Comments on: Singapore fling

By: Bart Pettitt

Bart Pettitt — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:47:41 +0000

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By: Tyron Lager

Tyron Lager — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:40:08 +0000

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By: Hettie Houp

Hettie Houp — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:51:54 +0000

Thanks for the blog that you have. I found a new one the other day. They look open for business, but very similar to linkedin.com with more of a social business directory look and feel. Nice easy interface though. Found it at SocialTerrain.com

By: I_Dude

I_Dude — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:59:58 +0000

your absolutely correct abt sg..i was thr for a long time..its like truman show…I worked thr at a high paying job in an MNC and left totally disgusted with the place…even middle class Indians and Chinese nationals in their countries are richer than singaporeans-true true true…singaporeans are trapped in loans…born and die with loans..no freedom watsoever..and the funniest part is tht singaporeans think theyre the best in the world…Theyre far from it…They will remain translators interpreters and secretaries to foreign firms-asian and western..i found china and india better when it comes to freedom and riches…Yes even China will not be like singapore…I’ve lived thr too…I am lucky to leave sg after paying all my dues…I came out ‘unloaned’!

By: Peter Thompson

Peter Thompson — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:30:15 +0000

stirred up a hornet’s nest with your bottom there Andrea! Painful

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:09:05 +0000

blimey. well, if my bottom can ever help The People, I’m all for it.

Jeff - thank you for your feedback and for all that information. I guess that I have been misinformed - which, given what you all say about Singapore, isn’t much of a surprise…

By: David

David — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:27:51 +0000

Rachel, exactly. Whenever the minister talkcock and give rhetoric in the next election rally in 2011, the poster of Andrea’s bottom will be flashed and wave high up directly at the ministers. Surely all citizens will be delighted. It helps if someone give a loud fart sound at the same time.

Andrea may not understand why citizen will want to do this. It is because the ministers and government here who worship money has lost almost all respect of the citizen here. The president, MM, SM, PM and the coffers are a total disgrace and joke in the whole world. Manipulating the press and the citizen for own agenda and covering up whatever mistakes and make the citizen pay for it. The last PAP election rally show only a handful of supporters for PAP, and it is so pathetic that almost no pictures of the PAP rally are even published on newspaper. So shameful to even speak of. I haven’t even a chance to vote for many decades and it is all walkover.

Anyway, worry not, Andrea. The ministers don’t deserve your bottom, a pig’s bottom is more suitable for our million-dollars ministers. If you ever see someone holding a poster of pig’s bottom in next election, that’s me.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:58:47 +0000

David - do you mean that Andrea’s bottom has become an electoral campaign aid?

By: guojun

guojun — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:25:58 +0000

no problem. it’s fun reading the press sometimes. Oh, how wonderful we are!

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:25:09 +0000

As a singaporean…

Singapore has the highest percentage of home-owners in the world - False. This is as true as saying singapore has the highest internet connectivity in the world. It’s a lie. Singtel (the ISP) was giving free dialup services to anyone who had a phone, so since everyone has a phone in Singapore, ‘everyone’ is connected to the internet. Singapore does not have the highest percentage of home-owners in the world, because none of the ‘homes’ are owned by Singaporeans. They are actually rentals from the Govt. Ownership usually means ‘forever, or till I choose to give it up’. Not in this case. If you live in the HDB flats, you only ‘own’ if for 99 years. That is not ownership.

people are generally well-off - False, there are the very rich, the poor-middle class, and the poor. Because the very rich make so much more money, when you calculate the averages, it seems that everyone is comfortably well-off. This is not true.

the public transport system is second-to-none - True. Second to nothing is still nothing. There was a time that the public transport was superb and served the public. But now, it is no longer ‘public’ transport, but ‘profit’ transport. These ‘public’ transport providers are no longer interested in serving the ‘public’. They are only interested in their bottom line. Bus routes that are not profitable get dropped. Train arrival intervals ensure that each and every train is packed to the brim (even during non-peak) hours.

and unemployment is very low - False. The govt does not release TRUE unemployment numbers. They release percentages, BUT these percentages are NOT based on Singaporean citizens, but ‘residents’, which include permanent residents and expats. It’s clever manipulation of the numbers to make the govt look good. If they were to release unemployment numbers based on Singaporean Citizens ALONE, it would be very much higher.

The Truman show comparison is very good. Most Singaporeans despise the govt and wish they could migrate out of the country. All you see is the clean and green facade used to attract tourists and foreigners. Scratch any singaporean and you’d find an angry, bitter soul.

PS. Housing is NOT a right. If you can’t afford to buy a flat, you can live on the streets for all the govt cares.