The missing point on Mas Selamat's escape committee investigation result.
I personally quite satisfied with the investigation result and suggestion given by the committee regarding about the escape of Mas Selamat from Whitley Detention Centre. But I do still disappointed of the point of why is the media been miss out during that situation, is not been mention or suggested to prevent this to happen again.
I personally thing that this information would be critical to the public as such dangerous person might be hidding in the mids of the our community.
Could critical information be released earlier?
One of the biggest contentions surrounding this event is the four-hour time lag between Mas Selamat’s escape and the notification of the media. Before we point fingers, we must first think through what could have happened.
The first step in this train of consequences is the discovery of Mas Selamat’s disappearance. At this point in time, the guards, and their commander, would only know that he has eluded the guards. The first step would be to sound the alarm, and lock down the facility. At the same time, neighbouring police posts, and the regional police headquarters, would be alerted. As the guards search the detention centre, the police would begin to set up a cordon around the area. This would require dozens of police officers, all of whom need to be diverted and directed to their positions by their superiors.
But before that can happen, they need to swiftly decide how and where to position their men, which takes time.
After the perimeter has been established, the police would have to wait for the guards to complete their search. Meanwhile, the police commanders need to inform their counterparts at the airport, Causeway, and other points of egress from the country, in case Selamat is on his way there. The national police headquarters would also be alerted as well. The Ministry of Home Affairs would be called up, and then a Cabinet meeting called. More policemen would probably be called up at this point, to reinforce the hasty cordon and to expand the perimeter. When Selamat is declared to have escaped, the dragnet must expand. But this means the police needs reinforcements.
A national call-up of police officers would ensue. The police commanders would have to call upon the Special Operations Command. The SOC would then mobilise the Police Tactical Unit and the Police National Service Key Installation Protection Unit. At the same time, the Gurkha Contingent was activated to aid in the search. Later, Guards and Army Developmental Force soldiers were called up to aid the search.
The train of information has now split into several branches, each carrying a massive amount of raw data and communications as everybody tries to coordinate with each other. A minimum of six organisations would have to work together, leading to a lot of friction owing to different operating procedures and mindsets.
Somewhere amidst this maelstrom of information, the police would judge that Mas Selamat has breached the cordon. News of this would have to travel up the line, possibly all the way to the Cabinet. Someone higher up would then decide to alert the media, and gather the essential information the media crews need. Once the media stations get that information, they would need to set up before going live. The media would not have been informed any earlier, in case Mas Selamat was found within the detention centre, in the area cordoned by the police, or some distance near the cordon — in which case, there would be no national bulletin to broadcast.
Could this system have been streamlined? Maybe. Until and unless an insider tells us what happened that day, we wouldn’t know who said what to whom, and how much information was being traded. I do believe, however, that the four-hour delay could have been cut short, to perhaps an hour or two, or three at most. It is better to send a false alarm than to risk an escape.
The trickle of information the media received following his escape, however, was disgustingly sparse. Drab by drab, day after day, the media released crucial information about Selamat’s description. It began with his name, inferred race, and height. Then came his limp — but a man has two legs. Only after that were we told to look out for someone who limps along on his left leg. Some time after that, the police revealed that this limp was only noticeable when he runs or walks briskly. By now, there have been hundreds of calls to the police, all of which have yielded nothing but wasted time and energy.
What should have been done was full disclosure. When the decision was made to announce Selamat’s escape, the media should have been given Selamat’s physical description. Every media organisation should have been given his name, height, weight, distinguishing features, and a description of the clothes he last wore. Television media and government agencies should have received his photograph to broadcast on air and on the Internet.
The following day, news agencies should have broadcast a notice to watch for suspicious activities and people, such as a neighbour suddenly buying more food than usual or curtains being drawn even at night, in case someone were to live near a possible Selamat confederate. Had this information been released earlier, Selamat could have been captured earlier.
Lest we forget, the blame is not entirely on the media. We must also consider that the media only broadcast what information it was given. In this case, we must also examine why our security agencies failed to release this information in a timely manner. Stinginess with information in this scenario would hinder Selamat’s successful capture, and could indeed aid his escape. In any event, our media and security agencies have lost their credibility in the eyes of the world.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Saturday, March 08, 2008
How do you thing about this article please which I received from my email? Is this a good way to control inflation? Please give feedback.
