REACH (Telegram) 147 - What are your thoughts on the issues to be discussed in Parliament today? Which issue interests you the most?
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08 Jul 2026 (10am - 7pm)
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[7/7/2026 10:01 am] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic📢
Parliament will sit today (7 Jul) at 10.30am. Leader of the House Indranee Rajah will deliver a ministerial statement on the conduct of Workers’ Party leaders Sylvia Lim and Faisal Manap. Parliament will also discuss the blocked social media posts targeting the Indian community, screening of dialect films, and the motion on reinforcing Singapore as a global transport hub.
💬 What are your thoughts on the issues to be discussed in Parliament today? Which issue interests you the most?
📌 Ministerial statement on conduct of Workers’ Party leaders Sylvia Lim and Faisal Manap
The ministerial statement will be a "determination" on the Committee of Privileges' (COP) findings on the two WP leaders' involvement in events relating to former WP member Raeesah Khan's lies to parliament in 2021, according to the order paper published on Monday.
This follows a motion filed in Parliament in January 2026, where Indranee asked the House to note that the High Court’s judgment and COP findings have implications for Lim and Faisal, which have to be considered separately from WP chief Pritam Singh’s.
📌 Blocked social media posts targeting Indian community
Parliament will also discuss the Government’s blocking of 14 social media posts that targeted Singapore’s Indian community. Darryl David (Ang Mo Kio GRC) has asked if the posts were a coordinated and deliberate effort by any agency or organisation, and if so, what action has or will be taken against them. Nominated MP Neo Kok Beng asked about programmes to counter foreign influence.
📌 Screening of dialect films
MPs will also discuss questions related to Singapore’s policy on the public screening of dialect films. This comes after only limited screenings of the film Dear You, originally produced in Teochew, were made available, while a Mandarin-dubbed version ran for general screenings, sparking public debate.
Ten questions were submitted by MPs in relation to the campaign and Singapore's approach towards the screening of dialect films.
Cai Yinzhou (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) has asked about the campaign’s current policy objectives and whether the Government will review the campaign’s continued application to locally screened dialect films. Meanwhile, WP Non-Constituency MP Eileen Chong has asked if the Government’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Speak Mandarin Campaign includes any indicators of its impact on the use and transmission of Chinese dialects.
📌 Motion on Reinforcing Singapore’s Position as a Global Transport Hub
Five PAP backbenchers have also filed a motion on Singapore’s position as a global transport hub. They are led by Tin Pei Ling (Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC), who chairs the government parliamentary committee on transport. The motion asks the House to affirm the importance of strengthening Singapore’s long-term economic competitiveness by “leveraging international cooperation, frontier technologiesand world-class infrastructure”. It asks that Singapore do this to reinforce its position as a globally connected aviation, maritime and logistics hub, and to anchor good jobs here.
📌 Other Issues
Other parliamentary questions will cover worker wage protection, Singapore’s overall recycling rates, and commuter safety measures.
👉 https://www.parliament.gov.sg/api/media/14effa11-ada1-42d1-ab1a-aad2794f165a/Order-Paper---7July2026.pdf
👉 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ministerial-statement-sylvia-lim-faisal-manap-dialect-films-parliament-6234651
👉 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/indranee-to-deliver-ministerial-statement-in-parliament-on-conduct-of-wps-sylvia-lim-faisal-manap
👉 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/transport-motion-parliament-gpc-global-hub-6230081
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[7/7/2026 10:38 am] REACH Singapore: Dear contributors,
Parliament sitting is now live.
