Only those with no morals and low IQ !
NS is killing Sg.
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Have I thought of becoming a citizen? Yes. But when I see how Singaporeans themselves are facing an uphill task of just surviving, let alone start a family, I'm not sure if I'm able to do the same with my single income. S$300k or more for a HDB flat? That's not including bank interest yet. It's regrettable what has happened to the housing in Singapore, a basic need that's been exploited irresponsibly, short-sightedly, and now wreaking havoc on the survival of many Singaporeans. Additionally, at 34 years old now, I don't have the option of going without income for 2 years to do NS. Becoming a male citizen without NS is just not the same. I'm just speaking for myself, not anybody else. I sincerely apologise if any new citizens do feel offended.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
NS man realise he been con into doing NS
(1 of 1)
48292.1
The Soldier, his mother and Foreign Talent
April 21st, 2011 | Author: Contributions
I could not curtail my enthusiasm in wanting to write this piece. The best thing that happened to me is the advance of “free internet” papers and our ability to get it published. And here goes my story which would never get an air in the mainstream.
It was one of those dreaded MRT trips I hate taking- on a Sunday when the train is invaded by all the ‘much need and self serving’ foreign talents. But then I could not avoid this time. My journey started in Boon Lay and it was evening. Among others, a young Chinese boy in his army outfit boarded the train. My hunch was he was booking in for the week at Changi for his tekong camp. With him was his mother. What strike me was, she reminded of mothers I know of in the 70s where they followed their sons on the weekend book ins. She looked the typical housewife with a worried look in her face and handkerchief which she used to wipe her temple and that of her son periodically until the aircon in the train sufficed the sweat. 2 stops later an Indian National boarded with his family. With the typical fashion of Indian Nationals who are FT’s- he parked his pram in the middle of the train with an overgrown child in it. The FT sat beside the Army boy in a seat meant for the elderly. He was having a good time smiling and all, talking to his wife who was standing. I believe it was a family outing in a train system his country can never materialise in another 30 years. What made my heart sink was the full picture being played infront of my eyes “a national service man who by now was nodding away with insufficient sleep & beside him someone who is enjoying a train ride”. How I was wish the soldier was a FT too.
The greatest virtue this country has given us was our naivety. It took us so long to realise that we are being run over by FT’s especially the likes from India, China and the Philippines- the epitome of corrupt nations among the world. They would bring with them their culture, their own enclaves and their own people to the workforce while the 18 year old infront of my eyes was working hard to have them protected.
I recall some 20 years ago when I reported for BMT. It is ritualistic those days for any sons going for NS, especially if you are a Taoist or Hindu, you be brought to a temple and prayers are offered to the gods. And my dad told me how proud he was in seeing me off to the army to train to defend this country. But today I feel all my efforts have bore fruit for the FT’s who swarm into our island. Now the question is do we really need them? I am neither an economist nor a talented individual but then what I would want to hear from the experts is the real reason why we have FT’s in this country. I do not belief for one that we cannot create our own talents. I recall clearly when Goh Keng Swee had the last laugh when we were able to train and materialise our own batch of Army Officers against the better judgement of the Israelis.
I am still puzzled by this turn of events for I am not getting a forthright answer from the incumbents whose general statement is “We need them”. How bad would we be without them? I need some answers before I decide where my votes goes to for I don’t want my child to be having the same predicament 20 years from now!
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Bila Bila Ong
48292.1
The Soldier, his mother and Foreign Talent
April 21st, 2011 | Author: Contributions
I could not curtail my enthusiasm in wanting to write this piece. The best thing that happened to me is the advance of “free internet” papers and our ability to get it published. And here goes my story which would never get an air in the mainstream.
It was one of those dreaded MRT trips I hate taking- on a Sunday when the train is invaded by all the ‘much need and self serving’ foreign talents. But then I could not avoid this time. My journey started in Boon Lay and it was evening. Among others, a young Chinese boy in his army outfit boarded the train. My hunch was he was booking in for the week at Changi for his tekong camp. With him was his mother. What strike me was, she reminded of mothers I know of in the 70s where they followed their sons on the weekend book ins. She looked the typical housewife with a worried look in her face and handkerchief which she used to wipe her temple and that of her son periodically until the aircon in the train sufficed the sweat. 2 stops later an Indian National boarded with his family. With the typical fashion of Indian Nationals who are FT’s- he parked his pram in the middle of the train with an overgrown child in it. The FT sat beside the Army boy in a seat meant for the elderly. He was having a good time smiling and all, talking to his wife who was standing. I believe it was a family outing in a train system his country can never materialise in another 30 years. What made my heart sink was the full picture being played infront of my eyes “a national service man who by now was nodding away with insufficient sleep & beside him someone who is enjoying a train ride”. How I was wish the soldier was a FT too.
The greatest virtue this country has given us was our naivety. It took us so long to realise that we are being run over by FT’s especially the likes from India, China and the Philippines- the epitome of corrupt nations among the world. They would bring with them their culture, their own enclaves and their own people to the workforce while the 18 year old infront of my eyes was working hard to have them protected.
I recall some 20 years ago when I reported for BMT. It is ritualistic those days for any sons going for NS, especially if you are a Taoist or Hindu, you be brought to a temple and prayers are offered to the gods. And my dad told me how proud he was in seeing me off to the army to train to defend this country. But today I feel all my efforts have bore fruit for the FT’s who swarm into our island. Now the question is do we really need them? I am neither an economist nor a talented individual but then what I would want to hear from the experts is the real reason why we have FT’s in this country. I do not belief for one that we cannot create our own talents. I recall clearly when Goh Keng Swee had the last laugh when we were able to train and materialise our own batch of Army Officers against the better judgement of the Israelis.
I am still puzzled by this turn of events for I am not getting a forthright answer from the incumbents whose general statement is “We need them”. How bad would we be without them? I need some answers before I decide where my votes goes to for I don’t want my child to be having the same predicament 20 years from now!
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Bila Bila Ong
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
who move my cheese
As a 17 year old fresh from junior college I already know instinctly NO ONE GOING TO FEED YOU IN THE REAL WORLD of GLOBAL COMPETITION so I keng from NS like a rat and dig my tunnel to the cheese mountain during the 2 years to promote myself to financial freedom after ROD while my platoon kenna con into doing 2 years of rubbish and ROD to be slaughterd like pigs by the machine guns of FT ambusing them in the job market.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
SAF general said to be mentally unsound
>> there are 200 over million hostile savages out to take your homes.
Checkmate!!
OPs must blow this up and ask Georgie Boy Yeo whether this is the official view of PAP's foreign policy towards Indonesia.
Fucktard Chan is going to screw all Sinkies esp. Sinkie NSmen by putting us on a collision course to war with Indonesia!!! CCB!!!!!!!!! Is he one of those new ministerial calibre candidates mentioned by Pinky Ass Loong????
Checkmate!!
OPs must blow this up and ask Georgie Boy Yeo whether this is the official view of PAP's foreign policy towards Indonesia.
Fucktard Chan is going to screw all Sinkies esp. Sinkie NSmen by putting us on a collision course to war with Indonesia!!! CCB!!!!!!!!! Is he one of those new ministerial calibre candidates mentioned by Pinky Ass Loong????
Monday, April 18, 2011
angry netizen say he wasted 2 years of his for nothing
oscar676 Apr-18 11:10 pm
To: kojakbt89 (3 of 3)
48032.3 in reply to 48032.2
Stupid NEH had the gall to compare never served NS PUTU to CHen SM who served NS.
How vested can one be if one SIAMs NS???
NS...if really not important, abolish it!
Fuck!
All the sweat and blood...wasted.
To: kojakbt89 (3 of 3)
48032.3 in reply to 48032.2
Stupid NEH had the gall to compare never served NS PUTU to CHen SM who served NS.
How vested can one be if one SIAMs NS???
NS...if really not important, abolish it!
Fuck!
All the sweat and blood...wasted.
more examples of how SAF is killing Sg
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/saf-captain-charged-corruption-20110418-011757-168.html#mwpphu-container
SCR*WED BY 3 CAREER OFFICERS IN ONE DAY
Years back, after just ROD, the active unit that I was posted to had a recall manning.
They did not managed to contact me then as I have shifted house. Back in those days, mobile phones were expensive.
The unit S1 called my office and asked me to go back to Unit as the CO wants to TALK to me.
Asked me to turn up in uniform. I naively did.
IMAGINE my HORROR, when I REACH the CAMP and WITHOUT WAITING FOR ANY EXPLANATION, they MARCHED ME to the S4, HQ BC and PUT ME ON CHARGE for GOING AWOL.
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN that I was not AWARE as I have shifted house, but the S4 did not bother.
Then I was MARCHED to CO office. While there, I overheard the CO saying that some COOKs did not turn up for the RECALL. He needs to COVER UP! And he also NEEDED to FIND A SCAPEGOAT. Because, I was a RESERVIST, I was EASY PREY.
