COE up ah, si beh ho ah! Make a lot of money ah!

"I am relieved that the COE market did not crash, as that would cause a lot of misery to secondhand dealers and existing car owners who may need to sell their cars," Said Khaw Boon Wan

SINGAPORE: Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums closed higher across the board on Wednesday (Jul 8) in the first bidding exercise since tenders were suspended because of COVID-19 restrictions.

For Category A cars, or those 1,600cc and below with horsepower not exceeding 130bhp, premiums closed at S$33,520, up from S$31,210 in the last exercise in March.

Premiums for larger and more powerful cars in Category B rose to S$35,889 from S$30,012.

Open category COEs, which can be used for any vehicle type but end up being used mainly for large cars, rose to S$34,989 from S$32,500.

COEs for commercial vehicles, which include goods vehicles and buses, rose to S$24,502 from S$22,002 in the previous bidding exercise.

Motorcycle premiums closed at S$7,702, up from S$4,489 in the last exercise.

Above is from CNA.

What shall I say? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? About 10 bidding sessions were held back, meaning 19,490 quota were accumulated and only to be released over the next 12 months. Sure the second car dealers would be happy.  Really? Sure, those wanting to sell their cars would be happy. Really ah?  Who do you think would be the happiest? More money to collect.  This is for sure.  Those that have to buy new cars and new motor cycles are crying. Who cares? You die your business.

When all the businesses are down, when people are losing jobs or fear of losing their jobs, the COE is the only thing that went up. Is this a sign of prosperity, or as someone might have said, the economy must be good or else people where got money to pay so much for a piece of paper? And some parties are happy. But silence on those people adversely affected by it. This is called telling half truth, or telling the alternative truth. Depends on which side you are on the fence, you can be happy or crying.

COE up ah, si beh ho ah. Everyone making money ah. You know who made the most money?  And who hurt the most? The poor buggers that need a car or motorcycle for a living.  Is this good or not? We are with you, for you and also makan you until your pocket empty.

Trump - the worst American dictator alive

He cheats, he lies, he steals, he bullies, he threatens, he sanctions, he breaks the laws, he commits crimes against humanity, he is a white supremacists and he surrounds himself with the same kind in Navarro, Pompeo, Barr, Bannon, Bolton, etc etc to rule like a lawless dictator of the Disunited State of America.

In this plane of life he is invincible, he is above the law, he is the law. He is untouchable! And he thinks he can get away with it. He is replacing any attorney that dared to investigate him by asking them to go on leave and then sent in his team of cronies to remove all the files on him. He followed up by pardoning and commuting his allies and criminals of serious crimes and set them free. He even fired science and medical experts that did not agree with him in this Covid19 pandemic.

Quietly, HE hs sent in his invisible soldiers that no amount of threats, bullying, abuses of power, cheats and lies can defeat them. These soldiers cannot be defeated by his white supremacist police nor his biggest armed forces, aircraft carriers and nuclear weapons. The invisible soldiers are gnawing at his bones, at his guts, and he is powerless. Trump cannot do anything against the soldiers of the Almighty. Only HE can deal with this evil dictator and his equally evil rogues in their own ways, force and power, to destroy them.

Trump may be screaming MAGA. The truth is that the USA is breaking up and will be turning into dust.  Everything will turn to dust, by the virus. And Trump would, in his silly ways, help this process, to accelerate the destruction of the USA. No one in the USA is able to stop him from doing what he is destined to do, the destruction of the Evil American Empire.

The invisible soldiers are marching on. Millions are now victims of these soldiers of the Almighty, and growing daily, in every state of the USA.

Amen. There is no where to hide, no where to run. Resistance is futile.

Well done, Trump.

Inclusion of mysingaporenews.blogspot.sg Website in the Library of Congress Web Archives

Hi, this is what I received in my mail. For several weeks, the visitors to my site from the USA at times were more than Singaporeans and always ranked number one or two. This is the amount of interest in this blog by Americans.

Inclusion of your Website in the Library of Congress Web Archives

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GE2020 - Confirmation of a Singapore miracle

The GE went on under the shadow of Covid19 with additional safeguards to protect the voters from getting sick. These included longer and slower queues due to temperature screening, hand sanitising and putting on instant plastic gloves. And these let to a last minute announcement to extend the closing time from 8pm to 10pm to clear the late comers stuck in the long queues.