Catch the livestream of today's Parliament sitting here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/_3tu7epg5n0?is=hyrAUJ-MwYBSJeJz
[7/7/2026 11:00 am] REACH Singapore: [ Poll : 1) Which issue(s) are you most interested in for today's Parliament sitting? Share your reasons in the chat! (You may choose more than one option.) ]
- Ministerial statement on the conduct of Workers’ Party leaders Sylvia Lim and Faisal Manap
- Government’s blocking of social media posts targeting the Indian community
- Screening of dialect films
- Motion on reinforcing Singapore’s position as a global transport hub
- Financial Action Taskforce (FATF)
- Others (Please share your views in the chats below)
[7/7/2026 11:09 am] LCL (Danny 心):
1. Quite a number of youth raise their worries of AI replacing:-
a. Entry level white collar jobs making fresh graduates entry to market more difficult.
How much and what type of AI training is needed besides their trained skillets.
And dampening entry level salary.
b. Displacing current workers without AI skillets.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCpWS7g5/
https://babe118.blogspot.com/2026/07/ai-skillsets-with-traditional.html
[7/7/2026 11:15 am] LCL (Danny 心):
Financial Action Taskforce
1. Recently, I noticed that background check and onboarding process of fund placement are getting very onerous in the financial services.
2. This will deter many legitimate ultra rich foreign funds and even domestic funds placement in Singapore financial systems.
3. I suspect the onerous and long onboarding process could be due to the following possibilities:-
a. Financial institutions need to submit investment products of clients buying at big sum to MAS for background check. Hence the onboarding process suddenly become very long.
b. MAS is monitoring if the clients (are money launderers) which will take evasive actions when under scrutiny:-
i. Transfer large money out of Singapore.
ii. Take flight and run away from Singapore.
All these are indications of money launderers.
[7/7/2026 11:17 am] LCL (Danny 心):
"Singapore cannot afford to keep losing clients to Dubai and Hong Kong’: Industry says faster onboarding vital for wealth hub edge.
The city-state is racing to remove procedural friction as the battle for the ultra-rich intensifies".
Agree that Singapore financial sector onboarding process very onerous.
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/singapore-cannot-afford-keep-losing-clients-dubai-and-hong-kong-industry-says-faster-onboarding#:~:text=Singapore%20cannot%20afford,ultra%2Drich%20intensifies
[7/7/2026 11:20 am] LCL (Danny 心):
But Singapore financial services sector are losing funds placement - as legitimate customers (that do not meet the profile of a money lauderers) are subjected to onerous process that make fund placement very painful.
Most of the time, they quote this is MAS requirements.
Eg. Ask you to dig out documents that are decades ago to explain your source of income (whereby computer are just beginning to emerge).
Who will keep hardcopies that are decades ago, and it could have been lost, thrown away or misplaced.
Soft copies in floppy disk already mouldy, data cannot read.
No computers or laptop got floppy disk drive nowadays to read and print the soft copies.
Is this process even necessary?
It will turn away legitimate customers to offshore or foreign financial institutions - and Singapore local banks and financial institutions will lose fund placement that will impact Singapore as a financial hub.
[7/7/2026 11:46 am] Ahin: Is it possible to create a system that tracked the individual / company?... something like Credit card score.... so if a person keeps on defaulting credit card.. then he will have red flags...
[7/7/2026 11:47 am] Ahin: So the red flag will appear if the company or person had laundering case before.
[7/7/2026 11:48 am] LCL (Danny 心):
Food security goals
I think our food security goals of ensuring domestic food production can be secured are achieved.
This is despite the fact that:-
1. Singapore is a small market, unable to attract enough domestic food producers to keep their business viable.
2. Also Singapore domestic production cost much higher and hence higher food prices compare to imported foods eg. Malaysia, China.
Despite the 2 challenges, the following strategies help to overcome them - which in turn secure our domestic food security.
[7/7/2026 11:49 am] LCL (Danny 心):
424. I post in REACH (Telegram) LCL (Danny 心), [6/11/2025 12:45 pm]:-
*Strategy to achieve food security goals*
1. To elaborate, reclassify and elevate food security as the same "strategic critical resources" equivalent to:-
a. Water security
b. Energy security.
2. Set 20x30x35 as a hard target. Mandate the following critical demand mass to buy and source from only locally produced farms that are collected, coordinated by a central locally produced food aggregator eg. NTUC Fairprice.
