Racism? If LKY was unwise, Chee Onn would be jailed for corruption

 

Singapore PM wears turban during Gurudwara inauguration, greets people with Sat Sri Akaal.Credit to Hindustan Times

Today the hype is racism by the real racists. We are sooo sensitive. We are sooooo easily slighted. This is what the first sentence in thenewpaper said. 'Caught in a situation where you believe you have been racially slighted', not being stopped on the road by the white policemen in the USA because you are black, or beaten every where you go, even killed, .... in Singapore, just feeling slighted is big stuff in racism. 

And the minorities are soooo sensitive. You cannot put on the dresses of another race in a commercial and make money from it, you cannot go to a costume party wearing another ethnic dress and paint your face black, a sales promoter cannot dress in various ethnic dresses to look like them in advertisement promotional material, with no intention of belittling or smearing the race. It is racism, we are so sensitive, be sensitive to our sensitivity.

How far should this go when every little thing is called racism? Every one, every race, has some form of prejudices, likes and dislikes. I don't like dogs, and when a person of another race is walking his dog, my body language showed my discomfort, so I am a racist? I am a taxi driver and I don't like dogs and I refused customers with dogs, so I am racist? I don't like people with strong body odour, so I don't pick them, racism? I don't like curry, my neighbour cooked curry everyday, so I am racist? I don't like loud noises, the cultural or religious procession is making too much noise, I complained, so I am racist?

Political leaders need to be sensitive but also to be wise to tell the difference between racism, xenophobia, personal prejudices etc etc. With so many foreigners being stuffed into the island, you think the citizens would not have negative feelings? No xenophobia? If every racist is to cry racism and the political leaders would to jump up and down and start on a witch hunt, 'it could stoke people into making police reports for any perceived racial slight, real or misunderstood, or deliberately exaggerated.' Said Shanmugam.

How many people have been misunderstood, attacked by the real racists pretending to be over sensitive and calling every slight or encounter a racist attack? If political leaders are unwise, did not check to verify what is real, over exaggeration, or actually a racial attack against the accused violator, then political leaders are encouraging and stoking racism, playing to the agenda of the racists.

Political leaders have a lot to learn from LKY in handling wild and malicious accusations by the real culprits pretending to be the victims. Lim Chee Onn was accused of corruption. If LKY buckled under the pressure of the snakes.... If LKY were to take the accusation at face value without checking the truth, Chee Onn would have been wrongly accused and probably charged and jailed for corruption. LKY did the due diligence and absolved Chee Onn, declared him an innocent and honourable men and called the bluff of the snakes and vicious people out to destroy him.

The current hooha on racism arising from a few queers do not justify the attention and uproar implicating that the whole Chinese majority are racists. Far from it. The Chinese majority are victims of racism and often being beaten up by the minorities instead. Racism in Singapore is for the minorities to accuse and attack the Chinese majority, often physically, not the Chinese majority bullying the minorities.  The few cases quoted might seem to be bordering on racism, but could be xenophobia or the frustration caused by Covid19, when everyone was feeling the stress and trying their best to observe certain uncomfortable rules, and you have some violating them.

There is a need for political wisdom to call the bluff and take the real racists to task. Any racist trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill, wrongly accusing others of racism, making police reports and making the police running around like bull arse flies, should not be let off lightly. Wild and baseless accusation of racism is stoking racism and must be punished.

Learn from LKY's wisdom in handling such wild allegations and protect the innocents from being maligned and not be an unthinking party to a witch hunt.

Stop the silly inquisition. Where is the political wisdom and leadership? Buckled under pressure?

COVID-19 Singapore: Great Blessings From The Lord!

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
The Lord is so kind,
Give Singapore such talents.
The Lord is so great,
Make Singapore great again.
The Lord is so loving,
Loving Singaporeans all the way.
The Lord is so powerful,
Empower 3 Mouseketeers as Mini-Gods.

The 3 Mini-Gods are so kind,
Bring Singapore economy back again.
The 3 Mini-Gods are so great,
Make Singapore great again.
The 3 Mini-Gods are so loving,
Loving Coronavirus all the way.
The 3 Mini-Gods are so powerful,
With a stroke of pen, will the virus away!

Such are the talents that Singapore has.
No more worries about infections again.
Such is the fortune Singapore leaders amassed.
No more reports means no more infections.
Such is the greatness Singapore deserves.
Great leaders, great vision and great contributions,
To the World a new model to solve the Covid-19 conundrums.

What will happen after that?
Don't worry, duck your heads in the sands,
Like an ostrich sees no evil, hear no evil,
And everything's gonna be fine.
No more coronavirus to bother us again!
Just take it like the common flu,
Causing yearly deaths by millions no one cares.
Like US doctors' reporting Covid deaths due to Common Flu,
Nobody's the wiser and nobody will.

