So, every year, our government spends lots of money staging this propaganda event, otherwise known as the national day parade, to psycho everyone just how absolutely wonderful Singapore is, and how it's time to celebrate our undying love for Singapore, complete with fireworks and songs and dances and 82 MPs wearing their white uniform to remind us that there really shouldn't be any distinction between Singapore and PAP.
So, you got hype up too and want to find out more. You go onto google and type "Singapore national day parade 08". What does google return you?
Google tells you that apart from the official website, the most relevant link to your query of "singapore national day parade 08" is a video that teaches you exactly the opposite of what the government wants for you on 9th of August: how to leave Singapore!
Really a tight slap right across the government's face. Haha!
But it also means we at Young Pay-And-Pay are about to lose our job. *sob*
Why? Because elderly beggars are engaing in "graphic sexual activities", as far as the PAP internet brigade is concerned!
A "suggestive but without nudity" scene deemed "unsuitable for miniors" by PAP internet brigade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3DyWJp-aXU (note that the flag has since been removed. see footnote below)
Background story: A week ago, I discovered a youtube video. Since then, that youtuber has done a number of other videos, all of which I enjoy. So, I visit her youtube page quite regularly.
Yesterday, I was on her site when I saw that one of her new videos was flagged as "unsuitable for minors"' viewing. That, of course, got me very curious - I was wondering if she had decided to strip for the camera. Haha!
Apparently, the video is full of images of elderly Singaporean beggars; And nothing else!
I think, it follows from simple logic, that the only kind of persons who would flag such a video as unsuitable for minors under 18 would be sick pap supporters - i.e. my fellow members from Young Pay-And-Pay!
Who else would regard elderly Singaporeans begging in the street as:
(from youtube's flagging terms page:) 1. Graphic sexual activity "Graphic sexual activity" describes content which contains actual visible or implied sex acts. 2. Nudity "Nudity" refers to exposed or see-through coverage of areas typically covered by a bathing suit or underwear. Sometimes nudity is allowed on YouTube, depending on the context. 3. Suggestive, but without nudity "Suggestive" content refers to materials with sexual themes that do not necessarily depict sexual activity or nudity. Sexually suggestive content may not be suitable for all audiences and may include fetish-related content. 4. Shocking or disgusting content "Shocking or disgusting content" refers to disturbing imagery, such as graphic depictions of violence, accidents or gore, which lack an appropriate context. 5. Promotes hatred or violence against a protected group Hate speech is content that promotes or encourages hatred or violence toward a group based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity. 6. Harmful dangerous acts "Harmful dangerous acts" may include content which is depicts behavior likely to cause serious injury or death to a third party.
When you try to flag a video in youtube, you cannot just click a button and be done with. You have to justify your action by selecting one of the categories stated above.
And so, this is the conclusion we can draw:
PAP internet brigade regards 80 years old Singaporeans begging in the streets as a graphic sexual activity, or nudity, or suggestive but without nudity, or a shocking/disgusting content, or promotes hatred/violence against a protected group, or a harmful dangerous act!
My fellow Young Pay-And-Pay colleauges, I gotta hand it over to you! Even though we are all part of YPAP, you guys are much more imaginative and may I add, perverted, than I!
I, for one, have no sexual interest in 80 yeares old granny. And I certainly do not view sights of them begging as a "graphic sexual activity"!
Footnote: The "unsuitable for minors" flag has since been removed. I assume the youtuber must have contacted youtube to get it removed? How did she do that? Did she provide youtube the juicy background story that Singapore is a dictatorial regime which officially has something called "PAP internet brigade", whose job is to go onto the internet to censor out speeches and videos which are detrimental to PAP - videos such as "suggestive but without nudity" scenes of elderly Singaporean beggars? I wonder if this has become the butt of the joke among the administrators of youtube!
Please note that I spoke to the moderators of this thread. They removed the other thread but you put up a cached link of the same.
As per suggestion from the moderator, I would be making a Police Report against you for defamation and sending unwarranted emails to my company.
Background: Amit Nagpal is a permanent resident (PR) of Singapore, which has a rule that only citizens can buy public flats at cheaper price.
