This seems to be a favourite mantra to the elite. Singapore business
must go overseas, NTUC training our retrenched PMETs to go overseas to
work. Superficially this sounds logical. Singapore is indeed too small
for our growing companies and they need to spread their wings abroad to
grow.
What these talkers did not say or ask is that many third world companies
are flooding into Singapore to do roaring businesses. And all the
unemployed third world workers are rushing here to take up jobs, steal
jobs from Singaporeans and with many queuing to come in.
While the elites are calling Singaporeans and Singapore companies to go
overseas, they did not mind the foreigners to come in and replace the
Singaporeans and Singapore companies here. Is there anything wrong with
this situation?
Why are Singaporeans encouraged/forced to go overseas and their places
at home being taken over by hungry foreigners? What is the long term
effect and damages to this country and people?
Yes, we are going to be replaced by foreigners, our country and homes,
jobs, our govt and commercial institutions, schools, universities etc
etc and even the ministries and govt.
Unfortunately our schools do not teach the meanings of nationhood and
what it will be like if we lose our country and become boat people,
being kicked out of our own country by inviting too many foreigners here
and they have a different agenda of their own, to take over everything
we have built.
This is the consequence of not knowing that we are a nation, a country
and this is our country, not a piece of land belonging to everyone.
Still thinking of leaving your homes and leaving your country to the
foreigners? Should not we be securing our home base first with
Singaporeans and then go overseas?
PS. If Singaporeans unable to find jobs here, would they be able to compete overseas? Maybe for low paying jobs.
11/03/2017
Exposé (Part 1): Culture of Fraud in Singapore Universities
Flexible
Standards of Honesty, Ethics and Fraud Exist.
Fraud Encourages Fraud. Fraud begets fraud; and then some.
It is just a matter
of time. The erosion of integrity and
authenticity must eventually destroy the moral basis for ethical management and
burst the bubble of dishonesty.
The
latest revelations that Singapore’s premier Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) has revoked the 2013 PhD degree of a former Agency for
Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) scientist, one Ms Sabeera Bonala,
after she admitted that she had falsified data in her research and doctoral
thesis.
This
is the latest fallout in one
of the biggest cases of scientific fraud in Singapore, which first came to
light in July 2016. Six research papers were retracted then,
including three that had listed Ms Bonala as the first author. Two other
researchers have left their posts and another one had his PhD revoked in the
earlier episode.
The
trio involved in the 2016 scandal are Professor Ravi Kambadur, who was
with NTU; Dr Mridula Sharma, who was associate professor at the National
University of Singapore's (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; and former NTU
researcher Sudarsanareddy Lokireddy, who had his PhD from NTU.
Dr Sharma is no
longer at NUS and Dr Lokireddy’s PhD from NTU has also been revoked. NTU
investigations in December 2015 led to 3 papers on Myostatin, a muscular growth
protein, published in 2011 and 2012 being retracted. Another paper was
withdrawn before publication and the other 2 papers were corrected. Three more
papers published from 2012 to 2014, based on research funded by A*Star and the National Research Foundation (NRF),
were also retracted from the prestigious Molecular Endocrinology and Biological
Chemistry journals.
NTU
has earlier in June 2016, following an unrelated investigation into allegations
of research malpractice, retracted 11 academic papers authored by researchers
from the National Institute of Education (NIE). Dr Noel Chia who joined NTU in
2006, promoted to Associate Professor in 2014, is the lead author of 8 papers
and co-author of the other 3 papers. He was a well-known local expert in the
area of special-education needs such as autism, dyslexia and dyscalculia. Of
the 11 papers that came under investigation, 9 were published in the
prestigious Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals
(JAASEP).
I am sadden by these
revelations but not surprised. I have expected these research frauds to surface
much earlier. As an NTU Associate
Professor, I have been told some of most unbelievable research malpractice, and
often similar things from more than one person! Here are just a few, albeit
unverified:
1) The known record
is nearly 40+ research papers claimed by a single staff (with various
co-authors) in a single year. One Professor actually claims to have more than
1,000 publications over 15+ years, but whose expertise has remained relatively
unknown!
2) It is “common” to
have more than 10+ research papers per year claimed by a single staff (with
various co-authors).
3) Many research
papers claimed by a single staff (listed among first 3 authors) are in
technical areas not within the staff’s known expertise, training or technical
competence.
4) A paper where
authorship claimed was 15th among a longer list of authors.
