REACH 372 - Are you concerned about how the rising cost of living is impacting students from low income households? How can we better support Singaporeans from lower income backgrounds as we tide through this period?
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13 Jul 2022 (10am - 7pm)
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[10:01 am, 13/07/2022] +REACH: π’Topicπ’
On July 2, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said that with the rising costs of food supplies, the school canteen pricing guidelines were recently revised in order to guide schools in their regular review of canteen food prices, which are meant to keep school canteen food affordable while providing stallholders with adequate income. The last review was in 2018.
MOE said schools will ensure meals are kept affordable, with generous subsidies provided for those from needy families through MOE or school-based support.
π¬ Are you concerned about how the rising cost of living is impacting students from low income households? How can we better support Singaporeans from lower income backgrounds as we tide through this period?
About 1.5 million Singaporeans will receive up to $700 in cash next month, as part of a $1.5 billion package to help them cope with higher inflation, said the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Tuesday (July 12). The payment was announced by DPM Lawrence Wong last month, with the Government's Goods and Services Tax Voucher (GSTV) scheme being expanded upon with an additional GSTV - Cash Special Payment.
As such, eligible Singaporeans will receive two payments: one through the GSTV - Cash and the other through the GSTV - Cash Special Payment.
About 575,000 Singaporeans aged 65 and above this year will also receive up to $450 in their Central Provident Fund MediSave accounts as part of the GSTV scheme.
MOF said the payments are part of the Government's continuing support for those from lower-income backgrounds, as well as the elderly, to help defray their GST expenses and costs of living. It noted that eligible Singaporeans would have already received Community Development Council vouchers, two GSTV - U-Save and GSTV - service and conservancy (S&CC) rebates, as well as top-ups to Edusave or Post-Secondary Education Accounts earlier this year.
π Some canteen food prices rise, MOE says schools will ensure meals kept affordable
ππ» https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/some-canteen-food-prices-rise-moe-committed-to-doing-more-for-needy-students
π 1.5 million Singaporeans to receive up to $700 in GST vouchers in August
ππ» https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/15-million-singaporeans-to-receive-up-to-700-in-gst-vouchers-in-august
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[10:02 am, 13/07/2022] +REACH: More details are in the infographic or visit gstvoucher.gov.sg; appreciate if you could share this message. Thank you!
[10:52 am, 13/07/2022] +Rama: Congratulations to those who have not been vaccinated!
Your persistence is absolutely wise and correct! *
FDA loses case!
Pfizer forced to disclose data on vaccine side effects!
9 pages of side effects!
The whole world is stunned.
US168 Information Network 2022-03-05 02:17
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/9C0ETAd9IOPTRMzZjDu1Tw
Because of the court's ruling, Pfizer released a report that was originally scheduled to be released in 2085!
This report is a non-profit organization PHMPT sued the FDA in the Northern District of Texas in September last year, questioning the FDA for concealing the actual data about the side effects of the 2019 new crown vaccine on the human body from pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer!
FDA rejects that it will take at least 55 years to disclose by law!
This dispute will be made public in batches after the court ruled that the FDA loses the case on 3/1!
These are the first published vaccine side effects! horrible!
Acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, acute encephalomyelitis, acute kidney injury, acute outer macular retinopathy, acute cardiomyopathy, acute respiratory failure, injection site vasculitis, seizures,
alopecia areata, allergic shock,
Anaphylaxis of pregnancy, aplastic anemia, blood clots,
Arrhythmias, arthritis,
Asthma, bronchospasm, cardiac arrest,
heart failure,
Chest discomfort, choking, chronic autoimmune glomerulonephritis,
chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus,
chronic spontaneous urticaria,
hemolytic anemia,
colitis, dermatitis,
diabetes,
disseminated varicella zoster,
embolic cerebral infarction,
Endocrine disorders, pruritus, swollen eyes, facial paralysis, genital herpes,
glossopharyngeal nerve palsy,
hemorrhagic vasculitis,
cervicitis,
lupus cystitis,
lupus encephalitis,
multiple sclerosis,
neonatal myasthenia gravis, myelitis,
noninfectious oophoritis, thyroiditis,
Ulcerative proctitis.