Amit Nagpal would have nothing to do with this rule. He wrote to the local newspaper and demanded that he be given the same rights as citizens!
Amit Nagpal then discovered that teenagers at the hardwarezone forum had passed some negative remarks about his unreasonable demands. (And why shouldn't they? His behaviour was indeed outrageous.)
Amit Nagpal responded by demanding that all posts (i.e. the entire thread) be removed.
The government-owned hardwarezone unhesitatingly complied with its foreign talent's demand.
The government-owned harwarezone initiated blanket censorship, removed the entire thread and curtailed the rights to free speech of numerous citizens - all for the sake of its one foreign talent.
Someone then posted a link to the cache copy of the censored thread. Just a link.
Amit Nagpal consulted the government-owned hardwarezone on what he should do.
The government-owned hardwarezone considered the posting of this hyperlink by the citizen a crime that warranted police intervention.
Accordingly, the government-owned hadwarezone advised its foreign talent to make a police report against the teenage citizen who had dared show no respect to its foreign talent.
Amit Nagpal took the advice given by the government-owned forum. His proud annoncement , as quoted above, is here, assuming the link has not been taken down yet
Hardwarezone is populated mostly by teens. In additon, because it is owned by the government, the IP address of participants can be passed to the police and will be passed to the police, as demonstrated by the willingness of the government-owned forum to shut down free speech simply at the demand of its foreign talent.
Amit Nagpal is 33 years old.
No point bullying teenagers half your age, Amit Nagpal.
I, member of Young Pay-And-Pay, hereby challenge you. Amit Nagpal. to come to sammyboyforum for a verbal show-down with adults! Dare you, Amit Nagpal, accept the challenge and take on people closer to your age? Amit Nagpal, come here or here, and let us see if you are going to be just as police-happy with us as you have been with teens!
(Update 28/09/08: The old forum is now closed. Singapore's last bastion of free speech continues at The 3-in-1 Kopitiam.)
Amit Nagpal, be prepared to make 100 unfounded and unjustifiable police report per day for the next 100 days!
About Amit Nagpal: Amit Nagpal's webpage is here (assuming not taken down yet) Amit Nagpal is working at KCPL, Singapore. Amit Nagpal's unofficial personal email address: amit@amitnagpal.com, anagpal75@gmail.com
Note: I, being the most obedient dog in Young Pay-And-Pay, of course fully support what the government-owned hardwarezone has done My YPAP-style sick twisted logic is as follows:
Singapore citizens are cheap and Singapore citizenship is of no value.
Foreign talents are expensive and of great value to Singapore.
Thus, Singapore citizens have rights to free speech, but these rights must be curtailed immediately upon a foreign talent's demand.
If Singaporeans refuse to bow down to the demands, any government-owned company must rightly equate such insubordination as a crime and accordingly advise its precious foreign talent to make police reports.
In fact, if the foreign talent dare not make a police report, a government-own company should make the police report on behalf of its foreign talent.
Only in these way can we be of service to foreign talents and make them feel welcome.
Note that since citizens cannot/ will not/ dare not emigrate, citizens' feelings can and should be ignored in the equation.
So, just now, I was trying to perform my duty as a good Young Pay-And-Pay member. I went youtube to search for a video of this year's NDP song "Shine for Singapore" and its Chinese version "晴空万里". I thought I should put a copy on my blog - even if not to remind myself how good singapore is, at least can let my big bosses know how much I love singapore.
I typed "Shine for Singapore" into youtube, and WTF it returned me this video:
Mati liao! This is no joke! Now, all of us at YPAP cannot go home tonight liao! Must recall everyone who is IT-savvy immediately. All must do OT, to come up with a "counter video". Otherwise, our previous NDP effort will all go to waste. Damn Suay!
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 my paper A PATIENT once told me: "You know what, doctor, when I was told that I have cancer, suddenly all my shares, my properties and my brand-new car have no more meaning."
Yet, the attachment that some Singaporeans have to their cars never fails to amaze me. .............. The patient who spoke to me became depressed after he was diagnosed with cancer, but his condition improved after he took stock of what was truly important in his life.
