Sunday, October 31, 2010

SF - revival of ex WP CLAN posterboy?

a wiser, rational and more accomodating man or another tyrant in the making?




Oct 29, 2010
Opposition unite for GE
By Andrea Ong

Chairman Ng Teck Siong speaks at the first press conference of the new opposition party, Socialist Front (SF). -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

TWO leaders of the newly formed Socialist Front (SF) who left their former parties after personal differences say they are willing to cooperate for the sake of opposition unity at the next General Election.

'We will try our very best to be as coherent with any other party, based on fair terms of negotiation, so we can work in agreement,' said Mr Ng Teck Siong, 69, chairman of the party, which was registered on Sept 1.

'We will not try to create any disruption or cause trouble. Our intention is to avoid three-cornered fights'.

Mr Ng, who co-founded the Reform Party with the late Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam in 2008, quit as chairman in April last year after a dispute with Mr Jeyaretnam's son Kenneth, now its secretary-general.

Both Mr Ng and SF secretary-general Chia Ti Lik, 36, spoke at the party's maiden press conference yesterday, where they outlined the SF's ideology and preparations for the next GE, due by February 2012.

Mr Chia left the Workers' Party in 2006 in protest against party rules that bar central executive committee members from posting comments or statements online in their own names.

Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.






our story had it that chia sai and saikongseng were once comrades and disciples from WP CLAN. with the intrusion of lamui, their relationship soured. chia sai had always harboured envy against saikongseng who was once looked upon as the more prominent to win a province. in the end, sks was roped into saliva's A-team to compete in aljunied province while chia sai was left alone with his horde of gayboys to fend for themselves in another. needless to say, the gaylord's team lost miserably while the A-team only lost by a slim margin.
after that GE, fissures began to appear in WP CLAN. both saikongseng and chia sai decided to quit the clan each going separate way.
now after many years, the 2 "buddies" met again. saikongseng now became chiefy of a new martial arts clan, NSP or NO SEE PAYCHECK CLAN. it was a clan that looked rich but not enough to see enough "paychecks" to fund their minions for a strong attack against the leegime. that was why saikongseng had to grit his teeth and sold his love nest pigeonhole for about 400k taels to fund his ambition, i.e, hoping to winning a couple of provinces.
chia sai on the other hand after mingling in SDP CLAN, holding master chee's mike, interviewing other wu-lin and wu-liao heelos with an unique wish and doing much wishywashy with lamui, suddenly quit SDP to set up his own shop. it was called SF CLAN or SHIT FRONTAL
it was limelight for chia sai who was put on national paper SHIT TIMES. since shit times coincided with shit frontal clan, peasants could expect lots of shits later in the GE contest. fortunately or luckily unfortunately, chia sai was reputated for his TIGER HEAD RAT TAIL stance. that means something like "loud thunders with little rain" - looked deadly but caused minimal damage or any internal injuries whatsoever.
saikongseng was using his strategem #69. he sent a very expensive flower arrangement to congratulate SF CLAN. his strategy was of course to tickle his nemesis so that in return, the tickler would be tickled pink too.
would the old "buddies" from WP CLAN really combine forces and lay down their past indifferences? would they have come to term and realise the absurdity of being instigated by lamui?
where was lamui? where was JJ? weren't they the 2 stooges from the famed 3-stooges team of which chia sai was among one of them? breakups? quarrels? indifferences among them? or what?
it was a big surprised to the wu-lin observers. lamui and chia sai were the notorious CONDOM HEROES. by right they should have paired up to must their KAMASUTRA deadly skill to dominate the martial arts world. instead each had gone separately to set up 2 different clans - USD or U SEE DITDIT and SF. why??
stranger still, during the karang guni self-praising ceremony, none of the audience put up that question to chiasai? questions like why didn't he stay on in SDP CLAN? why didn't he combine force to master the deadly skill with lamui? where was JJ, his diehard cock standing buddy? both lamui and JJ weren't there to give support to their threesome buddy chia sai. WHY??
so many questions, very little answer. as usual, such were mundane kaypoh infos. but such little kaypoh news could mean a bigger propaganda and the true nature of such challenger during GE. it would prove their perservance, sincerity and their true sense of deliverance and save the peasants. but instead of all those glorious glimmering hope, peasants could be clouded with more suspicions and confusion which in the end only compel them to stick on the the LEEgime's tyranny for another season until the next GE2016.
would things change for the better, for worst or another "who cares, it's none of my biz" ?
we await to see then......

Thursday, October 28, 2010

which country in the world defies gravity?

ANSWER: PEESAILAND!
everything goes up and never comes down. uniquely peesailand! the one little speck dot in the world that truly defies gravity. here's the record of the gravity defying skills:

The relentless rising cost of living in Singapore

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:00 PM PDT

In 2009, Mercer ranked Singapore as the 10th costliest countries in the world (see here).

The following is a collated list of price increases which TOC could find – from various news reports, blogs, websites, forums, etc – since Jan 2006 to the present.

If we have left out any, please do let us know. If you have observed any price hikes around your neighbourhood (or anywhere else) please let us know also.

We can be reached at theonlinecitizen@gmail.com

The list may not be comprehensive and any clarification is welcome.





2006

Jan 9: Pump prices at all 29 Caltex stations will go up from 11pm on Monday night. Prices will go up by four cents per litre for all three grades. (link)

Feb 13: Polytechnics and ITE increase fees by $50 and $10 respectively (link) (link)

Feb 14: NTU, NUS to raise tuition fees by 3% from next academic year. Tuition fees at both the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University will go up by S$180 for the next academic year. This 3 percent increase comes on the heels of a 5 percent hike just last year. (link)

Mar 6: Expect annual tuition fee increases. Hostel fees will also go up by 10% to 11% from next academic year. (NTU) (link)

Mar 9: Retail pump prices for Synergy petrol and diesel at all Esso and Mobil service stations in Singapore were increased by 6 cents a litre. (link) (link)


June 1: NTUC Car Co-Op raises fuel surcharge: We cannot continue subsidizing the fuel price increase in the long run without compromising the quality of service. Thus, the management has decided to implement a fuel surcharge of $0.30 for every 10km free with effect from 1 June 2006. (link)

June 27: Electricity tariff to go up next quarter. Domestic users, for example, will have to pay 21.15 cents for every kWH of electricity, up from 20.49 cents currently. (link)

July 10: Comfort Delgro raises taxi fares. Besides raising the flag down fare and the peak hour surcharge from $1 to $2, ComfortDelgro is also making distance-related adjustment. (link) (link)

July: Taxi companies raise fares. (link) (link)

July 17: SMRT hikes taxi fares. (link)

Aug: SMRT, SBS apply for fare hike. (link)

Aug: NUS hikes tuition fees by between $180, $220, and $510, depending on faculty. (link)

Aug: ERP rates to go up at six gantries, mainly at CTE. (link)

Oct: Public Transport Council approves 1.7% fare increase for bus and trains. Adult EZ-link fares for buses and trains will increase by 1 to 3 cents, which amounts to an overall fare hike of 1.7 percent. (link)

Nov: SingPost revises postage rate. (link)

Nov 12: Rates for HDB rental flats pegged to income. (link)

Dec: Govt spells out fees to be frozen. (link)

2006: Loan sharks cases rise by 19%, to 10, 221 cases. (link)

2006: A total of 419 people committed suicide in 2006, up from 346 in 2003. The suicide rate per 100,000 residents – a sobering indicator in population statistics – is also on the upswing, growing from 9.3 in 2003 to 10.3 in 2006, figures from the Registry of Births and Deaths reveal. It is the fourth straight rise in as many years. (ST, Aug 13, 2007) (link)

2006: Islandwide, home rentals climbed 10 per cent in 2006. (ST, Aug 6, 2007) (link)

2006: At Alexandra Hospital, A&E charges went up from $55 to $60, as did C-class ward charges — from $21 to $23 — and subsidised specialist outpatient clinic consultation rates, from $18 to $20. (link)





2007

Jan: All diesel-driven vehicles to undergo smoke test. (link)

Jan: NUH’s A&E fee raised from $70 to $80. (link)

Jan: Skilled Foreign workers levy raised by $50, from $100 to $150, for all sectors. (link) (link)

Jan 26: SMU Law Course to cost more, NUS says it may increase fees too. (link)

Feb: KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital hikes ward treatment fees. (link)

Feb 14: Tax penalties from GST audits could increase. With the hike in Goods and Services Tax (GST) by two percentage points, tax analysts said tax penalties arising from businesses making mistakes in GST audits may also increase. (link)

Feb 25: Sunny Cove: Fees to Pulau Hantu Raised – As of 24th February 2007 (Saturday), the operator had increased the price for the chartering of boat to local water. With the price hike, all courses conducted at local water will be subjected to the increase from 25th February 2007 (Sunday) onwards. (link)

Feb 25: Eldershield premiums to go up by year’s end. (link)

April 1: Singapore Medical Association withdraws guidelines on fees. Doctors now have more flexibility to adjust their fees, following a decision by the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) to withdraw its guidelines on fees, as of 1 April. (link)

April 1: URA increase fees for Housing Developers’s Licence – from between $500 to $8,000. (link)

April 2: NUS revise car park charges. (link)


April 8: Means testing for hospital admission to start within a year. Subsidised patients that stay more than five days in a public hospital can expect some questions about their income. (link) (link)

April 11: Ikea to start charging customers for plastic bags. (ST, 11 April, 2007)

April 25: The Singapore American School increased tuition fees by between $425 and $1,000. (link)

April: Within hours of each other, the four petrol companies in Singapore – First Shell, then Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC), ExxonMobil and lastly Chevron – each revised its prices. The retail price of petrol and diesel rose by 10 cents. (Electric New Paper) (link) (link)

May 12: Inflation heads for a higher plane. For now, the major public concern is a rise in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 5% to 7% in July, which is likely to exacerbate the series of worrying price increases over the past year. (Littlespeck)

May 14: NUH increase ward charges for B2 and C-class wards by $2, increases of 4 and 8 per cent. (link)

May 23: DBS raises its e-transaction fee for initial public offering (IPO) applications. Retail investors who applied for IPO shares launched on or after that date, through the local bank’s ATMs and Internet banking, were surprised that they now have to pay $2. (link)

