tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post736637160628298957..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Is today's Singapore worth taking credit forGopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-74062202706435383102011-01-27T18:23:37.897-08:002011-01-27T18:23:37.897-08:00They had already stashed billions into their pocke...They had already stashed billions into their pockets. Credits and recognitions are just bonus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-83669161250283769552011-01-24T21:33:30.652-08:002011-01-24T21:33:30.652-08:00Gopalan, perhaps it is timely to recapitulate the ...Gopalan, perhaps it is timely to recapitulate the notion of the rule of law in this Lawyer's Rights Report on the Rule of Law in Singapore.<br /><br />See link:<br /><br />http://pseudonymity.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/lawyers-rights-watch-report-on-rule-of-law-in-singapore/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-5325911392432248022011-01-24T19:56:42.872-08:002011-01-24T19:56:42.872-08:00The PAP Government cannot even keep its own Singap...The PAP Government cannot even keep its own Singapore-born from leaving the country, how are they expecting the Foreign Talents to stay on.<br /><br />Also, Singapore may be highly regarded by those dazzled by its marketing and efficient government (from Eastern visitors to Western politicians) - but do anyone want to be on the wrong side of the glamour - the digits/less mortals/departmental store dummies/slaves.<br /><br />Finally, GDP matters, but money cannot replace the generous, public spirited people such as the ones Australia produce north of the border - the Queenlanders.<br /><br />There is even concern about the mining prosperity in Perth Australia eroding its community spirit. There are many good things that money cannot buy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-12972105602594972512011-01-24T16:55:24.583-08:002011-01-24T16:55:24.583-08:00To support Gopalan's statements on Singapore l...To support Gopalan's statements on Singapore lawyers running away with client's money here is an extract from Singapore Law Watch<br /><br />"Lawyer: I seized chance to take cash<br />[2011] 22 Jan_ST <br /><br /> <br /><br />Title: Lawyer: I seized chance to take cash <br />Source: Straits Times <br />Author: <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Legal News Archive<br /><br /><br />FORMER lawyer Tan Cheng Yew yesterday said he 'seized the opportunity' when he became trustee of $1.5million to obtain credit facility from a bank.<br /><br />The man who is being tried on six charges of fraud and criminal breach of trust involving about $5.7million, however, denied that he engineered himself to become trustee. <br /><br />'I would not say I engineered myself as a trustee. I seized the opportunity... when I knew I was going to be a trustee.<br /><br />'At that time, I did it... I really thought I could pay back one day,' he said.<br /><br />According to the amended charge, the 42-year-old is alleged to have misappropriated $1.5million belonging to five members of Mr Tommy Tan Kwee Khoon's family, who inherited the money.<br /><br />He is said to have done this in his business as an attorney by pledging it as security for a personal bank loan facility in 2001. <br /><br />The amount was loaned by the Tan family to the Central Christian Church (CCC) to buy a piece of land for a church building to be constructed.<br /><br />As the land had not been tendered for, Tan Cheng Yew advised that the $1.5 million be placed under his trust.<br /><br />The former partner of a law firm placed the amount in a fixed deposit account and pledged it as security for his personal loan facility. And when the land tender was successful and the church needed the money for the deposit, he could not be contacted......."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-61284358141685747662011-01-24T16:47:37.282-08:002011-01-24T16:47:37.282-08:00Singapore is not the place I want to be hauled bef...Singapore is not the place I want to be hauled before the judiciary. In a case where after a 100 days hearing there was still a lurking doubt, i.e the prosecution have not proved beyond reasonable doubt yet the trial judge as judges of fact and law returned a conviction that speaks so much of the impeccable legal system. The Court of Appeal who is now doing some mental gymnastics to unceasingly uphold the mistakes of the judge at first instance has resorted to admonishing the prosecution for the lack of care and asking for further submissions on the theory of the case and the law on common intention. This should have been a case of acquittal if tried in another common law jurisdiction such as Canada or Australia.<br /><br />See extracts from Singapore Law Watch below:<br /><br />AN APPEAL judge yesterday pointed to a 'lapse' in checks by investigators for the question marks that remain in a murder case that has seen many dramatic turns during a legal case spanning nearly five years.<br /><br />Justice V. K. Rajah, one of three judges sitting in the Court of Appeal, made the comment yesterday at the appeal hearing of brothers Ismil Kadar, 42, and Muhammad Kadar, 35.