When he was near his life's end, I asked him if he was afraid. He said no.
He had done no harm to others, he said, and he remembered the good things that he had done. He also relished the happiness he had brought to others.
He died peacefully.
Dr Tan Chek Wee
Why is she not dying peacefully?
Will he die peacefully?
Her misdeed is only a fraction of his; Is he not afraid for himself, when he sees what is happening to her?
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” -H. L. Mencken
Luckily, LKY does not practise practical politics!
When he said if we vote for opposition, we will become maids, it's not imaginary.
When he said that a freak election will wipe Singapore out, it's not imaginary.
When he said that Singapore has democracy, free press, human rights, they are all not imaginary!
Finally, when he said the International Bar Association (IBA) has sent him a letter of praise, it's of course, also, you got it, NOT imaginary!
They are all real
So, who's the one imagining things?
It's Chee Soon Juan! Chee is a psychopath!
How do I know?
Because LKY is my pay-master, and Chee is not!
Who is right and who is wrong is very simple to decide, as far as we, members of Young Pay-And-Pay, are concerned.
Time to say the Young Pay-And-Pay pledge - exactly a month before we say the national pledge publicly.
We, the members of Young Pay-And-Pay, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language, or religion, to build an undemocratic society, based on injustice and inequality, so as to achieve unhappiness, poverty, and stagnation for peasants AND happiness, prosperity and progress for our ka-ki-lang!
So, as you can see clearly from our pledge, the "unhappiness, poverty..." part is the unintended but necessary collateral damage, required to achieve the "happiness, prosperity..." part.
I mean, sorry lah, fact is fact, and the fact is - there can only be that much cakes and pies to go around. It's finite! So if we take very big - i mean, ahem, humongous - portions of the cakes and pies for ourselves, we have no choice but to pass the miserably tiny portions to you peasants, dio boh?
It's not as if we are deliberately against you peasants; It's just that someone has to be the collateral damage! Since it is not me, it has to be you!
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” - Bishop Desmond Tutu
We, in Young Pay-And-Pay, love voters who cast invalid votes to "protest" against our bosses.
“Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.” - Voltaire
Actually, to be fair, not all of our species are like that. Only this sub-species called Sinkies, behave like that!
(The above quote was taken from SDP's website. I visit it regularly to spy on what they are writing against my bosses. In Chinese, it's called "know yourself and your enemy, and you will win all battles")
Despite his age, Lee Kuan Yew is a joker; He can tell very good jokes:
He said a country needed 3 elements to succeed.
First, a govt that people have confidence in and will trust when tough decisions need to be taken.
Second, leaders who are above board, who make decisions based on necessity, not how they will personally benefit. He said Singaporeans know they have such leaders because, over the years, "We have not got richer, Singapore has".
Third and most importantly, a country needs able men in charge...
That's from our 154th ranked Straits Times reporting on what our great joker said at the 1st World Cities Summit and International Water Week forum,
I hope he will live longer, so that we can hear more good jokes from him. Such jokes help reduce our daily stress, arising from living in one of the world's most densely populated cities. governed by a Prime Minister who earns about the same amount as Britain's PM and United States' President and France's President and Germany's Chancellor and Italy's PM COMBINED!
That's right! C O M B I N E D ! ! !
Is our living standard - especially in the way we treat the elderlies and poor - up to the standard of any ONE of these 5 countries, never mind the COMBINATION of all five?
Obviously, that is a constant headache that we in Young Pay-And-Pay have to endure - how to twist and turn logic when comparing with these countries. Usually, we take the easy way out; we compare our living standards with 3rd world countries, not these 5 countries. Haha!
A local trilingual elite who wants to be a Japanese Recently, I went to Japan for a tour. On the return trip, I met a young man on the plane. After talking to him, my mind became unsettled, for a long long time.
This young man conversed with the Japan Airlines' stewardess in Japanese. When my daughter and I stood up to let him pass through to the window seat, he thanked us in Mandarin. When he saw me reading the inflight shopping catalog, he politely asked me in a friendly voice if I needed any help, and if so, he could help be my translator. Such a trilingual young "Japanese" is quite a rare sight, so I took the opportunity to chat with him.