Without, listening to my explanations, he insisted with a SMIRK that he will MAKE SURE I have a BLACK MARK on My RECORD. Such POWER, did he have.
HE DID NOT BOTHER to CHECK MY ACTIVE STATUS.
I WAS AN NCO, Appointment BSM during my NS. But they did not bother.
After being put on charge, I was fined $75, which I was unable to pay as I did not bring much money then. Fortunately, I was able to arrange for the escort to pick up the money from a friend in Mindef. Only, then was I allowed to leave camp.
And the IRONY of it was when I CHECKED MY GREEN RESERVIST BOOK, It STATED CLEARLY THAT I HAD INFORMED THAT OF MY CHANGE OF ADDRESS BEFORE THE RECALL MANNING.
I was UNABLE TO HAVE ANY REDRESS.
Once, I happened to watch a ARMY commercial whereby the CO was quoted as saying he looked after his men. I LAUGHED to myself, as more likely he LOOKED after HIS OWN BACKSIDE.
But thank goodness, I have only seen the commercial ONCE. Maybe he did SCR*WED others too and they complained and the commercial was withdrawn.
So, was it just my luck to be SCR*WED by 3 CAREER OFFICERS in 1 DAY?
OFFICERS who are supposed to be LEADERS and GENTLEMEN?
I Have COMPLETED MY NS. GOT PROMOTED and EVEN received a few Community Service AWARDS.
With 3 such officers in just 1 small battalion; betraying enlisted men they supposed to care for, you wonder how many more of such officers are there in the army, navy and air force.
So, it is indeed frigthening that we are having more ex-career army men going to run for election as our MPs.
SCARY, REAL SCARY........
SCR*WED BY 3 CAREER OFFICERS IN ONE DAY
Years back, after just ROD, the active unit that I was posted to had a recall manning.
They did not managed to contact me then as I have shifted house. Back in those days, mobile phones were expensive.
The unit S1 called my office and asked me to go back to Unit as the CO wants to TALK to me.
Asked me to turn up in uniform. I naively did.
IMAGINE my HORROR, when I REACH the CAMP and WITHOUT WAITING FOR ANY EXPLANATION, they MARCHED ME to the S4, HQ BC and PUT ME ON CHARGE for GOING AWOL.
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN that I was not AWARE as I have shifted house, but the S4 did not bother.
Then I was MARCHED to CO office. While there, I overheard the CO saying that some COOKs did not turn up for the RECALL. He needs to COVER UP! And he also NEEDED to FIND A SCAPEGOAT. Because, I was a RESERVIST, I was EASY PREY.
Without, listening to my explanations, he insisted with a SMIRK that he will MAKE SURE I have a BLACK MARK on My RECORD. Such POWER, did he have.
HE DID NOT BOTHER to CHECK MY ACTIVE STATUS.
I WAS AN NCO, Appointment BSM during my NS. But they did not bother.
After being put on charge, I was fined $75, which I was unable to pay as I did not bring much money then. Fortunately, I was able to arrange for the escort to pick up the money from a friend in Mindef. Only, then was I allowed to leave camp.
And the IRONY of it was when I CHECKED MY GREEN RESERVIST BOOK, It STATED CLEARLY THAT I HAD INFORMED THAT OF MY CHANGE OF ADDRESS BEFORE THE RECALL MANNING.
I was UNABLE TO HAVE ANY REDRESS.
Once, I happened to watch a ARMY commercial whereby the CO was quoted as saying he looked after his men. I LAUGHED to myself, as more likely he LOOKED after HIS OWN BACKSIDE.
But thank goodness, I have only seen the commercial ONCE. Maybe he did SCR*WED others too and they complained and the commercial was withdrawn.
So, was it just my luck to be SCR*WED by 3 CAREER OFFICERS in 1 DAY?
OFFICERS who are supposed to be LEADERS and GENTLEMEN?
I Have COMPLETED MY NS. GOT PROMOTED and EVEN received a few Community Service AWARDS.
With 3 such officers in just 1 small battalion; betraying enlisted men they supposed to care for, you wonder how many more of such officers are there in the army, navy and air force.
So, it is indeed frigthening that we are having more ex-career army men going to run for election as our MPs.
SCARY, REAL SCARY........
kind of low quality rubbish Singapore can attract
http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/Videos/index_videos.html?videoid=62522
this is the kind of quality Singapore can attract because of its NS policy.
NS IS KILLING SG.
this is the kind of quality Singapore can attract because of its NS policy.
NS IS KILLING SG.
SAF general say we are unnatural
http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/Videos/index_videos.html?videoid=62522
that is the only part I agree with him.
that is the only part I agree with him.
SAF killing Sg with morally corrupted regulars
locals who undergo NS will know that most if not all SAF regulars are morally bankrupt. who else would make a career out of basically slavery of 2 years ?
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SAF captain charged with 5 counts of corruption
PAP
SAF captain charged with 5 counts of corruption
AN ARMY captain was charged on Monday with five counts of corruption in the form of cash loans totalling $53,100 from a businessman.
Phua Poh Sim, 31, is accused of corruptly receiving between $1,700 and $28,000 from Yow Wah alias Richard between May and August 2008 in return for providing confidential information relating to military projects in the Singapore Armed Forces.
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SAF captain charged with 5 counts of corruption
PAP
SAF captain charged with 5 counts of corruption
AN ARMY captain was charged on Monday with five counts of corruption in the form of cash loans totalling $53,100 from a businessman.
Phua Poh Sim, 31, is accused of corruptly receiving between $1,700 and $28,000 from Yow Wah alias Richard between May and August 2008 in return for providing confidential information relating to military projects in the Singapore Armed Forces.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
the anti-NS party manifesto
1. NS is killing Sg.
2. There are alternative defense mechanism that do the job equal if not better than current 2 years of NS and 20 years of reservist system.
3. The current NS system is destroying Sg gene pool which would damage core sg competitive advantage semi-permanently compare with the rest of the world.
4. NS should be abolish at once.
5. Without NS , Singaporeans guys would be out in the real world learning real skills. In a highly competitive globalised business enviroment , youth is when you must take the risks in studying , or starting new ventures and not be wasted in the army.
2. There are alternative defense mechanism that do the job equal if not better than current 2 years of NS and 20 years of reservist system.
3. The current NS system is destroying Sg gene pool which would damage core sg competitive advantage semi-permanently compare with the rest of the world.
4. NS should be abolish at once.
5. Without NS , Singaporeans guys would be out in the real world learning real skills. In a highly competitive globalised business enviroment , youth is when you must take the risks in studying , or starting new ventures and not be wasted in the army.
Friday, April 15, 2011
video on arrogat SAF general
http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/
yes. he is typical SAF general. bloody one track mind by assuming our current defense posture is the only one. - in fact it is the wrong strategy , and it do more damage than the British or the Japanese occupation of this island. For , NS has damage our gene pool irreparably by replacing people of calibre like bill gates , steve job , facebook founders with arrogant parasites like the SAF general. People of quality will run away from NS just as they run away in their youth to start new ventures like the above titans of business has done. ( top Scientists too like Albert Einstein has run away from NS )
yes. he is typical SAF general. bloody one track mind by assuming our current defense posture is the only one. - in fact it is the wrong strategy , and it do more damage than the British or the Japanese occupation of this island. For , NS has damage our gene pool irreparably by replacing people of calibre like bill gates , steve job , facebook founders with arrogant parasites like the SAF general. People of quality will run away from NS just as they run away in their youth to start new ventures like the above titans of business has done. ( top Scientists too like Albert Einstein has run away from NS )
Thursday, April 14, 2011
never serve NS but want to serve country KNN !
My conscience is clear: Tin Pei Ling
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/conscience-clear-tin-pei-ling-20110414-001731-974.html
Some two weeks after her personal life was picked apart online, the People's Action Party's (PAP) youngest candidate for the coming General Election (GE), Tin Pei Ling, has finally broken her silence.
The man in the photos being circulated online is not her boyfriend. The Kate Spade handbag was a birthday present from her husband. Her spouse did not influence her interest in grassroots work.
In an interview with Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao, of which an edited version was carried in The New Paper, she said, "I cannot change the fact that I am so young. Maybe that's why people are placing more attention on me." (HELLO, Glenda Han is not older too, yet people do not pick on her !!)
Tin was introduced as a PAP candidate late last month. The 27-year-old quickly became the subject of controversy after private pictures from her Facebook page were leaked online.
Even now, people are still questioning her marriage, her involvement in politics and her maturity to handle the job of a Member of Parliament (MP). An online petition for her to contest in a single-seat ward was also created.
