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The vehemence against Tan Chuan Jin

2013-05-24T11:05:00.002+08:00

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C for Corruption, C for Commercial Crime

2013-05-24T08:55:00.002+08:00

M'sia new home minister wants 51.78 percent to migrate

2013-05-23T10:35:00.001+08:00

I just received this interesting post from an anonymous netizen and wonder if it is relevant to read it in conjunction with our same Foreign Talent Policy where locals are edged to migrate and foreigners encouraged to immigrate here in the catastrophic policy of taking in Foreign Talents. Subject: FW: M'sia new home minister wants 51.78 pct to migrate Date: May 21, 2013 10:51:19 AM GMT+

Shane Todd saga continues

2013-05-23T10:22:00.003+08:00

There were signs that Todd was going home, resigned from this job and a new job awaiting. He was selling his furniture, another sign that things were quite normal. There were also evidence that he was depressed, seen a shrink, unhappy with his job. His depression was confirmed by his girlfriend. There were allegations that he was working on something secretive that could compromise US interest

Price of HDB flats must return to zero.

2013-05-23T08:50:00.002+08:00

There is no reason why a 99 lease flat will not be of zero value. When the lease expires, it must be worthless. Anyone disagree? For those lucky few that were selected under the SERS scheme and given a new flat, the lease is renewed, but will still return to zero if there is no second SERS along the way. For the rest of 99 year lease flat owners, the day must come when their flat is worth

No, it's not racist to stop immigrants

2013-05-23T08:08:00.000+08:00

No, it’s not racist to stop illegals conning their way into UK or tell all immigrants that they must speak our language [Editor's note: The article is written by Baroness Warsi, UK's Senior Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Minister for Faith and Communities at the Department for Communities and Local Government.] (11 May) – Immigration is one of the biggest political

Shane Todd and the sinking of Choeonan

2013-05-22T09:57:00.002+08:00

Some of you may remember the sinking of the South Korean naval ship Choeonan and killing at least 20 young sailors in it. The South Korean Govt and people were furious. An inquiry with the help of the infamous Americans and some allies were conducted and found the North Koreans guilty of sinking the Choeonan. This act was serious enough for war, the sinking of a naval ship and killing so many

For every Singaporean who loses his job, two foreigners got employed

2013-05-22T08:15:00.004+08:00

When a Singaporean is being replaced by a foreigner, one job is lost to him while a foreigner got employed. For a foreigner being employed here, he quits or does not apply to get another job in his country. His country gets a spare job and his countryman gets a job. This is the generosity of Singapore. For every job we create, two foreigners are employed. Never mind if one Singaporean becomes

No need for so many universities

2013-05-22T08:12:00.003+08:00

Why would employers want to pay a fresh graduate who knows nothing, needs a lot of training and hand holding before they are productive? And if a Singaporean, heh heh, there are a lot more of other commitments and irritations and disruptions. And now father and mother also want paternity and maternity leaves. Why, when it is so easy to get a trained employee with 20 years of experience from

Shane M the civic minded model citizen

2013-05-21T10:38:00.001+08:00

Shane M is a young man. But he is standing tall, taller than many above his age, taller than many above his position as a student intern. He saw injustice, another intern being bullied and beaten in the office by his supervisor. He stood up against injustice. He video taped the incident, but being young and inexperienced, sought advice from Hardwarezone forum. He was advised to make a police

Tan Chuan Jin acted against discrimination in job opportunities

2013-05-21T08:38:00.003+08:00

Tan Chuan Jin at a TAFEP organized conference on fair employment practices spoke out against employers discriminating against Singaporeans in SINGAPORE! Can you believe it? It is unbelieveable but it has happened for many years, and is still happening, with many Singaporean PMETs being forced out of their jobs while employers, ‘such as foreign managers hiring(hired) from their own home country’

Social media is a dangerous place

2013-05-21T08:08:00.003+08:00

There was an article in mypaper yesterday by a Joy Fang on the need for caution when treading in the social media. It is so easy to attract unnecessary and hostile reactions from strangers posting under anonymity, and their comments can be harsh and vulgar. Think Matilah Singapura. Actually it is very true. But not all bloggers are crude, products of bad upbringings, or sick because of