He is a patriotic Japanese? I asked him in Mandarin for the purpose of his journey to Singapore. He said he was going back to study. I couldn't help but prais the local Japanese School, for its ability to train trilingual students. But, surprisingly, he told me he was a second year Junior College student from a famous local institution. From his grandparents to him, he was already a third generation immigrant. Looking at how pleased he was with himself, I felt very glad for our education system, because this number one institution had also trained many of our country's outstanding political leaders.
I asked him: since he was a JC2 student, and the A-levels was coming soon, at the end of the year, why did he still insist on going back to Japan to visit his relatives? He confidently replied: "Based on my results, I would have no problem at all getting into any famous British or American university. But the A-levels is of no meaning to me, because my ideal is to get into Tokyo University, so that I can stay in my 'native country' and contribute to my 'native country'!"
Looking at the patriotic expression on his face, I could not help but quietly admire the patriotism of these Japanese.
He even said that though this was the first time he step foot on the Japan that he had dreamt and thought of every day, but once he step foot on it, he felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity, a sense of having returned home.
He is a Singaporean who love Japan! I then asked him where his grandparents resided. He replied: "Actually, my grandfather was an immigrant who travelled south from China". "Travelled south from China? Then aren't you a native-born, native-raised Singaporean?" To quote a familiar western idiom, at that time, I "nearly fell off the chair"!
Looking at the self-indulging expression of this young man, I knew that, giving him a noble-sounding "national education" right then was pointless. So I simply asked him, why he so loved Japan. The gifted student kept quiet for some time, and appeared unable to come up with an answer. "Isn't Singapore good?" I asked next.
"Singapore? The Singapore government has no regards for Human Rights. Forces us to serve National Service! Singapore's prosperity was built upon its exploitation of citizens! Even with scholarships, there are strings attached, unlike the Japanese government. So long as I can get into Japan's public university, they will not only pay for my tuition, but also give me a monthly allowance. Therefore, even without any strings attached, I will remain in Japan for the rest of my life, and do my utmost to serve the Japanese Government"
He apologised on behalf of the Japanese!? I told him I have been to numerous countries, such as Australia, New Zealand, and even Japan, and can feel their discrimination against the Chinese. Just taking this trip as an example, on the way to a temple, a shop-keeper, upon seeing my family speaking in Mandarin and walking into her shop, deliberately put some samples away.
The gifted student listened to my narration and told me: "Very sorry. I apologised, on their behalf, to you". I angrily replied: "You do not need to apologise for them. You are not a Japanese. You are just like me. We are Singaporeans!"
"But, I have already made my decision. After my two years of 'slavery'. i mean after my national service, I will proceed to Japan to study, and thereafter I will stay there, get married and have children. So my next generation and my next-next generation will be Japanese."
"Young man, do not forget that there is Chinese flowing in your blood. This is a fact that cannot be eradicated. Moreover, your surname is also a fact that cannot be changed"
"That doesn't matter. Some people go to Japan to work and for convenience, they changed to Japanese names".
Looking at this trilingual, but culturally-anaemic gifted student, my heart was filled with sadness, worries, and disappointment. However, I still hold a ray of hope. I asked this gifted student: In your Junior College, are there many schoolmates with such "special ambition" as you do?
He replied: "There aren't many schoolmates who love Japan the way I do, That's because most of them have already decided to emigrate to Europe and the United States!"
Who was the one who created our "culturally-anaemic" education system?
Who was the one who said on public record that all mother tongues should be taught in school without any cultural component i.e. all ancient stories and culture associated with the language must be removed from the syllabus which used to have them?
Just teach the vocabulary, the grammar, but the passages should be devoid of any cultural knowledge - who was the one who ordered his staff to revamp the syllabus thus?
(Note: The English language has always been taught without any English cultural component in it, but that's not how the mother tongues used to be taught previously. Hence the word "removed" and "revamp").
And who was the one who came up with a curriculum where top students study triple sciences and double mathematics, and only 1 humanities (i.e. cultural component)?
I believe it was Goh Keng Swee, Singapore's first Minister of Education. His speeches are all archived in the National Library.
