Just my Observation

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Okay, maybe in this case = inadvertently. But it still shows how much the SG Parliament is trying too hard tomicro manage things: perhaps a +ve way forward would be for parliament to just give guidelines within the penal code and other statutes: e.g. the 'recommended' punishment for e.g. theft, extortion, uncensored films, managing a brothel: i.e.: the words 'shall be liable to...' rather than 'for a term of not less than XX years'...
PS: there is a Probation of Offenders (Amendment) Act 1993 (Act 37 of 1993): perhaps this act can specify that those with IQ below certain level will be more favourably chosen for probation in lieu of jail etc.
Where parliament is concerned about judges being overly lenient, parliament may make clarification within the penal code that the minimum sentence shall apply to first time offenders without any significant mitigating factors.

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The crazy (biased) laws (/courts) of Singapore:
"For destroying the electronic record with the intention of preventing it from being used as evidence, Koo could have been jailed up to two years and fined.
For insulting the modesty of the woman, he could have been jailed up to one year and fined. "
Brings back the recollection of the pastor guy who was jailed for lying about petrol tank level to ICA staffs: was initially jailed for lying but jail was converted to $4000 fine upon appeal because the original crime of less than 3/4 tank full was not a jail-able one.

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23Mar2007: "First class political leadership" (to justify exponential pay rise)...

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Humanity has finally found a way to self-destruct itself.

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Originally Posted by Leongsam

Source (SBY): Sinkie groom goes ahead with the wedding alone after slaps from the bride
Marriage is no longer a once-in-a-lifetime event. It should be treated just like any othertemporary arrangement.

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To reduce the HIV rates and abandoned kids due to sex for fun/ sex- before marriage phenomenon: e.g. '$20k wedding called off after bride and groom fight'That is why i feel that on ROM marriage records: all divorcees, separated, remarried persons with any kids under 21yrs old will be marked out as having existing dependents so that anybody they should marry will have to be aware of their preexisting parenthood commitments such that where mainteinence payments are concerned: precedents will ALWAYS be for children from earlier relationships/ marriages: to the extent of garnishee order on salary/ confiscation of properties etc (even if the new family needs to depend on social welfare etc). (Too many men give EXCUSE not to pay mainteinence for past children by claiming that their new families are new/ more important commitments).

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Me thinks that any professionalism/ work pride in REDAS is long evaporated. No longer an organisation priding itself for providing good and affordable housing to Singaporeans, REDAS, like some PAP politicians (see below (appended)) are probably filled with rent seekers, out to exploit the poor in the name of 'dignity': basically a financial arms race amongst the rich to see who can exploit the poor most and drive the most flashy luxury car to catch the other's attention if not envy.

Professional organisation members in Singapore seem to be driven by greed and envy: service to humanity has become a long forgotten creed.

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- In line with national productivity campaign: U don't need to see GP or specialist to take medicine to be healthy by making daily efforts in staying healthy: (healthy diet, moderate alcohol consumption, a smaller waist circumference, regular exercise and not smoking according to study.)
- Meritocracy: those who are health conscious and a reduced BURDEN on gahmen healthcare subsidies ought to be rewarded. Since their chance of heart attack is 86% less, chances are that they will be employable/ productive for longer: thus, these responsible folks should be rewarded with 86% discount in premiums under the new/ compulsory Medishield-life scheme.

Of course, cheats like Jover Chew (etc): pls be warned: U must do annual cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure, BMI, CO levels for smokers etc (if not a 2.4km IPPT test/ equivalent as substitute for cholesterol etc levels/ to get maximum discount of 86% off annual premiums payable): just attaching the fit-bit exercise tracker to your pet-dog's leg will NOT count as valid lifestyle improvement (objective cardiovascular risk calculators such as Framingham Risk Score - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia will have to be used {alt calc. site})

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Because their cancer risk is accordingly higher... Oops: maybe should be 50% more if the diagnosis of cancer also means that one does not need to pay anymore premiums from that point of diagnosis/ hospitalisation onwards (to cover for the post cancer-diagnosis period where healthy premium payers had to subsidise the sick member).