May 29: New fee hikes at public hospitals and polyclinics. A NEW round of fee hikes is underway at most public hospitals and some polyclinics. Subsidised patients at four public hospitals will now pay $24 or $25 for every visit to a specialist clinic, up from about $21. All 18 polyclinics, which used to charge a standard consultation fee of $8 for adults, now charge anything from $8-$8.80. (link) (link) (link)

May: From milk to Milo, cooking oil to coffee, canned foods, processed foods, wheat products and more, prices have been rising recently at supermarkets and hypermarts here. (link) (link) (link)

June 1: Prices of milk go up. The price increase for condensed milk ranged from $0.10 to $0.50, which means the prices for some brands of condensed milk have gone up by nearly 45 per cent. The price increase for evaporated milk ranged from $0.15 to $0.47, marking a percentage increase of between 18 per cent to 48 per cent. (link) (link)


June 4: Online hosiery shop increases price. There will be a overall price increase on 4th June 2007 for all brands due to increased cost of yarns and cost of shipping. (link)



June 6: Even before the Nets fee hike kicks in, a shoe shop in Parkway Parade has already started charging customers extra to cover the increase. (link)

June 7: Wholesale price of ducks goes up. The wholesale price of ducks has increased by 20 cents a kilogram. (link)

June 7: Eggs price increase. Eggs now cost between 17 cents and 18 cents each. (link)

June 29: Rental space rents rise. Islandwide, rents at Grade A malls have moved up by between 5-7 per cent in the first half of this year and could increase by another 5-6 per cent by end-2007, analysts said. (Business Times, June 29, 2007) (link)

June 29: Fees up by 14% on average at NUS. Two days before the higher 7-per-cent GST kicked in on July 1, prospective students of the continuing education arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS) received news that fees for many courses had gone up — by an average 14 per cent. (link)

July 1st: GST increased from 5% to 7%. (link) (link)

July 1st: THE Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) and market leader ExxonMobil became the first companies to raise pump prices at their petrol stations following the GST hike. The two companies increased prices across the board for their three grades of petrol and diesel by 0.23 cents to 0.33 cents per litre from 7am. Caltex will be increasing its pump prices on Monday. (ST, July 1, 2007) (link) (link)

July 1st: NETS announced a price hike for its Electronic Funds Transfer Point-of-Sale (EFTPOS) and CashCard Services to between 1.5% and 1.8%. (link) (link)

July 1st: Pasir Ris – Punggol Town Council revise penalties for late payment of S&C charges to 2% and absorb 7% GST. (2004 rates) (2007 rates)

July 1st: Cigarette prices up as bar ban kicks in. Tobacco companies raised the prices of popular brands by an average of 40 cents. This brought the price of a 20-stick pack of Marlboro or Dunhill cigarettes, for example, to $11.60. (AsiaOne)

July 3: Resale price index for HDB flats rise 2.9% from 3 months before. (link)

July 4: The Committee Against GST Profiteering (CAP) has found price changes to be generally moderate since the announcement of the GST increase in November 2006. (link)

July 10: Changi General Hospital increases A&E charges. Following in the wake of earlier hikes by the National University Hospital and Alexandra Hospital, CGH this month increased its A&E attendance fee by $10 — or 15 per cent — to $75. For the B2 and C-class wards, the daily treatment fee went up by $1, representing a 6-to-10-per-cent increment. The daily ward charge for B2 wards also rose by $1, or 2 per cent. (link)

July 11: Starhub raise prices for cable tv packages. SCV subscribers pay $4 more across the board. (link) (link) (link)

July 11: The Committee Against GST Profiteering has received 33 complaints in the past six months about price increases, all dealing with food items. About 10 cases involve chain businesses. (ST, July 11, 2007) (link)

July 15: Electricity tariffs to be raised by almost 9% for July to September. (link)

July 18: Govt raises development charge from 50% to 70% for new building projects from 50 per cent to 70 per cent of the increase in value of the land. (link) (link)

July 21: HDB rents at 10-year high. For the first time in recent memory, monthly rents for some HDB flats have pushed northwards of $2,000 in leases signed in the last couple of months. (ST, 21 July 2007) (link)

July 25: Hospital bills up 10% to 30% across all ward classes. (link)


July: July inflation hits 2.6%, highest in over 12 years. (link)


July (CPI): Housing costs increased 4.9 per cent because of higher housing maintenance charges, electricity tariffs and rented accommodation costs. (ST, Aug 23, 2007) (link)


July (CPI): Food prices went up by 1.4 per cent, mainly due to dearer cooked food, fresh fish, fruits, vegetables and milk powder. (link)


July (CPI): Transport and communication prices moved up by 1 per cent, reflecting mainly dearer petrol and higher car prices. (link)

July (CPI): The index for education and stationery rose by 2.1 per cent as a result of higher fees at commercial institutions and universities. (link)

July (CPI): Prices of clothing and footwear increased by 3.9 per cent. (link)

July (CPI): Health care cost rose by 2.2 per cent on account of dearer chinese herbs and higher charges for general medical consultation and dental treatment. (link)


Aug 2: SBS, SMRT seeking bus, train fare increases. If approved, transport fares could rise by up to three cents from October. (link)

Aug 2: Singapore Airlines raises fuel surcharge – from between US$2, US$5 and US$9. (link)

Aug 6: ERP rates at Orchard, YMCA and Fort Canning Tunnel to go up. From August 6, cars passing the Orchard, YMCA and Fort Canning Tunnel gantries will be charged an additional $0.50. That makes it $1 per entry. Rates for motorcycles will also double to $0.50. Goods vehicles and small buses will now be charged $1.50. Heavy goods vehicles and big buses will be charged $2. (link)

Aug 7: Student made to pay adult fare. (link)

Aug 7: Cost of living in S’pore getting higher compared to neighbours. Singapore retains its 9th position out of 41 Asian locations as the most costly city. (CNA)

Aug 7: Car insurance premiums likely to increase. Higher premium rates for car insurance look almost certain, after the motor sector suffered a second consecutive quarter of losses. Rises could be between 5 and 10 per cent, according to one insurer, as the industry battles higher claims. (AsiaOne, ST, Aug 7, 2007)

Aug 8: 17% hike in Delifrance’s tuna croissant sandwich, from $5.05 to $5.90. (link)

Aug 10: Change of supplier sees spike in price of medicine. A 80ml bottle of Minoxi 5 from Trima Pharmaceutical used to cost $38.50. This time round, the price was $45.50 for a 60ml bottle. Going by volume, the price increase was a hefty 57.6 per cent. (ST Forum, Aug 10, 2007) (link)

Aug 13: Up to 30% levy imposed on hotel room revenues during F1 race. The Trade and Industry Ministry (MTI) has decided a levy of 30 per cent for hotels on the trackside, and 20 per cent for others. (link)

Aug 23: More ERP gantries, extended hours. (link) (link)

Aug 24: By Aug 24, the Committee Against GST Profiteering had received 115 complaints on alleged GST profiteering. In the first two weeks of July, after the GST increase came into effect, 49 complaints were received, surpassing the 30 complaints received in May. (ST, Aug 29, 2007)

Aug 27: Singapore raises 2007 inflation forecast to 1-2 per cent. Singapore’s central bank confirmed an apparent off-the-cuff remark by Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang in parliament that inflation would come in at 1-2 percent this year, above the government’s previous forecast of 0.5-1.5 percent. (Reuters)

Aug 29: Middle-aged suicide rate up. In 2003, there were 14 suicides (of men in their 40s and 50s) per 100,000. In 2006, it went up to 19 per 100,000. For women, there were 8 per 100,000. In 2006, it went up to 13 per 100,000. (TODAY, Aug 29, 2007) (link)

Aug 29: Storage boom as rents rise. Companies which provide self-storage facilities are reporting a rise in rentals by foreigners as rising rental prices force more of them to downsize. (The Electric New Paper, Aug 29, 2007) (link)

Aug 31: Government raises property development charges. For non-landed residential use, the charge was raised by an average of 58 percent with prime areas like Cantonment Road seeing the biggest jump of 112 percent. Areas seeing the highest increase (of over 100 percent) include Telok Ayer, Maxwell, Shenton, Anson and South Bridge Road. (CNA)

Sept 1st: New dog licensing rules. To discourage dog owners from keeping unlicensed dogs, allowing their dogs to stray or not muzzling dogs of breeds2 that are required to be muzzled in a public place (eg, the Rottweiller or Mastiff); the maximum fine for such offences has been raised from $500 to $5,000. (link)

Sept 5: Esso won’t go public on fuel price changes. IF YOU are an Esso customer, you will not know if the price of your fuel has changed until you drive right up to a pump. ExxonMobil – the biggest player here with 74 out of the total of about 200 stations – has adopted a new policy against revealing changes in pump prices to the media. Neither does it display prices at station entrances. (Straits Times, Sept 5, 2007)

Sept 11: Adult EZ-link fares for buses upped from October. From 1 October, adult EZ-link fares for buses will increase by between one and two cents. But there will be no increase for train fares. (CNA)

Sept 12: Special needs school raise fees by 100%. I was shocked to receive a letter in July stating that school fees would increase by 100 per cent from this month. No other institution – even private schools – operates in this manner by increasing its fees by 100 per cent. (Letter to ST forum)

Sept 13: Employers to buy medical insurance for foreign workers. From January next year (2008), employers will have to buy and maintain insurance for the medical expenses of all foreign workers on Work Permit or S Pass. (CNA)

Sept 25: Electricity tariffs to go up because of higher oil prices. Barely 2 months after the increase of 9% in July, electricity tariffs will again go up later this year because of higher oil prices. SP Services said electricity tariffs will be raised by an average of 0.86 cent, or 4.29 percent, per kilowatt-hour, for the three months from October to December. (CNA)

Sept 25: Cosmetics costing more? Taking a hit from the Goods and Services Tax hike, prices of consumer products in Singapore grew at a pace not seen since 1994. (TODAY)

Sept 27: Gardenia loaf of bread cost 5% more in three months. “Yesterday we found out that its price has soared to $2. If you work that out against the original $1.90, it means that the total price increased is 5.3 per cent in three months.” (Letter to ST forum page.)

