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... this article, does it reflect an image of a 1st World or Developed Country, called Singapore? World Class, even?
... living in Singapore is apparently fast becoming desperate. Not only do I see mainly old folks collecting cans, I even see younger people doing it! I saw my neighbor of 30+ who has a family with 2 kids collecting cans in the wee hours of morning at the void deck.
... how much more telling, can it get that Singapore is becoming impossible to live in?
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... do you notice, how almost every young schooling kid will raise their hand up whenever they cross the road, even at traffic light crossings, zebra crossings? I believe this is what the schools here taught them; that if you raise your hand up with your palm facing oncoming traffic, you can even stop any vehicle driven by a drunken driver with an invisible Force Field which will deflect and flip the entire car like in The X Men...
... this idea of raising your hand up while crossing a road makes kids look RETARDED!!! Why don't they teach children how to read traffic signs, signals lights on cars, and even how to gauge motorists as they approach traffic lights, instead of just raising one hand and blindly believe that every motorist will be watching what's in front of them?
... this is the pathetic way our education system is going about teaching young minds...
Edited by HyperFocal 09 Aug `08, 7:34AM
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Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:
You can this national day continue to be kiasu and let the despots cut your wages or you can show the despots your middle finger by supporting Dr Chee Soon Juan and Mr JBJ even more when they are persecuted for speaking up for you.
... this National Day, I am doing my bit by:>> not watching the NDP on TV at all, I will be watching some DVD movie instead
>> I WILL NOT watch LHL deliver his annual Lip Services
... if enough people don't watch the parade in TV or LHL's Lip Services on TV, it can be noted by Mediacorp how many are watching or how many are NOT tuned in...
... I have NO INTEREST and or FEEL for National Day anymore...
... yesterday I asked someone; "..oi, tomorrow National Day, happy or not?", his reply; "... si beh sian ah!.. same old thing! more worried about surviving!"
... personally, I see that it is becoming less and less like National Day, and more like PAP Day... which I don't give a shit about...
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Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:
Wrong, because public transport does not use petrol.
... petrol, deisal, cng, come from what?... OIL isn't it?
... so if oil prices drops, then petrol will drop, as do and should the rest like deisal, and cng...
... but as we know our so called 'government', they will choose to ignore the facts, and fabricate their own 'logics' or 'reasonings'...
... and reason away their election future they shall...
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'Hang up national flag if you forgive me'
Jurong resident surprised to find bike left outside flat with strange letter
August 07, 2008WHEN Mr Jack Ngui was leaving for work on 28 Jul, he found a black bicycle that did not belong to him outside his flat.
Surprised by the bike left outside his flat, Mr Jack Ngui (above) checked with his neighbours if it was theirs. -- TNP Picture: KUA CHEE SIONG
Attached to the bicycle was a white envelope.But as he was running late, the 33-year-old manager did not think much about it.
When he returned home that evening, the bicycle and the envelope were still outside his 14th-storey flat in Block 625, Jurong West Street 61.
Then he saw that his unit number was on the envelope and realised that someone had deliberately left the bicycle for him.
Inside the envelope was a one-page handwritten letter of apology from someone who had signed off as 'Depressed Teenager'.
The letter writer confessed to stealing the bicycle from Mr Ngui's unit about four years ago, and was returning it because he felt remorseful.
But Mr Ngui, who lives with his wife and his sister in his three-room flat, told The New Paper that the bicycle did not belong to him.
He said he does not own a bicycle, and had moved into the flat only in November 2005.
SORRY
In the letter, the writer said: 'I am terribly sorry for whatever I did... I want to correct my mistake.'
The writer also said that he was an adopted child and that his 'uncle' and 'aunty' had not treated him well.
'I wanted to go jail because staying with them was worse than jail and so the only way to go to jail is to commit a crime.'
He said he regretted his actions later and decided to return the bicycle after living with the guilt for a few years.