The above are more than a thousand kinds of reactions, not limited to the side effects / physical discomfort symptoms that many people will have.
It is the choice behavior that hurts oneself because of fear...
Of the 46,000 people tested, 42,000 had adverse reactions! 1200 people died!
Did you hit?
No fun! No fun!
People who are not vaccinated!
*Congratulations for keeping your own immune system functioning properly . *
[11:01 am, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: 13 July, 2022
"Face and Facts...? "
Good morning everyone!
The virtue of students especially primary, secondary, ITE and Polytechnics are non-wage earners.
FACT, there are small numbers of known needy students and children short of the daily school pocket money that have been properly taken care off. With the current state of inflation and it seems to be a prolong one. There is a need to rescan and identify any MORE such needy students across age group from 7 yrs to 18 yrs? Are teachers our first line of defence, this case identifying new cases of needy student?
Perhaps, MOE may suggest a RENTAL discount to all stalls in school canteens to importantly maintain the prices of foods for children and students. One challenge in giving out school pocket money to NEEDY students is perhaps FACE ?
For older teenage students, they may have pride that stop them from approaching the schools for pocket money to buy food. This case can be primary or secondary students especially GIRLS whom are shy?
What will other classmates view them should they come to know of such welfare arrangements?
How can schools arrange in DISCREET ways to avoid any face or bully or other unintended consequences?
Let's all brainstorm for ideas!
[11:07 am, 13/07/2022] +Ken Loh: Any formal source… π
QQ is china side
[11:08 am, 13/07/2022] +Ken Loh: If no formal source please don’t share to confuse the public π
[11:09 am, 13/07/2022] +Frankie Wee: Fake news?
[11:09 am, 13/07/2022] +KSFoong: Perhaps MOH should comment on this! In the first place, is this a reliable infor?
[11:12 am, 13/07/2022] +Vivian: Ya is this reliable
[11:18 am, 13/07/2022] +KSFoong: I think this post had been circulated to many people. The government need to make some notes on this to avoid confusion or mass panic!
[11:21 am, 13/07/2022] +SL: The rising cost of living definitely will have an impact on students from low-income families. Our society NGOs and religious bodies maybe can gather the resources and strength to help these groups of households to tide through this period of the high cost of living.
[11:23 am, 13/07/2022] +SL: We shall gather the resources of society and help the households in a targeted way with support from government.
[11:29 am, 13/07/2022] +SL: There can be Some temporary measures to help the student and their parents utilize the community's resources and partner with NGOs that share the common interest in helping Singapore Society.
[11:30 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: Not sure if school still ask student to buy files ?
[11:30 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: Do scholl still ask student to sell fair fun tickets ?
[11:30 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: to raise fund for school ?
[11:31 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: Do scholl still ask student to buy useless artmaeterial ?
[11:31 am, 13/07/2022] +SL: No heard about this.
[11:32 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: It not the pocket money that hurt students but it the brianless Techer asking student to buy expensive files
[11:33 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: It happedn 20 years ago.
[11:35 am, 13/07/2022] +SL: Thanks for clarification, i did not hear this from student in the school that i know.
[11:35 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: That a good thing to heard a great improvement
[11:36 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: To be frank 100 dollar is big in our times
[11:37 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: I think first is teacher ot born from poor families may not know the hardship of most ppl
[11:43 am, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: 13 July, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Leaders and All Honorable Members
"When things go expensive, hold on to your jobs, for having income better than none..?"
- - annoymous
Cash, GSTV and Economics Assistance Schemes:
For all citizens, every quarterly of Cash and GSTV. For identified vulnerable citizens of all age groups perhaps additional TWO more such financial assistance schemes be given to them.
In short, four quarters for all citizens and 2 extras (6 times in a year) for our vulnerable citizens or households.
Afterwords:
"Casting the net, widest...!"
For SMEs, especially those having $1.0 million and below and up to $5.0 million turnover revenue be granted certain incentives like JSS in a small percentage like 25% assistance. How about bigger local corporations and the MNCs (OHQs)?
