GROWTH- the way to improve our lives? Your inputs?
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
hahaha
won't be at all surprise if the SMU comes up with a new innovative module 606 Strategic Sex in Sales?Marketing. The three "celebrities" of the SCDF case would make good guest lecturers! Sub topic 606 A: Calling tenders with loving care? Sub topic 606B: Let the client think you're simple and naive? Sub topic 606C: Location location location-why the car of course? -
Originally posted by Bikeforceful:
Yes clearly you seem stupid!well i m stupid at times n its normal for those real stupid ones to think tat they r clever
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Originally posted by lce:
well i m stupid at times n its normal for those real stupid ones to think tat they r clever
If you think and say so. afterall everyone have their own opinion about themselves, you included! -
Singapore unhealthiest country in the world
http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2012/04/how-green-is-this-little-red-dot.html
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100514-216266.html
all these mass destruction of nature to make way for urban landscape
stressful and hectic problematic unhealthy lifestyle with very little time for leisure/exercise
long working hours...longest in the world
less than the required 8 hours of sleep per day for a normal human-being
you call this good life?
uncontrolled influx of migrants making it one of the crowdest country in the world, with contagious diseases spreading around in a modern but heavily packed MRT trains
uncontrolled introduction of electronic gadgets, all these wireless signals and radiations from handphones confined in a congested landspace
over-polluted urban environment, too many people smoking cigars, too many toxic and potentially harmful and cancer causing chemical agents
the aftermath of it..
highest rate of colorectal and breast cancers in asia today, and it's projected to surge in the coming few decades at a rate that's on par or even exceeding that of economic growth
more and more people going for treatment and chemotherapy and suffering from agony, taking medicines, injections
to the extent that supply of medical staffs/doctors are not enough, shortage of hospital beds, long waiting time for consultation,
you call this good life..good quality of life...
in your pursuit for material possessions, landed properties, luxurious cars, branded products...at the expense of health
there is always a price to pay for becoming modernized
you know why cancer rates are so high in affluent countries like South Korea, Taiwan and USA and UK
once your health is screwed up, you are worst off than a ordinary, healthy and contented villager living happily in a countryside enjoying tranquility and nature
are you so desperate to get rich? to the extent of sacrificing your health
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Originally posted by No_10_Tomas:
Singapore unhealthiest country in the world
http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2012/04/how-green-is-this-little-red-dot.html
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100514-216266.html
all these mass destruction of nature to make way for urban landscape
stressful and hectic problematic unhealthy lifestyle with very little time for leisure/exercise
long working hours...longest in the world
less than the required 8 hours of sleep per day for a normal human-being
you call this good life?
uncontrolled influx of migrants making it one of the crowdest country in the world, with contagious diseases spreading around in a modern but heavily packed MRT trains
uncontrolled introduction of electronic gadgets, all these wireless signals and radiations from handphones confined in a congested landspace
over-polluted urban environment, too many people smoking cigars, too many toxic and potentially harmful and cancer causing chemical agents
the aftermath of it..
highest rate of colorectal and breast cancers in asia today, and it's projected to surge in the coming few decades at a rate that's on par or even exceeding that of economic growth
more and more people going for treatment and chemotherapy and suffering from agony, taking medicines, injections
to the extent that supply of medical staffs/doctors are not enough, shortage of hospital beds, long waiting time for consultation,
you call this good life..good quality of life...
in your pursuit for material possessions, landed properties, luxurious cars, branded products...at the expense of health
there is always a price to pay for becoming modernized
you know why cancer rates are so high in affluent countries like South Korea, Taiwan and USA and UK
once your health is screwed up, you are worst off than a ordinary, healthy and contented villager living happily in a countryside enjoying tranquility and nature
are you so desperate to get rich? to the extent of sacrificing your health
Actually there are people who think that way, like you and are against over development and strving too hard. Well again individuals do have a choice as oppose a country as a whole. As a country, it is logical to move forward and strive for growth, as you got to worry about survival of the next generation always . As individuals , if you really feel so strongly that cancer is getting to you , you can always move to Batam or Bintan or Acheh or Mynamar or Vietnam....to enjoy the kampong life, if it helps you .But it would not be realistic to expect Singapore to move back to the leisurely kampong days, right? We all have choices, it is a question of exercising our choice. -
u know why kampongs are everywhere in indonesia, malaysia and china...
it's becos they have too much lands to develop..and have a long way down the horizon
for us, we have stagnated already, no more land..no more potential..that's why called a developed nation
don't be brainwashed by the mainstream media lah
u know how we are dubbed the 3rd richest nation? cos of our tiny population to share the wealth...compared to other SE asia countries
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Originally posted by Bikeforceful:
Actually there are people who think that way, like you and are against over development and strving too hard. Well again individuals do have a choice as oppose a country as a whole. As a country, it is logical to move forward and strive for growth, as you got to worry about survival of the next generation always . As individuals , if you really feel so strongly that cancer is getting to you , you can always move to Batam or Bintan or Acheh or Mynamar or Vietnam....to enjoy the kampong life, if it helps you .But it would not be realistic to expect Singapore to move back to the leisurely kampong days, right? We all have choices, it is a question of exercising our choice.u talk like a 3 yo kid
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actually i used to think his way also..those days i was too naive and easily brainwashed
he will come to a stage where he'll understand
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To grow means at some point of time, something gotta die off/ give way for it to be healthy.... So far, this growth looks really cancerous. The casinos are malignant...
