If so much public money has to be spent, why not nationalise the entire network? Han Fook Kwang Editor-at-Large Public transport is now a heavily subsidised government service, along with healthcare and education. PHOTO: ST FILE Published 17 Apr 2022…
Category: Social Ills in Singapore
This category shares all the social ills we witness in Singapore including wastage, poor social net, social enclave, suisides etc etc
A new home at Kelantan Road for former Sungei Road vendors
After Sungei Road market was redeveloped in 2017, many former vendors moved on to drive taxis, do deliveries and other odd jobs Mr Raymond Khoo, founder of charity The Saturday Movement, rented two units at 28 Kelantan Road for these…
Conversation: Elitism and Social Mobility
Prof Koh: DPM, the important question is not whether he (toilet cleaner) behaves with dignity, but whether people who enter the lavatory show respect and treat him with dignity. DPM Tharman: Absolutely. Prof Koh: And I would say in Singapore, the elite does…
Singapore Unofficial registry Convicted Sex Offenders
https://www.powermoneywomen.com/sexoffender.html The site is dedicated to all people of Singapore who wishes to search and find out of previous convicts are released or still in prison.
Ugly Singaporeans: Reserve table-bully old man incident
No words can express my outrage and disgust: Daughter of elderly man in Toa Payoh hawker centre table dispute Shame on the couple who bullied the old man. First they have no right to reserve the whole table to themselves…
“if you want to see how society will treat you when you hit your 40s. Just look at how society treats the 40 year olds now. “
http://treeofprosperity.blogspot.sg/2016/04/why-it-engineers-are-similar-to.html Other interesting quotes from the same author: “At work you focus on experiential goods like travel, but the reason you need travel is because you are so stressed out by work. You become financial independent so that you can…
The pursuit of degree does not make sense anymore!
“There’s been a shift in the value of college in recent years – one which I’ve been reluctant to acknowledge, especially as a father of three, but the reality is that (1) Recent college graduates are currently experiencing the highest…
新加坡的尴尬
“夹在英语和方言之间，华语被多数学生及家长视为多余的负担，但是为了得到中学文凭，非得通过华文考试不可。这么一来，新加坡中学生努力学华文的唯一目的是：通过考试，以后不用再学。” “结束后，主办这场演讲的教授说：听外国人讲热爱中文，叫我们深思，身为华人的自己有没有像她一样热爱过这门语言？” “我慢慢开始明白，在这个极为繁荣的热带小岛，中文正处于很尴尬的位置上：多数居民是华人，政府则推出英华双语政策；可实际上，社会上地位最高的语言是英语。如今的新加坡年轻人，在朋友之间或兄弟之间，都是彼此说英语的。然而，英语在此地缺乏传统文化的背景，即使说得不错了，也很难获得深度。尤其当中国经济日趋发展的今天，炎黄子孙失去华语能力实在可惜了，因为他们不仅失去传统文化，而且失去工作上极好用的工具。” “他是马来西亚人，读的是当地华人兴办的独立中学，由于马来西亚政府不承认独中的文凭，只好来新加坡读大学，毕业后留下来任职于政府“母语处”。原来，马来西亚的华文教育水平高过新加坡。这说起来都很矛盾：在马来西亚，华人只占总人口的三分之一；在新加坡，华人比率超过七成，却因为政府重视英语，华文程度要输给马来西亚。” “主持人向听众说：听外国华文作家演讲，很清楚的是，新加坡的华语教育出问题，并不是教学方法出的问题，而是华语的社会定位出的问题；我们以前也讨论过，语言到底是工具还是文化的一部分，今天这一点也很清楚了，学好华文的外国人都对华夏文明着迷。” 新井一二三专栏：新加坡的尴尬
The Infamous Alice Fong Incident
To recap, Alice Fong said these hurtful stuff to Png’s manager: “If he’s (Png) deaf, ask him don’t work, go home and sleep. Just ask the Government to feed him, go and be a beggar! I don’t care, he took my food!”…
To the government: Don’t tell Limpeh what to say
“Like many other Singaporean netizens, I think the government should be less concerned about what comes out of my mouth. Instead, they should tackle the root cause of declining English language standards in Singapore. TMG’s Bertha Henson rightly points to…
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