PS: the report also says that smokers and those with infections (?HIV?) have a higher risk of cancer, so I think smokers/ HIV infected premiums will also have to be at least 10% more...

Obesity Linked to Half a Million Cancer Cases Worldwide- Medscape

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IDA feels that ALL Singaporeans are very rich and that NOBODY will want to 'downgrade' from post-paid to pre-paid plan even though such a plan may be more affordable for a user's needs.
Does IDA receive bribes from telcos???!!! Telcos allow 'pre-paid' to 'post-paid' conversion because post-paid plans are more profitable (higher-priced) but IDA says :"IDA notes that all the mobile operators already offer switching of pre-paid services to post-paid. IDA does not currently foresee a compelling reason to require the operators to offer a service that allows switching in the other direction.": do telcos like to offer ex-IDA staffs C-suite/ cushy directorship jobs: thus the bias in IDA's policies towards telcos profitablilty???!!!: why speak of number portability benefits if the underlying purpose seems to be maintaining telcos profitability???!!! Surely there must be some solution for those not keen on there current telcos packaged deals to stick to their old plans (with rebates attached and not discontinued) or else have the option to downgrade to 'pre-paid' plans whilst retaining their old HP numbers.

Instead of relying on biased and one-sided surveys: IDA should phrase the question as such: "if I am short of cash and a 'pre-paid' plan becomes more suitable for my needs: I should have the option of downgrading to a pre-paid plan having satisfied any existing post-paid subscription obligations.": if the IDA places citizen's interest and welfare FIRST that is.

Is the true reason for number portability that of increasing telcos post-paid user base of contracted users since the switch is only ONE WAY???!!!

Even the last line of IDA relpy shows that IDA staffs treat telcos as their true employers: "We note your feedback and will be sharing with the service providers for their consideration. Thank you." So much for probable telco's sponsored golden parachutes, Singaporeans have earned themselves a raw deal.

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Letter to press by SMU dean's list law student: if indeed it is the dean's list law student, my guess is that many in Singapore's political elite are money faced/ smoke weed in their ivory towers...

Why does his legal logic reek of the same bias and stink as the AGC conclusion about LHL's influence of votes at poking station in 1997 ???!!!

So its all about tax revenue $$$ or the bullying of minorities??? These scholars in their ivory towers should better stop smoking the weed that they pass around to each other: morally, they are no better than the shisha smokers loitering in dark alleys...
Banning shisha, but not cigarettes, a justified move | TODAYonline

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Originally Posted by Xanadu

Source (PF): Communism vs Democracy (Unite): the ball is at President Xi JinPing's feet.
From a few thousand years of history we know that (resistance, or in this time political) movements do not lead to a better future... have often led to an empire, slavery or war.
Communism and democracy are not the solutions, neither a unification or combination of both.
The solution is non-political independence from the system (especially on energy, because it's a fundament of nature), as individual or as family or with some friends, never in mass (but many people can work on the same idea as individuals)
People are part of nature, so the answer can be found in nature.
Politics or a revolution or a revolutionary movement are going to hurt your future and that of Hong Kong (some older Hong Kong people said that you must stop the Umbrella revolt and go back to work, which is half the solution. The solution is stop any revolution or political struggle, and work for yourself (try to become independent and self sustained on the fundamental things a family needs, you can keep your current job until you have a small buisness running)
Politics is not the language of the people (people are influenced by politics for a long time), it is used by persons that are seeking control and power over people.

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I believe that in all forms of politics: communism, autocracy, democracy etc etc, the main focus should be care for poor people and the elimination of corruption. In this essay, I focus on the latter (corruption) and other points too.

