REACH 328 - How are you coping with rising prices as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? What are your views on the Government's response to these cost pressures thus far?
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18 Mar 2022 (10am - 7pm)
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[10:00 am, 18/03/2022] +REACH: ๐ข Topic ๐ข
Despite Singapore's limited direct links with Russia and Ukraine, the conflict between the two countries could impact the global economy and contribute to cost of living pressures.
๐ฌ How are you coping with rising prices as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? What are your views on the Government's response to these cost pressures thus far?
Food importers, manufacturers and businesses here are starting to feel the effects and some have started raising prices. All petrol prices, in particular, rose to above $3 or more a litre last week, though pump prices have since softened this week following a global drop in oil prices and ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Speaking at a post-Budget 2022 roundtable on 14 Mar (Mon), Finance Minister Lawrence Wong emphasised that the Government is monitoring the situation closely and would come up with additional measures if it worsens.
Regarding concerns that merchants exporting goods to Singapore could be taking advantage of the war by increasing prices, he noted that "the majority of companies (are) highly responsible, and in fact going out of their way to offer good value-for-money products and services - like NTUC FairPrice and many others who will offer more house brands (and) help consumers stretch their dollar."
He stressed that the Government had put in significant funding in this year's Budget to help households cope, through the Household Support Package, Assurance Package and an enhanced GST Voucher scheme, which he highlighted would all come into effect very soon.
To look into unjustified price increases of daily essentials, the 13-member Committee Against Profiteering (CAP) chaired by Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling has also reconvened on 16 Mar (Wed).
Members of the public who wish to report unjustified price hikes using the GST increase as an excuse can do so at this website from April 1. They can also do so through a hotline or at the community clubs.
๐๐ป https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ukraine-war-impact-will-add-to-cost-of-living-pressures-in-singapore-panel
๐๐ป https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/pump-prices-fall-on-back-of-russia-ukraine-peace-talks
๐๐ป https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/consumer/committee-reconvened-to-address-concerns-that-businesses-could-use-gst-hike-to-raise-prices
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[10:03 am, 18/03/2022] +Uncle Law: Increased in fuel price will have ripple effect on goods and services. Retailers or companies would not be able to sustain long by maintaining similar price with the hike in fuel price.
Subsequently the consumers will have to bear the increased in price for goods and services.
Perhaps gov could lower the fuel tax temporary to help relieve the burden and pressure on the ground.
[10:36 am, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chain-advisors/supply-chain-expertise/world-container-index-assessed-by-drewry
Pls go through the charts and rates for port to port
[10:37 am, 18/03/2022] +Dan: I hope that we can expedite the support package for the poor soon. A slow remedy cannot relieve emergency.
[10:52 am, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: "Let's plan/implement additional measures and up the stipend, just in case... (่ฟๆฐดๆไธไบ่ฟ็ซ) ?"
[11:05 am, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: 92-octane petrol at lowest price since 2012
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/92-octane-petrol-at-lowest-price-since-2012
2014:
Even so, they are still 15 per cent to 20 per cent higher than in 2010, when Brent crude was last at the current level of US$70 (S$91.30) a barrel, and this is infuriating consumers.
Businessman Leslie Chia, 49, said he feels short-changed. "Pump prices never reflect real market crude prices," he said.
[11:06 am, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Was $2.00 per litre, per barrel @ US$70
Now $3.00 per litre , per barrel @ US$100
[11:14 am, 18/03/2022] +Dan: As for the committee against profiteering (CAP), its like the UN, it tries to resolve the matter amicably, but has no means of enforcement. Its wasting resources, and I can think of 4 reasons why it will not work.
1) Firstly, the price hikes vary, and may be due to other reasons other than GST increase. (Increase cost of eggs, increase cost of char kuay tiao) The businesses are merely capitalising this time to carry out the price hikes.