Sept 29: Why higher fees for vacant flat? “MY LATE grandfather, who was the sole owner and occupier of a three-room HDB flat, had been paying $38 a month in conservancy fees to the town council. His estate now has to pay $55 a month (a 45 per cent increase) for the vacant flat, the reason being that the $38 concessionary charge no longer applies as it is now unoccupied.” (Letter to ST Forum Page)(link)

Sept: Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society to increase fees from between $5 to $10 due to the society becoming a GST-registered entity. (link)

Oct: Starhub Cable TV sports channels subscribers pay $10 more. (link)

Oct 1: Public transport fare increase takes effect.

Oct 1: Private home prices in Q3 up by 8%: URA flash estimate. The prices of private residential property in Singapore increased by eight per cent in the third quarter of this year.. (CNA)

Oct 1: HDB resale prices up by 6.5% in Q3: HDB’s flash estimate. Public housing resale prices went up by 6.5 percent in the third quarter of this year, compared to the previous three months. (CNA)

Oct 1: Petrol, diesel price up 3-5 cents. At 10am, Caltex increased its petrol and diesel prices by 3 cents a litre, while Shell upped its rates by 5 cents a litre. By 3pm, Singapore Petroleum Co followed suit by raising its pump rates by 5 cents a litre. The increase is the fifth upward revision since July, as crude oil prices hover at record levels above US$80 a barrel. (AsiaOne)

Oct 1: Hotel room rates expected to go up by 25% in Q4. Hotel room rates in Singapore in the fourth quarter are expected to be 25 per cent higher than that of last year, according to industry players. (CNA)

Oct 3: The price of chickens has risen by 20 to 50 per cent here since last week, caused by the wholesale price hike from Malaysia, among the factors, according to media reports. (Bernama)

Oct 4: Queensway Shopping Centre, Sim Lim Square and sky-high rentals in Singapore. As the leases are expiring about now, get ready for a radical change in Sim Lim Square, the highest�rentals for the shops selling the lowest margin products ever. (C Net Asia)
Oct 19: SIA ups fuel surcharge by between $3 and $9. The new charges, which are between $3 and nearly $9 more than the current surcharges, will apply to tickets issued from Oct 24 and to both SIA and SilkAir flights. (TODAY)

Oct 20: Price of flour up 30%. The price of flour has increased again, but this time it has gone up by thirty percent. This is the biggest ever hike, according to industry watchers. From January, it will cost 20 cents more to buy a loaf of bread. (CNA)

Oct 22: Caltex petrol, diesel prices up. AMERICAN oil company Chevron raised pump prices of its Caltex petrol and diesel by five cents a litre on Monday – the sixth increase since July and the second in about a fortnight. The others – Shell, ExxonMobil and Singapore Petroleum – are likely to do likewise in the coming days. Chevron’s move brings its pump prices to record levels. (Straits Times)

Oct 26: Private home prices up 8.3% in Q3. Singapore private home prices rose 8.3 percent between July and September to their highest level in a decade. (Asia One)

Oct 27: Prices of HDB resale flats keep accelerating. ‘As at end-September, the HDB resale price index has increased by about 11 per cent since the start of the year,’ the HDB said. For five-room flats, the median resale price in Queenstown is the highest at $603,000, followed by Marine Parade at $560,000 and Bukit Merah at $530,000. (Straits Times)

Oct 28: Singapore raises noodle prices. Starting Nov. 1, the price of noodles in Singapore will increase 20 percent to 30 per cent, the Singapore Noodles Manufacturers’ Association announced on Sunday. (AHN News)

Oct 30: ERP rates going up again for third time this year. Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates are going up again for the third time this year. There will also be new gantries erected. From November 5, motorists will pay $3.50 from 7:30am to 8:00am. The amount charged goes up to $5.00 between 8:30am and 9:00am. This is a $1.50 increase in the 8:30am to 9:00am period since February this year. (CNA)

Oct 30: 100 bakeries to raise bread prices by up to 20%. OVER 100 bakeries have indicated that they will be raising bread prices by up to 20 per cent, following a jump in flour prices. (Straits Times)

Nov 2: Expect steep hikes in tyre, wheel and battery prices. BESIDES record fuel prices and higher Electronic Road Pricing rates, motorists must prepare to pay more for batteries, tyres and wheels. The Singapore Motor Tyre Dealers Association is preparing to announce sizeable price hikes, with battery prices going up by as much as 50 to 70 per cent. Tyre prices will go up by 20 to 30 per cent, and wheels by 10 to 20 per cent, the association’s assistant secretary, Mr Robert Tng, told The Straits Times. (Straits Times)

Nov 5: A TRIP to the supermarket will cost more now than it did at the beginning of the year. A Straits Times check on a random basket of basic goods sold at supermarkets here revealed price increases in almost every category, from fresh chicken to coffee and milk formula. (Straits Times)

Nov 5: Prices for Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (SPC) motor gasoline across all three grades and diesel will be increased by seven cents per litre. (SPC)

Nov 8: Raffles Place retailers face space crunch, soaring rents. A recent study by property consultant Cushman & Wakefield found rent rises of up to 24 per cent over the past two years in the area. (Straits Times)

Nov 23: Singapore’s October CPI up 3.6% on-year, 1.3% on-month. Singapore’s October consumer prices rose 3.6 percent from a year earlier after an increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), government data showed on Friday. (CNA)

Nov 29: Pump prices increase by 5 cents. All four oil companies — Shell, Caltex, ExxonMobil and Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) — have increased pump prices for petrol and diesel by five cents. In the past 11 months, the price of petrol has shot up nine times and twice just in this month alone. (CNA)

Nov 29: Second Link toll charges to go up next year. VEHICLES from Singapore crossing into Johor via the Second Link Expressway will have to pay higher tolls from Jan 1, the Malaysian government announced yesterday. Passenger cars using the Second Link route will have to pay RM10.80 (S$4.60) next year, compared with RM8.40 now. (Asia One)

Dec 9: Price of luncheon meat soar, from $1 to as high as $3. Prices of luncheon meat have been on the rise since August when the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) rejected and destroyed a consignment of canned pork products from two food processing plants in China. (New Paper)

Dec 10: ComfortDelgro raises taxi fares. Commuters will pay between 18 per cent and 49 per cent more for a taxi ride home from the city from 5pm to midnight. (Straits Times) (CNA)

Dec 11: SCHOOL bus fares will go up by at least $5 to $10 in January, sparked by the increase in diesel prices in recent months. (Straits Times)

Dec 14: Singapore’s second-largest taxi operator SMRT will be raising its fares from next Friday, December 21. The changes are in line with the adjustments made by market leader ComfortDelGro which will be increasing fares from December 17. (CNA)

Dec 14: Hike in POSB coins charge excessive. “IN THE past, whenever I made a deposit or withdrawal in coins, I paid $5 in service charge for every $500. Now, I have to pay $15 for every $500. So if I changed $1,000 into coins, I would lose $30.” (ST Forum Page)

Dec 14: Adjustment rate for housing loan changed unilaterally. “This unilateral change in adjustment rate is an increase in effective interest on the loan, and it is done without changing the loan interest rates. Is it fair for banks to offer adjustment rates as a ‘feature’ to woo customers but, six months into the loan, unilaterally reduce the benefits of the feature?” (ST Forum Page)

Dec 14: Hike in luggage surcharge wasn’t publicized. “When they were at the check-in counter, they were informed that the overweight charge was $20, not $8, and if they did not pay up they would not get their boarding passes. They had no choice but to pay.” (ST Forum Page)

Dec 20: Potong Pasir to raise S&C charges. THE opposition-held Potong Pasir ward is raising its service and conservancy (S&C) charges for the first time in a decade. Residents there will pay between $2.50 and $8 more a month, depending on the size of their HDB flat. (Straits Times)

Dec 20: Expect to pay more for food from next month. SINGAPOREANS should brace themselves for a sharp hike in food prices starting from New Year’s Day, which could affect anything from curry puffs to ice cream. (Asia One)
Dec 24: Singapore’s Nov consumer prices up 4.2% year-on-year. Singapore’s consumer prices rose faster-than-expected in November. The consumer price index – a non-core measure of costs for goods and services – rose 4.2 percent from a year earlier, after rising 3.6 percent in October. (CNA)

Dec 28: Electricity tariffs to go up. Highest since 2001. From next month (Jan 2008), electricity tariffs will go up nearly 6 per cent, to 22.62 cents per kilowatt-hour (kwh). (Straits Times)

2007: HDB ups valuation and administrative fees for valuation report of flats. This is to include the new 7% GST. (link)

Quote:

Aug 24:

‘With rents rising, and some retailers not passing on the GST hike until later, we expect CPI inflation to continue to climb, probably close to 3 per cent towards year-end,’ said Citigroup economist Chua Hak Bin.

“Consumers Association of Singapore president Yeo Guat Kwang, who is also MP for Aljunied GRC, said if prices go up because of supply and demand conditions, that cannot be helped: ‘What we need to ensure is that price adjustments are fair.

‘So far, we haven’t seen a phenomenon of businesses profiteering from the GST rise,’ said Mr Yeo, who is the deputy chairman of the Committee Against GST Profiteering.

‘Most importantly, prices of basic necessities have remained stable.’