Chiefly, WRT corruption, there are 2 main methods of targeting this, perhaps of equal importance: firstly, those against corruption should be people who are honourable themselves and who place charity above their own needs: healing the wounds of society by uplifting the impoverished. The second is transparency and freedom of speech so that whistle blowers cannot be silenced.

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And they call that 'engagement': me thinks that the PA-PAP advisers to grassroots origanisations method of brainwashing foreign workers is high-handed and derogatory and will only serve to increase animosity by foreign workers against Singaporeans and rich foreigners (employment pass holders/ PR like Yang Yin pay ZERO levy BTW).
Either that or the PAP is trying to advertise to investors their skills at subdueing protest (in anticipation for more as Sinkieland matures as slave capital of the world) (most of the spectators do not look South Asian to me).

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Did Yang Yin pay his $68,700 income tax bill on S$450k earnings declared or did IRAS diam diam, taxes waived because he is PA/ PAP related grassroots advisor/ leader???!!!
Yang Yin (PA-PAP member?):

[sauce]

IRAS personal income tax rates: IRAS: Income tax rates
YA2010: first $320k= $42,700 tax payable, thereafter rate is 20%.

Or is IRAS still asleep even AFTER the elderly widow's niece Hedi Mok blow whistle before the fake receipts were discovered???!!! If indeed taxes were paid: were the accounts clean and WHERE did the $68,700 to pay IRAS come from???!!! Yang Yin's corrupt scheme should have surfaced much much earlier, even BEFORE he was ever even considered to receive PR status...

320 more charges against former tour guide Yang Yin - Channel NewsAsia

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Title of the quoted report sounds really good/ grand, but devil is in the details, a deceptive headline indeed.

Extra leave for married mothers of 16weeks as opposed to the usual 8, to the extra 8weeks is 'R and R' for the mom to go tours (jiak huang) and enjoy herself???!!! So the real reason why people get married and have kids is to get leave from work to enjoy themselves (free bonus $$$ (next paragraph)) ???!!!

Kids of unwed moms are also INELIGIBLE for 'Baby Bonus Cash Gift and Child Development Account': so the 'child development account' is a reward to the parents: can use for 2nd honeymoon is it???!!! Likewise, the baby bonus cash is a reward to married couples for having unprotected sex and the proof of it???!!!

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And so prevented Ministerial level salaries in Singapore from hitting divinity benchmark levels.

I am so happy that CPIB decided to bring CHC Kong Hee Fatt Chai to task for laundering tithe (church building fund) $$$ to sponsor his wife half-naked striptease show to bait more to paystratospheric fees(/ membership fees /tithes) to him for his 30, 60, 100fold blessings ponzi scheme (like must sell HDB to give to church: the church being Kong Hee's sentosa cove pent house/ concealed earnings as I read it)...Indeed CPIB is doing its job: a difficult and thankless one at eradicating corruption

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As in the example I've come across: okay to loiter INSIDE polling station but not 200m circumference outside... (See nice Pict below).

Like saying, against the law to molest a woman, but if U rape her, than nothing in the law to make it a crime.

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Originally Posted by Agoraphobic

Thread source (SBY): Accounts and teachings of ALL religious institutions should be open to public scrutiny/ inspection (just like public listed companies)

Perhaps you mean "hope" when you refer to "faith."
Let's keep things simple, "faith" is belief that is not based on proof. But if people choose to have faith, that is their choice as far as I'm concerned.
Cheers!

Okay, then perhaps it might be an issue of semantics/ terminology.
In the vernacular (secular definition), some people ask "what is your faith": which in this case, means: " what is your religion".

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Originally Posted by zeebjii

Thread source (SBY): Accounts and teachings of ALL religious institutions should be open to public scrutiny

Just because you like to study religion does not make you an expert. Come on, i don't need fooking faith to take a bus!

Thank you for your acknowledgement in my interest in the study of religion (comparative), 'specializing' especially the Christian viewpoint although I admit no professional qualifications in this regard.

