National Geographic interviews a dinosaur

• deepak.c

  1 Jan 10, 00:04

  Originally posted by Bentsb05:

  
  hey deepak, sorry, i almost didnt see you....u know lah, it's night time...and i could have easily miss you out at this late hour......

  have u packed up for monday classes? isnt it very comforting that you or we all can get to world class higher instituitions here based on yr own capabilities and not depending on your color or race and be your best? not to fret though, even if you dont make it in there, there's always skills devt classes or endless adult continuation classes heavily subsidized in ite, polys by our gd govt again .....who is always encouraging us to be the best we can be....like a good father...providing us the lessons as to how to fish so that we can upgrade ourselves at anytime throughout our adult lives...be thankful yeah...

  i cant continue to mollycoddle u as i dont intend to spoonfeed u further..when monday comes...do ask your teacher....i am sure he / she will be caring enough to mollycoddle u further for the whole year ahead....hehe...

  oh yes....Happy New Year too!!

   

   

  So you regurgitated the PAP propaganda "Singaporeans are mollycoddled", without first analysing it with those lump of fats in between your ears.

  
  So much for independant thinking in our education system.

   

• ztreyier

  1 Jan 10, 00:10

  Originally posted by deepak.c:

   

  So much for independant thinking in our education system.

  independant thinking and PAP doesn't mix. There's no need to think. Just follow PAP and LKY.

• Johnpennreturn

  1 Jan 10, 10:15

  Social cohesion key to keeping Singapore going: MM Lee
  By Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 31 December 2009 2008 hrs

   

  SINGAPORE : Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has expressed concerns over how the younger generation may be less driven compared to the growing number of foreigners in the country.
  
  Speaking in a wide-ranging interview with the National Geographic magazine, Mr Lee said recent immigrants are hungry and determined to succeed.
  
  Mr Lee noted that if Singaporeans do not work hard, they may lose out.
  
  But he pointed out that Singapore needs a constant inflow of foreigners because of the country's small population.
  
  Giving an overview of Singapore's development over the years, Mr Lee noted one of the country's biggest challenge is to ensure a more cohesive and better educated society at all levels.
  
  He said Singapore is in a good position at least for the next 10 years with the current leadership in place.
  
  For the long term, it will depend on whether there is a younger team imbibed with the same integrity and ability.
  
  Mr Lee said his task is to ensure institutions and systems are in place. - CNA/ms

   

   

  PLEASE GO AND READ

  http://www.channelnewsasia.com/annex/mmlee_natgeo.pdf - 16 pages

• Johnpennreturn

  1 Jan 10, 10:44

  Originally posted by John Penn:

  From PAP to Singaporeans: “You die, your business!”

  December 29, 2009

  It has been 5 days since we broke the news about Lee Kuan Yew’s disparaging remarks about Singaporeans made in a recent interview with the National Geographic magazine and none of the SPH papers in any language have reported on it.

  Speaking to journalist Mark Jacobson, Lee spoke about the ruling party’s liberal immigration and pro-foreigner policies as if he was their principal architect.

  Though he said he was aware of the fact that “many Singaporeans are unhappy with the influx of immigrants”, Lee continued to insist that it is for the “good” of the nation:

  “Over time, Singaporeans have become less hard-driving and hard-striving. This is why it is a good thing that the nation has welcomed so many Chinese immigrants.” Lee was quoted saying.

  Lee described the country’s new subjects as “hungry,” with parents who “pushed the children very hard.”

  “If native Singaporeans are falling behind because the spurs are not stuck into the hide, that is their problem,” he quipped.

  There are 82 PAP MPs in Parliament and none of them have come out in the open to dispute the remarks made by Lee. Can we therefore conclude that all of them agree with Lee ?

  This is as good as saying to Singaporeans in Hokkien – “you die your business!” which should not be a surprise to Singaporeans anyway.

  Despite being the richest country in Asia after Japan, Singaporeans enjoy few social welfare benefits which explain why the country continues to suffer a brain drain of its brightest citizens yearly to other countries like Australia, Canada and United States.

