Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 154th Edition
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Ok, that's it.
The White Paper on Population: 6.9 million by 2030
They're begging to get their butts kicked in 2016.
Get this: The non-resident population will go up as much as 60% from what it was last June, compared to 15% at best for Singapore citizens.
And the figures aren't all that different from what Mah proposed a few years ago, i.e. 6.5 million in 15 years' time. So much for listening and change.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Get this: The non-resident population will go up as much as 60% from what it was last June, compared to 15% at best for Singapore citizens.
And the figures aren't all that different from what Mah proposed a few years ago, i.e. 6.5 million in 15 years' time. So much for listening and change.
why does the term "scorched earth policy" keep popping into my mind when i read what the assholes planned?
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Originally posted by the Bear:
why does the term "scorched earth policy" keep popping into my mind when i read what the assholes planned?
There are other more appropriate term to use but one might get called up to a coffee drinking session...and I'm quite sure they dun serve blue mountain or any decent
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An infographic by Channel NewsAsia:
Why does this make me want to smash my fist into my laptop screen?
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i spent most of the afternoon just arranging cny lunch. hahahaha
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time to go do some swimming...
was actually physically sick after reading what the assholes in power talked about.. they're selling the people down the river in a boneheaded ponzi scheme
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on leave this week?
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Friend's wedding this Saturday and no work next Saturday. So I can say I have a 5-day week for this fortnight like many other people.
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no.. afternoon shift.. after i went off, i received a reminder that there is a dialogue session later so i cut short my swimming..
oh well.. i put in the few laps and cut short the bumming around actually
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The pool near my place is beautiful but expensive...
I'll show u all the pics the next time I see u guys...
Been terribly terribly busy...
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The only pools I get to choose from are Bishan and Delta.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Friend's wedding this Saturday and no work next Saturday. So I can say I have a 5-day week for this fortnight like many other people.
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Originally posted by cassie:
what about CNY? off then?Yes, CNY holiday like most people.
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The Singapore I lived in just 10-15 years ago wasn't half as crowded.
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what's scary I think would be the assumption and presumption... No matter how much ppl you try to push, you'll have a decade or so that the tax base would shrink very badly...
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Anyway, so what happens after 2030?
Uh, another white paper saying squeeze another 5 million on top of 7 million?
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little wonder... lol btw.. 2601.. The Jurong East simi office tower plans surfaced back in 1995..
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This is why I like Yahoo News..... none of that propaganda crap in the print media, while having none of the stupidity and vile invective of TR Emeritus.
Yahoo News: Fury over the 6.9 million population target for Singapore
Anyway, I have seen nothing that convinces me that we really need 6.9 million people. Sure, economic growth is good, but if there's one thing I've learnt about money, it is that you only really need it up to a point. All the rest is for showing off.
Meanwhile, I have not seen any concrete plans for infrastructure upgrade either. The proposed new MRT lines are just squiggles on a map. I have not seen things like proposed stations, ground surveys, and a budget.
The proposed new towns are also just that - some words in a proposal, nothing more. I have not seen things like proposed roads and layouts, central hubs for the new towns, and so on.
In fact, unless we colonise Pulau Ubin and Pulau Tekong and build multiple bridge links to them, I find it very difficult to see how we're going to accomodate all those people.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
This is why I like Yahoo News..... none of that propaganda crap in the print media, while having none of the stupidity and vile invective of TR Emeritus.
Yahoo News: Fury over the 6.9 million population target for Singapore
Anyway, I have seen nothing that convinces me that we really need 6.9 million people. Sure, economic growth is good, but if there's one thing I've learnt about money, it is that you only really need it up to a point. All the rest is for showing off.
Meanwhile, I have not seen any concrete plans for infrastructure upgrade either. The proposed new MRT lines are just squiggles on a map. I have not seen things like proposed stations, ground surveys, and a budget.
The proposed new towns are also just that - some words in a proposal, nothing more. I have not seen things like proposed roads and layouts, central hubs for the new towns, and so on.
In fact, unless we colonise Pulau Ubin and Pulau Tekong and build multiple bridge links to them, I find it very difficult to see how we're going to accomodate all those people.
i still think it could be scorched earth policy for the MIW
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Originally posted by fudgester:
This is why I like Yahoo News..... none of that propaganda crap in the print media, while having none of the stupidity and vile invective of TR Emeritus.
Yahoo News: Fury over the 6.9 million population target for Singapore
Anyway, I have seen nothing that convinces me that we really need 6.9 million people. Sure, economic growth is good, but if there's one thing I've learnt about money, it is that you only really need it up to a point. All the rest is for showing off.
Meanwhile, I have not seen any concrete plans for infrastructure upgrade either. The proposed new MRT lines are just squiggles on a map. I have not seen things like proposed stations, ground surveys, and a budget.
The proposed new towns are also just that - some words in a proposal, nothing more. I have not seen things like proposed roads and layouts, central hubs for the new towns, and so on.
In fact, unless we colonise Pulau Ubin and Pulau Tekong and build multiple bridge links to them, I find it very difficult to see how we're going to accomodate all those people.
yup, i'm not convence either. had they dare to put out this toilet paper before the 26/1, they would have seen the backlashed. -
yeah it was conveniently released after that
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Originally posted by SevenEleven:
yup, i'm not convence either. had they dare to put out this toilet paper before the 26/1, they would have seen the backlashed.lau lee's son is surrounded by a few layers of brownnosing bastards...
when shit happens and the people KPKB about it, the first layer are the grassroots lea-duhs who have a vested interest in making sure their privileges are secure so they will filter the shit to make it less smelly to the next level, who are the Exec Committee of the constituency
the Exec Committee also have vested interests as they have the ear of the "advisors" who are the MPs.. so the filter the less smelly shit even further to make it less toxic..
the MPs who also have a vested interest promoting themselves and making sure everything is "nice and dandy" then have a look at the non-smelly, non-toxic shit and say "hey.. this is not a bad fertiliser" and then dress up and package the "fertiliser" telling the Perm Secs and the 2nd minsters/ministers of state to tell the ministers that it is good fertiliser and we should promote the use of the stuff...
the 2nd ministers/ministers of state who want to be seen as good loyal yesmen to the ministers then put a nice box on the fertiliser and tell the ministers "this is great plant food and will promote growth"
the minister hoping to get even bigger bonuses and "carry" the PM then report to the PM, promoting the stuff that "this is the most amazing new stuff which will result in growth.. and when it grows, we can give ourselves bigger bonuses"
and this is how shit becomes policy
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Originally posted by SevenEleven:
yup, i'm not convence either. had they dare to put out this toilet paper before the 26/1, they would have seen the backlashed.Frankly speaking, prior to this idiotic White Paper I thought that the MIW had simply lost the way, and like any wayward traveller, could be led back to the right path.
But now I rank them on the same level as SDP. Seriously.
I thought only Chee could come up with this level of stupidity.
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Oh I absolutely can't wait to watch the MPs fall over themselves, trying to outdo one another with their praises for the white paper and the budget.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Oh I absolutely can't wait to watch the MPs fall over themselves, trying to outdo one another with their praises for the white paper and the budget.
Reminds me of the 'debate' over rising the GST to 7%.
The only people in Parliament to raise concerns over the impact of that measure were the opposition MPs, the NCMPs, and the NMPs.
All the others were part of a big cheerleading team. They just lacked the uniforms and the pom-poms.
That was a classic case of groupthink if I ever saw one.