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1500 PR bus drivers

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Lianhe Zaobao 2010-01-19’s report by ???:

??????3000????????5500??????????8%?????26.5%????????27.5%????38%???????

(Currently, SBS has 3000 buses and employs nearly 5500 drivers, of which 8% are PRCian, 26.5% Malaysians, 27.5% Singapore PR and the remaining 38% Singapore citizens.)

We approve more than 1500 PR applications to bus drivers.

We have more than 1500 PRs working as bus drivers!

They are all ex-foreign talents, current talented PR and future talented new citizens.

We need to import such talented new citizens because Singaporeans are not talented enough! For example, are you talented enough to know how to drive a bus? Nah, I don’t think so. You are simply stupid enough to serve NS to defend these talented new citizens!

http://young-pap.blogspot.com/2010/01/1500-pr-bus-drivers.html

Turkish girl, 16, buried alive for talking to boys

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Turkish police have recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl they say was buried alive by relatives in an “honour” killing carried out as punishment for talking to boys.

The girl, who has been identified only by the initials MM, was found in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-metre hole dug under a chicken pen outside her home in Kahta, in the south-eastern province of Adiyaman.

Police made the discovery in December after a tip-off from an informant, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported on its website.

The girl had previously been reported missing.

The informant told the police she had been killed following a family “council” meeting.

Her father and grandfather are said to have been arrested and held in custody pending trial. It is unclear whether they have been charged. The girl’s mother was arrested but was later released.

Media reports said the father had told relatives he was unhappy that his daughter – one of nine children – had male friends. The grandfather is said to have beaten her for having relations with the opposite sex.

A postmortem examination revealed large amounts of soil in her lungs and stomach, indicating that she had been alive and conscious while being buried. Her body showed no signs of bruising.

The discovery will reopen the emotive debate in Turkey about “honour” killings, which are particularly prevalent in the impoverished south-east.

Official figures have indicated that more than 200 such killings take place each year, accounting for around half of all murders in Turkey.

Daredevil NTU shuttle bus drivers from China endanger lives on campus

Posted by Zeus under Vote PAP Somemore

ISD invites Pastor Rony to Lim Kopi, gets away with a warning but when digged deeper, something is fundamentally wrong

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After calls by netizens for the police to investigate Pastor Rony Tan of Lighthouse church for his remarks against buddhism/taoism, the Internal Security Department (ISD) in a statement through the Ministry of Home Affairs, have spoken to Pastor Rony Tan and let him off with a warning.

But people from the church (or have attended some of their sermons) have said that Pastor Rony has made same remarks to other religions before. While there’s no substantianal proof out, SGFrag will not speculate on the authencity of that comment.

Lighthouse has been in the media limelight over the years, but not for the right reasons. An elder from the church, Mr Rodney Sim Hang Nge, a 61 year old accountant, was found guilty of paying for underaged sex and jailed in 2009.

AN ACCOUNTANT who twice paid to have sex with an underage prostitute from China was jailed for two weeks and fined $16,000 on Tuesday.

The sentence amounted to a victory of sorts for Rodney Sim Hang Nge, 61, who had testified that he did not know the girl was 16 when he had sex with her.

He could have been jailed up to seven years, or fined a maximum of $10,000 on each charge - or both - under a new law, which makes it a crime to have paid sex with a person under 18. The law took effect in February last year.

The father of two grown-up children, a daughter and a son, pleaded guilty last December to two counts of paying $100 to have sex with the girl on Aug 3 and 5 last year.

So while the case of Rony seems to be closed, we are reminded of the recent jailing of 3 youths who posted racist comments on the popular social networking site, Facebook.

3 kids, ignorant, perhaps unintentionally malicious, jailed with a criminal record, while a man (a messenger of God - according to the Christian faith) with over 12,000 followers not only manages to get his congregation to laugh at his comedic sketch to insult buddhism/taoism (as in the video), but also manages to get away with sedition.

To the blogosphere, is this social justice or just another case of justice not being blind?