2) CAP relies on feedbacks. Some of the feedbacks are mere complaints from indignant customers living in olden days, where chicken rice is mere $1. Just look at FB page Complaint Singapore, u will know what I mean.
3) The range of businesses vary from ur hawker food to essential items like petrol and electricity. Not to…
[11:14 am, 18/03/2022] +Liew@SG: Indeed, i am puzzled.
And extremely concerned if our local petrol prices have been manipulated for the sole business benefits of the few oligards.
Is our MPs and government not able to check and balance this?
What CASE and Competition Board is doing to guard public interest against this?
[0:17 pm, 18/03/2022] +Guillermo Cabeza: Fuel prices had already risen significantly before the war started and this has had a major impact on electricity costs for consumers and businesses. The liberalisation of the power market turned out to be a failure with cutthroat competition leaving providers unprepared (unhedged) for increases in gas prices and the result is more uncertainty especially for businesses. Given we are dependent on natural gas perhaps the government should focus on how we can secure long term supplies and think about building reserves when prices are lower (even if stored overseas or just paper reserves via long term hedges). In the short term though there doesn’t seem to be any relief in store other than the war stopping and sanctions being lifted. Govt should make sure not all the blame for rising prices is placed on the war.
[0:26 pm, 18/03/2022] +Guillermo Cabeza: I agree with the comment above that the Committee Against Profiteering is a waste of government resource. It seems to me to be a lame attempt to deflect criticism from a tax increase that is coming in an environment where price pressures are already higher. There are plenty of reasons why businesses might raise prices including: higher rents, higher input costs such as labour and electricity, or simply that they would like to make a bit more profit! And it makes sense for them to make these adjustments one-off including perhaps in sync with the GST increase. What doesn’t make sense is for the businesses to then justify the increases because of GST when they are more than the change in GST as it isn’t true (and leads to committees being set up). Where businesses have some sort of monopoly or oligopoly there should be scrutiny but this isn’t the case for the vast majority of businesses in this country where there is competition. So bottom line is the government should continue to focus on securing supplies from a variety of countries (food, energy, medicines, etc) and strengthening supply chains - this it has been doing and I think a fine job though more can be done (ie natural gas). What it shouldn’t do is create an atmosphere of blaming businesses when they have to raise prices. One related and last point: If the government were to let 100% of people back to the office and let F&B open without restrictions, many businesses would see more foot traffic and turnover and probably feel they didn’t have to raise prices as much to balance their books.
[0:34 pm, 18/03/2022] +Boon: Dear MOM, Sg rising prices should not be solely attributed to the Russian-Ukraine war - this would totally ignore that SG costs have been steadily increasing in the past years. For example, housing prices have been increasing for the past 10+years and amplified by immigration policies. Private health care costs have been increasing well before this period - without any obvious attempts to curb doctors costs. Expensive and multi months medicine prescriptions seem to serve as doctor’s annuity income, and the only visible response to has been to increase personal health insurance costs. Electricity price hikes were announced in 2021; taxi and public transportation cost increases were announced similarly announced in 2021, foreign workers levies rebates end thi…
[0:39 pm, 18/03/2022] +Boon: Asset price and health cost increases that could be tolerated because there are options are suddenly accompanied by multiple core living price increases in these few months that no one can escape from. Together, they create an overall sense then of “everything is costly and expensive” in Sg
[0:58 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Agree
[0:59 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: Look into how commercial REITs are causing rental cost increases - ANNUAL (and indiscriminate) rental increases (stated in rental contracts apparently); stipulating minimum revenue targets for tenants and unfair profit-sharing arrangements (on top of fixed rental charges) etc
Look into cause of labour shortages. When Singaporeans complained about too many “FTs”, we are not talking about low wage/blue collar foreign workers who are doing the jobs that Singaporeans do not want to do. The silly quotas set by Govt policies in this area not only cause labour costs to escalate - resulting in higher input costs for hawkers/small businesses - it also unfairly disadvantages smaller businesses. Just have to look at how F&B groups like Breadtalk Group, Hai Di Lao etc …
[1:07 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: Instead of going after small businesses - hawkers/wet market stall operators, kindly investigate and do sometime about how our F&B sector is being corners by only by those few Oligopolies Groups.
