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"Slowest growth" is a popular word our MSM likes to use when it concerns Singaporeans. I noticed they have use the same words again and again. For example, when it applies to their beloved foreign talent, they can use, "Slowest growth of foreign PMETS". Singapore has released population statistics, it is revealed by Mr Leong, the first man to be sued by his own leader for sharing FB article that alarming 38% of Singapore population are foreigners. The most alarming is when you add in the new citizens they have converted in the last thirty years, the Singaporean core is obviously below 50%. Every year, the government converts about 20,000 new citizens, many foreigners into PRs and import more foreigners into this tiny island. This explains why the forests are being hacked, land still being reclaimed and more and more BTOs are being built. They are not catering new migrants and population growth. They said there is no 10M plan but has refused to commit to any number and deflected all the questions and even POFMA those who suggested the number. So there is no 10M, how about 9.9M? 8.9M? or 10.9M? If we are converting foreigners into new citizens at 20,000 and importing 100,000 foreigners a year, we will reach 10M before 2050 using extrapolation theory. The Singapore core is seriously diluted with massive conversion of foreigners into locals, PRs and new citizens. This explains why more and more jobs are going to foreigners while many locals are starting to be discriminated by the new migrants. We have alarming numbers of ex Local PMETs that have been forced out of work or finding no job doing PHV and food delivery, some are in their early 30s. Singapore does not have jobs for so many unlike Dubai, locals are being sacrificed to make way for new migrants. Now with the Singaporean core being reduced to minority, the repercussion will be seen on the jobs and also higher and higher cost of living. The new migrants will continue to vote for the PAPPY, believing they should thank them for their VIP route to citizenship and lunches given to them on a silver platter. Remember Ramesh the Uptron graduate who owns 2 condos and makes $60,000 a month, also became a new citizen. However, when new citizen become old citizen, they become part of the boiling pot which contains the local frogs. The only one who gains from the equation is the party, they pay themselves handsomely and rewards themselves with GDP growth and supported by new migrants and stupid locals who cant think. God bless the dafts. VTO 2024 .  Read More →

Photo: Today It’s now been made official that Parti Liyani, the Indonesian maid who had been acquitted of theft by her former employer, the former Chairman of Changi Airport, Mr. Liew Mun Leong, will not be getting any compensation for the pain that she had to endure. The high court has dismissed her claim against the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) for compensation. The full report can be found at: [LINK] The Judge, Justice Chan Seng Onn, who had famously acquitted Ms. Liyani of theft last year, noted that she had failed to meet “the "high threshold" for proving that the prosecution was frivolous or vexatious.” Justice Chan, argued that the public prospectors would have reviewed the evidence and found that there were significant grounds to bring the matter to court and could not be swayed by hindsight. I am not a legal expert so I shall leave the technicalities of the findings to the better qualified. However, as a layman observing the course of justice, it would appear that the message is quite clear – Ms. Liyani was very lucky to get acquitted and the best thing she can do is to quit while she’s ahead. If last year’s acquittal was a victory for justice, who is the dismissal for compensation against the AGC a victory for? Well, the most obvious answer is that this is probably a victory for conspiracy theorist. One can only ask, how it was that the very same judge who found that evidence against Ms. Liyani was so lacking that it had to thrown out but a year later, that very same judge now found that the prosecutors who brought the case must have found enough to justify sending it to court. Another question that the conspiracy theorist will undoubtedly have a field day would be on the question of what went wrong. When Ms. Liyani was acquitted last year, our Minister of Home Affairs and Justice (In the Singapore Context, writing and enforcing the laws is somehow not a conflict of interest) made some comments about how “Something had gone wrong.” The cynics at that point asked “What exactly went wrong?” Was it the obvious “miscarriage of justice” or was it the fact that the wrong person won the court case? So, if Mr. Shanmugam was talking about the later, the question now is, did someone take Justice Chan out for a cup of coffee and had a quiet word with him about getting things right? The set back in Ms. Liyani’s quest for justice has only given conspiracy theorist plenty to talk about. The government should make an effort to get some clarity in its communication if it is to prove that we really are a society ruled by laws.   ang Li *Although I’ve been based mainly in Singapore for nearly two decades, I’ve had the privilege of being able meet people who have crossed borders and cultures. I’ve befriended ministers and ambassadors and worked on projects involving a former head of state. Yet, at the same time, I’ve had the privilege of befriending migrant labourers and former convicts. All of them have a story to tell. All of them add to the fabric of life. I hope to express the stories that inspire us to create life as it should be.      Read More →

About 600 people have infected with covid during the past month. Many were infected with variant D. Many people were scared about the large number of new community cases. I believe that the fear is not justified. Here are my reasons. I have been monitoring the number of people who are severely sick with covid and need to be treated with oxygen in the hospital. This number had remain stable between 10 to 15 during the past month. This means that the 600 cases were not serious. Only 1 died (and that person is over 60 years). The others were discharged after being cured. There were 2 other deaths from covid during this period. They were patients who were already hospitalized due to severe chronic illnesses. They caught the covid infection in hospital and died afterwards. The underlying cause is their poor health, but it was accelerated by covid. If 600 community cases result in only 1 death during one months, and there was no increase in severely ill patients, it is quite safe to conclude that the infection has been mild. The new variant of covid did cause a large number of new cases and deaths in other countries, notably India and Malaysia, but not in Singapore. Why is Singapore better off than other countries? There are a number of reasons, which can be the subject of any discussion. However, the fact is that the covid is under control in Singapore and there is no need to over react and impose strict measures on social interaction. We should instead worry that the strict measures might cause harm to businesses and livelihoods. The economic impact could be more serious than the health impact. It is safe to relax the restrictive measures and allow life to return to normal. There is the risk that the relaxation could cause a surge of infection and serious cases. This risk may be small. We can relax the restrictions now and see if the situation remains under control. If the situation does get bad, e.g. if the number of severely ill people increase significantly from the current level, we can review the situation. I suggest that we only need to worry if the number doubles to 30 or more from the current level. It is also important to allow life to return to normal and for people to regain their livelihood.   Tan Kin Lian      Read More →