And who was the one who voted for such culturally-anaemic education policy?
And who was the one who voted for our "outstanding leaders" (to quote the writer) - "outstanding leaders" who ordered such "outstanding" culturally-anaemic curriculum?
You, Mr. 梁秉亮, the writer of the above article!
Y O U !
Oh, and I haven't even touched on the "human rights" and "exploitation" part that YOU voted for. But I guess, you have already received an earful from that boy, haven't you?
"The Singapore government has no regards for Human Rights." "Singapore's prosperity was built upon its exploitation of citizens!"
Giving up such rights (and culture) was ok for you, in exchange for prosperity.
You thought there was not going to be any consequence. No karma.
Wrong!
Now, 40 years later, the new generation has grown up under the politics and education system that you voted for.
And they are leaving!
So, Mr. 梁秉亮, be prepared to wash toilet and clean plates for the foreigners imported by our "outstanding leaders". Imported to replace the local talents chased away by YOU.
This Young Pay-And-Pay member is not trilingual. But he is effectively bilingual, as can be seen from this near perfect Chinese-English translation of the LianHe ZaoBao's 26-06-08 article. Ahem.
And so, no, Japan is not my cup of tea. But, Europe and United States sure are.
Not surprising. After all, this Young Pay-And-Pay member is also culturally-anaemic, having too, received his education from that "number one institution" which has "trained many of our country's outstanding political leaders"!
But, not now lah! Now, I am still getting big bucks as a member of Young Pay-And-Pay. But a few years later, if they still don't put me up for election so that I can accumulate even more wealth, then things may become different. LOL
2001(from theonlinecitizen) April 06: MR Loke Ming (1WO navy) (2.4km) Oct 29: MR Kwok Wei Ming (CPL Commandos) (Training?)
2002(from theonlinecitizen) Feb 25: MR Tan Kim Keng (Officer cadet OCS) (Navigation training) May 15: MR Mohd Shalan bin Abdul Rahim (LCP Reservist) (IPPT) OCT 10: MR Ivan Oh Yong Hua (REC BMTC) (Training?)
2003(from theonlinecitizen, wikipedia) Jan 3: Miss Goh Hui Ling (CPL Navy) (RSS Courageous collision, death: "lodged in between bunks") Jan 3: Miss Heng Sock Ling (1SG Navy) (RSS Courageous collision, death: "mutilated bodies washed up in Bintan") Jan 3: Miss Seah Ai Leng (1SG Navy) (RSS Courageous collision, death: "mutilated bodies washed up in Bintan") Jan 3: Miss Chua Bee Lin (2SG Navy) (RSS Courageous collision, assumed death: "body never found") July 21: MR Hu En Huai (2SG Commandos) (Combat Survival Training: Forced water treatment by trainers) Sept 03: MR Rajagopal Thirukumaran (2SG Commandos) (Ranger Selection Test, 5km Run, assumed irregular heartbeat) Sept 23: MR Andrew Chew Heng Huat (REC BMTC) (IPPT, assumed irregular heartbeat)
2005(from theonlinecitizen) June 22: MR Tek Kok Lian (2WO, ?) (Routine run, heart attack) June 29: MR Ivan Ong Peng Ghee (3SG BMTC) (Routine run) July 14: MR Shiva s/o Mohan (1SG Commandos) (Rappelling Instructor Course, fell 20m from heli)
2006 Feb 1: MR Mohd Sufian Jamil (REC BMTC) (Organs failure after injection of anti-malaria) June 21: MR Lionel Lin Shi Guan (LTA Commandos) (Training at pool) Sept 18: MR Ambrose Yeo Chang Wen (PTE HQ supply and transport) (death:???) Nov 17: MR Tan Boon Toon (2WO Senior Tech at ???) (death:???)
2007(from sgforum) May 11: MR Fan Yao Jin (PTE storeman) (Taiwan Plane Crash into Store) May 11: MR Isz Sazli Bin Sapari (3SG storeman) (Taiwan Plane Crash into Store) May 28: MR Calvin Chow Han Min (LCP storeman) (Taiwan Plane Crash into Store) Aug 26: MR Ho Si Qiu (OCS, died at AHM) Sep 16: MR Cheok Beng Teck (MINDEF CIO) Nov 15: MR Ricky Liu Jun Hong (CPL RSAF) (2.4km, though we're not close but he was my ex-poly classmate) June 15: MR Quek Meng Chua (Senior DXO, Treadmill) (death:???)