[1:28 pm, 18/03/2022] +Ken Loh: ๐
it is business… unless we want anti competition.
Very hard to draw this line
[1:29 pm, 18/03/2022] +Ken Loh: EMA decision was really weird with Britain as an example… this model price will only go up… I don’t know which countries pricing becomes cheaper due to free market play ๐
[1:31 pm, 18/03/2022] +Boon: Imported price increases should be expected since other countries are also beset by higher inflation - and their exporters would be pricing higher just like Singapore exporters - and costs from the continued disruptions in supply chain!
[1:32 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: Monopolies and Oligopolies are anti-competitive.
Even a warped pure Capitalist Nation like the US has anti-competition laws and had clamped down on companies like Icrosoft and investigated (of suit investigating) META/FB and Google.
[1:33 pm, 18/03/2022] +Ken Loh: You look at our CASE, can’t even deal with consumer protection… you want then go head on with big corporates?
[1:33 pm, 18/03/2022] +Boon: Perhaps what Singapore need is an empowered civil servant swat team to look at increasing SG daily living cost competitiveness (in prep for a larger SG greying population in the next 5-10 years).
[1:33 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: Yes, that is something that is out of our hands. But indiscriminate rent increases from Oligopolies cornering the market for prime commercial space and labour, is within our Govt/MoM’s purview.
[1:34 pm, 18/03/2022] +Ken Loh: The lemon law… is a joke… anyone use it so far?
[1:34 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: as a joke .. yes ๐
[1:34 pm, 18/03/2022] +Ken Loh: Only government link company sort of use it… other than that… not seen anywhere else
[1:35 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: CASE is a non-profit organization. Not Govt.
[1:36 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: Govt can mandate all healthy 18yo males to serve in combat ie. in the event war breaks out, send you/your son/grandson to certain death … they have the mandate and ability to amend laws to improve our collective lives. ๐
[1:37 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: even FIDREC has no teeth
[1:37 pm, 18/03/2022] +Ken Loh: Think is empowered by government? ๐
don’t really know what’s background
[1:38 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: They have the Govt’s support in a way … it is slightly better than how the US and EU are now behind Ukraine ๐
[1:38 pm, 18/03/2022] +Ken Loh: The digital SingPass team our NParks is one of the best develop. So far.. for the rest ๐
[1:39 pm, 18/03/2022] +Ken Loh: Lol… oh well US and EU have much more consideration..
[1:43 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: There is no point of the Govt us not 100% behind it. Just like how we all have known - i know, my father knows, my father’s father also knows- how dirty unfair the accidents claim/motor insurance/workshops process is to honest motorists, and yet the Govt had been and still are turning a blind eye to that rubbish. If you and I, with no specialty knowledge or insights can understand how dirty the industry is, how is it possible that the authorities who are supposed to govern and oversee it are not aware?
[1:58 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: All of these questions,.. said the father to his son, "do you really think this Tug Of War will end sooner than you hope, that's what I have asked my father decades ago too!"
[2:03 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
1. Looking at the Government policies to tackle the inflation :-
a, 6.6 billion Assurance package
b. CAP to monitor profiteering
c. Additional measures to cushion price increase
d. NTUC and some supermarkets offering housebrands
it look like able to cushion some of the impact of price increase.
2. But the price increase are very widespread - across all food stalls, goods and services.
The concern is when the prices especialy food prices go up, it won't come down - and this will badly affect the retirees, low income, middle income, unemployed and workers whose salaries have not increase.
The government relief package can only cushion the impact of the price increase for the duration of the relief - but once use up the impact will be greatly felt.