"I just hope that Singaporeans can have confidence in me and give me the opportunity to prove myself," she said. "I'm prepared to face whatever comes my way." (Why should??? We True-Blue Singaporeans would rather give any opposition candidates the opportunity to prove themselves, if you could come out and fight one-on-one in any Single-Member-Constituency, we can consider to give you the opportunity, but if you are tail-gating into the parliament via GRC, sorry, no way and we hope you bring down whichever GRC you join !!)
On the photos that were circulated, Tin said, "The person in the photo is just my friend. He works for a community club. We took that photo during one of the grassroots leaders' wedding." (Dear miss tin, you may be young, but don't think i am born yesterday !!!!! you took those photo in a hotel room, look at your clothings, is it appropriate for a decent young girl to take those shot???)
"He was never my boyfriend. I find the episode extremely funny," she said, pointing out that netizens had even made up a name for him.
Tin also explained that the photo of her carrying a Kate Spade box and striking a "kawaii" (cute) pose was a keepsake from a few years ago.
"I took the photo for (a) keepsake when my husband gave me the handbag for my birthday two or three years ago."
"He liked the photo very much, and so I decided to upload the photo online (on her Facebook account)."
Tin remains calm in the face of such online attacks. "The most important thing is that my conscience is clear. I have read what people are saying about me online," she said.
"I have also tried to see where they are coming from and why they say certain things about me," she added.
Tin stressed that she has been involved in grassroots activities even before she met her husband, Ng How Yue, 40, who is currently the principal private secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
She is, however, grateful for her husband's support. "I want to serve society. He agrees with my views and has been giving me a lot of emotional support."
Tin has been volunteering at Ulu Pandan with MP Christopher de Souza. Her work has covered four areas -- encouraging the youth to participate in politics, helping needy families and children, helping the young to communicate better with seniors and helping social workers look after the residents.
"I like participating in things and I thoroughly enjoyed my seven years as a grassroots activist," she said
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/conscience-clear-tin-pei-ling-20110414-001731-974.html
Some two weeks after her personal life was picked apart online, the People's Action Party's (PAP) youngest candidate for the coming General Election (GE), Tin Pei Ling, has finally broken her silence.
The man in the photos being circulated online is not her boyfriend. The Kate Spade handbag was a birthday present from her husband. Her spouse did not influence her interest in grassroots work.
In an interview with Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao, of which an edited version was carried in The New Paper, she said, "I cannot change the fact that I am so young. Maybe that's why people are placing more attention on me." (HELLO, Glenda Han is not older too, yet people do not pick on her !!)
Tin was introduced as a PAP candidate late last month. The 27-year-old quickly became the subject of controversy after private pictures from her Facebook page were leaked online.
Even now, people are still questioning her marriage, her involvement in politics and her maturity to handle the job of a Member of Parliament (MP). An online petition for her to contest in a single-seat ward was also created.
"I just hope that Singaporeans can have confidence in me and give me the opportunity to prove myself," she said. "I'm prepared to face whatever comes my way." (Why should??? We True-Blue Singaporeans would rather give any opposition candidates the opportunity to prove themselves, if you could come out and fight one-on-one in any Single-Member-Constituency, we can consider to give you the opportunity, but if you are tail-gating into the parliament via GRC, sorry, no way and we hope you bring down whichever GRC you join !!)
On the photos that were circulated, Tin said, "The person in the photo is just my friend. He works for a community club. We took that photo during one of the grassroots leaders' wedding." (Dear miss tin, you may be young, but don't think i am born yesterday !!!!! you took those photo in a hotel room, look at your clothings, is it appropriate for a decent young girl to take those shot???)
"He was never my boyfriend. I find the episode extremely funny," she said, pointing out that netizens had even made up a name for him.
Tin also explained that the photo of her carrying a Kate Spade box and striking a "kawaii" (cute) pose was a keepsake from a few years ago.
"I took the photo for (a) keepsake when my husband gave me the handbag for my birthday two or three years ago."
"He liked the photo very much, and so I decided to upload the photo online (on her Facebook account)."
Tin remains calm in the face of such online attacks. "The most important thing is that my conscience is clear. I have read what people are saying about me online," she said.
"I have also tried to see where they are coming from and why they say certain things about me," she added.
Tin stressed that she has been involved in grassroots activities even before she met her husband, Ng How Yue, 40, who is currently the principal private secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
She is, however, grateful for her husband's support. "I want to serve society. He agrees with my views and has been giving me a lot of emotional support."
Tin has been volunteering at Ulu Pandan with MP Christopher de Souza. Her work has covered four areas -- encouraging the youth to participate in politics, helping needy families and children, helping the young to communicate better with seniors and helping social workers look after the residents.
"I like participating in things and I thoroughly enjoyed my seven years as a grassroots activist," she said
NS is tearing sg apart
A TALE OF TWO ¡®NEW CITIZENS¡¯
Posted on April 13, 2011 by satayclub
Dr Janil Puthucheary has been criticised for his insensitive remarks about NS
By Wong Wen Shan
Political Contributor
A lot has been said in the lead-up to the General Election about the influx of ¡®foreign talent¡¯ onto Singapore¡¯s shores. While some believe that uncontrolled immigration will make it more difficult for Singaporeans to compete for jobs, others argue that Singapore¡¯s declining birth rate and high rate of emigration means that foreigners are needed in order to ensure that the nation¡¯s economy remains competitive.
¡®Foreign talent¡¯ is now ubiquitous in Singapore ¨C they build our skyscrapers and repair our roads, occupy top positions in both the private and public sector, and have even begun to make incursions into the political arena, with several foreign-born candidates having been introduced already.
Dr Janil Puthucheary is one of them. Born in Malaysia, the pediatrician became a Singapore citizen two years ago. His father, Dominic Puthucheary, was a former PAP politician who found himself detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) because he was suspected to have left-wing sympathies at a time when the Communist movement posed a real threat to the country¡¯s stability.
Despite his family history, Dr Puthucheary made the decision to don the all-whites of the PAP, apparently with the blessings of his father. He did so in order to heed the call of service to his adopted country. ¡°I¡¯m staying, I¡¯m fighting, I¡¯m fully invested,¡± he said, as he was introduced as a PAP candidate for the upcoming election.
Dr Puthucheary has attracted some criticism because of the fact that he has not served National Service, a rite of passage for every Singaporean male. ¡°I have been saving kids¡¯ lives for the past ten years,¡± he replied, arguing that he had contributed to the nation in his own way.
Mr Chen Show Mao is another newly-minted politician who will be contesting in his maiden general election. Born in Taiwan, the former Rhodes Scholar received his formative education at National Junior College, where he was the top A-level student in his cohort ¨C which included current Cabinet Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.
Mr Chen later went on to earn degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Stanford, and rose to the top of the legal profession following stints in Hong Kong, New York and Beijing, amongst others. He is now a Partner at the elite American firm Davis, Polk and Wardwell, and has handled billion-dollar IPOs. While he has only spent 20 out of his 50 years in Singapore, he claims to have returned to Singapore ¡®every year¡¯ since he became a citizen.
Perhaps most importantly, he served his NS ¨C and impressed his superiors enough to earn an officer¡¯s commission, moving on to hold appointments as a platoon commander and a staff officer. He did it because ¡°it was the right thing to do¡±.
Two Years of Their Lives
Chen Show Mao served his NS before becoming a Singapore citizen
The fact that Mr Chen went through NS despite apparently having the option not to do so (for instance, he could have waited until later in life to become a citizen, or he could have become a citizen of the US) has endeared him to many Singaporean voters, while Dr Puthucheary¡¯s comments about ¡®saving kids¡¯ lives¡¯ seem to have come across as being dismissive of the sacrifice that every Singaporean male is required to make to safeguard the security of the nation.
Perhaps this is a result of many Singaporean men resenting the fact that two of their prime years had to be spent in military service, which can be physically and psychologically draining. The fact that Mr Chen volunteered to put himself through this ¡®hardship¡¯ has helped him to come across as one of them, while Dr Puthucheary seems to have alienated himself by failing to appreciate their ¡®suffering¡¯.
The fact that National Service is proving to be such a sticking point in many Singaporeans¡¯ minds probably merits a discussion on the topic of NS in itself. Some opposition parties have called for the duration of NS to be shortened. Certain independent commentators have even begun to question the purpose of NS as a whole, arguing that it is unnecessary, and that Singapore is better off with a professional army.
What cannot be denied is that Singaporeans regard NS as an integral rite of passage that they go through, whether they believe in it or not. Nominally at least, NS is about the defence of our nation, and only those who go through NS can be seen as committed to the security of the country.
Are Singaporeans Xenophobic?
Posted on April 13, 2011 by satayclub
Dr Janil Puthucheary has been criticised for his insensitive remarks about NS
By Wong Wen Shan
Political Contributor
A lot has been said in the lead-up to the General Election about the influx of ¡®foreign talent¡¯ onto Singapore¡¯s shores. While some believe that uncontrolled immigration will make it more difficult for Singaporeans to compete for jobs, others argue that Singapore¡¯s declining birth rate and high rate of emigration means that foreigners are needed in order to ensure that the nation¡¯s economy remains competitive.