(Straits Times, Aug 24, 2007)

Other reports:

A relentless spiral by Littlespeck. (link)

CASE survey. (link)

Govt spells out fees to be frozen. (link) (link)





2008

Jan 3: Second Link tolls to go up from Feb 1. The tolls for all motorists at Tuas Second Link will be raised by between 10 cents and S$4.40 from 1 February. Motorcyclists will need to pay 10 cents more than the current toll of 60 cents. Cars will be tolled S$4.60, while vans and small lorries will be charged S$10.50. The largest jump is for big lorries, which will have to pay S$21 – S$4.40 more than the current S$16.60. (Channel NewsAsia)

Jan 08: Motorists to face five new ERP gantries. MOTORISTS can expect to pay more over the next few months to use the roads when five new ERP gantries are up, many in the heart of residential areas. (Straits Times) (Straits Times)

Jan 14: Prices of CNY goodies to go up. BE PREPARED to spend 10 per cent to 20 per cent more on foodstuffs this Chinese New Year. (Straits Times)

Jan 15: Inflation in S’pore may hit 6.5% this month. CONSUMER prices in Singapore may surge a staggering 6.5 per cent this month, bringing full- year average inflation to an equally eye-popping 5 per cent, according to Citigroup. (Straits Times)

Jan 18: Lunar New Year dinner prices set to rise by at least 10 per cent. Prices for restaurant dinners are set to rise by at least 10 per cent. (CNA)

Jan 23: Prices of suckling pigs double due to supply shortage in China. The prices of suckling pigs have doubled recently due to a drop in supply from China, and a 5kg pig is going for as much as S$180. (CNA)

Jan 24: Singapore’s consumer price index (CPI) … rose 4.4 per cent last month from a year earlier, with transport contributing the most. (TODAY)

Jan 25: Resale HDB flat prices up 30% above valuation in Q4. BUYERS of resale Housing Board flats found themselves paying $22,000 above the valuation from October to December – a whopping 30 per cent increase more than the previous quarter. (Straits Times)


Jan 29: ERP rates to go up by S$0.50 at certain gantries from Feb 4. Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates are set to go up by S$0.50 starting 4 February, according to the Land Transport Authority. (CNA)

Jan 30: ERP rates, more gantries to go up – but road tax cut by 15%. Minister Lim said 16 new gantries will go on between April and November, bringing the total number in operation to 71. This is just the start. The base ERP rate will be upped from $1 to $2, with the increments in $1 instead of the current 50 cents. To make ERP more effective in a rising affluent community, these changes will be made gradually. (Straits Times)

Jan 30: MediShield premiums to go up for better cover. YEARLY premiums for basic MediShield insurance are set to increase – by about $120 for most people – to ensure that subsidised patients saddled with big hospital bills will get better payouts. (Straits Times)

Jan 30: Prime Taxis to raise fares from March. AFTER holding out for over a month, Singapore’s smallest cab operator, Prime Taxis, will raise its fares to come in line with other companies here. (Straits Times)

Jan 30: Prices for tickets for all Cathay cineplexes to go up on Jan 31. Expect to pay up to $10.50 on a weekend. (TODAY)

Feb 02: Prices of vegetables are up between 5 and 10 per cent because higher oil prices. YOUR shopping basket will be a little more expensive this year, no thanks to a rise in vegetable prices. (The New Paper)

Feb 4: Singapore inflation may exceed 5 percent this year – PM Lee. Inflation in the city-state could accelerate to 5 percent this year after rising 2.1 percent in 2007 given rising commodity prices worldwide, the Business Times newspaper quoted Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as saying. (Forbes)

Feb 04: Businesses say new ERP gantries may increase operating costs. The rise in Electronic Road Pricing and increase in the number of ERP gantries is worrying at least one business – the couriers. (CNA)

Feb 14: Varsities up tuition fees by 4% to 20%. TUITION fees at the three local universities will go up by between 4 per cent and 20 per cent for the new batch of undergraduates entering in August. (Straits Times)

Feb 26: INFLATION accelerated last month to a 26-year high of 6.6 per cent with housing, food and transport costs registering steep increases over the past year. (Straits Times)

Mar 3: Caltex increases petrol and diesel pump prices. The company increased all grades of petrol by 4 cents per litre at 11am on Monday. Its Regular 95 petrol is now priced at S$2.046 a litre, Regular 98 at S$2.12 and Premium 98 petrol is S$2.286 per litre before discount. (CNA)

March 10: Park in Orchard area? It’ll cost you even more. Parking fees have gone up at 18 out of 20 malls, in one case by 36 per cent. (Straits Times, AsiaOne)

March 12: Fishball prices increase 20% due to rising cost of raw ingredients. Retailers said the prices of fishballs have risen by 20 per cent since last July due to rising cost of raw ingredients. (CNA)

March 17: Price of Chinese herbs to increase by 10%-20%. The price of Chinese herbs is set to increase by 10-20 percent. (CNA)

March 18: Barely two weeks after an increase in pump prices … all four petrol companies raised prices yesterday. Petrol and diesel prices went up by four cents and five cents per litre respectively, with the exception of Shell’s V-Power, which went up by three cents, and Caltex Platinum Techron, which remained unchanged. Regular 98-octane petrol at all four petrol chains now costs $2.160 a litre, while diesel is $1.613 a litre, before discounts. (TODAY)

March 19: Cost of electricity to go up from April as oil prices rise. Electricity tariffs will go up by an average of 1.26 cents (S$0.0126) per kilowatt starting 1 April. (CNA)

March 25: Singapore’s CPI up 6.5 pct year-on-year in February. Singapore’s consumer price index (CPI) jumped 6.5 percent in February from a year earlier, after gaining a 25-year high of 6.6 percent in January. (Trading Markets)

March 25: Singapore inflation stays at 26-year high. Prices of meat and poultry, cooking oils and dairy products clocked double-digit gains, while rice, cereal and fruit cost almost 10 per cent more than they did last year. High oil prices also made themselves felt in electricity bills and at petrol pumps. Indeed, transport costs jumped 9.6 per cent, boosted also by higher taxi fares and car prices. (Straits Times)

March 25: Prices of coffee, milk, sugar rise. In the past six months, the price of a 40-sachet bag of Nescafe 3-in-1 Regular Coffeemix has risen by 14 to 19 per cent across most major supermarkets. It costs $5.20 at Cold Storage and NTUC FairPrice. Super 3-in-1 Coffeemix is up 5 to 9 per cent, and now costs $4.95 at Cold Storage and $4.80 at NTUC FairPrice. (Straits Times)

March 26: Price of paper up by as much as 40%. The price of paper around the world has gone up by as much as 40 percent over the past year. This has caused the price of recycled paper to increase by 100 percent. (CNA)

March 28: NETS revises pricing for NETS CashCard. Consumers are going to have pay more for their NETS CashCard come May, as it will include the cost of the CashCard as well. (CNA)

March 29: Prices of rice rise. FairPrice raises price of its house brand varieties after Thai rice jumps 30% overnight. A 5kg bag of FairPrice Thai White Fragrant Rice now costs $5.30, up from $4.70, and a 10kg bag of Double FairPrice Thai Hom Mali Rice now goes for $17.90, up from $16.25. (Straits Times)

April 5: FairPrice ups price for one premium rice brand. SINGAPORE‘S biggest supermarket chain, NTUC FairPrice, on Friday hiked the price of one of its in-house brands of premium rice. The rise is NTUC’s second in as many weeks: It hiked prices of three other in-house brands of rice by between 60 cents and $1.65 last week. (Straits Times)

April 23: Singapore’s March inflation rate up 6.7% on-year. The CPI for the first quarter of this year was 6.6 percent higher compared with the same quarter of previous year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI in March was 0.3% higher compared with February. Singapore’s inflation rate has been hovering at its highest level in 26 years. (CNA)


April 23: Pump prices up across all brands. THE OTHER oil companies have all followed Caltex’s move to raise pump prices here. ExxonMobil, Singapore Petroleum Co and Shell on Wednesday upped petrol prices by three cents a litre and diesel by five cents. The latest pump price adjustment is the 10th consecutive increase since July last year – 11th if the GST-triggered increase on July 1, 2007 were to be included. (Straits Times)


April 25: Sharp hike in kindergarten fees. SOME 1,500 students attending the seven PAP Community Foundation (PCF) kindergartens in Woodlands will see their fees shoot up by 30 to 100 per cent. (TODAY, April 25.)


May 3: Rice and cooking oil lead price rise. Yes, the price of rice is going up. But so too are the prices of cooking oil and other items such as instant noodles. (Straits Times)

May 3: SIZZLING HOT: Cooking oil prices on the boil. In the last two months, retail prices have jumped between 9per cent and 56 per cent, depending on the brand.. (Straits Times)


May 9: Expect to pay higher electricity bills. Soaring crude oil prices drove the benchmark market price of electricity to a record last month, and there is not much relief in sight. (Straits Times)

May 16: Caltex pump prices up. Prices at Caltex were increased as of 10.00am today. Prices of Silver, Gold and Platinum petrol grades went by $0.02 to $2.136, $2.210 and $2.336 respectively. (AsiaOne) (TODAY)

May 19: Food operators to charge more for home deliveries. A Straits Times check with 25 food-delivery services found that more than half have increased their menu prices by at least a dollar in the last few months. Five have also upped their delivery fees, while three have increased their minimum order amount. (AsiaOne)


May 23: Singapore inflation rate hits new 26-year high of 7.5% in April. Singapore’s annual inflation rate rose to a new 26-year high of 7.5 percent in April as food, housing and transportation costs soared and is now a risk to the economy, the government said on Friday. (CNA)

May 24: Pump prices up for second time in a week. The latest jump – the 12th consecutive increase since last July – was sparked when oil giant Shell upped petrol prices by five cents a litre and diesel by seven cents at 5pm on Thursday. (Straits Times)


June 5: Poultry prices to rise due to higher transportation costs. The cost of every kilogramme of duck to go up by five cents. The price of chicken products is also expected to increase. (CNA)


June 7: Singapore consumers to feel knock-on effects. THE fuel price hike in Malaysia is going to bite Singaporeans soon, and hard. Prices of a range of goods are set to go up as the cost of trucking them in rises, and fresh food tops the list. (Straits Times)

June 7: Singapore’s poor turn to temples to fill bellies. Many Singaporeans increasingly turning to free meals at temples to fill their stomachs, as surging global commodity prices hurt, even in a country that is one of the richest in Asia. (Reuters)

June 7: Coach fares to Malaysia up. The Express Bus Agencies Association (EBAA), which accounts for six in 10 buses heading across the Singapore border, has raised its fuel and insurance surcharges from a previous flat fee of $3, to between $5 and $16 — that’s up to five times more — depending on your destination. (TODAY)

June 11: Up prices of eggs and some vegetables. The prices of eggs and some vegetables have jumped at wet markets across the island, according to a Straits Times check. This comes barely a week after Malaysia – Singapore’s biggest food supplier – trimmed domestic fuel subsidies. (Straits Times)

