Singapore swears in first female president amid criticism

AFP News Thu, 14 Sep 8:01 AM SGT

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• ricky l 0 seconds ago
  The reserved Malay President is to gain Malay community support to combat and dampen ISIS caliphate ideology that are now brewing in SE Asia. 
  
  
  This few years will be crucial to enlist Malay community support to combat ISIS threat in the region. 
  
  
  A Malay President who understand the security implications, understand the mechanics of international cooperation and how internal security agencies interoperate as well as able to network with the Malay community is crucial to prevent ISIS brewing from within. 
  
  
  A confrontational President and a non Malay President may make the situation worst and will not help to elicit Malay community help, but in fact worsen it.
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   Ricky Lim ·
  
  

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  18 Aug 2017 09:49AM (Updated: 18 Aug 2017 03:27PM)
  
  Kingspade Kingspade
  The FACT is the court threw out Tan Cheng Bock's claim that Ong teng cheong is the FIRST elected president & INSISTED halimah is Malay Muslim when in BOTH cases are NOT true. Would you want to be tried in such a court? Even those Pro-PAP supporters who attempted to sue their beloved governemnt had their cases(NS death/injury, accidents due to lift malfunctions, negligence in government hospitals...etc) THROWN OUT.
  These Pro-PAP Sheeples are like CHC followers. They lack the ability to 'Think'(a bunch brainwashed draft) & even courage to voice out their dissatisfactions. No wonder they're victimized one by one at the hands of imported criminals & it amuses me EVERYDAY when I read the news about their MISFORTUNATE end & ordeal :D :D :D
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  Jojo Long Kang ·
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  And who brainwashed you?
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  Kingspade Kingspade
  Jojo Long Kang I think you should ask yourself this question whether you'd still want to support a government who manipulates the laws & constitution just to keep itself in power. Look at President Maduro, Singapore economy is losing steam(bottom 3 worst performing GDP among ASEAN since 2014) & We're slowly but surely becoming the NEXT Venezuela. BTW, Don't whine & cry like when 'Misfortune' hits you in the future :D :D :D
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  Ricky Lim ·
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  Kingspade Kingspade - I think you make 2 accusations about the system which without understanding how the system function.
  There is a need to address them :-
  (a) You fail to understand the Executive function that legislate the laws and the Court System that administer the law.
  (b) You fail to understand the underlying reasons of Executive decision being made in which Court has no jurisdiction to administer them.
  
  (1) Let address your accusation of why Court throw out Tan Cheng Bok's claim that Ong teng cheong is the FIRST elected president.
  (a) It is not the Court function to determine the count on reservation for Malay as President - it is the Executive function that determine when the new system start - which is decided and passed in the Parliament.
  
  (b) Now there is no articulated reasons why this round is reserved for Malay as President and not the next round.
  
  But it will not be too difficult to guess - given that there are some sesimic development that give the impetus to reserve for Malay candidancy that is not convenient for Government to make public:-
  
  (i) Geopolitical shift that will have great impact in the Asia Pacific region.
  China is increasingly influential in the Asia Pacific region. Singapore being a Chinese majority - will cause disquietedness to our 2 Malay neighbors.
  As Singapore is cooperating with China on many project initiatives - there is a need to provide comfort to our 2 Malay neighbors that Singapore is still a multi-racial Country and not a China vassal state.
  Thus having a Malay as President will be an appropriate representaton of Singapore's political, cultural and social makeup.
  
  (ii) ISIS terrorism is rearing its head in SE-Asia. Having a Malay President will certainly help in networking and working with the neighboring Muslim Community.
  
  (iii) If you read Mr Lee KY memoir, Singapore deliberately wait for Indonesia and Malaysia to establish diplomatic relationship with China before Singapore do.
  
  So Kingspade Kingspade - don't assume that the Govt is trying to squeeze Tan Cheng Bok out by exercising the reservation for Malays. You are only spreading unnecessary rumor for discord.
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  Ricky Lim ·
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  Kingspade Kingspade - You mention that halimah is Malay Muslim is not true - because her father is an Indian Muslim and her mother is a Malay.
  Then how do you classify Peranakan - are the Chinese or Malay?
  I have a friend who speak Hokkien, Malay and English very well and he look like Chinese.
  So does he means that being a Peranakan - he cannot be Chinese and he must be Malay.
  But he look every bit like Chinese and he is has been leading a Chinese life.
  So if he put himself up as Chinese - then can you say no?
  And if he put himself as a Malay - then can you say no?
  If Mdm Halimah has been always and accepted by the Malay Community, then what is wrong to be a Malay Muslim?
  Dr M has always called himself a Malay muslim even though he has a Indian Muslim blood - but Malaysia think he is alright to be a Malay muslim.
  And assume an Italian, Spanish, German, etc called themselves Eurasian and want to contest as candidate for Eurasian, are you going to stop them - Mr Kingspade Kingspade?
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