¡®Foreign talent¡¯ is now ubiquitous in Singapore ¨C they build our skyscrapers and repair our roads, occupy top positions in both the private and public sector, and have even begun to make incursions into the political arena, with several foreign-born candidates having been introduced already.
Dr Janil Puthucheary is one of them. Born in Malaysia, the pediatrician became a Singapore citizen two years ago. His father, Dominic Puthucheary, was a former PAP politician who found himself detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) because he was suspected to have left-wing sympathies at a time when the Communist movement posed a real threat to the country¡¯s stability.
Despite his family history, Dr Puthucheary made the decision to don the all-whites of the PAP, apparently with the blessings of his father. He did so in order to heed the call of service to his adopted country. ¡°I¡¯m staying, I¡¯m fighting, I¡¯m fully invested,¡± he said, as he was introduced as a PAP candidate for the upcoming election.
Dr Puthucheary has attracted some criticism because of the fact that he has not served National Service, a rite of passage for every Singaporean male. ¡°I have been saving kids¡¯ lives for the past ten years,¡± he replied, arguing that he had contributed to the nation in his own way.
Mr Chen Show Mao is another newly-minted politician who will be contesting in his maiden general election. Born in Taiwan, the former Rhodes Scholar received his formative education at National Junior College, where he was the top A-level student in his cohort ¨C which included current Cabinet Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.
Mr Chen later went on to earn degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Stanford, and rose to the top of the legal profession following stints in Hong Kong, New York and Beijing, amongst others. He is now a Partner at the elite American firm Davis, Polk and Wardwell, and has handled billion-dollar IPOs. While he has only spent 20 out of his 50 years in Singapore, he claims to have returned to Singapore ¡®every year¡¯ since he became a citizen.
Perhaps most importantly, he served his NS ¨C and impressed his superiors enough to earn an officer¡¯s commission, moving on to hold appointments as a platoon commander and a staff officer. He did it because ¡°it was the right thing to do¡±.
Two Years of Their Lives
Chen Show Mao served his NS before becoming a Singapore citizen
The fact that Mr Chen went through NS despite apparently having the option not to do so (for instance, he could have waited until later in life to become a citizen, or he could have become a citizen of the US) has endeared him to many Singaporean voters, while Dr Puthucheary¡¯s comments about ¡®saving kids¡¯ lives¡¯ seem to have come across as being dismissive of the sacrifice that every Singaporean male is required to make to safeguard the security of the nation.
Perhaps this is a result of many Singaporean men resenting the fact that two of their prime years had to be spent in military service, which can be physically and psychologically draining. The fact that Mr Chen volunteered to put himself through this ¡®hardship¡¯ has helped him to come across as one of them, while Dr Puthucheary seems to have alienated himself by failing to appreciate their ¡®suffering¡¯.
The fact that National Service is proving to be such a sticking point in many Singaporeans¡¯ minds probably merits a discussion on the topic of NS in itself. Some opposition parties have called for the duration of NS to be shortened. Certain independent commentators have even begun to question the purpose of NS as a whole, arguing that it is unnecessary, and that Singapore is better off with a professional army.
What cannot be denied is that Singaporeans regard NS as an integral rite of passage that they go through, whether they believe in it or not. Nominally at least, NS is about the defence of our nation, and only those who go through NS can be seen as committed to the security of the country.
Are Singaporeans Xenophobic?
he kill sg with NS now talk big
42-year-old Chan Chun Sing is formerly the Chief of Army in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), prior to his retirement from the government service.
A recipient of both the President and SAF Overseas Scholarships in 1988, he was responsible for the operational readiness, capability developments and training standards and morale of the Army during his tenure as the Army Chief.
From 2001-2003, he was the Army Attache to Jakarta, where he played a role in promoting bilateral ties between the two militaries.
Mr Chan, who is currently attached to the Tanjong Pagar GRC, has this message for populist calls to slash the defence budget.
He said: "It is always very sexy to say that we don't need to take care of our defence because we live in peace. In my short time in the SAF, 20 years, there were many occasions we have to stand our ground and stare down the competition in order to have the space to be called Singaporeans.
"So I do not think we should take this lightly. We spend what we need and we are responsible to the nation for every single cent that we spend, so that we do justice to the hard earned money we have invested."
A recipient of both the President and SAF Overseas Scholarships in 1988, he was responsible for the operational readiness, capability developments and training standards and morale of the Army during his tenure as the Army Chief.
From 2001-2003, he was the Army Attache to Jakarta, where he played a role in promoting bilateral ties between the two militaries.
Mr Chan, who is currently attached to the Tanjong Pagar GRC, has this message for populist calls to slash the defence budget.
He said: "It is always very sexy to say that we don't need to take care of our defence because we live in peace. In my short time in the SAF, 20 years, there were many occasions we have to stand our ground and stare down the competition in order to have the space to be called Singaporeans.
"So I do not think we should take this lightly. We spend what we need and we are responsible to the nation for every single cent that we spend, so that we do justice to the hard earned money we have invested."
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
is this what NS is all about ? to be kick out by people who never serve a day of NS !
A friend of mine was recently asked to leave his position as IT Manager. He later found out that he was replaced by an Indian "FT" who is taking less than half of what he is taking. He is 48 this year and despite his experience, he still has not found a job yet. Now, he is contemplating to drive a taxi.......
In Europe (and most part of the world), there are law that prevent this. In Singapore, the employer just have to say "Sorry, you have to go. We are restructuring. Here's your retrenchment benefit (2 freaking month's pay for 8 years of service???)
Now that is how "FT" can "help" Singapore...........
In Europe (and most part of the world), there are law that prevent this. In Singapore, the employer just have to say "Sorry, you have to go. We are restructuring. Here's your retrenchment benefit (2 freaking month's pay for 8 years of service???)
Now that is how "FT" can "help" Singapore...........
Monday, April 11, 2011
how many of their children actually serve NS?
It¡¯s a known fact that many foreign workers (from work permit holders to employment pass holders to PR holders) make use of Singapore only as a stepping stone to better pastures elsewhere. The sad truth is that Singapore is only a transit point for them ¨C to build up their credible work experience and their financial resources. Once they have done that, they will move on to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK. The Filipinos are not the only ones doing that. This practice is also prevalent among the Indians and Chinese who are being welcomed here in droves by the Government. Many of the FTs who are Singapore PRs also want to leave Singapore asap so that their sons don¡¯t get caught in the NS trap. Perhaps the Government can tell us how many FT PRs (or their children) actually serve NS when it¡¯s call-up time.
Several years ago, one Indian IT chap came to see me to get his documents certified as true copies. He was applying for New Zealand PR. When I saw his passport, I noticed that it was a Singapore passport which had just been issued to him a few days previously. I was shocked that he was applying for NZ PR so soon after getting his Singapore passport. He told me that many Indians believe that it¡¯s easier for them to apply for western PRs if they are Singapore passport holders rather than Indian passport holders ¨C and that¡¯s probably true. I believe that the PRC Chinese also think likewise.
So, it seems that Singaporeans are getting short-changed once again. Our wonderful Government liberally hands out PRs and even citizenships to FTs, and then mistakenly think that those ¡°grateful¡± FTs will stay here in Singapore for life and even give up their lives for Singapore if Singapore is militarily threatened. What utter stupidity and naivety!!! In the immortalised words of LKY: They must be daft!!!
It¡¯s time that the decision-makers in Government wake up and realise that many FTs are simply making use of Singapore and Singaporeans. Even the super-rich FTs who get Singapore PR under the million-dollar investor schemes are simply making use of Singapore ¨C to get a globally-respected red passport and to profit from property investments here. Many of those super-rich FTs don¡¯t even live here. As 1st generation Singapore PRs under the million dollar investor scheme, they are exempted from serving NS. But, again, how many of their children actually serve NS?
Many FTs have absolutely no sentimental attachment to Singapore. It¡¯s the Singaporeans who are born and bred here that love Singapore and who will die for the country in the event of war. Many of these locally-born and bred Singaporeans do not have the option to migrate elsewhere. Yet, many of these true Singaporeans are being left in the lurch by the Government that they keep voting into power every 5 years. Unfortunately, the same Government prefers to spend its time, effort and money on pandering to the FTs. What a sad irony.
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Several years ago, one Indian IT chap came to see me to get his documents certified as true copies. He was applying for New Zealand PR. When I saw his passport, I noticed that it was a Singapore passport which had just been issued to him a few days previously. I was shocked that he was applying for NZ PR so soon after getting his Singapore passport. He told me that many Indians believe that it¡¯s easier for them to apply for western PRs if they are Singapore passport holders rather than Indian passport holders ¨C and that¡¯s probably true. I believe that the PRC Chinese also think likewise.
