The 4G young turks are still not sure of themselves and not sure who
should be the crown prince to take over the premiership. Hsien Loong
said they needed time to feel for each other. The big question is how
much time do they have and need to choose a new leader? And the
assumption is that the new leader will be better than the two DPMs or
other senior ministers today. Is this assumption valid, that the young
turks would make better PM than the not too old senior ministers? Is the
system of renewal, to appoint young turks to succeed a PM, by passing
existing ministers, cast in stone and good for the country?
While some may think that time is on the side of the young turks and
they can take their leisure walk pondering and musing who should be the
next PM, there is also another saying that time waits for no man. A
situation may crop up against the will of man, that a new PM have to be
appointed quickly before the young turks knew what is happening,
assuming that they are the one to make this decision, the two DPMs would
be the natural choice to assume the premiership or like in most cases,
be acting premier for the time being. And if historical precedents are
to go by, taking the example of Thailand, an acting premier is not going
to give up the premiership and would want to continue with the
premiership himself.
Should such a situation become a reality, those people that wish to see
Tharman as the next PM, and those people that fear Tharman becoming the
next PM, would have their wishes and fear fulfilled. In all
probabilities, Tharman is the most likely candidate to stand up to the
plate when there is uncertainty and a power vacuum. He has crafted a
fine image as the most desirable candidate for the next PM. None of the
young turks has that credential, no achievement to their credits that
can be used to justify their rise to the premiership. Their current
position as potential crown prince is based on a system designed by the
PAP, not based on merit in the sense that the best man should be the PM,
regardless of age or seniority.
Given the current scenario, Tharman should prepare himself just in case.
Saying no is one thing, but the forces of nature may push him into the
ring despite him saying he is not interested in the job. Many things in
life are unpredictable. And Murphy’s Law may prove that it is still
relevant and real. Whatever can happen will happened. The longer the
young turks dilly dally, the more remote would be their chances of
becoming the next PM. It only proves that they are not ready or could
not decide who should lead…and the natural choice is….
Singaporeans must brace themselves for an Indian PM if God chooses to dispose the schemes of man.
2/04/2018
Fendi chooses Singaporean celebrities to parade its fashion wear
The famous Italian fashion house has roped in Zoe Tay, Rebecca Lim, Fann Wong and Jeanette Aw to parade its latest fashion at a store opening in Ion Orchard. This recognition that local celebs are in, saleable and marketable is a new trend in this former British colony where everything white is good, and local is pariah. Many advertisements are still selling the idea that only the rich and fashionable are the whites and locals are poor and tasteless.
A good life is an angmoh strutting around with a local lass sticking by his side, looking so happy and pleased to be the sex toy of a successful angmoh. Compares this to American ads when the good life means a black hulk strutting his physique and success and a white woman by his side, adoring being beside a successful black man. What is the story of the choice of candidates for such ads?
The Koreans and Japanese did not have this queer taste for angmohs. They are proud of being who they are and their ads would be Koreans and Japanese. It is not just a matter of wasting foreign exchange, but a national pride, a people being proud and confident of themselves, secure, and not a sub standard specie compares to the angmohs.
When would Singaporeans be proud of themselves as a people and give up this colonial western hangovers? Our local celebs need to be celebrated, be the choice for such ads and to make the money that for some stupid hangovers would simply go to the angmohs.
Fendi is confident that local celebs can sell and is the way to go. Would other fashion houses follow suit? Would other local companies also follow suit instead of portraying our local women as the sex subject and angmohs as the successful dominant half with his prized collection?
In this Asian Century it is about Asians and a diminishing western civilisation. The rise of China and India have also set this trend rolling. The Chinese and Indians are also flaunting their own celebs, the other Asean states too, except this proud colonial outpost in the far east of the British Empire. And we are going to celebrate the bicentennial of the colonisation of this outpost in a big way. Maybe some would be dressed to their nines in British garbs, in hats and headdress and flowing flocks, and drinking tea, and waving the Union Jack.
With their followers and fans, Fendi is going to sell well here with the local celebs.
A good life is an angmoh strutting around with a local lass sticking by his side, looking so happy and pleased to be the sex toy of a successful angmoh. Compares this to American ads when the good life means a black hulk strutting his physique and success and a white woman by his side, adoring being beside a successful black man. What is the story of the choice of candidates for such ads?
The Koreans and Japanese did not have this queer taste for angmohs. They are proud of being who they are and their ads would be Koreans and Japanese. It is not just a matter of wasting foreign exchange, but a national pride, a people being proud and confident of themselves, secure, and not a sub standard specie compares to the angmohs.
When would Singaporeans be proud of themselves as a people and give up this colonial western hangovers? Our local celebs need to be celebrated, be the choice for such ads and to make the money that for some stupid hangovers would simply go to the angmohs.
