Ladies and Gentlemen,
Although I don't intend to be rude or insensitive, it is a rather laughable matter in Singapore yesterday. It seems the Prime Minister of Singapore who has given himself the title of Brigadier General of the Army was seen to collapse while giving a speech. Not mind you in the thick of battle but just giving a speech! And he is only 64 years of age!
If he is liable to collapse while giving a speech, what is one to expect if he is leading an army. We note that he was satisfied with the rank of Brigadier General and not full general so as, I believe, not to make the corruption too obvious.
It seems he was speaking to his servile subjects at the national day rally in his Singapore that he shivered, stumbled and altogether collapsed, all because he had to make a speech! See the Sydney Morning herald Report here http://www.smh.com.au/world/singapores-prime-minister-lee-hsien-loong-collapses-during-live-televised-speech-20160821-gqxtwo.html
I think this poor fellow is in some trouble. His plan to create a nation out of servile boot licking subjects does not appear to be working. A look at the audience tells you what it is. The look on their faces tells you what sort of people they are, that populate the island.
Firstly everyone of them is in mortal fear of him because if they dared to show the slightest spine, this world record holder for defamation lawsuits would drag you before his Kangaroo courts and sue your pants off, or even worse send you off to prison. So everyone in that island is running around singing his praises so as not to be other the other side.
His other problem is the unrelenting brain drain. Surely there are Singaporeans too who refuse to live as serfs. And they being the very ones that a society needs to bring the country forward are all packing up and heading to the West.
His other problem is the reputation that he has for being the most corrupt politician in Asia if not the world. If anyone else is corrupt, he gets his police to have you arrested, while he himself is free to be as corrupt as he wants, in his case, to the tune of $3.7 million a year which he conveniently calls a salary.
And the nepotism is staggering. Every single minister except for the Tamil Minister of law, for obvious reasons as he is not ethnic Chinese, are all related to him either by consanguinity or affinity. Every single one of them is related to him either through his family or though is in laws. But if you mentioned this fact openly, you face, you guessed it, another lawsuit before his Kangaroo courts.
And with his going around collapsing just because he gave a speech and you called him a paper brigadier, you face, you guessed it, another lawsuit.
You wouldn't be wrong if you said he runs his country through his Kangaroo courts. And not wanting to be a door mouse pushed from pillar to post, I, a Singapore born citizen, have said goodbye to his fiefdom and so have thousands of other upstanding human beings.
I think his collapsing is a sign that he finally understands that you simply cannot have a country made up of docile yes-men. And his island is failing. You need people who can think also but they have no desire whatsoever to have anything to do with his island. So he brings plane loads of Communist Chinese who can's speak any English, to replace those who are either dying or emigrating, because, to make matters worse, the island understandably has the lowest birth rate in the world.
In the recent elections, his government achieved 70% of the votes made up entirely of brainwashed timid sycophant docile timid yes-men. The 30% who though otherwise either had no means to leave or were incapable of standing up to him in any other way.
I think you are going to see him collapsing more often. He is a weak character both in mind and body and there is no way he can lead a nation, never mind an army. The problem with him is that he thinks he can simply give the orders and everything will be fine. No it is not fine my dear Brigadier General and if you can't even give a speech standing up at the age of 64, it is about time you called it quits. As for the Singaporean yes-men I suppose they would wait for another Lee to mount the podium to tell the sycophants what to do next.
In case you are thinking why am I able to say all this without being sued and sent to prison, I am not in his island. I live in Fremont, California and he helpless to do anything to me as long as I live in a democracy with the rule of law. And there are no Kangaroo courts here either. And neither are there Brigadier Generals who go around routinely collapsing giving speeches.
