Why SAF cannot pay regular pay to NS men?

8 May 2026

[08/05, 12:52 pm] ☸️  Danny 心: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS9G5mWno/

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WP Kenneth Tiong suggest paying NSF $1,800 a month as minimum wages like regular pay.

@Babe:1. WP Kenneth Tiong want Government to pay the minimum salary to NS man $1,800 - which is essentially transforming our conscription into regular army with regular pay.

2. No small countries can afford a regular army of strength 300,000 servicemen = 300,000 x $1,800 x 12 months = a whopping $6.48 billion every year just to pay the NS.

3. This will take out a big chunk of the SAF budget to buy weapons, maintain weapons, do R&D, keep all the 4 services function effectively, training, overseas exercise, maintain overseas bases etc - to ensure Singapore has an effective SAF fighting forces.

4. In other words, this opposition MP suggestion - will have make our SAF less effective in ensuring a effective fighting force with less effective weapons, less budget for training, reduce training hours, maintain weapons to become operational, less flying hours etc to defend our Countries.
It pose an existential threat to Singapore.

5. As MP, does he have strategic depth when making suggestion in Parliament - without resorting to populist policy just to woo votes - but pose a great threat to the Country?

@Babe:---

1. NS men unlike other jobs - are given full time accomodation to live in barracks (Mon - Fri) except weekends when they book out - they don't need to pay rent, house loans etc.

2. NS men are given 4 meals everyday (commercial caterers) - breakfast, lunch, dinner, night snacks.

3. NS men are given full clothings, footwear, bags etc - no need to buy clothes, running shoes, T-shirts, short pants, full packs, ali-baba bags etc

4. NS men don't need to pay electricity, water for bathing, charging handphone to surf internet etc.

5. NS men only pay public transport during book out time and book in time.

6. If sick, see doctors (MO - Medical Officers) are free.

7. Half of the expenses are taken care off by the SAF - hence cannot justify the needs for a minimum wages of $1,800 a month.

Workers outside don't have such special privileges, perks and services - that will have easily cover more than half of the $1,800 if a worker with minimum is on their own.

8. DId this WP MP take into account of this - and include in his calculation when making comments in Parliament?

9. Besides, performing National Service is a sacred duty that is a responsibilities of all male Singaporeans - without the Country, we have no home, no peace, no prosperity, and we cannot protect our loved ones.

Does WP MP reflect on this?

@Babe:Do you know why many countries cannot afford a regular standing Army to defend their countries?

Because it is too expensive and will burn a big hole in their defense budget, albeit their fiscal budget - and leave with very little to finance their social and economic needs.

That's why countries have to turn to conscription by paying allowance.

Else our soldiers will have to use their salaries to fight advanced weapons thrown by enemies without effective weapons to counter them.

This is simple math.

Why doesn't this WP MP cannot see this and instead focus in winning votes while putting our NS boys at risk?

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[14/5/2026 4:52 pm] LCL (Danny 心): 

Even rich countries like Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan, Israel, South Korea etc cannot afford a regular army pay - but have to depend on conscription army that pay NS allowance not regular pay.

[14/5/2026 4:56 pm] LCL (Danny 心): 

Then our army boy got to go out to fight the army that shoot ballistic missiles on us - and we only got money to buy bullets to shoot the ballistic missiles down instead of air defence missiles - because a big chunk of money is in your pocket.

Or our soldiers catch the ballistic missiles with their bare hands.

[14/5/2026 5:01 pm] LCL (Danny 心): 

Approximately 64 countries currently use conscription (mandatory military service), with another 8 employing selective conscription and 13 having it authorized for emergencies, totaling over 80 nations with mandatory or standby enrollment. Active systems are prevalent in parts of Asia, Africa, and a growing number of European nations, including Russia, South Korea, Israel, and recently, returning to nations like Lithuania and Sweden. [1 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44646267), 2 (http://chartsbin.com/view/1887?mobile-app=true&theme=false), 3 (https://en.tempo.co/read/1801069/10-countries-with-compulsory-military-services)]

@Babe:Throughout all his Parliament speeches, Kenneth Tiong is all about how to dig more and more into the fiscal budget to pay more for this and more for that.

I have not come across making constructive suggestions how to bring in more money for Singapore.