So, it seems that Singaporeans are getting short-changed once again. Our wonderful Government liberally hands out PRs and even citizenships to FTs, and then mistakenly think that those ¡°grateful¡± FTs will stay here in Singapore for life and even give up their lives for Singapore if Singapore is militarily threatened. What utter stupidity and naivety!!! In the immortalised words of LKY: They must be daft!!!
It¡¯s time that the decision-makers in Government wake up and realise that many FTs are simply making use of Singapore and Singaporeans. Even the super-rich FTs who get Singapore PR under the million-dollar investor schemes are simply making use of Singapore ¨C to get a globally-respected red passport and to profit from property investments here. Many of those super-rich FTs don¡¯t even live here. As 1st generation Singapore PRs under the million dollar investor scheme, they are exempted from serving NS. But, again, how many of their children actually serve NS?
Many FTs have absolutely no sentimental attachment to Singapore. It¡¯s the Singaporeans who are born and bred here that love Singapore and who will die for the country in the event of war. Many of these locally-born and bred Singaporeans do not have the option to migrate elsewhere. Yet, many of these true Singaporeans are being left in the lurch by the Government that they keep voting into power every 5 years. Unfortunately, the same Government prefers to spend its time, effort and money on pandering to the FTs. What a sad irony.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
NUS is right : NS IS KILLING SG
PM Lee: Your question is, why is the opposition ward not treated at least as good, or maybe even better than the PAP ward? And the answer is that there has to be a distinction. Because the PAP wards supported the Government and the policies which delivered these good things.
All the basics apply to everybody - your roads, your trains, your houses, your schools, your hospitals, your security and defence. But the extras - which come down to the upgrading programmes - it's a national programme. Between the people who voted and supported the programme and the Government, and the people who didn't, I think if we went and put yours before the PAP constituencies, it would be an injustice.
Mr Seah: So, having said that, can I pay less tax, and maybe take one or two years off my NS? (Audience laughs, applauds)
PM Lee: You are... (laughs, pauses, more laughter from the audience) How shall I put this? If you are on an offshore island and not part of the SAF security defence, such a thing could be imagined.
But the SAF, defence, taxes, all the facilities which have been provided, go to everybody. Priority, first and second, who comes first, who has to wait. Somebody has to wait
All the basics apply to everybody - your roads, your trains, your houses, your schools, your hospitals, your security and defence. But the extras - which come down to the upgrading programmes - it's a national programme. Between the people who voted and supported the programme and the Government, and the people who didn't, I think if we went and put yours before the PAP constituencies, it would be an injustice.
Mr Seah: So, having said that, can I pay less tax, and maybe take one or two years off my NS? (Audience laughs, applauds)
PM Lee: You are... (laughs, pauses, more laughter from the audience) How shall I put this? If you are on an offshore island and not part of the SAF security defence, such a thing could be imagined.
But the SAF, defence, taxes, all the facilities which have been provided, go to everybody. Priority, first and second, who comes first, who has to wait. Somebody has to wait
New Citizen: I am too important to do NS
Coffeeshop Chit Chat - New Citizen: I am too important to do NS
New Citizen: I am too important to do NS
April 10th, 2011 | Author: Contributions | Edit
Yesterday morning on the bus, I overheard this conversation from a loud 20+ Indian male talking to his friend in the seat near mine.
¡°I told my colleagues that I am an upper class citizen and I don¡¯t do National Service. Your government had beg us to come here to be citizens and I am too important to do National Service, only the stupid lower class locals have to do National Service. I told them we are elites from India and we don¡¯t go to lunch with them because they were of lower class.¡±
He than continued to brag about how about how great India is and how bad Singapore is in comparison to India. So, I assumed that he must be a ¡®new citizen¡¯ from India.
Our 2nd Defence Minister had once put up his defence for these ¡®NEW CITIZENS¡¯ to exempt them from doing NS.
¡®But it is not a sufficiently strong reason for the requirement to be imposed on them.¡¯
He went on further on how to ¡®integrate¡¯ these new citizens in lieu of National Service by:
¡®The People¡¯s Association, for example, organised visits for new citizens to the Army Museum. And the Defence Ministry organises visits to the Pulau Tekong Basic Military Training Centre.¡¯
So these ¡®new citizens¡¯ will go to our Pulau Tekong camp like some VIP spectators watching our guys training like watching some monkey show? Isn¡¯t this adding salt to injuries of our insult?
But what else can I say, especially this is from the mouth of a ¡®DEFENCE¡¯ Minister.
I personally felt that it is a shame that our own Defence Minister had discriminate our own local born citizens on a very import issue of National Defence.
Does he not felt that his stand on NS exemption for ¡®new citizens¡¯ had undermined the morale and belief of total defence that they had been promoting for many years of our NS men?
Does he also felt that these third world country foreigners were so important that they don¡¯t have to do National Service?
Does he not felt the slightest shame that he have to pleased these foreigners to this extend?
Do we have to beg these third world country foreigners to be our citizens so badly that we allow them exemption of National Service which is the backbone of our national defence?
Do our ministers felt that two and a half years of National Service and a thirteen years cycle reservist is a joke?
For years the army had complainted about shortage of manpower for defence, but now we have this ¡®exemption¡¯ of new citizens for National Services.
And the discrimination does not restrict to National Service.
We might soon have PAP ¡®overnight citizen¡¯ new candidates entering the parliament through the tailcoat of a GRC.
Our ministers had keep reminding us that ¡°We need foreigners to create jobs for Singaporeans.¡±
I felt like being slapped on the face by that damn Indian new citizen¡¯s remark, but hell, there are some truth in it. We had been suckers of National Service. I suddenly felt my pride and dignity seriously hurt!
It reminds me of NTU¡¯s undergrad, Mr. Lim Zhi Rui¡¯s famous quote: ¡°I really don¡¯t know what I¡¯m defending any more.¡±
Are you guys who is still doing NS, reservist or completed NS and reservist feeling the same? Or am I the odd idiot out here feeling this way?
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Marvin Fo
New Citizen: I am too important to do NS
April 10th, 2011 | Author: Contributions | Edit
Yesterday morning on the bus, I overheard this conversation from a loud 20+ Indian male talking to his friend in the seat near mine.
¡°I told my colleagues that I am an upper class citizen and I don¡¯t do National Service. Your government had beg us to come here to be citizens and I am too important to do National Service, only the stupid lower class locals have to do National Service. I told them we are elites from India and we don¡¯t go to lunch with them because they were of lower class.¡±
He than continued to brag about how about how great India is and how bad Singapore is in comparison to India. So, I assumed that he must be a ¡®new citizen¡¯ from India.
Our 2nd Defence Minister had once put up his defence for these ¡®NEW CITIZENS¡¯ to exempt them from doing NS.
¡®But it is not a sufficiently strong reason for the requirement to be imposed on them.¡¯
He went on further on how to ¡®integrate¡¯ these new citizens in lieu of National Service by:
¡®The People¡¯s Association, for example, organised visits for new citizens to the Army Museum. And the Defence Ministry organises visits to the Pulau Tekong Basic Military Training Centre.¡¯
So these ¡®new citizens¡¯ will go to our Pulau Tekong camp like some VIP spectators watching our guys training like watching some monkey show? Isn¡¯t this adding salt to injuries of our insult?
But what else can I say, especially this is from the mouth of a ¡®DEFENCE¡¯ Minister.
I personally felt that it is a shame that our own Defence Minister had discriminate our own local born citizens on a very import issue of National Defence.
Does he not felt that his stand on NS exemption for ¡®new citizens¡¯ had undermined the morale and belief of total defence that they had been promoting for many years of our NS men?
Does he also felt that these third world country foreigners were so important that they don¡¯t have to do National Service?
Does he not felt the slightest shame that he have to pleased these foreigners to this extend?
Do we have to beg these third world country foreigners to be our citizens so badly that we allow them exemption of National Service which is the backbone of our national defence?
Do our ministers felt that two and a half years of National Service and a thirteen years cycle reservist is a joke?
For years the army had complainted about shortage of manpower for defence, but now we have this ¡®exemption¡¯ of new citizens for National Services.
And the discrimination does not restrict to National Service.
We might soon have PAP ¡®overnight citizen¡¯ new candidates entering the parliament through the tailcoat of a GRC.
Our ministers had keep reminding us that ¡°We need foreigners to create jobs for Singaporeans.¡±
I felt like being slapped on the face by that damn Indian new citizen¡¯s remark, but hell, there are some truth in it. We had been suckers of National Service. I suddenly felt my pride and dignity seriously hurt!
It reminds me of NTU¡¯s undergrad, Mr. Lim Zhi Rui¡¯s famous quote: ¡°I really don¡¯t know what I¡¯m defending any more.¡±
Are you guys who is still doing NS, reservist or completed NS and reservist feeling the same? Or am I the odd idiot out here feeling this way?
.
