Thambi Singaporean says: Dirty politics in India and Singapore- both r same.

Thambi Singaporean says: Dirty politics in India and Singapore- both r same.
PA and grassroots are political tools for PAP!

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PA and grassroots are political tools for PAP! November 16th, 2013 | Author: Contributions/ Raja. To TRE, I am an Indian Singaporean currently working in Chennai for a decade now.

For soccer bookies- Dual citizenship now allowed by Singapore?

"Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan, 43, who has dual UK and Singapore nationality"- this guy served his national service in BOTH UK and singapore?????!!!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25146940

Youth seeking ?'unlicensed' donations assault man who question their authority.

Perhaps like in Greece and many other European countries where spending on effective education is low (due to debt crisis), Singaporean youth also have not developed deep purpose in life and would rather participate in illegal get rich quick schemes (illegal fund raising with high commission/90% commission like illegal / porn VCD selling).

[Healthcare] Joo Chiat residents urgently need a reverse mortgage finance facility.

Me thinks that this is the best solution to balance healthcare costs for elderlies with the stratospheric property prices in Singapore. Singaporeans, led by Mah Bow Tan, have been worshiping the god of high property prices for far too long, so why not ask this god for some dividends in return rather than starting a medishield ponzi scheme that ask the young (with enough problems affording proper housing) to sponsor medical bills for rich elderlies?

Medishield life premiums now increase/ compulsory to help SG govt save money?

Medishield life premiums now increase/ compulsory to help SG govt save money?-- (because govt medifund costs/expenses getting too high)?

Singapore must encourage cycling as core transportion mode for 3 very good reasons

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Originally Posted by christmas_  Re thread: ' One-off public transport voucher 'worth too little'' Applying for it a hassle, so poor go elsewhere for aid, say MPs, help agencies http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking...ittle-20131115 The lukewarm response to the one-off vouchers that are meant to help the poor cope with fare hikes could be due to the amount offered and hassle in applying for them, MPs and help agencies told The Straits Times. In Parliament on Monday, it was revealed that just over half of the 200,000 public transport vouchers available for needy residents to offset the fare increase in 2011 were taken up.

IMF tells Singapore government to steal less money from ordinary citizens.

Basics:
- Every country govt prints money, its just a matter of more or less. All things being equal (productivity and consumption of each country being balanced, exchange rates should be constant if ALL countries print $$$ at the same rate.
- Though not commonly mentioned, such printing of $$$ is actually some form oftheft since more circulating dollars means less buying power per dollar- an erosion of the hard earned savings of the average man.
- Chief printers of $$$ in this world are USA, China and Japan, everyone follows, that is why the M1 money supply (and other wider measures of $ (M2, M3 etc) is increasing annually too).

Termination fee after completion of telco contract ANTI-COMPETITIVE- no?

Termination fee after completion of telco contract ANTI-COMPETITIVE- no?

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The Straits Times, Published on Nov 07, 2013 My Point Termination fee not stated I WAS recently told by M1 that even though I had completed my 24-month home broadband contract, I would still need to pay a termination fee if I wanted to end the service. Why was the termination fee not made clear in the contract or on M1's website? Can the telco or the Infocomm Development Authority explain why there is a need for such a fee? Goh Hock Chai http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/...point-20131107

MOM sewing the seeds of revolution, if not drastic political change

Jarlaxle wrote:

Original thread:
'[discussion] Encouraging locals to be in service industry'
no lah. even big mnc such as manufacturing coy, construction, etc
they will need alot of low skill workers.
but yeah, expecting sme to become high tech is very difficult.
SME lacks the know-how, resource and implementation time period.

Why the contract invented by the principal is indeed an embarrassing joke.

Originally Posted by kopikid

(Thread source: Mr Heng should not have intervened in bal girl Integrity issue)
This is evidence that the 2 kids did this in retaliation and rebellion. This is why I say Minister Heng should have thought through deeper before he came out to censor the principal.
The message he sends with his words is that it is Ok to question authority and not to keep promises.
The 2 rebellious girls and their parents are now gloating at their glory of over throwing the principal and getting their way. They made use of the media, publicity and even the authorities to get their way. hahahahaha

No need so big font,
Just to tell you why the contract by the principal is indeed an embarrassing joke.