3. Identify critical demand mass to ensure the hard target can be hit with precision.
4. Identify the following demand mass as achievable hard target:-
(Source:- Google AI)
a. Military soldier - 51,000 active, 252,500 NSMen 303,500 headcounts.
b. School (primary 237,762, secondary 159,457, ITEs 28,000, JCs 25,123 , Polytechnics 21,100) centralised kitchen - 471,442. Universities headcount ?
c. Civil service and public service 154,000 headcounts.
d. SATs central kitchen - SIA flights - headcounts?
e. GLCs - headcounts?
f. NTUC food fare, Kopitiam food court - public patronage - estimated headcounts?
5. I think we have close to 1 million headcounts critical mass demand per month to gobble up locally produced green and meat - should be able to meet the hard target.
20x30x35.
Local high tech agri farms that produce green, fish, eggs, even cell culture meat etc will be viable and even flourish with a guaranteed market demand of 1 million consumers to consume the locally produced food.
6. The rest of 70% to 80% food requirements are still relying on cheaper imported foods.
7. So reclassifying and elevating food security as the same level with water and energy security will help to:-
a. Focus government attention and resources on local food production - but not overly make it fiscally unsustainable.
b. Energise local population on the importance and significance of local food security and production.
Hence able to entice domestic people to loosen their purse strings and pay a bit more like water (Newater, Desalination) or energy (like floating energy price).
c. Set aside some government funds to ensure the hard food security target is meet - and then rely on imported food to fill up the rest.
Then local farms will be viable and local talents will be willing to work on urban sustainability farms to secure our local food security .
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Straits Times Published Jun 24, 2026, 07:45 PM Updated Jun 24, 2026, 10:20 PM
A two-year partnership between in-flight caterer SATS and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) will explore how locally developed crops can be used in large-scale production.
The hope is that the tie-up will help strengthen Singapore’s food security by reducing reliance on food imports, while also diversifying food supply sources here, said SATS.
SATS aims to explore how the ingredients can be transformed into tasty, nutritious meals for airlines, schools and even NSmen, among others.
SATS develops, prepares and distributes food to airlines and other institutions including healthcare, defence, corporate companies and retail in Singapore.
SATS said that scaling production could also help to bring about economies of scale and in turn bring prices down.
“If we can introduce these to more Singaporeans, then the scale will come and that will allow us to commercially bring down the price and hopefully one that can match the existing protein that we are sourcing from outside of Singapore,” said Mok, pointing out that sourcing local produce bolsters food security.
[7/7/2026 11:52 am] LCL (Danny 心):
1. Such move has created a domestic demand of 1 million people for local food producers monthly.
2. The economies of scale from central procurement of locally produced foods by SATS - has lower the local food producers cost due to mass purchase, expand their production and with excess production - can export to overseas markets for additional revenue.
[7/7/2026 12:01 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
3. And Singapore local food security - 20% to 30% supplied by local food producers secured.
4. In the event of crisis that block imported food, local domestic producers can ramp up production to feed our local population without going hungry.
Mission accomplished.
[7/7/2026 1:58 pm] Hanny: I feel that this kind of forum is better with short answers that’s easy to digest.
It’s easier to follow up.
Just my 2 cents.
[7/7/2026 2:02 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic📢
[7/7/2026 2:03 pm] Hanny: Long essay is troublesome to read and I think people tend to skip it
[7/7/2026 2:04 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Global transport hub
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCA1fv4T/
Iran say US break ceasefire deal on ships passing through Oman ports.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCyCaW69/
Hormuz straits conflict.
[28/06, 9:19 pm]
@Babe:1. Any deal that infringe the International Law, specifically the UNCLOS that guarantee free passage of waterways in international waterways such as the Hormuz Straits - will be null and void.
2. No countries should held the World hostage by blocking or restricting the free passage of International waterways guaranteed by the UNCLOS.