  The government can afford to lose billions of dollars in failed overseas investments without blinking an eyelid, but unable or unwilling to provide a basic social safety net for Singaporeans, especially those from the low income group.

  The PAP has long eschewed any form of “welfare” for Singaporeans on the grounds that it will retard our competitiveness by creating a “crutch” mentality in the populace.

  As such, Singaporeans are exhorted to work for as long as they can till the day they drop dead. One minister even urged local workers to be “cheaper, faster and better” when he should walk his talk first by reducing his own bloated salary.

  Our per capita income is the fourth highest in the world, but our income gap as measured by the Gini Coefficient is the second highest in Asia after Hong Kong whose figures are skewed by a disproportionately higher number of billionaires. On the other hand, Japan has one of the lowest income disparity between the rich and poor.

  This discrepancy is hardly surprising as the PAP has opened the floodgate to immigrants who flock to Singapore in search of a better life.

  One does not need to be an economist to figure out that the influx of cheap foreign labor will increase the profit margin of big businesses and companies thereby raising the income of their owners and directors while helping to depress the wages of ordinary Singaporeans.

  At the same time, business costs are lowered contributing to GDP growth without necessarily increasing productivity which explains why GDP is a very poor reflection of the distribution of wealth and the overall well-being of the citizens in a country.

  Furthermore, a certain percentage of PAP ministers’ multi-million annual salary is pegged to GDP figures which may explain the PAP’s perpetual obsession with the GDP.

  To the average Singapore worker eking out a living in the streets, GDP means nothing to him or her at all. All he/she cares for is whether his/her pay is sufficient to support oneself and family, to start a family, raise the children up and to retire comfortably when he/she is old.

  20 years ago, it will not be too difficult to achieve the Singapore dream. Young couples are able afford a HDB flat relatively easily, they face little competition from foreign workers for jobs, the cost of living is low compared to today’s standard and before 2003, they are able to withdraw their CPF in one lump sum to enjoy life in their golden years.

  Today, Singaporeans are facing an increasingly bleak, uncertain and insecure future. The monthly median wage of a Singapore worker is only $2,600, about the same 10 years ago while inflation has more than tripled, especially that of public housing.

  A graduate fresh out of school will earn no more than $2,800 a month. After paying the tuition loan, one will have little savings left to buy even a car, let alone get married and start a family.

  A new four-room HDB flat in Seng Kang cost less than $200,000 in 1999. A similar-sized flat in nearby Punggol now fetches close to $300,000. In the recently launched Dawson BTO project at Queenstown, a five room flat cost on average $666,000.

  Acccording to a financial consultant, a couple should earn a minimum of $7,500 monthly before they should even think of buying such a flat and even then, they have to cough out a few hundred dollars every month in cash in addition to their CPF to finance the property which leaves very little for their retirement needs.

  Life is never smooth-sailing. What if we are retrenched and replaced by a foreign talent in our mid 40s, met with an accident which renders us permanently unfit to work, afflicted with an incapacitating disease like kidney failure or get embroiled in some lawsuits? How are we going to continue support ourselves and families?

  A netizen, Tracy Tan shared this heart-wrenching story on the Vote PAP out facebook:

  “I know of a lady who has kidney problems, heart ailment and is half blind. She can’t work because of her health problems. She is 40yrs+, a single parent with a Sec 3 daughter. She is poor, sick and helpless. She approached Family Service Centre for help. FSC saw her need and helped her to pay her HDB rental, utility bill and conservancy charges. In addition, she received $300 per month and $250 school pocket fund for her daughter for meals at school. After helping her for two years, FSC recently told her that it can’t help her with the $300 per month and her daughter’s school pocket fund although her situation remains the same. She was referred to Jayakumar’s MPS. They wrote her a letter to SE CDC to support her case. The reply from the CDC was that “she had been helped for two years already and they can’t help her anymore”. She went back to her MP and he said that he can’t help her anymore as he had already written to CDC for her.”

  The above story is not an isolated case, but one which we can easily identify with in our everyday life and it can well happen to you or me one day.

