Transport fare increase without fanfare, maybe too small to notice

 

Singapore — Not many might notice the increase, but the higher bus and train fares mean a lot for low-income earners, said public members on the fare hike, which started on Dec 26, 2021.

In November this year, the Public Transport Council (PTC) announced that public transport fares would increase by three to four cents (four cents increase for distances longer than 14.2km) beginning Dec 26, 2021.

The fare increase applies to adults paying their bus and train fares by card.

Meanwhile, concessionary fares for seniors, students, people with disabilities and low-wage workers went up by one cent.

The above is posted in theindependent.sg

What is a few cents? Some even said, what is a few million. No big deal lah. A little bit here, a little bit there, like mosquito bites. Sure cannot feel the pain.

And they have not even increase their million dollar salary for a long time. The only increment they got was from promotion to bigger jobs or bigger titles. Oops, this type cannot say increment. These are promotions.

If they never increase their salary, cannot complain about increases in transport fare lah. Funny thing, why need to keep increasing and increasing even in a time like this when Singapore got a mountain of reserves and always making big profits some more? Can donate and donate even to foreigners, pay for foreigners. Is there something missing that we don't know?

‘Unprecedented storm’ may lead to electricity price hike in 2022: Tan See Leng

Singapore — As energy prices increase globally, Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng said in Parliament that consumers in Singapore might see an electricity price hike next year. During a Parliament session on Monday (Nov 1), Dr Tan responded to a series of parliamentary questions, which he grouped into three categories: energy … Continue reading‘Unprecedented storm’ may lead to electricity price hike in 2022: Tan See Leng

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Singapore jumps to Chinese' favorite country in 2021, as Canada falls to bottom: Global Times survey finds

Which country is Chinese people's favorite? A new survey shows Singapore ranks top while Japan and Canada, which used to be Chinese people's hot travel destinations, saw a sharp decline, with Canada at the bottom in the latest ranking.

The survey was conducted online by the Global Times Research Center with market survey firm DATA100, collecting 2,148 valid questionnaires covering 16 Chinese cities from December 10 to 15.

It shows that apart from China, 14 percent of the respondents said Singapore is their favorite country. Canada is their least favorite with only 0.4 percent of respondents saying they like the country.

As for which country that the Chinese public would like to visit the most, the survey also shows Singapore at the top (17.1 percent), followed by Maldives and France.

A comparison of data over the past four years shows that Singapore had not been in the top six of Chinese respondents' choice since 2018, before jumping to the top in 2021.

Zhou Fangyin, a professor at the Guangdong Research Institute for International Strategies, told the Global Times that it is indeed surprising to see Singapore at the top as both Chinese people's favorite country and favorite travel destination.

Noting that the improvement on favorability for Singapore formed a stark contrast with the decline of Western countries on the list, the expert believes that the reasons might include the decline of the negative news from Singapore in recent years.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has repeatedly stressed that the country does not take sides between China and the US, and he has an objective and calm attitude toward China-US relations.

On October 15, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during his phone conversation with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that China and Singapore should jointly work to address the new task of post-pandemic development, and that the current socio-economic development of both countries and the bilateral relations are standing at a new starting point in history.

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PS.  China should simply cut off ties with Canada, Australia and the UK. China does not need to trade with them. Let them trade with whoever they want or among themselves.

Let's Work Together - The Most Fragrant And Flagrant Motherhood Statement From The Mouths Of Self-Serving Political Hacks

 

Let’s work together for a better world for our people and our future generations to come.

Let's work together but I am not telling you how much I get paid from taxpayers' money. Speculations have it that I have been paid more than $100 million per annum. That's not true, I am only getting $99 million a year. However, that's not the point. The important thing is how much are you paid?

Let's work together but if you reject my invitation to get yourself jabbed with the Experimental mRNA Fake Vaccines that I have invested so much of taxpayers' money in, then I am going to authorize your employers to sack you and make you lose your livelihoods.

Let's work together but everything goes well I will shamelessly claim the credit. If something goes wrong, I will make you take the blame and punishment in order to cover my ass.

Let's work together. By now you should understand how we political hacks work. We cheat, we con, we lie, we steal, we rob and we murder. But please keep quiet. Do not complain. That's how we are. That's our nature. Leopard can't change its spots.

Let's work together! I am looking forward to working with you. DUMB ASSES!

Cheers! Merrier Xmas 🎄!


Queen of Hearts.

Singapore is becoming a silly nation that betrays its own citizens

 The cost of living in Singapore is one of the highest in the whole world. The cost includes bringing up children, education and housing. And when these children grew up, they would again be made to bear even higher cost to keep themselves alive, to pay for expensive homes, expensive transportation, and to pay for expensive education for their children. It is a vicious cycle of debt and increasing debt.

What made things worse and unbearable is that good jobs are hard to come by as many are given to foreigners that were brought up in a much lower cost of living country, paid pittance for their education and now being paid handsomely, a salary that would give them a comfortable life in Singapore or to return home to be the nouveau riche in their homeland.

On the other hand, the Singaporeans paid dearly to grow up, paid dearly for a super expensive education, but would barely find a decent job that could recover the cost of their upbringing. Even many administrative jobs that do not require rocket science skills were given to foreigners at the expense of Singaporeans.

