tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post1448975433070397289..comments2024-03-19T18:44:15.041+08:00Comments on Little Stories: The Independence of the Inquiry CommissionGilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-32780286239249801932008-03-21T12:19:00.000+08:002008-03-21T12:19:00.000+08:00I doubt that the People of Singapore believe or ac...I doubt that the People of Singapore believe or accept the Independence of the Inquiry Commission as long as the panel comprises Civil Servants, ex Civil Servants and any 'Government Man'(Chenghu Lang).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-53799472699995462872008-03-21T00:09:00.000+08:002008-03-21T00:09:00.000+08:00If you are humble, people will come to your help e...If you are humble, people will come to your help even if you make mistakes. <BR/><BR/>If you are arrogant, people will try every opportunity to pick on you even if you do not mistakes.<BR/><BR/>The moral of the story, be humble, sincere and truthful to the aspiration of the common people because when it comes to the crunch, their blessing is truly needed even sometimes they may not have much to offer. <BR/><BR/>That is life and that is human nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-12413954009932432462008-03-13T11:04:00.000+08:002008-03-13T11:04:00.000+08:00And the bigger the country the more difficult it i...And the bigger the country the more difficult it is to govern in terms of development, security, housing, job creation, etc. The fact that we are so small make us look good in every respect compared to bigger countries, but our problems are nowhere near what bigger countries have to contend with, like, for example Indonesia, where earthquakes happened almost every other day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-77738305767167549032008-03-13T05:46:00.000+08:002008-03-13T05:46:00.000+08:00Yup ....Sarah also forgets that Singapore has no n...Yup ....<BR/><BR/>Sarah also forgets that Singapore has no natural disadvantages. What I mean is that we don't have to spend tens or hundreds of millions of dollars every few years to deal with natural disasters like earthquakes; tsunamis; avalanches; volcanic eruptions; hurricanes; tornadoes; blizzards etc. <BR/><BR/>Which are a fact of life in other countries.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-81606648849216823232008-03-13T00:33:00.000+08:002008-03-13T00:33:00.000+08:00"Today, everyone is housed comfortably, water at t..."Today, everyone is housed comfortably, water at the turn of the tap, job opportunities abound, schools for our kids, buses, MRT, etc. You name it. <BR/><BR/>I can tell you this is magic for a resourceless, 700 sq km island on planet Earth! Show me another, please."<BR/><BR/>i din wan to comment but that sarah post force my hand<BR/><BR/>harping on history.. hmm... how abt Beckham managed to bring England to WC2002 virtually on his own. so england did not make it to euro08 becos mcclaren ditch him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-90242496429967316922008-03-12T22:08:00.000+08:002008-03-12T22:08:00.000+08:00Slightly out of topic, but can ISD be sue for negl...Slightly out of topic, but can ISD be sue for negligence for financial losses incurred due to the escape?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-87398936079509884212008-03-11T15:30:00.000+08:002008-03-11T15:30:00.000+08:00Haha, porco, were you around? Didn't see you. You ...Haha, porco, were you around? Didn't see you. You should have come by to say hi.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-61956166650944716742008-03-11T14:34:00.000+08:002008-03-11T14:34:00.000+08:00There's a conspiracy theory that Mr Wang has been ...There's a conspiracy theory that Mr Wang has been detained in exchange for Mas Selamat. This is clearly not true as I saw Mr Wang having lunch today. So Mr Wang, was it you at Asian Kitchen or was it Mas Selamat disguised as you? I'm confused.porcorossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09805698582130222329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-48887217749042461682008-03-09T15:56:00.000+08:002008-03-09T15:56:00.000+08:00Hmm, it's the 12th day already and still no signs ...Hmm, it's the 12th day already and still no signs for the missing suspect. Somehow I got a feeling that he is already gone from Singapore.<BR/><BR/>Malaysia has a uproar yesterday with their elections. I wonder if this issue, together others such as the peanuts and golden tap case in 2005 will actually make people wake up and face the reality? Perhaps not, but I still hope that such a day will arrive, since our neighbours have shown us their hunger for change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-2441654174645404652008-03-09T10:50:00.000+08:002008-03-09T10:50:00.000+08:00So long as the Rulers are placing themselves furth...So long as the Rulers are placing themselves further apart from their ruled, it can be said that total national security is doomed.