WP’s Art of War

2013-05-20T11:37:00.003+08:00

The debate on the AIM saga in Parliament is intriguing. The revelation of the appointment of a husband and wife team to develop the TCMS for Aljunied, their appointment as managing agent (did I get this part right), the no tender award to one bidder, the development of another expensive TCMS, the management agent fee and the appointment and award of contract to party related people, all seems

Doesn’t matter if Town Councils are politicised or not politicised

2013-05-20T08:09:00.003+08:00

This seems to be the views of Warren Fernandez and Han Fook Kwang in their articles posted in the Sunday Times. Warren Fernandez wrote, ‘Most people, I believe, are not overly bothered whether town councils are political entities or not. Whatever the set up, they just want to be assured that the place will be well run.’ And this was Han Fook Kwang’s contribution, ‘As a Straits Times poll

Intoxication, a piece of RAR art

2013-05-19T21:14:00.000+08:00

I have selected 10 of my RAR art paintings for artsyshark.com. Artsy Shark, an American arts promoter, will be promoting my paintings as one of their featured artists.

The logic of faith and the logic of law

2013-05-19T09:29:00.003+08:00

Jeremy Chen – Nation Wide Town Council Management System

2013-05-19T09:10:00.002+08:00

Shane Todd case – A test of competence

2013-05-18T10:08:00.001+08:00

Obsolescence of citizenship

2013-05-18T09:21:00.002+08:00

Sun Tzu’s Art of War in practice

2013-05-17T10:07:00.003+08:00

The continuing episode of the tussle over the AIM saga has taken a new twist with the WP’s award of the TCMS contract to FM Solutions and Services(FMSS) taking the spotlight. The AIM saga saw the PAP on the defensive, warding blows all over. The picture has changed with the FMSS involvement and the WP is now on the defensive. Teo Ho Pin has suggested something amiss amounting to impropriety.

Myth 1 and Myth2 Polls

2013-05-17T08:32:00.003+08:00

The two polls on the top right have expired and the numbers shown are not amusing. In fact the numbers are jumping up and down daily. My earlier polls received about 600 votes. These two could barely get 20 votes each. Yesterday I saw one showing 50 votes. Of course the real numbers were much higher. The first poll reached about 60 but crashed down to below 20 a few days latter and had been at

Depoliticisation is the way

2013-05-17T08:11:00.002+08:00

The issue of politics and depolitics has again taken the spotlight in Parliament. For obvious reasons, common sense, chicken sense, for the interests of the people, continuity, in the name of administrative efficiency, many govt institutions must be depoliticized. Tiok boh? Agree or not? The judiciary, uniformed groups and the civil service are depoliticized for good reasons. They are the

Reposting of my articles at your own risk

2013-05-16T21:30:00.004+08:00

Several blogs and websites have written to me for permission to repost my articles and I have generously consented to their requests. While the contents of my articles are often provocative in nature, they are never intent to be personal to attack anyone personally. I have tried to be very careful in what I write to prevent people from accusing me of any personal wrongdoings against them. Thus in

Singapore can benefit from the Taiwan Philippines squabble

2013-05-16T13:54:00.002+08:00

After the initial soft and tenderly reaction to the killing of their fisherman by the Filipino pirates in coastguard uniforms, the Ma Ying Jiu Govt has taken a tougher stand and making demands for punitive actions on the killers instead of requesting for apologies. Thanks to the Taiwanese media for reporting on the outrage of the people after years of no govt while the fishermen were easy

Hsien Loong sees need to develop Singaporean core of finance and banking specialists

2013-05-16T09:39:00.002+08:00

Hsien Loong said, ‘there was a need to develop a local core of specialists and leaders in finance. He said that MAS is currently facilitating this move by working with banks and other financial institutions’. TRE commented, ‘It’s not known how MAS is going to “facilitate” the development of Singaporean specialists and leaders in the finance industry, given that in the financial services