  The PAP does provide temporary forms of financial assistance to the needy in the form of NTUC vouchers, utility bill rebates and waival of conservancy charges, but these are stop-gap measures which address only the symptoms of the disease and not its underlying cause.

  If this lady is unable to find or hold a long-term job, then it is the duty of the government to step in to help family for as long it is necessary till her daughter complete her studies and start working.

  There are many needy Singaporeans who are in dire straits and yet not able to qualify for state support due to its stringent criteria: one must be certified either permanently unfit to work forever by a medical specialist or completely destitute meaning that one has no living relatives left before one can apply for Public Assistance (PA) and even then, it is granted only on a case by case basis.

  Another real life story: a 73 year old lady has to pick used cardboards for a living in Toa Payoh Lorong 7. She has a fifty year old son who is mentally challenged and therefore unable to hold on a permanent job. She could not qualify for PA because she still has a son, never mind the fact that nobody wants to employ him!

  The PA scheme which is run by the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports, offers only $330 monthly to its recipients which is surely insufficient to maintain a decent standard of living fit for a human being in Singapore.

  A few years ago, the amount is only $290 and when PAP MP Dr Lily Neo asked MCYS Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan to increase the sum so that PA recipients can have three meals a day as an entitlement, he shot back: “How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?”

  It is not as if MCYS is so cash-strapped that it is unable to provide more to the PA recipients. Dr Vivian just unveiled a $10-million dollar Community Integration Fund to make new citizens and PRs feel “welcomed” in Singapore. Why not spend it to help Singaporeans who have contributed to the nation in one way or another?

  The primary role of the elected government of the day is to take care of its citizens who voted for it, not to compete with other nations in terms of some obscure economic indicator, flaunt one’s wealth to the world by saving distressed foreign banks or jet around the globe at the expense of taxpayers to lecture other leaders on how to run their countries.

  Lee’s latest remarks will demolish any future attempts by the PAP to portray itself as a party which cares for Singaporeans. He has already stated very clearly in no uncertain terms: if Singaporeans are unable to keep up with the immigrants, don’t ever expect the PAP to help us – it is our business, not theirs.

  For a young graduate struggling to start a family due to sky-rocketing costs of public housing, it is not the business of the PAP to bring the prices down.

  For a middle-aged man who is retrenched because his company manages to find a younger and cheaper replacement from China or India, it is not the business of the PAP to help him find another job.

  For an elderly man who has to work as a cleaner to support himself because he has no savings left in his CPF, it is not the business of the PAP to ensure he has three basic meals a day.

  This is the kind of society Singapore has become under 44 years of uninterrupted PAP rule – cold, unfeeling and materialistic. Can such a country ever hope to attract the best talent in the world to settle here? Is it little wonder that Singapore is getting the “discards” from China and India and not their crème de la crème who prefer to migrate to U.S, Canada, Europe and Australia?

  The PAP’s economic policies have already taken a toll on the low income group and are now affecting the middle class. The rich businessmen, doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers may think they have “prospered” under PAP rule, but wait a minute – stop and ponder over the future of your children.

  Do you want them to grow up competing with foreigners over a coveted place in a Singapore university? Do you want them to fight tooth and nail with the more “hard-driving and hard-striving” immigrants for a job which pays no more than $2,000 a month? Do you wish to see them perpetually stressed, frustrated and unhappy because they are unable to make enough money to finance their lifestyle? And lastly, do you really bear to see your children working for as long as they are able to because they are unable to retire?

  Even for PAP members with connections inside the system – your futures are not as secure as it seems. Unless you belong to the elite, you may soon find yourselves replaced by their new “pets” from China, India, Malaysia, Philipines, Bangladesh, Timbuktu and god knows where.

  The PAP is not even a political party now after the departure of the Old Guards in the 1980s. It is nothing more than an empty shell filled by department store dummies whose only purpose is to masquerade Singapore as  a “parliamentary democracy” to the rest of the world.

