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Where can u find this kind of able and thrift person?
I remember Ho Ching said a group of officials ,incl Ho and GKS,
looking for cheap hotel to stay in overseas!
-As they huddled around the oasis expectantly, the former senior civil servant placed 10 cents, gulped down his drink and mumbled "I have paid for my drink. If you want to have a drink, go ahead", before walking away. They were stunned.....S R Nathan, who worked with Goh in the defence ministry in the 1970s, said that Goh was so averse to spending that whenever he travelled overseas he would carry soap flakes to wash his underwear in the hotel bathroom.
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:mm
Where can u find this kind of able and thrift person?
I remember Ho Ching said a group of officials ,incl Ho and GKS,
looking for cheap hotel to stay in overseas!
Goh Keng Swee's legendary thriftiness
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But I pity granpa Goh, after all the thriftiness to save up the coffer, only to see HO Ching and gangs wasted it all to the west thru investment. I think Granpa Goh is so sad that he end his life.
Originally posted by Rock^Star:let me paste what a poster in Temasek Review has written:
Sianz:
Good riddance! He’s the guy who forced our fathers, sons and brothers to become slave soldiers with little recourse to justice while paying them pittance allowances of $90/mth. Until recently, if you die in NS or reservist your family only gets a freaking cheque for $10K.
He is also responsible for all the shenanigans in our education system — Pri 3 streaming, Pri 4 streaming, monoligualism and Pri 7 & Pri 8 for “less intelligent” people, funneling and fast-tracking late bloomers into VITB/ITE with no questions asked. He basically started all the streaming, separation by tests & IQ, and caused the entire education system to degenerate into the kiasu-ism, elitism, expensive tuition, pressure cooker that you see today.
He’s also part of the gang that came up with eugenics for Singapore with the Graduate Mother Scheme, stopping or reducing financial help to poor people, keeping tight political quotas on those who want to study law or medicine in NUS (40 per year), while pushing for mass entry into engineering and polytechnics. All because his grand economic plan depended on supplying cheap, low cost and uncomplaining technicians & engineers to greedy Ang Mo & Nipponese MNCs. Plus giving all these Ang Moh and Nips freebies, tax breaks, rebates and incentives from the blood taxes of Singaporeans.
The only thing he did right was to retire in 1984, unlike some old fcukers still masturbating to their monthly million-dollar checks. Be it as it may, GKS retired with full pension and full A-Class medical treatments — Singaporean taxpayers have already paid enough for his long 26-year retirement and “long illness”. Although he retired before the era of multi-million dollar salaries, his pension would still be at least $15,000 a month — enough for Europe holidays, Bahamas, Taihiti, Alaskan cruise, Mediterranean cruise every year. And remember he and his wife do not have to come up with even a single cent for A-Class ward medical treatments.
so the old mudder-farker was that bad eh ?
the British put him and LKY in power so nothing surprising about their evil deeds...............
he retired ? more likely, LKY force him to retire less he becomes a threat to the Lee dynasty..............
hope LKY will join his ''fellow villain'' real soon.....................
Originally posted by sbst275:RIP
If not for him, we wun even be able to start our economy. Jurong is macham his baby.
If not for him, we wun have an Army. Like it or not, NS came about thks mainly because of M'sia threats. They kicked us out hoping we would beg them for a merger under UMNO's condition.
If not for him, we wun have an strong finances. I think e other FM is Hon Suei Sen.
Some other founding fathers w/ vision are like the late Mr Howe Yoon Chong.
they dare to take S'pore independent becoz of British backing................the Brits wouldn't want such a strategic place to be under Muslim control..................
Originally posted by Rock^Star:so u havent read the Msian version then. I would say the above is a one sided conundrum of the past; true but it isn't the whole picture. LKY realised he couldn't do the independence thing alone and he had to rely on Tunku Abdul Rahman, of which Malaya had more lobbying power. Our SM knew he couldn't survive under the Malaysian idea of championing bumiputras so he wouldn't be exactly that sad to part with Msia.
LKY will never accept not being number 1.....................he'll rather be the big fish in a tiny pond then a guppy in a lake..............
Originally posted by ahtansh:All Male Sinkies must remember Him.
Dr Goh became Singapore's first Interior and Defence Minister, overseeing the introduction of National Service!
for that, he deserve our eternal condemnation and curses.................why ?
so he can use the SAF to safeguard his own position..........think about it, if the M'sians were to forcibly take over S'pore, who stands to lose out the most ?