June 18: ERP rates in CBD to go up, 5 new gantries added. About half of existing ERP gantries islandwide will see their rates increase from July 7. (CNA) (Straits Times)

June 19: Housebrand rice prices up. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has found that prices for housebrands rose between 14 and58 per cent last month. The most dramatic jump was for Cold Storage’s First Choice Thai Fragrant Rice: :From between $8.75 and $9.10 for a 5kg-pack, to $13.80. (TODAY)

June 25: Pump prices up for 13th time since last July. PUMP prices have risen again, with petrol going up by five cents a litre and diesel, 10 cents.This latest increase, the 13th consecutive rise since last July, started when oil giant Shell raised rates at 4pm yesterday. By evening, Caltex and ExxonMobil had followed suit.(Straits Times) (TODAY)

June 25: Electricity tariffs to rise 4.98% from next quarter. Electricity tariffs will go up by 4.98 per cent or by 1.19 cents per kilo watt per hour (kWh) for all households from the next quarter, beginning July 1. (CNA)

June 28: Premium bus fares to go up. PREMIUM bus fares will soon go up, as operators here feel the pinch from higher fuel prices. SBS Transit, which runs more than half of such services, will raise fares by 30 to 60 cents, up to a maximum of $3.60 per trip. The fare hike will affect all of its 40 premium services. (Straits Times)

July 2: Private bus operators up prices over diesel price hikes. FACED with skyrocketing diesel prices, private bus operators are charging more to transport workers and rent out coaches. Ten bus companies contacted by The Straits Times said they have raised prices by at least 10 per cent in the last few months due to rising rising diesel prices, which have almost doubled in the last year. (Straits Times)

July 6: 5 S’pore River ERP gantries kick in on Monday. The new gantries, which will bring the total number of gantries in Singapore to 65, will charge $2 from 6pm to 7.30pm and $1 from 7.30pm to 8pm. (Straits Times)

July 7: Expect to see more of these gantries in coming months. New KPE will have 16, taking grand total from 60 to more than 80. When it opens fully on Sept 20, it will have the most ERP gantries among all roads here. New KPE will have 16, taking grand total from 60 to more than 80 (Straits Times)

July 12: 30-cent fuel levy for cab rides from Thursday. MOST cab rides will cost 30 cents more from next Thursday, after Singapore’s largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro yesterday announced its decision to levy a fuel surcharge on all trips. (Straits Times)

July 14: School bus fares going up on Aug 1. SCHOOL bus operators, bitten by skyrocketing diesel prices, could soon start charging parents $10 to $15 more a month to ferry schoolchildren. (Straits Times)

July 19: SMRT Taxis to levy 30 cents fuel surcharge. SMRT Taxis will levy a fuel surcharge of 30 cents per trip for all taxi trips from July 26. The fuel surcharge will apply to all flag down trips, as well as call centre and advanced bookings, SMRT said in a press release on Saturday. SMRT’s move came after ComfortDelGro implemented the surcharge on Thursday. (Straits Times)

July 22: High power bills: Record number of cases probed. A RECORD number of complaints about overcharging for electricity were investigated by Singapore Power last month. SP Services, the power company’s customer service arm, said it looked into 1,093 cases where customers had complained that their bills for May were higher than in previous months. (Straits Times)

July 23: S’pore June inflation rises 7.5% on higher food, housing costs. Singapore’s consumer inflation stood at a 26-year high in June, rising 7.5 per cent compared with a year ago, according to latest figures from the Department of Statistics. (CNA)

July 24: Singapore ranked fifth most expensive city in Asia. Singapore is now the fifth most expensive city in Asia, according to Mercer Worldwide Cost of Living Survey. In world standings, Singapore is in 13th position, one notch higher than in 2007. (CNA)

July 30: Heartland shoppers hit hardest by Nets fee hike. SOME mom-and-pop stores in the heartland are passing on an increase in Nets fees to consumers, despite being barred from doing so. (Straits Times)

25 August: CPI for households up 7.1% in first six months. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for households increased by 7.1 per cent in the first half of 2008 compared with the same period last year. (CNA)

Aug 29: More unable to pay electricity bills. 35% of families with power bill woes stay in larger 4- or 5-room flats. As of June this year, about 13,700 households have been put on a pre-paid metering scheme after they had their power supply cut off or were in danger of having the supply disconnected. (Straits Times)

August 30: SINGAPORE‘S public hospitals have raised ward charges in the last two months. The increases at Alexandra Hospital (AH), Changi General Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and SGH took effect at the beginning of July. Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the National University Hospital (NUH) raised their fees this month. (Straits Times).

Sept 12: Bus and train fares up on October 1. The Public Transport Council (PTC) has given the green light for an overall net fare adjustment that will result in fare changes that will range from a 7-cent reduction to a 4-cent increase per journey. (CNA)


Sept 28: Childcare fees going up. The average monthly fees for childcare and infant care now are $684 and $1,184 respectively. A Sunday Times check with 20 childcare centres found that all but three intend to charge $30 to $120 more a month. (Straits Times)

Sept 29: Households to see average rise of about 22% in electricity bills from Oct. On average, all SP Services customers will face a 21.89 per cent increase. (CNA)

Sept 28: Some papers to cost more. The subscription and newsstand prices of both The Straits Times and The Sunday Times, currently at 70 cents and 80 cents respectively, will increase by 10 cents for the Sunday to Friday editions, and by 20 cents for the bumper Saturday edition. (Straits Times)

Oct 6: SingTel increases local fixed line subscription and call rates. SingTel is increasing its local fixed line subscription by S$10 a year from January 1, 2009. Residential customers will therefore pay S$110 per year in subscription and business customers will pay S$160 per year. (CNA)

Oct 21: 3rd ERP gantry on PIE to kick in. MOTORISTS heading west on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) will have to pay Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges to drive beyond Eunos from Nov 3. The gantry along the expressway near the Eunos exit will be activated, charging $2 between 7am and 7.30am, and $1 between 7.30am and 8am. (Straits Times)

Oct 23: Singapore’s September inflation up 6.7% on-year. Singapore’s consumer price index rose 6.7 per cent in September compared with the same period last year. (CNA)

Nov 24: Singapore’s consumer price index (CPI) for October 2008 increased by 6.4 percent from a year ago due mainly to higher costs of housing and food. (Bernama)

Nov 25: Vegetable prices rise 10-15% due to early rainy season. Vegetable prices have risen by 10 to 15 percent on average during the past month due to the rainy season. (CNA)

Dec3: JUST months after food prices began retreating from record highs, the tab on some products is rising again, sparked in large part by the weakening Singapore dollar. (Straits Times)

Dec 11: 14% hike in school-bus fares too hefty. I was shocked to learn that the fare will be raised to $78. I recall that, just six months ago, it went up by 7 per cent from $68 to $73. (Straits Times)





2010
18 Feb: Singapore polytechnics and ITEto increase tuition fees

22 Feb: Foreign worker levies to go up from July

9 Mar: At least two town councils to up S&C charges

12 Mar: Licence fees to sell cigarettes could increase

18 Mar: Singapore’s 3 public universities, NUS, NTU, SMU, to raise tuition fees

23 Mar: Sheng Siong raises rent at 5 wet markets by 30%

30 Mar: Electricity to cost more from April.

1 Apr: HDB resale prices up 2.7%

20 Apr: Public transport fares to go down 2.5 per cent?

22 Apr: Home loan rates rise.

24 Apr: Private home prices up.

26 Apr: ERP rates up from May 3

30 June: Electricity tariffs to go up again.

02 July: HDB resale prices up 3.8%.

03 July: Distance-based fares for public transport takes effect.

23 July: Resale flat prices up 4.1 per cent.

02 Aug: Night parking charges doubled.

05 Aug: Pump prices up again.

24 August: Singapore inflation up in July

23 September: Singapore’s August inflation up 6.4% on-year

15 September: Rising food prices pinch Asian households


25 October: Inflation at highest level.


25 October: ERP rates to go up at 23 gantries across Singapore

ref: theonlinecitizen

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

how rich become richer in peesailand

ministar of HELL, holy cow in peesailand was indeed a superstar of moneymaker not only for the leegime but more for himself.

one day while counting his silver, gold and platinum taels, he came down with a sudden euphoria. he realised how easy was for him, a penangnite to strike not gold but platinum in peesailand. in his orgasmic happiness, a sudden heart attack striked.

in a zippity zoom, he was wheeled off to the hospital. immediate operation was performed on him. an opened operation by the best locters in peesailand. why locters and not DOCTORS, u ask? well, doctors treat patience - rich or poor and mostly the poor. locters in peesailand treated the rich and the powderful first. they were loaded with platinum taels and hence they got all the priority of the best among the creamy locters.

now the bill was out for the ministar of HELL who was paid in million taels per year to bleed peasants high and dry. his entire medical bills came to only 8 copper shillings!! what?? no kidding?? sadly, that was really it. 8 copper shillings! an average pesant who seeked medical attention had to pay:

1. the locter's rapid cosultation of less than 5 minutes -9.5 copper
2. lab test if any would be another 11 copper. if there were more, then more coppers.
3. pharmacy to get the medicine another charges depending of how many weeks of supply.

here we have the ministar of HELL, the holy cow having only to cough out 8 copper shillings!?? well, it was really daylight robbery. how could it be when he was the ministar of HELL or better preposition: ministar from HELL.

sadly, the peasants who were sick chronically or acutely continue d to bleed in peesailand. they had to cos u got a representative from HELL as the ministar with a million tael to crack his blain just to do that.

Oct 27, 2010
Khaw's bill for bypass: $8
Health minister points out benefits of health insurance schemes
By Fiona Low

Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan doing stretching exercises at a physiotherapy session at the National Heart Centre in June after undergoing bypass surgery the previous month. --ST FILE PHOTO

HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan paid just $8 after recent bypass surgery, and it was because he had signed up for the MediShield scheme and had an additional shield supplement from a private insurance company.

He wrote about the experience in a post on his blog - mohsingapore.blogspot.com - yesterday.

In the post, he likened health insurance schemes, such as MediShield and ElderShield, to umbrellas that help Singaporeans weather rainy days.

According to the minister, reforms in recent years, such as increasing the MediShield payout from 56 per cent to 66 per cent of large hospital bills in 2008, have helped these insurance plans reach out to more in the population.