Such silliness in a nation state is unfounded anywhere else inn the world. No country, no matter how low is the educational level of their leaders, would forsake their citizens for the good of foreigners. Everywhere, every country, it is always citizens first. 

But this is not all. The unspeakable is that the silly citizens continue to vote in a govt that continue with this same formula, while their lives get from bad to worse, and they don't even know how to complain. They have lost the will to complain, lost the ability to complain, did not know that it is their right as citizens to have the privileges over foreigners for a better quality of life, better job opportunities. 

The silly citizens now think it is their own fault for not being able to compete with foreigners, many of whom are frauds and cheats, and simply resigned to their fate to become drivers, delivery boys, despite their expensive education from so called world best universities paying world best education fees.

Can anyone see anything wrong with these silliness in this once a great and proud nation? Now it is a hotel occupied by foreigners and soon to be taken over by foreigners, invited to take over, with the silly citizens not protesting and accepting it as a fait accompli.

The silly citizens are accomplices to their own pathetic lives and their eventual demise.  They have only themselves to blame and to lose their jobs and subsequently their country, once they passionately called home. Now it is turning into the homes of foreigners, good jobs for foreigners, good and free education for foreigners.

Good riddance to the silly Singaporeans.  

When the colonialists came to take over their land, the colonialists came with big guns. Now the potential new owners of this land are invited, brought in without any protest from the silly Singaporeans. They need not bring any guns to take over this island, only fake certificates and the generosity or stupidity of its citizens. What are the NS men protecting? Is there anything left to protect?

Why are so many highly educated Singaporeans being driven out of jobs in their own country when a few hundred thousands of foreigners with suspicious qualifications are fully employed here, in good jobs, in high paying jobs? In many countries this would lead to social unrest. But not in Singapore. Silly Singaporeans have lost their wits and will to fight for a better life. They only fought for a piece of paper and think that that is the best they could do. Perhaps no more strength left, resources depleted, too tired to fight further.

If you are highly qualified, why are you contented to be underemployed or unemployed in your own country when hundreds of thousands of foreigners are employed,...in good jobs, in your own country, brought in by the people you elected to look after you and your well being?

It is high time that Singaporeans elect a party that would put their interest and welfare first, priority for education, priority for housing, priority for good jobs. Many jobs do not need foreigners, especially govt and stats boards jobs. There will be a need for a few really good foreigners where our locals are not available, a few to be the catalysts, to be the pathfinders, to train Singaporeans in new fields, not to be here permanently, here not to train Singaporeans but to replace Singaporeans with their country folks.

Singapore is for Singaporeans, not foreigners. Singaporeans have lost half of Singapore now.  Can they afford to lose more before the whole island is taken over by foreigners?

COVID-19 Vaccination: If It's For The Protection Of Everyone, Why Then The Government Sent You Invitations Instead Of Making It Compulsory?

Of late, it looks like Ho Ching is worried sick that her millions of doses of experimental mRNA technology vaccines purchased from Pfizer and Moderna are expiring very soon and if there are no more adult takers, if the remaining 200,000 adults still refused to take the baits. Then alternatively it will be convenient to turn to "persuade" the 300,000 young and easily swayed children from age 5 to 11 years old to become the guinea-pigs.

All that is needed is to make use of Omicron to instil fear into the dull and stupid, and at the same time give a few speculative "may" and "seems" statements to reinforce the fear.

Some people could/might consider that as a crime if in future their children were to suffer irrecoverable long-term effects from the mRNA vaccines that had been injected into their young and still developing bodies. But it will be very difficult to prove culpability and guilt.

Irrespective of who the culprit(s) might be, what if 10 to 15 years down the road, parents discovered that their children could not produce children or suffered from other serious disabilities? It will be too late to regret or do anything. Therefore, make your decision count WISELY TODAY!

Think about this very important HINT:

WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT SENT YOU INVITATION INSTEAD OF MAKING VACCINATION COMPULSORY?

The hint displayed here is very clear, distinct and glaringly suspicious, isn't it? The government can very easily make Vaccination COMPULSORY, like the Medisave and Medishield. The Health Minister has extensive powers to do so. Why until today it is still not done?

Please note also:

1. When you signed up, they make sure you tick the box "I understand and accept the risks involved" before you can proceed further.

2. This makes the government free from blame and responsibility if something happens to your child or children subsequently. By your signing up agreement, you have absolved the government from blames and responsibilities.

3. YOU are, therefore, individually and solely responsible for all mishaps that may happen to your child or children in the possible event of adverse consequences happening after taking the risky mRNA vaccines jabs.

4. The risks are entirely yours to take. So don't blame others but yourself for the rest of your miserable life, if something miserable happens subsequently to your child or children. I know the pain will be immeasurable and will never go away, no matter how you try, no matter who you turn to, no matter where you turn to. I have gone through that road before, although under a different circumstance, and is still suffering now after 20 years. Don't make the same mistake I've made.

In the final analysis, the future of your child is in your hands. Your child is your only concern, your only world. You can never afford to be careless. You can never afford to lose!


Queen of Hearts.