Gopalan Nair
Attorney at Law
A Singaporean in exile
Fremont, California USA
Tel: 510 491 8525
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Monday, August 22, 2016
Sunday, August 21, 2016
A slap in the face for Singapore by Thailand. Canadian bank robber will not be extradited to Singapore
Update:08/22/2016: Even if Thailand does not have an extradition treaty with Singapore, they can under the principle of comity and friendship between nations send Roach to Singapore per Singapore's request. But they have refused.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
David James Roach 27, the Canadian who robbed a Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore on July 7, 2016 will not be extradited to Singapore says Bangkok Immigration chief. Please see state controlled Singapore newspaper Straits Times report here. http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-rejects-request-to-extradite-robbery-suspect
Roach who fled to Bangkok Thailand immediately after the bank robbery in Singapore was arrested by Thai police 3 days later where he is presently in detention pending deportation. I had in my earlier blog post in this blog correctly predicted that Thailand will not send Roach back to Singapore. Singapore is seen by Thailand as well as all the democracies in the world as nothing more than a Fascist state that denies its citizens basic human rights such as freedom of speech or expression and it is well known their courts are Kangaroo courts and have no rule of law. Please see my blog post here http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2016/07/7-reasons-why-thailand-should-not.html
Although the Thai immigration chief has couched his denial in moderate diplomatic language by just saying they could not accede to Singapore's request, it is quite clear why the request has been refused. Thailand simply does not want to be seen internationally to be co-operating with a pariah banana republic such as Singapore which refuses to conform to all norms of a democratic society. They naturally do not want to be associated with a state such as this. Instead they will be sending Roach to his country of nationality, Canada.
On paper they have good grounds to do this. Roach is a Canadian, and therefore Canada is one of the first countries for deportation. Second, they don't have an extradition treaty with Singapore which they do with Canada. And the reason why they don't have the extradition treaty is because Singapore refuses to sign it for their own benefit. There are numerous Thai criminals who have embezzled banks and money launderers who have sought sanctuary in Singapore. Singapore refuses to extradite them to Thailand because they benefit as a money laundering center. It is not surprising therefore why Thailand will not send Roach to Singapore while they refuse to repatriate wanted Thai bank robbers to Thailand.
Another major reason is Singapore's barbaric laws. In Singapore robbers not only are sent to jail, they are also caned, that is, whipped on their backsides with a stick until they bleed. Such punishment is considered unlawful around the world as cruel and barbaric. If Roach is repatriated to Singapore, he will suffer such punishment and Thailand does not want to be seen as a party to such lynching of a defendant. Canada does not beat their prisoners.
Singapore has threatened to pursue his extradition from Canada once he is there. I can assure that that that is a pipe dream. If Thailand's opinion of Singapore is bad, Canada's, a proud and respected democracy's opinion of Singapore is even worse. They will never send Roach to Singapore.
Gopalan Nair
Attorney at law
A Singaporean in Exile
Fremont California USA
Tel: (510) 491 8525
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Ladies and Gentlemen,
David James Roach 27, the Canadian who robbed a Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore on July 7, 2016 will not be extradited to Singapore says Bangkok Immigration chief. Please see state controlled Singapore newspaper Straits Times report here. http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-rejects-request-to-extradite-robbery-suspect
Roach who fled to Bangkok Thailand immediately after the bank robbery in Singapore was arrested by Thai police 3 days later where he is presently in detention pending deportation. I had in my earlier blog post in this blog correctly predicted that Thailand will not send Roach back to Singapore. Singapore is seen by Thailand as well as all the democracies in the world as nothing more than a Fascist state that denies its citizens basic human rights such as freedom of speech or expression and it is well known their courts are Kangaroo courts and have no rule of law. Please see my blog post here http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2016/07/7-reasons-why-thailand-should-not.html
Although the Thai immigration chief has couched his denial in moderate diplomatic language by just saying they could not accede to Singapore's request, it is quite clear why the request has been refused. Thailand simply does not want to be seen internationally to be co-operating with a pariah banana republic such as Singapore which refuses to conform to all norms of a democratic society. They naturally do not want to be associated with a state such as this. Instead they will be sending Roach to his country of nationality, Canada.
