Singapore: An Era Of Leadership Uncertainty - Part 1

The first generation Leadership, under Lee Kuan Yew, had prepared themselves very well for the transition of power in 1990 to the second generation Leedership, under Goh Chok Tong, though popularly assumed by many pundits to be just a Seat-Warmer for a short period until the "Prince-in-Waiting" had been fully groomed and grooved to take over the Dynastic Reign.

The second generation Leedership, under Goh Chok Tong had also prepared well for the transition of power in 2004 to the third generation Leedersheep, under Lee Hsien Loong, the eldest son of the First Premier, three years earlier than planned for. Though at the dismay of PM Goh Chok Tong then, he (Goh) had no choice but to give way grazedfully and gracefully in order to continue to enjoy his lofty tall order of obscene and unconscionable highest pay in the world, and perks and annual bonuses, all of which were initiated and instituted during his opportunistic temporal reign.

The third generation Leedersheep, under Lee Hsien Loong, had been very hard at work to select, nurture, groom, sanitize and sanforize an acceptable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, appropriate and apprehensive 4th generation premier right from the very beginning when they took over the reign of power from the second generation Leedership.

It came a time when all seemed so well after a prolonged and anxious delay, to the delight and joy of the daft, mesmerised and subservient Singaporeans, that a successor in the person called Heng Swee Kiat was the Chosen One to succeed the Throne of Power, albeit an expected Seat-Warmer.

Alas! After only two years of fanfare, glamour, glory and limelight, for whatever genuine, sanguine or sinister reasons, the baton was dropped; the towel thrown in; the curtain closed; and the Deputy will only continue to be a Deputy for the rest of his stay in the Iron-and-Steel Cabinet of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

DPM Heng has declared that he does not want to be the next Prime Minister because his runway is too short. He must be thinking that being the World's highest-paid soon-to-be Prime Minister, his Premier Plane should be much bigger than the US President's Airforce One?

So, the already delayed and prolonged search for and selection of the next Leeder of Sheep continues, to the great disappointment of many balls-carriers, busy-bodies, well-wishers and political watchers.

By now, as most of us can see, there are three glaring contenders for the fourth generation Leedersheep. Perhaps, there is a dark horse in the dark background as a Joker in the deck of the Master Magician's cards? We do not really know. He likes to keep us in suspense.

The three contestants, as the illusions appeared, are:

1. Chan Chun Sing.
2. Lawrence Wong
3. Ong Ye Kung.

Who is winning the race so far? Your guess is as good as mine.


A-non-y-mouse

To continue in Part 2.

Covid19 - Singapore calmly and confidently expecting more than 10,000 daily cases

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said it expects the number of cases to rise sharply.

“Cases could double every two to three days and could reach 10,000 to 15,000, or even more, cases per day,” the ministry said in a media release....

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 3,155 new COVID-19 infections as of noon on Friday (Jan 21), comprising 2,794 local infections and 361 imported ones.

The surge in the number of new cases, considering Thursday's figure was just 1,472, is due to the inclusion of the number of Protocol 2 cases in its daily updates, said the Ministry of Health (MOH)....

Earlier on Friday, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said during a multi-ministry task force news conference that reporting the number of Protocol 2 cases would give "a better picture of the epidemic situation in Singapore and which part of the curve we are on".

Above were reported in the CNA. 

Interesting to note that the number of mild cases ie Protocol 2, were not included in the reporting. Like that also can. What else were not reported? Statistics don't lie.

Anyway, relative comparison, the Americans have a population of about 3m versus Singapore's 6m. America has 1.4m daily cases. If Singapore has the same population of the Americans, ie 50 times bigger, the number of infected cases would be 50 x 3,000 = 150,000 cases and would be 50 x 10,000 = 500,000 cases. Both number would still be lower than the American's. But why the Americans did not classify themselves as high risk but Singapore as high risk and telling their citizens to avoid Singapore? Is it because they did not like us and putting pressure trying to influence our niceness towards them?

Now, in the same vein, India has a population of 1.3b and about 350,000 daily cases. India pop is about 200 time bigger than Singapore. The equivalent cases would be 200 x 3,000 = 600,000 cases or 200 x 10,000 = 2m cases. Wow, these numbers would not look nice and the Americans would not only banned their people from coming here but likely to ban Singaporeans entering the USA.

But no need to worry about India. The Indians die die would want to come to Singapore, their heaven on earth. They would flood Singapore and take over the island even if we have 2 m cases a day. Indians simply love Singapore, and also Singapore loves Indians. With this kind of lover relationship, Singapore would never be short of Indians and the all job vacancies would easily be filled if open to Indians, from the President, PM, CEOs down to the cleaners and workers.

Singapore is so lucky to have India on the standby waiting to take over everything Singaporeans did not want to do, including CEOs of banks and industries, and President and PM and Ministers. India Indians are not like Singapore Indians, so shy, PM job also don't want. India Indians would gasak everything whether Singaporeans likes it or not. Yes, they are hungry, damn bloody hungry.

Epoch Times - Some sensible comments about American vaccines

 Epoch Times is about the most extremist and rightist media available. It is good to know that they still have some sensible viewers that are clear minded and willing to tell the truth instead of spreading lies and hate against China.

Here are the comments.

angeloC 

Made from dog sh*t, they tested that trash at the university of Texas and the placebo was more effective. They know it did not work and sold that trash also in Europe and the idiots brought it.