The number of uninsured young Singaporeans has fallen from 45 per cent in 2007 to 17 per cent last year as a result of school programmes to reach out to the young.

Some 88 per cent of Singaporeans are now protected by MediShield and of these, 58 per cent have topped up with a private shield plan for hospitalisation in Class A wards and private hospitals.

again, remember this in peesailand, they had LOCTERS and not doctors. in peesailand, peasants could only choose to die but could never choose to fall sick. being sick was worst then being dead.

to spare or not to spare? the rod of the question

peesailand should legislate the ROD. not to prick offensive troublemakers from SDP CLAN but to unspare the ROD on their butts. take a long hard look at this videoclip. if SDP clan wayward disciples and especially master chee ah juan were to put through this ordeal, half of the public nuisance antic from SDP CLAN would be eliminated and refrained in future.

so to spare or not to spare - that's the ROD of the question. :)

Thursday, October 21, 2010

yao kuais in peesailand!!

SDP CLAN DONATED 10,500 TAELS

a total of 10,500 taels was generously donated to the leegime's coffer. tak boleh tahan!! that was what most peasants who had stupidly donated their blood and sweat money to SDP CLAN now realised what an idiot they were!



CRAZY DRAGON 18 DEADLY BLOWS revisited

after the failed first attempt for this deadly stance at the parleement house, all the SDP clowns for this deadly stance were apprehended and fleeced off painfully their gold taels.

not long after that, SDP CLAN took their lelong selling koyoks (medicated plaster) with all their tong-tong chengs (cymbals, gongs and drums) to toa payoh province. there they displayed their deadly tak boleh tahan crazy dragon 18 deadly blows stance again. this time round, it failed miserably again.

again the kungfu clowns involved this such sdp's unique deadly stance were all arrested. they were now charged heavily with a total of 10,500 taels fleeced from them.

would those kungfu clowns learn their lesson? tak boleh tahan! of course not! cos those hard-earned money were actually conned by donations from the blood money of peasants. those who might be reading this news now could be hitting hard their chest and realised how gullible and stupid they had fallen trap into master chee's deadly mind-boggling control technique.

Oct 19, 2010
8 fined over SDP assembly

A GROUP of people who gathered in Toa Payoh two years ago for a political party's 'tak boleh tahan' campaign were found guilty on Tuesday of taking part in an assembly which they ought reasonably to have known was held without a permit.

Of the 12 who were brought to court, three have since been dealt with ? lawyer Chia Ti Lik, 36, who had been fined $800; Sylvester Lim Teck Hee, 49, a Singapore Democratic Party central executive committee member, and Go Hui Leng, 38, a supporter, $600 each.

Eight of the nine convicted on Tuesday were fined between $900 and $1,000. But District Judge Kessler Soh allowed their fines to be stayed, pending their appeals against conviction and sentence.

SDP's secretary-general Chee Soon Juan, 48, and Yap Keng Ho, 49, an activist, were each fined the maximum of $1,000. Chee's sister, Chee Siok Chin, 44, a member of the central executive committee; and assistant treasurer Jeffrey George, 46; were each fined $950.

Assistant treasurer John Tan Liang Joo, 49; film-maker Seelan Palay 25; freelance software developer Chong Kai Xiong, 29; and vice-chairman Francis Yong Chu Leong, 61, were each fined $900. Party chairman Gandhi Ambalam, 67, was not sentenced after he disputed his criminal record. His case will be mentioned again on Oct 29.

The SDP had organised the 'tak boleh tahan' campaign - which means 'cannot take it' - to publicise high ministerial salaries, GST and cost of living in Singapore.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

master chiam eyeing for new frontiers

master chiam after inflicted by near fatal blow from his ex-protege chee ah juan, gradually was recovering from the serious internal injuries. together he teamed up with KJ from the RP CLAN and ventured off into conquering new frontiers. hopefully, the handicapped master chiam could live past then to achieve his conquest. let's wish him the best!! in good health, courage and support from the peasants to aid his victory!

as for master chee, he could jolly well go suck a lemon and choke himself with it!


SPP may contest Hong Kah GRC with Reform Party at next GE
By Hoe Yeen Nie | Posted: 02 October 2010 2235 hrs

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1084755/1/.html

SINGAPORE : The Singapore People's Party's (SPP) Chiam See Tong made a surprise appearance at Hong Kah GRC on Saturday, to join the Reform Party on their walkabout.

And he said they may contest the next general elections (GE) there together.

Mr Chiam, along with members of the SPP and Reform Party were at Yew Tee constituency.

The ward is helmed by former Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong, who is due to retire from politics before the next elections.

Mr Chiam had announced plans to challenge the People's Action Party (PAP) in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC in the next elections, and now may be eyeing Hong Kah GRC as well.

"The other partners feel that we're better at Hong Kah. So I've decided to come and have a look at myself. And I find that residents here are very receptive of the opposition," said Mr Chiam, Secretary-General of SPP.

Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Secretary-General of the Reform Party said: "No decision has been made yet as to where we'll field the joint teams, so Bishan-Toa Payoh is still in the mix and a possibility, but it gives us flexibility."

Mr Jeyaretnam said the decision to field the joint team will be taken when the electoral boundaries are announced.

It has been speculated that electoral boundaries may be redrawn to bring Choa Chu Kang Single Member Constituency into the fold. The MP for Choa Chu Kang is Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong.

The Reform Party has been visiting Hong Kah at least twice a week to build up its support base.

Mr Chiam may boost the party's momentum but he said more must be done to work the ground in Hong Kah GRC.

It's a sentiment echoed by Gillian Koh, a political watcher from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

"Mr Chiam is a well-known figure on his own. We'll have to see whether he's able to bring that political capital to Hong Kah. He will have to build up his reputation on the ground. And RP (Reform Party) is a new party, so it's going to have to build up its branding as well," said Koh.

Residents of Hong Kah have mixed views as to whether the opposition will find success.

Some cited Mr Chiam's age and poor health as reasons; others felt that the incumbent PAP is doing a good job.

MPs for Hong Kah GRC will not take the challenge lightly.

Zaqy Mohamad, MP for Hong Kah GRC said: "He's got his supporters, not just in Potong Pasir but also elsewhere. But having said that, I think we have our own strengths, and I think we've done a pretty good job over the last four, five years to win over support. And I think it's a good time to see whether it's been good work or not."

Negotiations are still on for the Reform Party to join the Singapore Democratic Alliance, and Mr Chiam said details will be finalised soon.

The Singapore Democratic Alliance is a coalition of three parties, one of which is the SPP. The other two are the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) and the Singapore Justice Party. - CNA /ls

JJ's haunting horny past....XXX-rated!

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I have decided to begin a series of posts on my current and historical field reports.

Since this is Sammyboy forum, I shall restrict myself to only legal brothel houses, except that somewhere along the line, I shall also talk about my ex-tirak Xiao Ching the Freelance CKM.

Just a bit of info ...

I started cheonging many years ago. My first cheonging base was Petain. At that time, many revonations had not been done yet and it was a very dirty and run-down place.

I used to fuck Petain prostitutes one or twice a month. The longest I have been without commercial sex is 10 weeks, and I have never broken that record for a very very long time.

Petain prostitutes are cheaper than GL pros. Last time, only $30 or $40 depending on quality. Later on, there also appeared $50 category, but they are very rare.

One year after starting Petain, I moved to GL $80-cat.

The legal GL brothel offered a tremendous improvement in service, because unlike Petain, the gal will wash and bathe you from head to toe properly in a CLEAN, HYGENIC bathroom, with LOTS OF SOAP AND WATER. The level of fucking service was also MUCH HIGHER than Petain. The complete works --- foreplay, BBBJ, FJ, ... could be expected from ANY legal GL girl, whether $80 or $150-cat.

I had many GL 80-cats over the years. One of my most memorable ones was Xiao Yun Que (little sparrow) of Westerhoust House 6. These are two FRs I wrote on her a couple of years ago .....

Xiao Yun Que – 1st FR

Visited GL today (Sat) at 3pm. I went to my favourite house (no. 6) at Lorong 18. Asked for Xiao Yun Que ($80 cat) who is also one of my favourite. Wa lao ... today she was in high demand man, I had to wait at least an hour before she finally arrived.

Her figure is short, a little plump, she is one of the more experienced ladies at GL, but still look very pretty. She (as usual) came wearing a loose fitting small skirt. I could see her legs still very smooth - she must have maintain well. After she signed in, we went upstairs and picked a room. Then we undressed, and she bathed me. After so long never go GL - wa lao, I really enjoy the slow bath that I had. Part-timers invariably either bathe quickly or dun even bathe you at all. But GL gals bathe u slowly, soap and rinse you very thoroughly - that's what I really like.

After drying ourselves we got onto bed and began the action. She lick my nipples, chest, legs, etc. This part is quite SOP but I must say she licks well. Then I turned over and she licked my back, and do some ass rimming. Then she asked me to prop my ass up and she went underneath me to give me bbbj. Her mouth was really nice ... had to control myself to prevent premature ejection.

After a while I turned over to lie on my back again. Then she gave me more bbbj. After so long never had bbbj, I found it really fucking shiok ... and I had to tell myself over and over mentally NOT to cum. Her mouth is really warm and moist, and when she suck, really feel damn nice. She can hold my cock stationary in her mouth and I just feel like exploding there and then.
Well fortunately I didn't and after that we proceed to the fj. fj is very SOP - she just lie there and dun move at all. No moaning, no sound effect. But her cunt feels really good too - warm, moist and soft - just like her heavenly mouth. I was really glad I control myself during the bbbj - otherwise I would have missed out on the fj - which is just as enjoyable if not more.

After cumming, the rest is SOP liao. Bathe, chat for a couple of minutes, change up, then leave. Nothing much else. She is a lady with a very patient and nice attitude, and performs solidly in bed.

Looks: 8/10
Body: 7/10 (a bit plump)
Breast: 7/10 (soft to the touch)

Kai Xin

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18-05-2003, 11:46 PM
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Xiao Yun Que – 2nd FR (in conjunction with CumGang’s 1st outing)

First and foremost, my heartfelt thanks goes to Bro CumKing for organizing this outing. Although he said this will be the last he will organize, it was a very memorable experience for me. First time, after all my years of SOLO action, I finally cheong GL together with KHAKI !! Shiok man! See chio bu for 4 hours until nose bleed eyes drop out liao!

