tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post2164196432258690469..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Singapore is not North Korea. Lee Kuan Yew's one man one party state is not sustainable. It will very soon collapse.Gopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-3957072224667981882014-12-10T11:01:59.276-08:002014-12-10T11:01:59.276-08:00To Tom Troven,
You claim to be from Denmark. this...To Tom Troven,<br /><br />You claim to be from Denmark. this may or may not be true. The Singapore government following the China government practice has created a cyber brigade, essentially to attack Singapore's critics anonymously. On the other hand you may truly be from Denmark, one will never know. <br /><br />Anyhow to your comment. I disagree that Singapore will continue the way it has once Lee senior dies. It is a dictatorship without any popularly elected real leaders on the ground and as with dictatorships around the world, Singapore is no different. <br /><br />Perhaps you have not heard that as long as 10 years ago, the outflow of emigrants were as much as 1,000 a year. For a tiny island of just 1.5 million local born citizens this is intolerable. Today, the outflow of people is perhaps twice that number. The government refuses to release the latest emigration figures. <br /><br />As for the rest of your comment, I have no issue. <br /><br />Thanks Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-21045598498998535982014-12-10T02:40:47.583-08:002014-12-10T02:40:47.583-08:00Dear Gopalan,
[ I am from Denmark and lived in Si...Dear Gopalan,<br /><br />[ I am from Denmark and lived in Singapore from 1998 to 2000, an unpolitical expat party life back then, but anyway I know the place. Nowadays a visit 2-3 times a year. Thanks for your insightful blog. Thanks for doing at least something. ] <br /><br /><br />I don't think, S'pore will collapse anytime soon. I can't judge closely if they have a brain drain. But for sure, they have super-amitious parents pushing their kids to learn, much stronger than any average European or American. (Asian immigrants outperform the latter at all the Ivy League universities as far es I hear).<br /><br />The main thing I noticed during my past visits:<br /><br />They bring in such a huge amount of people as PRs, the island won't get deserted. The statistics tell, but you don't have to look at them, you can feel the hyperurbanization from just a few years ago. Gone are the last remains of “kampung spirit”, now its just a mad, bustling place...<br /><br />Anyway, what they bring in as new Permanent Residents were (what Europeans call) “good immigrants” aka “rich immigrants”. Some from Europe, more from the middle east, and probably even more from Indonesia (as far as I read, black investment money from Jakarta has been a main system pillar in the past...).<br /><br />Singapore will stay a tax evasion haven, but still, those rich people will pay „a lot“ of personal taxes compared to average Jon Doe, hence make Singapore's Finances even stronger. <br /><br />With that in mind, I rather see Singapore heading towards the business modell of a „swiss ski resort town“ or cote azur, that is: zero brains, zero academics, but enough people with money popping in to pay in small change whatever a town needs, including all the marble and glitter on high street...<br /><br />Of course, to be realistic and fair, Singapore remains strong in various tech and even creative industries. Plus the special and unique income factor harbor remains... but there might come an econimc „cote azur“ factor in by 20%-30% adding to Singpore's economic “life”.<br /><br /><br /><br />Local people (i.e. Students) won't revolt, just because the truth is out there. The truth is out even clearer in Europe or the US: We have eavedropping, total-surveillance governments, a highly questionable police and justice system that favors white and rich people, government agencies who evidently torture and abduct. <br /><br />All of that gets written openly, as for Europe even in the most-read media. People read it, people buy a coffee, people go to work. Do you see anyone seriously protest and revolt beyond a handful of rights activists, nerds or a too-weak part of the black community?<br /><br />Dim-witted, barely legitimate politicans won't change that, either. George W. Bush and Sylvio Berlusconi spend long times in service. And got reelected.<br /><br />Worldwide democracy is on the retreat, as you may have watched the series of “reforms” and “security laws” in Hungary and the UK.<br /><br />I only see people sharing cat videos or queueing up for the new iPhone8.<br /><br />Apparently it doesn't take a “Straits Times” to bore people's political interest to death...<br />Tom Trovennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-50138290407368072092014-11-02T19:56:24.982-08:002014-11-02T19:56:24.982-08:00Disgusting li kuan yew won Moscow award. Li kuan y...Disgusting li kuan yew won Moscow award. Li kuan yew hosts the annual tanjong pagar tree planting ceremony. However, he didn't solve the flooding problemAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024305488122051406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-61989527854740299012014-11-01T05:59:21.118-07:002014-11-01T05:59:21.118-07:00You are right. Politics is at best a scatty busin...You are right. Politics is at best a scatty business. The entire Pap team in parliament all joined a winning team and will switch to whichever team is winning or simply pack up and leave the country. None of them have the shared experiences or dangers that Lee Sr has had with Devan Nair, Rajar atam, Goh KS and Toh Chin Chye.<br /><br />I wonder how many of our current millionaire ministers or all of them have parked their assets and have vacation homes overseas? Even their offsprings attend colleges overseas on scholarships. Perhaps this is the reason why Lee Jr does not want to reveal their assets publicly for fear of not only the obscene amount of loot they have stashed but where they have parked it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-58468821550789977032014-10-28T16:47:28.097-07:002014-10-28T16:47:28.097-07:00Look at the big picture. The earth will not end ye...Look at the big picture. The earth will not end yet in a billion of years from now. The sun will still rise. It will take billions of years for the sun to be so hot to flood the entire south east Asia. I admit that there are many obvious mistakes in the li kuan yew regime. If it was wrong, what are the solutions to make it right? Li kuan yew is calculated to naturally die without foul play. When he is gone, I guess the next hand picked successors he chose will not be as powerful as him. Then, we can now place controls on who will be leader. The leader need to vacate his powerful posts with a time limit to protect himself and the entire public. If li kuan yew is one of the four elements, water, wind. Fire and earth. He is like strong fire helped by his cronies the wind but strong fire li evaporated all the water. This case it didnt work. Without water, earth will not have a job to hold water. Without water, the fire can not be extinguished.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783751260859631789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-47145169377232919712014-10-26T22:05:38.219-07:002014-10-26T22:05:38.219-07:00Lee's kingdom will fall!
They had sold out S...Lee's kingdom will fall! <br /><br />They had sold out Singapore and their fate will be like Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos and his family. Their ill gotten wealth or other connections will not save them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-29832013602742859732014-10-26T10:09:32.007-07:002014-10-26T10:09:32.007-07:00For Singapore's 50th birthday, the Lees have o...For Singapore's 50th birthday, the Lees have once again bring up the old story of Lee's Tears (false tears according to M'sia late PM TAR) and the story of the struggle (Founding father of Singapore, will Raffles please step aside)<br /><br />They may even push forward the election in case Singapore slip into recession again.<br /><br />Hail the Great Leader Lee Con You!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com