5) Cases of papers
submitted under different titles, but with similar contents.
6) Cases of papers
submitted under the same title to different journals.
7) Papers translated
from their original non-English, foreign language, and claimed as one’s paper
and submitted to a English-medium refereed journal.
8) …. And then some.
A Google
Scholar search for the publications of senior Professors will return a
lisiting of their publications and citations.
The prevalent NTU
research practice of questionable ethics involves situations of "gratuitous"
or "gift" authorship, where co-authors are added either
by themselves or by their subordinates and where they were not involved in the
research in any significant manner. Supervisors
generally expect junior Professors to include them as “co-authors” as a matter
of normative practice. The latter sees evidence that those who did so would often get compensated
and promotions for their generosity in gratitude.
The
Fraud Culture IS the New Normal
Especially
noteworthy is the fact that the above affected Professors and staff joined the
NTU and NUS at a time when the Universities have fully embraced the bogus and
fraudulent World
University Rankings standards.
The timing is not coincidental.
By
2010, any seriousness in research vigorousness has been abandoned. Research integrity suffers as NUS and NTU
blindly embraced THE [Times Higher Education] and QS Rankers, without demanding
to examine the scientific basis of their “methodology”; especially the
criterion factors selected as measures of “best” Universities, nor the
population and samples of the respondents who participated in surveys
purportedly conducted and whose “data” were used to compile the final annual league
table rankings.
Finally by 2014, NTU was ranked as the Top Youngest University in the
World by QS Ranker, from 77th in 2008, and ranking just 39th
Worldwide.
The
new guiding principle for integrity is "the end justifies the mean”. Authenticity has become immaterial and
irrelevant as they buy into what the United
Nations, UK
and European
Governments, as well as eminent Professors
of Higher Education have already condemned as a bogus standard of
questionable excellence.
Given the dodgy
nature of World University Rankings and their questionable deliberate
fabrication of unreliably unscientific methodologies, NTU victories to their
top ranks are in essence as pyrrhic as winning a beauty contest; the mere
appearance of uncertain meaningless quality.
By flaunting
the bogus World University Rankings as its fake brand of questionable
quality, both NTU and NUS have flouted its blatant disregard for research
integrity and ethical authenticity.
Whither the basis of their moral authority to discipline their Professors and staff for their disdain and defiance of academic honesty and research integrity and ethics?
Whither the basis of their moral authority to discipline their Professors and staff for their disdain and defiance of academic honesty and research integrity and ethics?
Where is NUS/NTU “zero
tolerance” towards the research malpractice of the World University Rankings
standards? By embracing and adopting it?
And indeed, whither
NRF’s claim to “high expectations” with regard to research funding as it
disburses millions of public funds to Universities who embrace and support
fraudulent and bogus quality brands that have no integrity and authenticity?
End the Culture of Fraud in Singapore Universities, now!
Integrity lights our Path to Excellence.
Do it Right and Do it Best!
.
Emperor Trump and his tributary states
Finally an Emperor has arrived to take his rightful place at the throne
of the American Empire. His antics and behavior are exactly a replica of
the last emperors of China in their dying decadent days. Trump is
telling the world that the American Empire is The Empire and is self
sufficient, does not need to trade with the rest of the world. His first
edict was isolation. His second edict was to build the Great Wall of
America. This is going to cost the Empire billions, to keep the
barbarians out. Trump would be remembered in history as the Emperor who
built the Great Wall of America, a man made feature that can be seen
from the moon. Not bad for an Emperor.
Trump is also in a way replicating the Chinese tributary system and vassal states. America’s vassal states must pay tributes to the Emperor and visit the White House with gifts. And the Emperor will say ‘Good boys, good boys’ and then shower them with gifts, like an audience with the Emperor himself.
Vassal states of America please take note and start queuing up with largesse for the Emperor. Some have already been there to kow tow to Emperor Trump and brought gifts to please the Emperor. For those vassal states that are not going to bring tributes, or pay to the Emperor for the protection, they could expect pressure to come down on them hard.
Long live the Emperor, Long live Emperor Trump.
Trump is also in a way replicating the Chinese tributary system and vassal states. America’s vassal states must pay tributes to the Emperor and visit the White House with gifts. And the Emperor will say ‘Good boys, good boys’ and then shower them with gifts, like an audience with the Emperor himself.