Inflation Control
The Bank of Canada's (and most other central banks) overriding PUBLIC mandate today is to control inflation and keep it between one and three percent per year. This mandate takes precedence over any other consideration. This was not the original purpose of our central bank and it is not even a good purpose. In fact, as I will describe later in this section, it is the source of Canada's growing impoverished and homeless population.
More about Price Inflation
We've already covered a simplistic version of how inflating the money supply too much can cause price inflation and now it is time to get a bit more detailed. Extra money does not necessarily translate to higher prices and there are a few reasons for this:
Price inflation can only happen if people have both enough money to pay more for a product and also a desire to own that product. If you don't want something or cannot afford it, you cannot contribute to its rise in price. For example, if nobody in a country wants to buy Brussel Sprout lollipops, it doesn't matter how much the money supply is inflated - its price will not go up because nobody will buy them.
Savings - If everyone in a country was happy with their wages and any extra money they received was saved instead of spent, new money entering the economy would have no chance to affect prices - nobody is spending that money.
Selective introduction of money - If only a certain number of people were receiving the new money and not spending it on the same things as the majority of the population, the majority would notice little or no price inflation because what they are purchasing is not being competed for with all that new money.
The Bank of Canada controls inflation by using the last of the above reasons. It keeps prices down by keeping money away from those products and services that the majority of Canadian's require on a daily basis. Think about this: In the early 1970s a loaf of bread cost roughly 50 cents. Today, it is under $2.00 - less than 4 times the 1970s price. Our money supply has increase 1525% - over fifteen times! If the price of bread had increased at the same rate as our money supply, it should be over $7 a loaf. If we actually live in a true capitalist society, a 1525% increase in money supply would be matched with a 1525% increase in the price of staples such as bread. So how is it that bread has actually gone down in price when compared to the money supply? The answer is both simple and reprehensible.
How many times have you heard something similar to the following: "Unemployment has dropped for the third quarter in a row, prompting speculation that the Bank of Canada (BoC) will raise interest rates to stave off inflation."? Probably hundreds of times - but you never really paid attention to it because you didn't really know what it meant. Well, it means that the BoC felt too many people were working and they needed to throw people out of work. That is an incredible statement and I will say it again in another way:
When too many people are working, it is the job of the central bank to increase unemployment.
People that are not working do not have enough income to bid up prices. In addition, having a large pool of unemployed people that would gladly take your job for less pay than you receive will force wages down, allowing the few people that benefit from an expanding money supply to hoard even more of the newly created credit.
Hard to believe? The proof is announced regularly in the news - listen carefully the next time you hear about the BoC raising interest rates. A generic example would be:
"The unemployment rate dropped for the third quarter in a row to just below 6%, prompting speculation that the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates to stave off inflation".
If that isn't enough for you, then look at the next chart which compares BoC imposed interest rates and unemployment rates.
(data updated Aug 2006)
The BoC has been trying to keep unemployment between 7 and 8 percent since the late 1970s. Follow the interest rate changes since 1995 and you can see the pattern. Following the 1992 depression (it was a depression, but the mainstream media refused to call it one) unemployment was high thanks to high interest rates. Having done its job, the BoC relaxed interest rates to bring unemployment back down to between 7-8%. By mid 1997 it was apparent that unemployment was on its way down so the BoC started hiking interest rates to keep the drop in unemployment at a reasonable (to them) rate. In mid 1999 the target rate of 7.5% was reached so interest rates were raised to stop the drop in unemployment. This worked a bit too well and unemployment went higher than they wanted, so interest rates were again dropped. The World Trade Center attacks happened in 2001 which hurt the markets and so interest rates were dropped to prevent a drastic rise in unemployment. Things went pretty smoothly until 2004 when the target rate of 7.5% was again reached. Since then, unemployment has been declining to the BoC has been raising interest rates to raise unemployment yet again!
In the last year many businessmen have been concerned about the lack of working people hurting their bottom lines and they've been calling on the BoC to ease up a bit on unemployment. It looks like the BoC has acquiesced and is now using a target between 6 and 7 percent unemployment - at least it looks that way, they do not publicly acknowledge their role in maintaining high unemployment so you can only look at trends to see where the actual target rate is.
This manipulation of unemployment is neither new nor is it unique to Canada - it even has a name: Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU for short). You can do an internet search on NAIRU and find all sorts of sites and official papers. Everybody from the US Federal Reserve to the Bank of Canada and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have many paper written discussing this trade off between inflation and unemployment.