Well I did not have very much money left after splurging on the part timers (xiao ching, joanne, etc) so I called $80 cat today. Another session with Xiao Yun Que (little sparrow)! I waited for well over an hour for her and a few bro said I was getting stressed up and impatient. But hey, it was worth the wait man!
In comes Xiao Yun Que at 4.50pm wearing the tradition GL cheong sam and some brudder "wooooooo" at her. I went into room 5 with her. She stripped and without further ado, proceeded to bathe me. One thing I must highlight: she has big pink NA NA! The bath, as usual, was very thorough and she wash my pork spear and my ass very well.

After drying, we PLOP onto the bed! She lick my torso, nipples, arms, legs until I got hard. Then I turned over and she licked my whole back, and poked her tongue into my asshole. WOOHOO! Then I propped up my ass and she did further ass rimming. Also went underneath me and suck my cock. I tell you this is the best part man! Her mouth is so smooth. When sucking your cock underneath you, really feel damn shiok.

Then I turned over, lied down and she did performed a class 1 BBBJ on me. She really take your time to tease, please and suck your cock and all the precum flow out like crazy. She blow until I nearly buey ta han. Just when I though it was over, she put on the cap and blow somemore! Brudders, you may not believe this, but with or without cap is equally shiok. I myself was surprised!
Originally wanted to stop her liao and start mouting her, but she just kept going on and on and on and on ... and in the end it got so shiok I decided to go for CIM. With condom! I didn't even bother to ask her to take it off! Blow blow blow blow and BLOW UNTIL BIIIISH!

I was exhausted. When I limped out of the room, all the brudder suddenly clap for me! hahaha I dunno why, until they said I had set a record time by exceeding the time limit by 10 minutes. Wa lao eh ... I didn't even know I went into extra time, man!
Just before I end this report : there are two new gals on my LICK LIST : Candy and Da Da (both $150 cat). I was drooling over Da da today until bro Cumking told me not to stare at her like that ... hehehehehe. da da will be my next target!! woo hoo!

Looks: 7/10
Body: 7/10
Lick Job: 7/10
BBBJ: nine point 5 /10
FJ: I skipped this today. went for CIM.
Attitude out of bed: pretty quiet today. think she's busy today.
Attitude in bed: Up to my high expectations.

Kai Xin

18-05-2003, 11:51 PM
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Xiao Yun Que (little sparrow)

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For your info, the abovementioned GL $80-cat is STILL working today and her house base is still Westerhout 6.

Even today, I call her now and then.

She is really an excellent and affordable screw!

Kai Xin
19-05-2003, 01:05 AM
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Venture in the Thai $40-cat

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I ventured into the Thai $40-cat approximately one year after I first started cheonging GL malaysian chinese $80-cat.

My first experience was at Lor 18 Hse 38 ....... the most fucked up house I can remember.

The gal was rude, insolent, and provided very sub-standard service. My session with her lasted only 9 minutes 30 seconds, according to an army friend of mine who actually bothered to time me there and then.

The OKT of that house was also the rudest and most CBK (chee bye kia) OKT I have ever encountered.

CBCBCBCBCBCBCBCBCBCB!!!!

Anyway I was undeterred. Now and then, I would venture back into the Tom Yam (Thai $40-cat) scene and happily, I would a few good screws now and then.

One of my most memorable and enjoyable screws was with a Thai gal from Lor 8 Hse 19A.

I shall show you an email I wrote to my Cumgang brudders some time back .....


Quote:

Today I finally decided to violate commandment number 10 (to uphold all that is noble ......).

The instrument of my betrayal was Lor 8 Hse 19A G10 --- Ah Joy.

Tried her a few times in the past, and she left me a very memorable impression. The past two times were double whooper sessions, and I even gave her a black office skirt and pink spagetti top. Everytime I said or did something nice to her she would reciprocate with a deep passionate french kiss --- something *SOMEONE* has not yet done for me.

Today she was pleasantly surprised to see me and remarked that I have not visited her for a few months. Her smiles and her charms put me at ease immediately and I felt this sense of well-being and euphoria come over me. We started fondling each other, frenching and taking off each other's clothes. We hugged, we muttered sweet nothings. I asked her about her business, her life, when we was due to go back, whether she had any darlings. She bathed me --- something *SOMEONE* has not yet done for me.

After the bath, we sat down on the bed and resumed the soft fondling. I kissed her lightly on her cheeks and neck. Soon one thing led to another and we began very passionate love making. It was no longer any SOP customer service procedure. We were really making love to each other like good old time lovers. Oh my ...... when it was her turn to lick my nipples, I really appreciated and enjoyed it, because that is extremely pleasurable. She deftly slipped on the condom and did a skillful bj .... so skillful that I had to hold back and try not to cum prematurely.

Our actual fucking was slow and extended into the second session. Gentle but deliberate massaging of the clit area (I recall CumKing saying some Thai gals do not enjoy cunnilingus coz they find it degrading to the man), passionate frenching, fingering followed by a hint of ass rimming put her totally at ease. Her juices flowed wildly. Our final position was woman-on-top. I came first, then she continued to ride me with increasing intensity until she too came. Thereupon she collapsed onto me, perspiring and panting. We remained in this position for a good 5 minutes. It was the most wonderful 5 minutes of my life.

Exhausted, she spent the remaining 5 minutes of the session sleeping on my shoulder ..... and she actually slept off! I loved the smell of her hair. I loved the way she cuddled and hugged me.

The Thais truly know how to make love .... something *SOMEONE* has yet to learn.

I really enjoy Ah Joy's company, and I hope in days to cum my patronage of Hse 19A will bring me more joy.

Kai Xin
with a renewed sense of joy.


p/s: That *SOMEONE* is my ex-tirak City Developments Limited

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more secret KAMASUTRA from JJ aka kaixin from:
http://www.sammyboyforum.com/showthread.php?t=11720

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

it's all about bear and more SDP bear.....

SDP CLAN has never ceased to exploit a situation, a condition, a phrase, an action and whatever. bear with it!! it can get really UNBEARABLE with their public imbecilic antics.

according to a chinese daily, sin min reported that SDP CLAN actually dressed one of their young clowns up in a bear suit to con little kids with their posion laced toxic candies.

all this was because of a recent "guerilla" advertising gimmick using a bear prowling in holland village, filming it in the dark and downloading the whole drama in YOUTUBE. that created a stirring panic in holland village area.

copying the same lame style, SDP CLAN decided to mimic this and targeting at innocent little kids with their toxic candies given out in a bear costume. once ingested, such kids would be easily mind-controlled by master chee's deadly brainwashing kungfu.

the imperial guards should be deployed to confiscate those candies and check for any hidden mind-boggling poison before innocent young brains got themselves fried and turned into eventual SDP mini zombies.

‘黑熊’原来是广告噱头 公众要求严惩

造假黑熊就是广告公司这名职员马可斯所扮。(图/The Secret Little Agency提供)

“黑熊”出现乌鲁班丹巴士站,原来是飞利浦(Philips)为推出新的剃须刀所搞出的宣传噱头,真相大白后,公众怒喊被耍,也不满警方被玩弄,纷纷要求广告公司被严惩!

许多公众今早拨打《联合晚报》热线,谴责公司造假,受访时还利用媒体故意散播“黑熊出没乌鲁班丹”的新闻,制造了不必要的恐慌,特别是乌鲁班丹的居民更是人心惶惶。

为安全起见,警方与3个机构,包括动物园、农粮据及关爱动物研究教育协会等连日来纷纷到场调查,劳民伤财一番后,各单位昨晚才获知,一切仅为了宣传剃须刀,公众因此炮轰广告公司不负责任。

《联合晚报》报道,一对父子在深夜经过乌鲁班丹路的巴士站时,声称拍到了黑熊在垃圾桶旁觅食的画面。他们过后将录像上载到STOMP网站,引起网民热烈讨论。警方昨早就派员到场调查,动物园昨午也派出了12名管理员到该巴士站及周围寻找“熊踪”。

飞利浦(Philips)昨晚发表文告,坦言“黑熊”出没巴士站是公司为了宣传新剃须刀所采取的“游击式”行销方式,目的在于引起公众的注意。飞利浦表示,“黑熊”其实是吉祥物(mascot),公司预料“黑熊”会引起关注,但从无制造任何惊慌的意思。对于所制造的恐慌,飞利浦向公众道歉。

飞利浦也表示,就“黑熊”是吉祥物一事,已通知警方、动物园等。

警方表示,正在“公共骚扰”的罪名下调查此事。完整报道,请翻阅14.10.10《联合晚报》。

the lame antic of SDP CLAN's copycat. it wasn't a bear really. it was a PUSSY!!




民主党找人扮熊访选区 要靠‘黑熊’出位?

“民主熊“派发糖果给小孩,受到小孩的欢迎。(图/新加坡民主党网站)
新剃须刀宣传搞出“黑熊”事件,闹得沸沸扬扬,惊动警方调查,如今新加坡民主党也利用熊做为新的吉祥物,还派人扮成熊访问社区,让人揣测:他们是否利用“熊事件”博宣传?

根据民主党的网站报道,民主党的党员昨天到武吉班让访问选区的时候,党的吉祥物“民主熊”丹尼(Danny)首次亮相。

这只“民主熊”是由党员扮的,戴着熊的头套和手套以及一件红色,印有“我爱新加坡民主党”英文字样的T恤。

报道说,“民主熊”的出现,引起居民的好奇,它负责分发糖果给小朋友,同时协助售卖党报。一名70岁的老伯还特地同民主熊留影。

针对他们是否靠熊出位,民主党助理秘书长陈两裕今早在电邮访问中,不做正面回复。他说,党员早在几个月前就已经酝酿要有吉祥物的念头,一筹到经费后就设计了吉祥物。

“民主党的年轻党员有创意和活泼,为了更好地和人们沟通,就想利用吉祥物来传达党的讯息。”

陈先生也说,居民对民主熊的反应良好,觉得它可爱,连老人家都喜欢。

- 执政党积极备战 反对党不敢松懈

- 详细报道,请翻阅18.10.2010《新明日报》。

remembrance.....reincarnation.....

remembrance......