Botakgate, how one principal can live on

"School principal Marion Tan has said that if the girls were allowed to go bald, others might take advantage. 'Can you imagine if I were to say 'yes', I'd have everybody come to school with a bald head,' she told The Straits Times" ['Why make bald stand a hairy issue?'(TNP, 06Aug2013)]

Why St Margret's school principal should sponsor the price of 5 wigs of girls (if they had paid for it).

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Originally Posted by kiasilang (At Thread: Minister Heng says okay to go botak for school girls) The reality is not many cancer patients who have lost their hairs during treatment actually go out without a wig? Only those who is still healthy and who want to show the world they have done something in support of cancer patients go around with a freshly shaven head. Therefor, what the school is doing is to impart to the girls not to show off their deeds if their volunteerism is sincerely from their heart. It should be a heart felt deed and not a show off deed.

The circumstances upon which selective GST exemption/ reduction ought to be shunned.

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Originally Posted by coldwarmhot Re thread: [Utility tax] Is tax on tax equitable? I agree with BicCherry that GST is collected once and not multiple times. The total cost to consumer is 7% as of now. However "Tax on Tax" is not uncommon. There are many such examples in Singapore and it happens in other countries as well.

Tks for standing up for the fact/ truth.
Anyhow, as I'd previously mentioned, and using the photo of a Utility bill (Aug2012) as example, the final effect of the 30% water conservation tax (WCT) plus GST(7%) is a final WCT payable of 32.1% (i.e. 30% X 1.07= 32.1%). So there is no difference whether the 32.1% is derived as 32.1% (GST zero rated) or as 30% plus another 2.1% (GST) added- conceptually different but nominally the same amount payable eventually. A bit of mathematical acrobatics- that's all.

Singapore citizens should have 2x chance of winning NDP ticket as compared to permanent residents and all performers an extra chance.

Singapore citizens should have 2x chance of winning NDP ticket as compared to permanent residents and all performers an extra chance.

(e.g. for performers: SG performer=3x chance, PR performer=2x chance, non-citizen performer=1x chance).

Yes, money can buy happiness..., BUT...

Yes, money can buy happiness..., BUT...
Was thinking about this topic lately and think that there is some truth to the rhetorical question if indeed $$$ can buy happiness, BUT with caveats of course.

Why the Singapore GRC system of elections ought be forsaken as an abandoned relic of time. (Response essay)

cancer81 (16Apr2013) wrote:

Re thread: Before we introduce the FT MP, how about reviewing the (duplicitous) GRC system of elections?
this is a thread abt GRC and it's redundancy...
well then do not use such a stupid (yes I used that word) title...
you want to attract views with use of "FT"??
and finally why are we FLOGGING this DEAD HORSE??
remove GRCs? OK sure why not? Would it ensure that the PAP will never govern again?

Why the GRC system must go.(3 replies)

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Originally Posted by sock_min Re thread: A critique of the GRC system of elections in Singapore and a better solution forward GRC system is good as it bring HDB upgrading faster. Else the HDB units all like haunted homes.

[Prepared?]Tsunami of immigrants from Europe/ USA immigrants to SE Asia? But are Singaporeans prepared?

Today, there is alleged inflation due to capital outflows from USA(FED) Japan due to their aggressive Quantitative Easing (QE) aka print $$$ policies. Today these large countries export $$$ into Asia, tomorrow (or has it started?) they will export immigrants in large numbers... perhaps the PAP is now building more HDB flats in preparation for their arrival... whatever the case, vegetables at NTUC will no longer cost the same as they cost now...

The electoral system in Singapore lies in urgent need of reform and remedy.

Originally Posted by Kiwi8 (16Apr2013, 01:43 PM)

Re thread: Before we introduce the FT MP, how about updating the parliamentary elections act?
Well, with the citizenship easily given to perceived foreign talent, PAP probably wun be that daft to risk the loss of votes to make changes to the constitution to let non-citizens become MPs. There are already some foreign-born MPs in the parliament, but all of them have Singapore citizenship.