He think Singapore money fall from the sky.

@Babe:He will bankrupt Singapore coffer very quickly.

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Can recycling failure

 [27/05, 3:38 pm] ☸️  Danny 心: Saw a youth trying to recycle and redeem 2 can containers with the recycling machine.

He tried for quite sometimes, but cannot succeed.

He become frustrated and leave the 2 cans besides the recycling machine.

He lost 20 cents that he paid upfront.

[27/05, 3:42 pm] ☸️  Danny 心: Upfront price 10 cents per can should not be paid.

the Universe is Empty

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@Babe:The World is Empty?

Empty of stray thoughts.

In fact the Universe is Empty.

Job losses to AI and moving out of business to neighbouring economic zones?

 [26/05, 1:06 pm] ☸️  Danny 心: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSxxc2qWQ/

@Babe:1. Singapore FDI investment in 2026 - reach record high $58.6 billions per quarter hitting $197 billions.

FDI mainly in high end high value added sectors such as finance, technologies & IT and advanced manufacturing - producing high salary jobs.

2. Singapore median monthly salary reaches $5,775 (including CPF).

3. Singapore achieve full employment in 2026 (companies finding it difficult to recruit workers in Singapore).

(Note :- in economic term 3.1% unemployment is universally considered low - as there are workers not actively looking for jobs).

[26/05, 1:15 pm] ☸️  Danny 心: @Babe:1. Joint Development zone (with JB, Batam) missions is to rationalize joint attraction of global FDI into our investment zones - to capitalize and exploits the merits offer by each zones.

2. Eg. Singapore offer high values RHQ, logistics, financial services, high technology advanced manufacturing, well connected ports, air cargo etc but come with high rental and manpower cost.

3. JB and Batam - provides the advantages of low cost land rental, lower manpower costs.

4. Hence, Gardenia, H&M, Amazon that do online fresh groceries deliveries - are well suited to move into JB and Batam - because they require low cost, blue collar workers input - that does not fit into Singapore economic transformation landscape for advanced manufacturing and high paid jobs.

[26/05, 1:20 pm] ☸️  Danny 心: @Babe:1. StanChart job cuts are mainly corporate function roles, support roles that include positions such as risk management and regulatory compliance - that can be automated by AI.

2. StanChart however are increasing job roles to hire more relationship managers, accelerate product innovation, improve digital and client experience, as well as upgrade and launch new client centres.”

@Babe:1. Singapore financial capital under management has increase to more than $6 trillion - plenty of wealth relationship management jobs required by StanChart to tap the wealth management.

@Babe:The total financial assets under management (AUM) in Singapore's fund management industry has surpassed S$6 trillion, building upon the S$6.07 trillion (US$4.46 trillion) recorded prior to the latest growth period. The wealth and asset management sectors continue to see healthy client inflows, driven by the steady expansion of family offices and private equity. [1, 2, 3]

@Babe:So Singaporeans must be able to see the complete picture how Singapore economic transformation landscape are evolving in order to appreciate how Singapore business and jobs have been elevated into a higher value, higher income jobs - instead of being alarmed by some movement of business out of Singapore and retrenchment of some workers.

Able to see the big picture and connect the dots - will make Singaporeans more informed instead of becoming alarmist.

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@Babe:1. Through carefully calibrated economic transformation:-

Singapore has become the highest GDP PPP per capita in the World.

2. Top 5 Global GDP (PPP) per Capita Leaders.

The most recent figures from major global financial institutions demonstrate Singapore's dominant economic standing:

Singapore: \(\sim \$150,000 – \$173,000+\)

Luxembourg: \(\sim \$140,000 – \$158,000\)

Ireland: \(\sim \$140,000+\)

Macao SAR: \(\sim \$125,000 – \$135,000\)

Switzerland: \(\sim \$105,000+\) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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@Babe:Singapore is globally recognized as one of the most AI-ready economies and leading smart nations.

The city-state’s strategy focuses on large-scale AI deployment and workforce resilience rather than building frontier models from scratch.

This approach is driven by the National AI Council (NAIC) and the Economic Strategy Review (ESR).