<BR/><BR/>The Leaders should know whether they themselves are willing to sacrifice for the people and the country. My personal take is that they(Rulers) care more for their own wealth and fame.<BR/><BR/>How does the public react to the selfish manifestations of the Leadership? Well the People RESPONDED(RESPONDING) with apathy towards everything. You mati your pasa(it's your own business), we are struggling to make our own ends meet. After all You(Leaders) are paid so high and it is YOUR DUTY to make sure YOU PERFORM to commensurate with YOUR REMUNERATIONS!<BR/><BR/>Armed Personnels in Singapore are but only working for an income too. National Service; only morons like to do it. Most who have done it and doing it now have little positive feelings for it. They either HATE or DISLIKE being conscripted(by force) and the trainnings and reservist duty that followed. YOU WANT OUR YOUNG MEN WHO HATED NATIONAL SERVICE TO BE LOYAL? You must be a very good joker, but do not joke on the wellbeings of the State and its' People.<BR/><BR/>The Leaders got to earn some respects before the People are willing to co-operate. This is a 'PRAGMATIC ERA' much to the credits of our PRAGMATIC LEADERSHIP for the past four decades. <BR/><BR/>So, my call to the Leadership; be less pragmatic, self centred, want less of self-importance and fame. The People will react positively, it is as simple as when you earn the respects, respects will and shall be accorded. Conversely, then You see scorn, swear and antagonism.<BR/><BR/>As Leaders, You have the rights to choose to be liked, love and revered or be hated and cursed. The ball is in your court.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-70981875396139131652008-03-09T05:00:00.000+08:002008-03-09T05:00:00.000+08:00I wonder if the Mas Selamat Kastari débâcle has in...I wonder if the Mas Selamat Kastari débâcle has in fact done Singaporeans a huge favour? It has forced, after 11 days of paralytic silence, one of the 3 wise monkeys to finally break cover and admit smug 'complacency' and that <A HREF="http://www.asiaone.com:80/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080307-53269.html" REL="nofollow">'it is stupid to believe we are infallible'</A>. <BR/><BR/>Citizens are entitled, therefore, to question how our authorities would cope when confronted with, say, a terrorist outrage like the Madrid train bombing or the 7/7 London bus/tube attack or the Bali nightclub massacre. Recall that our no-nonsense heroes had no clue that a JI sleeper cell existed in Singapore until alerted by the Americans sifting through captured Taliban documents.<BR/><BR/>Since a high ying-yang garmen representative has confessed to it being slightly less than perfect, this also raises some rather interesting questions. What other 'infallible' decisions have been made which might reasonably be suspect? Is the determination to stack the 'Independent' Commission of Inquiry deck unwise? Might the GST hike <I>to help the poor</I> be a gross error? Could the decision to sequester even more of a worker's CPF to provide for their 80s be highly questionable? Is it really stupid to flood a 700 sq. km country with a million more foreign talent PRs? And (<I>shock! horror!</I>) could it possibly be that paying top dollar salaries buys you not necessarily top quality but rather top opportunists who are only in it for the beer? Hmm.<BR/><BR/>Are we in serious danger of becoming like those despised European countries with 'mediocre' governments, one wonders? After all, they have their Ivan the Terrible, Vlad The Impaler and Catherine The Great while we have our Harry The Horrible, Peanuts Goh, Lousy Loong, Clueless Khaw, Calamity Wong, and now our Magic Mas.<BR/><BR/>Answers on a postcard to Mr. Wang please.geriatric_eunuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08434274041757214875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-35803686313266021992008-03-08T10:59:00.000+08:002008-03-08T10:59:00.000+08:00Dear Mr Wang,Thank you for the opportunity to know...Dear Mr Wang,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the opportunity to know better how Singaporeans share their thoughts on issues of common interest. I have lost touch with the Singapore scene for over two decades it's refreshing to be able to follow the discussions in your blog, thanks to the wonder of ICT and the freedom of speech cyberspace provides. <BR/><BR/>Would like to post some comments but after having spent time reading through all the comments with not a moment of boredom coming out of it, I'm off to the polling station in a little while to vote in Malaysia's 12th General Election.