3. Meanwhile littoral States along the Hormuz Straits should implement alternative paths to transport fuel, oil, gas, fertilisers, resources and other goods including building pipelines, roads, rail cutting across various Gulf States inland into Arabian Sea - bypassing Hormuz Straits.
4. The World should not be held hostages by a few Countries determine to break International Law and hold the rest of the World hostages for their self-serving interest.
[30/06, 1:01 am]
@Babe:2 transit passage should be carved out:-
1. Along Iran coast - Iran can charge toll for ships taking this path. Oversee by Iran.
2. Along Oman coast - that abide by UNCLOS rules - no toll charges to be levy. Oversee by Oman.
Ships can choose which routes to take without coercion.
@Babe:Firing on commercial ships traversing through an international waterways is a war crime.
[7/7/2026 2:07 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
425. I post in REACH (Telegram)[24/6/2026 6:09 pm] LCL (Danny 心):-
1. We automate our ports, AI it, develop port management system to manage every aspects of maritime traffic, logistics, transport, cargo loading, bunkering services, MRO, financial and insurance services, international arbitration all in one package end-to-end - making our port cost low and efficient.
[24/6/2026 6:11 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
3. Our automation will remove many foreign blue workers - hence cutting salary cost and make our cost base lower but yet providing more efficient port servics - as automation and AI can function 24 hours x 365 days non stop.
[24/6/2026 6:13 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
4. Most important, ensure all global major ship liners are sign on to our ports berth and become our longtime shipping and port partners.
If all the above happens, our port status will become irreplaceable.
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Straits Times Published Jun 24, 2026, 09:05 PM Updated Jun 25, 2026, 09:54 AM
Singapore is already a leading maritime and aviation hub, and a trusted financial centre. “But in a more fragmented world, connectivity alone is not enough. Global supply chains are being reconfigured,” the report noted.
It recommended that Singapore develop sea and air hubs that integrate physical infrastructure with digital, AI-enabled systems.
“The goal is to offer the fastest, most reliable and best-coordinated end-to-end flow of goods in the region, making Singapore the preferred choice for shippers and manufacturers.”
It added that Singapore also has to reinforce its resilience in energy, supply chains and partnerships, so it can ride out disruptions.
[7/7/2026 2:07 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
426. I post in REACH (Telegram)[24/6/2026 6:10 pm] LCL (Danny 心): -
2. We build green energy bunkering services that are now increasingly demanded by ship liners and tankers - and make it our port, the choice of refueling that cannot be replicated.
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Straits Times Published Jun 24, 2026, 09:05 PM Updated Jun 25, 2026, 09:54 AM
When it comes to energy, Singapore should also extend its role as an energy hub, the report said.
“The recent Middle East crisis underscores the importance of Singapore as a reliable and well-connected energy hub,” it added, referring to the oil flows that were disrupted when the crisis effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping channel.
The report added that Singapore must build capabilities in emerging energy domains, such as liquefied natural gas trading, hydrogen and ammonia, and sustainable aviation fuels.
Jurong Island can also be developed as a premier test bed for low-carbon technologies.
[7/7/2026 2:09 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Long essay but good solutions - Government read and implement.
[7/7/2026 2:11 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Short but no meat, no strong arguments to convince, not impactful - not useful, wasted effort.
Just my 2 cents worth.
[7/7/2026 2:18 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
422. I post in REACH (Telegram) LCL (Danny 心), [22Feb2025]:-
335. I post in REACH Portal Saturday, February 22, 2025 :-
2. I am thinking of under the void deck of "no-frill HDB flat", vending machines that dispense "Budget Meal" such as those $3, $3.50 type of neighborhood coffeeshops and hawker centres be sold. Eg. Fancai, Bee Hoon, nasi lemak etc.