Fendi is confident that local celebs can sell and is the way to go. Would other fashion houses follow suit? Would other local companies also follow suit instead of portraying our local women as the sex subject and angmohs as the successful dominant half with his prized collection?
In this Asian Century it is about Asians and a diminishing western civilisation. The rise of China and India have also set this trend rolling. The Chinese and Indians are also flaunting their own celebs, the other Asean states too, except this proud colonial outpost in the far east of the British Empire. And we are going to celebrate the bicentennial of the colonisation of this outpost in a big way. Maybe some would be dressed to their nines in British garbs, in hats and headdress and flowing flocks, and drinking tea, and waving the Union Jack.
With their followers and fans, Fendi is going to sell well here with the local celebs.
I just lodged a complaint to Singtel
I am furious with Singtel and have just lodged a complaint to them. Below is my complaint that I want it to be sent to its CEO.
''I want this complaint to be sent to the CEO. I will also post this complaint in my blog, www.mysingaporenews.blogspot.sg
I have a data plan for 100MB which is sufficient for my use. I just received a reminder that my usage has exceeded my predetermined limit. On checking I found that 50.56MB was used up by Singtel Apps leaving only 15MB of my data plan unused.
Why is Singtel Apps data charged to me? This is unfair as Singtel could eat up all my data plan with all its Apps. Even if I have a 1GB plan, it can likewise be used up by Singtel Apps if this is allowed to happen.
I demand that the 50.56MB used by Singtel Apps be credited back to my data plan. Singtel must be fair to its subscribers and cannot use up subscriber's data plan this way.
Thanks you.
Chua Chin Leng
''I want this complaint to be sent to the CEO. I will also post this complaint in my blog, www.mysingaporenews.blogspot.sg
I have a data plan for 100MB which is sufficient for my use. I just received a reminder that my usage has exceeded my predetermined limit. On checking I found that 50.56MB was used up by Singtel Apps leaving only 15MB of my data plan unused.
Why is Singtel Apps data charged to me? This is unfair as Singtel could eat up all my data plan with all its Apps. Even if I have a 1GB plan, it can likewise be used up by Singtel Apps if this is allowed to happen.
I demand that the 50.56MB used by Singtel Apps be credited back to my data plan. Singtel must be fair to its subscribers and cannot use up subscriber's data plan this way.
Thanks you.
Chua Chin Leng
2/03/2018
Singapore Dilemma – Should Hsien Loong rule to 70 years and beyond?
This is the new twist to the so called Singapore PM succession dilemma.
Hsien Loong is now faced with a dilemma, to appoint a successor quickly
as prompted by Chok Tong or to continue to rule to 70, thus avoiding the
need to quickly appoint someone risking appointing another dud
orchestra conductor without the privilege of an apprenticeship. The
option for Hsien Loong to rule to 70 looks like the best solution at
this moment, a win win formula.
Let’s look at all the good points for such an extension, looking at one side of the coin. The negative side I will leave it to your imagination. One, without having to rush to appoint a crown prince, a PM designate, Hsien Loong would have more time to observe how they perform and their suitability to be the next PM. A mistake would be very costly, the downward spin towards third world would be faster. Two, 70 year old is still very young. Just look at how healthy Chok Tong is and how LKY continued to serve and watch over the govt till past 90 years, age is no problem. Three, Hsien Loong took 14 years to learn to be a PM, Chok Tong needed 6 years to prove his competence, so on the average, the next PM would need about 10 years to learn the ropes. Given this proviso, 70 year is not enough and Hsien Loong should continue beyond 70 to give the next crown prince a fair chance to learn to be competent.
Four, since the current batch of potentials is not looking that promising, for Hsien Loong to go on beyond 70 would allow the 5G to come in and be in the running as well. The pool would thus be bigger, with the ageing 4G and the youngish 5G competing to be the best man. It would only benefit Singapore if the best man wins. Five, with Hsien Loong’s rule confirmed, it would bring in more stability and certainty, and no one can rock the boat, meaning more foreign companies would come to invest here and more good jobs for Singaporeans. And all wild ambitions would not have a chance to surface.
See, there is no dilemma if Hsien Loong would to rule to 70 and beyond, win win all round. Nowadays I got this strange feeling that my observations and analysis are getting wiser and wiser. Simply brilliant. I am sure the 70% would fully agree with my viewpoints.
What do you think?
Let’s look at all the good points for such an extension, looking at one side of the coin. The negative side I will leave it to your imagination. One, without having to rush to appoint a crown prince, a PM designate, Hsien Loong would have more time to observe how they perform and their suitability to be the next PM. A mistake would be very costly, the downward spin towards third world would be faster. Two, 70 year old is still very young. Just look at how healthy Chok Tong is and how LKY continued to serve and watch over the govt till past 90 years, age is no problem. Three, Hsien Loong took 14 years to learn to be a PM, Chok Tong needed 6 years to prove his competence, so on the average, the next PM would need about 10 years to learn the ropes. Given this proviso, 70 year is not enough and Hsien Loong should continue beyond 70 to give the next crown prince a fair chance to learn to be competent.