Marvin Fo
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
hey stupid SAF general ! I was forced to do NDP LAR
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SINGAPORE - Two experiences have not only left an indelible mark on Brigadier-General (NS) Tan Chuan Jin but also significantly shaped his thinking about Singapore: Spearheading the Republic's humanitarian efforts in Aceh after the tsunami in 2004 and chairing the National Day Parade (NDP) executive committee five years later.
On the post-tsunami humanitarian efforts, BG (NS) Tan said that, apart from the smell of debris and the dead, he would always remember "the way Singaporeans came together ... to reach out with tremendous amount of compassion and humanity".
The father of two added: "That shows what our people are capable of. The question is: Is this worth fighting for ... or all these abilities we have to make things happen - do we just take it for granted?"
His experience in organising the NDP in 2009 provided some of the answers: The "magical" moment when Singaporeans paused at 8.22pm on Aug 9, 2009, to say the National Pledge together showed him that Singaporeans have aspirations regardless of political affiliation and that Singapore is worth fighting for.
BG (NS) Tan added that he is taking up that fight with the People's Action Party (PAP) because of its track record and alignment with his beliefs.
"No party is ever perfect but I feel this is an area where I'm prepared to come forward to serve with the best of my ability," he said.
Asked about the PAP's shortcomings, he said his interest was in areas such as education and suggested the education system be looked into, to "help our children to be children and yet bring them up in a way where you can strike a balance".
SINGAPORE - Two experiences have not only left an indelible mark on Brigadier-General (NS) Tan Chuan Jin but also significantly shaped his thinking about Singapore: Spearheading the Republic's humanitarian efforts in Aceh after the tsunami in 2004 and chairing the National Day Parade (NDP) executive committee five years later.
On the post-tsunami humanitarian efforts, BG (NS) Tan said that, apart from the smell of debris and the dead, he would always remember "the way Singaporeans came together ... to reach out with tremendous amount of compassion and humanity".
The father of two added: "That shows what our people are capable of. The question is: Is this worth fighting for ... or all these abilities we have to make things happen - do we just take it for granted?"
His experience in organising the NDP in 2009 provided some of the answers: The "magical" moment when Singaporeans paused at 8.22pm on Aug 9, 2009, to say the National Pledge together showed him that Singaporeans have aspirations regardless of political affiliation and that Singapore is worth fighting for.
BG (NS) Tan added that he is taking up that fight with the People's Action Party (PAP) because of its track record and alignment with his beliefs.
"No party is ever perfect but I feel this is an area where I'm prepared to come forward to serve with the best of my ability," he said.
Asked about the PAP's shortcomings, he said his interest was in areas such as education and suggested the education system be looked into, to "help our children to be children and yet bring them up in a way where you can strike a balance".
institute of policy studies say NS IS KILLING SG
SINGAPORE: One in two young Singaporeans have little intention of moving overseas. They are rooted by strong family ties, national pride, and have confidence in the country's economic future.
This finding emerged from a study conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies, involving more more than 2,013 Singaporeans between 19 and 30 years old.
The respondents were interviewed in door-to-door surveys over three months, from December 2009 to March 2010.
Friends, family and home ownership are the main reasons identified by young Singaporeans when asked what keeps them rooted to the country.
The respondents were asked to pick the reasons from 26 items such as quality of life, finance and career, social bonding and well-being and socio-political considerations.
When Channel NewsAsia took to the streets, many cited similar considerations.
"I don't think I'm moving out of Singapore because of friends and family here," said a young Singaporean.
"Singapore is a good to live in, with a lot of opportunities to excel in life...there's (also) no natural disaster in Singapore, like what happened to Japan," said another.
But others felt emigration represented a better life, citing Singapore's high cost of living and hectic lifestyle as possible reasons for migrating.
The Institute of Policy Studies' survey found that young Singaporeans fell into four broad categories. There is the "Heartland Stayer" - unlikely to emigrate and has strong ties and national pride. Similarly, the "Cosmopolitan Stayer" has low intention of leaving and is rooted in Singapore. However, this group views emigration favourably and has the ability to leave.
There is also the "Explorer" group - the one most likely to emigrate. They have strong family ties but doesn't feel connected to Singapore. And then there is the "Disengaged" have the weakest family bonds and lowest national pride. They also have no strong opinion on emigration, and have a lower ability to migrate.
The Institute of Policy Studies said the survey findings showed that young Singaporeans are not a homogenous group and a one-size-fits-all policy will not work. This makes it challenging for policymakers to engage them on the issue of rootedness as different factors appeal to different segments. But one area that can be looked into is the issue of work-life balance, which emerged as an important anchor.
Dr Leong Chan Hoong, lead researcher and research fellow with the Institute of Policy Studies, said: "They find that this work-life balance is lacking in Singapore. As a result, some of them consider migrating abroad to achieve that. So it is important for policymakers to pay attention to this area and more importantly, to see whether that attitude, that perception changes over time."
The institute hopes to conduct another survey in two to three years.
This finding emerged from a study conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies, involving more more than 2,013 Singaporeans between 19 and 30 years old.
The respondents were interviewed in door-to-door surveys over three months, from December 2009 to March 2010.
Friends, family and home ownership are the main reasons identified by young Singaporeans when asked what keeps them rooted to the country.
The respondents were asked to pick the reasons from 26 items such as quality of life, finance and career, social bonding and well-being and socio-political considerations.
When Channel NewsAsia took to the streets, many cited similar considerations.
"I don't think I'm moving out of Singapore because of friends and family here," said a young Singaporean.
"Singapore is a good to live in, with a lot of opportunities to excel in life...there's (also) no natural disaster in Singapore, like what happened to Japan," said another.
But others felt emigration represented a better life, citing Singapore's high cost of living and hectic lifestyle as possible reasons for migrating.
The Institute of Policy Studies' survey found that young Singaporeans fell into four broad categories. There is the "Heartland Stayer" - unlikely to emigrate and has strong ties and national pride. Similarly, the "Cosmopolitan Stayer" has low intention of leaving and is rooted in Singapore. However, this group views emigration favourably and has the ability to leave.
There is also the "Explorer" group - the one most likely to emigrate. They have strong family ties but doesn't feel connected to Singapore. And then there is the "Disengaged" have the weakest family bonds and lowest national pride. They also have no strong opinion on emigration, and have a lower ability to migrate.
The Institute of Policy Studies said the survey findings showed that young Singaporeans are not a homogenous group and a one-size-fits-all policy will not work. This makes it challenging for policymakers to engage them on the issue of rootedness as different factors appeal to different segments. But one area that can be looked into is the issue of work-life balance, which emerged as an important anchor.
Dr Leong Chan Hoong, lead researcher and research fellow with the Institute of Policy Studies, said: "They find that this work-life balance is lacking in Singapore. As a result, some of them consider migrating abroad to achieve that. So it is important for policymakers to pay attention to this area and more importantly, to see whether that attitude, that perception changes over time."
The institute hopes to conduct another survey in two to three years.
SAF general kenna fuck by citzens
eehsientow:
April 5, 2011 at 6:35 pm (Quote)
General Tan Chuan Jin, I saw you speaking so eloquently about empathy, pitting country before self, how the army has shaped your views and given you valuable exposure to the problems of young men from all walks of life. You say you want to contribute, to make a difference. Why not start with the problem touched on in this article? Convince Singaporeans that their interests are put ABOVE everything else and everyone else, no ifs no buts. Any economic development MUST not be at the expense of people who have done NS and will continue to do so for the next 13 prime years of their lives. They must not be put at an unfair disadvantage by employers who may find it more convenient to hire foreigners. Some clear rules must be spelt out to protect our citizens. We want to hear it from you, LHL (who has actually done NS, good for him) or MM. We want to see real rules and not empty words.
April 5, 2011 at 6:35 pm (Quote)
General Tan Chuan Jin, I saw you speaking so eloquently about empathy, pitting country before self, how the army has shaped your views and given you valuable exposure to the problems of young men from all walks of life. You say you want to contribute, to make a difference. Why not start with the problem touched on in this article? Convince Singaporeans that their interests are put ABOVE everything else and everyone else, no ifs no buts. Any economic development MUST not be at the expense of people who have done NS and will continue to do so for the next 13 prime years of their lives. They must not be put at an unfair disadvantage by employers who may find it more convenient to hire foreigners. Some clear rules must be spelt out to protect our citizens. We want to hear it from you, LHL (who has actually done NS, good for him) or MM. We want to see real rules and not empty words.
mr tan serve NS to be replace by them in job market !!!
Singaporeans kenna con into doing NS for nothing
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Mrs Tan has prepared a sumptuous meal for her husband to commemorate their 20th wedding anniversary. She wants to please her husband tonight. She anxiously awaits for his return from work.
Mr Tan has just returned home. She eagerly greets him, only to be met by a very dejected-looking man. In their 20 years of marriage, she has never seen her husband looking so broken.