The results of the election were rather expected with the PAP continued to dominate the Parliament with a near clean sweep but slightly lower percentage of popular votes, at about 61%. The only upset was the lost of Sengkang GRC in addition to the Hougang Aljunied and Hougang SMC to WP. WP has now strengthened its presence in Parliament with 10 elected MPs.

Cheng Bock's last minute new PSP could be considered as doing fairly well though unable to clinch any victory. He and his teams managed respectable votes in the 40 percentiles. His home coming did not materialised and Singapore would have to bear with the inconvenience of having F1 races roaring around Marina Bay with Iswaran retaining his seat.

SDP's gambit failed again. Both Chee Soon Juan and Paul Tambyah did quite respectably in the 40 percentiles with Chee gaining a few more points than his last attempt against Murali.

All said and done, PAP is still ruling supreme as the ruling party and will continue to rule Singapore for another term and perhaps in perpetuity.  This is Singapore's miracle confirmed over time, that a political party would continue to win and form the govt of a country, with no meaningful contest from the opposition parties and all the unpopular policies. Singapore belongs to this miracle forever. The PAP is probably the only man made miracle in politics that the democratic world has never seen or known.

Despite all the cursing and anger about the CPF, about the unfair CECA treaty, about high cost of living, lost of jobs, unemployment, underemployment and foreigners gaining a bigger foothold in the country, and a country on a trend of being taken over by foreigners, the people still voted for PAP for more pain and seething angers on the way.

Well, they asked for it, they asked for more of PAP. Say goodbye to their CPF and good jobs while more foreign talents are waiting to be invited in to replace them and their children. Hope they don't just lose their jobs and later their country to the foreigners. The blank cheque has been handed out to the PAP to do as it pleases.

For those thinking of getting a car, do it fast before COE hits their past highs. Go celebrate more good years under the PAP.

Covid19 - Why no ban on Americans? Lock down the USA!

'The United States recorded 55,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours Wednesday, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed, bringing its total to 3,046,351 recorded infections since the pandemic began.

The country, the hardest-hit in the world, had earlier Wednesday passed the grim milestone of three million infections. The actual number is likely far higher due to issues over getting tested in March and April.

The US also added an additional 833 virus deaths, bringing the death toll to 132,195, the Baltimore-based institution showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Thursday).'  From www.theindependent.sg

When China was first hit by Covid19, and when the cases were soaring but only 20,000, long before it reached 80,000, many countries were losing no time to shut out Chinese visitors to their countries. Now there are more than 3m Americans infected and the number is likely to be 10 times higher, why is it that no country is putting a ban on Americans entering their country When New York is putting Americans from other states under mandatory quarantine? The Europeans are considering but still not banning Americans from entering Europe? Is it that the virus in the Americans is less dangerous or it is because the virus in them are white in colour?

The Americans are the most dangerous people travelling around and spreading the virus. The world must slammed their doors on Americans. They should not be allowed to move out of this diseased country, their homeland. They should be locked down to protect and save the rest of the world. Countries of the world must also stop their citizens visiting the USA.

WHO should issue a decree to ban Americans from travelling abroad and banning entry to the USA. This is not racism, not anti Americans.  This is a health hazard.  The Americans are spreading the virus everywhere they go. Stop them, Stop the Americans.

Bolton - Trump begged Xi for help

WASHINGTON: White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday (Jun 21) said he was in the room with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping when they met, but never heard the US president ask for China's help in winning re-election.

Navarro told CNN's State of the Union program that the explosive allegation made in a book by former national security adviser John Bolton was "just silly" given how tough Trump had been on China and its unfair trade practices.

"I never heard that. I was in the room," Navarro said, echoing remarks by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer last week.   Reuters

The hottest news in John Bolton's book on Trump is that the clown President begged Xi for help in winning his presidential election. This act is treason and punishable by execution or lynching if a black man would to do it.

Did Trump said that? The above comments by his cronies, equally evil and untrustworthy men in the White House, said no. Bolton at that time was the hottest property in the White House, scheming with Trump in all his wicked deals, his right hand man, the man closest to Trump, said so.