But if Mr Ngui is not the owner of the bicycle, who is?
'At first, I thought it could have belonged to the previous owner of my flat,' said Mr Ngui.
But when he checked with his neighbours, a married couple, he discovered that the bike may have belonged to them.
His neighbour, Mr Krish Ng, 32, said his family's bicycle had gone missing about four years ago.
Mr Ng, 32, and his wife have been living in the flat for the past five years.
Although the bicycle they lost was red, a closer inspection of the returned bicycle showed traces of red paint beneath the black.
PAINTED OVER
Mr Ng said: 'Perhaps it was painted over. The bicycle is most likely mine.
'There were some other changes besides the colour but I can't remember everything about the original bike.'
The thief had admitted to modifying the bicycle in his letter but did not specify what he changed.
The Ngs said it had been so long since their bicycle went missing that they had forgotten about it.
In his letter, the thief asked to be forgiven.
He wrote: 'If you guys really, sincerely want to forgive me... I hope that you hang the national flag for at least 5 days upon receipt of my letter.'
But the Ngs said they do not have the Singapore flag and are not planning to buy one.
Mr Ng said: 'Asking us to hang up the flag is not the right way.
'If he sincerely wants to be forgiven, he can knock on my door and talk to me and then I will forgive him.'
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... if you and anyone can be as filthily rich as he is, of course you can live LONGER (I don't want to specify 85)...
... with unearthly axcessive wealth, one can either live longer, or die much earlier depending on how, one lives life with infinite financial clout...
... but I would like to draw you people's attention to the saying that; Good people dies young or easily, while the bad lives longer...
... but still, in the end, everyone of us HAS to die... question we all can NEVER know, is how...
... one can do everything and anything to cling on to life even by the fingernails, just because of wealth and power, but when the time and date comes... NOTHING & NO ONE can defer death...
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
He will be speaking again at National DAy Rally, National Day speech. I am waiting to know what crap will he be speaking.
... listen to his speech?... no thanks, you go ahead...my stomach not that strong anymore...
... all the sweet talks, lacking all the walks, all the 'nice paintings' about how Singapore can pull through and how wealthy the state is to weather hard times, self-gratifying & public-psychosis will be the usual order for that day...
... I am sparing myself from certain severe nausea, if you can, spare yourself the crap he will fill your ears with...!
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... what we have, is not a government but an authoritative entity similar to that of a Corporation, only interested, geared, & focussed on the Bottom Line - PROFITS, the Economy of Commerce, and staying in power to administer the economy. People are seemingly like a hindrance to them, hence therefore...
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Nur Dianah Suhaimi
Mon, Aug 04, 2008
The Sunday TimesI don't want to have any more children
After just one year of joining her new workplace, sales manager Lau Li Nah was already the top performer.The then-32-year-old mother of one chalked up the most sales for the office stationery company.
This, however, did not stop it from sacking her in 2006 when she was about six months pregnant with her second child.
Her employer, who had some 30 workers, told her to leave immediately.
Ms Lau, now 34, said: 'I was so shocked. He said he was sacking me because I didn't inform him some of his former staff had joined a rival company. That's their choice. What has it got to do with me?'
She was convinced it was because she was pregnant, and the company did not want to bear the cost of her maternity leave.
With a baby due in three months, she was afraid no company would employ her. However, a multinational company (MNC) in the same business took her in. She accepted the job despite the lower pay.
She was earning about $5,000 at the previous job.
Said Ms Lau, who is married to a sales manager: 'Life was tough. Although I was very pregnant by then, I had to walk from office to office and carry heavy catalogues to get new clients.'
She tried to seek redress by reporting her first employer to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
But the latter's hands were tied because her services had been terminated more than three months before her baby was due.
According to the law, pregnant women dismissed without sufficient cause within three months before the birth must still be granted paid maternity leave.