So getting back to inflation control. You should, by now, understand that prices can only be bid up if there are people with enough money bidding up the price. By keeping people from earning enough money to bid prices up, the BoC is keeping the price increases on everyday items below the rate of money supply expansion. Working people are getting little of this 1525% increase in money supply but it is not disappearing into the ether - if working folks aren't getting it then that means rich folks must be. This is the source of the ever-widening wealth-gap. Our Bank of Canada is making poor people poorer in order to allow banks to keep inflating our money supply at an alarming rate and make rich people much richer.
This is not the worst of it; the way we calculate unemployment today has extremely important ramifications when combined with an unemployment to combat inflation policy. It forces an ever increasing number of people into unemployment, poverty, and finally homelessness - which will be explained in the next section.
Inflation Control
The Bank of Canada's (and most other central banks) overriding PUBLIC mandate today is to control inflation and keep it between one and three percent per year. This mandate takes precedence over any other consideration. This was not the original purpose of our central bank and it is not even a good purpose. In fact, as I will describe later in this section, it is the source of Canada's growing impoverished and homeless population.
More about Price Inflation
We've already covered a simplistic version of how inflating the money supply too much can cause price inflation and now it is time to get a bit more detailed. Extra money does not necessarily translate to higher prices and there are a few reasons for this:
Price inflation can only happen if people have both enough money to pay more for a product and also a desire to own that product. If you don't want something or cannot afford it, you cannot contribute to its rise in price. For example, if nobody in a country wants to buy Brussel Sprout lollipops, it doesn't matter how much the money supply is inflated - its price will not go up because nobody will buy them.
Savings - If everyone in a country was happy with their wages and any extra money they received was saved instead of spent, new money entering the economy would have no chance to affect prices - nobody is spending that money.
Selective introduction of money - If only a certain number of people were receiving the new money and not spending it on the same things as the majority of the population, the majority would notice little or no price inflation because what they are purchasing is not being competed for with all that new money.
The Bank of Canada controls inflation by using the last of the above reasons. It keeps prices down by keeping money away from those products and services that the majority of Canadian's require on a daily basis. Think about this: In the early 1970s a loaf of bread cost roughly 50 cents. Today, it is under $2.00 - less than 4 times the 1970s price. Our money supply has increase 1525% - over fifteen times! If the price of bread had increased at the same rate as our money supply, it should be over $7 a loaf. If we actually live in a true capitalist society, a 1525% increase in money supply would be matched with a 1525% increase in the price of staples such as bread. So how is it that bread has actually gone down in price when compared to the money supply? The answer is both simple and reprehensible.
How many times have you heard something similar to the following: "Unemployment has dropped for the third quarter in a row, prompting speculation that the Bank of Canada (BoC) will raise interest rates to stave off inflation."? Probably hundreds of times - but you never really paid attention to it because you didn't really know what it meant. Well, it means that the BoC felt too many people were working and they needed to throw people out of work. That is an incredible statement and I will say it again in another way:
When too many people are working, it is the job of the central bank to increase unemployment.
People that are not working do not have enough income to bid up prices. In addition, having a large pool of unemployed people that would gladly take your job for less pay than you receive will force wages down, allowing the few people that benefit from an expanding money supply to hoard even more of the newly created credit.
Hard to believe? The proof is announced regularly in the news - listen carefully the next time you hear about the BoC raising interest rates. A generic example would be:
"The unemployment rate dropped for the third quarter in a row to just below 6%, prompting speculation that the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates to stave off inflation".
If that isn't enough for you, then look at the next chart which compares BoC imposed interest rates and unemployment rates.
(data updated Aug 2006)
The BoC has been trying to keep unemployment between 7 and 8 percent since the late 1970s. Follow the interest rate changes since 1995 and you can see the pattern. Following the 1992 depression (it was a depression, but the mainstream media refused to call it one) unemployment was high thanks to high interest rates. Having done its job, the BoC relaxed interest rates to bring unemployment back down to between 7-8%. By mid 1997 it was apparent that unemployment was on its way down so the BoC started hiking interest rates to keep the drop in unemployment at a reasonable (to them) rate. In mid 1999 the target rate of 7.5% was reached so interest rates were raised to stop the drop in unemployment. This worked a bit too well and unemployment went higher than they wanted, so interest rates were again dropped. The World Trade Center attacks happened in 2001 which hurt the markets and so interest rates were dropped to prevent a drastic rise in unemployment. Things went pretty smoothly until 2004 when the target rate of 7.5% was again reached. Since then, unemployment has been declining to the BoC has been raising interest rates to raise unemployment yet again!
