SMRT – A very bad deal for General Desmond Kuek

Nothing personal, but to volunteer to helm the SMRT is not a very wise thing to do for General Kuek. I think he must be regretting everyday, just like Boon Wan, for volunteering to solve the SMRT problems. The deep seated technical and engineering problems cannot be solved, would not go away just be replacing a few heads, just like the deep seated cultural problems.
 
Why would a clever man like Gen Kuek, the top man commanding the Armed Forces with a few hundred thousand men and women, and everyone has to ‘ta beh’ him in his presence, volunteered for a trouble infested train company? Why would someone who was used to walk around decorated like a Christmas tree during official functions, walking with the President during National Day parade, want to walk the railway tracks, to dirty himself and look like another average Singaporeans when no one has to ‘ta beh’ him anymore, when his words are no longer commands or orders to obey?
 
Today, everyone is poking at him for his failure to solve the train problems and to be pushed around by civilians that knew nothing more about the trains than him. When he was once almighty, now even ex NS men working in the SMRT would rant at him if they are not happy. It is a very bad decision, in my opinion, to volunteer for this job. To be kind to him, we should appreciate his bravery to answer the call of duty, to sacrifice himself in a mission that no wise men would volunteer.
 
Is there really a way to solve the train problems just by money, by hiring the best men for the job instead of putting round pegs into square holes and hope that miracles would happen? With the money SMRT is paying, it really can buy the best men available in the world for this job. No train company really pays their top men this kind of money. Why didn’t SMRT go around the world like the elites used to do when a top job is vacant, hire the best foreign recruitment agencies to round the world to headhunt the most qualified men for the job? There would be thousands lining up for this job and dying for it if they go globe hunting. And I mean real talents, not fakes with fake qualifications and degrees from you know where.
 
For the same money, even Obama would be queuing up to apply for the job. He would not smell this kind of money as President of the USA. Heads of States all over the world would not mind trying their luck at his job that apparently anyone can do. The money is so good.
 
How, when are they going to hunt another foreign talent for this job since Singaporeans have proven that they could not do it? Maybe another foreign fake would be able to fake that everything is fine if given the job. General Kuek should take on an ambassador position instead of being punished sitting on this chair.
 
Yes, brave man, brave soldier. I really feel sorry for him. From being an untouchable, now everyone is throwing mud, stones and rotten tomatoes at him.

Mary Christmas everyone. Oops, I mean Merry Christmas.

When kindness received a tight slap

Statestimesreview reported this.

'According to reporters from Chinese papers Lian He Zao Bao, two N-level students from Juying Secondary School were not allowed to receive their official certificates because they owed school fees. The two Normal Technical-stream students with extreme poverty family background each owed the school S$540 and S$1,696, and only received their exam transcripts during the release of N-level results yesterday (Dec 19).
 
It is understood the two poor students were embarrassingly shamed by the school when their fellow school mates heard of the real reason why they were the only ones not given their N-level certificates.
An anonymous part-time teacher was enraged by the school’s mercenary actions and immediately went around the school collecting donations to crowd fund the amount to pay the school. The anonymous part-time teacher raised the full amount in less than a day, but the school refused to take the donation money – embarrassing the two poor students who were eagerly wanted their certificates back to join in the celebration with their friends.
 
The school then forced the parents of the students to meet, and discussed options to recover the school fees before finally returning their N-level certificates.
 
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Education (MOE) did not deny the incident and only repeated himself saying the government has a lot of financial assistance plans to assist local students.'

 
How heartless and unkind can these people be? Instead of offering full assistance and showing kindness, they did not care how the two students felt but about the few hundred dollars they owed in school fees. This is so shameful! I can't believe there are so heartless and callous people responsible for education and educating our young.

No amount of financial assistance schemes could wipe away the shame and pain of the students affected in this episode. The people that subject the students to such embarrassment should be sacked. For those meagre some of money, it needed a part time teacher to take the initiative to help the two students. Are the full time teachers that poor, totally out of wits, dunno what to do?

