The no contest for the EP is quite expectable given the aristocratic
elitist barriers raised to block the average citizens from their rights
to be elected to the office of the Presidency. This is more than a sick
joke if this country is to be called a democracy when the basic rights
of the citizens are taken away from them, that not all men are equal
under the law but some are more equal than others based on their jobs
and wealth. Now that the show is over, let’s see how the citizens react
to the whole farce all for nothing.
For the activitists, there was a sit in vigil at Hong Lim Park, where
they protested in silence, nothing more nothing less. Anything more
could be dangerous. The turnout was good enough for the govt to take
notice.
The next group of citizens simply said, it’s over, let’s move on. This
is the typical boh bian group of Singaporeans, resigned to their fate.
A deviant group would grudgingly said, what to do, what can you do about it, and end the story there.
Then there is the usual large group of tiada apa group that just go home
with whatever they are doing as if nothing happens. Life just go on
with or without the EP show. The boh chap type.
And there is the very disappointed hedonistic group that are cursing and
swearing that they did not have a free holiday. That is about the most
important thing in the life of this group.
And you will have the happy group all celebrating and congratulating the
PAP and Halimah for winning the EP election, for working so hard for
it.
And let’s not forget another group that would give up a big yawn.
This is Singapore and how Singaporeans react to this EP reserved for the Malays.
It is a non event. Who cares? Nobody cares, really. The govt can do
whatever it wants, change the Constitution for what it thinks fit and
whatever it claims will affect Singapore in the future, whether the
people agree or not, it does not matter. The govt said counts.
Oh the Malay community will be celebrating the second Malay President of the island after 47 years. Gratitude man.
9/19/2017
9/18/2017
The people's President
Several presidents have been touted as the people's president with names
like Ong Teng Cheong, Wee Kim Wee, Nathan etc etc often quoted in the main
media. Oops, my apologies, I think Ong Teng Cheong was only quoted as the
people's president in the social media if I am not wrong. The title of the
people's president seems to endear many people and it is something of a
great honour to be known as one. Depending who you are, everyone would have
his own people's president in his heart and not every president is their
people’s president.
Tan Cheng Bock came close to be another people's president when he lost to
Tony Tan by a hair's breath and then disqualified from standing for the
next election when the Constitution was changed and he was out from the
running. The popularity of Cheng Bock has increased despite his being a non
candidate in the latest EP election that turned out to be a walkover with
only one candidate qualifying though Cheng Bock was the first to express
his intent to contest.
In the public's mind, many thought Cheng Bock was likely to win should he
be given a chance to contest. This could be one of the main reasons why the
rules were changed to disqualify him. Everything is now history and Cheng
Bock unfortunately becomes a ‘has been’. It is difficult to see him
contesting in the next EP as age is catching up on him.
Below is a pic on his popularity when the turned up at the silent sit in at
Hong Lim on 16 Sep. The crowd was with him. The crowd was there on their
own, with no temptation of free chicken rice or free transport. A people’s
president does not need that. These people paid their transport fare to be
with him. These were genuine signs of what a people's president is like,
like by the people from their heart, spontaneous and with no coercion or
any farcical set up to make him look good.
Maybe to some people Cheng Bock is still their people's president in some
way. And in some way Cheng Bock has been robbed of his rightful place in
the Istana.
9/17/2017
20th Asian Masters Athletic Championship - Our masters athletes in action
Kannan is sitting right in front of some the athletes that were able to attend for this photoshoot at Toa Payoh followed by a send off lunch.
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Singapore masters athletes will be competing in the 20th Asian Masters Athletic
championship in the city of Rugao in Jiangsu China from 24-28 Sep.
Rugao is famous for having the most centenarians alive and is most suitable to
host such an event. In Singapore we have a strong pool of senior athletes enjoying themselves in the gruelling sports of athletics and would not call it a day until their bodies failed to move, their legs failed to run and their hands failed to lift or throw. These masters athletes are self funding and doing their own training totally on their own without any support from the govt except for some generous individuals and private organisations.
The
Singaporean Team of athletes, age 35 to 80+, with some ex state
runners like Paul Su, have been training very hard in the past months to do battle
with the other Asian athletes, all 3,000 of them from across Asia in this meet. Some of
the competitors that have registered for the events were in their 80s
and 90s.
