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Despite widespread unhappiness among Singaporeans at the relentless influx of foreigners into Singapore, PAP strongman and Singapore's self-proclaimed "forecaster extraordinarie" Lee Kuan Yew continued to insist that foreigners are essential for Singapore. During a dialogue session yesterday with unionists and government officials, he claimed that "foreign talents come to Singapore because of the opportunities it offers." Lee boasted that their numbers will add to a growing "intellectual class": "We are going to have an intellectual class, about maybe three times as big as what you have now and that will give us the dynamism, the powerful engine to carry us forward faster," he was quoted as saying in Channel News Asia. Due to the PAP's pro-foreigner and ultra-liberal immigration policies, foreigners now make up 36 percent of Singapore's population. Of the remaining 64 percent who are citizens, an increasing number are born overseas. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, the increasing number of foreign workers has depressed the wages of ordinary Singaporeans, increased the cost of living and led to an overall decline in the standards of living. Most of the immigrants are not exactly top-notch talents and are more of opportunists flocking to Singapore to compete directly with locals for jobs which can otherwise be taken up by them. In a Gallup poll done last year, the top three immigration destinations for China's college students are United States, France and South Korea. Singapore did not even feature among the top five. The state media is full of reports of masseurs, construction workers, beauticians and even prostitutes being given Singapore PRs and citizenships. How these people can add to Singapore's "intellectual class" is anybody's guess. Furthermore, no real intellectuals can survive, let alone thrive under such repressive conditions in Singapore where writing a book on the Singapore judiciary can get one arrested and charged for "criminal defamation". Yesterday, the Straits Times carried a report of a 25 year old PRC student studying at a private school in Singapore who offered sexual services to a 78 year old retiree for $70. Under Lee's warped "intellectual" definition, she is adding to Singapore's growing "intellectual class" as well. 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 →

Good Afternoon all, If you wish to support a cause. Do it for the right and not the wrong reasons. Firstly, if you go to TOC and read most of the comments posted concerning Vui Kong. You will notice one glaring inconsistency – absolutely no intelligent comments from those who may see the need to keep the death penalty against the fight against drugs. Ask yourself this: how is that even possible? This is not because many Singaporeans, residents and even Malaysians have not written to TOC expressing their views in support of the MDP. It just means TOC has deleted these comments in order to engineer consent on this subject. So let us be very clear here. The picture TOC presents to the world does not in any way represent an accurate appraisal of what most readers feel about this subject – it is designed to reflect ONLY the views of the owner of TOC and their inner circle. Secondly, not everyone who supports the MDP relishes the prospects of taking a life – many broach this very serious subject with intense reservation – and here again TOC attempts to hijack the image of the reasonable man; as time and again, they keep on harping that only the inane can justify taking a life of another no matter how serious the crime; in the universe of TOC no one who is of sound mind and moral probity can possibly not see the wisdom of sparing a life instead of taking it. On the contrary, this narrative misleads – as it is precisely because many of us value, respect and honor life, that is why we are prepared to make uncomfortable moral compromises to protect many who may otherwise fall victim to the vicious cycle of drug abuse. Ultimately, the question boils down to only this: do you consider the drug trade to be a real and present danger to our society? If answered in the negative. Then by all means go to Hong Lim Park. Have a ball. Only as I have said, if you wish to support something –do it for the right reasons and not the wrong ones. However if you do consider the drug trade to be what most reasonable believe it to be – the greatest solvent that menaces society – then consider: how is any civilization supposed to perpetuate its inalienable right to self determination when confronted with such a ferocious enemy? How do you even find common ground with those who may not wish to live and let live; and have no reservations in using every available means (including the young and ignorant) to get their contraband to our shores just to turn a quick buck? How are we to reason with the enemy who doesn’t even perceive any moral contradiction about poisoning your mummy, sister, her friends and the people who we love and care for in our community? Can anyone tell me how this can be done? I think not. It is very easy to buy into TOC’s homily sugary fairytale that all we have to do is to dismantle the MDP and all of us can suddenly be enlightened beings and live happily ever after and good will somehow triumph over the forces of darkness. You don’t need to be very intelligent to unravel the weakness in that argument –because the question still stands, how can we continue to effectively protect our society from the drug menace in the absence of resolve in the shape and form of the MDP? TOC is not only disinterested in this narrative. They refuse to even have an all inclusive debate on this subject – the search for lasting truth is the furthest thing from their minds. As I suspect they know very little about what conditions first needs to be obtained to create a drug free Singapore. Otherwise why even bother deleting post on those who choose to speak intelligently and informatively about the need to keep the MDP? Neither have they even devoted so much as one article, one sentence, one paragraph on the need to maintain the MDP to facilitate you the reader to gain a better understanding on this subject – so that you can make an informed decision concerning this subject – so pray tell, how can you even buy into TOC’s idea if what they are really showing you is only one side of the coin? If you wish to support a cause. Do it for the right and not the wrong reasons. The decision is yours. But always remember your decision may affect many. Singaporedaddy (Internet Liaison Officer of the Brotherhood) 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 →

PAP Minister without portfolio Lim Swee Say is slammed by irate netizens for the "Zorro" outfit which he wore at Singhealth's Nurses' Day celebrations yesterday at the Singapore General Hospital. Flanked by an entourage of movie characters like the Storm Troopers and Batman, Mr Lim made a surprise appearance at the event where he tried to charm the nurses by giving out roses to them. The Straits Times published a total of seven photos of Mr Lim in his "Zorro" outfit which unfortunately did not impress many. Dexter Wong said sarcastically: "Zorro robs the rich to give to the poor, Zuobo (do nothing) in hokkien robs the poor to give to the rich." Salihin did not mince his words: "Zorro? More like a bumbling buffoon!" Danny Koh added: "Thought by only paying peanuts you get monkeys, Now you pay Millions you get Zorro?" Patrick Lee: "Serious! this 'chinese helicopter' dressed like a Zorro??....so he thinks he can get Catherine Zeta-Jones who co-star in one of the Zorro fillms...hahahaaaaa! This nerd and twixt, really is a clown who is worth to be paid million dollars sal...aah-ee.. salah ..really... salah to have such a clown."   Mr Lim's "wayang" as "Zorro" did not come cheap for Singaporeans. He is paid nearly $300 per hour, courtesy of Singapore taxpayers.       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 →