2008(from theonlinecitizen, channelnewsasia) Feb 02: MR Tan Yit Guan (MAJ, Logistics) (Routine run, death: sudden collapse) June 10: MR Andrew Cheah Wei Siong (REC, BMTC Mild-Obese) (2km route march, death: sudden collapse) June 12: MR Lam Jia Hao (Officer Cadet/pilot trainee, Airforce) (death: sudden collapse)
The Chinese say:
好男不当兵， 好铁不打钉！
（Great men would not want to become soldiers, just as great iron would not want to become nails)
I think the ancient Chinese said that, because at that time, they were living in a dynastic political environment where power passed from father to son, Emperor to crown prince. When they had no say in how the country was run, why would they want to become soldiers just to help the Emperor passed on his ill-gotten power and wealth to his crown prince?
However, such words of wisdom do not apply to truly democratic countries like Singapore. In Singapore, power does not pass from father to son. Our leaders do not have any ill-gotten wealth to be protected from war. And so, when we do NS, it is for our own sake, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for Singapore - a democratic country, for which we are the Master, and for which we have lots of say on how it is to be run.
Without NS, we would be overrun by enemies and would end up washing toilets and clearing plates at hawker centres for these enemies even when we are 80 years old. Our CPF money would be robbed by these invaders, and we won't get to see our money even at 80 years old. It is only with NS, that we can defend our way of life - to retire and enjoy our golden years with our CPF, upon reaching 55 years old.
Therefore, in the final analysis, our Singapore, our esteemed leaders, our democracy, our cpf money, our retirement etc etc are all worth defending.
Report says Malaysian judges sent to 'boot camp' for indoctrination Channelnewsasia, 11 June 2008 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian judges were sent to an indoctrination "boot camp" and threatened with dismissal to pressure them into making pro-government decisions, a senior judge said according to reports Wednesday.
In explosive allegations made in open court, Justice Ian Chin also said he was threatened by former premier Mahathir Mohamad over high-profile cases, one involving a close associate of the then-leader.
"Now, though he is no longer the prime minister and so no longer able to carry out his threat to remove judges, the coalition party that he led is still around," he said, according to the Borneo Post.
Chin made the allegations, which were picked up by the national press Wednesday, before hearing a dispute over results of March general elections in Sarawak state on Borneo island.
He said he was targeted by Mahathir after refusing to award "astronomical" payouts in two libel cases in 1997, while a judge who agreed with the then-premier's views was promoted to the Federal Court.
Afterwards, Chin reportedly said he was packed off to a five-day boot camp with selected judges and judicial officers.
It was without any doubt "an attempt to indoctrinate those attending the boot camp to hold the view that the government interest as being more important than all else when we are considering our judgement," he said.
Cabinet minister Zaid Ibrahim, who is in charge of legal affairs, indicated he believed the allegations, and that they would harm the reputation of the nation's justice system.
"I can't say I'm surprised by the revelations. There have been many stories in the past," he told reporters.
"It is regrettable that it has happened, it is a bad reflection on our country. We have to make sure it does not happen again," he said. "You should not tell judges what they can or cannot do."
However, he dismissed calls from the Bar Council for an official probe into the allegations.
"An investigation will not reveal anything more than what we know. What we need to do is restore judicial independence and make sure such incidents do not happen," he said.
Bar Council president Ambiga Sreenavasan said the allegations were "both startling and damning."
"Judges, both present and past, must be encouraged to come forward and provide information on any such instances of interference so that further action may be taken," she said according to the New Straits Times.
Mahathir stood down in 2003 and his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has been criticised for failing to carry out his promises to tackle corruption, which is deeply entrenched in politics and business.
Chin's allegations add to the pall cast over the country's judiciary by a recent royal commission into a sensational Mahathir-era video clip that showed a top lawyer brokering judicial appointments with the help of politicians.