On paper they have good grounds to do this. Roach is a Canadian, and therefore Canada is one of the first countries for deportation. Second, they don't have an extradition treaty with Singapore which they do with Canada. And the reason why they don't have the extradition treaty is because Singapore refuses to sign it for their own benefit. There are numerous Thai criminals who have embezzled banks and money launderers who have sought sanctuary in Singapore. Singapore refuses to extradite them to Thailand because they benefit as a money laundering center. It is not surprising therefore why Thailand will not send Roach to Singapore while they refuse to repatriate wanted Thai bank robbers to Thailand.
Another major reason is Singapore's barbaric laws. In Singapore robbers not only are sent to jail, they are also caned, that is, whipped on their backsides with a stick until they bleed. Such punishment is considered unlawful around the world as cruel and barbaric. If Roach is repatriated to Singapore, he will suffer such punishment and Thailand does not want to be seen as a party to such lynching of a defendant. Canada does not beat their prisoners.
Singapore has threatened to pursue his extradition from Canada once he is there. I can assure that that that is a pipe dream. If Thailand's opinion of Singapore is bad, Canada's, a proud and respected democracy's opinion of Singapore is even worse. They will never send Roach to Singapore.
Gopalan Nair
Attorney at law
A Singaporean in Exile
Fremont California USA
Tel: (510) 491 8525
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Singapore's plan for young Olympian Joseph Schooling.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Singapore as most will be well aware has a pretty bad reputation in the world. For one thing it is the defamation capital of the world, by which I mean the moment you criticize the ruling Lee family, you get sued and bankrupted by Kangaroo judges. The people there are so afraid, they take a few minutes before they would open their mouth about anything political.
And then you have the reputation of having no human rights at all. No free speech expression assembly. Simply no nothing. No free press either. You live at the mercy of the rulers who will sue you and put your picture in the dreaded state controlled press. From that point you are good as dead. No one will give you a job in the island, you will have no money, if you had a job you will be fired, and you will be sent to Coventry.
With a reputation like that Singapore is worried. No one wants to go there, or have anything to do with them. So the need to have some positive publicity. Why not pay a young boy, in this case Joseph Schooling, interested in swimming to go to America, pay for his education and his training at government expense and when he wins an Olympic medal, claim that he is Singaporean. What a disgraceful practice! Even though he does not live in Singapore anymore!
Having won his Olympic medal, Schooling I can assure you has no intention of returning to Singapore. His future is far brighter in America and for his swimming career which I suppose he wants to continue can only be in the United States. Schooling will apply for his Green Card in the US, continue to pursue his swimming career. But, if the Singapore government has its way, he will not apply for US Citizenship since doing that would mean, Singapore can no longer claim he is theirs.
So he will for all intents and purposes be an American working in the US, while Singapore will continue to claim he is Singaporean each time he wins a medal although he has never step foot in that blasted island. Really, if Schooling goes along with this plan, he would be allowing himself to be used by this island one party dictatorship to improve their fast diminishing profile.
No respectable country with any self respect would stoop so low. Can you imagine Australia sending an Australian to the US, where the Australian lives and works permanently, never steps foot in Australia and each time he wins medals, Australia claims he is an Australian! No Australian government would stoop so low. Australians have some pride. Australian sportsmen will live in Australia, not America.
But then Singapore is not Australia. It is a banana republic trying to hoodwink the rest of the world they are something which they are not. Singapore never produced any world class sportsmen and never will.
Schooling even though he carries a Singapore passport is actually not Singaporean at all. He is American, a Texan to be exact, where he has lived since the age of 14.
My advice to Schooling who is for all intents and purposes an American is this. Take the money you received for winning the Olympic gold from Singapore. Thank them for it. And take that Singapore passport and throw it at them. and become an American citizen the moment you can. You don't want to have anything to do with this one party dictatorship. America is what made you, not Singapore and loyalty you have should be to your adopted country of USA, not that banana republic with that tin pot tyrant Lee Kuan Yew's son strutting around like a prize rooster and suing anyone the moment he squeaks.