  As Lee puts it succinctly himself:

  “To be the prime minister, you don’t have to know every instrument, but you got to recognise, ah, he’s a good violinist, he’ll be the first violinist, he’ll be the double bass. He will play the viola, he will have the trumpet, he will do the drums. Then you coordinate them and then you have great music. And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put a dummy there and you still got great music.”

  Now we know why none of the 82 PAP MPs dare to contradict the old man – because they are all dummies who do not deserve a seat in parliament in the first place.

  So Singaporeans, the next time some PAP MP come up to you and promise to voice your concerns in parliament, just remind them of the PAP’s mantra to Singaporeans:

  “YOU DIE, YOUR BUSINESS!”

  行动党对新加�人说：你死你�代志�

  December 29, 2009

  5天过去了，对于�光耀在国家地��志所�表的狂言，新加�报业控股�语文出版的报章都�字��。

  é�¢å¯¹è¯¥æ�‚志记者马克·é›…å�„布森 (Mark Jacobson) 时，æ�Žèµ„政以主è¦�建构者的身份大谈执政党有关亲移民和宽æ�¾æŽ¥çº³çš„政策。

  虽然他说他知é�““有些新加å�¡äººå¯¹äºŽç§»æ°‘的大é‡�涌入感到ä¸�高兴”，但是他还是认为这是对国家“有利”的。

  “这些年æ�¥ï¼Œæ–°åŠ å�¡äººå·²ç»�越æ�¥è¶Šä¸�è¿›å�–和努力，所以我们的国家欢迎很多大陆æ�¥çš„新移民是件好事。”æ�Žèµ„政说。

  æ�Žèµ„政形容这些大陆新移民为å��分“饥渴”，并且父æ¯�们都把“å­©å­�看得很紧”。

  “如果土生土长的新加å�¡äººè¢«æŠ›åœ¨å�Žå¤´ï¼Œé‚£æ˜¯ä»–们对自己的鞭策ä¸�够，苦果必须自己å°�。”他打趣地说。

  国会里有82个行动党议员，竟然没有一个敢公开出�驳斥�资政的评论。我们�以这样就认定他们都���？

  这就好比对新加å�¡çš„ç¦�建人说：你死你ã�¸ä»£å¿—ï¼�——å�¬æƒ¯è¿™ç§�语气的新加å�¡äººï¼Œå¯¹æ­¤ä¸€ç‚¹ä¹Ÿä¸�感到惊奇。

  虽然新加�排在日本之�作为亚洲第二富裕国家，但是新加�人�享�很少的社会�利，所以造��年都有�少一�人�移居到澳洲�加拿大和美国等地。

  政府�以在海外投资一输上百亿而�眨眼，���为新加�人，特别是那些�自低收入的社群架设一个社会安全网。

  人民行动党长久以æ�¥è¦�新加å�¡ç¤¾ä¼šé�¿å¼€ä»»ä½•å½¢å¼�çš„ ” ç¦�利 ” ，并将之称为“æ‹�æ�–æ€�ç»´”，认为将削弱我们的竞争能力。

  如此，新加å�¡äººå°±å¾—工作到死。还有一个部长呼å��本地人è¦�“更便宜ã€�æ›´å¿«ã€�更好”，è¦�实现这个目标，我想他最好以身作则，先å‡�自己的百万年薪。

  我国的人�收入是高居世界第四，�过测�收入差�的基尼系数，我们则在香港之�，在亚洲高居第二。那是因为国内有太多��比例的亿万富豪。�一方�，日本�能够在缩�贫富差�方���领先。

  而这样的差�唯有继续扩大下去，因为政府已�大开方便之门让追梦的外�移民大�涌入。

  这�需�是�济学家也能看得出：大批廉价劳工的�入，当然会给大�业带�丰腴的利润，增加业主和管�层的收入，打压一般新加�人的薪水。

  与此�时，生��本�低就无需通过�高生产力�达到国民生产总值的��，这个说明国民生产总值其实并�能真正�映一个国家人民的财富和全体的生活素质。

  此外，人民行动党部长们的百万年薪是和国民生产总值的数�挂钩，这也解释为何他们如此沉溺于国民生产总值的计算。

  对于一般在�场讨生活的新加�人，国民生产总值对他们�说并无特殊�义。他们担忧的是收入是�足够维�个人和家庭生活？如何开始一个家庭�抚养孩�以��有所�？

  20年�，也许�追�新加�梦还�太难；那时年轻夫妇还买得起政府组屋�没有外�者的竞争�和今日相比，生活费相对地低。在2003年之�，他们还�以一次过领出所有的公积金�安享晚年。