The commission found in May that there was evidence of an "insidious" conspiracy to influence the appointment of judges, and the government promised to investigate those implicated.
Mahathir, who has fallen out with his successor and accused him of corruption and nepotism, has previously challenged the authorities to charge him.
His spokesman told AFP the former premier would respond to Chin's comments "in due course." - AFP
Singapore and Malaysia had almost identical political climate during the era of Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad; For example, the refusal to abolish the Internal security Act, the continual use of it on political opponents etc. That's not surprising, since the two of them grew up in the same political environment, studied in almost identical education system, and so on.
However, I want to emphasise that while many other things may be similar, the above newspaper report applies to Malaysia and only Malaysia. It obviously and clearly and surely does not apply to Singapore. In Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew has never ever subjected our most honourable judges to any boot camp, nor has he ever exerted even the slightest pressure on them to side with the government on political cases.
How do I know?
Well, I just know!
I do not have any evidence to refute any speculation that the same may have occurred, and is still occurring in Singapore. And I do not need to provide any evidence! Please understand that I am from a most trust-worthy organisation - Young Pay-And-Pay.
NS for Singaporeans. Jobs for Foreigners. Free admission for Foreigners. Your women folks for foreigners,
for free!
my paper, Wed, Jun 04, 2008, Debbie Yong Club mad
He had planned a night of revelry with friends at St James Power Station last Saturday, but when National University of Singapore student Matthew Rao flashed his identity card (IC) at the door of the popular nightclub, he was requested to pay the $20 cover charge.
His four friends - from England, Germany, France and Finland - filed in for free.
The reason: They were foreign students on exchange in Singapore, while he was local.
"I thought the IC was for age verification, but the bouncers said I had to pay because it was proof I was Singaporean," Mr Rao, 25, recalled. He was upset because the policy seemed unfair and discriminatory.
"Why should foreign students get different treatment? If they live here, why shouldn't they pay as well?" he added.
Ms Cheryl Khong, marketing manager at St James, confirmed its policy of giving foreign guests free entry any day of the week if they produce a valid foreign student pass. The little-publicised policy has existed since St James opened in 2006, but it only applies to Powerhouse, the nightspot's main dance room.
Ms Khong said the policy aimed to "encourage a cosmopolitan party atmosphere for our young partygoers" and added that St James regularly hosts parties thrown by local tertiary institutions and students.
Still, Mr Rao said that the incident has changed his mind about frequenting theclub.
"I like rules that are fair and open. If the club can at least publicise those rules on the door, then I'll respect them."
Why was Mr. Matthew Rao surprised?
Hasn't he, or his parents, or his relatives voted precisely for such things?
Look, if the government had implemented a Singaporean-first law - and then among Singaporeans, an anti-age discrimination law and anti-gender discrimination law - in the civil service, in the statutory boards and in the work place, all private establishments would have also emulated and toed the line even when it has nothing to do with employment.
That's because the culture of Singaporean-first and anti-discrimination would have taken roots across all spectrum of society, even in matters of admission to night spots. No night spot would dare to discriminate - even if there is no anti-discrimination law to govern club admission - lest it incurs the wrath of the whole society, which is already used to the anti-discrimination mentality.
So, this is clearly a case of 上梁不正下梁歪。You allowed (or shall we say, support?) the government to discriminate against Singaporeans and against the old, openly in the matter of employment. This foreigner-is-big, ok-to-discriminate mentality trickles down to all areas of society and now, even in matters of club admission!
Who is to blame? You, the voters!
So, Mr. Matthew Rao, you and/or your family and/or your relatives voted for that. Why complain?
You,and/or your family, and/or your relatives, asked for it!
I am deliberately stating my name and location so that any of Mr. Gopalan Nair's supporters can seek me out, and sue me if they want to take revenge for what my bosses did to Mr. Gopalan Nair.
I am a professional ass-licker cum apple polisher. No ass is too dirty to lick and no apple is too rotten to polish, so long as they lead to money and power. 拍马专家。马屁精。您要奴才如何拍，奴才就如何拍。保管合您心意。但请记得付钱。有钱能使鬼推磨。
