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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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Supporting Chee Soon Juan's café

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We will lead in our own way

We will lead in our own way

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Will Singaporeans be any better off than Xi Xi if Singapore remains status quo?

Will Singaporeans be any better off than Xi Xi if Singapore remains status quo?

Warning: This is a strangly thought provoking article with very disturbing pictures that may seriously offend readers, some elites and PAPies worshippers beyond threshold set by Sear Hock Rong, Sinha and Jack Lin combined. Click to enlarge Readers (without high blood pressure and heart problems) intending to venture beyond this warning are requested to please complete reading the entire article before using 4 letter words in their comments. To clarify, it is NOT my intention to call Singaporeans dog. I merely intend to compare the fate of Xi Xi (a male dog) to that of Singaporeans for the purpose of putting my thoughts across in this article. Background:  There was a little dog in Foshan [Guangdong province] named Xi Xi whose fate (of being brutally abused) have caused the strongest and meanest character of men to buckle and weep. Click to enlarge When I first saw Xi Xi, his two eyes were gouged out, his genitals were cut off, and his body was covered with holes cut with knives. Yet Xi Xi still tenaciously / tediously supported his seriously injured body roaming around the neighborhood for food. No one knew who tortured the poor Xi Xi nor did anyone gave food to him. A kind volunteer called the city’s officials and Xi Xi was sent to an Animal Hospital for treatment. While Xi Xi was being taken to the Animal Hospital, he desperately bit at the rope that tied him, probably because Xi Xi was afraid of being hurt again. This goes to prove how strong Xi Xi’s will to live is. After examination by the Vets, Xi Xi suffered external injuries all over his body from knifing abuse, and because he did not receive immediate medical attention, his wounds were infected and leukemia developed, causing white blood tumors in his body. Further observation by the vet found that it is very exerting and painful for Xi Xi to urinate and defecate, leading to a part of his intestines being expelled during passing motion. Click to enlarge Apart from that, Xi Xi keeps retreating to dark corners. Those who have raised pets and have some experience will know that this is what dogs (and other animals) do when they know they are about to die and want to find a peaceful place to leave the world, and leave Xi Xi eventually did after 2 days at the Animal Hospital. Many of our hearts died with Xi Xi that fateful day. Subject Matter Coming back to the subject matter of this article, readers might ask what has the cruel and tragic fate of a poor dog got to do with the present fate of Singaporeans? Disturbingly a number of similarities if you ask me. For a start, 66% of Singaporeans are blinded by the PAP to fail to see the real happennings and sufferings around them, the injustice, the constant abuse of law, choosing to blindly believe the cons and lies put forth so much so that they continue to vote for the party that blinded them in the first place. Most Singaporeans are also cowed by the PAP (genitals were cut off) into being cowards to dare not voice out against any injustice suffered by them or fellow citizens. Dare not voice out against the massive and relentless influx of foreigners imported to take away YOUR life, YOUR job and YOUR happy family.Dare not voice out against the Billions of dollars lost by the ‘Elites’ which rightfully belongs to Singaporeans. Dare not voice out against the Millions of dollars paid to the World’s Highest Paid Ministers for not doing their job. Dare not voice out against the Millions of dollars poured into the drain to ‘buy’ face and make the PAP look good while refusing to spend money on Citizens that needed just a few dollars a day to put food on the table. For the 34% of ‘un-blinded and un-cowed’Singaporeans with the will to effect changes and demand changes, it has been nothing but hell trying to change the mentality of the 66% blinded and cowed Singaporeans with each and every attempt resulting in them ‘vomiting blood’. These 34% of strong-willed Singaporeans are thus left with no options but to go hide in a dark corner waiting for the fateful day when the 66% allowed the ruling party to turn Singapore into a country which Singaporeans can no longer call their own. Epilogue The residents of Foshan is outraged at the treatment of Xi Xi and have demanded that the city officials take stern and firm action to arrest the perpetrators of this barbaric act. The tragic story of Xi Xi have since created a massive uproar among Netizens in China and a massive Internet Manhunt is on for the person(s) responsible.   Forecaster Extraordinarie II   Editor’s Note: Pictures posted are actual shots of Xi Xi taken before his death.  Read More →