3. Coffee and tea sold at 80 cents can also be dispense by the vending machines.
4. This will help residents in "no-frill HDB flat" to enjoy low cost budget meal to tackle high inflation.
5. In addition, this will help neighborhood coffeeshops and hawker centres to sell more of their budget meal through another avenue and boost their business.
6. A vending machine aggregator can be tender to collect such Budget Meal from the food stall. But food safety must be ensured.
7. This will be a good political response to tackle the hot potato issues of high food prices in addition to high housing prices.
This is to take the bull by the horns and tackle the biting price vexation head-on - to prevent any political fallout by these 2 housing prices and food prices pain points.
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CNA news 09 Mar 2025 04:06PM
To help with living costs, the South West Community Development Council (CDC) on Sunday (Mar 9) launched a Value Meals programme that will let residents redeem meals from vending machines located in their neighbourhoods.
Food and beverage (F&B) group Select is providing the vending machines and sponsoring vulnerable residents with S$600,000 in credits to purchase the meals from 80 vending machines, most of which will be located under Housing and Development Board flats.
The meals, ranging from sandwiches to reheatable dishes like fried bee hoon and curry chicken with rice, each cost S$3 or less.
Ms Low also said that food safety is a "top priority", in response to queries from reporters about food hygiene, given recent gastroenteritis cases arising from ready-to-eat meals distributed as part of Singapore's Food Resilience Preparedness Programme.
"That's why we work with Select group that has more than 30 years of experience, and they have a very robust workflow, SOP (standard operating procedures) at their central kitchen," she said.
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Straits Times Published May 30, 2026, 04:07 PM
Updated May 30, 2026, 11:42 PM
Up to 100 vending machines that dispense convenient meals priced at $3 and below will be rolled out throughout the North West District by the end of 2026 to help families cope with the rising cost of living.
The meals will include Thai basil minced chicken with rice, penne with chicken bolognese, and ayam kicap manis with rice. Healthier options include Japanese curry chicken with mixed grain rice and creamy chicken wholemeal carbonara.
Up to five vending machines will be placed in each division, but this may be adjusted depending on ground feedback.
The vending machines, which operate 24 hours daily, will ensure residents have easy access to affordable and healthy food options.
[7/7/2026 2:19 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Long essay, useful, that covers all grounds, well thought through, address, convince most or all stakeholders' need - government read, and implement.
[7/7/2026 2:35 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
To illustrate,
Financial Taskforce.
Financial on-boarding troublesome - full stop.
[7/7/2026 2:37 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Short, sharp, sweet and sexy.
But where is the meat?
Government read, noted - deem as expression of unhappiness.
Not enough information to take action.
[7/7/2026 2:51 pm] G: @reachsg2 why are long and repeated AI generated monologues continue to be tolerated in this space?
[7/7/2026 2:52 pm] G: Especially when the monologues have no relevance to the day's discussion topic
[7/7/2026 2:53 pm] G: @reachsg2 this is one example of many in this chat
[7/7/2026 2:55 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Other issues?
Read the last paragraph.
[7/7/2026 2:56 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
AI detector scan say - this text is entirely human written.
No trace of AI generated text.
Use AI detector to scan the text if you have doubt.
