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Tanjong Pagar PAP MP Baey Yam Keng, who is infamous of making the most frivolous if not incomprehensive remarks in Parliament about food museums and hairdos, is offering his "expert opinion" on the dress code for women. In an interview with Lianhe Wanbao yesterday, Baey described working women as wearing low-cut dresses as being "unprofessional". (read full article here) "On some occasions, female customers will wear low-cut dresses to discuss cases with me. During the meeting, I will feel a bit "harassed" and will not dare to look at them or use a document to block the view," he said. Baey also claimed that his fellow female colleagues' dressings are pretty professional and decent though he would see women in lacy undergarment doing shopping at times.    "This can be regarded as sexual harassment," he added. Is Mr Baey being "harassed" or "stimulated"? Why is there a need to avoid looking at women in low cut if he is not physically attracted to their bodies in the first place? Singapore ladies seeking help at Mr Baey's Meet-the-People session should dress themselves up completely from head to toes in proper attire without revealing any bras, panties, breasts or buttocks in case Mr Baey feels "harassed" and lodges a police report as is the "modus operandi" among PAP MPs nowadays.   Please join our Facebook page here and invite your friends to do so to create awareness of the current affairs affecting Singaporeans. Please use our online web form to contact us.  Read More →

OPINION The massive astroturfing by the PAP regime in forcing Singapore students to line the roads to welcome the YOG torch rally is reminiscent of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong's (乾隆帝) six personal trips to Jiangnan (江南). (covering roughly today's Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces in China) Qianlong is the fourth Emperor of China's last feudal dynasty - the Qing dynasty, reigning from 1735 to 1799 AD. The Manchu Qing China reached the apogee of its power during the middle half of his rule annexing Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia. (corresponding to the present frontiers of modern China) [Get instant updates and discussions about the YOG on our Facebook page here] Intoxicated by his success, Qianlong became complacent and started depleting the imperial treasury which his father Emperor Yongzheng (雍正帝) painstakingly built up with extravagant trips to the Jiangnan region south of the Yangtze river on the pretext of "inspecting" the southern lands. In those days, the transport system between various parts of China was poorly developed unlike now and it took several months alone to prepare for such a trip from Beijing to Nanjing which are thousand of miles apart. Tremendous amount of state resources were expended to prepare for one single trip alone ranging from the Emperor's entourage, food and security. The greater danger came not from the trip, but from corrupted provincial officials who made use of the opportunity to fleece the people and to curry favor with the Emperor. The Emperor would travel by both the Grand Canal (大运河) and roads, passing by Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces and stopping at several cities and towns in the process during his sojourn from Beijing to Jiangnan. Provincial officials keen to make an impression on the Emperor would extort monies from the people by raising taxes arbitrarily to build mansions, repair roads and construct dams all under the name of ensuring that the Emperor would enjoy a "safe" trip while in reality fattening their wallets as well. For example, the commoners would be forced to provide FREE labor to build mansions for the Emperor to live in but they ended up becoming the homes of these officials after the Emperor left. They were given DOG food and expected to work for LONG hours non-stop without rest for NATIONAL interest. After all, it was a "honor" for them to receive the Emperor who was revered as a living god in feudal China. Every trip Qianlong made to Jiangnan turned out to be a money-making venture for thousands of corrupted officials who had no qualms oppressing the people they were supposed to care for and squeezing them dry. The situation was so horrendous in some places that entire towns were deserted as a result of the exploitation. The farms were left to ruins as the peasants were deployed for construction projects. Famines broke out and cannibalism was widespread. Some sold their wives and daughters to the officials who in turn selected the pretty ones for the Emperor to indulge in his sexual fantasies. It was rumored that the aging Emperor would sleep with several young virgin girls in one go to "boost" his sexual prowess, after which they were "bestowed" to the officials as sex slaves. Desperate to hide the truth from the Emperor, these officials would resort to "astroturfing" tactics employed by the PAP regime to hoodwink Qianlong who still lived in blissful ignorance that his domain was peaceful and prosperous. The officials would give beautiful clothes to the peasants to wear and fed them well a few weeks before the Emperor's arrival. Then they would be forced to line the road where the Emperor's entourage was supposed to pass for hours under the hot sun or in the rain to cheer for the Emperor when he arrived. "LONG LIVE the EMPEROR!!!" (皇上万岁,万万岁!), the chorus of greeting emanating from the people indeed sounded sweet to Qianlong, but little was he aware of the reality on the ground that the people were actually starving, suffering and living in abject misery. Emperor Qianlong was not a "riff-raft" in his early years when he was actually quite capable and caring towards his subjects, but his successes had made him arrogant and he became DEAF to all criticisms, convinced that he was infallible and could make no single mistake. When an upright official tried to dissuade him from making any more trips to Jiangnan as the peasants were starving, he shot back: "How much food do they want? Do they want three meals a day at an inn, a restaurant or my imperial palace?" Towards the end of Qianlong reign, the imperial treasury was completely depleted partly as a result of his six extravagant trips to Jiangnan and peasant revolts erupted all over China, marking the decline of the once mighty Qing dynasty. As renowned Chinese historian Sun Wenliang (孙文良) puts it succinctly: "The decline of the Qing empire really began during the reign of Emperor Qianlong, when he became blinded by his early successes and forgot that he derived his power from the people." Beneath the artificial hype, pomp, glory, grandeur and support astroturfed by the PAP regime for its YOG, we must not forget that Singapore owes its success today to its citizens and not to the PAP regime or a single man for it will surely mark the beginning of our decline, just like the Qing dynasty. EDITORS’ NOTE: Has your life been turned upside down by the YOG? Please share your views with us. We assure you that your identity will be kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL. We will be your UNCENSORED VOICE. We will publish your letter in FULL with ZERO editing, moderating or censoring. You do not have to suffer in silence! You have the RIGHT to speak up as a citizen of this country. Remember: you are a CITIZEN of Singapore, not a SLAVE of the PAP regime. Our mailbox has been swarmed by letters from YOG volunteers for the last few days. Unless you specifically want us to publish your REAL NAME, we will use a pseudonym instead. Please understand that due to manpower constraints, we may not be able to publish your letters immediately and we will have to stagger them a few hours apart to ensure that they get maximum exposure. Please keep your feedback coming! Singapore for SINGAPOREANS! Your interests always come FIRST. 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BBC News, 15 August 2010 The first ever Youth Olympic games opened in Singapore this weekend with an elaborate ceremony featuring over 7,000 young performers dancing on a floating platform and several fireworks displays over the course of the two hour show. It's the first new Olympic-branded event since the winter games made its debut 86 years ago. The event features around 3,600 athletes aged between 14 to 18 from 204 countries. They will compete in the same 26 sports that are represented in the current summer Olympics. Read rest of article here  Read More →