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natural habitats and forests are there for a purpose..they contribute oxygen so that they can be a balance in the circulation and the composition of oxygen in the air we breathe in can be maintained
you destroy nature...you will get karma
you chop down trees and destroy forests and build factories and housing, you will get karma
you have no more land..let's face it...even with your GDP and wealth, you can't buy land..can you buy land from johor authorities and expand?
industrialized nations like Singapore aggressively destroy nature and convert them into artificial landscape, introducing factories producing harmful toxic and cancer-causing agents, vehicles...leaving behind very little natural habitats
aggressively expanding the population by bringing in foreigners to breathe our already-stuffy air
you disrupt the balance of oxygen in the air...your cells deprived of oxygen will become cancerous and multiply
Deprive a cell 60% of its oxygen and it will turn cancerous. - McCabe, page 192. Deprive a cell 35% of its oxygen for 48 hours and it may become cancerous. - Dr. Otto Warburg. Read Dr. Warburg's papers in the Library
"When the oxygen saturation of blood falls, conditions become ripe for the creation of cancer. Oxygen is removed from the arterial blood as it passes through the capillary system. If arterial blood is deficient in oxygen or if the blood flow is restricted by blocked arteries, then tissues oxygenated by the latter stages of the capillary system may be so deprived of oxygen as to become cancerous. Damage to the arteries also helps cancer spread throughout the body"
the air we breathe in is dangerously unhealthy..no wonder in rich urbanized countries, cancer rate is so high espcially among the urban dwellers
in tiny singapore, 12 people die from cancer every day, 28 people are dignosed with cancer everyday
you want economic growth, you get tumour growth
more nice buildings, more luxurious cars, at the expense of forests and plants...very impressive!
after Punggol, what's next to be developed...Lim Chu Kang ? very impressive!
more and more people gets wealthy and become millionaires and billionaires,..very impressive!
but more and more people going for cancer chemotherapy, even CEOs and ministers kenna cancer..you call this good life?
sinking sinking
Singapore is the unhealthiest country in the world..statistics and researchers don't lie
The reseachers said Singapore is too urbanized and as a result "ecologically bankrupt"
the quality of air needed to sustain health is deteriorating...the concentration of oxygen in the air has been severely disrupted...too much carbon...
they still want to brainwash us telling us that Singapore is a "clean and green" country
when you live in a country where concentration of natural habitat and vegetations running dangerously low, you know something bad is going to happen..
your health and environment ministers still harbouring high salary expectation on themselves...
sinking sinking...
is health more important or wealth
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Originally posted by lce:
u talk like a 3 yo kid
you are entitled to make such kiddish presumptions of course. -
Originally posted by No_10_Tomas:
natural habitats and forests are there for a purpose..they contribute oxygen so that they can be a balance in the circulation and the composition of oxygen in the air we breathe in can be maintained
you destroy nature...you will get karma
you chop down trees and destroy forests and build factories and housing, you will get karma
you have no more land..let's face it...even with your GDP and wealth, you can't buy land..can you buy land from johor authorities and expand?
industrialized nations like Singapore aggressively destroy nature and convert them into artificial landscape, introducing factories producing harmful toxic and cancer-causing agents, vehicles...leaving behind very little natural habitats
aggressively expanding the population by bringing in foreigners to breathe our already-stuffy air
you disrupt the balance of oxygen in the air...your cells deprived of oxygen will become cancerous and multiply
Deprive a cell 60% of its oxygen and it will turn cancerous. - McCabe, page 192. Deprive a cell 35% of its oxygen for 48 hours and it may become cancerous. - Dr. Otto Warburg. Read Dr. Warburg's papers in the Library
"When the oxygen saturation of blood falls, conditions become ripe for the creation of cancer. Oxygen is removed from the arterial blood as it passes through the capillary system. If arterial blood is deficient in oxygen or if the blood flow is restricted by blocked arteries, then tissues oxygenated by the latter stages of the capillary system may be so deprived of oxygen as to become cancerous. Damage to the arteries also helps cancer spread throughout the body"
the air we breathe in is dangerously unhealthy..no wonder in rich urbanized countries, cancer rate is so high espcially among the urban dwellers
in tiny singapore, 12 people die from cancer every day, 28 people are dignosed with cancer everyday
you want economic growth, you get tumour growth
more nice buildings, more luxurious cars, at the expense of forests and plants...very impressive!
after Punggol, what's next to be developed...Lim Chu Kang ? very impressive!
more and more people gets wealthy and become millionaires and billionaires,..very impressive!
but more and more people going for cancer chemotherapy, even CEOs and ministers kenna cancer..you call this good life?
sinking sinking
Singapore is the unhealthiest country in the world..statistics and researchers don't lie
The reseachers said Singapore is too urbanized and as a result "ecologically bankrupt"
the quality of air needed to sustain health is deteriorating...the concentration of oxygen in the air has been severely disrupted...too much carbon...
