REACH 444 - What are your views on the various ministries’ plans and which resonated the most with you?
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12 Apr 2023 (10am - 7pm)
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[9:59 am, 12/04/2023] +REACH: π’ Topic π’
Following President Halimah Yacob’s address at the opening of the new session of Parliament on Monday night, several government ministries released their addenda, or public statements of their respective plans, on Tuesday.
π¬ What are your views on the various ministries’ plans and which resonated the most with you?
Below are highlights from some ministries’ addenda.
π Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Diversify education pathways to recognise different strengths, interests, and learning needs.
- Provide stronger support for mid-career workers to reduce their opportunity cost for training
π Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
- Professionalise skilled trades, by working with NTUC to offer better salaries, chart clearer progression ladders, and improve the image and attractiveness of these jobs.
- Launch CareersFinder, a feature on the MyCareersFuture portal to help workers plan their next career move using data and artificial intelligence, in beta form in the third quarter of 2023.
π Ministry of National Development (MND)
- Work with Singaporeans to refresh social compact on housing, so that it continues to be affordable and accessible, and estates remain inclusive, cohesive, and sustainable.
- Maintain a steady supply of housing by completing almost 40,000 homes in 2023, and close to 100,000 homes from 2023 to 2025.
π Ministry of Health (MOH)
- Implement Healthier SG in the next few years to focus on preventive care.
- Help seniors age well (e.g. expand network of active ageing centres, and remodel their operations so that more seniors can benefit from them)
π Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)
- Implement the Singapore Made For Families 2025 plan where families will have easier access to support at the community level (e.g. parenting programmes)
- Enhance pre-school education to be more inclusive and expand early intervention services to support children with developmental needs
- Deliver comprehensive, convenient and coordinated social services with partners and volunteers by streamlining touchpoints and workflows, so families can get help quickly
ππΌ More inclusive meritocracy with opportunities throughout life: Ministries’ agendas at a glance: https://str.sg/i4Qd
ππΌ Supporting learners at all stages of life, uplifting those in need: Ministries’ work ahead: https://str.sg/i4Qg
ππΌ Singapore will update housing, planning strategies to reflect current concerns: Desmond Lee: https://str.sg/i4Qx
ππΌ Supporting medical advances requires rethink of healthcare financing policies: Ong Ye Kung: https://str.sg/i4QN
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[11:05 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "small mind talks about people, mediocre mind talks about events and big mind talks about ideas..."
- - Eleanor Roosevelt (Former First Lady of USA 1933-1945)
[11:06 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: 12 April, 2023
"small mind talks about people, mediocre mind talks about events and big mind talks about ideas..."
- - Eleanor Roosevelt (Former First Lady 1933-1945)
Affordability?
Most people (not all) are looking for "almost FOC" Public goods or any free things under the sun,...?
Basic consultations with GP are affordable. Consultations with a Specialist doctor are less affordable now and WORSE going forward into 2030!
Housing is all about a person dwell! No dwell is like no footings and no well too (olden days of a free water well)!
If you coupled the medical and housing costs, you will derive a formula to solve, the escalating social costs that will accelerate into social, economics and political/policies disaster!
We witnessed day after day and…
[11:15 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Trust and the generational gaps...?
[11:18 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: for me both
[11:19 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: Where is the important element of communication and trust between parties of the left to the right and from the bottom to the top - i like this
[11:19 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: it happens in all ogranisation and every where
[11:20 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but this is sorry to say dam useless -> Provide stronger support for mid-career workers to reduce their opportunity cost for training
[11:21 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: educated but opportunities are provision to another bucket of market usually lower cost (like security) while for white collar jobs this is loop sided by internal transfer or some other ways were MNC moan about lack of talent
[11:23 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: Launch CareersFinder, a feature on the MyCareersFuture portal to help workers plan their next career move using data and artificial intelligence, in beta form in the third quarter of 2023. ->> this seems interesting wonder what can it do for middle age workers
[11:25 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: on Housing matters -> can i suggest to drop the idea that it is an assets where it can be rented out? A housing to many local means a Roof and Home for the family
[11:26 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Good morning Ah Heng, thank you for your review and points!
"How to earn trust...?"
Thank you!
[11:26 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: like some crazy suggestion in other public platform -> fine those who horde bigger room flats and refuse to reproduce hahahahahahaha
[11:26 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: earn trust? on a national level?
[11:28 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: it is a challenging aspect as too many cooks in a pot, this is made worst with social media where readers topic on title heading instead of details, plus people are educated and have their own thinking (expected of educated society)
[11:28 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: At times, we must refrain from the pitfall of PRESUMPTION!
Simply, there are many reasons for the decisions each individual made in life!
Thank you
[11:28 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Step by Step...the good old retro song!
CANNOT rush this TRUST!
THANK YOU.
[11:29 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: True thus i am saying some crazy ideas cos have to see from 2 sides
[11:29 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: also HDB was created for the mass citizen for a roof over our heads it shoudl not be used as a primary means for something else
[11:30 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: None existence
[11:30 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: so how to earn trust -> my little take action for now
[11:30 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: That's the reality of today's handphone culture!
Throw the phone away? Or cannot do it?
Diversity comes with many social COSTS that converge into tangibles and intangibles!
Policymakers of this digital eta will have to pay for these painful decisions?
Thank you
[11:30 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Need to be rebalanced
[11:31 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Agree
[11:31 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: actions that allow the people feel yeah this govt or boss does really concerned about us not only now but for our future and beyond with the basic pillars drill deeply into the ground
[11:31 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Agree
[11:31 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: You create!