Goh and LKY as well as their lackeys !
how come the female no need to serve ns one
is it enemy just killed the men only - so funny
"forever remember ns and the education system" that he implemented
Every one bring about good and bad when he or she comes into politics.
For the local sense, he is able to create some system that are workable.
It is better than some of his mates that are paid more and unable to tackle simple issues.
Not defending him, just feel that he have done his best with the limited resources.
As for the old man, he is living his life like a emperor and still waiting for his number to be called.
It will be interesting to observe how capable the dragon can survive without his nanny dad.
Originally posted by Medicated Oil:Every one bring about good and bad when he or she comes into politics.
For the local sense, he is able to create some system that are workable.
It is better than some of his mates that are paid more and unable to tackle simple issues.
Not defending him, just feel that he have done his best with the limited resources.
As for the old man, he is living his life like a emperor and still waiting for his number to be called.
It will be interesting to observe how capable the dragon can survive without his nanny dad.
LHL no need to worry..............LKY would have gotten rid of all potential threats already..............notice since LHL became PM, most of the old farts ministers got kicked out liao.................
all the new ministers are just useless obedient lapdogs...................LKY don't want capable people in the PAP less they become a threat to his son.
Originally posted by As romanista2001:
they dare to take S'pore independent becoz of British backing................the Brits wouldn't want such a strategic place to be under Muslim control..................
because by then they knew who was e mastermind behind e 721 incident.
Originally posted by CheckmateA1:how come the female no need to serve ns one
is it enemy just killed the men only - so funny
"forever remember ns and the education system" that he implemented
dun bash woman.
Back then MM & Dr GKS wanted gers to be enlisted into SAF. But realising no youngster would end up working for the developing ecnomoy, e gers were spared.
would MINDEF postpone RSN open hse? OO
just wonder how come some other countrie, their citizen regardless of race, etc need to serve ns
Thrifty is a virtue.
so he's the one responsible for national slavery?
Originally posted by hisoka:so he's the one responsible for national slavery?
He was e one tat built up e entire SAF & NS
for those who might not know.
His mother side produced quite a number of M'sian politician incl Tun Tan Siew Sin, MCA's chief back in 1960s, finance minister.
It turned out to be his biggest political foe
Originally posted by As romanista2001:for that, he deserve our eternal condemnation and curses.................why ?
so he can use the SAF to safeguard his own position..........think about it, if the M'sians were to forcibly take over S'pore, who stands to lose out the most ?
Goh and LKY as well as their lackeys !
turn e tables ard
now they regretted kicking us out. Not only did we forgo begging them, we surpassed them to have today.
Originally posted by angel7030:
But I pity granpa Goh, after all the thriftiness to save up the coffer, only to see HO Ching and gangs wasted it all to the west thru investment. I think Granpa Goh is so sad that he end his life.
The only way not to lose $$ in investment is NEVER invest.
Temasek and GIC gain more and loss less. Go to search for yourself abt their performance in long term.
2.
http://www.news.gov.sg/public/sgpc/en/media_releases/agencies/mof/speech/S-20090528-1.html
Temasek, after the big drop in 2008 crisis, still gain S$ 53 b , compared with 2003.
Temasek admits assets is S$ 172 b and GIC is estimated at abt US $ 230 b.
This is a peanuts loss few b! Ok? no need to worry abt your CPF.
Next will be Lee Kuan Yew to go.
Originally posted by Vote PAP OUT to Save SG:Next will be Lee Kuan Yew to go.
He die I think the Tv show have special programme to tell us abt his contributions to Singapore.
Originally posted by ~PEPPER~:
He die I think the Tv show have special programme to tell us abt his contributions to Singapore.
After he dies, the political scene in Singapore will start to shift.
Hope that he dies as quickly as possible. Can't wait to see Lee Kuan Yew die.
Originally posted by Vote PAP OUT to Save SG:After he dies, the political scene in Singapore will start to shift.
Hope that he dies as quickly as possible. Can't wait to see Lee Kuan Yew die.
Tommy Koh held a conference to discuss SG after LKY few years ago.
PAP alreday has plans how to arrange all VIP funeral.
You know I was thinking yesterday.......
LKY the Last Man Standing......
Originally posted by angel7030:
But I pity granpa Goh, after all the thriftiness to save up the coffer, only to see HO Ching and gangs wasted it all to the west thru investment. I think Granpa Goh is so sad that he end his life.
he suffering from illness lah.