  今天的新加�人�对的是一个����确定和�安定的未�，新加�人月入的中�数是2�600元，几乎和�年�一样，并且还��对百物腾�，特别是政府组屋的价格。

  一个大学毕业生起薪�会超过2�800元，除了�还大学贷款，根本都没钱买辆汽车，更�论结婚生�。

  盛港的四房�组屋在1999年�超过20万，�过隔邻榜鹅区的�样屋�最近已�索价30万。还有在女皇镇的�生预购组屋，五房�的平�售价是66万6000元。

  根�金�顾问，一对夫妇至少�有7�500元的月入�买得起这样的组屋。或许还得�月拿出几百元现金�填补公积金户�的�足，这样下去他们在退休时的公积金户�已�所剩无几了。

  生活并�一帆风顺，如果我们在人到中年的时候被外�人�抢去饭碗，或者�外致残�染上慢性疾病如肾衰竭，�或者官�缠身，那我们�如何养得起自己和家人呢？

  在“把PAP踢出去”çš„facebook上，特雷斯·é™ˆç½‘å�‹å’Œå¤§å®¶åˆ†äº«ä¸€åˆ™æ�ªå¿ƒçš„故事：

  “ 我认识一å��肾è„�和心è„�都出毛病的å�ŠçžŽå¥³å­�，由于å�¥åº·é—®é¢˜è€Œä¸�能工作。她现在四å��多å²�，是个å�•äº²å¦ˆå¦ˆï¼Œæœ‰ä¸ªå°±è¯»åˆ�中三的女儿。以å‰�她å�‘家庭æœ�务中心救助，家 庭æœ�务中心明了她的困境，就帮她付建屋局房租ã€�水电费和æ�‚费。此外她æ¯�月还获得300元补贴，和让她女儿在学校用é¤�çš„250元零用钱。ç»�过两年多的æ�´åŠ©ï¼Œ 家庭æœ�务中心最近通知她，该中心ä¸�能å†�继续æ��供她æ¯�月三百元和女儿学校零用钱的补助，虽然她的情况没有ä¸�毫改å�˜ã€‚他们指示她在接è§�选民的时间去找贾å�¤çŽ›ï¼Œ 那里的人就帮她写å°�信到东å�—社ç�†ä¼šå¯»æ±‚æ�´åŠ©ï¼Œç»“果社ç�†ä¼šçš„回答是：‘å·²ç»�帮了她两年，ä¸�能å†�帮她了。’她回去找国会议员，他说已ç»�帮她写信，就å�ªèƒ½å¸®è¿™ä¹ˆ 多。”

  上�的故事��是�一个案，而是时时在我们周围�生，说�定有一天也会�生在你我身上。

  行动党�以暂时�供求助者�总超市礼券�水电回扣和�除�费，然而这一切都是治标�治本的措施。

  如果上述的女��能找到或者��一个长期饭碗，那么政府就有责任支撑这个家庭，直到她的女儿毕业出�找工作为止。

  此外，在新加�还有很多穷困者够�上国家�助的严格规定：必须由医学专家�定永久性伤残，或者�明是无亲无故�能获得公众�助金，而且批准与��回还得�情况而定。

  �外一个真实故事：有个73��妪在大巴窑七巷�拾纸皮为生，她有个五��的儿�，由于天生弱智�能找到一份稳定的�业。她够�上资格就因为她还有个儿�，然而没有人��请她儿�这个事实则�置一�。