...and Reincarnation....




*click on the screen to view clearer in FULL SCREEN SIZE.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

sorrow in the leegime

gloominess hanged over the sky of peesailand after the passing of empress dowager. lau lee was overwhelmed with grief. peesailanders mourned with him.....

Passing
Of A Singapore Lady
The departure of Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, admired and respected, may have just turned a page of Singapore’s history. By Seah Chiang Nee.
Oct 9, 2010

(Synopsis: Lee’s barely audible words at his wife’s funeral have sparked speculation about the way forward, especially on the political front.)

IN A grieving eulogy at his wife’s funeral, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said in a tone that was at times hardly audible: “Without her I would be a different man, with a different life...

“..At this moment of the final parting, my heart is heavy with sorrow and grief.”

Kwa Geok Choo, a pillar of his life for 62 years, passed away last Saturday at age 89 after being bedridden and unable to speak or move for two years.

Three days before her demise, Lee himself was admitted to hospital for a chest infection after a fall while on a visit to Moscow.

His words “without her I would be a different man” evidently referred to the past, but under the circumstances, they may well be applied to the present.

In fact, last week’s events could signal the end of the Lee Kuan Yew era now in its 50th year, if he decides to call it a day.

As the will-he or won’t-he question raged, thousands of Singaporeans filed to pay their last respects to his late wife, an obviously popular lady.

People were closely watching the ageing leader’s appearance for an indication of things to come. What they saw was not too reassuring.

Probably still under the effect of antibiotics to treat his chest infection, Lee appeared visibly weak. Two bodyguards were closely behind him, ready to help him if needed.

His words emerged slowly from lips that barely moved as he evidently struggled to contain his emotions. They brought tears to some people in the audience.

Lee sounded like a totally different man from the tough-talking, fearsome politician who led Singapore with an authoritarian rule that nevertheless made it one of the world’s richest cities.

The government and his doctors have not given any progress report on his health.

Many Singaporeans, especially those of his generation, felt sorry to see him in his frail, grieving state.

It evoked numerous appeals, including those from well-meaning admirers, for him to retire and take a well earned rest.

“Please Mr Lee, no more overseas trips,” a sympathiser pleaded. “You have done enough for the nation, time to take a rest.”

Some older citizens, who still have an unshakeable faith in Lee, are concerned that his exit could result in a political division within the ruling People’s Action Party and the country at large.

Market unworried

Whatever concerns people felt about a post-Lee Singapore were not reflected in the stock market, which appears to have accepted the inevitable.

The index continued to climb by nearly 100 points in the few days after news of his hospitalisation and his wife’s death.

Many young people and professionals, however, see things differently. They welcome it as a positive development.

A critical website reported that of the hundreds of messages received more than 60% considered it a good thing if Lee were to leave. Some berated him in venomous tones.

The general feeling is that under the current circumstances, it will be unlikely for him to undergo the rigours of another election campaign.

“It’s inconceivable that without his wife by his side, Lee will have the fire in the belly to carry on as Minister Mentor,” said a varsity professor, who declined to be named.

And, he added, even if he really forced himself to go on, Lee would likely be a very different person. “A boat without a sail”, as a commentator described it.

Lately, he appeared to be more aware of his own ageing, and was contemplating more and more about issues of life, health and his love for his wife.

In a dialogue session with Moscow students recently, the octogenarian Lee said: “I am not in charge any more. My contribution now is like an over-the-horizon radar – (telling them) there is opportunity there or there is trouble there…”

When asked last month by an American journalist – “When is the last leaf falling?” – Lee, who seems no longer in charge of the day-to-day government, answered:

“I can feel the gradual decline of energy and vitality. And I mean generally ... every year ... when you know you are not on the same level as last year. But that’s life.”

On what would come next, Lee replied: “I do not know. Nobody has ever come back.”

He had also repeatedly said that he would not completely retire, and advised Singaporeans to carry on working as long as health permitted.

“I know if I rest, I’ll slide downhill fast,” he told the New York Times.

One concerned Singaporean sent an email to MM Lee and his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, urging Lee to step down:

“I hope you (Lee) are magnanimous enough to face the reality (and not in denial) that you no longer are the man you were, and step down gracefully. You need not be an MP or be in the Cabinet to be able to contribute.”

A portion of Internet activists favours exerting greater pressure to persuade Lee to leave politics to the young.

“Old politicians will never give up power unless compelled by law or they die ... or are thrown out by bloody intervention,” said SgObserver.

Others disagreed. One surfer said the passing of Lee may not be a blessing for Singapore.

For one thing, he wrote, “the PAP may implode and result in an internal power struggle”.

“Secondly,” he added, “without doubt Lee is a very experienced politician, shrewd, cunning and resourceful, (qualities) required to survive in politics.

“How many existing members of Parliament in Singapore can claim to be able to come near him?”

(This was published in The Star on Oct 9, 2010)

Thursday, October 14, 2010

master chee had stolen pap's secret kungfu manual

the pap's imperal squad which had kept their highly gentle but deadly TAICHI kungfu manual had been secretly stolen, mastered and returned without the leegime even knowing it. the one who was dexterous to have done it was none other master chee.

here are the deadly strokes, master chee had mastered and probably improvished enhancing the deadliness of the ying and yang.


PART 1 TAICHI:
application of chi to flood the minds of peasants.



PART 2 MANUAL:
applying chi to deflect blame for cause & effect such as failing to win a province was due to bad chi fr the leegime that could ve stunned the peasants' peabrains. total failure of the crazy dragon deadly 18 palms were due to JJ needing a pee, lamui and chia sai needing a quickie...everyone else needing something prior to the crazy dragon deadly 18 palms execution.





THE MASS ORGY KAMASUTRA STANCE - a deadly orgic stance which was thought lost after the STOP AT 2 revolutionary years. master chee had secretly passed this deadly carnal skills to lamui and chia sai and hence the birth of the renown THE CONDOM HEROES.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

SDP's top ninja spotted



can anyone spot SDP's top ninja among the crowd? clue: ninja wears dark glasses.

TR (TRASH RETARDS) confirmed trashed.


TOC Latest: Temasek Review shut down

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:32 AM PDT

Update @ 1445:

A message on TR’s Facebook page now reads:

“TR is in maintenance mode at present due to upgrading of its wordpress platform from 2.8 to 3.0. It will be up and running soon”.

Update 12 October @ 1300:

The error message on TR’s main page remains unchanged since 12 hours ago: “THE TEMASEK REVIEW is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance.
Please try back in 1 hours 18 minutes.”

Posted @ 0030 hrs

Just two days after local tabloid The New Paper (TNP) supposedly exposed the founder of online news website Temasek Review and its’ predecessor, The Wayang Party, the website is no longer viewable by the public. Readers have notified TOC about the unavailability of Temasek Review for a few hours this evening. At the time of this posting, the website is still unavailable.

No explanation for the site’s unavailability have been provided on Temasek Review’s Facebook page.


Photo courtesy of Sammyboyforum

Attempts by TOC to contact Dr Ong at his clinic have so far been unsuccessful.

The TNP article

The TNP article in question was published on Saturday, and claimed that Dr Joseph Ong, a medical doctor practicing as a GP for Healthway Medical Group in Sengkang, is the man behind the Temasek Review.

The TNP report quoted Dr Ong as having admitted to having asked Bangladeshi cleaners to put up posters in May 2009 calling for Member of Parliament Mdm Lee Bee Wah’s resignation as the president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association.

In June that year, the Temasek Review (then known as The Wayang Party Club) paid freelancers to organize a petition drive at the Speaker’s Corner to call for the resignation of Mdm Lee Bee Wah. The website called it the event their “first outreach event organized by this blog and its auxiliaries”.

The TNP report also relied on an unattributed quote to state that Dr Ong “identified himself to police as being the founder of the Wayang Party, and later, Temasek Review”.

Dr Ong was alleged to have been investigated and given a stern warning for putting up the posters, but not for organizing the petition drive.

Temasek Review fights back

The current editors of the Temasek Review are, according to comments by the editorial team, all based overseas. The team is led by Panama based “Molina Han” and four other editors.

Prior to the shut-down, editorial team of Temasek Review vigorously rebutted the TNP report, stating that they have no knowledge of Dr Joseph Ong, and have never worked with Dr Ong.

Just one day before Temasek Review was shut down, the editorial team published an editorial by a self-identified “pioneer contributor” to The Wayang Party called “BK”*, denying all knowledge or correspondence with Dr Ong. He wrote:

“I don’t know the doctor in question and never once came across his name in my correspondence with TR and I was writing for TR when it was still Singapore Enquirer and Wayang Party”.


Temasek Review had also been hinting that the TNP article was a sign of a broader crackdown to come. In an article posted on the website just yesterday, a contributor to the Temasek Review called “Atobe” wrote that:

“The TNP article about TR yesterday is an ominous sign that reveal the intent is to generate controversy and to ultimately target Temasek Review for being a subversive site – which will lead to the beginning of official efforts towards the demise of TR.”

Temasek Review has also gone on the offensive to query the leak of information about Dr Ong’s anti-Lee Bee Wah postering and his alleged involvement with the website. Two days before the TNP report, Temasek Review published an article stating that “A formal complaint has been lodged with Mr Benny Lim, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs” regarding a complaint by one Mr Ong.

The possible leak of confidential information was also queried by social worker and TOC contributor Mr Ravi Philemon in a letter written to the Singapore Police Force. The Singapore Democratic Party has also raised the issue on their website.

After the story broke, Temasek Review also highlighted the personal phone number of the TNP journalist who wrote the article in question, a move that some interpret as a veiled threat to the mainstream media to stop the smear campaign.

Update @ 0120hrs:
The update on the TR page states that the page is down for scheduled maintennance. We thank our readers for bringing this to our attention.

Until the time of this article’s authourship, the error message for the Temasek Review page read as follows:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_multisite() in /home/wayangpa/public_html/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 505



*BK appears suspiciously pointing to JJ, the nerdy snake with the poisoned spit-pen.