Four, since the current batch of potentials is not looking that promising, for Hsien Loong to go on beyond 70 would allow the 5G to come in and be in the running as well. The pool would thus be bigger, with the ageing 4G and the youngish 5G competing to be the best man. It would only benefit Singapore if the best man wins. Five, with Hsien Loong’s rule confirmed, it would bring in more stability and certainty, and no one can rock the boat, meaning more foreign companies would come to invest here and more good jobs for Singaporeans. And all wild ambitions would not have a chance to surface.
See, there is no dilemma if Hsien Loong would to rule to 70 and beyond, win win all round. Nowadays I got this strange feeling that my observations and analysis are getting wiser and wiser. Simply brilliant. I am sure the 70% would fully agree with my viewpoints.
What do you think?
2/02/2018
Yin and Yang – The complementary roles of USA and China
Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi declared victory over ISIS in December 2017.
According to a Peter Vanburen, an ex staff of US Statement department,
‘there is nothing to celebrate’ for the Americans despite the victory.
The new Iraqi govt is pro Iran and would strengthen the power of anti
American Arab coalition in the region which brews more trouble for the
USA. The ISIS may have been weakened, but the Americans would not leave.
The propaganda position of the Americans is to ensure that ISIS would
not rise again. The unofficial position is just the opposite, to feed
and nurse ISIS to live for more trouble for Iraq and the region. The
Americans decided that they should stay in Iraq, with or without the
consent of the Iraqi govt and Iraqi people. They are treating Iraq as a
semi American colony, colonized after the invasion on the excuse of WMD.
The Americans claimed to have spent US$60 billion fighting the ISIS. And that is not all. The total cost to the Americans, still counting, is 4,500 Americans dead, many wounded, and trillions of US dollars for the invasion of Iraq. And the USA, after destroying Iraq to gain control of it as another American colony, ‘does not intend trying to pay for the reconstruction of Iraq’. This is how great the Americans are today. Ok, according to the same Reuter report, the US did contribute US$265 million for reconstruction since 2014.
This is like after destroying the country and killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, turning their lives into hell, the Americans simply pat their backside and walked away.
But not to worry, the Jekyll and Hyde relationship between the USA and China would come into play. China has started to come in to offer to reconstruct Iraq, to rebuild Iraq from the destruction of the Americans. And you can expect the Americans and western media crying foul, that China is taking advantage of the Iraqi people and constructing buildings for no use and building roads to nowhere, or robbing Iraq of its oil. Now who have been stealing Iraqi oil since the invasion and the fall of Saddam Hussein?
Wherever the Americans conduct wars of destruction, the Chinese will be at their heels to clean up the mess and to rebuild the destroyed countries. This is the Yin and Yang relationship of the USA and China, a destroyer and a builder, a warmonger and a peacemaker, one destroys the other builds.
Who is the bigger devil? China of course, that is the lie the West and the Americans are creating for the daft of the world to read in and to believe in.
PS. In today’s news the Americans again are spreading another lie that the Syrian govt may be developing new types of chemical weapons, to justify keeping their forces in Syria and another invasion of Syria.
The Americans claimed to have spent US$60 billion fighting the ISIS. And that is not all. The total cost to the Americans, still counting, is 4,500 Americans dead, many wounded, and trillions of US dollars for the invasion of Iraq. And the USA, after destroying Iraq to gain control of it as another American colony, ‘does not intend trying to pay for the reconstruction of Iraq’. This is how great the Americans are today. Ok, according to the same Reuter report, the US did contribute US$265 million for reconstruction since 2014.
This is like after destroying the country and killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, turning their lives into hell, the Americans simply pat their backside and walked away.
But not to worry, the Jekyll and Hyde relationship between the USA and China would come into play. China has started to come in to offer to reconstruct Iraq, to rebuild Iraq from the destruction of the Americans. And you can expect the Americans and western media crying foul, that China is taking advantage of the Iraqi people and constructing buildings for no use and building roads to nowhere, or robbing Iraq of its oil. Now who have been stealing Iraqi oil since the invasion and the fall of Saddam Hussein?
Wherever the Americans conduct wars of destruction, the Chinese will be at their heels to clean up the mess and to rebuild the destroyed countries. This is the Yin and Yang relationship of the USA and China, a destroyer and a builder, a warmonger and a peacemaker, one destroys the other builds.
Who is the bigger devil? China of course, that is the lie the West and the Americans are creating for the daft of the world to read in and to believe in.
PS. In today’s news the Americans again are spreading another lie that the Syrian govt may be developing new types of chemical weapons, to justify keeping their forces in Syria and another invasion of Syria.
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