Vassal states of America please take note and start queuing up with largesse for the Emperor. Some have already been there to kow tow to Emperor Trump and brought gifts to please the Emperor. For those vassal states that are not going to bring tributes, or pay to the Emperor for the protection, they could expect pressure to come down on them hard.
Long live the Emperor, Long live Emperor Trump.
11/02/2017
Forum on Rise of China and implications to US and Europe
‘NEW YORK, March 20, 2017 — Experts discuss how Europe and America might
stand to achieve shared goals while navigating China's growing
relationship with the West. Speakers include Sebastian Heilmann, La
Repubblica’s Federico Rampini, Ambassador Peter Wilson, Susan Shirk, and
Asia Society's Orville Schell.’
This forum was on the book by Sebastian Heilmann titled Everything under heaven…. After a short exchange the discussion turned into another China bashing session with the panel of pretentious white gods passing derogatory and negative comments about China and Xi Jinping. China is unreliable, untrustworthy, did not play by the rules, mischievous intent, a country of liars and out to destroy the world by hook and by crook.
Unfortunately I was not there for this would be what I would ask the panel of righteous, high and mighty white gods if they have read the history of China in the last 200 years and what the white gods, their forefathers did to China. Did they know that they invaded China, robbed and looted China, defying all ethics and international rules, forced China to sign thousands of unequal treaties with the barrel of the gun, forcing China to sign all its rights and national interests away, annexing territories/colonising China, bankrupting China with compensations and reparatory extractions for wars against China and to pay for their opium burnt by China, and still forcing China to buy their opium.
How righteous and ethical were their forefathers, all white gods? Everything they are accusing China was applicable to their white forefathers. How they forced China to trade with unfair rules, unfair playing fields, burning the Summer Palace and looting everything in there, and today trying to sell the loots back to China? Today they are claiming themselves to be champions of free trades and globalisation, honourable, righteousness! And I am not even talking about the rest of the colonised countries in the whole world that became their victims and how they were conquered, ruled, robbed and looted by the European countries under the rule of the gun and their white God and gods.
Compare the excesses and behaviours of their forefathers to what China is today. Who are the evil ones? Did they play be the rules then, or did China play by the rules today?
And the guests at the forum, also white gods and some coloured gods which, by their appearances you can guess that they were the descendants of slaves or nigger comfort women of their white masters, and they were all just as righteous and dismissive in their comments about China.
What is wrong with China wanting to continue to play within the rules of the free trade systems designed by the white gods while the white gods are crying foul all because China is making the best out of it. Now they are demanding to change the trade system they designed quoting human rights and labour rights. Did they remember they did not care a damn about human rights and labour rights and national sovereignty when they invaded and looted China for 200 years and the rest of the world as colonies?
How pretentious and hypocritical are these white gods? There were two guys trying to be rational and balanced, Sebastian, the author and the British guy. Watch the video to see how they behave, like white gods, doing all the right things and China the bad guy doing all the bad things. I wanted to puke looking at how they acted like the good gods, the ones that were wronged by China and they were trying to teach China what is right and wrong. It is not an exaggeration to say that the wealth of the western world today was built on what they robbed and stole from the rest of the world. They did it fairly?
See this video to see how the white gods were telling their white lies in straight faces. And I was not alone to feel so disgusted by their cheap and shameless charade, especially that little Italian guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2UUN1xFlA4
Below are some comments from viewers of this clip.
wikct2
Basically the West leading by the US is the biggest control freak and that poses the biggest threat to the development of the world that including all countries. The West leading by the US is realizing that China is finally catching up and this is the reason for them to constantly make up stories to make people to believe China is a threat and China must be contained. But in fact, rising China has been making positive contribution to the world, especially to the developing nations who have not been benefited from the West. Rising China is a different than the traditional dominators from the West. China is for peace, stability and prosperity for people from all over the world. The West leading by the US only cares about the well being for themselves at the expenses of others. We can see that from all events happened in the past. How come I don't hear the complain from China about the threat from the West leading by the US? The West leading by the US not only they are doing everything they can to contain China themselves but they are very good at creating conflict between China and its neighboring countries and using other Asians to fight against China
Spadey SayI am actually quick sick to hear of how it is the West who should decide what China should do. China should do this, China should do that. It would be more productive and do the world a lot of good if America and the west spend more time in thinking what it should do for its own countries in the very criticism that they are directing at China.
battwann88
A panel discussing China without a Chinese member. How interesting
teofilo
what's the deal with a bunch of white men and women talking in a program of Asia Society?