Someone must be telling the truth, someone must be lying. White men don't lie, they only lie, cheat and steal, according to Pompeo. Pompeo, according to Bolton, slipped the latter a piece of note saying Trump is full of shit. True, or another lie? That's what he said of his boss, Trump behind his back.

The truth is that all these evil men are lying by the skin of their teeth. Everyone one of them is a liar, cannot be trusted. They are the most dangerous man in the Evil American Empire.

None of them can be trusted. Everything they said are lies just for their own vested interests. This is the Americans on stage for the world to see and judge and to renounce all their beliefs in this Evil Empire. A sick Empire run by sick men that lie everyday, and lying is their second nature.

Today they are spreading all kinds of lies against China. China threatening its traitors overseas to return. China is a dangerous place for Australians.  They can be arrested for no reason. Just don't do the same stupid thing as the Canadian boy PM to arrest Chinese citizens that did not commit crimes in your country and China would not touch your citizens in China. If you dare to mistreat or wrongly arrest Chinese citizens, you are asking for it.

GE2020 - 13 funny questions by SSO

I have to post this article today as tomorrow is cooling off day.  Though the rules said no political advertisements allowed except news, better to be safe than sorry. You just can't be sure how people will twist your words or put words into your mouth and you can get pofma or have Sue for company. Here are SSO's 13 funny questions.




GE2020 - Taking Stock: Questioning PAP's Actions

1. Why did Lee Hsien Loong said that Singapore belongs to everyone, including foreigners who work or stay here? Does he not know that Singapore rightfully, legally, constitutionally belongs to Singaporeans. Was he so sick in the mind, perhaps affected by his failing health, that he has lost his mental balance to say things correctly in public? Or was his statement a slip of his tongue? Whatever reason/s he may have, the fact remains that pro-foreigners policies and activities are still in place and being promoted openly and relentlessly.

2. Why did Chan Chun Sing disparaged Singaporeans in general, behind closed doors during a secret meeting with business people, as SHIA SUAY, meaning DISGRACEFUL? How can such a rude, I'll-disciplined and unbecoming person be our leader, let alone holding the position of a Minister? Did he think that Singapore belongs to him and his elitist gang and we fellow Singaporeans are merely his slaves and therefore there is no decency to show respect to Singaporeans?

3. Why is CECA signed, upheld and promoted, against the interests and will of Singaporeans, in order to benefit Indians from India? Who in Singapore benefited from CECA? Is it only GIC and Temasek Holdings having special access for investing in India at the expense of Singaporeans losing the top and middle management jobs to CECA Indians without quota limitations?

4. Why is the People's Association and its grassroots organizations supporting only the People's Action Party's activities instead of supporting all political parties? Is the People's Association an appendage to the People's Action Party or is it one of the national statutory boards that belongs to all Singaporeans and should support all Singaporeans?

5. Why must the Elections Department come under the command and control of the Secretary-General of the People's Action Party, istead of under the Judiciary, or rightfully as an Independent Body?

6. Likewise, why is the CPIB under the command and control of the Secretary-General of the People's Action Party, instead of under the Judiciary or an Independent Body?

7. Why are foreigners (Permanent Residents) allowed to buy HDB flats? HDB flats should be only for Singaporeans, for obvious reasons, is it not?

8. Why did the PAP abolished the Estate Duties? Thereby, relieving the rich from paying tax and the need to report fully how and where their wealth come from?

9. Why did the present PAP Elites handled the COVID-19 Pandemic so badly? Even up till now, six to seven months after the outbreak, there are still at least 100-300 infections per day? Why are they so incompetent? Is it because too much pay makes complacency sets into the heads of millionaire ministers-almighty?

10. Why did the PAP made use of the sanctity of Parliament to settle the PM's personal family feud? Isn't the rightful place to settle such a disputes should be in a court of law?

11. Why HDB dwellers can buy private properties, but private properties dwellers cannot buy HDB flats?

12. What is the use for voting PAP candidates into the Singapore Parliament, when they are controlled by the PAP's WHIP to vote not according to their conscience for the people they represent but only vote for the motion made by PAP's leaders?

13. Where is the need to vote for PAP's MPs when they absent themselves from Parliament Sessions or fall asleep during Parliamentary Debates, or failed to raise questions that concern Singaporeans and their constituents?