https://babe118.blogspot.com/2026/07/ai-detector-scan-text.html
[7/7/2026 3:11 pm] REACH Singapore: In case you missed it, here are some updates from the parliamentary proceedings so far:
• Use of dialect in film classification framework being reviewed: Tan Kiat How: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/use-of-dialect-in-film-classification-framework-being-reviewed-tan-kiat-how
• No further action needed on WP's Sylvia Lim, Faisal Manap's COP conduct, given time bar: Leader of the House: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/sylvia-lim-faisal-manap-workers-party-indranee-rajah-parliament-6236801?cid=internal_sharetool_web_07072026_cna
• Jail, fine for those caught holding a phone while driving on S’pore roads under proposed law: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/hold-a-phone-while-driving-on-spore-roads-and-face-up-to-1k-fine-jail-time-of-up-to-6-months
• More fake, AI-generated content entering S’pore’s online space; authorities keeping close watch: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/more-fake-ai-generated-content-entering-spores-online-space-authorities-keeping-close-watch
👉 You may keep up to date with parliamentary proceedings through this live blog: https://www.straitstimes.com/live-singapore-parliament-july-2026
👉 You may also choose to watch the Parliament livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/_3tu7epg5n0?is=nI5uoxnN39ucOEoK
[7/7/2026 3:17 pm] G: @reachsg2 On a related note: Foreign interference come in many forms. Social media posts is just the most identifiable and hence most easily scrutinised
However, more covert foreign interference can also come in the form of AI generated content (usually from foreign sources like google (gemini), chatgpt, facebook (meta) etc) submitted to official govt feedback channels like this REACH chatgrp, which promises to aggregate points made here and share with relevant agencies
As a concerned citizen, I would like to know the mechanisms that protect our govt institutions from foreign AI generated content that can potentially interfere with our social fabric / social compact / domestic issues
[7/7/2026 3:18 pm] G: What are the safeguards REACH has for AI generated content shared in this online space here?
[7/7/2026 3:19 pm] G: This is the promise that REACH has for participants in this chat
"Please be assured that the points made by participants during the chat are aggregated and shared with relevant agencies"
[7/7/2026 3:31 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Fake, AI generated content entering Singapore online space
Such AI created misinformation about our governance, policies and society that are created overseas especially those that serve to exploit our fault lines of racial, community and religious harmony - look like is difficult to block.
Because, when we block one, another AI created similar video appears.
Only way is to put up rebuttals or create our own videos to point out the misinformation to inform our domestic as well as overseas audience the videos have many unwholesome and flaw information.
I think this will be more effective in tackling such malicious overseas AI created videos to unsettled us or misinform foreigners.
Because an informed and educated audience be it local and foreign - will be able to ascertain what is conveyed will harm us or unite us.
By putting up strong, convincing arguments in the form of videos or rebut them through the comments column that dispel the erroneous and harmful arguments of the fake AI generated videos - will make those videos ineffective in hurting our unity and foreign audience will also not be taken in by the content of those videos.
When times goes on, people will just ignore and skip the videos.
https://babe118.blogspot.com/2026/07/ai-detector-scan-text.html
[7/7/2026 3:55 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Encounter a couple of videos coming out from a Taiwan news platform 中天新闻 - that not only magnify, but double down on those fake AI generated videos - by engaging live human analyst to comment on Singapore internal affairs, and smear Singapore with many false information in the TikTok video.
The most effective response - is to post point-by-point rebuttals in the comments column under the TikTok video.
The outcome is very encouraging as many audiences that read the rebuttals change their opinions of Singapore and in fact challenge the analyst to come clean with his information and facts.
Subsequently, some analysts engage by 中天新闻 - provide a more factual moderate facts about Singapore in Tik Tok video - pointing out that the earlier analyst err in his facts.
I think we are vindicated - and more effective in countering such flaw videos.
https://babe118.blogspot.com/2026/06/misreporting-singapore.html
[7/7/2026 4:00 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic📢
[7/7/2026 4:03 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
1. Smear video - in particular on Singapore racial composition and attacking many of our pivotal policies.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSQaUKGvg/
2. Counter videos that rectified the smear video
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSQv4q5fQ/
中天新闻 - say good things about Singapore.
You have to give Singapore affirmation.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSQooXus8/
Rebuttal of the Taiwan critics smear video about Singapore.
@Babe:这个评论员 - 客观，讲的有道理。
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSQThGTQN/
Criticism of Taiwan ex-politician misinformed attack & smear on Singapore governance.
[7/7/2026 5:05 pm] Khai Mun L.: I don't care about the discussion of dialect films.
If people really cared about dialects, they would have supported the previous movies shown in dialect or other languages, but most of the time, the shows are quite empty.