In the last year many businessmen have been concerned about the lack of working people hurting their bottom lines and they've been calling on the BoC to ease up a bit on unemployment. It looks like the BoC has acquiesced and is now using a target between 6 and 7 percent unemployment - at least it looks that way, they do not publicly acknowledge their role in maintaining high unemployment so you can only look at trends to see where the actual target rate is.
This manipulation of unemployment is neither new nor is it unique to Canada - it even has a name: Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU for short). You can do an internet search on NAIRU and find all sorts of sites and official papers. Everybody from the US Federal Reserve to the Bank of Canada and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have many paper written discussing this trade off between inflation and unemployment.
So getting back to inflation control. You should, by now, understand that prices can only be bid up if there are people with enough money bidding up the price. By keeping people from earning enough money to bid prices up, the BoC is keeping the price increases on everyday items below the rate of money supply expansion. Working people are getting little of this 1525% increase in money supply but it is not disappearing into the ether - if working folks aren't getting it then that means rich folks must be. This is the source of the ever-widening wealth-gap. Our Bank of Canada is making poor people poorer in order to allow banks to keep inflating our money supply at an alarming rate and make rich people much richer.
This is not the worst of it; the way we calculate unemployment today has extremely important ramifications when combined with an unemployment to combat inflation policy. It forces an ever increasing number of people into unemployment, poverty, and finally homelessness - which will be explained in the next section.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
It a great and speical day for our whole nation to celebrate for winning the bid to host the Youth Olympic Games 2010. We have once again show the world the capabilities and our hardwork. We have once again gain the trust from the international community. As one of the citizen of Singapore, I and my team of comrade will contribute our part to make this event as successful one.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Singaporean Dragon Boat Team Accident in Cambodia
I personally feel sad regarding the accident happen at Cambodia. As a Singaporean, I hope to send my deepest sympathies to this missing victim's family members. I hope to call apon all Singaporean to keep in prayer for this families to be strong during this toughest time.
I also hope to call an alertness on safety awareness for all Singaporean when participanting in sport event in local or oversea. It is not only duty of government, but also duty of everyone. I believe that safety can't be practice just by enforcing law, but must be inbuild in our lifestyle. We hope that this will be an incident that we should not forget and will be learn by all Singaporean.
I personally feel sad regarding the accident happen at Cambodia. As a Singaporean, I hope to send my deepest sympathies to this missing victim's family members. I hope to call apon all Singaporean to keep in prayer for this families to be strong during this toughest time.
I also hope to call an alertness on safety awareness for all Singaporean when participanting in sport event in local or oversea. It is not only duty of government, but also duty of everyone. I believe that safety can't be practice just by enforcing law, but must be inbuild in our lifestyle. We hope that this will be an incident that we should not forget and will be learn by all Singaporean.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Support on Section 377A
I hope to show my support on Section 377A regarding on the issue of homosexual. I do say that because I do not agree on legalising such act as it it will send a wrong signal that we agree on this. I strongly urge that the government should openly stand aginst this act and help this people by focusing on educating the community of correcting and prevention of such mind set.
I do not mean to reject the community of gay and lesbian. I do strongly encourage that the community should not reject them. They must be part of the community in Singapore, but we must not neglect the moral standard.
I do also strongly agree that Law should be made according on moral as it is the foundation fo all healthy nation for everyone and our next generation.
I hope to show my support on Section 377A regarding on the issue of homosexual. I do say that because I do not agree on legalising such act as it it will send a wrong signal that we agree on this. I strongly urge that the government should openly stand aginst this act and help this people by focusing on educating the community of correcting and prevention of such mind set.
I do not mean to reject the community of gay and lesbian. I do strongly encourage that the community should not reject them. They must be part of the community in Singapore, but we must not neglect the moral standard.
I do also strongly agree that Law should be made according on moral as it is the foundation fo all healthy nation for everyone and our next generation.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Concern on Myanmar peace
I wish to show my concern regarding about the incident happening in Myanmar. I am totally shock of what the Government of Myanmar have done to the people. This act is simply a direct challenge of human right and dignity of the Myanmar people and even the whole world.
