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骗鬼之二

骗鬼之二

[Part 1 - 骗鬼之一] 贸工部长林勋强说:“作为净石油输入国的新加坡,石油价格下跌对新加坡的经济有好处”。这句话虽然有点脱裤放屁,却也是事实。但问题是,原油跌价了超逾60%,汽油却只是稍微意思的降价。这么大块的一块蛋糕,为什么变成了蛋糕碎? 不错,新加坡是净石油输入国,但也因此发展出发达的石油下游工业。炼油、销售以及化学工业一条龙。从这一点来说,就比印尼出口石油而输入汽油强得多。但是,印尼的汽油是“入口”的。当印尼完全没有官方津贴的RON92汽油售价8000印尼盾,折合新币0.85元时;当马来西亚没有国家津贴的RON95也仅卖折算新币8毛钱时,我想不出是什么原因,促使新加坡的汽油还能够挺在每公升2块钱以上的高阶上。 当然,林勋强说;“汽油价格并非完全是原油成本决定的,还包括了其他的成本”,这句话是错不了的。那么,是咱们的生产率出了毛病呢,还是就是生产力低下搞的鬼?印尼应该也有向新加坡购买汽油吧?为什么它能够“卖”每公升8毛钱呢? 我当然想不通,我相信许许多多新加坡人也想不通。想不通的是,只是一衣带水,邻国的汽油为什么没有津贴也能够卖得如此便宜。 其实,电费倒好理解。淡马锡的利润,就是外资的成本。当淡马锡将所有的国营发电厂出卖给外资之后,新加坡人的电力能源,就好像被人嵌住了脖子,“高电费”就成为一道永远也祛除不了的魔魇。也就是说,淡马锡从卖发电厂得到的利润,其实就是债务,要由新加坡人民慢慢的去偿还。 白马非马 Source:... 

Marine Parade Polyclinic sees consequences of Pioneer ‘benefits’

Marine Parade Polyclinic sees consequences of Pioneer ‘benefits’

My friend (a retiree but not a pioneer) who has diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol (Yup, he lived off the hog) told me of a recent visit (I’ve had to do a lot of editing, even if I report it as if he were talking): Every four months, I go to the Marine Parade Polyclinic for my blood test, checkup and medicine. I... 

Air PAP flying into some turbulent weather conditions

Air PAP flying into some turbulent weather conditions

It has been 10 years since PM Lee took over as the Captain of SQ 001 and I must say he has been pretty lucky to have flown this far without crashing. But the last 5 years have not been easy. His 747 is getting increasingly crowded with more space allocated for the First Class and Business Class passengers leaving little leg... 



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