Boxerfan88 Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/singapore-marathon-organisers-apologise-traffic-gridlock-hope-event-will-grow-public-years Embrace it!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Guest AndrewC Posted December 7, 2019 Posted December 7, 2019 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/1-in-16000-students-here-is-a-scholarship-holder-from-india-moe Good to see the CECA issue getting profiled more in the mainstream, even if it is damage control. Hopefully more of the dumbo 70% will finally realise they’ve been slowly getting fcuked by the MIW over the years :)
Guest AndrewC Posted December 7, 2019 Posted December 7, 2019 Back during 911, JI terrorist surveil Yishun MRT planning to place an IED there against US marines. The cameras are for those type of event. I'm all for surveilling terrorist too... but no terrorist in his right mind is going to surveil an MRT station from within 20 meters of the entrance (unless they're low IQ, which is possible I guess! Like on "Four Lions" ;D) [embed=425,349] [/embed]
jeromelang Posted December 8, 2019 Author Posted December 8, 2019 waiting for police to take action... Throw pencil, throw handphone [embed=425,349] [/embed]
artemov Posted December 9, 2019 Posted December 9, 2019 Book containing vulgarities not on MOE's recommended list, chosen by school https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/book-vulgarities-moe-school-facebook-curious-incident-dog-12167596 On Saturday, a Facebook group called Singaporeans Defending Marriage and Family criticised the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which contains several swear words. It said the book uses "foul and blasphemous language" and claimed it "breaks Singapore's racial and religious harmony laws".
Guest AndrewC Posted December 9, 2019 Posted December 9, 2019 ... On Saturday, a Facebook group called Singaporeans Defending Marriage and Family criticised the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which contains several swear words. ... Sounds like typical Religious Fundies ::)... they need to be named and shamed.
artemov Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 Sounds like typical Religious Fundies ::)... they need to be named and shamed. Just look at their hashtags you know already. Can't they at least be honest about their true agenda? Singaporeans Defending Marriage & Family 6 December at 21:26 · We are alerted to this disturbing trend of MOE schools corrupting the minds of children. Parents! Check your children’s books and materials and demand answers from MOE! Singapore MOE Secondary Schools give Secondary 2 students English book with offensive, disturbing FOUL & BLASPHEMOUS language "Holy F**king Jesus" and "F**king"! Do Parents need to inspect EVERY single school material and sit inside EVERY classroom to ENSURE our children are free from unacceptable immoral indoctrination and corruption? This breaks Singapore’s racial and religious harmony laws! Minister Indranee Rajah has announced MOE permits LGBT speakers/ performers and homosexual activists into institutions of higher learning to indoctrinate and corrupt children and youths. Parents need to be very CONCERNED and OUTRAGED and sternly tell MOE and the ministers that such books, materials should NOT be sneaked in, taught or given to any/ all children in Singapore schools! Parents, Tell MOE that you do NOT want LGBT activists/ speakers/ performers into any/ all learning and education institutions to corrupt and indoctrinate children and youths! This include all MOE Primary, Secondary, JC, Polytechnics schools and universities and kindergartens. #MOE. #DontCorruptOurChildren. #ParentsBeOutrage. #MilitantSecularism. #HumanismIsDangerousToSociety. #ParentsSayNoToLGBTIndoctrination.
Audio Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 I rather my kids to know what's "Holy F**king Jesus" and "F**king" meant instead of being so isolated and protective ......imagine we need to protect our universities students from such language..... (Audio)
jeromelang Posted December 10, 2019 Author Posted December 10, 2019 I need to remind everyone here that the "strawberry flavoured cheesepie" mods here in this forum censored off words like "flocking" "suck dog", "Lan chiao" and "cheesepie". So whatever discussed about our education ministry applies to the mods here.
jeromelang Posted December 13, 2019 Author Posted December 13, 2019 Our sh1t times kena fail in their report card :P
jeromelang Posted December 14, 2019 Author Posted December 14, 2019 So next time people from NKF or President Charity asking you to donate, please don't bcos it is against the law.