"Sometimes old ways may work... ?"
Taking reference to 1997-2006, the "prolonged" effects of the Asian financial crisis; how Asean and especially Singapore put through such economics challenges ?
The key is to maintain a STABLE domestic employment that will indirectly help in countering inflation and avoid any technical recession!
Quotations:
"One way is to create more jobs and maintaining jobs...!"
- - HK Taipan
"keeping all valued (low to high) economic activities going...!"
- - annoymous
- - in progress - -
[11:47 am, 13/07/2022] +SL: I think govt has a lot of policies helping low-income households; it is the same in our society that many NGOs are trying to help Singaporeans. It might be a consideration to see how these resources can be effectively helping those needed.
[11:48 am, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: Hi KL,
Files, textbooks and essential stationery are procured prior to the start of an academic year, especially for primary, secondary and JC.
Other Adhoc items may be needed, however, these are limited in ways. Simply, things are calibrated prior to the start of an academic year.
Hope the above gives some sense and direction of things.
[11:49 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: May be MOE should ask why teacher teaches Is it passion or money ? what is needed. In my 8 years of higher schooling only 2 teacher aware and find the cheapest photocopy for students and never asked students to buy files but still needed a binder that cost 0.20 cents binder As both say tidy but not costly. The only difference is she went through world war 2. Thus this also may make not elite schools at a disadvantage. The guy teacher around 50 by now was also very nice but very strict and he was transferred to Nanyang girl's school after 2 years in our school.
[11:51 am, 13/07/2022] +KL: These teacher have the student at their heart.
[11:51 am, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: Hi SL,
Effectiveness, reaching out and implementation are crucial drivers of any programs. This case is a social paradigm.
Hope we can see deeper in suggesting ways and means to propel these good initiatives to the full mileage.
[11:56 am, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: Hi KL,
Luv what you said, BINGO!
Teachers are parents EYES AND EARS!
They can also be viewed as ASSETS MANAGERS TOO. Simply put it, teachers train our future talents and our future workforce! Isn't they assets managers?
Though not all educators but confidently 95% of our trained MOE teachers are compassionate and sensitive to their students needs with it academics, physical health or mental health or potentials & challenges.
Again, well said!
[0:03 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: In all organisation, there bound to have POLITICS between line levels, down and up. That's human behaviors.
How then can we BRUSH off these bushes of politicking?
Its the leadership at each schools, with it principal, HODs to teachers. What's their benchmarks and KPI?
How can policymakers retune and recalibrate to nimble these wasted and unnecessary resources of politics and politicking?
One sure thing is, PUT POLITICS OUT OF EDUCATION because it is a scared cow and students will learn such manoeuvres and applied to the future workplace and coworkers?
"Then its like starting all over again? "
- - annoymous
[0:05 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: Sent to reach via email.
[0:41 pm, 13/07/2022] +RH: Yes. I m equally concerned.
Can our Gov comment on this?
And make an official statement on it ?
[0:53 pm, 13/07/2022] +Sam: There are thousands of these kind of messages around. How can we expect government to make official statement for all? When we receive such message, check whether it is from a reliable news agency or organisation. In fact , only trust the source with a link to the official site to ensure authenticity. It is easy to just cut and paste a MOH logo an claim that the source is from MOH.
[1:13 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: So which side effect are you suffering from? π€·♂️ Mine is that I survived CV19 infection with minimal/mild symptoms and no signs of long-Covid ... is it listed somewhere in those 9 pages? π
[1:15 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: I will be concerned if MOH bothers to respond to this nonsense.... the fool man on the street who chooses to believe this crap.. i don't care π
[1:17 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: People who choose to believe this rubbish, will believe in it even more, the more GovtMOH says its untrue.... those who don't believe this crap, don't need MOH to tell them its nonsense. So, please don't ask MOH to waste time and resources to reassure stupid these "wise" people.
[1:22 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: 13 July, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Leaders and All Honorable Members
"What human needs are? Hope to live, hope to look forward to tomorrows and hope to continue living a meaningful lifetime! That simple!"
