Lowinsky's open letter to calls for feedback and suggestions

Dear Friends n Fellow Singaporeans,
Lawrence Wong our 4G PM Elect said in Parliament that all he hears are the People are asking for more and more but no one has suggested any good ideas on cutting back or how to reduce spending.

No problem Mr. Wong here is a list of things that you can cut back on:

1. *Ministerial salaries*. It is embarrassing to have the highest paid PM in the world for an island of 720 sq m.

2. *Abolish the expensive blood-sucking Mayors* scheme that is effete n self serving

3. *Cut the $9m paid to the President* by at least half. A figure puppet should not be paid so much.

4. *Cut back spending for the People's Association* now that Covid 19 is practically over. $1 billion every year for the past 5 years is a truckload of tax payers' money.

5. *Suspend funding for SPH Media* until it has shown results on editorial indepedence. Dead wood editors should be let go.

6. *Stop raising transport fares* every year when the SMRT is swimming in profit

7. *Remove spending on Goverment Parliamentary Committees* which serve no purpose as an opposition in Parliament. We already have a robust 10 member WP/PSP check on the murky and non-transparent PAP government

8. *Cut unnecessary political appointees* such as Ministers of State, Senior Ministers of State, parliamentary Secretaries, Senior Parliamentary Secretaries etc.

9. *Trim the grassroots organisations* - RCs, CCs, CCCs, etc - and unify them as one to cut cost and bureaucracy.

10. *Cut back on Mindef spending.* We are seeing bigger military budgets for Mindef that hit $17b in 2023. Why spend so much when there aren't any immediate national security issues ?

11. *Trim the number of paper generals and admirals in the army navy n airforce.*

12.*Ex-generals and ministers should no longer be made directors in GLCs.*

13. *Trim the number of PAP MPs most of whom are part-timers.* The It is a joke to have 93 MPs for a tiny island many of whom are caught napping in the HOUSE. Problem is they think the HOUSE is their sleeping chamber

14. *Ban spending on the design of rubbish dumps* that cost a million dollars.

15. *Cut top civil servants n Stat Boards pay* by at least half because many of them are mere retirees from the SAF

16. *Cut the number of Ministers parked in the PMO* like Indranee Rajah

17. *Cut those Ministers in Parliament* who say:
If you want a short answer it is: I don't know ...I don't know...
U know who I am referring to?

18. *Cut down the number of chairmanships n directorships* that a crony can hold

19. *Cut down the number of positions that husbands n wives can hold that lead to possible conflict of interest*

20. *If a Minister cannot speak in Parliament because of number 19 above he should recuse himself.*

Silence is not golden. Silence means conspiracy and collusion

21. *Cut down the import of millionaires and billionaires* who drive up the prices of COE, cars, bikes, condos rentals n Cost of Living

22. *Cut down verbiage and give honest answers in Parliament.*

23.*Rein in the arrogance of the Speaker in Parliament m* and let him not interupt or restrain the honest opposition members from speaking their minds

That is all Lawrence, thank you

Lowinsky
SJI

Where did the savings of Singaporeans go to?

The bulk of Singaporean's savings in CPF will all be siphoned off in paying for that million dollar flat very soon, but that will still turn to dust after 99 years. I really worry and feel sorry for the future generations not knowing whether they will be able to afford those flats. But never mind, the Government still maintains that however HDB flat prices escalated, HDB flats are 'still affordable'. End of story.
No wonder some people have been saying that our money in CPF is actually their money, just like the USA Government telling countries holding reserves with them and people it does not like but who holds money in Western banks. The Singapore Government assured us that using our CPF to buy a HDB flat will provide a valuable asset that will increase in value for our retirement, with the narrative discreetly avoiding the zero value time bomb. They know you and me have no other choices. That golden opportunity for a big CPF withdrawal at age 55 became a mirage and turned to dust for every Singaporean.

Then there was the tall tale by the tall one, that touted for years, that upgrading will increase the value of your flat. Someone pricked the upgrading balloon asking what happens to HDB flats when it reaches 99 years. That was the end of the upgrading myth, otherwise it will still be a carrot that will be dangled in front of voters when GE comes around. And Singaporeans will continue to bite. But strangely not Hougangers, even when offered upgrading for votes.

