Many had choosed to express their anger against the govt here.
It is an outlet to voice their frustrations, and nothing wrong with
it. The only thing wrong is when it turns to slander. More so when
political opportunists take such disenchantment to sow discord and
strife amongst us citizens, using us all as tools for their
despicable political ambitions.
Hahaha - your Great Mentor
Shepherd will laugh at your juvenile bravado in running away from
your previous threads after being stumped by straight forward
rebuttals by yours truly - in which you simply have no
answers.
Now you are opening a new thread
in the same style of a Gazelle to indoctrinate the unsuspecting
with your own version of what the "Truth" should be.
Only a "deerHunter" has the
ingenuity to re-interprete "Truth" in the different ways
seen through a "cross-haired" hunting scope.
Has the constant viewing of the
exploded view through a cross-haired scope caused your eyes to be
crossed so badly that even your brains have been re-arranged
?
If you noticed, these slimy opportunists offers one no real
solutions to help, but to stoke up the flames of discontent by
adding the volitile fuel of falsehoods and half truths to burn the
dismay faced by many in these current rise in inflationary
pressures faced by many, not a problem created by our govt,
but by events beyond our control.
Hahahaha...are you
criticising your Great Mentor Shepherd - and refused to learn from
his efforts when he attempted to combat those
in authority, who were so keen to suppress alternative
views, and are afraid of the open minds, the challenges from those
with different philosophies ?
Are you not aware that your
Great Mentor Shepherd had protested the loud mono-sycophantic
sound that intend to drown out all other voices and replaced it
with a monolithic idiot-logy ?
Has the 'deerHunter'
taken lessons from the wrong
master, or has he drawn the wrong conclusion from his efforts
at plagiarising the wrong section of the great works of the
Great Mentor Shepherd ?
Rather than to go into a senseless debate with them, for they
will never admit to the truth or comprehend logic, they will only
insult and show their further stupidity, helping no one. Thus
this post, from a citizen to another, to share ideas on how to cope
with the current times.
First of all, we must understand our problems, face up to facts
and only then can we confront it to seek solutions. There is no
free lunch in this world. Our society, while will never abandon the
weak, neither will we help those who do not wish to help themselves
but to sit around all day to moan and bitch.
How can we expect a deerHunter's
narrow vision of the World when seen only through the cross-haired
scope of his wimpy pop-gun ?
Do we need to be reminded that
there is "no free lunch" when a useless deerHunter can only be
weakened from his inability to even shoot straight to get
his meal - will depend on the efforts of others in putting the
meal on his table ?
Are Singaporeans incapable of
being generous even to those seen to be useless in our midst - such
as the juvenile 'deerHunter' with a wimpy gun?
Surely, we have also helped
those who sit around and accusing Singaporeans moaning
constantly, yet these are the ones who certainly know how
to help themselves with some expensive crutch that cost
Singaporeans millions of dollars - simply to keep
themselves from being corrupted.
Do Singaporeans need to pay
someone from being corrupted, when it is claimed that our Reserves
cannot pay half that amount to those who need to be supported
?
The twisted logic of the
argument has no moral foundation, and yet we will have ever willing
carpet-beggars unthinkingly promote this false concept
and expect it to be firmly set by constant
repetition.
Yet, the difficulties encountered
by Singaporeans are so real that the repeated efforts will not sit
well with any Singaporean even for the next 150 years of
Singapore's History.
The only way to fight inflation is to get better jobs or rise in
salaries. Fighting with bosses will only ensure capital investments
leave our shores, or forcing the govt for handouts will only
bankrupt our next generation. Each year we get to welcome est.more
than 50,000 new baby citizens, and we must ensure they have a
future and are protected.
Do we need a 'deerHunter' to
plagiarise the words and be a MP3 player for the repeated
broadcasting of propaganda from the Great Mentor Shepherd
?
You brilliantly begin with a
statement that - "The only way to fight inflation is to get
better jobs or rise in salary" - but yet will expect
Singaporeans to be work meekly as Third World
cheap laborers for the foreign bosses - for fear of
investments leaving our shores.
Why should we not expect the
Government to return OUR money that you call "handouts" - when they
are prepared to put Billions in the pockets of foreigners who will
accept our money in return for empty shells of over-priced
Companies ?
Can the 50,000 new babies have any
future, when we leave them to the money grabbing policies of the
Great Mentor Shepherd - who believe that more Foreign Talents are
needed to compete with the 50,000 new born babies ?
Education
------------
It is only through a good education that you may be able to get
a better job. You will have to ensure that what you study is
relevant to the industries that needs workers. Eg;-Financial Wealth
management is the current hot job, CGI is another.
Are you expecting all 4.5 million
Singaporeans to study Financial Wealth Mgt ?
Are you certain that there is
enough jobs in the Financial Sector to go around ?
What about those who are not
inclined towards the Financial Sector - should they follow your
cross-eyed vision to become another useless 'deerHunter'
?
Surely we know by now that the
years of Singapore style education has left your brains
unchallenged, with only the capacity in straight-line thinking
- that do not move beyond even the horizontal or vertical
plane.