Shinji Kataoka
I greatly applaud China for their dedications and hard work. With that said, you guys should see some of the negative comments posted on many of the videos that were uploaded on the CGTN channel. Many are from the Americans. Also, China Uncensored channel ln YouTube are always posting their anti China propaganda videos and fake news about China and guess what? Many Americans, especially the Trump supporters and the right wing Americans. (they sure hate China, do they?)
Josh Tep
This forum was very, very well articulated and I loved how it showed different sides of the spectrum. To those that are still disillusioned about the Red Menace, I'd like to say that your opinions are outdated and are a threat to the modern world.
MrCrazyboyravi
That italian guy is so fascist , just like mussolini in WW2
MoonResident No.9
Disgusting... Remember, in the history, the past 400 years are the darkest authoritarian world ever since human emerge.
Gilles Milaire
Not a well informed panel, hence very little information except for their arrogance.
Yow Beng Lim
Five blind humans describing an elephant without having seen or touched one but assuming the smell they smell is from the elephant.
Mel Xin
Supremacists are always bad losers!
wad wdf
You're more likely to be killed by a US soldier on this planet than a Chinese one - that's just statistics. We should look forward to China's rise, the world needs a realignment in the balance of powers.
Pre114
These people behave as if today were still the heyday of imperialism. Well, news flash, the Chinese are becoming a major power. The west could either deal with the situation in a pragmatic way, or hang on to delusions of superiority and attempt to isolate China. I guess it's no surprise they chose the latter option.
This forum was on the book by Sebastian Heilmann titled Everything under heaven…. After a short exchange the discussion turned into another China bashing session with the panel of pretentious white gods passing derogatory and negative comments about China and Xi Jinping. China is unreliable, untrustworthy, did not play by the rules, mischievous intent, a country of liars and out to destroy the world by hook and by crook.
Unfortunately I was not there for this would be what I would ask the panel of righteous, high and mighty white gods if they have read the history of China in the last 200 years and what the white gods, their forefathers did to China. Did they know that they invaded China, robbed and looted China, defying all ethics and international rules, forced China to sign thousands of unequal treaties with the barrel of the gun, forcing China to sign all its rights and national interests away, annexing territories/colonising China, bankrupting China with compensations and reparatory extractions for wars against China and to pay for their opium burnt by China, and still forcing China to buy their opium.
How righteous and ethical were their forefathers, all white gods? Everything they are accusing China was applicable to their white forefathers. How they forced China to trade with unfair rules, unfair playing fields, burning the Summer Palace and looting everything in there, and today trying to sell the loots back to China? Today they are claiming themselves to be champions of free trades and globalisation, honourable, righteousness! And I am not even talking about the rest of the colonised countries in the whole world that became their victims and how they were conquered, ruled, robbed and looted by the European countries under the rule of the gun and their white God and gods.
Compare the excesses and behaviours of their forefathers to what China is today. Who are the evil ones? Did they play be the rules then, or did China play by the rules today?
And the guests at the forum, also white gods and some coloured gods which, by their appearances you can guess that they were the descendants of slaves or nigger comfort women of their white masters, and they were all just as righteous and dismissive in their comments about China.
What is wrong with China wanting to continue to play within the rules of the free trade systems designed by the white gods while the white gods are crying foul all because China is making the best out of it. Now they are demanding to change the trade system they designed quoting human rights and labour rights. Did they remember they did not care a damn about human rights and labour rights and national sovereignty when they invaded and looted China for 200 years and the rest of the world as colonies?
How pretentious and hypocritical are these white gods? There were two guys trying to be rational and balanced, Sebastian, the author and the British guy. Watch the video to see how they behave, like white gods, doing all the right things and China the bad guy doing all the bad things. I wanted to puke looking at how they acted like the good gods, the ones that were wronged by China and they were trying to teach China what is right and wrong. It is not an exaggeration to say that the wealth of the western world today was built on what they robbed and stole from the rest of the world. They did it fairly?