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@Babe:1. In layman terms, do we want companies that offer $1,000, $2,000, $3,000 jobs - to make bread, clothing, pack grocery or do backend mundane excel spreadsheet, print invoice, go through paperwork.

2. Or do we want our Government to attract high value high salary jobs that pay $5,000, $6,000 to above $10,000 - that do advanced manufacturing such as AI chips, chips design, wealth relationship manager, AI developers, creators, R&D, etc?

3. Singapore economic resiliency transformation and national AI council is to create high salary jobs for Singaporeans.

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Not married, no kids - can chair population policy?

 心法:

[24/05, 8:29 pm] ☸️  Danny 心: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSxmHCX8F/

@Babe:1. Dr Ng En Heng is a surgeon, but he is touted as an excellent defence strategist as Defense Minister.

2. Bill Gates is a drop out from university computer science, but he build Microsoft and develop MS OS that dominate all computers - a software conglomerate that is worth more than $1 trillion.

3. Some of the best hackers never study computer science - but is able to hack many sophisticated network systems in the world.

[24/05, 8:31 pm] ☸️  Danny 心: 

@Babe:1. I have never work in a bank and financial systems.

2. But I build an authentication system that more than 10 foreign banks and financial institutions subscribe to my company services.
All it takes is alot of common sense.

@Babe:1. Previously a high place doctor berated Philip Yeo, a heavyweight civil servant of not having medical background and should not lead in developing the pharmaceutical sector.
But Philip Yeo did created a pharmaceutical sector that form a sizeable percentage of our manufacturing sector.

2. Minister Health Ong Ye Kung is previously a civil servant started his career in transport policy.
Now he is a solid Health Minister involve in tackling COVID pandemic and done a great job in health ministry.
Does the health minister need to be a doctor before he can become health minister?

3. SM Lee Hsien Loong is a mathematics, computer science and public administration graduate - never in financial industry - but he did a superb job as Chairman of Monetary of Singapore (Finance).
So these are highly intelligent people with alot of common sense and can adapt in any roles they are assigned to do.

@Babe:1. Mdm Ho Ching is engineer by education and training.

2. She is a defense engineer with Mindef. And then join ST Engineering doing engineering.

3. But she is appointed to be CEO of Temaesk Holding Sovereign Fund and grow the fund from $90 billions to $381 billions before handing over without financial background.

@A:Without idiots allowing nepotism and cronyism, all the people your mentions can’t even be a mid level management in a private company per their failure after failure after failure.

@Babe:Failure?

Despite growing the fund from $90 billions to $381 billions with annual ROI of 14%?

Your conclusion very baffling.

@Babe:Mdm Ho Ching has been a recurring figure on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International list, peaking at 8th place in 2018.

While she is often recognized as the former CEO of Temasek (2004–2021) and the current chairperson of Temasek Trust, her rankings highlight her global business and philanthropic influence.

@Babe:Global Governance and Civil Service Rankings

Government Effectiveness: Singapore repeatedly ranks as the number one country worldwide in the Chandler Institute of Governance index. This index specifically evaluates "leadership and foresight," "strong institutions," and the ability to attract business.

Public Administration: Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government also declared Singapore’s public administration and civil service the best in the world, praising its strengths in border services, tax administration, and long-term innovation strategies. [1, 2, 3]

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@nil:To your examples… all just came across as mediocre ministers. Don’t need to put them on high pedestals… they are are paid very high for their jobs

@Babe:Singapore has the highest GDP PPP per capita in the World.
Which aspect of the Ministers are mediocre?

@Babe:Top 5 Global GDP (PPP) per Capita Leaders
The most recent figures from major global financial institutions demonstrate Singapore's dominant economic standing:
Singapore: \(\sim \$150,000 – \$173,000+\)
Luxembourg: \(\sim \$140,000 – \$158,000\)
Ireland: \(\sim \$140,000+\)
Macao SAR: \(\sim \$125,000 – \$135,000\)
Switzerland: \(\sim \$105,000+\) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

@GoodMorning:Did all of these person do it themselves, or did they hire the persons with right skills to build it? Do not mistake the bullet for the gun. You can say the person died because of the bullet, but without the gun, the bullet is nothing.

@Babe:So you already draw the conclusion on my behalf.
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@Jac Chow:Does it mean a single cannot work in a child care centre? I know other teachers and even I became child care teachers.