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Forum question: How to get a gal to be interested in u?
Me thinks that the way to find like (similar/ comparable) partner is to developed YOUR OWN INTEREST.

And I don't just mean $riches/ power etc, it could be ANYTHING including charity and religion: please read on to learn more....

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TDY: PA’s blank cheque mystery unsolved, but processes ‘are stringent

Even if 10 grassroots leaders (under guidance of the PAP MP/ MP wannabe 'advisor to grassroots organisations' did the work, they will still screw up cos they all they only do is rubber-stamp job!!!??? Even blank cheque also 3 ppl rush to stamp stamp stamp with BOTH eyes closed (and dreaming about their next 3week pan-European holiday)....... Guess the only person in-charge was the welfare pay-cheque recipient who conveniently wrote "eight thousand dollars only" and "8000.00" in the blank space: and the transaction went through promptly until some PA staffer found out about it ~6 months down the road...
Even the person personally handing Mr Khoo (welfare recipient) didn't check if the correct amount was written for Mt Khoo's benefit and prudence in using state funds.
If it starts with blank cheques, I wonder where all this $ misappropriation/leakage nonsense ends...

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Originally Posted by ilold

Re thread (SGC):Han Hui Hui, Roy Ngerng and others to face charges over Hong Lim Park protest march
it's not double standards. it's comparing to separate events with different circumstances. if you're so sure it's double standards and unlawful then HHH and roy can just go and sue Nparks and they would win assuming you are right. If you believe that AGC is corrupt that means you should just move out of the country as the country is inherently corrupt.

Separate events but question about space occupied and the activity conducted therein run in the same vein.

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Raising political salaries circa 2007:

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http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/...ms-sandy-pitch
"While the Government did not pay anything upfront, it will bear the construction and operational costs of the Sports Hub, which includes the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the OCBC Arena and the OCBC Aquatic Centre.
The Government is making annual payments over 25 years to SportsHub Pte Ltd, which manages and runs the Kallang facilities. The first payment was made in August 2010, when construction started."
Sounds like a very complicated contract/agreement to me. I really cannot understand why the Singapore gahmen would not pay up immediately like in the case of the public buses enhancement scheme where S$1.1billion is budgeted and promptly paid e.g. as and when the 550new buses are delivered.

Does this complex arrangement also allow the Singapore Sports Hub consortium (Pte, Ltd) to postpone/cancel the national day parade or provide a 'sandy-pitch' if the Singapore gahmen is either late or short in its annual payments???!!!

In case of a contractual dispute with the international consortia: will the Singapore gohmen be dragged to settle the case at the international court of justice @ Hague like Pedra Blanca was settled: & become a laughing stock to the world/ print excessive $$$ to pay its debts like the now bankrupt country of Zimbabwe under Mugabe???!!!

Will upcoming Project Jewel@Changi airport (projected to costs S$1.47billion)also be obtained on hire-purchase???!!!

Given the obvious future public-funding liabilities (25 yrs for sports hub installments): was the president at least invited to rubber stamp his consent given the fact that national reserves might well have to be used should gohmen revenue be in short fall (budget deficit etc) for the 25 installments over 25 (or more) years???!!!...

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Originally Posted by Revealer

Thread source: RE: Is QE Really Working?

can say United State gone bankrupt since 1991 when its current account went negative. went belly up in 2008 but still no recovery. joke for stock markt to go separate way.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/char...01&d2=20141231

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cancer81

Thread source (HWZ): Maliki Osman should reflect if Islam really wants to cause hardship to all poor by increasing GST to indirectly sponsor Muslim Haj
I tot you always insisted that Singapore engages in heavy Quantitative Easing and have been printing money at a rate that is unhealthy?
Money do not grow on trees, the government PRINTS it!!