Mrs Tan (in a soft, concerned tone):
What is the matter, dear?
Mr Tan (tried to open his mouth, but couldn¡¯t. He finally makes a strong effort to do so):
I have just been retrenched.
Mrs Tan (Mrs Tan is shocked. She cannot believe her ears):
How can this be so? You have always been a good performer throughout this 20 years. Your company has been profitable and growing throughout 20 years. Why?
Mr Tan:
9 months ago, my company made a new hire to my department. I was told to act as a mentor to this new guy and impart my knowledge to him. I was ordered to dig my own grave. I was training my own replacement ¡ my executioner.
Mrs Tan:
Your boss was your buddy during National Service. Why didn¡¯t he protect you?
Mr Tan:
He would have if he were still around. He himself has been replaced. The trouble all happened after the department head was replaced by a Filipino so-called foreign talent. It is a human tendency for people to want to bring in their own people. Ò»³¯Ìì×ÓÒ»³¯³¼. Once that Filipino becomes head of department, he started replacing Singaporeans with Filipinos.
The same thing goes for China and Indian managers. Depending on the nationality of the department head, the department is either full of Indians or PRCs. The casualties will be Singaporeans. Even those with PHDs are not spared.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Mingjie
If native Singaporeans do not unite in the coming election, we will be displaced by the foreigners brought in by the PAP who cares only about GDP growth and their bonuses. In the coming election, we must unite and show the Pay-and-Pay party that this time, it is pay-back time for their treachery to Native Singaporeans.
Anyway, what happened today was not totally unexpected. I could see the writing on the wall when I saw the new hire whom I was told to mentor.
Mrs Tan:
What about the new hire?
Mr Tan:
The new hire was a Filipino.
Their conversation was abruptly interrupted by the maid. ¡°Master, dinner is ready¡±. An awkward silence followed. The maid was Filipino.
Mr Tan: (softly to his wife)
Our Filipino maid is innocent. We must make a conscious effort not to blame her just because I lost my job to a political play by Filipinos. However, we can no longer afford her. She has been a good worker and we have to pay her generous compensation ¡ even beyond what the contract stipulates.
Mrs Tan protests. Mr Tan could sense the rising resentment in her voice.
Mr Tan:
Foreigners are not to be blamed. We would have done the same if we had migrated to another country. If a foreign government were to open the floodgates to foreigners, discriminate the locals in favour of foreigners to attract foreigners, you cannot blame the foreigners who will take advantage of the loopholes. The guilty party is the government who sold out to the very people who voted them to power without fail for decades.
Mrs Tan:
I do not understand what you mean by discriminating the locals in favour of foreigners to attract foreigners.
Mr Tan:
Because of government policies, native Singaporeans are discriminated by employers in favour of foreigners in the labour market. It is not that Singaporeans are uncompetitive and have no spurs stuck in their hides. They carry an unfair burden of National Service. Employers do not like Singaporeans who have to go missing for weeks every year. This just makes us more expensive compared to the foreigners. On top of that, foreigners get to enjoy the umbrella protection from the sacrifice native Singaporeans made for National Defence. How can the government expect native Singaporeans to swallow such unfairness? Do you expect Singaporeans to die defending the assets of foreigners who prospered at our expense?
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/11/20/no-spurs-in-my-hides-or-breaking-burden-on-my-back/
(NS for Singaporeans, Jobs for Foreigners)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMxTcRs3KDU
Foreigners are also cheaper because employers pay lesser CPF contribution. They are not better, but cheaper ¨C Thanks to discriminatory government policies.
I am under no illusion that I shall be unemployed for quite a long time ¡ possibly even a year. With the influx of foreigners, employers will have plenty of cheaper replacements (no NS burden and lower CPF contribution) to choose from. Why hire a Singaporean?
Mrs Tan:
Don¡¯t worry. With the election coming, the government is halting the influx of foreign workers.
Mr Tan:
Unfortunately, they are halting the influx of low-paid service or construction type of workers. These are actually desirable foreign workers who lower Singaporeans¡¯ cost of living by taking the necessary but dirty jobs that Singaporeans do not want to do.
We Singaporeans welcome the construction workers who do jobs that we do not want to do. What we dislike are the mediocre cheap replacements so-called foreign talents who displace us by taking away the jobs that we can do, want to do and like to do.
It is fine if they are tr
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Mrs Tan has prepared a sumptuous meal for her husband to commemorate their 20th wedding anniversary. She wants to please her husband tonight. She anxiously awaits for his return from work.
Mr Tan has just returned home. She eagerly greets him, only to be met by a very dejected-looking man. In their 20 years of marriage, she has never seen her husband looking so broken.
Mrs Tan (in a soft, concerned tone):
What is the matter, dear?
Mr Tan (tried to open his mouth, but couldn¡¯t. He finally makes a strong effort to do so):
I have just been retrenched.
Mrs Tan (Mrs Tan is shocked. She cannot believe her ears):
How can this be so? You have always been a good performer throughout this 20 years. Your company has been profitable and growing throughout 20 years. Why?
Mr Tan:
9 months ago, my company made a new hire to my department. I was told to act as a mentor to this new guy and impart my knowledge to him. I was ordered to dig my own grave. I was training my own replacement ¡ my executioner.
Mrs Tan:
Your boss was your buddy during National Service. Why didn¡¯t he protect you?
Mr Tan:
He would have if he were still around. He himself has been replaced. The trouble all happened after the department head was replaced by a Filipino so-called foreign talent. It is a human tendency for people to want to bring in their own people. Ò»³¯Ìì×ÓÒ»³¯³¼. Once that Filipino becomes head of department, he started replacing Singaporeans with Filipinos.
The same thing goes for China and Indian managers. Depending on the nationality of the department head, the department is either full of Indians or PRCs. The casualties will be Singaporeans. Even those with PHDs are not spared.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Mingjie
If native Singaporeans do not unite in the coming election, we will be displaced by the foreigners brought in by the PAP who cares only about GDP growth and their bonuses. In the coming election, we must unite and show the Pay-and-Pay party that this time, it is pay-back time for their treachery to Native Singaporeans.
Anyway, what happened today was not totally unexpected. I could see the writing on the wall when I saw the new hire whom I was told to mentor.
Mrs Tan:
What about the new hire?
Mr Tan:
The new hire was a Filipino.
Their conversation was abruptly interrupted by the maid. ¡°Master, dinner is ready¡±. An awkward silence followed. The maid was Filipino.
Mr Tan: (softly to his wife)
Our Filipino maid is innocent. We must make a conscious effort not to blame her just because I lost my job to a political play by Filipinos. However, we can no longer afford her. She has been a good worker and we have to pay her generous compensation ¡ even beyond what the contract stipulates.
Mrs Tan protests. Mr Tan could sense the rising resentment in her voice.
Mr Tan:
Foreigners are not to be blamed. We would have done the same if we had migrated to another country. If a foreign government were to open the floodgates to foreigners, discriminate the locals in favour of foreigners to attract foreigners, you cannot blame the foreigners who will take advantage of the loopholes. The guilty party is the government who sold out to the very people who voted them to power without fail for decades.
Mrs Tan:
I do not understand what you mean by discriminating the locals in favour of foreigners to attract foreigners.
Mr Tan:
Because of government policies, native Singaporeans are discriminated by employers in favour of foreigners in the labour market. It is not that Singaporeans are uncompetitive and have no spurs stuck in their hides. They carry an unfair burden of National Service. Employers do not like Singaporeans who have to go missing for weeks every year. This just makes us more expensive compared to the foreigners. On top of that, foreigners get to enjoy the umbrella protection from the sacrifice native Singaporeans made for National Defence. How can the government expect native Singaporeans to swallow such unfairness? Do you expect Singaporeans to die defending the assets of foreigners who prospered at our expense?
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/11/20/no-spurs-in-my-hides-or-breaking-burden-on-my-back/
(NS for Singaporeans, Jobs for Foreigners)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMxTcRs3KDU
Foreigners are also cheaper because employers pay lesser CPF contribution. They are not better, but cheaper ¨C Thanks to discriminatory government policies.
I am under no illusion that I shall be unemployed for quite a long time ¡ possibly even a year. With the influx of foreigners, employers will have plenty of cheaper replacements (no NS burden and lower CPF contribution) to choose from. Why hire a Singaporean?
Mrs Tan:
Don¡¯t worry. With the election coming, the government is halting the influx of foreign workers.
Mr Tan:
Unfortunately, they are halting the influx of low-paid service or construction type of workers. These are actually desirable foreign workers who lower Singaporeans¡¯ cost of living by taking the necessary but dirty jobs that Singaporeans do not want to do.
We Singaporeans welcome the construction workers who do jobs that we do not want to do. What we dislike are the mediocre cheap replacements so-called foreign talents who displace us by taking away the jobs that we can do, want to do and like to do.