3. Also the relief has not kicked in yet, the effect of the price increases has already greatly impacted many household.
4. Other than fully relying on Government relief, household will have to take counter measures to minimise the impact of the runaway inflation :-
a. Prepared more house cooked food rather than eat out.
b. When eat out, try to look for stalls that did not increase their prices or stalls offering cooked food with affordable prices - have been doing so since many stalls across the board increase their prices rampantly - some with big jump. I no longer patronise my regular favorite food stalls - but look for others reasonably price, taste good and sufficient portion food stalls. This will send a message to food stalls that try to raise prices rampantly.
c. Instead of driving more often and use up more fuels or taking taxis - take public transport like MRTs and buses - so household can save on fuel price.
d. Use less aircon at home and instead turn on high-velocity fans - this will greatly reduced the power utility bill.
This is the only way to stay frugal and stretch our hard earned $$$.
[2:13 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
Another coffee shop announces price increase.
https://theindependent.sg/another-coffee-shop-announces-price-increase/
[2:14 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Anti competition watchdog just woke up from slumber in time to put on an act.
[2:15 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
Look at this politically driven message on the price increase by neighborhood food stalls.
[2:25 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
https://theindependent.sg/coffee-shops-announce-price-increases-without-waiting-for-gst-hike/
[2:30 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/1ueKB8U0p54
18 March, 2022
To: All Our Honorable Members
Quest:
Understand and apply it to today's and tomorrow's, one will see many opportunities and a bunch of threats? The coming Greener world initiatives have a direct consequences deriving from this thing calls oil...
Afterwords:
"This thing calls oil, it precedes all living and non living things...?"
- - anonymous
"wherever you touch down a new country, don't need to chat with taxi drivers, go check out the pump prices. You will understand the state of its economy, the stations of livelihoods and the politics itself...?"
- - anonymous
[2:36 pm, 18/03/2022] +Joseph: funny.. didn’t hear any constructive/clever suggestions from the other parties on how to tackle this issue over the years as well ๐คท♂️ But then again.. even strongmen/dictators were overthrown during the “Arab Spring” movement after decades in power. There is always a threshold for everything/everyone. Hope our issues are resolved before that line is crossed. ๐
[2:38 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: All of these questions,.. said the father to his son, "do you really think this Tug Of War will end sooner than you hope, that's what I have asked my father decades ago too!"
[3:35 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
Russia claims Bosnia could suffer same fate as Ukraine if it decides to join Nato,
Look like the invasion will not stop at Ukraine.
War mongering message ..........
https://sg.yahoo.com/news/russia-claims-bosnia-could-suffer-201521615.html
[3:35 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
Putin echoes Stalin in 'very, very scary' speech. https://sg.yahoo.com/news/putin-echoes-stalin-in-very-very-scary-speech-185956140.html
[3:37 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
War like pandemic - don't seems to end easily...,.
Indeed the 3 minor catastrophe - war, pandemic, global climate are humanity nemesis.
[3:39 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
ๅฐไธ็พ - ๅคฉ็พ，ไบบ็ฅธ，็็ซ - ไบบ็ฑปๆตฉๅซ。
[3:40 pm, 18/03/2022] +Uncle Law: End of the day, we can say these much.
We do hope this platform will really channel the ground's feedback to the relevant ministries.
[3:47 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Kill a chicken and teach the monkeys (ๆ้ธกๆ็ด)
[3:56 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: REACH (ๆ
ๆฅ็ซ) will feedback to relevant govt agencies /ministries... Be assured!
[4:02 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: When will communism die!?