jeromelang Posted December 15, 2019 Author Posted December 15, 2019 ST published fake news? Josephine told to go f... Dear Minister Josephine Teo, We refer to the Correction Notices you sent to the SDP on 14 December 2019. We state our case below. Post 1: The SDP article which you refer to dated 8 June 2019 states: “The SDP's proposal comes amidst a rising proportion of Singapore PMETs getting retrenched.” This statement is based on a Straits Times (ST) report “PMETs make up rising share of retrenched locals” (15 March 2019). The report states: “Professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) made up about three in four or 76 per centof the locals – Singaporeans and permanent residents – who were retrenched last year, the highest figure in at least a decade. It rose from 72 per cent in 2017 and is significantly higher than the share of PMETs in the resident workforce, which is about 57 per cent.” The report includes a figure labelled: “PMETs make up growing share of locals laid off” with MOM stated as its source. As the said newspaper is a government-controlled newspaper, we have no reason to believe that it would publish fake news about the government. As such, the MOM should take the matter up with the ST. If the ST states that its information, or the interpretation of it, is incorrect, we would be happy to amend our statement correspondingly. In a separate report by Yahoo! (3 October 2019), DBS senior economist Irvin Seah was quoted, saying: “PMETs continue to form a much larger share of retrenched workers compared to their proportion in the workforce.” Post 2: In our infograph posted on 30 November 2019, we made the statement: “Local PMET unemployment has increased”. In its report “More workers were retrenched in Q1 – here’s why most of them were PMETs”, the Business Insider (13 June 2019) said: “Retrenchment in Q1 2019 is up from the previous quarter, and most of those who were retrenched were professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs), a report by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has revealed.” Other newspapers such as ST and TODAY also published similar reports. In the second quarter of 2019, the above-cited Yahoo! report headlined “PMET unemployment in Singapore continues to climb” stated that the “number of PMETs who lost their jobs increased from 1,440 to 1,680, making them the bulk of those retrenched.” The report also cited Mr Irvin Seah's comment that the rate of PMETs re-entering the workforce after six months of retrenchment was “persistently much lower”. Our statement is based on publicly available information cited in the reports mentioned. Post 3: In our infograph posted on 2 December 2019, we made the statement: “Local PMET employment has decreased”. This is similar to Case 2. In addition, the low re-entry numbers suggest that the absolute numbers of unemployed and under-employed PMETs would have increased. Be that as it may, 2019 isn't over, yet you say that local PMET employment has risen for the year. This raises questions about your conclusion. Sincerely, John Tan Vice-Chairman Singapore Democratic Party
artemov Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 One country, 2/3/4 systems. Release of CPF complainant's details necessary to 'provide correct and relevant facts': Government https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/cpf-board-personal-data-release-online-citizen-12215766
artemov Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 "long-term contracts at commercially negotiated prices indexed to oil prices" "increase in the non-fuel cost of the power generation companies" https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/reason-for-electricity-tariff-hike We thank Mr Alan Chiu Chen Hong for his feedback (Puzzled by electricity tariff hike as natural gas price has dropped, Jan 1). The power generation companies in Singapore import natural gas under long-term contracts at commercially negotiated prices indexed to oil prices. The price of natural gas delivered to Singapore will therefore differ from the general price of natural gas. The electricity tariff also includes non-fuel cost, such as the costs of operating the generating plants, manpower costs, capital costs and an adjustment component to account for any variation between forecasted and actual electricity consumption. As the average price of natural gas delivered to Singapore under long-term gas contracts was relatively flat in the fourth quarter of last year, over the preceding quarter, the increase in the electricity tariff for the first quarter of this year was mainly due to an increase in the non-fuel cost of the power generation companies. Lee Lie Yen Director Economic Regulation and Licensing Energy Market Authority
jonchew38 Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 "long-term contracts at commercially negotiated prices indexed to oil prices" "increase in the non-fuel cost of the power generation companies" https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/reason-for-electricity-tariff-hike We thank Mr Alan Chiu Chen Hong for his feedback (Puzzled by electricity tariff hike as natural gas price has dropped, Jan 1). The power generation companies in Singapore import natural gas under long-term contracts at commercially negotiated prices indexed to oil prices. The price of natural gas delivered to Singapore will therefore differ from the general price of natural gas. The electricity tariff also includes non-fuel cost, such as the costs of operating the generating plants, manpower costs, capital costs and an adjustment component to account for any variation between forecasted and actual electricity consumption. As the average price of natural gas delivered to Singapore under long-term gas contracts was relatively flat in the fourth quarter of last year, over the preceding quarter, the increase in the electricity tariff for the first quarter of this year was mainly due to an increase in the non-fuel cost of the power generation companies. Lee Lie Yen Director Economic Regulation and Licensing Energy Market Authority Given Singapore's relatively small size, there should just be one large power generation company, to be run by the government so as to achieve economies of scale. And given this explanation, we should expect prices for electricity to continue higher - when gas prices are low, they will blame it on non fuel cost and when gas prices are high, they would use that as an excuse to hike again.