It is fine if they are tr
Monday, April 4, 2011
even sg women turning against NS
from TR:
Author: Anti-BS
Comment:
I'm a 30-year-old Singaporean woman born and bred here in Singapore.
All my life, I've never met or known a S'porean guy who liked or LOVED serving out his National Service. They always have s*** to say about it. They often tell me, "If only you know what we go through here for 2.5 years, you'll know why we feel so strongly against it"
A guy from my bro's school even had to give up his dream of accepting a scholarship at one of the most prestigious music schools in the USA because MINDEF wouldn't allow him to defer NS for just 1 year... He had to do a diploma instead!!
The ONLY people, i can tell you this, who keep waxing lyrical about how good National Service is for their sons and how they would willingly do NS if they had to, are the FOREIGNERS-TURNED-NEW-CITIZENS. They talk alot about this, but guess what... they don't have to do it!! That's why it's all just BULLSHIT!!!
I don't even wish NS for my own son... but these Indian FTs in the forum can say, "oh i think it's good for my son to do NS"?!! BULLSHIT.
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Author: Anti-BS
Comment:
I'm a 30-year-old Singaporean woman born and bred here in Singapore.
All my life, I've never met or known a S'porean guy who liked or LOVED serving out his National Service. They always have s*** to say about it. They often tell me, "If only you know what we go through here for 2.5 years, you'll know why we feel so strongly against it"
A guy from my bro's school even had to give up his dream of accepting a scholarship at one of the most prestigious music schools in the USA because MINDEF wouldn't allow him to defer NS for just 1 year... He had to do a diploma instead!!
The ONLY people, i can tell you this, who keep waxing lyrical about how good National Service is for their sons and how they would willingly do NS if they had to, are the FOREIGNERS-TURNED-NEW-CITIZENS. They talk alot about this, but guess what... they don't have to do it!! That's why it's all just BULLSHIT!!!
I don't even wish NS for my own son... but these Indian FTs in the forum can say, "oh i think it's good for my son to do NS"?!! BULLSHIT.
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Dr Puthucheary is living proof that NS is a stupid waste of time.
imbo:
April 5, 2011 at 1:40 am (Quote)
What does this Dr Puthucheary know about NS? You dodged the draft, filled out a form and you get citizenship without breaking out a sweat. You save babies as a doctor, you get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. When you are in NS, you are handed a stingy “allowance” trying to save yourself.
Dr Puthucheary is living proof that NS is a stupid waste of time.
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April 5, 2011 at 1:40 am (Quote)
What does this Dr Puthucheary know about NS? You dodged the draft, filled out a form and you get citizenship without breaking out a sweat. You save babies as a doctor, you get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. When you are in NS, you are handed a stingy “allowance” trying to save yourself.
Dr Puthucheary is living proof that NS is a stupid waste of time.
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many more not happy with NS liow
Dear Dr Puthucheary,
how much you get your monthly salary
for spending ten years saving kids’ lives
definitely not for a miserable less than $500 a month
get to go home, take annual leave, award bonus, claim MC
whereas NSF and NS men always have the word “CHARGEABLE OFFENCE”
drill into their head and others too etc :( IPPT, RT, ICT).
IF ever our army are to be mobilize to hunt you down alive
and conficate all your wealth
100% of us in green, blue and white will do it willingly.
how much you get your monthly salary
for spending ten years saving kids’ lives
definitely not for a miserable less than $500 a month
get to go home, take annual leave, award bonus, claim MC
whereas NSF and NS men always have the word “CHARGEABLE OFFENCE”
drill into their head and others too etc :( IPPT, RT, ICT).
IF ever our army are to be mobilize to hunt you down alive
and conficate all your wealth
100% of us in green, blue and white will do it willingly.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
more proof that NS IS KILLING SG seriously !
An Institute of Policy Studies survey showed one in five young Singaporeans want to emigrate or go overseas for an extended period of time. -- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN
AN INSTITUTE of Policy Studies survey of 2,013 young Singaporeans shows one-fifth want to emigrate or go overseas for an extended period of time.
But it also reveals that the most educated and qualified group, most able to emigrate, are also the ones feeling most threatened by foreigners in Singapore societ
AN INSTITUTE of Policy Studies survey of 2,013 young Singaporeans shows one-fifth want to emigrate or go overseas for an extended period of time.
But it also reveals that the most educated and qualified group, most able to emigrate, are also the ones feeling most threatened by foreigners in Singapore societ
Saturday, April 2, 2011
son die in NS , but still must send second son to die
The following is a letter by LAWRENCE LOH KIAH MUAN published in the online version of the Today newspaper, 13 May 2009, “MP had no empathy”.
It started with Member of Parliament (MP) Seng Han Thong being set on fire. Then came MP Denise Phua who was threatened by a rag-and-bone man. Recently, MP Cynthia Phua was subjected to a display of violence by a constituent.
Although these incidents are disturbing and a cause for concern, I wonder whether the constituents are solely to be blamed.
Allow me to relate my personal experience.
In February 2001, my older son died in a naval accident whilst serving National Service. In that year, my younger son was due for enlistment. A friend, a very active grassroots member, suggested that I approach my MP, for help in exploring the possibility of getting an exemption for my younger son. I was reluctant but he went ahead to fix an appointment for me at the Meet-The-People Session (MPS). I subsequently relented and he accompanied me there. It was in March 2001. That was my first appearance at a MPS, and it was to be my last.
I waited until midnight before I could meet the MP. Prior to this, he was given the case paper which detailed the objective of the meeting and the circumstances of my case.
When I entered the room, his first remark was “Yes, what can I do for you?”. There was no attempt at offering a word of sympathy or condolence. I then related my situation and said that both my wife and I were very traumatised.
His next remark “What traumatic, after two months, you won’t be traumatic?”. With that, I decided to end the meeting. And with that, my respect for him hit ground zero. I was too stunned and grief-stricken to react. Someone who was less-controlled and less-measured than me could have flown into a rage and become violent.
MPs are elected or appointed to serve the constituents. People who attend the MPS are those who have real problems and need help. In a lot of instances, they are stressed, distressed and troubled. What they need is a caring soul, a helping hand, a gentle voice, and words of hope and encouragement. To dispense these, MPs need good interpersonal skills and a high EQ. Arrogance, a patronizing, chiding and belittling attitude, aloofness and lack of empathy will only trigger acts of rashness and violence. Many of our politicians have a high IQ, some are scholars. However, a high IQ is not the only attribute needed in a political career. A high EQ is equally, if not more critical, especially when it comes to dealing with the constituents.
In my case, I would have felt good if my MP could have been a warm and caring person. If he could have been empathetic, consoling and helpful. All these qualities can only come from the heart, not from the mind.
How many of our MPs can stand up and be counted for this?
It started with Member of Parliament (MP) Seng Han Thong being set on fire. Then came MP Denise Phua who was threatened by a rag-and-bone man. Recently, MP Cynthia Phua was subjected to a display of violence by a constituent.
Although these incidents are disturbing and a cause for concern, I wonder whether the constituents are solely to be blamed.
Allow me to relate my personal experience.
In February 2001, my older son died in a naval accident whilst serving National Service. In that year, my younger son was due for enlistment. A friend, a very active grassroots member, suggested that I approach my MP, for help in exploring the possibility of getting an exemption for my younger son. I was reluctant but he went ahead to fix an appointment for me at the Meet-The-People Session (MPS). I subsequently relented and he accompanied me there. It was in March 2001. That was my first appearance at a MPS, and it was to be my last.
I waited until midnight before I could meet the MP. Prior to this, he was given the case paper which detailed the objective of the meeting and the circumstances of my case.
When I entered the room, his first remark was “Yes, what can I do for you?”. There was no attempt at offering a word of sympathy or condolence. I then related my situation and said that both my wife and I were very traumatised.
His next remark “What traumatic, after two months, you won’t be traumatic?”. With that, I decided to end the meeting. And with that, my respect for him hit ground zero. I was too stunned and grief-stricken to react. Someone who was less-controlled and less-measured than me could have flown into a rage and become violent.
MPs are elected or appointed to serve the constituents. People who attend the MPS are those who have real problems and need help. In a lot of instances, they are stressed, distressed and troubled. What they need is a caring soul, a helping hand, a gentle voice, and words of hope and encouragement. To dispense these, MPs need good interpersonal skills and a high EQ. Arrogance, a patronizing, chiding and belittling attitude, aloofness and lack of empathy will only trigger acts of rashness and violence. Many of our politicians have a high IQ, some are scholars. However, a high IQ is not the only attribute needed in a political career. A high EQ is equally, if not more critical, especially when it comes to dealing with the constituents.
In my case, I would have felt good if my MP could have been a warm and caring person. If he could have been empathetic, consoling and helpful. All these qualities can only come from the heart, not from the mind.
How many of our MPs can stand up and be counted for this?
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