Said Ms Lau: 'I was so disappointed MOM couldn't help me. There are so many loopholes in the law which irresponsible employers can take advantage of.'
She has since been promoted at the MNC. But until today, she is still bitter about being unfairly let go.
'I will never want to work for a local company again. And I don't want to have any more children. The experience has really left me jaded.'
This article was first published in The Sunday Times on Aug 3, 2008.
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Tue, Aug 05, 2008
The Straits TimesJob interview bias: Govt must step in
NINE out of 10 of my girlfriends concur that attending job interviews is like attending Chinese New Year family gatherings, as many employers ask irrelevant and discriminating questions such as intention to marry and have children. The Government should put rules in place to prohibit interviewers from asking such questions.Details such as age and family members' details should also be omitted from job application forms as these may lead interviewers to discriminate as many employers prefer not to hire mature workers or women with young children. In the event that it is necessary for these details to be made known to employers, the company should be entitled to them only after the interviewee has worked there for a certain time, say after the probation period.
Despite Singapore's First-World status, our employment laws still lag behind those of other countries. The Government can run campaign after campaign to encourage employers to adopt fair employment practices voluntarily, but in reality employers will probably be slow without rewards or regulations. Instead of token efforts, it is high time the Government took radical action if it wants to boost the birth rate.
Karen Lee (Ms)
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... the FAP will and cannot continue winning in GE for much longer ...
... because, people will not continure to be fooled any further, and that certain percentage of people, are eventually waking up...
... remember, no King rules forever, nothing and no one lasts forever...
... I feel that their days of tryanny are numbered, as they screw up more and more while holding on to power... their lies aren't even half as believable as before...
Edited by HyperFocal 06 Aug `08, 5:03AM
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Don't compare S'pore living costs to Sydney's
I REFER to the letter "S'pore not that pricey" (my paper, July 28).I don't think it is fair to compare Singapore to Sydney.
First of all, Australia has a minimum-wage policy. At McDonald's restaurants there, for example, one can, depending on one's age, earn up to $12 an hour, compared to $5 or less in Singapore. My point is that the Australian standard of living corresponds to the income its people earn.
Singapore may seem less pricey because, in general, people here earn less, compared to Australians.
Regarding the comparisons of food prices, I must point out that food portions there are so huge that a serving can easily be shared by two people who are not used to the generous helpings.
Similarly, a loaf of bread there may be more expensive, but it is "supersized".
Furthermore, rice is not a staple of the Australian diet, so it is pricier there. Likewise, pasta is more expensive in Singapore as it is not a staple here.
On the other hand, dairy products in Australia are so much cheaper, with chocolates and ice cream costing at least 30 per cent less.
The letter-writer said that many foreigners want to settle in Singapore. Likewise, it is also a known fact that there are many Singaporeans who want to settle in Australia, although not necessarily in Sydney, because of its high rentals.
Mr Alvin Aw
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... all these beating around the bush about Morality and all that crap, is just basically that they want to monopolize this 'grey area' in the health sector...
... because if people can freely trade organs, how are they as a money-centric government to make from it? Obviously, we can also think up such things as Organ Trade Tax...
... tell me, if you donate blood FREELY, why are the government run blood banks charging by the hundreds & thousands per unit of blood when patients needs blood in hositals during or after a surgery??? They called it Admin Charges (bull to me) ... what do you call it/that?
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Originally posted by ivebeenhad:
if the government is hiding soemthing, then they must be laughing real hard about the 2 individuals who offer the 1m reward.
... that 'Hidden Something' like I've said before, is that the poor chap probably died much earlier from a variety of causes we can only assume, under custody...
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... so bloody thick skinned, as a government they wait for public members to put up such a reward amount... I just hope these two businessmen who footed the money had the right mind to stipulate that the amount only applies to public members who helped nab Selamat... not the Police or any other 'World Class' agencies..!!
... amazing; Thin Skinned & Thick Skinned at the same time!
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