artemov Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 Given Singapore's relatively small size, there should just be one large power generation company, to be run by the government so as to achieve economies of scale. And given this explanation, we should expect prices for electricity to continue higher - when gas prices are low, they will blame it on non fuel cost and when gas prices are high, they would use that as an excuse to hike again. Tuas power station is owned by the Chinese https://www.reuters.com/article/us-temasek-huaneng/huaneng-buys-singapores-tuas-power-for-3-billion-idUSSP10284220080314 Pulau Seraya power station is owned by the Malaysians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Seraya_Power_Station Senoko power station is owned by the Japanese! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senoko_Power_Station The others are here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Singapore
darkeststar Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 Given Singapore's relatively small size, there should just be one large power generation company, to be run by the government so as to achieve economies of scale. And given this explanation, we should expect prices for electricity to continue higher - when gas prices are low, they will blame it on non fuel cost and when gas prices are high, they would use that as an excuse to hike again. Basically heads they win, tail we lose. Sent from my MAR-LX2 using Tapatalk
Chowbotak Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 https://sg.yahoo.com/news/filipino-woman-jailed-7-weeks-for-giving-false-statements-in-pr-applications-ica-095443523.html
jonchew38 Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 https://sg.yahoo.com/news/filipino-woman-jailed-7-weeks-for-giving-false-statements-in-pr-applications-ica-095443523.html I wonder how many companies run checks on the degrees that applicants are using to apply for jobs here.
artemov Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 Oh this one is good. JT has seriously farked up ... https://yoursdp.org/news/dr-chee:-it-would-be-ludicrous-for-the-mom-to-say-that-%22in-the-minister's-view%22-the-earth-is-round The most shocking part of the Manpower Minister Josephine Tes's POFMA action against the SDP involves this statement in the MOM's affidavi: "Counsel will elaborate further on the legal position: what has been set out is, in the Minister's view, the correct, reasonable interpretation, and there is no other reasonable interpretation of the Relevant Sentence. The Minister has been further advised however, that the legal position is that, as long as what has been set out is one reasonable interpretation (amongst several possible interpretations) such that it could be said that some people (at the very least) would have adopted that reasonable interpretation, then the CD can be issued if that reasonable interpretation is false." "I did a double take when I first read it, I thought it was a prank," Dr Chee said in court this afternoon. "This position defies comprehension." How does one justify the use of the Minister's opinion and interpretations to charge the SDP with making a "false statement of fact". Dr Chee had to take the court through the meaning of the word "fact". Facts have actual existence. They can be objectively verified and are not in dispute. They are not open to interpretation or opinion. He said, "I'm sure you've heard of the adage 'you are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts.'” So, when Ms Josephine Teo says that the SDP has made a false statement of fact, what she is saying is that the SDP's statement is indisputably, demonstrably wrong. That false statement is not open to interpretation. He gave the example of the SDP making the statement that the earth is flat. The MOM can say that this is a false statement of fact because it can be demonstrated that the earth is globular, not flat, and there won't be any dispute. But what the MOM won't say is that "in the Minister's view" the earth is round. That's a ludicrous statement to make, Dr Chee said. The fact that MOM has to qualify that it is the Minister's view, that hers is a correct, reasonable "interpretation" and so on, shows how ridiculous the MOM’s case is. "Has it come to a point that a Minister's opinion and interpretation of a statement can dictate what is fact and what is not?" Dr Chee asked. The AGC also said that there may be "several possible interpretations" of a statement that "some people would have adopted". How many is some? 3, 10, 100? Falsehoods don't rely on opinions or interpretations of "some" people. They are indisputably wrong and untrue. In the present case, the entire day was spent disputing statistical data by both sides. This cannot, by any stretch of the imagine, qualify as a falsehood, much less a deliberate one necessitating the application of POFMA. "Your Honour," Dr Chee summed up, "this is a court of law, and a court of law is where reason thrives. For surely, when reason sleeps, absurdities arise. Reason is based on evidence and evidence on facts, not opinions and interpretations – especially the interpretations of a partisan-political player." This is the clearest example yet of how the POFMA is being abused. Earlier, the SDP applied to convert the Originating Summons into a Writ so that there can be discovery of documents and MOM officials, including Minister Teo, can be called to the witness stand and be cross-examined. Justice Ang Cheng Hock, however, disallowed the application. The SDP argued that it is concerned about of job security of Singaporeans and unfair competition of jobs from foreign PMETs. The hearing continues tomorrow.
Boxerfan88 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pofma-court-case-sdp-mom-release-data-on-local-employment-12267868 "We communicated in chambers that MOM has this data. Just release this data and settle the matter once and for all. Produce the data. Show us." I agree. Why hide? Will the released data compromise national security? Me watching how Deputy AG argue his case...
Boxerfan88 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 I still remember the old adage told to me decades ago... "Lies, True Lies, and Statistics" This still rings true today... ;D
darkeststar Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pofma-court-case-sdp-mom-release-data-on-local-employment-12267868 I agree. Why hide? Will the released data compromise national security? Me watching how Deputy AG argue his case... in case you haven't gotten use to the MIW style, if the data is to their favor, you can count on Whore times and the rest to blow their trumpets. Obviously the data have holes in them and will be embarrassing, hence closed door. supposedly MOM say 0nly 20% jobs are to PR. But question remains, out of these 80%? how many are PMET jobs that went to locals?
Chowbotak Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 When u deal with these ham kar chan MIW u have to be very specific. Don't even use the word "local" cos they may include PRs. Use "local born Singaporean" better
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