An apology in favor of Dr Lee WL is fit and proper.

Neon92 wrote:

LKY's daughter Lee Wei Ling proclaims herself as an angel sent by God | The Real Singapore

What do you think?

Cold Storage, Giant Hypermarket- Both Singaporean Family (Baby) Unfriendly Companies?

According to the NS45 benefits website: Redemption Outlets for SAFRA vouchers> Participating Outlets, URL: https://ns45.safra.sg/About/redemShopping.aspx

Both Cold Storage++ and Giant Hypermarket++ (All Outlets) list their NS45 SAFRA vouchers redemption terms and conditions as follows.

++Voucher cannot be used to purchase The Choice Voucher, infant formula, any service items (e.g. lottery, phone cards, parking coupons) and is not valid with any other promotional vouchers.

CPF-OA should relax 10% limit for investment in gold ETF/bullion/ UOB etc

"The survey's composite five-year-expectation is 4.97 per cent - just below the 5.2 per cent predicted in the survey in September. "(see report: 'Singapore's inflation may remain elevated for years to come: survey')
S$100K in CPF OA @int.2.5%, inflation 5%(proj): value @ end of 5 years??...
S$100,000, net interest over 5 yrs (CPF OA 2.5%interest, 5% annual loss to inflation= nett -2.5% interest):
S$100K *0.975 *0.975 *0.975 *0.975 *0.975= $88,110 (i.e. loss of nett S$11,890) to inflation due to the SG govt printing extra SGD [see: Money printing (/borrowing) by Singapore government- how much is too much? ].

Live Documentary: Fiscal Abyss of the 21st century, thanks to unfettered welfare liberal democracy.

Haagen Diaz wrote:

Thread topic: Money printing (/borrowing) by Singapore government- how much is too much?
TS, where do you get the knowledge on this? Just from MAS website? I'm damn interested to know more. Thanks. I prefer to read a book in order to get the whole picture.

Money printing (/borrowing) by Singapore government- how much is too much?

Briefly, M1= printed SGD in circulation + some more, M3= quasi money= everything including government bonds (treasuries) etc (people will pay U money for these at whatever is market rate(much is sold to CPF so Temasek & GIC can invest the CPF monies etc) but too big to use at super-mart).

Why CPI might fail to capture the true rate of Inflation in Singapore.

GamerSg wrote:

Discussion thread: '30K Investment'
I cannot predict what MAS will do this year or tomorrow.
Maybe it will do the "right thing" and stop printing and inflation maybe go to 0%, or maybe it will jump down the cliff with Abe and friends.
But the M1 and gold price are clear that in the past 12 years, SGD has had a net inflation of 400%. Also note that there are years where MAS kept the money supply relatively constant. Your actual experienced price rise in food may be around 200%-300% due to mitigation by increased food production/efficiency. Property OTOH may have increased more than money supply due to government policy of allowing large influx of foreign labour and restrained housing supply.
I use gold/silver as a barometer because its supply is relatively fixed in the world, unlike housing where more can always be built or food which is consumable and can be affected by weather, increased production.
I don't know what DBU is either [bold font added]

'10year swap spread' means what?

"With the persistence of Europe's sovereign-debt crisis, safe-haven effects have driven the yield of 10-year US Treasury bonds to their lowest level in 60 years, while the 10-year swap spread - gap between a fixed-rate and a floating-rate payment stream - is negative, implying a real loss for investors." Source: 'The real interest rate risk' [TODAY, 10Jan2013] by Zhang Monan (a fellow at the China Information Center and China Foundation for International Studies, and researcher at China Macroeconomic Research Platform.)

When the banks fail, everyone else will follow....

rebeccasu4 wrote:

Thread: Future World in 2030?
Hmm I dont think hyperinflation would be an issue in singapore in 2030. Yes inflation is on the rise and will continue to be. But hyperinflation is one of the most extreme forms of inflation and I think the government would be able to control it.
An issue in 2030 could be outflux of talent. If singaporeans dont feel a strong enough sense of belonging and ownership to the country and the grass gets greener on the other side.
Robots seem to far a stretch too i feel?
What do the rest of you think?