This is what I did. When they were repeatedly harassing me with lawsuits and law disciplinary proceedings because I was not prepared to sing their praises, I threw their passport right at them and became American the moment I could. Today I am proud to say I am American, and so will you.
If Singapore wishes anyone to take them seriously in sports, they should produce their own sportsmen. They should train their own sportsmen. Their sportsmen should live in Singapore, not the United States. and finally this pariah republic should have some shame and not behave as if they have none.
I heard from someone that the Singaporean sports minister who has realized the advantage of such deception in getting Olympic medals has now put out a full time scheme to continue producing more Joseph Schoolings.
They have now set up a separate agency to scout for children as young as age 5 (mostly ethnic Chinese) across the island and arrange for them to live in boarding schools in America and trained at swimming at government expense by the best American coaches. If they happen to win medals, the government will proclaim that they are all Singaporeans, although they may have never stepped foot in that island. It appears that the Singapore sports minister is not interested in any criticism about the real nationality of the athletes as long as they win medals and have Singapore passports. I must say that this is stooping rather low and smacks of desperation to fool the world that they are indeed a sporting country.
By the way, if Schooling is reading this, I would be pleased to apply for his Green Card with the US Department of Homeland Security. I am a practicing Attorney in Fremont Californian and it does not matter if Schooling lives in Texas. My number as stated below is (510) 491 8525.
Gopalan Nair
Attorney at Law
A Singaporean in Exile
Fremont California USA
Tel: 510 491 8525
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Singapore as most will be well aware has a pretty bad reputation in the world. For one thing it is the defamation capital of the world, by which I mean the moment you criticize the ruling Lee family, you get sued and bankrupted by Kangaroo judges. The people there are so afraid, they take a few minutes before they would open their mouth about anything political.
And then you have the reputation of having no human rights at all. No free speech expression assembly. Simply no nothing. No free press either. You live at the mercy of the rulers who will sue you and put your picture in the dreaded state controlled press. From that point you are good as dead. No one will give you a job in the island, you will have no money, if you had a job you will be fired, and you will be sent to Coventry.
With a reputation like that Singapore is worried. No one wants to go there, or have anything to do with them. So the need to have some positive publicity. Why not pay a young boy, in this case Joseph Schooling, interested in swimming to go to America, pay for his education and his training at government expense and when he wins an Olympic medal, claim that he is Singaporean. What a disgraceful practice! Even though he does not live in Singapore anymore!
Having won his Olympic medal, Schooling I can assure you has no intention of returning to Singapore. His future is far brighter in America and for his swimming career which I suppose he wants to continue can only be in the United States. Schooling will apply for his Green Card in the US, continue to pursue his swimming career. But, if the Singapore government has its way, he will not apply for US Citizenship since doing that would mean, Singapore can no longer claim he is theirs.
So he will for all intents and purposes be an American working in the US, while Singapore will continue to claim he is Singaporean each time he wins a medal although he has never step foot in that blasted island. Really, if Schooling goes along with this plan, he would be allowing himself to be used by this island one party dictatorship to improve their fast diminishing profile.
No respectable country with any self respect would stoop so low. Can you imagine Australia sending an Australian to the US, where the Australian lives and works permanently, never steps foot in Australia and each time he wins medals, Australia claims he is an Australian! No Australian government would stoop so low. Australians have some pride. Australian sportsmen will live in Australia, not America.
But then Singapore is not Australia. It is a banana republic trying to hoodwink the rest of the world they are something which they are not. Singapore never produced any world class sportsmen and never will.
Schooling even though he carries a Singapore passport is actually not Singaporean at all. He is American, a Texan to be exact, where he has lived since the age of 14.