Only Singapore scholars can think
Like the smart doctors in USA.
Put the blame to the Common Flu,
Instantly, instant millionaire ministers change our way of life:
Back to Normal Life again, with ease and fanfare.
How grear Thou Art!
Hallelujah, Praise The Lord!

Queen of Hearts

Africa’s COVID Threat Hits New Level as Delta Variant Spreads Speedily

Warnings are mounting about a fast-growing new wave of COVID-19 infections across the continent of Africa amid insufficient vaccines and weakened healthcare systems.

According to the WHO's data. slightly more than 1% of the entire African population has been fully vaccinated against the disease

Africa faces a rising threat of a Covid 3rd Wave. Infections have surge by more than 300% in the past two weeks. Oxygen supply and oxygen tanks are running out of stock very rapidly. Medical supplies are inadequate. Hospitals are overcrowded and doctors and nurses are overly stretched and exhausted, and never insufficient.

Since the beginning of June, the number of deaths is so high that it’s more than those from March to December last year.

All the medical facilities are struggling to breaking point. Ventilators are not being used because of a serious lack of medical staff.

“We need the public to help us in this fight against COVID. As long as the people out there do not practice those basic things – wearing masks, hand hygiene, social distancing, and getting vaccinated where available, it will be like a rat race we can’t keep up with.”

Most governments have responded to the surge by banning gatherings of more than 20 people and ordering the closure of bars and nightclubs, with warnings of a possible lockdown to follow.

More than a dozen countries have reported their worst figures since the start of the pandemic, with more than 650,000 new cases recorded on the continent between May 3, when the so-called third wave began.

At a press briefing on Thursday, the World Health Organization’s Africa director Dr Matshidiso Moeti warned that “the speed and scale of Africa’s third wave is like nothing we’ve seen before.”

“COVID-19 cases are doubling every three weeks, compared to every four weeks at the start of the second wave. Almost 202,000 cases were reported in the past week and the continent is on the verge of exceeding its worst week ever in this pandemic,” she added.

Moeti said that, among the 14 African countries now in resurgence, 12 have detected coronavirus variants of concern, including nine with the highly contagious Delta variant.

“With the rampant spread of more contagious variants, the threat to Africa rises to a whole new level.”


A recent situational report published by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security stated that Africa “has exhibited a substantial increase in daily incidence since mid-May”, with daily case numbers rising threefold.

The COVID-19 situation in Africa is worrisome. Both the number of cases and deaths are almost 40 percent higher than last week, and hospitalisations due to COVID-19 have increased by a further 42 percent.

First identified in India, the Delta variant is 60 percent more transmissible than other variants. So far, it has been detected in 16 African countries, including South Africa, Uganda and Liberia.

South Africa accounts for close to 40 percent of all COVID-19 deaths on the continent, with 60,038 officially recorded fatalities so far. It is struggling to cope with growing coronavirus infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.

The WHO will set up a Hub for mRNA vaccines in South Africa, in what is being described as a politically motivated move to counter China's efforts in providing and promoting the Chinese vaccines Sinovac and Sinopharm. 

SSO

USA - the fading away Empire

How time has changed. The voice of the Americans is growing weaker, their circle of friends getting smaller and their power to pressure their allies and enemies slipping away. Since the time of Trump to the present, the only obsession of the Americans is China, China and China. Wherever and whenever the Americans made their presence, in regional forum, international gatherings, in bilateral meetings, the agenda is the same, smearing China, attacking China, coercing everyone to go against China. This antics of the bickering and warmongering Americans has become a drag and very painful in the ears of allies or countries that did not want to be part of this hostile and unproductive discussion with the Americans

Do the Americans have nothing else better to do, no better ideas than to badmouth China, stirring shits and fabricating lies and fake news everyday against China and accusing China of hostility and aggression? Do the Americans really believe the leaders and people of the world are blind and stupid and could not see who is the real troublemaker, the aggressor, the abuser, the provocateur for war and instability, the murderers of Arabs and Muslims and people from the developing world?

The world know who is the real villian, the warmonger and murderers of the innocents. The hands of the Americans, AngloSaxons and European powers are dripping with blood.

China is assertive, China is aggressive, for doing what? The Americans are friendly, nice, cooperative? Not aggressive, not coercive, not oppressive and manipulative in what they are doing everyday? This madness to want to run down China is getting so out of hand that no one would want to be talking to the Americans anymore, as their agenda would only consist of how to make an enemy of China and also Russia.

Countries of the world have many priorities and important matters in looking after their people and economic interests, to provide for their people to live well. No one has the energy or in the mood to want to go to war with China, to make an enemy of China, their number one trading partner and carries a bag of goodies to share with the rest of the world. Why would any country want to start a war, and in this case against China and cut off the largesse that China could provide, the economic and technological aid that they needed most, anything but war and wasting limited funds to spend on buying weapons to start a war.