- - annoymous
Fact or Fake:
If its true, the world will turn upside down, in a state of chaos, war of words and finally real world war will happen?
If its false, it has made fools out of billions of people, many innocence life lost and it is a serious matter and those spreading false facts must be prosecuted! For life and livelihoods precede all things and matters (ηε½ζιθ¦)!
Finally, in one of Lao Tzu's important philosophical points is to always "seek for the middle path" and moderation itself will heal and amend all past lapses or impending short comings or critically big mistakes; all earthly matters with it tangibles or intangibles and it reactions and interrelationships.
Is not about she/he/they were wise and those die hard oppositions are lots of fools? Or perhaps, is it always personal choices in play, this world, all of us living in now?
, - - in progress - -
[1:24 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: I would like to see our Religious Organisations use some of the funds (from donations) that they have accumulated over the decades to help out more instead of spending on lavish "costumes" and/or building grander "places of worship"
[1:27 pm, 13/07/2022] +KSFoong: There r many documents inside. I went through some and i am concern!
[1:30 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: Given enough time and the "right" motivation, I also write shit like that .. in fact even better and more convincing. You believe?
[1:33 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
1. Appreciatively, the GSTV vouchers and the CDC vouchers -- the fiscal measures to cushion the sky high inflation - do help many household to tide over the runaway food prices - exacerbate by the raw material disruption, war, pandemic, global climate.
2. It does help many household - not only the lower and middle income, but also other household type - as the unprecedented inflation hit every strata of the population.
3. But however, I will like to caution that this fiscal measure is unsustainable in the long run - as it depends on how well our Economy do each year -- before Government can dish out this generous CDC and GST vouchers every year.
During a bad year, such generous fiscal measures may not be possible.
4. Hence, my worry is that the current high food prices - will be unsustainable in the long run - and it should not be "Entrenched" as the benchmark food price going forward - when this current triple whammy of pandemic, war, global climate (triggering high energy price, supply disruption, raw material disruption) - that hit food supply tide over.
Once this price is "Entrenched" unlike energy price that will come down - this current high food price will become the default benchmark price - and residents will face long term difficulties - not only for the lower income but also middle income and even higher middle income.
5. Hence I will like to urge the Government to do a one time major exercise to bring the food prices down - once the current triple whammy of crisis tide over - such as encouraging food stall owner to join "Social Enterprise for Food" to lower their food prices to sustainable level - preferably pre-pandemic level plus GST hike of 2 percent - to ensure that they have a decent earning - but not overly exorbitant like the current price.
eg. a bowl of noodle should cost pre-pandemic $4 + GST 2% = $4.10 not $4.50.
This will ensure many lower income, retirees, middle income (who need to support many family members like their children and elderly) - will not face tremendous pressure from the high food price - which is a daily essential expenses.
[1:34 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
http://www.asiaone.com/singapore/unreasonable-dont-buy-says-stall-owner-after-diner-laments-about-paying-15-tofu-and-ngoh?utm_source=mobileapp&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=native-share
My close friend comments: Jialat! Ngoh hiang costs $15!
My comments: Only a few doufu and some ngor hiang - but $15.
A daylight robbery.
I change my favourite weekend stalls 3 times.
Now I got a cheaper deal - taste not too bad either.
Need to shop around and change if find food stalls are trying to rip us.
My close friend comments: Rental costs can be controlled locally. Other costs less likely to control
My comments: The only way to control rent is for government to allow social entrepreneur to operate food stalls to compete with this private coffeshop - and make them competitive.
Else they bid high price for the coffeeshop and drive up residential food prices.
[1:37 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: maybe even make it mandatory for every coffeeshop and hawker centre to reserve at least 30% capacity for social enterprises
[1:39 pm, 13/07/2022] +Suma pamu: Cost is Only one thing in School canteen
Does MOE knows Many children don't REALLY HAVE PROPER TIME FOR LUNCH?
If an Employee able to eat His lunch everyday same time, why can't the Children?
