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Supporting Chee Soon Juan's caféSupporting Chee Soon Juan's café I refer to The Independent Singapore’s news, “Singaporeans urged to support Chee Soon Juan's café despite their political preferences” (July 16). The underlying objective of doing any business is to ensure it is viable and profitable. Otherwise, there is no point of undertaking risk for it. It is natural for...

Will PM Wong address the astronomical ministerial salaries?Will PM Wong address the astronomical ministerial salaries? I refer to The TR-Emeritus opinion article, “Will PM Wong address the astronomical ministerial salaries” (June 14) by Mr Yoong Siew Wah. It has always been a controversial topic which concerns about our top political leaders who receive their salaries that are many times higher than those foreign political leaders. Our...

Steering with stability in transition timesSteering with stability in transition times I refer to The Straits Times’ Editorial, “Steering with stability in transition times” (May 16). Let us analyze and interpret this specific subject from a broad perspective, how Singapore should respond and adapt to the evolution of the entire international situation and formulate its foreign policy that is extremely...

We will lead in our own wayWe will lead in our own way I read with interest The Today’s report, “'We will lead in our own way': : Lawrence Wong takes office as 4th prime minister of Singapore” (May 15). We can get some inspiration or enlightenment from the story of the 108 heroes in Water Margin: they originally had their own abilities, aspirations and ambitions. They...

Chinese villagers living on cliffsChinese villagers living on cliffs In the Liangshan Mountains of Sichuan Province in China, there is a small isolated village on a cliff 1,400 meters above sea level. This is the village of Atuler, known as the Cliff Village with 72 families who has been living there for almost 200 years. All travel is by a ladder that leads to the sky at almost right...

Ukraine will cease to exist thanks to the westUkraine will cease to exist thanks to the west Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union, implementing arms control agreements, and on the staff of General Norman Schwartzkopf during the Gulf War, where he played a critical role in the hunt for Iraqi SCUD missiles. From 1991 until 1998, Mr. Ritter served as a Chief Inspector...

Bride's family asked for RMB 500,000 in bride priceBride's family asked for RMB 500,000 in bride price Contrary to popular beliefs, many couples in China are unable to afford to get married. With the exception of rural villages, those in the cities mostly asked for hundreds of thousands in bride price (聘礼/彩礼). According to our techie who has been in China for over a decade, the bride price may include monies intended...

Higher salaries lead Singapore to become top pick for Asian workers looking to moveHigher salaries lead Singapore to become top pick for Asian... I refer to the Independent Singapore’s Featured News SG Economy, “Higher salaries lead Singapore to become top pick for Asian workers looking to move” (Feb 22). In this era of rapid technological advancement, all countries are faced with the dilemma of being hungry for talent. Therefore, top talents in respective...

Where Romance Meets FinanceWhere Romance Meets Finance Sugarbook was launched by Darren Chan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a luxury dating website designed to resolve financial issues through emotional support. It provides a platform to grow your relationships through mutual benefits that are not restricted to mentorship, companionship, wealth and emotional support. It...

Marriage, children and practical concernsMarriage, children and practical concerns A couple bows before their parents and offers them tea, as is traditional in Chinese weddings. I refer to The Straits Times’ Editorial “Marriage, children and practical concerns” (Feb 5). Since the history of human civilisation, the formation of individual family and the issue of procreation have become two...

Not in my backyardNot in my backyard I refer to the TODAY’s Commentary, “'Not in my backyard' — when some groups can protest more loudly, the most vulnerable ones suffer” (Jan 25, 2024). A few good points from the article are worth to be probed further and discussed. In December 2023, the announcement of plans by The National Environment Agency...

Opposition parties seek to strengthen parliamentary presenceOpposition parties seek to strengthen parliamentary presence I refer to The Independent Singapore’s SG Politics column, “Opposition parties seek to strengthen parliamentary presence” (Nov 29, 2023). As we know, Singapore political scene has been firmly dominated by the PAP since 1959. Thus, the opposition parties in Singapore have to face and withstand many challenges ahead...

Educating the next generationEducating the next generation I read with interest the Straits Times’ Editorial, “Educating the next generation” (Jan 5, 2024). Any form of spontaneous learning should provide you with a happy, positive, and memorable experience. However, only a small number of children are in exception. Therefore, based on this, parents should realize the...

GST increase in 2024GST increase in 2024 On 1 Jan 2024 GST rises 1% from 8% to 9%; this is a 12.5% increase in GST. I am not convinced that this is necessary. It will contribute to inflation, and cause economic hardship. The handouts to mitigate this are temporary and the increase is permanent. In 2015, when the possibility of GST rising was an election issue...