  由社�体部所�出的公众�助金是目��月330元，显然�足以在新加�维�一个�样的生活。

  几年å‰�，当行动党议员æ¢�莉莉医生è¦�求社é�’体部部长维文医生把290å…ƒæ�´åŠ©é‡‘æ��高，那么这些å�—惠者æ‰�能有一天三é¤�的正常饮食时，维文当场问é�“：“ä½ è¦�多少？你说的三é¤�是在å°�贩中心ã€�食é˜�还是é¤�馆å�ƒçš„？”

  这当然ä¸�是社é�’体部ç»�济拮æ�®ï¼Œæ‰�无法帮助更多的人ã€�因为维文医生最近æ‰�披露一个1000万元的“社区èž�入基金”æ�¥å¸®åŠ©æ–°å…¬æ°‘和永久居民觉得在新加å�¡“å�—欢迎”。为什么ä¸�拿这笔钱去帮助那些曾在建国时出过一份力的人们呢？

  民选政府的基本功能就是�照顾选民，而�是通过一些暧昧的数�和外国竞争�夜郎自大或者使用本地纳税人的钱乘飞机到处去教训别人怎么治�国家。

  æ�Žèµ„政的讲è¯�显然破å��人民行动党è¦�把自己装扮æˆ�爱民政党的任何ä¼�图。他已ç»�斩钉截é“�地说：如果新加å�¡äººèµ¶ä¸�上新移民，ä¸�必期望行动党æ�¥æ‰“æ•‘——那是我们人民自己的代志，ä¸�是他们的。

  也就是说，一个大学毕业生为了追赶�腾的屋价而无法�家立业，也�必期望行动党会把价格拉下�。

  一�中年人被中国或�度找�的更年轻的廉价劳工所�代，也�必期望行动党会帮他找到一份工作。

  对于年长者由于公积金户�没钱而必须当清�工�养活自己，也�必期望行动党��他一天有正常的三�。

  这是新加å�¡ç¤¾ä¼šåœ¨44年行动党一党独大下养æˆ�çš„——冷酷ã€�无情且物质至上。这样的社会真能å�¸å¼•åˆ°æœ€å¥½çš„人æ‰�å‰�æ�¥å�—？在中国和å�°åº¦ç§»æ°‘心里，新加å�¡åœ¨ä»–们的å��å�•ä¸Šå·²ç»�是æ¸�æ¸�“排除”，他们之中的出类拔è�ƒè€…都喜欢移民到美国ã€�加拿大ã€�欧洲和澳洲去，这一点都ä¸�奇怪。

  行动党的ç»�济政策已ç»�让低收入群蒙å�—打击，现正转å�‘中等收入阶层。而有钱商贾ã€�医生ã€�律师ã€�会计师和工程师或者以为他们在行动党的庇è�«ä¸‹“å�‘了”——最好å†�想一想你们的å­�孙将æ�¥ä¼šæ€Žä¹ˆæ ·ï¼Ÿ

  éš¾ é�“ä½ è¦�他们和外国人在新加å�¡å¤§å­¦é‡Œäº‰å¤ºä½�å­�å�—？你è¦�他们和那些所谓“è¿›å�–和努力”满足于2000元以下薪水的新移民为一份工作抢得头破血æµ�å�—？你è¦�他们长 期紧张ã€�失望和ä¸�å¿«ä¹�，就因为他们找ä¸�ç�€ä¸€ä»½å¦‚æ„�çš„è�Œä¸šå�—？最å�Žï¼Œä½ çœŸçš„æ„¿æ„�看到自己的孩å­�工作到最å�Žä¸€å�£æ°”，就因为他们永远无法退休å�—？

  å�³ä½¿æ˜¯èº«ä¸ºè¡ŒåŠ¨å…šå…šå‘˜ï¼Œå’Œåˆ¶åº¦æœ‰å¾ˆå¤šè�”系的，你的未æ�¥ä¹Ÿä¸�è§�得如表é�¢é‚£ä¹ˆé£Žå¹³æµªé�™ã€‚除é�žä½ èƒ½è·»èº«ç²¾è‹±é˜¶å±‚，å�¦åˆ™ä½ ä¸�知é�“何时会被他们从中国ã€�å�°åº¦ã€�马æ�¥è¥¿äºšã€�è�²å¾‹å®¾ã€�孟加拉ã€�廷巴克图跟天知晓国度找æ�¥çš„“æ–°å® ”所代替。