My advice to Schooling who is for all intents and purposes an American is this. Take the money you received for winning the Olympic gold from Singapore. Thank them for it. And take that Singapore passport and throw it at them. and become an American citizen the moment you can. You don't want to have anything to do with this one party dictatorship. America is what made you, not Singapore and loyalty you have should be to your adopted country of USA, not that banana republic with that tin pot tyrant Lee Kuan Yew's son strutting around like a prize rooster and suing anyone the moment he squeaks.
This is what I did. When they were repeatedly harassing me with lawsuits and law disciplinary proceedings because I was not prepared to sing their praises, I threw their passport right at them and became American the moment I could. Today I am proud to say I am American, and so will you.
If Singapore wishes anyone to take them seriously in sports, they should produce their own sportsmen. They should train their own sportsmen. Their sportsmen should live in Singapore, not the United States. and finally this pariah republic should have some shame and not behave as if they have none.
I heard from someone that the Singaporean sports minister who has realized the advantage of such deception in getting Olympic medals has now put out a full time scheme to continue producing more Joseph Schoolings.
They have now set up a separate agency to scout for children as young as age 5 (mostly ethnic Chinese) across the island and arrange for them to live in boarding schools in America and trained at swimming at government expense by the best American coaches. If they happen to win medals, the government will proclaim that they are all Singaporeans, although they may have never stepped foot in that island. It appears that the Singapore sports minister is not interested in any criticism about the real nationality of the athletes as long as they win medals and have Singapore passports. I must say that this is stooping rather low and smacks of desperation to fool the world that they are indeed a sporting country.
By the way, if Schooling is reading this, I would be pleased to apply for his Green Card with the US Department of Homeland Security. I am a practicing Attorney in Fremont Californian and it does not matter if Schooling lives in Texas. My number as stated below is (510) 491 8525.
Gopalan Nair
Attorney at Law
A Singaporean in Exile
Fremont California USA
Tel: 510 491 8525
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Was Joseph Schooling's Olympic victory, a victory for Singapore or the USA?
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today the citizens of the island of Singapore appear to be going bonkers over the Olympic swimming gold medal in Rio for a so-called 21 year old Singaporean, Joseph Schooling. The islanders are hysterical over what they have been told by their government, the so far unthinkable victory for one of them at nothing short of the Olympics. But was it really a victory for a Singaporean or was it really a victory for an American, a Texan to be more exact.
From the evidence we know this much. Joseph Schooling is 21. Except for the fact that he was born in Singapore, in effect he is virtually an American. At the age of 14 his family sends him to Texas, USA where he attends swim school, subsequently American High School, then University of Texas where he is now and where he swims since the age of 14.
From the age of 14, he has never lived in Singapore. Except for short visits he doesn't know Singapore at all. He speaks English with an American accent, his teachers are all American, his friends are all American and his home is in America. So for the Singapore government in their state controlled press to tout him as a native is simply nonsensical and anyone with a head should realize this. In fact there is as much similarity between Joseph Schooling and Singapore as there is between an African bushman and an Eskimo!
Young Joseph Schooling is not the product of Singapore, he is the product of the University of Texas and the excellent coaches for their creation. If Singapore wants to claim Joseph Schooling, it is not enough to say that he was born in the island. He should have swam in Singapore, not Texas.. He should have been trained by the local ethnic Singaporean Chinaman in the island, not American coaches. He should have lived in Singapore and not permanently moved to America. He should have gone to study at the local university and be part of the Singaporean university swim team, not University of Texas.
The Singapore government is a disgraceful shameless government that tries to steal the glory of the United States for creating Joseph Schooling. The local ethnic Chinese government of the island of Singapore has had no part to play in it. If Schooling had been trained by these local Singaporeans, he would not have even passed the heats of any Olympic competition, let alone Olympic gold.