Race relations in SingaporeRace relations in Singapore I refer to the Today’s “Commentary: In 1954, David Marshall spoke about race relations in Singapore. Have we made real progress since then?” (Dec 15). For any country to be prosperous and powerful, it must first achieve political and social stability, and its people must live in harmony and be united. Only in this...

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林福寿的血泪控诉

林福寿的血泪控诉

作者;陈达昌 (28-7-2010) 新加坡残酷打压反对派,林福寿的血泪控诉。 揭露新加坡黑暗监狱,林的录像谈话被禁止。 如果拿新加坡的反对党人和马来西亚来比,根本不成气候。大马的反对党可以执政几个州政府,天天在报纸上攻击政府(几乎每天都有,如果依照新加坡的标准,差不 多很多人会给告到破产)。不过使人惊奇的是,新加坡的反对派已经是微不足道,但是李光耀李显龙父 子领导的政府,似乎还是不放心。 就在这个七月里,新政府一连采取了几项行动: 一: 禁止前政治犯林福寿医生的录像谈话(在网上发布的)违反者可以被罚一万元,或监禁两年。二:一位拍摄新加坡水灾照片的报馆主任,被警察逮捕马上扣上手铐。 三:逮捕一名批评新加坡死刑制度的英国作家。对马来西亚的我们是不可思议的事。 林福寿医生是新加坡人民行动党的创党人之一,是新加坡社会主义阵线中委。1963 年被李光耀政府逮捕,残酷的被监禁了20年。 (不是开玩笑) 他的录像谈话揭露了许多令人啼笑皆非的故事。全文很长,我只摘录部分译出来。 很多地方,可以说是一字一泪,不忍卒读。 林说:在他被扣留了9 年之后,新加坡政府要他发表一份声明:支持新加坡的民主制度,同时退出政治。林说,“这两个要求是互相矛盾的,因为在国会民主制度下我不必放弃政治”他们说:你必须说点悔过的谈话,不然,李光耀没有面子。 “对我来说,这不是面子的问题,是原则问题,为了要保住一个人的面子,居然要剥夺另一个人在新加坡民主宪政下的基本权利,.或是以这个来勒索对方发表悔过书。我拒绝了,于是,我又被继续扣留了整十年。” 这个扣留期比终身监禁还要长。 控状是空白的,因为你不可以看 “不少人谈到政治犯可以向咨询委员会上诉。我可以告诉你我的经历。大约被扣留了一年之后,有一天我被带到监狱大门。他们通知我要出席明天的咨询委员会的聆 审。(检讨吧)他们给我看一份两张纸的控状。我要求给我一份,但是他们对我说,你不可以拿去,我们读给你听就是。我要求通知律师,但是他们说,你有权利通 知律师,但是你不可以打电话。这是法律。(等于不必叫律师了) “第二天,我被铐上了手铐,带我出席那个咨询委员会的检讨,他们展 示两张纸的控状,我看到上面有很多空白的地方,我问那是什么?他们说,那是对你的控状,他们太敏感了,所以只可以给咨询委会看,你不能看。我说,什么话, 你不让一个人知道他的控状,要他怎样辩护?法官说,这是法律。这实在是不可置信的对司法的愚弄。” 20 年的监禁,林福寿医生住遍了新加坡的监狱, 除了女子监狱之外。 一个文质彬彬的医生,被上手铐,关闭在密不透风的臭虫遍地的黑暗囚室,被强迫进行木工劳动。。。每一次,他申请人身保护令回来,就要面对严厉的处罚和折磨。 第一次,他和5 个难友抗议不人道待遇进行绝食,因为他患了胃出血,所以被送到医院去。 1972 年,林福寿又再申请人审保护令,因为监狱要强迫他进行体力劳动,做木匠工作。他拒绝并且进行绝食抗议,三个礼拜后,他们说,好吧,医生,你得到豁免木工的工作。 在女子监狱,政治犯进行了130 天的绝食,政府强行把试管插进她们的食道灌入牛奶。一些人受不住而呕吐。有个女子,因为呕吐在地板上,狱卒把她抬起,用她的长裤抹地。 (当真惨无人道如此对待弱质的女子。) 林说:“我们全部都曾经经历单独的隔离监禁。根据李光耀说单独监禁是最严重的虐待。我可以读给你听,李光耀怎样说‘对一个人能够承受的极限处罚就是完全隔绝单独囚禁。这是真正的虐待’ “虽然他知道这是虐待,但是我们这些政治扣留者都曾经被单独监禁一天两天,到六个月。法律上,刑事罪犯是得到保护的,如果他们触犯监狱条例要单独监禁,不可以 超过两个礼拜。明显的是因为会造成精神上的影响,但是对政治犯,李光耀领导的政府,可以把他们单独监禁六个月。” (略) 我是摘录林福寿医生的部分讲话,但是已经足够了。可以给年轻一代人了解什么是真正的政治残酷折磨,和虐待。 要怎样想法,读者自己去判断吧。 作者陈达昌,早年曾在内安令下拘留两年余。当年是马来亚劳工党森州组织秘书。后来 在报界工作14 年,曾任通报采访主任兼副总编辑。多次随官方代表团出国。离职后从事私人商业。现已退休。业余写作,书法。 著作有: 一夜风云变色(叙述笔者经历 513 前后的采访)-2007. + 马来左翼势力的崩溃-1982. 收集于马来政坛谈往书内。 + 团体活动:没有参加任何政党。 + 2000 年为马来亚劳工党党史全国 工委会副秘书。现任凤凰友好联谊会理事 来源: http://chintanchong.blogspot.com  Read More →