@mypeaches:Are you seriously comparing between a child care teacher during office hours vs raising a child...? common sense isnt so common after all.

@lmao:trolling ah. parenting and taking care of a random person for a living is not the same. 😂

@IfIwasminister:No link. What a logic leap u have.

@Babe:@Babe:So on the same page, chairing a population policy versus parenting also no comparison.
This is common sense right?

@AhQiang:The fact @IndraneeRajah refused to acknowledge COL is the main issue is why TFR will never be resolved. Yet people are supporting these type of ministers claiming they understand the pain and struggle of having children. These pro PAPs will never accept this fact that their master is incompetent to carry out certain tasks. Just like years ago when I said HDB 1mil will slowly becomes a norm and these pro PAPs said I’m talking bullshit. Look at the situation now.

@Babe:Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah has explicitly identified the cost of living and time scarcity as major barriers to starting families. With Singapore's Total Fertility Rate dropping to a historic low of 0.87, addressing these financial and structural pressures is a pressing national priority. [1, 2, 3]

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@Derek Fong:You don’t need a married minister to lead such a committee. Its purpose is to gather diverse input — from married couples, singles, and even single parents — to formulate recommendations. It is fundamentally a teamwork effort. For Indranee, though she may be single, her perspective adds valuable insight into why some choose not to marry or have children.

What matters most is that after the committee’s recommendations are compiled, they will be tested to see if they provide effective solutions to encourage more marriages and parenthood. That is the true crux of the committee and its report. It is not a one‑man show, unlike the Opposition, which often relies on a single leader to dictate decisions.🤔

@heyVince:It’s more important the Baby Making Task Force members have experience in government policies than it is for them to have baby-making experience. A baby maker will not be able to implement government policies that balances financial prudence and people’s needs even tho she/he may empathise with having a child.

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Buddha Enlightenment, Sutra and US Project Stargate

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Buddha Enlightenment is the tuning of the mind to synch with the right frequency that discover the Universal Truth.

The discovery are meticulously documented in the Sutras.

US Project Stargate - a secret project investigation of the Buddha meditation reveals the quantum physics mirror many discoveries from the sutra.

Proposed deployment of nuclear reactors for Singapore

REACH Portal - Nuclear Reactors deployment

21 May 2026

After careful study and exhaustive scouring through various AI information on nuclear reactor, SMR, fission, fusion, and if they are hit by bombs - the danger of radiation, I feel that the following infrastructure deployment for either SMR nuclear reactor - fission or fusion will be the safest for Singapore - being a small city state with little margin of errors as safety is paramount for Singaporeans and residents.

SMR nuclear reactors should be deployed in:-

1. Offshore islands preferable to meet the emergency radius of 1.6 km safety distance for SMR nuclear fission reactors (be it gas-cool, thorium-molten salt or uranium pellets).

2. Underground - organized in a honeycomb design - modularized, isolated - per comb, per nuclear reactor. Pse see diagram for reference.

So that if there is radioactive leakage - it is confined to that particular comb.

3. The offshore islands provide a buffer safety distance of 1.6 km - and in the event of leakage, the buffer distance will help in reaction time.

4. As gas-cool are using kernel plus multi-layer cladding to ensure nuclear fission to occur within protected kernel while allowing heat to generate electricity - leakage of radiation will be prevented.

Hence accident or leakages are very rare - in which deploying gas cool nuclear reactors underground will be safe due to the multi layer cladding protection from leakage or normal accident.

The need to rely on seawater as coolants and dilution - will rarely be needed - and hence need not be located on surface areas near the sea.

5. As modular honeycomb design per reactor are used, any leakage in one reactor will not affect the rest.

Also in underground, leakages will not harm population through radiation by air or sea.

6. However if offshore islands are not feasible - eg. Not sufficient underground space, underground soil too soft and not feasible for underground structure to house the nuclear reactors to be arranged in the honeycomb design - then alternative choice is to deploy in mainland underground or underneath Jurong island that have a larger surface area and harder underground soil.

7. I feel that offshore + underground deployment for nuclear reactors will allay the safety considerations concerning radiation leakage, terrorism or missiles attack in the event of war.