Do you even know what trajectory
to take with your screwed cross-haired vision in shooting a
wimpy 'deerHunter' pop-gun ?
For those who already left for work, do go back for nite
studies. There is no choice if one seeks more money. The govt will
offer grants to those who wants to help themselves. As long as you
qualify for a job and have the personality to match it, you will be
hired. Even if you can't find a job here, your certificate will
help you overseas, as a wealth manager in New York or air con
mechanic in Australia.
Who are you working for in the
Great Mentor office - polishing his shoes, or picking the crumbs
that fall off his table on to the carpet ?
USA taking in Financial Managers -
when their banking system are in disarray, and downsizing is the
order of the day ?
Did you slipped into Australia as
an illegal immigrant recently and are boasting of your success, or
is this just pure fantasy to an unchallenged juvenile mind
?
Grocery
-----------
The govt had done their best to scout for the cheapest sources,
and to cut down on the middlemen by buying direct from such
sources. While our 3.5million population cannot fight against the
international corporate shopkeepers who get better bulk discounts
for billions of people such as Walmart, attempts had been made on
inter-govt talks for better rates. Establishment of business ties
with Russia, Vietnam, and Libya are such attempts.
As long as you buy what you need, and buy house brands, you will
never starve in Singapore. Furthermore, if one is truly
desperate and in need of food, CDC agencies will assist to
issue food vouchers. If you do know of some family who is
starving, please let them know our society will help them.
They only need to approach our CDC centres and show that they are
incapable of helping themselves, such as handicapped, or out of
job, and help will be offered.
With all these help offered, it is hoped that the food bought is
not wasted, and children must be taught not to waste their
food.
Yes, the Government has done a
great job in cutting out the small time middle-men and replaced it
with their own favored middle-man - the NTUC FairPrice
- which has not been so fair in their pricing on general
consumer products sold to Singaporeans.
How else could NTUC explain for
the millions that they have accumulated if their revenues are from
simple collection of union fees ?
How did NTUC accumulate so much
funds to build a multi-million dollar Glass Tower at the
hottest property spot at the corner linking the old Financial
District to the new Marine Financial Hub ?
Is the Glass Tower for the benefit
of the thousands of NTUC members, or for the comfort and vanity of
the NTUC leadership who are all members of the MIW Team
?
Employment
--------------
In these times, attitudes are very important. While it is not
necessary to beg or grovel before the bosses, there is also no need
to take on a confrontational role with them. Without them, we will
all have no jobs.
Reason and logic will move minds. Even if it doesnt, so long as
we are proffesional in our duties and our work output is relevant
and helps him in his profitability, there is no reason to get
fired.
If one is retrenched, under our laws, he is protected and
entitled to retrenchment benefits. With such monies, it would be
wise to upgrade oneself mentally for other jobs that are
avaliable in the market.
While the pay may be low in some firms, but if one shows his
capability, he will be paid more in time. We are living in an era
where capability is rewarded.
So Singaporeans do not need to beg
or grovel, neither should we be confrontational - and what should
we expect to get from ''reason and logic'' to move minds that are
screwed like that of a 'deerHunter' with a narrow vision blurred by
the cross-hair permanently etched in both eyes ?
Are Singaporeans entitled to
retrenchment benefits ?
Was it not a fact that following
the 2004 economic downturn - the NTUC has so cleverly pushed
Singaporeans to accept the new Working Arrangements of
"Short Term Renewal Contracts" - to protects
bosses from going bankrupt during hard times, so that the boss can
"hire and fire" according to the prevailing economic situation
?
Are retrenchment benefits
available to short term contract workers ?
Was it not a fact that the
Singapore Government stand to benefit the most, as it is the
largest single employer of Singaporeans throught the number of GLCs
in their portfolio ?
Are you now protecting the
interest of the Great Mentor Shepherd being the Chairman of
Singapore Inc ?
How much food is left on your
table without you having to pay a cent - in your current job as a
mouthpiece extension for the Great Mentor Shepherd ?
Entreprenuership
-------------------
After spending years on the job, and learning from it, one may
consider taking the entreprenuership approach. In our country,
there are no barriers to entry, saved your own desire and mental
strength. Our govt offers grants to startup in critical and
relevant industries, thus you will not stand alone. The only
requirement is that you must have a sound plan as well as a capable
team to help build up your company.
Did you read the other
thread in which a particpant in this Speakers' Corner has
highlighted his “nightmares dealing with a bureaucratic
ACRA”. ?
This is not the first time that
ACRA has given nightmares to Directors and
Entrepreneurs attempting to start SMEs.
Do you know the strings that
are attached to the grants given for those who intend to start-up
new enterprise for their solutions in critical
industries ?
If not, it is well and good
that you do some research and understand from the many failed
start-ups - when the entrepreneurs with limited
funds are forced into "marriages of
convenience" with bigger public or
private enterprises, only to see them attempting to swallow
the entire enterprise by boardroom manouvrers especially when new
capital need to be raised.