I hope to call upon the Government of Myanmar to have a peace talk with all party and even give out the political control back to the people. Myanmar government should stop all activities and go for peace talk to prevent on unnecessary blood shed of innocent. As a government, the future stabilities of the country must be priority instead of wanting to continue holding the political power.
I also wish to call upon government of all nations to reach out their helping hand to this nation especially to the people. I also urge Singapore government will play an positive role as a Chairman of ASEAN to be actively involve in helping to solve this serious problem which have a high risk of destroying the peace Myanmar and eventually affect whole South East Asia.
The above comment is written regard about the acticles below fro Yahoo News
YANGON, Myanmar - Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government protesters Thursday as tens of thousands defied the ruling military junta's crackdown with a 10th straight day of demonstrations.
A Japanese Foreign Ministry official told The Associated Press that several people, including a Japanese national, were found dead following Thursday's protests.
The information was transmitted by Myanmar's Foreign Ministry to the Japanese Embassy in Yangon, the official said on condition of anonymity citing protocol.
The chaos came a day after the government said clashes in Yangon killed at least one man. Dissidents outside Myanmar reported receiving news of up to eight deaths Wednesday.
Some reports said the dead included monks, who are widely revered in Myanmar, and the emergence of such martyr figures could stoke public anger against the regime and escalate the violence.
Witnesses told the AP that five men were arrested and severely beaten Thursday after soldiers fired into a crowd near a bridge across the Pazundaung River on the east side of downtown Yangon.
Shots were fired after several thousand protesters on the west side of the river ignored orders to disband.
In other parts of the city, some protesters shouted "Give us freedom, give us freedom!" at soldiers. Thousands ran through the streets after warning shots were fired into crowds that had swollen to 70,000. Bloody sandals were left lying in the road.
Thursday's protests followed early morning raids on Buddhist monasteries during which soldiers reportedly beat up monks and arrested more than 100.
The monks have spearheaded the largest challenge to the military junta in the isolated Southeast Asian nation since a failed uprising in 1988. In that crisis, soldiers shot into crowds of peaceful demonstrators, killing some 3,000 people.
As the stiffest challenge to the generals in two decades, the crisis that began Aug. 19 with protests over a fuel price hike has drawn increasing international pressure on the regime, especially from its chief economic and diplomatic ally, China.
"China hopes that all parties in Myanmar exercise restraint and properly handle the current issue so as to ensure the situation there does not escalate and get complicated," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Thursday at a twice-weekly media briefing.
The United States called on Myanmar's military leaders to open a dialogue with peaceful protesters and urged China to do what it can to prevent further bloodshed.
"We all need to agree on the fact that the Burmese government has got to stop thinking that this can be solved by police and military, and start thinking about the need for genuine reconciliation with the broad spectrum of political activists in the country," said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill in Beijing.
Myanmar's state-run newspaper blamed "saboteurs inside and outside the nation" for causing the protests in Yangon, and said the demonstrations were much smaller than the media are reporting.
"Saboteurs from inside and outside the nation and some foreign radio stations, who are jealous of national peace and development, have been making instigative acts through lies to cause internal instability and civil commotion," The New Light of Myanmar, which serves as a mouthpiece for the military government said Thursday.
Also Thursday, security forces arrested Myint Thein, the spokesman for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party, family members said.
Several other monasteries that are considered hotbeds of the pro-democracy movement were raided by security forces before dawn in an apparent attempt to prevent the demonstrations spearheaded by the Buddhist clergy.
A monk at Ngwe Kyar Yan monastery pointed to bloodstains on the concrete floor and said a number of monks were beaten and at least 100 of its 150 monks taken away in vehicles. Shots were fired in the air during the chaotic raid, he said on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
"Soldiers slammed the monastery gate with the car, breaking the lock and forcing it into the monastery," the monk said. "They smashed the doors down, broke windows and furniture. When monks resisted, they shot at the monks and used tear gas and beat up the monks and dragged into trucks."
Empty bullet shells, broken doors, furniture and glass peppered the bloodstained, concrete floor of the monastery.
A female lay disciple said a number of monks also were arrested at the Moe Gaung monastery, which was being guarded by soldiers. Both monasteries are located in Yangon's northern suburbs.