  行动党在八å��年代一批è€�将退下以å�Žï¼Œæ ¹æœ¬ä¸�能å†�称为一个政党了。它更多åƒ�一个摆满å�‡äººå�¶çš„百货市场æ�¥è¡¨æ¼”“议会民主”空壳给全世界看。

  诚如�资政自己说的：

  “ è¦�当个总ç�†ï¼Œä½ ä¸�å¿…æ¯�æ ·ä¹�器都会，但是你都è¦�认得；哦ï¼�他是个好æ��ç�´æ‰‹ï¼Œæ‰€ä»¥ä»–æ�¥å½“第一å°�æ��ç�´ã€‚ä»–å�¯ä»¥åŽ»å½“å€�低音ã€�ä»–å�¯ä»¥çŽ©ä¸­æ��ç�´ã€�他玩喇å�­ã€�他玩鼓。å�ª è¦�把他们组织起æ�¥ï¼Œä½ å°±èƒ½çŽ©å‡ºç¾Žå¦™çš„音ä¹�。当你建立起一支好ä¹�队的时候，å�³ä½¿æ”¾ä¸ªå�‡äººåœ¨é‚£å„¿ï¼ˆæŒ‡æŒ¥ï¼‰ï¼Œä¹Ÿä¸€æ ·èƒ½çŽ©å‡ºç¾Žå¦™çš„音ä¹�。”

  现在我们知é�“为什么82个行动党议员ä¸�敢顶撞è€�家伙的原因——因为他们都是å�‡äººï¼Œå…¶å®žéƒ½æ²¡èµ„格在那儿。

  所以新加�人，下次�有行动党议员�跟你说：他会为你在国会�声。别忘了�醒他们行动党给新加�人的��：

  “你死你ã�¸ä»£å¿—ï¼�”

  http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/12/29/%e8%a1%8c%e5%8a%a8%e5%85%9a%e5%af%b9%e6%96%b0%e5%8a%a0%e5%9d%a1%e4%ba%ba%e8%af%b4%ef%bc%9a%e4%bd%a0%e6%ad%bb%e4%bd%a0%e3%81%b8%e4%bb%a3%e5%bf%97%ef%bc%81/

• Bentsb05

  1 Jan 10, 11:41

  Originally posted by deepak.c:

   

  So you regurgitated the PAP propaganda "Singaporeans are mollycoddled", without first analysing it with those lump of fats in between your ears.

  
  So much for independant thinking in our education system.

   

   

   

  So you regurgitated the PAP propaganda "Singaporeans are mollycoddled", without first analysing it with those lump of fats in between your ears.

  woooaaah, starting to get low down now, resorting to personal insults.

  this is the reason why i hate to discuss with kids, they cant seem to get a grip on themselves but only to cry n brawl each time....haizz....

  btw, u rather spent your first mins of the new yr replying to me instead of getting a life outside with some friends or loved ones?? sad isnt it

  
   

• Bentsb05

  1 Jan 10, 11:48

  Originally posted by ztreyier:

  independant thinking and PAP doesn't mix. There's no need to think. Just follow PAP and LKY.

  
  good morning, ztreyier, Happy New Year!!

  how was your countdown? or u still smarting at home when everyone was outside? you could have gone out with deepak u know....well, no worries, there's always next yr..

• Johnpennreturn

  1 Jan 10, 12:39

  CNA’s spin on MM Lee’s NatGeo interview, minus the “hide” remarks

  January 1, 2010

  Stung by the massive outcry in cyberspace over MM Lee Kuan Yew’s disparaging remarks about Singaporeans, the state media moves into a damage control mode in a lame attempt to limit the fallout from the PR disaster by omitting the actual words used by Lee in the interview with National Geographic magazine in July 2009.