It is the same pattern of deception that Singapore island practices to promote itself. In fact they are good for nothing, they cannot win anything themselves. In the past at the London Olympics, they paid millions of dollars to Communist Chinese ping pong players to wear Singapore colors at the London games. The money was all wasted. They didn't win any medals but got the millions in dollars anyway that Singapore paid them, and once the games were over, threw their medals and their Singapore passports back at them and left for China permanently. So who were the suckers, the Chinese ping pong players or the hapless Singapore government?
This time they have done the same disgraceful pretense but differently. Instead of importing some Communist Chinese swimmer, they get someone born in Singapore, sent him off to the US at a tender age and pay for his training by the best American coaches, train him there for years and if he does win a medal, claim that he is Singaporean!
Joseph Schooling except for his passport is not Singapore. He is as much a Texan as John Wayne. And sadly for Singapore anyone with eyes can see that too. So they are not fooling anyone.
And why may I ask is this Singapore island incapable of producing any brilliance and is capable only of mediocrity? United State, Australia , New Zealand, Europe produce great universities, great athletes, and great coaches. But Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore produces nothing, even though they claim to have money to build swimming pools or pay foreign athletes to fake Singaporean identity at international games.
United States have great coaches and great swimming. Even Australia a country not much bigger than Singapore population wise has great swimming programs. Australians don't send their young men to the US to be trained in swimming, they train them in Australia because Australia have great coaches. The only reason I find for Singapore's abject incompetence and failure, is the general fear prevalent in the entire island for their government. Singapore is a dictatorship. As in all dictatorships, there is no incentive in excelling in anything. The only incentive is to lick of the boots of the former dictator of the island Lee Kuan Yew or his son now whom his father placed as Prime Minister. In Singapore island it does not matter who you are, swim coach or professor, you are all the time licking the boots of your masters to be able to survive. Any attempt to have independent thinking will result in your destruction. In such a intellectually sterile atmosphere, you cannot produce swim coaches, you cannot produce great professors, you can't produce nothing. It is like in the former Soviet Union, everyone does as he is told and hopefully stays out of trouble.
Unlike the pathetic average Singaporean living in the dictatorship, I have moved to the Unites States. I don't have to lick anyone's boots here and I can think and say what I want. My 3 children live here too. They too can think and say what they want. And they can be anyone they want to be, something which they could never aspire in Singapore, unless of course you are prepared to lick boots and just survive.
And let me make one prediction although Joseph Schooling may deny it. I can assure you within years if not months, Joseph Schooling will emigrate to the United States and leave Singapore forever. There is a visa category for men such as these. It is an automatic immediate path to Green Card for men with extraordinary ability, which is what an Olympic medal means. Schooling is already very much at home in the US, and staying here is just a continuation of his life. He has far greater opportunity to advance his career in swimming here than that island of Singapore run by the Lee family. There is no way , Schooling would want to live for any length of time in an island such as Singapore run by the Lees as their private fiefdom.
Gopalan Nair
Attorney at Law
A Singaporean in exile
Fremont California USA
Tel: 510 491 8525
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Today the citizens of the island of Singapore appear to be going bonkers over the Olympic swimming gold medal in Rio for a so-called 21 year old Singaporean, Joseph Schooling. The islanders are hysterical over what they have been told by their government, the so far unthinkable victory for one of them at nothing short of the Olympics. But was it really a victory for a Singaporean or was it really a victory for an American, a Texan to be more exact.
From the evidence we know this much. Joseph Schooling is 21. Except for the fact that he was born in Singapore, in effect he is virtually an American. At the age of 14 his family sends him to Texas, USA where he attends swim school, subsequently American High School, then University of Texas where he is now and where he swims since the age of 14.
From the age of 14, he has never lived in Singapore. Except for short visits he doesn't know Singapore at all. He speaks English with an American accent, his teachers are all American, his friends are all American and his home is in America. So for the Singapore government in their state controlled press to tout him as a native is simply nonsensical and anyone with a head should realize this. In fact there is as much similarity between Joseph Schooling and Singapore as there is between an African bushman and an Eskimo!