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Originally Posted by Inix

Re thread (HWZ): Malaki Osman should reflect if Islam really wants to cause hardship to all poor by increasing GST to indirectly sponsor Muslim Haj...
I don't know whats wrong with you, but the Haj is just an example that the government is using. People want to withdraw $$ from their CPF from a variety of reasons. Maybe they have a family emergency. Maybe they want a Holiday. Maybe they NEED a holiday. Maybe they need a new home. Maybe their family need money. Its a choice. The Haj, to Muslims isn't so much as a choice. They are compelled to go if they can.

Its like many elderly Chinese, who feels a need to go back to their former hometown. They might be born and raised here, but some people still feels that they need to visit where their forefathers were brought up. This is normal. And if CPF, which is a mandatory retirement savings scheme can help them do that, I see this as a plus.

Allowing people to withdraw their CPF does not automatically entails that GST must increase. It just means that we will have a bit more flexibility.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by watchmen

Re thread (A1): Will CPF treat pilgrims the same way they treat tikos and gamblers?
So must treat pilgrims like tikos and gamblers all cannot take cpf?

U very the controversial wan: purposely compare Muslim pilgrims to tikos and gamblers to produce friction and heat: I let that slip this one time, anyway, U better be careful: ISIS might be planning to kidnapp u.

Anyhow, good thing about Singapore is that even ah beng "tikos and gamblers" have to serve NS: which is where they at least learn some discipline and integratewith the rest: so our streets are generally safe from gangs and other vice activities.

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Consider reverse mortgage scheme to give retirees another option | TODAYonline

PS: I believe that Mr Tan KT's explanation has jumped the gun somewhat in claiming "reverse mortgage scheme could help soak up market liquidity and boost the local economy": by which he means that property prices will fall since (with reverse mortgages) the gahmen need not give asset-rich, cash-poor folks pocket $$$ only to see their kids amassing & monopolising large property empires upon the elder's demise, all sponsored by funds collected from robbing the poor via increased GST. Refraining from increasing GST any further (plateau at 7% as current) will give the poor (who are in majority) more spending $$$, which is what is necessary to run a healthy economy and a harmonious relationship between the elected and the electorate: as opposed to GST perpetuated widened wealth divides that places the state on the verge of revolution, as was the situation building up to the French revolution: as ascribed to the uncontainable animosity between classes due to the widespread labour exploitation and unsustainable inequality in wealth distribution .

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Quote:

Originally Posted by watchmen

Re thread (A1): Will CPF treat pilgrims the same way they treat tikos and gamblers?

I think that since WE ALL AGREE THAT SINGAPORE GAHMEN IS SECULAR, then we MUST ALL AGREE that CPF $$$ is not IN THE FIRST PLACE ment for religious activities no matter what some religious doctrine or other says.

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Krugman cracks his own jokes and laughs at them. Joke at the end of essay aboutman who cheers up is neither funny NOR has it any meaning. Krugman should just go sell drugs on the street since he has NEITHER focused NOR explained realistically the mechanics of helping the poor in ANY of his essays I have read (besides speaking in tongues for why QE is a good thing). His Nobel prize for promoting 'quantitative easing (QE)-steriods' is paid for by MNCs who love the gahmen for increasingly buying their sham bonds for a high price (and endless $$$timulus packages in both good times and bad) :... I hope puppet Mr Krugman knows what a sock-puppet he is... It is much more dangerous for him to screw up the economy in the long run than just sell some party drugs on the street. I'm quite sure that Nobel prize of his would earn him NEGATIVE karma in the next life (for worsening the already widened wealth divide) ...
The fiscal policy debate: Austerity versus stimulus | TODAYonline

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AGC and IRAS pls go check how much this con-hee guy has 'harvest' for himself so far... Runs a 'charity' some more: means zero GST, zero property taxes, zero church income taxes paid right? Yet creating entertainment storm that seems to make sands-entertainment blush, n still dare to announce: "... ...we have a culture in City Harvest Church, as in many companies, of keeping our income as confidential as possible."

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Permit for individuals (natural/ legal 'person') to sell free hold sites as leasehold only serves to worsen wealth divide and distract the judiciary from more important tasks.