Slovak YOG Ambassador Danka Bartekova writes to TR

Slovak YOG Ambassador Danka Bartekova writes to TR

Dear author of this article and all the readers, I am taking the opportunity to say my statement about the article which was written and published in the Singapore local newspapers. (read article here)  [NOTE: The original article was published by Shin Min Daily on 27 July 2010 and its English translation published by TR the next day] As I wasn´t aware the article was going to be written and nobody asked for my statement before publishing it, I am very disappointed I have found it on the internet only after few of my friends have noticed me. First of all, I would like to explain my statement in the context it was used originally. I didn´t mean at any way critisize or blame the organizing committee for the sport venues. Answering the question weather Slovakia could place a bid to organize the youth olympic games itself, I responded that the venues are normally used and are on a normal standard school level, nothing special should have been built to host such an event. No new halls, no new stadiums or tracks should have been built. That means our country could potentially have sport capacities to host such an event, but we would probably have problems with other facilities. I understand that this statement could be used as a critical statemetn to the Singapore sport venues, but If you read it in the context it was originally used, you would understand that it was just a speculation about Slovakia´s possibility to host the games. As for my comments to the spending of the budget, my answer was regarded to the fact that Singapore cheers for the olympic games and they are preparing an unforgettable event. Not any way of critisizing the budget, I was displaying how hard the organizing committee works, how much effort (and of course money) they put so that Singapore´s first Youth Olympic Games are a great and well-prepared event. I am very sorry that my comments were used in the negative way and looked like blaming the organizing committee, so that I am linking the original article from where they were actually used: http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/39665/9/ideals_are_high_for_first_youth_olympic_games.html Please give it a chance and make your opinion yourselves.   Danka Bartekova Young Ambassador for Slovakia  Read More →

PRC freelance prostitute given student pass by PAP

PRC freelance prostitute given student pass by PAP

In yet another embarrassing blow to the PAP's assertion that only "qualified" foreigners are allowed into Singapore, the state media reported one 25 year old PRC lady on student pass working as a freelance prostitute in Geylang. A 40 year old Singaporean Yong Hong Peng was jailed two and a half years for causing grievous hurt to a 78 year old retiree Ng Yam Chok. Ng has offered $70 to have sex with Yong's 25 year old PRC girlfriend in Geylang, but an argument resulted leading Yong to punch Ng in the face, causing him to hit the pavement fracturing his skull. He died four days later in hospital. According to the Straits Times, Ng's girlfriend is currently studying at a private school, suggesting that she has been given a student pass for up to 2 years to "study" in Singapore. The case is not unique. There are many PRC "students" who come to Singapore on student passes only to end up working as freelance prostitutes in Geylang, hostesses at KTV lounges or mistresses of Singapore men. To add salt to the injury, some of them are even given Singapore PRs and citizenships upon "graduation". In Singapore's leading sex forum, there is a freelance pimp and landlord offering sexual services of the PRC "tenants" staying at his place complete with full statistics, prices and photos. They are all "studying" at private schools in Singapore. Due to the PAP's pro-China immigration policy, Singapore is increasingly swarmed by economic migrants from the inland provinces of mainland China. The top-notched Chinese talents avoid Singapore like a plague. A Gallup poll done last year revealed that the top three immigration destinations for Chinese college students are United States, France and South Korea. Singapore was not even featured among the top five. As the PRC immigrants continue to arrive in increasing numbers, certain places like Geylang and Chinatown resemble more like a third-tier township in China rather than Singapore itself. In an interview with National Geographic magazine this year, PAP strongman Lee Kuan Yew said it is a "good thing" that Singapore has welcomed so many Chinese immigrants from the mainland as they are more "hard-driving" and "hard-striving" than Singaporeans. Judging from the "work ethics" of these PRC students cum prostitutes, Lee may be right after all. 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 →

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