Furthermore, these are foreign-made flims which does not directly contribute to sg. Even locally made films do not get much support and subsequently not a lot are made locally because it just doesn't make financial sense.
[7/7/2026 5:07 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Dialect film only appeal to the relevant dialect group - probably older folks.
Younger folks only understand Mandarin.
I think the only thing that is worth remembering, it is our heritage and our root.
But somehow, the dialect film saga also does not upset me very much.
[7/7/2026 5:08 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
In fact none of my and my siblings children generation can speak the dialect.
It looks like a lost heritage.
[7/7/2026 5:18 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Another thing that hit my mind - why recently, there are many foreign interference into Singapore domestic affairs - especially the Chinese one.
It is because I feel:-
1. Singapore has emerged as a critical, non-replacable regional and in fact global gateway and hubs.
2. Singapore's economic connectivity, trade, business and investment, money flow - have critical interlocking mutual destiny - in particular with China, ASEAN, Asia and even US and Europe.
(In particular, many JV eco-park, industrial park, eg. China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, India etc)
3. And the underlying reasons that are very subtle could be we are the 1st and champion (or among the top) in many world and global indicators.
Naturally it attracts alot of attention from world countries that want to emulate us, influence us or even envy about us.
树大招风。
4. Hence, our policies impact them, and they want a say how our policies direction blows.
Eg. Our racial composition.
Our stand in US-China tussling.
Our influence in ASEAN directions and positions etc.
Let me dig out those subtle facts that have been surfacing in main stream media and social media to support my this inklings - as some patterns are forming - when connecting all the dots.
[7/7/2026 5:20 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Chinese Ones:-
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCbQ2SHx/
China most important gateway is Singapore.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCpcPxsV/
Singapore is the global value added supply chain.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCbT6ht4/
Singapore in between US and China. Chinese one but spoken in English.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCxHHfpS/
Singapore can fetch their nationals home in a crisis.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSChfJKUm/
Chinese netizen praise Singapore.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCbaD2Ld/
@Babe:Wealthy Taiwanese families are increasingly moving billions in capital and establishing family offices in Singapore. Powered by a massive boom in the tech and AI sectors, this asset diversification acts as an "insurance policy" against rising geopolitical tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
The Scale of the Shift
Asset Relocation: Taiwanese assets held in Singapore sit at roughly NT$10.4 trillion (US$326 billion).
Overtaking Hong Kong: Over the past three years, Singapore has officially overtaken Hong Kong as the primary destination for Taiwanese offshore wealth.
The "2027" Catalyst: Many advisors cite the centenary of the People's Liberation Army (2027) as a particular source of concern, prompting the ultra-rich to put plans in place for emergency relocation and capital flight.
Key Drivers and Attractions
Geopolitical Hedging: Families are establishing business bases and family offices in Singapore so they "have a place for the plane to land" if conditions in Taiwan worsen.
Favorable Environment: The city-state’s political neutrality, independent regulatory system, and established family office regime make it highly attractive for succession and long-term wealth preservation.
Banking Expansion: To capture this massive influx, both local (like DBS) and Taiwanese banks (such as CTBC Bank and Taipei Fubon) are racing to expand their Singapore-based private wealth management teams.
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Singapore rule based position on Russia.
Western One:-
"US firms remain committed to Singapore, but rising costs could affect future investment: AmCham CEO.
Dr Lei Hsien-Hsien, CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, tells CNA that artificial intelligence and hiring challenges are also reshaping how companies decide where to invest."
[7/7/2026 5:28 pm] Joomua Tng: I choose the following is most "important"
1.) Ministerial statement on the conduct of Workers’ Party leaders Sylvia Lim and Faisal Manap
reason, the conduct, character, integrity of a minister is very crucial to Singapore. It doesn't make sense when MAS focus on fit and proper for financial professionals, be it insurance, bankers, investment. etc and yet the fit and proper of the ministers is not uphold on the same if not higher focus.