they still want to brainwash us telling us that Singapore is a "clean and green" country
when you live in a country where concentration of natural habitat and vegetations running dangerously low, you know something bad is going to happen..
your health and environment ministers still harbouring high salary expectation on themselves...
sinking sinking...
is health more important or wealth
Frankly , I see you as one very unhappy person who narrates the so called problems you think exist only in Singapura but you have not really offered any alternative solutions to all these cancerous problesm you talk about. Very convoluted this is bad that is bad nthing is good kind of a description. i can't help but feel that only those who are either very old and tired or those who can't keep pace with growth talks that way. -
Sg is only that small regardless of how much land you can reclaim.
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You guys can live at Dhaka for a change and appreciate what we have here.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
You guys can live at Dhaka for a change and appreciate what we have here.
Therein lies the problem.
The country is moving towards that direction.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
You guys can live at Dhaka for a change and appreciate what we have here.
u been there? -
GDP growth by itself is not the problem.
The problem is increasing population size for GDP growth.
You ask people to compare Sg with overcrowded third world countries and appreciate what Sg has.
Ironically, the country is moving towards the state of those countries with the relentless influx of people into the country.
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Originally posted by lce:
u been there?yes i have.
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Originally posted by charlize:
GDP growth by itself is not the problem.
The problem is increasing population size for GDP growth.
You ask people to compare Sg with overcrowded third world countries and appreciate what Sg has.
Ironically, the country is moving towards the state of those countries with the relentless influx of people into the country.
absolute nonsense.
so many problems with bangladesh. but the root cause is not the population size.
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Times are bad.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
absolute nonsense.
so many problems with bangladesh. but the root cause is not the population size.
i only been there twice but still do have some friends therewat kind of problems in bangladesh?
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another word for 'growth' is 'erection'
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Originally posted by lce:
i only been there twice but still do have some friends therewat kind of problems in bangladesh?
Have you been on their roads?
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
Have you been on their roads?
Have you been on our roads?
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Either-or path to growth won't work: Tharman
Bridge 'needs to be created between austerity and stimulus approaches'
By ALVIN FOO
TACKLING the global economy's woes is not a simple choice between austerity and stimulus measures, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday.
The key to resuming normal, self-sustaining growth lies, rather, in creating a bridge between the two approaches.
'Either extreme - of austerity for long-term benefit or stimulus for short-term benefit - will be ineffective,' he said in his keynote address at the Economic Conference 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also spoke at the Berlin event.
Mr Tharman's comments came just a day after a huge bailout of Spanish banks failed to quell market fears that Europe's debt crisis could spiral out of control.
The minister noted that the traditional ways of providing short-term stimulus worked during the early stages of the global financial crisis in 2008 to 2009, but have little credibility left.
'They are unlikely to stimulate private investment, which is essential for any return to normal growth,' he said.
On the flip side, Mr Tharman explained that concentrating on fiscal austerity and long-term structural reforms will also risk failure.
Although they offer the prospect of long-term growth, there is the risk of things going 'badly wrong' over the next two to three years.
That could mean weak demand and a loss of innovation and investment, he warned.
'People must start to see something in the short to medium term that gives them hope in what the long term will bring,' said Mr Tharman.
'We must therefore create a bridge between the need for fiscal austerity and structural reforms on the one hand, and the need to create demand and increase the likelihood of a return to normal growth and collective progress within a few years.'
This can be achieved by bringing 'the long-term agenda into the short term'.
'We have to accelerate and frontload initiatives that increase productivity and the long-term potential of our economies in a way that puts people back into work and creates demand in the short term.'
He highlighted the need to invest 'early and aggressively' in skills and infrastructure needed for industries to grow and unemployment to be brought down.
Incentives for private investment to play a part in these areas must be maximised.
In the European context, there has to be a greater urgency to open up and deregulate the market for services to spur demand and offer more opportunities for companies in the European periphery.
Mr Tharman noted that discussions are already under way in Europe and the United States on ways to get private investors involved in national projects on infrastructure and training.
He also stressed the need to retain an activist state, to 'preserve our social compacts and mitigate inequalities, and help our societies navigate and make the most of the winds of globalisation'.
Mr Tharman noted that tough choices will need to be made on the composition of fiscal adjustments, adding that investing in skills and capabilities is crucial, given the high unemployment in several societies.
Another critical task is to prepare for the consequences of 'unprecedented demographic shifts'. He noted: 'We have to avoid the prospect of generational conflict, between a growing generation of retirees and the diminishing cohorts of younger workers that will have to shoulder an increasing burden.'
Germany's Dr Merkel has long advocated a mix of austerity and structural reforms, especially for struggling European nations such as Greece and Ireland.
Yesterday, she said that Europe's heavily indebted countries must push ahead with structural reforms to get their economies back on track, and must not rely on government spending to foster growth.
'It would be absolutely wrong' not to pursue the path of reforms, she stressed.
Top Of the News, The Straits Times, Wednesday, June 13 2012, Pg A3