Young Joseph Schooling is not the product of Singapore, he is the product of the University of Texas and the excellent coaches for their creation. If Singapore wants to claim Joseph Schooling, it is not enough to say that he was born in the island. He should have swam in Singapore, not Texas.. He should have been trained by the local ethnic Singaporean Chinaman in the island, not American coaches. He should have lived in Singapore and not permanently moved to America. He should have gone to study at the local university and be part of the Singaporean university swim team, not University of Texas.
The Singapore government is a disgraceful shameless government that tries to steal the glory of the United States for creating Joseph Schooling. The local ethnic Chinese government of the island of Singapore has had no part to play in it. If Schooling had been trained by these local Singaporeans, he would not have even passed the heats of any Olympic competition, let alone Olympic gold.
It is the same pattern of deception that Singapore island practices to promote itself. In fact they are good for nothing, they cannot win anything themselves. In the past at the London Olympics, they paid millions of dollars to Communist Chinese ping pong players to wear Singapore colors at the London games. The money was all wasted. They didn't win any medals but got the millions in dollars anyway that Singapore paid them, and once the games were over, threw their medals and their Singapore passports back at them and left for China permanently. So who were the suckers, the Chinese ping pong players or the hapless Singapore government?
This time they have done the same disgraceful pretense but differently. Instead of importing some Communist Chinese swimmer, they get someone born in Singapore, sent him off to the US at a tender age and pay for his training by the best American coaches, train him there for years and if he does win a medal, claim that he is Singaporean!
Joseph Schooling except for his passport is not Singapore. He is as much a Texan as John Wayne. And sadly for Singapore anyone with eyes can see that too. So they are not fooling anyone.
And why may I ask is this Singapore island incapable of producing any brilliance and is capable only of mediocrity? United State, Australia , New Zealand, Europe produce great universities, great athletes, and great coaches. But Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore produces nothing, even though they claim to have money to build swimming pools or pay foreign athletes to fake Singaporean identity at international games.
United States have great coaches and great swimming. Even Australia a country not much bigger than Singapore population wise has great swimming programs. Australians don't send their young men to the US to be trained in swimming, they train them in Australia because Australia have great coaches. The only reason I find for Singapore's abject incompetence and failure, is the general fear prevalent in the entire island for their government. Singapore is a dictatorship. As in all dictatorships, there is no incentive in excelling in anything. The only incentive is to lick of the boots of the former dictator of the island Lee Kuan Yew or his son now whom his father placed as Prime Minister. In Singapore island it does not matter who you are, swim coach or professor, you are all the time licking the boots of your masters to be able to survive. Any attempt to have independent thinking will result in your destruction. In such a intellectually sterile atmosphere, you cannot produce swim coaches, you cannot produce great professors, you can't produce nothing. It is like in the former Soviet Union, everyone does as he is told and hopefully stays out of trouble.
Unlike the pathetic average Singaporean living in the dictatorship, I have moved to the Unites States. I don't have to lick anyone's boots here and I can think and say what I want. My 3 children live here too. They too can think and say what they want. And they can be anyone they want to be, something which they could never aspire in Singapore, unless of course you are prepared to lick boots and just survive.
And let me make one prediction although Joseph Schooling may deny it. I can assure you within years if not months, Joseph Schooling will emigrate to the United States and leave Singapore forever. There is a visa category for men such as these. It is an automatic immediate path to Green Card for men with extraordinary ability, which is what an Olympic medal means. Schooling is already very much at home in the US, and staying here is just a continuation of his life. He has far greater opportunity to advance his career in swimming here than that island of Singapore run by the Lee family. There is no way , Schooling would want to live for any length of time in an island such as Singapore run by the Lees as their private fiefdom.
Gopalan Nair
Attorney at Law
A Singaporean in exile
Fremont California USA
Tel: 510 491 8525
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
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