There are rules in Singapore for everything from the race of a GRC minority candidate (pre-specified as either Malay/ Indian and not interchangeable) to theminimum 6 months rental period for residential units so that neighbours are not inconvenienced/distressed seeing short stay strangers loitering around.

Likewise, it is a social good that freehold properties should be freely available on the open market rather than be horded by for profit companies. In the event of an enblock, who should grant permission to rebuild and at what lease period???!!! Would it be considered like a 99yr rental period whereby the lessors are at the total mercy of freehold title landlords who can agree/ disagree based on whim and fancy? What protection does the layman home owner have against cooperate greed???!!!

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Quote:

Originally Posted by humblepie

Thread source (discuss): How Quantitave Easing makes average Joe sick, hungry and poor.
a way to put many things that seemingly is correlated together to spread mass pandemonium when it is not within your control. you be better focus on getting your financial foundation in order.
there are much misconception of money printing and quantitative easing. most make it seem they really understand how the economic machine works when it is such a complex subject. most of the time, they are just copying from one misleading source.
this article basically puts the singapore incumbent in cahoots with the US federal reserve and you wonder whether the singapore incumbent have that much of an influence over that of another countries federal reserve.

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I.e. how QE induced inflation, low interest rate environment helps the rich as it disenfranchises the poor.

By rich I mean shareholders/ MNC C-suite staffers and politicians by extension since in the Singapore context, political salaries are tagged to the highest private sector salaries (I.e. CEO level salaries)
By the poor, I mean working class, retirees etc whose income is to a lesser degree from share holdings/ property rent seeking but savings/ bank savings interest in cash or kind (I.e. bank $$$ deposits)

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A letter by a kind whistle blower:
Reasons for soaring private health-care costs
"the fee-for-service model, which incentivises doctors to provide more(?excessive/ unnecessary) treatments."

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Reference: Property curbs may be 'eased faster if prices drop sharply': Straits Times

Property prices ought fall by up to 38% to match 2009 (pre-financial crisis) prices.
("private home prices have climbed about 60% since the global financial crisis in 2009."), so for current property prices to return to pre-2009 prices, the price will have to FALL by= 1- (100/160)= 37.5%.

Okay, maybe I forgot to factor in inflation at say 2.5% p.a. (pegged to CPF rate) which will mean that the reasonable FY2014 property price level (5yrs after FY2009) should be 113.14% in FY2009dollars (used compound interest calculator to calculate), so for current property prices to return to pre-2009 prices (corrected for (high) annual inflation of 2.5%), the price will have to FALL by= 1- (113.14/160)= 29.287%.

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Originally Posted by Black Vindicator

Quote:

Originally Posted by singaporeuncle

Re (A1): The physiologic role of same sex couples in rescuing abandoned foetuses/ children
In which way will it harm the kids? The Penguins story was based on a true event....why does the truth scare some people? it does not contain any sex as what those homophobes made it out to be....It was a story of 2 same sex Penguins that adopted, incubated and raised a chick from an unwanted abandoned egg....What is so wrong with that?? so it'd make you very happy if the unwanted egg was just left out in the cold and freeze??? why would some value hate and death more than compassion? Did your religion teach you that?

So are you going to instructed your adopted kids how to b*utt poke ?

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MOH: "With pre-funding, members pay higher premiums during their working ages and, in return, can receive rebates to offset their own future premiums when they grow old."[MOH: 'Role of pre-funding' (ST, 27Nov2013)]

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Originally Posted by jameslee58

A1= The physiologic role of same sex couples in rescuing abandoned foetuses/ children from harm.
i agreed some gays are more details in thinking and helpful, but we mustn't generalize it as a good character across the board ...i also seen gays who are inconsistent in emotion, feeling was hurt very easily and reacted in extreme manner
without generalizing further, i can only say, most gay, not everyone ar, most gay are slim for good reason, do you know why ?

