 2=B, 3=C … 7=G,
2017 also translates
into (B+A+G=Bag, or Baggage);
And so the Prime 2017
Singularity shall pack the inevitable baggage
Of the past into itself
as the BAG;
All the paradox,
ambiguity, chaos, absence and silence
That was central to the
human condition,
Thus providing singular
clarity with crystal vision
To empower a deeper
understanding through the lens of its power of “1”.
There is only ONE Truth
1/01/2017
One trick pony and unthinking ponies
In the 1970s, many Asean countries were manufacturing bases for western manufacturers making shoes, apparels, gadgets, PCBs, computers etc etc. In the 70s, China was still as poor as a church mouse, no industries, no foreign manufacturers in China. In the 80s, China started to open its doors to foreign manufacturers.
Today, China is the factory of the world, leapfrogging itself out of the Asean league and into making new products and improving on them. The Asean countries are still doing the same thing, some still making shoes, apparels and little gadgets.
What is the difference? Why is China running ahead and away, becoming a manufacturing powerhouse while the Asean countries that were ahead in the 1970s have lagged behind and still doing the same little things all over and over again?
The answer, many of the factories in Asean are very happy with the orders to make more shoes, more shirts or more of the same thing, to fill up the orders. They are contented just to be a supplier, to make and deliver products ordered. China and South Korea did something more. They copied the same successful formula of Japan, reverse engineering, to improve on the products and to make them at cheaper cost. They were able to add value to the products by lowering cost and improving productivity and quality.
The Asean states just continued to make shoes and products designed by he original manufacturers, nothing more, nothing less. No need to think of improving quality and productivity, no need to innovate or wanting to develop or build new products. Just be subcontractors, not OEMs or ODMs.
So, while China moves on to the next level, the Asean little factories remain stagnant, remain where they were 50 years ago, doing the same old things, making the same old products from the same production lines.
This is the difference and why China turns itself from a poor agrarian economy into a huge manufacturing base for the world and the Asean countries are still where they are, like before, unchanging. They are not only one trick ponies but unthinking ponies, unable to innovate and move to a higher level of manufacturing. Bring in the big MNCs and do as told, good enough, just provide the cheap labour and earn wages.
Japan is also losing out thought they were constantly innovating, losing out on cost. What the Japanese can do, the South Koreans and Chinese can do just as well and better and cheaper. Period. There is on competition. Asean countries are even worst, lagging further and further behind and unable to catch up with the change.
PS. Some Asean countries are still thinking that China is a backward country and wanting to teach China how to do business and how to move up the economic and technology ladder.
And Happy 2017 to everyone.
Today, China is the factory of the world, leapfrogging itself out of the Asean league and into making new products and improving on them. The Asean countries are still doing the same thing, some still making shoes, apparels and little gadgets.
What is the difference? Why is China running ahead and away, becoming a manufacturing powerhouse while the Asean countries that were ahead in the 1970s have lagged behind and still doing the same little things all over and over again?
The answer, many of the factories in Asean are very happy with the orders to make more shoes, more shirts or more of the same thing, to fill up the orders. They are contented just to be a supplier, to make and deliver products ordered. China and South Korea did something more. They copied the same successful formula of Japan, reverse engineering, to improve on the products and to make them at cheaper cost. They were able to add value to the products by lowering cost and improving productivity and quality.
The Asean states just continued to make shoes and products designed by he original manufacturers, nothing more, nothing less. No need to think of improving quality and productivity, no need to innovate or wanting to develop or build new products. Just be subcontractors, not OEMs or ODMs.
So, while China moves on to the next level, the Asean little factories remain stagnant, remain where they were 50 years ago, doing the same old things, making the same old products from the same production lines.
This is the difference and why China turns itself from a poor agrarian economy into a huge manufacturing base for the world and the Asean countries are still where they are, like before, unchanging. They are not only one trick ponies but unthinking ponies, unable to innovate and move to a higher level of manufacturing. Bring in the big MNCs and do as told, good enough, just provide the cheap labour and earn wages.
Japan is also losing out thought they were constantly innovating, losing out on cost. What the Japanese can do, the South Koreans and Chinese can do just as well and better and cheaper. Period. There is on competition. Asean countries are even worst, lagging further and further behind and unable to catch up with the change.
PS. Some Asean countries are still thinking that China is a backward country and wanting to teach China how to do business and how to move up the economic and technology ladder.
And Happy 2017 to everyone.
Relearning the Basics of Democracy By MIKOspace
Poignant Lessons from US General Elections
2016
Democracy is a slippery political
concept. Many definitions abound, but none particularly helpful in furthering
understanding. Many advocates of democracy attempt to define democracy in real
life; dressing it up with civil liberties, popular elections, free press, free
speech, right to bear arms … etc. In
post-2016 general elections, it seems natural that Americans have difficulty
grasping the nature of its model of democracy. Democracy empowers Governments to
promote the welfare and well-being of its people, and not the development of its
own political concepts. Functional
democratic processes can facilitate positive and progressive national development.
Otherwise, democracy would face irrelevance, or change and even oblivion.
Myth of The Popular
Vote in US Democracy
During the US General Elections, the
States holds concurrent democratic elections on the 8 November every 4 years to
choose their preferred Presidential Candidates by assigning “Electors” to
represent the State in accordance with its population size at the Electoral
College who convenes on the following 19 December to “elect” the winning
Presidential candidate officially.
In 2016, the Electoral
College, represented by all the 50 States, elected Donald Trump by a margin of 306-242
to be the 45th US President for 2017-2020. President-Elect Donald
trump is also the most popular Republican President to ever receive 62.4
million votes.
The overall popular
vote does not matter in the election of the US President. The overall popular vote is
immaterial and irrelevant in the US, unlike countries like Mexico, Austria,
Australia, Germany, France, East Timor and several others.
The US electoral landscape consists
of 50 States and 3,112 Counties (or Constituencies). On 8 November 2016, Donald Trump won 2,622
Counties (84%) to Hillary’s 490,
and won 30 States (60%) compared to her 20, garnering an average of 56% votes
in those 30 States to 53.5% by Hillary in her 20 States.
The State of California
voted massively for Hillary
by over 4.3 million votes is effectively responsible for all of Hillary’s 2.8
million popular votes over Trump.
Without the moderation by the Electoral College, that one State alone,
California, would have over-whelmed the entire national vote and
disenfranchised all other non-Californian American voters. When
Californian votes are excluded, Trump’s 58,474,401 popular votes exceed Hillary’s
by 1.4 million.
Clearly, in the context
of American politics in 2016, the Electoral College provides the US
Presidential Elections with a more democratic outcome in determining the more
“popular” President, where using the national popular vote would have failed to
properly articulate the democratic aspirations of 128 million US electorate for
a President Donald Trump....
Michael HENG
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