It's really pathetic to know that They eat Lunch only after 2pm
Some days even at 3 plus!
And recess Again some times taken up by the Teachers for extra work or H.W
Eat Breakfast at about 11am!
Work more than a labour everyday Start school abt 7 am till 6pm (for secondary)
What are we making actually Robots...
(Those who comment that only the school i know is my gal one.. nope.. i have heard same thing from many parents..children Struggling lot more than we can talk)
(Sorry i know off the Topic.
But Canteen food prices in schools ..the first thing came to my mind was not the price but the time!)
[2:04 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fda+lose+case+in+texas+on+Pfizer+vaccines&oq=fda+lose+case+in+texas+on+Pfizer+vaccines+&aqs=chrome..69i57.19514j0j16&client=ms-android-xiaomi-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/data-is-power-experts-weigh-in-on-court-ordered-release-of-pfizer-vaccine-documents-1.5816089
The court case is real - but not a cause for alarm.
As all medicine or vaccines will have some side effects.
[2:11 pm, 13/07/2022] +RH: This example (I'm sure ther r many others) goes to show tt we never truly know the true facts of everything.
Like the origins of how the coronavirus started.
The implications and consequences , if the facts were truly admitted, would hv devastating and far-reaching effects worldwide and on the guilty party concerned tt may even bring the world to the brink of extinction. (my two cents' worth of imagination, as many things cannot be said out loud here π).
[2:18 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: think what this shows is that we are living in a world of mis-information. We have gone past the "information age" into the "mis-information age".
Anyone with money (or backing) can sue anybody/company for anything. This has never changed,
What has changed is that people would rather believe in what they do not know - in this case, a "list of side effects" of unknown relevance and context - than to trust in their own experience of having been protected by the vaccine with no signs of adverse side effects.
[2:20 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Pfizer vaccines is one of the largest "medicine" taken by world population.
Naturally there will be more side effects recorded.
Like all other medicines, all have terrible side effects. But we still consume and many don't experience the side effects.
[2:22 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: I heard CV19 can also cause severe "side effects" ,, in fact, millions around the world have died from it π
[2:23 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Eg. Paracetamol or panadol - have very terrible side effects too.
But many people will take over the counter - if got fever or pain.
Yet many people are not alarm by the side effects.
[2:26 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
So anti-vaxx will exploits such side effects - and create a hoo-haa over it.
But if not for vaccination - we will not have been in this comfortable situation - where we can safely open our economy - and live as endemic over the current covid - that are still raging.
Many are protected by the vaccination - and we are very fortunate about it.
[2:26 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
My close friend comments:-
I have a soft spot for children especially those from lower income families. How can we bear to see them go hungry?
Is straits times still running the school pocket money charity programme.
If so, time to do revive publicity.
I was told long long time ago, school canteen stalls were given to families facing hardship at low rental and utilities? Is it still the same?
Of not, MOE/gov can help by subsidising school canteen rental and utilities on condition of controlling the food prices at canteen for school children.
In addition to that, children from lower income groups can receive more pocket money to offset rising costs.
[2:34 pm, 13/07/2022] +Poh S. Lim: π€£ such silly disinformation… what it doesn’t mention is that even without the vaccine, you could get anyone of these thousands of diseases listed… whoever wrote this piece is obviously trying to sow doubt in public health policies which has helped us to come out of this pandemic.
[2:37 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: Hi everyone,
All unnatural interventions or formulated stimulus this case we are referring to economics packages, they all comes with intended and unintended consequences, that's fact !
Two, there is a greater need now than yesterday because Russia has turnoff the Nord LNG supply to Europe. What's the immediate effect? Then $70 and today is $300 cost of LNG! So the coming months of electricity bills will reflect such shortages too!
Three, should a nation sustain its economics interventions using monetary policies for more than 12 quarters. That itself will be a path towards the economics of dependancy which will be a counter productive measure and burden to taxpayers too!