Just my event for the 65-69 age group for 100m sprint draws 28 runners. The events include long and middle distance, 10,000 metre walks and field sports like short putt, javelin, discuss and the jumps.
The
man behind this Singapore Team is A Kannan from the Singapore Masters
Association. Working closely with him and assisting in coordinating all the
travel arrangement and logistics is Jason Wong from the Singapore Masters Track and
Field Association. The athletes from both associations and some free individuals are all going as Team Singapore to fly the Singapore flag.
9/16/2017
CPF – Phillip Ang carrying the touch
Thanks to Phillip Ang for his persistence in keeping the CPF money issue
alive and current. Just keep talking about this subject less some
donkey would say 'see, no one is talking about it anymore', so they have
accepted their fait accompli about the CPF no longer their money and
would not care what would happen to their CPF money anymore.
Here is a quote from 'bapak' in a comment in Philip Ang's post in the TRE.
Bapak:
September 9, 2017 at 11:51 pm (Quote)
And now they upped the brainwatching by advertising on MiddleCorpse a son telling his daughters he is topping up his father’s account as token for bringing him up. Whoever fucking stupid ones will do that. Got money give your aging parents CASH. Why need to topup their accounts?
How many people have read this or know about the foolishness of topping up the CPF of their parents when they should be giving them cash to spend as and when they like? Once the money is in the CPF, you lose control of that money and using it is subject to all the rules of the CPF and could mean tan ku ku.
How many people understand the meaning of putting more money into their CPF or topping the CPF accounts of their parents and did not know the consequences?
I have been told that there is another change to the CPF Medisave Fund. When the owner dies, the money would not be allowed to be taken out despite the owner choosing to pass all the money to the beneficiary in cash. The money in the Medisave will be transferred to the Medisave of the beneficiary, forever retain in the CPF. See how desperate they are to take your money.
A caveat, I need to confirm this change if it is true and if it is retrospective or only affect new CPF members. Phillip Ang and all of you reading this, please check up on this. I will be writing to the CPF to confirm on this change.
This is really frightening and disgusting. I hope it is not true. And Leong Sze Hian has recently reported that if you don't do anything after they sent you a letter at age 65, your piecemeal withdrawal for retirement will be deferred to 70 years old!
And no announcement again in the media.
Has this got to do with blocking Cheng Bock from the presidency? Money not enough?
21/9/17
PS. I have made a nomination under the normal scheme, not the Enhanced Nomination Scheme ENS. CPF has replied:
'A CPF Nomination allows you to decide who will receive your CPF savings, and how much each will receive. By default, your nominees will receive CPF savings due to them in cash via cheque or Giro.'
The payment to the Medisave account of nominees is under the ENS.
Here is a quote from 'bapak' in a comment in Philip Ang's post in the TRE.
Bapak:
September 9, 2017 at 11:51 pm (Quote)
And now they upped the brainwatching by advertising on MiddleCorpse a son telling his daughters he is topping up his father’s account as token for bringing him up. Whoever fucking stupid ones will do that. Got money give your aging parents CASH. Why need to topup their accounts?
How many people have read this or know about the foolishness of topping up the CPF of their parents when they should be giving them cash to spend as and when they like? Once the money is in the CPF, you lose control of that money and using it is subject to all the rules of the CPF and could mean tan ku ku.
How many people understand the meaning of putting more money into their CPF or topping the CPF accounts of their parents and did not know the consequences?
I have been told that there is another change to the CPF Medisave Fund. When the owner dies, the money would not be allowed to be taken out despite the owner choosing to pass all the money to the beneficiary in cash. The money in the Medisave will be transferred to the Medisave of the beneficiary, forever retain in the CPF. See how desperate they are to take your money.
A caveat, I need to confirm this change if it is true and if it is retrospective or only affect new CPF members. Phillip Ang and all of you reading this, please check up on this. I will be writing to the CPF to confirm on this change.
This is really frightening and disgusting. I hope it is not true. And Leong Sze Hian has recently reported that if you don't do anything after they sent you a letter at age 65, your piecemeal withdrawal for retirement will be deferred to 70 years old!
And no announcement again in the media.