Dramatic images of Wednesday's protests, many transmitted by dissidents using cell phones and the Internet, riveted world attention on the escalating faceoff between the military regime and its opponents.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Helping Hand Campaign
In our developed island, care to the community shouldn¹t be a privilege of the chosen. It has to find its way to all the community with no exceptions. We want everybody to embody our healthiest aspirations and to become responsible citizen, be able and willing to work, take care of themselves and others. Everyone in our community should have this kind of spirit in order for build a society which is for all of the people. It is not surpise to have some unfortunate people who is left behind from the community and need support . The humanitarian project "Helping Hands Campaign" is joining forces with the resident from all wards of life and volunteer form our orgnaisation. We want the sun to shine on all of people and don¹t want anybody to stay at from our development of our nation.Many of the residents who have seen what happen in their neighbourhood, many know this unfortunate and unreach neigbhours but do not know how to help as either their have reject this opportunity or have no relation with this people. Therefore, recruiting volunteers directly from the neighbourhood are part of mission to establish our vision for our aim. We emphasize on approach as a organization that including them as part of the community, but not reaching out to them as an unfortunate. We believe through this approach we can achieve to cultivate the act of kind as a life style and bonding of community as priority in our nation.To achieve in our aim, our action is to willing to go to every little step and help light up that spark in the little hearts. Our goal is big and bold. Those who believe will conquer the world!We began the campaign, we need the help from the public by taking a step forward to be our volunteer, let join our helping hand and caring heart to transform our nation.
Monday, November 13, 2006
OUTREACH AT THE WEST
Red Star Community Service conducted the 1st public outreach at Boon Lay MRT Station last Sunday (12 Nov 06). It mark the start of our passion to help the needys and all Singaporean. The purpose of this event is to announce our present to the public and also a time for recruiting volunteers. It is a good start as there are people who is interested about our present and also glad to hear our vision.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Comment on Transport Minister Message
-Winning back commuter of public transport
I glad to see that Transport Minister effort on improving public transport system to win back commuters. But does this mean public transport fare will increase again later? It is proven in history whenever new service or transport is introduce, the follow up will be the increase of transport fare as authorities says increasing of operation cost. Is this a good news for commuters?
I thing we are not focus on the basic issue. We know that operators of public transport is facing the increase of fuel cost and also other factors. Government should play a part to show a good example by reducing the road tax, free ERP for public transport and operator can support by reducing wastage of fuel and also other soucre of income. Since we cannot change the external factor, but we can make full use of the internal factors. This will encourage operators to maintain the fare or even reduce it. This will increase the number of people to take public transport as most people who own their own transport find that it will be much affordable to own it then the accumulated cost of taking public transport.
Singapore can have a world class transport, but will this be a blessing the the people or an extra burden the people. There can be package of funds to help the needys, but don't forget it is still an extra weight to the common people.
Elvin Ong Beng Soon
-Winning back commuter of public transport
I glad to see that Transport Minister effort on improving public transport system to win back commuters. But does this mean public transport fare will increase again later? It is proven in history whenever new service or transport is introduce, the follow up will be the increase of transport fare as authorities says increasing of operation cost. Is this a good news for commuters?
I thing we are not focus on the basic issue. We know that operators of public transport is facing the increase of fuel cost and also other factors. Government should play a part to show a good example by reducing the road tax, free ERP for public transport and operator can support by reducing wastage of fuel and also other soucre of income. Since we cannot change the external factor, but we can make full use of the internal factors. This will encourage operators to maintain the fare or even reduce it. This will increase the number of people to take public transport as most people who own their own transport find that it will be much affordable to own it then the accumulated cost of taking public transport.
Singapore can have a world class transport, but will this be a blessing the the people or an extra burden the people. There can be package of funds to help the needys, but don't forget it is still an extra weight to the common people.