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Originally Posted by MygrandfatherRod

Re (A1): The physiologic role of same sex couples in rescuing abandoned foetuses/ children
@ BC
Same sex people living together is not frown by people. Our hospital also put them together and if the reason why NLB banned those books is because of that, then hospital, army camp all also will follow suit. When it cross the line and have sex like poking backside or sucking coc.k, this is what the majority frown on.
A lot of abortion is due to one night stand and bf and gf who are not married. At that time, what they want is sex and not produce children. You can say its irresponsible but then they are young and still not fully know what they do is wrong. I think for the girl especially, the abortion will haunt her for life when she see children and think her child today would be this big, or that big, or go army, get married, and she think about the one she murdered.

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Originally Posted by singleton

Re (A1): The physiologic role of same sex couples in rescuing abandoned foetuses/ children
Hello BiteACherry.

...Are you here to promote a gay cause again....We had enough of these lah....we need more pro family stories not another gender bender pls......

Those books are already B.A.N.N.E.D. so pls leave it as that instead of regurgitating the materials here....you wan MDA to ban asiaone is it

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Same sex relationship may at times have useful physiological functions: e.g. to help bring up orphaned/ abandoned kids?

(Pict source)

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Permit for individuals (natural/ legal 'person') to sell free hold sites as leasehold only serves to worsen wealth divide and distract the judiciary from more important tasks.

There are rules in Singapore for everything from the race of a GRC minority candidate (pre-specified as either Malay/ Indian and not interchangeable) to the minimum 6 months rental period for residential units so that neighbours are not inconvenienced/distressed seeing short stay strangers loitering around.

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[Singapore]: Foreign Talent muses why PAP Junta welcomes him here with such open arms.

Originally Posted by bugmenot45

(Thread source/ HWZ): "Most SGns never get responsibility, autonomy, over their own lives."
Interesting quote from a FT...

...

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Combat obesity with 'fat' tax (Not)

My reply to Combat obesity with 'fat' tax :
Dr Lam must be Sinkies politician, always finding excuses to use the stick to make $$$. Can I suggest an annual reward (/carrot) system like for NSmen IPPT but physical fitness test is run by private companies: if a certain grade is met, then a certain cash stipend is paid. This grade can be in the form of cholesterol levels, diabetes state, smoker/nonsmoker, blood pressure, BMI, time taken to run 2.4km/ swim 1km or stationary cycle 20km/ sit ups in 2 minutes or skipping 3mins/ wheelchair spinning 2.4km etc: a total score (lab test plus fitness test) stratified according to age. Everyone gets the same stipend, ~$300/annum, however, only those with good results get it in cash, the rest/ absentees get it as medisave top-ups vs cash with medisave top-ups in greater proportion. Those with spectacular results (top 33%) get a small cash bonus e.g. $100 more for their efforts and setting a good example for the rest.

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Please End GRC system of Elections to save Singaporeans from Political Ignorance/ Indifference.

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Originally Posted by blindswordsman (22Feb2014)

Thread source (SBY): What is the Singapore Cow?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papsmearer

Quote:

Originally Posted by AhMeng

So what about Singapore 2 Cows?
TWO COWS ~{Matthias Varga}
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour

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GST rate linked property taxes for a progressive nation state.
Increasing residential property tax across the board to MATCH GST will certainly go a long way to curb property price speculation.Pls charge property tax at EQUAL to the GST level but with rebates for Singaporeans. The Annual Value (AV) rebate should be S$6000 per annum per citizen (half for PRs)(based upon the median mkt price annual rental for single HDB room), so if U have a house with 10 Singaporeans staying and AV is $100K, the AV rebate would be S$60K, the consequent taxable amount will be S$40K, at 7% AV tax, the tax payable will be S$2.8K; (at 10%GST, it will be S$4K, p.a.(BOTH affordable even compared with current 2014 "discounted" rates)).

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