李光耀的知识阶级会让新加坡一败涂地

李光耀的知识阶级会让新加坡一败涂地

译者: 新加坡文献馆 “我们将要有一个知识阶级,大约是我们现有的3倍,这将会带来动力,一个把我们往前推的强力引擎。” - 李光耀,2010年7月28日 只要看看新加坡最近的历史就可以知道李光耀的知识阶级干了些什么事。并非他人,而是由他的儿子李显龙总理领导的新加坡知识精英层,所制定的那些遭人非议的政 策,正在慢慢的蚕食着新加坡的社会结构,以及系统化的在瓦解这个国家赖以发展的的那个以多年辛勤劳作树立起来的建国基础。 一个亳 无意义不计后果追求发展的思维,以及狭隘的关注GDP增长导致一个门戶大开的移民政策正在考验着这个国家的极限。突如其来的人口冲击了体制,交通设施的缝 隙就要爆裂。地铁列车擁挤到水泄不通,公路上堵塞着排满了汽车。我们的医疗体系也出现了紧张状况,在医院轮候病床的时间己达到史无前例的新高。房价不断的 攀升飙涨,也是因为政府缺乏普通常识,不知道未雨绸缪去计划并建设足够的住房基本建设来容纳蜂拥而至的外来移民。当生活费还在持续的上升,许多新加坡人的 收入要不是停滞不前就是已经下跌。很明显的,新加坡人是永远都不可能去退休了。 正在稳步上升着的犯罪,卖淫,赌博成瘾,贩卖人 口,族群贫民区,与其他社会问题都和引进‘外来人才’以及吸引周边地区的富人前来定居有所关系。新加坡的转型经济是依赖外来资金财富的流入,尤其是通过大 力促销的综合度假村和私人银行服务,这意味着新加坡经济的繁荣和萧条更容易受到外来因素的影响。 与此同时,政府在毫无止歇的犯错。默沙勒末的逃脱,地铁总站在毫不知情下让人入侵,都暴露了新加坡在国家安全上的监控体系是失败的。多起‘50年一遇’的豪雨成灾,却被负责的部长以‘非预期现象’的借口来推诿,这让长者和他的‘知识分子’的‘预测’能力都蒙羞。 最荒唐可笑的是去花费约4亿元纳税人的金钱去举办一个没有意义的,很少人知道,更没有多少国人关心,却为新加坡人的日常生活带来诸多不便的运动会。 非也 – 新加坡的知识阶级既没有活力亦没有动力。新加坡的‘知识阶级’事实上只是一群在李光耀个人庇护下的书呆子,他们从未经过火焰的洗礼去证明他们领导国家是合 法合理的。新加坡的‘知识阶级’没有真心诚意去关心国家与人民的幸福,反之,这是一群自私自利的人,一心一意的以天文数字的薪金装满自已的裤袋,藉着攀附 这位自大独裁者的衣襟尽可能的长期收割利益。 这位长者已经呆过了他受欢迎的期限。他那错误的政治思维把国家带入了一个错误的途径。在没有了过去的那批党中坚分子(吴庆瑞等人),也就没有了足够的智慧去抗衡他的疯狂。 李光耀的‘知识阶级’不仅仅是个有害国家的馊主意,它也必然会把新加坡弄得一败涂地。 来源;http://utwt.blogspot.com/2010/07/lee-kuan-yews-intellectual-class-will.html  Read More →

Woman sunbathes on top of HDB multi-story carpark

Woman sunbathes on top of HDB multi-story carpark

A WOMAN was seen sunbathing at the roof level of a multi-storey carpark. Photos and an eyewitness account was sent in to citizen journalism website STOMP. The reader said that besides being a distraction to residents, the woman was also endangering herself by sunbathing at a carpark not forgetting that she might have also broken the law. According to the reader, the woman's buttocks were in full view of the neighbours in the opposite block and reckoned that she was sunbathing at the wrong place and should be doing it at a beach instead. It is believed that the women may be a foreigner since Singaporeans have never considered "sunbathing at the roof level of a multi-storey carpark", a hobby.   Source: STOMP  Read More →

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