  Though NatGeo journalist Mark Jacobson’s article which was based largely on the interview first appeared in the online version of the National Geographic magazine on 20 December 2009, it made the headlines only after The Temasek Review had highlighted Lee’s words 5 days later.

  In an article titled “Social cohesion key to keeping Singapore going: MM Lee” published on CNA yesterday, Imelda Saad tried to lessen the negative publicity surrounding Lee’s message with a toned-down version:

  “Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has expressed concerns over how the younger generation may be less driven compared to the growing number of foreigners in the country…..Mr Lee noted that if Singaporeans do not work hard, they may lose out.”

  [Source: Channel News Asia]

  Channel News Asia is owned by MediaCorp, the sole broadcasting company in Singapore. It is in turn controlled by Temasek Holdings whose CEO is Ho Ching, the daughter-in-law of Lee.

  Contrast this to Mark Jacobson’s passage in his article “The Singapore Solution”:

  “Over time, the MM says, Singaporeans have become “less hard-driving and hard-striving.” This is why it is a good thing, the MM says, that the nation has welcomed so many Chinese immigrants (25 percent of the population is now foreign-born).

  He is aware that many Singaporeans are unhappy with the influx of immigrants, especially those educated newcomers prepared to fight for higher paying jobs. But taking a typically Darwinian stance, the MM describes the country’s new subjects as “hungry,” with parents who “pushed the children very hard.” If native Singaporeans are falling behind because “the spurs are not stuck into the hide,” that is their problem.”

  [Source: National Geographic]

  Nowhere did Lee express his concerns about the younger generation. In fact, he said plainly that it is their “problem” if they are falling behind the Chinese immigrants.

  If Mark Jacobson had misquoted Lee in anyway, he would have been sued for defamation a long time ago. Since Lee has not taken legal action against him, we can safely assume that Lee had meant what he said and the article is a fairly accurate reflection of Lee’s thoughts about Singaporeans and the new Chinese immigrants.

  Furthermore, the words “less hard-driving and hard-striving” and “the spurs are not stuck in the hide” were indeed mentioned by Lee as recorded in the full transcript of the media interview as well.

  It is unbecoming of Channel News Asia to deliberately distort the words of Lee in order to lessen their impact. Perhaps Lee had wanted to send a wake-up call to young Singaporeans who are getting “complacent”?

  CNA should interview Lee and asked him to clarify what he has meant exactly in the interview instead of trying ways and means to twist and turn his words in order to salvage his embattled image.

  In the past, Lee’s words would have gone unnoticed if the state media did not report on it. With the continued growth of the new media and socio-political news sites with a large readership like The Temasek Review, it is foolhardy to continue to practice self-censorship to pull a wool over the eyes of the people.

  http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/01/01/cnas-spin-on-mm-lees-natgeo-interview-minus-the-hide-remarks/

• deepak.c

  1 Jan 10, 12:53

  Originally posted by Bentsb05:

   

   

  So you regurgitated the PAP propaganda "Singaporeans are mollycoddled", without first analysing it with those lump of fats in between your ears.

  woooaaah, starting to get low down now, resorting to personal insults.

  this is the reason why i hate to discuss with kids, they cant seem to get a grip on themselves but only to cry n brawl each time....haizz....

  btw, u rather spent your first mins of the new yr replying to me instead of getting a life outside with some friends or loved ones?? sad isnt it

  
   

   

  Ermmmm........

   

  No personal insults, I was merely stating undeniable facts, you can't even back up your own statements. Also, if anybody started the personal insult, it was you, you called me and all Singaporeans "mollycoddled". 

   

  You said Singaporeans are mollycoddled, but when asked why are we mollycoddled, you beat around the bush. Isn't that a fact that you don't even use those lumps of fats in between those ears, or maybe yours is muscle not fats. 

   

   

• Johnpennreturn

  1 Jan 10, 13:04

  MM Lee’s interview with NatGeo – transcript

  Wednesday, 30 December 2009

  TOO LONG

  http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/12/mm-lees-interview-with-natgeo-transcript/