2.) Government’s blocking of social media posts targeting the Indian community
no specific reason. can't think of other effective ways on the issue.
3.) Motion on reinforcing Singapore’s position as a global transport hub
reason, it is one of the life and death of Singapore. naturally it is important.
4.) Financial Action Taskforce (FATF)
reason, similar to point No.3 above.
国之大事，死生之地，存亡之道, 不可不察。
。。。。
honestly,
the Screening of dialect films
is a waste of time and effort to be debate and discussed in Parliament.
....
[7/7/2026 5:38 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Eg. Which areas we did well and are world class:-
1. Best governance in the world - consistently claiming the top spot in the Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI).
2. World most competitive economy - Switzerland lose top global competitiveness ranking to Singapore.
3. Best seaport - Singapore retains Best Global Seaport title at Asian awards.
4. Best airport - Singapore Changi Airport consistently rank 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the World for 26 years.
5. Highest GDP per capita PPP in the world.
6. Top 8/10, 12 Universities among Ivy League - NUS and NTU.
7. 2nd most dense industrial robot adoption in the world after South Korea - Global Human-to-Robot Ratios (Robot Density).
8. 3rd AI adoption in the world.
9. Singapore is considered one of the most influential "middle powers" and global economic hubs, though the United States and China typically hold the top spots for raw geopolitical or military superpower status.
10. Singapore passport ranked world’s most powerful.
11. Financial and Wealth Hub: Global investors and high-net-worth families are actively relocating and parking capital—moving away from Gulf centers like Dubai—to shelter in the strength of the Singapore Dollar and the security of local banks.
12. Business and MICE Events: International organizers are increasingly routing corporate meetings, conventions, and business events to the city-state. Singapore’s political stability and safety make it the preferred destination for regional headquarters and events when traditional Middle Eastern alternatives face geopolitical friction.
13. Singapore manages about SGD 6.1 trillion (approx. USD 4.5 trillion) in total fund and asset management assets.
14. Global Commodities and Bunkering: While rising fuel price volatility has caused ship operators to buy more conservatively, Singapore's dominance has strengthened relative to the Middle Eastern bunkering hub of Fujairah, which has seen severe volume declines. Furthermore, major commodity and oil traders headquartered in the Republic have logged record earnings from the supply-chain shifts.
15. Singapore is the largest investor in China, Indonesia, and one of the largest investor in Malaysia, Vietnam, plus many other countries.
1 Mainland China $228.3 billion
2 India $122.6 billion
3 United Kingdom $109.8 billion
4 Indonesia $104.3 billion
5 Netherlands $103.3 billion
6 Luxembourg $96.8 billion
7 Hong Kong SAR $91.3 billion
8 Cayman Islands $87.4 billion
9 Australia $81.6 billion
10 Malaysia $75.6 billion
[7/7/2026 5:51 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Hence I won't be surprised - Singapore will increasingly come under focus by Superpowers and Regional Middle Powers.
We need to be even more vigilant in foreign influence and what comes out from the social media - that make use of us for their benefits but at our expenses.
[7/7/2026 5:52 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Wonder how to make this short, sharp and sexy...
🤔
[7/7/2026 6:40 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
And partly we are very influential in the world stage.
Eg. Be a lamp upon the darkness in the Globe.
We stand up to say, no toll charges for international waterways under UNCLOS.
And the World take this stand and position as a benchmark - in conducting world affairs.
So indeed, Singapore position is very influential in the World Stage.
Sudden focus and attention on our internal affairs start to become a pattern - because what we say and do - indeed will move mountains.
Hence we need to be more vigilant in foreign influence going forward - be it in foreign diplomacy, in mainstream media and in social media.
[7/7/2026 6:45 pm] REACH Singapore: Dear Contributors,
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[7/7/2026 7:01 pm] REACH Singapore: Dear Contributors
We will be closing the chat for today.
Thank you very much for being part of our Telegram chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
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