JK Mom

Ummm….. not to point out the obvious but people “vaccinated” with any of the 4 “vaccines” used in western countries are getting infected at higher per-capita rates than the unvaccinated, and two papers in pre-print show the vaccinated are getting re-infected at much higher rates than the still unvaccinated.
Chinese chicken is the least of the issues facing us school children.

LLinda Griffin

And the shots are becoming more lethal, not less.
They are calibrating the bio-weapon, according to Dr. Michael Yeadon, former CEO of Pfizer.

discipleofjesus Perelka

It is because the vaccines are weakening people’s immune systems.
The more you booster, the worse it gets.

nicholasmay

That can’t be right, people with a higher infection rate after the vaccine? Weird.

JJK Mom

Seriously……. And it doesn’t seem to matter which vaccine they hit. The compliant all got infected……. And compliments of the compliance probably will again and again and again since those super duper effective faux vaccines are super duper effective at destroying the innate natural immune response

DILLON STACY

GENOCIDE. THESE FAKE VACCINES HAVE JUST BEGUN TO DO ????. STERILIZE? KILL?
That was and is their goal.
God I hope the evil get what they deserve. It’s the Zuckerbergs, Soros, Gates, Bidens, Clinton’s, Obama and so many more. Ugh

Covid19 - Omicron here to nest

 This latest chart from CNA tells how serious the Omicron virus is and is settling down here and spreading like fire. Gan Kim Yong said it could double in every 2 days. Now if this happens, and go on for a couple of months, think of the duplication effect and how long it would complete infecting everyone in the island. 2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64,128, .....

Is this alarming, anyone thinks this is alarming and something must be done to it quickly or never mind, like Trump said, let it roll over the USA. Then we would all have natural immunity. But having natural immunity must also get jab. Otherwise the pharmas cannot sell their vaccines and cannot make money.

Come to think of it Trump is not that dump. Qualification, Omicron is not as deadly as Delta.

What do you think? Is the MTF on the right track to herd immunity? How many more jabs and how many more boosters would be enough? Hopefully by then it would become like common flu and no need to get jab and jab, unless some evil people continue to release their manmade virus that are deadlier and deadlier to keep the scam of selling vaccines and jabbing and boosting to go on forever.

Electronic Banking - Is your money safe in the banks?

SINGAPORE: All OCBC customers affected by the recent SMS phishing scam will receive "full goodwill payouts" covering the amount they lost, the bank said on Wednesday (Jan 19).

More than 100 victims have received the money, it said in a statement, adding that arrangements for the payouts will be made with all affected customers by next week.  CNA

The above is the result of scamming and phishing in the electronic banking system. OCBC is the first published case when more than 400 victims had their bank accounts violated and emptied. Other banks are coming out warning their customers on how not to be caught in the scam and losing their money.

In traditional banking, such things would not have happened. When one puts money in the bank, it is about the safest place for your money to be, better than in the piggy banks at home or under the pillow. No sleepless night worrying if the money is still there.

With the latest development, not that it is new or had not happened before, would the depositors be having sleepless night wondering if their money is safe in the banks, or would they have to be constantly checking their bank accounts, or scare out of their wits whenever they received a sms in the mobile from the banks or from scammers? Is this the price to be paid by depositors when money lost due to scams and phishing is not guaranteed by the banks? Note, OCBC is returning the lost money to the owners out of goodwill this time, not legally or mandatory and can refuse to make right the money lost the next time. What if the amount lost is much much more, in the hundreds of millions involving bigger number of customers, would the banks still honour the money kept with them or wash their hands and disclaim any responsibility, or perhaps return a token sum?

Would MAS come out with a ruling, a regulation to clarify on this matter? The situation is getting bad as the scammers are getting very brazen and aggressive and many innocent depositors would not even have any clue of what happened and when or how their money were stolen from their accounts.

Who should be responsible for the money given to the banks for safe keeping? The electronic banking system is designed by the banks. Should not the banks be held responsible as it is their system and they are supposed to provide all the necessary safeguards and to protect the money from being stolen while in their care? The banks must have a fiduciary duty and responsibility to ensure the system is secure and the money of the depositors are secured and safe. It cannot be a case of not their responsibility, and if lost they have a right not to make good the money but only on goodwill, ie discretionary, they can refuse to accept responsibility for the lost of the money, and no need to pay back to the depositors.

If this is the case, is your money safe in the bank? Would depositors dare to continue to leave their money with the banks when the banks are employing many foreigners from God knows where to maintain their electronic banking systems, with access to the money of the depositors. With the sophistication of the electronic systems, digital money can be transferred all over the world and very difficult to trace or recover, unlike the good old days when the bank staff were mostly citizens and the physical money could only be carted away in wheelbarrows if the quantity is big.

Would this become a new crisis of confidence for the banks? Who is there to protect the depositors? Is there any law to protect the depositors when technically the scam could be an internal job with so many foreigner programmers and software engineers employed and maintaining the system, have accessed to the system?

What do you think?

 

PS. I have even reduce my credit card limits to a minimum. Cannot trust the system anymore. In the past it is always trying to max the limit possible. And the banks too would be asking customers to increase their limits. Now who dares to increase their limits to be available for scamming? This may even destroy the credit card business.