Has this got to do with blocking Cheng Bock from the presidency? Money not enough?
21/9/17
PS. I have made a nomination under the normal scheme, not the Enhanced Nomination Scheme ENS. CPF has replied:
'A CPF Nomination allows you to decide who will receive your CPF savings, and how much each will receive. By default, your nominees will receive CPF savings due to them in cash via cheque or Giro.'
The payment to the Medisave account of nominees is under the ENS.
9/15/2017
Rohingya crackdown – Learn from the Americans
The Americans are raising alarm at the crackdown on the Rohingya as
‘ethnic cleansing’. Several thousands of Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar
after violence broke out when Rohingya militants attacked police posts
on 25 Aug 17. A White House statement, ‘We call on Burmese security
authorities to respect the rule of law, stop the violence, and end the
displacement of civilians from all communities.’
The Americans should not just make statements like this and think it will solve the Rohingya problem. The Americans have many great experiences in handling ethnic violence and are very good at solving them. They should come forward to showcase how they solved their ethnic cleansing problems in the past that today there is hardly anymore problem to talk about. The Americans have been very successful in solving their ethnic problem and the Myanmese and the countries of the world have a lot to learn from the Americans.
The Americans used to have Red Indian problem of a scale the world today cannot imagine, nearly 100m of them. How the Americans were able to solve the 100m Red Indian problem that turned violent to what it is today, only a handful left, is legendary and exemplary. The Americans should teach the world how to solve ethnic problems using the ways they knew best.
If I could recall from American history books, from Hollywood movies, the Americans were very successful in using violence to tackle violence. They decimated the Red Indian population to near zero and the problem became extinct. What ever that was left of the Red Indian tribes, be generous, offered them fertile reservation land and marched them to these God forsaken land to make the best out of them. Problem solved. QED.
The best part, keep the whole world in the dark about the violence used to solve the ethnic cleansing problem. Who cleanse who? That is history for those who want to know.
The Myanmese govt should send a delegation to Washington to ask for the secret American formula to solve the Rohingya problem. If the Americans refused to help, go to the UN and get the UN to pressure the Americans to share their successful formula in solving the Red Indian problem without being accused of ethnic cleansing, with the whole world kept in the dark of what really happened, what happened to 100m Red Indian braves and squaws and children.
Come on Americans, don’t be selfish, tell the world how you solved the Red Indian minority, or was it majority, ethnic problem? This is all about human rights and humanity isn’t it? So don’t just stop at crying out loud at Myanmar. Teach Myanmar how to do it.
The Americans should not just make statements like this and think it will solve the Rohingya problem. The Americans have many great experiences in handling ethnic violence and are very good at solving them. They should come forward to showcase how they solved their ethnic cleansing problems in the past that today there is hardly anymore problem to talk about. The Americans have been very successful in solving their ethnic problem and the Myanmese and the countries of the world have a lot to learn from the Americans.
The Americans used to have Red Indian problem of a scale the world today cannot imagine, nearly 100m of them. How the Americans were able to solve the 100m Red Indian problem that turned violent to what it is today, only a handful left, is legendary and exemplary. The Americans should teach the world how to solve ethnic problems using the ways they knew best.
If I could recall from American history books, from Hollywood movies, the Americans were very successful in using violence to tackle violence. They decimated the Red Indian population to near zero and the problem became extinct. What ever that was left of the Red Indian tribes, be generous, offered them fertile reservation land and marched them to these God forsaken land to make the best out of them. Problem solved. QED.
The best part, keep the whole world in the dark about the violence used to solve the ethnic cleansing problem. Who cleanse who? That is history for those who want to know.
The Myanmese govt should send a delegation to Washington to ask for the secret American formula to solve the Rohingya problem. If the Americans refused to help, go to the UN and get the UN to pressure the Americans to share their successful formula in solving the Red Indian problem without being accused of ethnic cleansing, with the whole world kept in the dark of what really happened, what happened to 100m Red Indian braves and squaws and children.
Come on Americans, don’t be selfish, tell the world how you solved the Red Indian minority, or was it majority, ethnic problem? This is all about human rights and humanity isn’t it? So don’t just stop at crying out loud at Myanmar. Teach Myanmar how to do it.
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