This is how bad some people in this silly island have become, bullying and shaming the down and out instead of giving them a helping hand. But when it comes to Christmas, they were throwing money around to many that don't need it. Charity only happened in Christmas time.

Merry Christmas can be a frightening moment

Many people will be giving away presents during Christmas, and many people will be receiving presents or hoping to receive presents. Many presents will be placed under the Christmas trees at home. Many presents will be sent be mail or couriers.

Here is the frightening moment, especially for those living in the White House or in Capitol Hill. And this is also true for those countries that voted against the UN Resolution condemning the American unilateral act of recognising the seized part of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

For these people, receiving a present by mail is going to be a frightening experience, a dilemma, to accept and open the present or not.

The most dangerous job during this Christmas period must be the postmen or couriers delivering the presents. Are the presents going to blow up in their faces?

'Merry Christmas, I am delivering your Christmas present.'

The World United voted against the evil Empire

The UN General Assembly voted for the resolution not to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 128 voted for, 35 abstained and 9 against. Arab and Muslim countries around the world closed rank to denounce the Americans’ unilateral act in contempt of the UN and the Arab/Muslim countries. The vote against the evil Empire is justice late in coming but nonetheless proof that the evil Empire is in the decline. It is not going to bully the world again. The World United has stood up to the threats of the evil Empire.
 
Elsewhere there were protests against the Americans. In Malaysia, Mahathir has made his round to lead the first protest outside the American Embassy. Najib is not going to be left out and will be leading another protest against the Americans.
 
Malaysia has also called for the boycott of Jewish products. Why Jewish and not American products when the violation is committed by the Americans to favour the Jews, not the Jews annexing Jerusalem, I don’t know. Yes, why not boycott American products? 

While many Arab/Muslim countries are thumping their chests today, do not be deceived. Tomorrow, everyone of them would jump into bed with the Americans again. They would still believe that the Americans are the angels, there to protect them. And when the Americans said go and eat shit, they would. The Americans would go on and demonise and attack other countries, and these silly countries would be shouting and marching behind the Americans. You can be very sure about this.

In three months at the most, all of them would be praying to their white gods again, and prostrating in front of the Emperor. Jerusalem would be forgotten, the cause of the Palestinians would be forgotten.
Long live the white Emperor!

Implications of US Coorporate Tax Cuts

Us corporate Tax cuts will benefit the elites who are blanded shamelessly and and arrogantly as natural aristocrats by a tin-tin peanut politician in an island country in South East Asia. It will benefit the rogues, the crooks and scoundrels in Wall Street,  Washington,  CIA and the Pentagon as well as the super rich tycoons in big business, trading and commerce, the big banks and insurance companies and real estate business. The over ninety-five percent of the population will not even get the trickle down effect of this reduction in Corporate Tax because the rich who benefit will hoard the millions or billions and not spending anything extra.

There will be increase in budget or fiscal deficit and this will further increase US debt which now stands at over twenty-five trillion dollars. How will US balance this fiscal deficit except by extorting from other countries through sanctions and manipulating the US Petrol Dollar at the expense of other countries.

It is important for the world led by BRIC countries especially Russia and China to take down the petrol dollar to prevent US from cheating and swindling the whole world . In taking down the petrol dollar the world can put a stop to US economic colonialism and imperialism and decapitate US ability to hold the world to ransom in its exercising of extraterritoriality through its ability to carry out illegal and unlawful sanctions on other countries which is the result of its ability to control the petrol dollar.

Destroy the US petrol dollar and US will soon become a pauper and hopefully US will not be able  to continue it evil activities of brutal wars of aggression against other countries . We need to stop US in its track of political, territorial and economic colonialism and imperialism . We need to expose the evil and sinister aspects of fake US democracy and human rights and stop it from holding the world under its total demonic and hegemonic dictatorship.