<BR/><BR/>Born_Bred_Brought_up_Sg_styleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-64866140280221837162008-03-08T10:23:00.000+08:002008-03-08T10:23:00.000+08:00If we had world class gahment & airport, why not w...If we had world class gahment & airport, why not world class cleaners and security guards, since many had years of working experiences before became cleaners and security. Possibly devise special courses for them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-75750177609498926352008-03-08T01:39:00.000+08:002008-03-08T01:39:00.000+08:00Fully agree on your point. It's an effort by the g...Fully agree on your point. It's an effort by the gov that they are doing an investigation 'independently'. There is definitely a conflict of interest here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-80048375081529266492008-03-07T23:35:00.000+08:002008-03-07T23:35:00.000+08:00With so many citizen demanding WKS to resign, it w...With so many citizen demanding WKS to resign, it will be no surprise that WKS will succumb to the demand til the report released at 1 month later, which is exactly 1 April. So WKS will resign on April Fool day as Minister of Security but then rehired as Minister of WangYang.<BR/><BR/>He will simply be retransfered to other duty, and as good as no resignation because it fall on April Fool day. He still has his million dollars pay check monthly and his arrogant smile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-27775682378503751422008-03-06T16:31:00.000+08:002008-03-06T16:31:00.000+08:00OMG! I really did have respect for the SPF until n...OMG! I really did have respect for the SPF until now. A mere "honest mistake" ??? It's so heavy for it to be a honest mistake! And they earn so much to be 'efficient ministers' ? Tsk! It's more than a week and the fugitive is still at large. I'm still baffled as to how he, a LIMP man, escaped from a detention centre...<BR/><BR/>The government is really... no words to say.<BR/><BR/>What could make it more effective is to put up more posters and in more languages especially around the construction areas, he could blend in easily with them. The "WANTED" posters should be in Bangladeshi, Thai, Myanmar and Indonesian languages... That would make it even more effective in making the public aware. Especially foreign workers... Singapore is just a dot. Can't get him still? I'm sure Malaysia and Indonesia must be laughing at us... Half the time people don't read 'latest' news only until the next day... Ugh! I know I'm being loh soh... But I'm not happy! )-:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-48274034691000070032008-03-06T13:56:00.000+08:002008-03-06T13:56:00.000+08:00"Anonymous said...Watch this and decide for yourse..."Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/>Watch this and decide for yourself.<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TSNy3Yk50<BR/>March 6, 2008 8:18 AM"<BR/><BR/>Thank you. What revelation. Guess only people from the outside can see and appreciate how Singapore was won. I really fear for the future. Lao Lee is going into the nineties. He's still at it today - seeking out the Middle East for Singapore. <BR/><BR/>History has shown nation-states don't last. In fact, we are the last of the Mohicans. Apart from Malaysia, already some far right Indonesians are calling for the Natuna gas supplies to be cut off from Singapore if Singapore doesn't kowtow to them, after chasing the profitable ST investment in Indonesia.<BR/><BR/>Pray we have a strong leadership and government who is able to maneuver Singapore in this geo-political setting where envious neighbours have no qualms in finding opportunities to bring our economy down to their level. Human nature I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-78816061911227438232008-03-06T08:21:00.000+08:002008-03-06T08:21:00.000+08:00The worst part of this whole fiasco is that until ...The worst part of this whole fiasco is that until now, we do not know how Mas managed to escape from the toilet.<BR/><BR/>So will the COI really be out to give us more information, or actually, be out to suppress the truth.<BR/><BR/>Don't blame us for being skeptical. The dearth of information in this time of crisis does not exactly inspire the confidence of us common citizens.Sing Republichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03727610894064487879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-14414524810586087152008-03-06T08:18:00.000+08:002008-03-06T08:18:00.000+08:00Watch this and decide for yourself.http://www.yout...Watch this and decide for yourself.<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TSNy3Yk50Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-15904799088375473602008-03-06T01:22:00.000+08:002008-03-06T01:22:00.000+08:00Asked to elaborate on the 'physical breach', he sa...<A HREF="http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_212442.html" REL="nofollow">Asked to elaborate on the 'physical breach', he said: 'You will have to wait until the investigation is over.' Pressed further on whether the breach was part of the structure at the detention centre, Mr Wong replied: 'You will know that later on.' He would not give further details.