ISD invites Pastor Rony to Lim Kopi, gets away with a warning but when digged deeper, something is fundamentally wrong

Ris Low, in a MTV. Boomz.

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No idea who are these guys tho. any idea?

PRC Student tells Singapore to Merge with China, on a NUS Forum, “Nation Building in Singapore”

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HWZ

HWZer kingofcrap, said that he spotted the following message on a forum for his NUS module “Nation Building in Singapore”:

Heading : Academic Discussion
From : JIN XU Date : 07-Feb-2010 01:44 PM
Topic : merger with China
Hi all,

I just wonder if there is a possibility for Sg to merge with China, since so many people here are Chinese in race, and a strong hinterland of the Chinese mainland is obviouly beneficial for the singapore’s economy. Why not Singapore just assume Hong Kong’s module and join China, while maintain its self-governorship?

A PRC student has the audacity to suggest that Singapore merge with China, on slip-shoddy arguments, on a forum for the module ‘Nation Building in Singapore’ no less.

To argue an anti-sovereignty case in the National University of the said country, is pure insensitive and seditious.

What do you guys think?

On a side note, LOL there’s a Jet Li on the NUS forum.

Originally Posted by yandao07
Heading : Academic Discussion Msg 8 of 20
From : LI LIANJIE ANTHONY Date : 07-Feb-2010 05:55 PM
Topic : Re: merger with China
I highly doubt that will be possible for 4 main reasons:

1. As stated earlier in previous posts, we are geographically too far apart from one and another. This implies that never in the entire history of mankind was this piece of land ever owned by the Chinese. This distinguishes Singapore from countries like Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong. Even if we are to merge, the more logical one will be with Malaysia.

2. The Singapore government has spent 45 years to build up this nation that guards it’s sovereignty and beliefs strongly. We are not about to relinquish it easily. Don’t talk about merger with China, even the more logical option which is that of merger with Malaysia is regarded as absurd by most Singaporeans.

3. The difference in political structure of both nations is bound to cause much conflict. Racial and religious tensions are bound to be at a high once again because when Singapore is adopted into the China system, there is bound to be widespread discord among the different racial groups. On that note, I just simply cannot imagine the idea of Malays and Indians singing the China national anthem. One is then bound to retort: why is our anthem than sang in Malay?. Well, our anthem is in Malay because these lands were probably once dominated by Malays and it was a symbol of respect to the Malays. This further validates the fact that there is no official reason for China to claim sovereignty over this piece of land.

4. The high proportion of Chinese in these lands cannot be justified as a reason for merger between Singapore and China. If this logic work, China can start staking claim in many states or parts of other countries and world since the number of Chinese immigrants around the world far outnumbers that of other races and nationalities.

On a very personal note, I am a Chinese. I am proud to be a Chinese but as a Singaporean Chinese, not a China Chinese. I love my roots and I acknowledged that my ancestors crossed over less than a century ago from China. However, i have no emotional attachment to China. I did not grow up there. China did not groom me. Singapore did. One can say that maybe I am brainwashed by propaganda but that is not true. I love this land, not because I have a particular liking for a piece of flag or because I like to live on a red dot. Neither is it because I like PAP. In fact sometimes I feel that being associated with a red dot quite suit the way I work because I like it when people underestimate what we can do. The most obvious reason why I would like to stay here because my family is here, my friends are here and most importantly, my home is here. I will shake hands and be friends with a China Chinese but I am not ready to kneel down and offer two generations of Singaporean hard work to a China Chinese. I do not have the kind of patriotism nor that kind of pride China Chinese has. Frankly, I think loyalty to country is a blind and nonsensical notion if the country is using such notions to pull it’s citizens by the nose and getting nothing done for the collective good. However, having my ideals and beliefs shaped as per such, I only wish to continue to live a peaceful and prosperous environment built on the basis of a colour-blind society that I have enjoyed since young and I am not ready to relinquish it. Enough said, I think you will probably know what I will vote for if there is a referendum on merger.
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Heading : Academic Discussion Msg 9 of 20
From : CHEN YIYANG BENEDICT Date : 07-Feb-2010 06:37 PM
Topic : Re: merger with China
Agreed. We are an independent nation, not some satellite state.
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Discussing Google-China and Internet Controls in Asia

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Singapore Struggles with Immigration Issues

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Between 2005 and 2009, Singapore’s population surged by roughly 150,000 people a year to 5 million—among the fastest rates ever there—with 75% or more of the increase coming from foreigners. Immigration continued in 2009 despite expectations it would collapse because of the global recession.