The Americans still did not get it and could not see how irritating and unproductive they are in their agenda for war against China and Russia. They could not hear or see the messages from every country, including their allies and cronies, that no one is interested in making an enemy of China, let alone going to war with China that is contributing the growth of their economies. 

Why would any country want to go to war, go to fight a war for the Americans, an American war with China? The Americans may have nothing better to do or thinking that war is a great party to keep themselves as the top dog of the world, but that has nothing to do with countries of the world, and if any, would keep them subservient to an aggressive and bullying American Empire.

Many countries are in fact privately celebrating and wishing that China could stop this evil American Empire, to prevent the Americans from bullying, harassing and oppressing them, threatening regime change and meddling with their domestic politics. 

The Americans are so dull not to see how evil and wicked and unwelcome they are to the countries of the world. Every country wants to stay neutral in America's fight with China. It is none of their business. Every country secretly hope that it is time the Americans be held and kept away from interfering in their domestic affairs, be kept busy by another big power so that the Americans would have no time to mess around with countries all over the world.

Quietly and purposefully, every country is staying away from the Americans, not want to be seen with the Americans, except for a few lackeys and cronies, the number diminishing by the day. Every country now would be able to exercise their votes in the UN and regional or international organisations freely and in the interest of their respective countries. It is a new found independence and freedom from the evil American Empire. The Americans can continue to shout, no one is listening. The Americans may continue to charge, but no one will be running behind them. The American voice is getting dimmer, their evil cause, aggressiveness and warmongering have no followers...other than the 5 AngloSaxon has been powers and their semi colonies of Japan and South Korea. 

Who cares and wants to be the barking dogs of the Americans when the Americans could not carry its stick to whack anyone at will anymore?  For there are China and Russia watching and can turn to for support and protection.

The Americans must be feeling more lonely by the day with friends and foes not wishing to be seen with them and to be roped in or coerced to be American pawns. You can't lie and cheat all the people all the time. You can't bully, threaten and oppress people all the time. It is game over soon for the Americans. 

Today we are seeing the American begging to want to meet President Xi or Foreign Minister Wang Yi, just to show the world they could call the shot. Unfortunately the Chinese refused to see them. Nothing worth talking, and kept them waiting at the door. Who do the Americans think they are, that when they want to talk, want to visit Beijing, the Chinese must open the door to welcome them?

China would only talk to the Americans if the Americans behave like decent beans and on equal terms. No more wasting time talking about American agenda and on American terms.

The Neutrality Of Singapore Is Vital For Her Long-term Survival

If Singapore had truly wanted to be neutral, not choosing any side between China and USA, as repeatedly spoken by many Singapore diplomats, past and present foreign ministers and the three prime ministers, then Singapore leaders shouldn't have journeyed all the way to the USA and Japan to publicly and purposely thrash China and the Chinese People in front of the leaders of USA and the leaders of Japan, in order to carry favour and score points. Unfortunately such events did take place, not once but a few times.

Such behaviour was totally uncalled for, unnecessarily antagonistic, lack of statesmanship, diplomatically unacceptable and plain stupid,

Singapore leaders would do well to remember that 75% of Singapore citizens are of Chinese origin. Most of them take their Chinese heritage with pride and dignity. Most of them still have ties and relatives in China. Most of them are doing business in and with China and the Chinese People. Almost all of them, except the few Bananas, still respect China as their fathers' and/or mothers' original Homeland.

Singapore leaders should always be grateful to the Chinese Majority who have voted them into power to enjoy the status, wealth, position and prestige they now have. Without the Chinese votes, Singapore leaders past and present would not be where they are today.

Singapore leaders shouldn't take for granted that the Chinese voters will always continue to support and vote for the present ruling political party to enable them to continue to do what they are doing and enjoying. The wind of change is blowing very strongly. If they were to continue with their Anti-China and Anti-Chinese stance, they may be in for a rude shock in time to come, both internally and externally.

The neutrality of Singapore is vital for Singapore's long-term survival. There is no two ways about it. Siding with the USA on the one hand, while belittling, condemning, demonizing or thrashing China on the other, is not neutrality. It is obviously outright taking sides. Vice versa is also outright taking sides. Even primary school pupils know this.

Therefore, if Singapore leaders have already taken side with Western Powers, especially USA, and especially also with Japan (the perennial Arch-enemy of China), then it is time to mend their ways - attitude, behaviour and actions. This can take a very long time but it has to start now.

Remember, the long-term survival of Singapore depends on her ability to maintain her neutrality.

ASEAN was formed on the basis of Neutrality. As an active member of ASEAN, Singapore must remember and actively uphold the principle of neutrality at all times. Just paying lip service is hypocritical and deceptive, to say the least.


SSO - 1st July, 2021.