</A><BR/><BR/><I>"Mr Wong said the system at the detention centre will have to be examined to get to the bottom of what happened and to prevent repeat incidents. <BR/>He added that <B>he will decide</B> on the parts of the committee's findings that can be made public. <BR/>'Definitely, the public will want to know how he escaped and what has been done to deal with the problem, and that part I will tell the public,' he said. <BR/>But sensitive information relating to operational procedures will probably remain classified."</I><BR/><BR/>Screw-up? What Screw-up? You must be delirious. We don't do no steenking screw-ups!<BR/><BR/>BTW, not so much as a peep from Ministers Mentor, Senior, and Prime. So this minor incident is probably unimportant and you're all overcome by irrational hysteria. Move along now, nothing to see here.geriatric_eunuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08434274041757214875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-27843992560877067242008-03-06T00:13:00.000+08:002008-03-06T00:13:00.000+08:00I think we should accept the commision as it is. W...I think we should accept the commision as it is. We should not continue to paint the ministers in bad light. This will allow more citizens to get agitated and possibly allow more opposition members to come into parliament. The prime minister will then have to spend time fixing the opposition instead of fixing the electorate, the citizens. How is he going to think up more ways to raise the GST to help the poor? Introduce means testing to punish the middle class to 'help the poor' and introduce CPF Life so that father and wife can continue to buy more Citibank shares and other 'cheap' shares. No, we should be happy with our ministers. They take good care of us. PS I much prefer to have all my CPF back at age 55, not annuity for me please. Can we petition again?family manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947152469230212562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-52266870241128231932008-03-06T00:10:00.000+08:002008-03-06T00:10:00.000+08:00The Japanese people are also asking their Defence ...The Japanese people are also asking their Defence Minister to resign because one of their warship had collided with a fishing boat off the Vietnamese Coast. There was another collision earlier involving Japanese Warship. <BR/><BR/>So far, I have not read of any reaction from the Japanese Cabinet and the Defence Minister himself. Although he(Japanese Minister) did not command the Frigate involved in the Accident, he is held accountable by the Japanese people.<BR/><BR/>How the Japanese Cabinet is going to resolve the Matter with their citizens, including the possibility of having their own commission of inquiry, can be a good lesson for us to emulate. <BR/><BR/>Whatever befalls the Japanese Defence Chief should be a good example for our own minister(s) to emulate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-32632755357978763992008-03-05T23:40:00.000+08:002008-03-05T23:40:00.000+08:00PS: Funny that when there are government troubles,...PS: Funny that when there are government troubles, all the major ministers are not around to make any statement. <BR/><BR/>When there are trumpets to blow, all come out to self-praise. Where are these ministers now? Such a shame, hiding behind the media.<BR/><BR/>Good observation but nothing new, if you look back at history, even that which has been rewritten, it will show that the person in power was never around in periods of crisis like the riots and so on...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-79922720996151706642008-03-05T21:04:00.000+08:002008-03-05T21:04:00.000+08:00Question: If a screw up of such mammoth extent occ...Question: If a screw up of such mammoth extent occurs in other countries, don't you think they will make the leader bear all consequences?<BR/><BR/>Touch wood if this guy succeeds in a terrorist attack on Singapore later on, or even anywhere else in the world, I wonder what lousy excuses they will use...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-61531066269458309332008-03-05T18:53:00.000+08:002008-03-05T18:53:00.000+08:00Orange wrote: refering Anon 3rd march:to put "Chee...Orange wrote:<BR/> refering Anon 3rd march:<BR/>to put "Chee on Inquiry Commission".<BR/>im sure Chee, who is over zealous will leave no stone unturned and give the public the TRUE coverage of what happened. already, he has valid retorts to the info that WKS has released.<BR/><BR/>however, his history of defamation, bankruptcy, imprisonment etc.... kinda discredits him. even if he uncovers the truth, will the public give him credit or just shove his opinions aside?<BR/><BR/>Dear Orange,<BR/>I agree with the first part that CSJ will leave no stone unturned but disagree that his history of defamation, bankruptcy and imprisonment discredit him. In fact, that should make him more qualified to do the job as he is "hands-on" having been there before and experience it first hand. In any case, the objective should be to leave no stone unturn. The judging can be left to others.<BR/>first find the facts and ensure no possibility of cover up. The judging can be left to another high powered committee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com