Recreation
--------------
Recreation costs had gone up. Thus there is a need to seek
cheaper alternatives. All work and no play is not what our society
wants. The beach, gardens and parks are still free.
Cinema tickets are cheaper during the workdays. Furthermore,
there are cheap DVDs for rental as well.
Pubs are fun, but so can the neighbourhood coffee stalls as
well. And it is much cheaper. $15 a mug of beer in pub vs
$5.50 for a bottle in the heartlands.
Are we surprised that you did
not include 'deerHunting' with a pop-gun ?
Is this your sole preserve that
you do not want any competition from others who maybe better
hunters - and steal the limelight from your efforts at
making some Grand Standing Performance ?
Homes
---------
Prices of home had gone up. in 1970s, the first SIT flats costs
only around $15,000 for a 3 room flat. But in those days, salaries
were only around $800 a month and a cup of coffee costs only
30cts.
The world had changed, and costs of materials, which are largely
imported, had gone up as well. And it will continue to spiral even
for the next few generations to come.
Thus the rise in prices. But still, a HDB 3rm flat is much more
cheaper than a similar sized 99 yr leased condo.
Are you confirming the fact that
the strength of the Singapore Dollar has not been kept in pace with
inflation ?
Was it not a fact that during the
1970s, even as salary was $800 for an average worker, 3 pieces of
Hacks black mint cough drops cost only about 5 cents ?
Do you know the price
- and how many pieces of the same that you will
get at todays rate - despite a strong Singapore Dollar
?
Was it not a touted eonomic
philosophy propounded by Dr Goh Keng Swee in the 70s -
that Singapore will need to industrialise, and concentrate on our
area of specialised dynamic advantage so as to achieve the
most optimum level in economies of scale; and leaving other
countries to achieve the same in their own areas of
specialization given their prevailing set of conducive conditions
?
Were we not supposed to accumulate
our wealth through industrialisation, and create a strong Singapore
Dollar so as to import everything that we need at a much cheaper
rate than we can produce for ourselves ?
Were Singaporeans not also assured
that with our volume purchases from across the globe, we will be
assured of competitive pricing, and better control our cost of
living ?
Does a 3-room flat provide a
better living environment than a similar sized 3-room condo unit ?
Are we deluding ourselves by expecting everyone to downgrade our
values and standards to that of a 3-Room flat ?
Is the 'deerHunter' now
propagating on behalf of the MIW Government that -
Singaporeans now are expected to lower our expectations as the
MIW Government can no longer fulfill even their own dream of
acheiveing a Swiss Standard of Living - AFTER incurring a Swiss
Cost of Living on Singaporeans ?
Is it not true that a E-Flat can
only be comparable to a 99-year condo, and in which case it is no
longer constructed, leaving the 5-room flat being the closest
equivalent to a Private Condo - with both having a 99 year lease
?
Yet, the floor area of a 5-room
flat in the new townships have shrunk by more then 20 percent, even
as the price has gone up by twice-as-much since the same
5-room flat was first offered in the late 1970s.
What happened to the strength of
the Singapore Dollar ?
Has it losts its purchasing power,
or has the Government decided to give out less space even for a
reasonable living environment, so that the minds are left not too
ambitious in a spacious environment ?
Compared this to the
Elite Talent in the MIW Government are given soft-loans to purchase
their landed properties to reflect their status as Talented
Leaders.
Times are hard, as it had been for our previous generations.
While we have a better standard of living than some other nations,
we can improve it for ourselves and the next generations, not by
fighting one another over senseless issues, but critical ones that
will elevate our lives further, as what our govt had been focussing
on, and sadly, that which the opposition parties had been
disconnected from.
If you have further ideas or solution that can help our
fellow citizens, you are welcome to contribute to this thread. But
if your intention is to whine and bitch, please open up your
own thread.
The generation during the Colonial
Days had experienced harder times but lived in an environment in
which the Colonial Government did not interfere with the market
mechanism, and left a largely 'laissez faire' environment
in Singapore.
It was in that environment in
which we have community leaders willing to stand up and help their
respective communities, as well as reach out towards the other
communities.
Those were the community leaders
that rejected the politics of a young upstart and
brash English-educated lawyer, who believe himself to be
smarter than everyone, especially when he could not even
communicate in his own dialect, let alone in Mandarin to those in
his own community.
Those were the community leaders
that rejected the idea of a merger, and had supported the Barisan
Sosialis in large numbers, and resulted in the harsh ways of
slamming down these supposedly negative influence that obstructed
merger; and led to a Referendum that was designed to wilffuly push
Singapore into merger.
Is this the same in Singapore
today, when community leadership is seldom voluntary in
nature, and require cajoling or even enticing with social benefits
and status ?
In an environment when OB markers
are not well defined, and when politics are only the exclusive turf
for politicians - are there any space for Singaporeans to be
politically pro-active and not passive observers ?
Only a carpet-beggar in the form
of a pseudo 'deerHunter' will unashamedly propagate the false
climate that has been perpetuated; and the amateurish juvenile
efforts are no better than that of a "gazelle" or a "noisylion" -
both pretending to push their own agenda with rotten
English.
