tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post2880313231594142242..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: The two faces of Lee Kuan Yew's SingaporeGopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-74906226783458504502011-07-06T12:04:17.921-07:002011-07-06T12:04:17.921-07:00Thank you for your contiunued insight into a truly...Thank you for your contiunued insight into a truly bizarre society. Your information about this place is invaluable helping me engage Singaporeans on the internet (some of which I question their relationship with the PAP) that will argue endlessly with me about things from barbaric legalized brutality(caning) to mandatory hanging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-14600515334542299722011-07-04T13:19:30.811-07:002011-07-04T13:19:30.811-07:00To Anonymous July 4, 1145,
FT means foreign talent...To Anonymous July 4, 1145,<br />FT means foreign talent, a term used to describe recent immigrants even if they only clean the lavatory. Removal of organs of executed prisoners is a farce. I understand the family members of the dead man are threatened to give their consent. I have read newspaper reports (state controlled) that as amny as 1000 edcuated leave every year. As with any one party state these figures from someitme ago are clearly minimized. There may be as many as 10,000 but we will never know. There are finacial securities needed before the a male child can leave the country. But many just travel to Malaysia and take a one way flight out. This country is a joke.Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-40113454203771641502011-07-04T11:45:28.778-07:002011-07-04T11:45:28.778-07:00I read your blog regularly, and I am not a Singapo...I read your blog regularly, and I am not a Singaporean...just concerned about justice in the world. A couple of questions: While I know what the acronyms NS and HDB mean, what is FT? Also, with regard to organ sales, does the government do this without the consent of the condemned...or is the whole thing a farce anyway. I see some posters mention emigration--are there any reliable stats or info as to how many leave due to NS? Aren't there some restrictions for males when they become of a particular age, even well before the age of NS? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-35880452036885494022011-07-03T10:57:47.705-07:002011-07-03T10:57:47.705-07:00To Anon of Sat Jul 02, 09:52:00 AM PDT. Please con...To Anon of Sat Jul 02, 09:52:00 AM PDT. Please contact me at {myusernameofblogger}gmailcom. I am very interested to migrate to Canada, so I hope to learn more from your experience. Thank youtearsunderstarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576540051108612004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-13809830767494689222011-07-02T21:34:23.092-07:002011-07-02T21:34:23.092-07:00To Anonymous July 02, 0816,
I think you forgot to ...To Anonymous July 02, 0816,<br />I think you forgot to add Gopalan Nair and the Singapore Dissident, Alan Shadrake who refuses to let up, Chee Soon Juan and his blog (he has stopped civil disobedience)and the others out there. <br /><br />It is we who have brought to the open these things which are now his nightmare. As to why 60% voted for him, the answer is the weak anemic opposition candidates who appeared from the woodwork and have now promptly returned to it. <br />That is why. <br /><br />For example have you heard any more of Michelle Lee, the star discovery of the SDP. She has apparently gone back to what she does best, managing a balance between home and her children. Nothing about oppositon politics.Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-75565761463890265662011-07-02T20:14:36.516-07:002011-07-02T20:14:36.516-07:00Lee Kuan Yew's nightmare can be summed up by t...Lee Kuan Yew's nightmare can be summed up by these acronyms:<br /><br />FT<br /><br />NS<br /><br />HDB<br /><br />Singaporeans are screwed by all of them. But what I don't understand is why 60 percent still voted for the PAP in the last election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-71713471354367541462011-07-02T18:58:07.062-07:002011-07-02T18:58:07.062-07:00How much of a discount did Lee Kuan Yew and his fa...How much of a discount did Lee Kuan Yew and his family get when they 'bought' their properties?<br /><br />Does anyone know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-16714446879449863662011-07-02T18:25:16.138-07:002011-07-02T18:25:16.138-07:00To Anonymous July 2, 0952,
I agree with everything...To Anonymous July 2, 0952,<br />I agree with everything you say except one. The PAP will not be toppled at any election. They are determined to hold power. It takes a revolution to do that. That is why I constantly ask you to protest.Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-8308433473416885852011-07-02T09:52:31.392-07:002011-07-02T09:52:31.392-07:00Hi Mr Nair;
For a long time I thought I owned my ...Hi Mr Nair;<br /><br />For a long time I thought I owned my HDB flat. But when I realized that I actually didn't, I thought how can I salvage the situation?<br /><br />Since I could not afford a landed property of condo, the only way was to either continue to live in my pigeon hole or leave altogether. I did the latter. I emigrated to Canada. <br /><br />I never regreted that decision. I had to sell my flat to the next lease taker for that flat. And I thought, this is how I could benefit from the system. The funds would go back to my CPF and later I can renounce my citizenship and collect the CPF.<br /><br />To my fellow: Singaporeans...emigrate or have nothing to do with the HDB. If you emigrate, collect your CPF as fast as possible. <br /><br />Although, I can foresee that maybe by the next election, the PAP may be toppled. The new government might abolish the NS to encourage overseas Singaporeans to return with no repercussions. The FT policy will be stopped and "Race" will be deleted from the ICs.<br /><br />So, I hope all these happens. Maybe it a better idea to just emigrate and become PR in another country and keep the Singapore citizenship for beter times in the future not under a cheating govenment which is bent on showing "face" only to the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com