See this video to see how the white gods were telling their white lies in straight faces. And I was not alone to feel so disgusted by their cheap and shameless charade, especially that little Italian guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2UUN1xFlA4
Below are some comments from viewers of this clip.
wikct2
Basically the West leading by the US is the biggest control freak and that poses the biggest threat to the development of the world that including all countries. The West leading by the US is realizing that China is finally catching up and this is the reason for them to constantly make up stories to make people to believe China is a threat and China must be contained. But in fact, rising China has been making positive contribution to the world, especially to the developing nations who have not been benefited from the West. Rising China is a different than the traditional dominators from the West. China is for peace, stability and prosperity for people from all over the world. The West leading by the US only cares about the well being for themselves at the expenses of others. We can see that from all events happened in the past. How come I don't hear the complain from China about the threat from the West leading by the US? The West leading by the US not only they are doing everything they can to contain China themselves but they are very good at creating conflict between China and its neighboring countries and using other Asians to fight against China
Spadey SayI am actually quick sick to hear of how it is the West who should decide what China should do. China should do this, China should do that. It would be more productive and do the world a lot of good if America and the west spend more time in thinking what it should do for its own countries in the very criticism that they are directing at China.
battwann88
A panel discussing China without a Chinese member. How interesting
teofilo
what's the deal with a bunch of white men and women talking in a program of Asia Society?
Shinji Kataoka
I greatly applaud China for their dedications and hard work. With that said, you guys should see some of the negative comments posted on many of the videos that were uploaded on the CGTN channel. Many are from the Americans. Also, China Uncensored channel ln YouTube are always posting their anti China propaganda videos and fake news about China and guess what? Many Americans, especially the Trump supporters and the right wing Americans. (they sure hate China, do they?)
Josh Tep
This forum was very, very well articulated and I loved how it showed different sides of the spectrum. To those that are still disillusioned about the Red Menace, I'd like to say that your opinions are outdated and are a threat to the modern world.
MrCrazyboyravi
That italian guy is so fascist , just like mussolini in WW2
MoonResident No.9
Disgusting... Remember, in the history, the past 400 years are the darkest authoritarian world ever since human emerge.
Gilles Milaire
Not a well informed panel, hence very little information except for their arrogance.
Yow Beng Lim
Five blind humans describing an elephant without having seen or touched one but assuming the smell they smell is from the elephant.
Mel Xin
Supremacists are always bad losers!
wad wdf
You're more likely to be killed by a US soldier on this planet than a Chinese one - that's just statistics. We should look forward to China's rise, the world needs a realignment in the balance of powers.
Pre114
These people behave as if today were still the heyday of imperialism. Well, news flash, the Chinese are becoming a major power. The west could either deal with the situation in a pragmatic way, or hang on to delusions of superiority and attempt to isolate China. I guess it's no surprise they chose the latter option.
11/01/2017
Hsien Loong - I did the right thing
A few weeks back Hsien Loong said he did the right thing by changing the
Constitution to entrench race as a key factor in the election of a
president. The statestimesreview has this to say,
'In his speech addressing to PAP grassroots leaders on Friday (Sep 29), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong claimed that Singaporeans are unhappy that he did the “right thing” to create a race-based election leading to his choice of candidate winning without a contest:
“Did I know that this subject would be a difficult one? That it would be unpopular and cost us votes? Yes, I knew. If I do not know that these are sensitive matters, I cannot be in politics. But I did it, because I strongly believe, and still do, that this is the right thing to do.”'
This thing about doing the right thing regardless of how the people thing is a LKY legacy. It was relevant then as most of the people were either illiterate or not well informed. Today, with so many people educated to tertiary level, many are more well informed than those in govt and this kind of thinking can only get increasing irrelevant and misplaced.
How many people agree with Hsien Loong that he did the right thing? It all depends on who you ask and under what circumstances. The answer will be yes if the right group would to conduct a survey, for sure. If social media were to conduct a survey, it will be unanimously NO.
Hsien Loong admitted that it was a difficult one, an unpopular one and very costly politically. So what is so right about this EP thing? That the majority of the Chinese population is racist? That the Malays would never be voted to be the president? Why not do the simple and right thing and go back to square one, return to the system of a president appointed by the Parliament?
Practically every ‘racist’ Chinese is rooting for Tharman to be the next PM. Queer isn’t it? How about this? ‘According to Yahoo survey, almost 70% hope Tharman to be the future PM’. Tharman, do you think the Chinese are racist by voting for you and wanting you to be the PM? Oops, maybe Tharman is a ‘Chinese’ and only the racist Chinese know about this secret.
What about this comment in TRE:
NC Tay wrote, “Stop accusing the Chinese of being racist just to push your agenda! I’m all for a minority PM now as Long as he’s capable. Mr Tharman is much more capable than you, why don’t you step aside and let him be the PM. Are you oppressing the minorities?”