In summary, Singapore has the means in finding ways to mitigate into 2023 itself…
[2:37 pm, 13/07/2022] +Poh S. Lim: On the other hand , China’s zero-Covid policy has resulted with lots of public disaffection
[2:40 pm, 13/07/2022] +Ken Loh: But still when enough effort put in the article people will think it is real without checking the primary sources π₯
[2:41 pm, 13/07/2022] +Ken Loh: I try finding primary source can’t find any related. So need to have primary source link… many times we are misled by well down articles
[2:47 pm, 13/07/2022] +Ken Loh: Try google but can’t find legit site they supports this group… so I would assume there is doubt in the information presented. Since should be a big news cover for such interesting topics
[2:54 pm, 13/07/2022] +Poh S. Lim: When so much effort is put into propagating and making this piece viral, it is a sign that these are malicious acts with the publishers’ full knowledge of the disinformation, not some accidental act.
[3:05 pm, 13/07/2022] +BL: where is the official link to this report?
[3:06 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: Forwarded by too many parties to get the official link
[3:06 pm, 13/07/2022] +BL: I think most of us have been vaccinated, so trust your own experience.
[3:06 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: Yes
[3:09 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: China latest GDP is 0.94%!
Watch the banking and financial systems, property markets, factory outputs, unemployment rates and closing into next month traditional "Bei Tai retreats" and in November 20th CCP meeting!
Many new revelations are in making...
[3:10 pm, 13/07/2022] +BL: Best not to forward without checking the official source. That is how misinformation spreads.
[3:21 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: Tom Plate and especially Graham Allison are old LKY friends of the US.
In the fall of 1969, LKY spent six weeks in Harvard University at the arrangements of President Nixon. Graham was one of the professors in close interactions with LKY throughout his stay in Harvard. Later on came Professor Henry Kissenger, both became close friends till Lee's departed in 2015.
That's how deep these relationships, circle of Americans thinkers and leaders befriended LKY in his political lifetime.
In Asia too, LKY and his administration also built a strong relationship with China.
Can we agree that, today, Singapore and its 4G leadership inherited these two powerful blocs of friendships from the efforts of our 1G leaders? It is more than the art of diplomacy, perhaps it is what people call it, "close friends" for life and please don't loose anyone!
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3184840/asia-needs-leaders-calibre-singapores-lee-kuan-yew-navigate-messy
[3:29 pm, 13/07/2022] +Ken Loh: It is in the website…
https://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf
Look at the link name π
[3:29 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/Be1etw0X0zs
[3:39 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: Agree
[3:47 pm, 13/07/2022] +Anne: How can we better support Singaporeans from lower income backgrounds as we tide through this period?
1) Encourage F&B establishments to have less food waste. This may translate to savings for consumers.
2) If possible, practice shrinkflation
3) If possible, teach people how to fast safely. With most Singaporeans having pot bellies, they may need this.
4) Educate people on how to grow their own foods. If they have excess, teach them how to can or dehydrate the foods to lengthen shelf life.
5) Alternatively, set up a food collection point at each CC for residents to donate their excess foods (unexpired or slightly past the best-by dates) and for low income residents to collect free food.
6) Set up more community gardens and engage more people as gardeners (need to train them of course), esp those who are able bodied and receiving financial assistance from the G. Foods from these community gardens can be donated to the poor.
7) Teach eligible people how to rear chickens and rabbits etc for food. This is likely to be a bad idea as people may start treating these animals as pets.
8) Extend the lease of existing farms and food forests (eg Green Circle Eco-Farm)
9) Help farms and food producers to expand their operations
10) Have a campaign to educate people to reduce or eliminate food waste.
11) Offer free and/or subsidized power generators with solar panels to Singaporeans. The low income can use this to reduce their energy bills, for others this can serve as backup power generators in the event our power grid needs to go down for whatever reasons.
[3:50 pm, 13/07/2022] +Anne: Correction:
5) Alternatively Set up a food collection point at each CC…
[4:03 pm, 13/07/2022] +Anne: This is old news. Interesting that this is brought up now. Pfizer has been dumping at least 10,000 pages of their clinical trials data on the 1st of every month.
The most shocking news are the 9 pages of adverse reactions and 1,223 deaths from the clinical trials. Our G and local media should be aware of this document dump by now but this was never reported and our G has remained silent over this.