<br /><br />They were convicted of murdering Madam Tham Weng Kuen, 69, at her Boon Lay flat in May 2005.<br /><br />The trial had centred on the brothers' confessions to the police but they later retracted their statements.<br /><br />Yesterday, Justice Rajah pointed out that many parts of the flat had not been checked for fingerprints - the bedroom of Madam Tham's bedridden husband, kitchen toilet, toilet walls, kitchen window and the tap of a sink that appeared to have been used.<br /><br />'It appears that the customary care which we expect, and normally takes place, was missing in this case,' said Justice Rajah.<br /><br />While he acknowledged that the checks may have turned up nothing, he said that had these steps been taken, it could have established whether there were one or two people in the flat.<br /><br />After a nearly 100-day trial, a question mark still hangs over who the killer was, and whether there were one or two people in the flat.<br /><br />At the start of the trial, prosecutors asserted that Ismil attacked Madam Tham while Muhammad ransacked the flat.<br /><br />At the close of the trial, after a surprise confession by Muhammad that he had killed her alone and Ismil was not there, prosecutors changed their case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-11665168199220213772011-01-24T15:23:14.207-08:002011-01-24T15:23:14.207-08:00Police stopped drum playing at Thaipusam http://ww...Police stopped drum playing at Thaipusam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2E9dGytVw&feature=player_embedded#!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-11954075857037649442011-01-23T19:30:46.451-08:002011-01-23T19:30:46.451-08:00singapore should have laws that mandate that maids...singapore should have laws that mandate that maids have one day off per week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-53811704608193634532011-01-23T03:41:17.276-08:002011-01-23T03:41:17.276-08:00There should be a Commission of Inquiry into the a...There should be a Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of GIC and Temasek Holdings as to how and why did the assets diminished by $110 billion in the last 3 years. It is time that Lee Kuan Yew is called to account for the losses under his watch before his death. Such transparency should expose the secrecy of all his dealings and undisclosed huge losses by jumping into the US banking sector when warning bells were sounded so clearly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-5387520433759227802011-01-22T23:33:15.663-08:002011-01-22T23:33:15.663-08:00That Singapore has a Constitution is a lie that ke...That Singapore has a Constitution is a lie that kept the PAP in power. The Constitution has been so abused by Lee Kuan Yew that he governs through law, the judiciary being his political watchdog. Not by law is the Constitution made to stand on its head but by the political whims and fancies of Lee Kuan Yew making use of the judiciary to punish political adversaries not to mention the willy nilly defamation suits that bankrupted J B Jeyaratnam and Chee Soon Juan.<br /><br />If Singapore has a national ethos, it is govern through fear of the law, law that varies according to the length of Lee Kuan Yew's penis. It is Lee Kuan Yew's law, not common law or international law as we know it.<br /><br />Believe it, Singapore is going down the drain and not the way as Lee Kuan Yew made it out to be "a first world oasis in a third world region". Far from it, it is a country ruled through law by a despot and tyrant. Wherefore is the rule of law? My 2 hairy balls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-41734772255007750742011-01-22T23:03:56.588-08:002011-01-22T23:03:56.588-08:00Recently there was an article in the Mainstream me...Recently there was an article in the Mainstream media which comments on the nation's low birth rates, one of the lowest in the world, in fact the third. <br /><br />Importing of "foreign talents" was used as a short term measure to ease this problem. So , if the low birth rate becomes a long term problem, what is the ruling party going to do? Import more people? How about importing 10 million people on 650km sq of space. While they may argue that building higher buildings may be the answer to the problem but come on man , Singapore place is getting very very crowded. Even if the crowd does not take its toll on the people but when these millions of new Singaporeans reach old age , they would pose a another set of problems on medical care. The ruling party seems out of their depth , this is the very party which staunchly defends their multi million dollar salaries as they believe that only with such salaries can they deliver quality leadership (despite the billions of dollars of blunders they have made)and is against minimum wage for the masses who are struggling to make ends meet because of steep rise of cost of living. This is the ruling party which continuously criticizes the people who supported them in the first place. If they are serious about hanging on to power and leading the country , perhaps , they should realise that there is a serious need to get rid of this common characteristic that they have ; Greed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com