Africa - ending the white men's myth of superiority

Ursula born the liar is a USA puppet, true and true. Now they want to put her as head of Nato. Does that tell us anything? After destroying Germany and France and the EU, she is going to destroy Nato as well. That would be another blessing in disguise for Russia and China.
China is giving her the ultimate insult, with the bare minimum of protocol. Cruelly humilated? Why treat someone like a human being when you know she has never been known to behave like one. I truly applaud what China did. And the irony is that China gave the red carpet welcome for Macron, while ignoring his 'mummy' just to highlight the contrast in treatment, so the world can see. Do not mess with Xi. And as Seymour Hersh warned the West - Do not mess with Putin.

Blinken is still waiting for that invite from China, which I do not expect will come. Why would China waste time talking to people who goes there with a laundry list of demands that they think China should follow. Human rights tops the list of demands. Who the hell are these people dictating what China must follow? China will not forget the century of humiliation by the Anglo Saxon clique and Japan and the force opening of China to the opium trade. When have the Whites ever respect human rights over this alone?

As African leaders have always said, Africans also have rights and they do not need the Whites to teach them about democracy and human rights. They have seen the total and blatant abuse of human rights and democratic rules by the Whites in Africa during the years of colonisation. And the Whites expect all these to be forgotten and forgiven?

The safest banks to put your money in are in the East

 Strange sounding as it may be, the safest banks to put your life savings in are the banks in Hong Kong and Chinese banks. Long gone were the American or western banks when they can simply seize your deposits for the slightest or silliest excuse, and lo behold, your money is gone. All the fake pretences that the West is a safe place for your hard earned money, starting from the days of putting your nation's gold in Fort Knox, USA is history. Now that they are broke, they have all turned to become robbers and committing daylight robbery. Even Switzerland is no exception.

Singapore is also a good choice as a safe haven to keep your millions and billions. The only fear is that Singapore is too close to the Americans and may become like Switzerland if forced by the Americans with the 'you are with us or against us' clique. Would Singapore capitulate if the Americans demand to confiscate the savings of people and country's money in Singapore banks just like Switzerland did? Big question.

Who would believe that the American banks and western banks are now rogue banks, the most untrustworthy and most dangerous place to put your savings? Yes, they are the rogue banks. But they would still peddle the narrative that China's banks are dangerous because of their political system, and that they did not confiscate your money now, they would do so one day in the future. Just like the narrative that China has not invaded any country but would do so tomorrow or in the future when everyone is dead and gone.

Do you believe in what is happening now or fear the ghost of the future? What is real and what is unreal? What is truth and what is lie?

The proof is where the money is flowing now. Those who have money in American and western banks are marching with their feet, go east, to Hong Kong and Singapore. Both are big winners in this migration of fund. The bank run on USA is starting. The exodus of money for safe havens is unstoppable. No amount of propaganda and lies can stop the owners of wealth to know where is safe to park their money. 

In the same way, the big banks in the West, in the USA, are also switching from American dollars to gold. No amount of fake persuasion can change their move for safety. The greenback is now a highly fragile and unreliable instrument to store wealth.

Well done America, for destroying your credibility as honest, dependable and reliable patrons to protect wealth under your safe keeping. You are history.

China telling silly boys and girls how to behave

 

China is now a super power, and must act and behave like a big power. It must observe the right protocol, treat big and small countries with mutual respect and with decorum. It must not allow silly boys and girls to scratch and bitch around especially when they come calling on Chinese leaders. If silly boys and girls misbehaved, they must be caned accordingly.

This Ursula is not a national leader but just the head of the EU administrative service, like a civil servant, an employee. For her to visit China and behave like she is a national leader and talking rubbish is unacceptable. It is bad protocol and disrespectful. She does not know her place and must be put into her right place.

It is right for China not to accord her VIP treatment and deal with her like a civilian visitor. She asked for it.  Yes, make her go through the normal custom and immigration protocol to let her know that she is just a silly little woman. This will give notice to other silly boys and girls to behave and be respectful when visiting China.