Elvin Ong Beng Soon
Red Star Community Service
As a volunteer, we are to show concern for others through positive Actions. That is the spirit of Red Star Community Service (RSCS). Volunteering is giving, but also the opportunity to receive, example a deep sense of personal encouragement and also empowerment knowing that making a positive impact in others and you own life. Volunteer also connecting people to another, creating healthier families and better community in our nation
As a volunteer, we are to show concern for others through positive Actions. That is the spirit of Red Star Community Service (RSCS). Volunteering is giving, but also the opportunity to receive, example a deep sense of personal encouragement and also empowerment knowing that making a positive impact in others and you own life. Volunteer also connecting people to another, creating healthier families and better community in our nation
Comments on PM National Day Rally 2006
Foreign Talent
It is true that birth rate in Singapore has fallen. To overcome this, we need to recruit more foreign talent to sustain manpower in the up growing economy. But the problem is why there still unemployment happening in Singapore? Although there are skill training available everywhere for elderly workers and those who need to change their field of work to earn for a living, there are still voices of unemployment although they went round and round of training, and some every been replaced, just because cannot commit 24 hrs standby (real life single parent encounter), which foreign workers willing to commit with a much lower pay.Are we working forward to economic grow together with zero unemployment or just economic grow but sacrifice the few who is left behind? The current policy for recruitment of foreign talent should be improve but not letting loose. Will the high living cost in Singapore attract them to still on?Government should enforce laws and right for Singaporean such as adjustable a percentage of local employment in the company by close monitoring the market grows just like the adjustable salary scheme. We must take care of foreign talent by the same treatment of local workers. They are our future key to maintain our success in our nation growth, but let us not forget the few as they are still the foundation of our nation.
Medical Cost
Let me welcome PM for allowing increase of withdrawal of medisave, medisave top up and also posting of individual hospital medical fee on line to increase competitiveness for a lower medical fee because of rising cost of medical care.
Elvin Ong
Foreign Talent
It is true that birth rate in Singapore has fallen. To overcome this, we need to recruit more foreign talent to sustain manpower in the up growing economy. But the problem is why there still unemployment happening in Singapore? Although there are skill training available everywhere for elderly workers and those who need to change their field of work to earn for a living, there are still voices of unemployment although they went round and round of training, and some every been replaced, just because cannot commit 24 hrs standby (real life single parent encounter), which foreign workers willing to commit with a much lower pay.Are we working forward to economic grow together with zero unemployment or just economic grow but sacrifice the few who is left behind? The current policy for recruitment of foreign talent should be improve but not letting loose. Will the high living cost in Singapore attract them to still on?Government should enforce laws and right for Singaporean such as adjustable a percentage of local employment in the company by close monitoring the market grows just like the adjustable salary scheme. We must take care of foreign talent by the same treatment of local workers. They are our future key to maintain our success in our nation growth, but let us not forget the few as they are still the foundation of our nation.
Medical Cost
Let me welcome PM for allowing increase of withdrawal of medisave, medisave top up and also posting of individual hospital medical fee on line to increase competitiveness for a lower medical fee because of rising cost of medical care.
Elvin Ong
Why Joining Opposition Party
I strongly believe that everyone can be actively involve and be more concern in Singapore's politics, especially the younger generation. Being the leaders for the next generation, we must contribute our best to build a democratically strong nation. My experience in volunteering in the meet-the-people session in Potong Pasir Constituency have let me know the residents in the town and had since built a friendly relationship with them. I also learned and discovered the life of the residents and served them faithfully.As a opposition party, we must not oppose for the sake of opposing. We are here to show the ruling party the right of the people of Singapore, so the ruling party will not have monopoly ideas that they can do what they want. We are here to enable you to exercise the right to vote and to enable you to bring your voice and your alternative views in the parliament by exercising democracy in Singapore. Therefore we need the support of the people in Singapore like you, because with you, we can make a difference and a better living for our family and our next generation to come. We believe that we do not need to some one great to serve the community. The only thing we need is the heart to serve, a 'never say die spirit' and willing to move a step forward.
I strongly believe that everyone can be actively involve and be more concern in Singapore's politics, especially the younger generation. Being the leaders for the next generation, we must contribute our best to build a democratically strong nation. My experience in volunteering in the meet-the-people session in Potong Pasir Constituency have let me know the residents in the town and had since built a friendly relationship with them. I also learned and discovered the life of the residents and served them faithfully.As a opposition party, we must not oppose for the sake of opposing. We are here to show the ruling party the right of the people of Singapore, so the ruling party will not have monopoly ideas that they can do what they want. We are here to enable you to exercise the right to vote and to enable you to bring your voice and your alternative views in the parliament by exercising democracy in Singapore. Therefore we need the support of the people in Singapore like you, because with you, we can make a difference and a better living for our family and our next generation to come. We believe that we do not need to some one great to serve the community. The only thing we need is the heart to serve, a 'never say die spirit' and willing to move a step forward.
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