A whistleblower (in US) had also reported about fraud being committed during the 3rd clinical trial but our G has proceeded with more boosters and child vaccinations.
So, the elephant in the room is: did Pfizer withhold all these horrific documents from our G and deceive them?
If yes, why was no police report ever been lodged against Pfizer?
If no, why has t…
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[4:27 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
The question is how many in Singapore has died after Pfizer vaccination or suffering from vaccination to warrant a police report?
[4:29 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
There are many medicine that cause serious side effects that can cause death or other serious health damage.
Are you suggesting police report should be made in all cases.
Then there are no medicine in this world can be prescribed to patients because all come with side effects - some very serious one.
[4:30 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Also if you eat red meat - the side effects is high cholesterol.
Eat salt can cause hypertension.
Should you make a police report over these "side effects"?
[4:31 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: Thanks Anne
[4:34 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
And even if you eat fish, now you will be eating microplastics because the ocean is contaminated.
You suggest making police report and refrain people from eating fish?
[4:36 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: π²π―π π€£
[5:02 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
The hard truth is billions of people all around the world have taken Pfizer vaccination.
Almost all countries are operating now in endemic mode except China - with no serious side effects or death from the Pfizer vaccination except the few.
So does it warrant a police report and the associated conspiracy theories as suggested that the government all over the world are trying to fool the population as put forward by the anti-vaxx conspirator groups.
[5:03 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: So bill gates goal of reducing over population of planet earth will eventually bear fruit!?
[5:04 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
What did Bill gates say?
I only know that covid kill millions of people worldwide.
But covid vaccination kill a few probably.
In Singapore no reported death directly from covid vaccination.
[5:06 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: Plan was to use vaccine side effects to gradually reduce population worldwide. Telia Elon Musk made a comment along this line some time ago.
[5:07 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ: Hahaha.
Didn't know that Bill gates and Elon musk are expert doctors.
[5:08 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: They are at loggerheads on this
[5:08 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
I only know that billion of people survive because of mRNA vaccination.
Whereas those anti-vaxx groups see multi million die from covid.
[5:10 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
And many millions more suffer from long covid because they are not protected by mRNA vaccines.
[5:11 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-06/australia-opens-borders-to-unvaccinated-travellers/101212102
[5:19 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: I haven't seen/read any of these so called 10,000 pages and don't intend to. Why? Because there is no evidence that tis real.
Even if it were real, all you "crazies" can only point to 9 pages out of 10,000 π³ which you claim, but most likely never seen and much less verified to be true....and and and .. 1,223 deaths at clinical trials .. apparently . No context, no timeline, no information about the age, health, etc of the purportedly 1223 dead volunteers. Again, unverified.
And with that, you dismiss the fact the BILLIONS of doses have been administered worldwide with no (or at most insignificant) side-effects.
What is horrific, is how easy it is to convince foolish people that they are "smart" simply by handing them unverifiable half truths and lies, and then harnessing their collective ignorance, to further a nefarious agenda,
[5:28 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
This anti-vaxx conspiracy theories if allows to take root will have very serious consequences:-
1. Many people will have died or down with long covid with the needs for long term medical treatment - that will have financial burden on the family as well as the state that provides subsidy.
2. Economic impact if many people are ill or lockdown similar to China zero covid strategy - whereby business move out, talents move out, capital outflow, business fail and massive job loss.
Singapore cannot sustain such a pandemic shock - and mRNA vaccination has save the population and allow us to live in endemic with covid.
Thus we need to come out strongly to voice out against anti-vaxx conspiracy theories - that will cause tremendous impact to our economy, health and social fabric of our nation.
[5:29 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
After $20 Trillion Losses, Investors Brace For More Colossal Wealth Wipe.
World stocks have lost over $20 trillion in value this year since January peaks, and the sharp slide echoes the hit early in 2020.
https://www.ndtv.com/business/after-20-trillion-losses-investors-brace-for-more-colossal-wealth-wipe-3144774
[5:30 pm, 13/07/2022] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
See what the pandemic has done to the world economies.