Why so gungho about wanting to do the unpopular, the difficult and the costly thing? Is this stylo milo, a show of statesmanship, great leadership, a show of great political thinking?
What is going to happen down the road following this highly controversial and to a certain extent bizarre decision is very serious. In the first place I don't think the Malay community is amused or won over by this funny walkover EP in Halimah. As some Malay leaders had said before this event, we did not ask for it, we did not want it, but since it is given, we will accept it, but not really happy about it.
This change, in my view, did not win the Malay votes but actually undermine the trust among the Malay to serve a political agenda. The Malays are not daft. They could see everything clearly in black and white.
As for the rest of the races, it is a no go from the start and many are fuming. What did Hsien Loong gain to push this through? Political wisdom or what?
Just because Hsien Loong said it is the right thing does not make this the right thing to other people. This could be the worst mistake that he had made in his political career. Not to mention the indiscriminate influx of foreigners and the withholding of the people's 'blood and tear' money in the CPF.
History will be the judge. If this is not the right thing, history will be very harsh on him. But that is not the point. The point is that the people will have to bear the consequences of this constitutional change, and our politics will not be the same again. Race is entrenched in our Constitution when we are singing and pledging regardless of race language or religion everyday
'In his speech addressing to PAP grassroots leaders on Friday (Sep 29), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong claimed that Singaporeans are unhappy that he did the “right thing” to create a race-based election leading to his choice of candidate winning without a contest:
“Did I know that this subject would be a difficult one? That it would be unpopular and cost us votes? Yes, I knew. If I do not know that these are sensitive matters, I cannot be in politics. But I did it, because I strongly believe, and still do, that this is the right thing to do.”'
This thing about doing the right thing regardless of how the people thing is a LKY legacy. It was relevant then as most of the people were either illiterate or not well informed. Today, with so many people educated to tertiary level, many are more well informed than those in govt and this kind of thinking can only get increasing irrelevant and misplaced.
How many people agree with Hsien Loong that he did the right thing? It all depends on who you ask and under what circumstances. The answer will be yes if the right group would to conduct a survey, for sure. If social media were to conduct a survey, it will be unanimously NO.
Hsien Loong admitted that it was a difficult one, an unpopular one and very costly politically. So what is so right about this EP thing? That the majority of the Chinese population is racist? That the Malays would never be voted to be the president? Why not do the simple and right thing and go back to square one, return to the system of a president appointed by the Parliament?
Practically every ‘racist’ Chinese is rooting for Tharman to be the next PM. Queer isn’t it? How about this? ‘According to Yahoo survey, almost 70% hope Tharman to be the future PM’. Tharman, do you think the Chinese are racist by voting for you and wanting you to be the PM? Oops, maybe Tharman is a ‘Chinese’ and only the racist Chinese know about this secret.
What about this comment in TRE:
NC Tay wrote, “Stop accusing the Chinese of being racist just to push your agenda! I’m all for a minority PM now as Long as he’s capable. Mr Tharman is much more capable than you, why don’t you step aside and let him be the PM. Are you oppressing the minorities?”
Why so gungho about wanting to do the unpopular, the difficult and the costly thing? Is this stylo milo, a show of statesmanship, great leadership, a show of great political thinking?
What is going to happen down the road following this highly controversial and to a certain extent bizarre decision is very serious. In the first place I don't think the Malay community is amused or won over by this funny walkover EP in Halimah. As some Malay leaders had said before this event, we did not ask for it, we did not want it, but since it is given, we will accept it, but not really happy about it.
This change, in my view, did not win the Malay votes but actually undermine the trust among the Malay to serve a political agenda. The Malays are not daft. They could see everything clearly in black and white.
As for the rest of the races, it is a no go from the start and many are fuming. What did Hsien Loong gain to push this through? Political wisdom or what?
Just because Hsien Loong said it is the right thing does not make this the right thing to other people. This could be the worst mistake that he had made in his political career. Not to mention the indiscriminate influx of foreigners and the withholding of the people's 'blood and tear' money in the CPF.
History will be the judge. If this is not the right thing, history will be very harsh on him. But that is not the point. The point is that the people will have to bear the consequences of this constitutional change, and our politics will not be the same again. Race is entrenched in our Constitution when we are singing and pledging regardless of race language or religion everyday
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