Singapore should Take Back Christmas Island

last SG · 2004-07-14T11:09:36+00:00

can u honestly tell us ur motive of why u always post damn stupid thread??? what is ur hidden agenda or are u just plain stupid??

the Bear SG

those people living there were singaporean...

you think they would not have done it already if the crabs were edible? Laughing

oldbreadstinks SG

they're not edible?

Axelheat755 SG

the red crabs can be eaten one meh? small leh... bo ba one...

the Bear SG

there are 3 types of crabs there.. blue crabs, the red crabs and the robber crabs..

Blue Crab

Red Crab

Robber Crab

only the Robber Crab and Blue Crab are edible.. the millions and millions of crabs are the Red Crabs

robertteh SG

In a smaller world of today,

There lies potential for new trades - marketing.

If we market well and efficiently,

We don't need land,

Buying back Christmas Island for phosphorus is not a good option,

Make Singapore the Market Place.

Then connect up to all manufacturing bases in Malaysia, Indonesia, Burmah, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and sell their products with a re-branding.

Use International Task-lines to do so and we will be fine. Surprised Question Rolling Eyes

j28w32 SG

just wonder when singapore was kicked out of malaysia or in other words became independent?? in 1965??? selling christmas island in 1958?? just do not know how they could do that when it was part of malaysia.

the Bear SG

Christmas Island was sold by the British when Singapore was still a British Colony... in 1958..

the Federation of Malaya was in 1963 or something like that.. i forgot..

but it was the Brits who sold the island

j28w32 SG

Mate, you are the first person i have ever heard in my life about your opinion of territory. you are right today?? or your brain is stuffed somehow or got brain damage from car accident.

j28w32 SG

singapore becomes fully “independent” in 1965. so what is the problem with that island? it was sold by somebody else right? that is the good point of being colonized by others.

j28w32 SG

Mate, two points i would like to make:
1) just wonder if singapore has a singaporean judicial system, or to be accurate a British law system?
2)Military conflict? against who?? australia?? you really got a sense of humor.
i would laugh for the rest of a day.

j28w32 SG

too many people on this forum are just living in the daytime dream. having no idea about what they are talking about. what country you reckon singapore is?? Is it a real country or sth else? too good feeling about this country.

LazerLordz SG

Just curious here, are you on dole?

SibeiSuayKia SG

nope i think to have this kind of hallucination

he will need

Ingredients

Ice
Glue
Ecstacy
Marijuana
Heroin
Opium
Cannabis
and mux mix with 2 litres of 25% alcohol vodka..
and down it all in 1 go..

DXuan SG

Judging from how we are actually progressing, I personally feel Singapore don't need the extra land from Christmas Island. We are a country who saves tons and buys over businesses in prospering countries for profits. If that's the case we might not want an extra land sticking out so far away Smile I don't know what happened to the money but it probably went to construction of Singapore which now has become so much of a costly living society. I believe it was a wise trade.

Just my 2 cents Smile

j28w32 SG

ah,, mate, that is the first time i met sb talking about sth serious in here..

j28w32 SG

hei,, can you give me an example of some country in normal situation selling their land to you? you are really a business people.. you reckon money can buy anything, don't you??

LazerLordz SG

Really? So, I'm still curious.So, is the unemployment benefit over there enough to pay for broadband?If so..sign me up pronto!

j28w32 SG

good on you. try to put me down by questioning my life style? yes.. that is good enough for me to get on the internet. by the way, this amount of money is certain not enough for singaporean gov. to buy a block of land from any other country. as that is totally out of the question. what a jok!

j28w32 SG

Third World War against singapore?? you got be kidding.. your career is not comedian, isn't it? a bit professional in doing that. Standing a guard on that island? you will go there?? or any singaporean will go there?? you will go there and provide your free entertaining performance, won't you?

Eiizumi SG

The logic at the time was that Christmas Island was too far away.

Singapore doesn't even had a proper navy to protect that island at that time.

There was a confrontation from Indonesia against Singapore and Malaysia at that time also. Christmas Island was cut-off by Indonesian territories too.

I don't think we got that money to spare on that island's development anyway.

So the best thing to do is to sell it off then, so that:
1) Christmas Island will not ended up into bad hands.
2) Singapore government have the extra cash to develop the main islands of Singapore.

Even if we got back Christmas Island from Australia one way or the other. It would be costly for Singapore navy to maintain coastal defence around Christmas Island. It is not advisable to build a naval base there. Or it would be eggs in basket.

It was just too far away from Singapore. Even for the air force to defend it, it wold be difficult. It was just not worth that cost.

I think Australia would need the island as sort sort of military buffer from South-East Asia too.

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