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Friday, 22nd December, 2017

Petrol retailers no collusion

The front page news of thenewpaper on 20Dec has this headline, ‘No collusion between petrol retailers’. The Competition Commission of Singapore, after doing its ground work, has found that there is no collusion among the petrol retailers in pricing petrol. Is this really news? With only a handful of petrol brands, and knowing that the CCS is watching against pricing fixing and cartel, would the retailers be so stupid as to engage in price fixing? These are smart business people and the last thing they want to do is to be caught with their pants down. There is absolutely no price collusion even if their prices are about the same and still making big profits. They know what they are doing, to be competitive, to be within the laws, and to make their huge profits in a free market.
 
Actually the industry that is really free from collusion, definitely more free than the petrol industry, is the stock broking industry. Every brokerage is allowed to fix its commission until they are broke. They compete fiercely with each other, to under cut each other, to gain market share. Some are even willing to go as far as doing it for free. This is really a free market that is completely free from collusion and trading can also be free of commission. The last was what I heard, not sure got such madness or not.
 
Not sure they are clever or stupid. Calling them stupid they would be very angry. So let’s assume that they are very clever people and doing all the right things to gain market share and to do more business and hopefully the end result is more revenue and profits.
 
The reality in the ground is that they are running each other down and one by one is going to fold up with high cost, rising cost and low revenue due to very thin commission. This is like the saying, high living low thinking. And to be sure, they still believe they are doing the right thing. Never mind that profit is so thin, never mind that the profit is not enough to feed the business. Never mind if it is loss making. The important thing is to compete fiercely for business, to gain market share man. If you don’t cut your commission the other idiot would do so. Oops, should be the other genius.
 
I dunno what to say. Just look at the industry and watch which broking house is the first to fold up.

The World United must be tough against the evil Empire

The evil Empire continues to stir trouble around the world. The unilateral recognition of Jerusalem is another blatant violation of international law and a snub at the international community. The evil Empire stood alone at the UN Security Council to veto a resolution against its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
 
The evil Empire is cornered, furious and alone against the world. It has been abusing, bullying and threatening the rest of the world for too long. And many countries that were used to its lies have finally woken up. The Arab/Muslim countries are the last to open their eyes to the deceit and betrayal of their cause and interests by the evil Empire. It is painful to be misled by the evil Empire for so long to know that they have been duped all along. Stupidity must come to an end. At the UN Security Council they have joined ranks with European countries, former allies of the evil Empire to vote against the evil Empire.
 
It is time that the World United must be tough and take strong measures against the bullying and threats of the evil Empire. The strong position taken at the UNSC is a ‘great awakening, a resurgence of confidence, and a rebirth of a new world united against the evil Empire’.
 
North Korea has shown the way to deal with the evil Empire. Russia and China have joined forces to stand up to the evil Empire. The rest of the world must close ranks to put a stop to the violations of world order by the evil Empire. The evil Empire must be stopped from abusing, bullying and demonizing small countries and threatening them with sanctions, regime change and wars. The evil Empire must not be allowed to continue with it belligerent and warmongering policies and actions against the rest of the world.
 
For once, the evil Empire is alone, cornered but still in defiant. Stop the evil Empire. Stand up to the evil Empire. Stop the evil Empire from poking at every country’s internal affairs, in Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia, in SE Asia, in Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, in Latin America. This evil Empire has no God damn right to be messing around with other country’s affairs. That is the only way to prevent the evil Empire from continuing with its hostile and ruthless interference and oppression of the rest of the world.
 
The international community has put up another resolution to be voted in the UN General Assembly after the US solitary veto in the Security Council. And the little girl representing the US is crying out loud, acting like a class monitor and threatening, ‘I will take down the names of those who voted against the US and report to the Emperor. The Emperor would be very angry with those that did not support the Empire.’
 
How many countries in the UN would be voting on principles and how many countries would be voting for the Empire, voting against principles and international law because they are the cronies of the Empire
 
Say No to the evil Empire.