[4:03 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/debate-rages-online-over-singapores-stance-against-russias-invasion-of-ukraine
[5:35 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
"Blinken: Putin is 'destined to lose' war against Ukraine"
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/06/blinken-putin-destined-to-lose-ukraine-00014434#:~:text=Blinken%3A%20Putin%20is%20%27destined%20to%20lose%27%20war%20against%20Ukraine
[5:37 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
"Russian troops running out of food and fuel as offensive ‘falters’, says UK military intelligence"
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/russian-troops-running-food-fuel-001647726.html#:~:text=Content%20is%20loading...-,Russian%20troops%20running%20out%20of%20food%20and%20fuel%20as%20offensive%20%E2%80%98falters%E2%80%99%2C%20says%20UK%20military%20intelligence,-Emily%20Atkinson
[5:44 pm, 18/03/2022] ☸️ Danny ๅฟ:
Fierce words don't correspond to the battlefield outcomes on the ground........
[5:57 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Likewise, those STUCK in Kyiv are running out of foods, water and bullets too...Prolonged battle (่ฝฆ่ฝฎๆ)
"There are TWO sides to a FLIPPING coin..."
[5:58 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Russia is presenting its case to the world on the U.S. Biolabs in Ukraine— along with China, Brazil, Mexico & India, calling for an immediate investigation. U.S. DS is in a panic state, denying it & does not want an investigation.
The DS U.S. doesn’t want an investigation. 3.2 BILLION people in China, India, Brazil, Mexico & Russia — nearly half of the world’s population are calling for an investigation into the U.S. for bioweapon facilities. UN, US, Nato will be found guilty of these crimes. BIG CHANGES are happening. These entities will be dissolved.
WHO is demanding DS Ukraine to destroy the bio lab evidence because they are also complicit. It’s ALL CONNECTED.
Russians Call for UN Security Council Meeting Over Pentagon-funded Ukraine Biolabs That Involved ‘Coronavirus’ Research
https://beckernews.com/russians-call-for-un-security-council-meeting-over-pentagon-funded-ukraine-biolabs-that-involved-coronavirus-research-44360/
WHO warns Ukraine to destroy dangerous pathogens to prevent spills from bombed labs
https://nypost.com/2022/03/11/who-warns-ukraine-to-destroy-dangerous-pathogens-to-prevent-spills-from-bombed-labs/
Documents Expose Barack Obama Ordered Construction Of Biolabs In Ukraine To Create Dangerous Pathogens - GreatGameIndia
https://greatgameindia.com/obama-authorized-biolabs-ukraine/
US RAN GRUESOME BIOWEAPON RESEARCH IN OVER 25 COUNTRIES. WUHAN, TIP OF AN ICEBERG
https://silview.media/2021/06/03/us-ran-grewsome-bioweapon-research-in-over-25-countries-wuhan-tip-of-an-iceberg-ecohealth-alliance-implicated-again/
US BIOLABS IN UKRAINE CONFIRMED
https://t.me/drue86/16847
Hunter Biden Firm Rosemont Seneca Invested in Firm Tied to Ukrainian Biolabs
https://nworeport.me/2022/03/10/hunter-biden-firm-rosemont-seneca-invested-in-firm-tied-to-ukrainian-biolabs/
the US ( deep state ) is really a sick satanic cult . . . ☠️๐ป๐บ๐ธn๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ป
Forward as received
[5:58 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: As long as the Russians control all costal cities facing the Black Sea, it wins...
[6:00 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: There was some experts said.... By order of the next super powers?
China
India
USA
Japan
[6:00 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Crimea is a strategic important naval access fir their black sea fleet
[6:01 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Plus three more costal cities.... These cities are so call their CBD...
Turkey already allows Russians navies and subs inside the Black Sea
[6:02 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Where is Singapore CBD?
by the sea
Where is Singapore river?
flows to the sea
These places have always been the ACTIONS center of the city state.
[6:03 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: So, officially and legally, Ukraine has no international recognised sovereign borders and Russia is just quelling a domestic rebellion!?
[6:04 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Our sanctions is against a sovereign country internal affairs!?
[6:05 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Moldova a possible easy walkover....
5000+ soldiers strength
Non NATO nor EU
[6:05 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tDP1TcwKTcpNmD0Ys_Nz0nJL0sEADUqBdQ&q=moldova&oq=modovi&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46i10i131i433j0i10j46i10i131i433j0i10l4.8014j0j9&client=ms-android-huawei-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
[6:05 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Bosnia too!