$20 trillion has been wipe out from the capital markets.
And if these anti-vaxx conspiracy groups succeeded - many countries will go down like Sri Lanka.
[5:32 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: except this time there is no "Powell-put" π strap in for more losses ... only seen the impact of easily quantifiable interest rate hikes. The more unpredictable impact of a liquidity squeeze from Quantitative Tightening has not hit yet .. akan datang, my friends π
[5:41 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccines-were-deadly-in-rare-cases-governments-are-now-weighing-compensation-11645266603
[5:41 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60653946
[5:43 pm, 13/07/2022] +Frankie Wee: The whole world country is fear of vaccine may linked to death if we take 4th vaccine
[5:49 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: I joined a TG group for people claiming to be harmed by the vaccine.... just to see what is going on... .. and all I can say is, all those complains/claims that I read (couldn't keep up with all the posts π ) are all from people who are either crazy, or just hoping to get $/compensation (from Govt/compassionate fools) or both πππ
[5:49 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: And our government is planning to bring in the omicron specific vaccine soon for a 5th jab
[5:52 pm, 13/07/2022] +Joseph: I will take it π♂️
[5:52 pm, 13/07/2022] +Rama: Likewise
[6:00 pm, 13/07/2022] +Frankie Wee: Ok noted I hate vaccine π
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[6:30 pm, 13/07/2022] +danielhl chua: Here are my views about today's topic:
Currently, pupils in school are affected by the price increase as well as the long queues for each stall. If on an average of 6 stalls per school, and 1 level has 8 classes of 30 pupils, there will be an average of 40 pupils queueing up for each stall to buy their food. Of cos, some of them brought food from home for recess. But it is still an area of concern considering they only have 20mins-25mins of recess. (Last 5mins to move back to class to prepare for their lessons.)
2) price increase, some stalls have seen a gradual increase in their food pricing. Not only some of them had increased their price, the quantity is quite small. Arguably, u said its for kids, therefore the portion shld be sufficient. An example of chicken rice as described, rice is abt 5 spoonfuls, chicken 3-4 pieces(each abt size of a country eraser). Price is $1.80.
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[6:48 pm, 13/07/2022] +SL: School mgmt and parent support groups can hand in hand to do something in this area + further help low-income households on too of what they did.
Alumni also another source that can help the students for consideration
[6:55 pm, 13/07/2022] +SL: Resources poling and helping the target households is a reasonable consideration. Presidents Challenge is an excellent example, and it's helped a lot of Singaporeans and NGOs too if I m not wrong
[6:59 pm, 13/07/2022] +Smiley face: 13 July, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Leaders and All Honorable Members
"It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice." It meant that as long as the economy works, it is a good economy.
- - Deng Xiaoping
Turn Back The Clock:
In the spring of 1993, the China - Taiwan meeting (aka Koo-Wang talks) was held in Singapore. Prior to today's famous Shangri-La Dialogue and thereafter in 1996, the Taiwan strait missile incident.
Who arranged and meticulously planned this important starter of future dialogues between the two hot adversary? From the little details of equally sized meeting rooms, equal accommodations, elevator and pathways. Photo takings and protocols are carefully and sensitively calibrated to almost perfection!
So who and why such detailed planning for? Foremost and with foresights, then PM Mr Lee Kuan Yew efforts in directing and leading to this first meeting of the twos.
Back in 1978, during Deng Xiaoping visit to Singapore, Mr Lee knew the importance of these two adversary and their history. A peaceful and stable China-Taiwan would have direct positivity to Singapore, to Asean and the World!
Turning the clock to now, how's the geopolitics behaving, who are the contenders and the critical players? How to resolve such depth of distrust, years of hatred and persisting hot issues? To not resolving all of these outstandings in months or years or best sooner in weeks or more dangerous incidents and uncertain moments will continue be inflicted upon many nations, its people and lost of opportunities and losing precious lives!
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/04/22/2003691776
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3184840/asia-needs-leaders-calibre-singapores-lee-kuan-yew-navigate-messy
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