At the same time, though, foreign workers have driven up real estate and other prices and made the city-state’s roads and subways more congested. Their arrival has kept local blue-collar wages lower than they would be otherwise, exacerbating Singapore’s gap between rich and poor.

Some economists say the most damaging effect of the immigration is that the influx appears to be putting a lid on productivity gains, as manufacturers rely on cheap imported labor instead of making their businesses more efficient. Labor productivity, or output per employee, fell 7.8% in 2008 and 0.8% in 207—a phenomenon that could eventually translate into lower standards of living.

On Temasek Review, a Web site dedicated to Singaporean affairs, one writer recently warned Singaporeans would be “replaced” as “3rd class citizens” by foreigners, while another said that immigration “will emerge as the single most important issue” in Singapore’s next general election, due by 2011.

Singapore’s Expat Surge Fuels Economic Fears
By PATRICK BARTA And TOM WRIGHT asia.wsj.com JANUARY 12, 2010

Lahore, Muslim lawyers will “burn alive” anyone who defends murdered 12 year old Christian

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No lawyer comes forward to defend Shazia Bashir, the servant girl murdered by her employer. The powerful association of lawyers in Lahore, arrayed in defence of the murderer, launches death threats and prevents access to the Court. Christian Association condemns this new form of terrorism.

Islamabad (AsiaNews) - Because of the threats posed by the powerful Lahore Bar Association – an umbrella organization of city lawyers - no Christian or Muslim lawyer is ready to take on the defence in the murder of 12 year-old Shazia Bashir, it was reported yesterday by The Pakistani Christian association that deals with legal assistance.

The girl, of Christian faith, died on Jan. 23 as a result of violence - even sexual – at the hands of her employer, a wealthy and powerful Muslim lawyer in Lahore. The alleged murderess, Chaudhry Mohammad Naeem, is a former president of the Lahore High Court Bar Association. The girl, just 12 years old, had worked as a maid in the home of Naeem in the last six months.

The Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) denounces that access to the courtroom where the court hearings were held against the accused was denied, because a group of Muslim lawyers (pictured) ‘prevented’ entry. The association is fighting - for free - for the rights of the poorest and marginalized groups has been threatened by thousands of lawyers - friends of the murderer - that promise to burn alive anyone who wants to represent the victim in court. ”

M. Joseph Francis, director of Claas, asked members of civil society, political and religious leaders to rise up and take steps to “condemn this new form of terrorism” by lawyers who “should ensure justice.” The Pakistani newspaper The News reported that on Feb. 4, the police conducted the accused to the courts amid “tight security. And, as usual, officials prevented journalists and relatives of victims to come into the hall for “security reasons”.

Shazia Bashir’s family could not access the court not once but three times, a strange fact, regarding the judiciary in Pakistan. Police officials explain that it would “not be possible” to prevent clashes and violence, where “Shazia’s relatives and representatives of minorities to enter the courtroom.”

Meanwhile Ashgar Ali, heading the investigation, requested the accused appear before the courts and an extension of the terms of custody for six days. The magistrate added that the murder weapon has not yet been recovered and the accused could provide the names of accomplices, who participated in the torture and murder of the 12 year old Christian girl. The court, however, has only partly accepted the request, ruling only four days in jail.

Final Farewell for ‘King of Orchard’

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More than 750 Far East employees, clad in black and white, bowing to Mr Ng’s cortege as a sign of respect as his hearse passed Far East Plaza, one of the iconic malls that earned him the nickname ‘King of Orchard Road’. –PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

Wah lao, macham hongkong triad movie liddat. Damn surprised still got this kind of mass-bowing being practiced in Singapore loh.