[6:06 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: YOU GOT IT.... MOLDOVA will be easier, costal state too.
[6:08 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Just wondering, any biomass in Singapore!?
[6:08 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Fyi, all international intelligence officers (spies) are friends. Wine abd dine at times, fyi
Simply there is no stranger in this spying communities!
Some Asian country uses butterflies (lady spies) implanted years ahead too. Fyi
[6:08 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Kgb and missed Well known for honey trap bager spies.
[6:08 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Maybe 1 quite near....
[6:09 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: I meant biolab
[6:09 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: There are few Asian countries.... I cannot name them or my life will be HACK!
[6:09 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: I know
[6:10 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Yupp, perhaps ONE near you....
I cannot name call.... ❌
[6:11 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ngien-hoon-ping-third-consecutive-saf-man-smrt-ceo-070030116.html?ncid=other_sgnewstele_ecrrmd5rec8
[6:12 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Whenever you see 'UNMARKED' aircraft landed in a country, that starts things ...
[6:12 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Yes
[6:15 pm, 18/03/2022] +jimmy chew: Seem that they are there to be rolled and pressed ๐คฃ
[6:20 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/FGMtIdZaOUw
Using your enemy old tools to fight your enemy now...
Russian uses S-400!
[6:22 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: S-300 still useful
[6:23 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: Let's wait and see Russians secret missile with low flight altitude and stealth capability too...
Too early at this point in time to showoff its military muscle.. Fyi
[6:23 pm, 18/03/2022] +Rama: Likewise
[6:25 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpose_System
Another killer...
[6:36 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_192351.htm
Are there any enemy subs?
Interestingly, recalling, 1939 Russia-Finland war
[6:45 pm, 18/03/2022] +REACH: Dear Contributors,
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[6:46 pm, 18/03/2022] +jimmy chew: in terms of economic, defence, nuclear weapons etc?
[6:50 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: In totality, for the mightiest will have direct influences regardless of resources or commodities or etc...
"it doesn't really matters because who needs who most, importantly, you are number 1"
[6:51 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: That's END GAME theory...
A mountain cannot have two tigers...
[6:52 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: ไธๅฑฑไธ่ฝ่ไบ่...
[6:57 pm, 18/03/2022] +Smiley face: 18 March, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Ministers and All Honorable Members
All of these bread, butter and oil questions,.. said the father to his son, "do you really think this Tug Of War will end sooner than you hope, that's what I have asked my father decades ago too!"
https://youtu.be/1ueKB8U0p54
Quest:
Understand and apply it to today's and tomorrow's, one will see many opportunities and a bunch of threats? The coming Greener world initiatives are having a direct impact and significance deriving from this thing calls oil...
Afterwords:
"This thing calls oil, it precedes all living and non living things...?"
- - anonymous
"wherever you touch down a new country, don't need to chat with taxi drivers, go check out the pump prices. You will understand the state of its economy, the stations of livelihoods and the politics itself...?"
- - anonymous
https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chain-advisors/supply-chain-expertise/world-container-index-assessed-by-drewry
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/92-octane-petrol-at-lowest-price-since-2012
Up to 10% of world seafarers are Ukrainians by birth, how this Ukraine war may affect the already TIGHTENING headcount of the 'sea going' business aka Shipping companies?
How will you bet, this EVERGREEN?
EVERGREEN has a sizeable presence especially in the Panama Canal region...
https://www.newsdirectory3.com/the-battle-for-the-management-right-of-evergreen-sailor-anxiously-asked-will-the-stock-price-spray-experts-personally-exposed-the-answer-finance-sanli-news-network-setn-com
History:
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_192351.htm
Are there any enemy subs?
Interestingly, recalling, 1939 Russia-Finland war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War
"That's END GAME theory...
A mountain cannot have two tigers...
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