Better STILL... BEYOND THE REALITY!
Thanks, and good Morning, S drew!
[11:32 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Concerned is superficial
[11:32 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: not paid, is to painfully and strategically dealt with the situation thus foresight and quick minded
[11:33 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Be BRAVE, DON'T BE SHORT-SIGHTED!
CALCULATE YOUR RISKS and STOP CALCULATING WHAT OTHERS will benefit from your deeds or dealings!
Can we afford or simply, not affordable?
[11:33 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: i doubt upstairs calculate the real benefits we get hahahahaha
[11:34 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: thus ground saying give chicken feet give back whole chicken
[11:34 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Why superficial?
Becos is reality!
Go BEYOND the reality! You will receive a big pot of abundance!
[11:34 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Benefits or short slighted? η倴?
[11:35 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but how many more years can we keep up the giving cycle? cos cotton wool still grow from the sheeps or goats?
[11:35 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: ππ³
[11:36 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: They do but...be brave!
"SG will never die! People will come and go, people will die!"
- - anonymity
Don't let others fear you that SG will sink or SG will not exist!
Be a deep thinker!
Thank you
[11:36 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: sg will not sink wan
[11:37 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: is the real citizen that will sink
[11:37 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: sink in cost of living
[11:37 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: sink in stagnant pay scale
[11:37 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Give and take or take to give...
Pls refer to MONTHS, an essay on the concept of "give and take" !
Thank you.
[11:37 am, 12/04/2023] +Frankie Wee: SG is small island still rich country than SEA.
[11:37 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: something must be done to drop the idea we are not skilled
[11:38 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Small is beautiful when in troubled time!
Big will be a big headache to steer away from the thunderstorm!
[11:38 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: every reported we read is not skilled not enough workers etc everything is Singapore fault
[11:39 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: then when public voice out the bosses market will find something else to divert attention like how expansive it is to stay in singapore planning to leav
[11:39 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: All because of the creation of technology ...it is evolving!
Either you are in the game or you are on the way out of this ball park!
Thank you.
[11:40 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: despite technology evolve, there are some thing that is still best not to evolve
[11:40 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: in terms of man power and brains, that country that have most IT grads seriously since 2000 till now i think is over rated and hype
[11:40 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: If you don't progress or grow, then you might as well retreat yourself to the highlands and shut all news and pls dispose of that phone too!
Thank you
[11:41 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: till now personally i still see their so call experts not knwoing the basics of the industry
[11:42 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: One billion headcount versus One hundred millions headcount!
How many types of talented folks will a nation get out of its population?
Is a maths question!
[11:42 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: while are young skilled and educated will be eclipse by such so how can our young shine espically the boys unless we do away with their ns commitment ? let them venture out far and wide
[11:42 am, 12/04/2023] +Frankie Wee: https://www.smartnation.gov.sg//initiatives/artificial-intelligence/
[11:42 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: one billion headcount but say 50% of them are from fake school and paper holders hahahahaha?
[11:43 am, 12/04/2023] +Frankie Wee: That’s I heard whole world going to use AI while human workless
[11:43 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: is a open thing for years how they take their exam and buy their papers
[11:43 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: it will not be in our life time maybe our children will be able to see and feel
[11:44 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but have u read certain companies and people are call a curb to AI teaching aka stop teaching the AI cos is getting out of hand
[11:44 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: AI can reach a stage to create others
[11:44 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: in western world they call it the reality skynet ahahaha
[11:45 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: forget which brainy human mentioned never saw such a stupid action where human create a mouse trap to kill himself hahahahaa
[11:45 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: in a way i think this guy who quoted this was right
[11:46 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: When you visit the next specialist at a medical center, you will see the plaque of shining brass of achievements on the corridor wall, doctor after doctor!
So, which doctor truly keeps up with the latest tech and the know how of medical science or inventions or medical trials?
Which doctor is current and on top of his/her game of treating or diagnostic!
Think and look BEYOND! Apply across all trades.
Thank you.
[11:46 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Shorten the process and reduce costs!
[11:47 am, 12/04/2023] +Frankie Wee: What can we do mean the future SG studied raised to create AI things human don’t look so happy having without job. Wonder what government give out singaporean ppl live to work or work to live.
[11:47 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: You need 1 million smart folks shared by the 20 nations!
[11:48 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Use AI as the future warfare and war strategies?
Robots and unmanned military machines?
[11:49 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Yes
[11:49 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Either you embrace changes and like digits OR you go the ANALOG ways!
Analog MEANS using HAND (craft) jobs!
[11:49 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: better still use AI to conduct english test for in coming people here for work or stay
[11:50 am, 12/04/2023] +Frankie Wee: For sure the future will use it military arm force ww4
[11:50 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: dun waste time and talent on such bo liao tasks hahahaha
[11:50 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: India comes to mind!
[11:50 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: One good example of cutting away examiners and questions creator!
[11:50 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: used to be China at one time but i think now those china got more quallity and knowledge
[11:51 am, 12/04/2023] +Frankie Wee: 100%
[11:51 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: India has more younger people!
[11:51 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: young but a leopard and cheetah cannot change its spot
[11:51 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: up wire not straight down wire will be straight?
[11:51 am, 12/04/2023] +TD: use;ess lying taichee masters.
[11:51 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: 2000 till now how many from that land i see is the same
[11:52 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Japan was the king of QC and JIT!
Today, lucky your goods or services arrive on time (just in case!)
[11:52 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: same pattern and culture
[11:52 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Recently 6 to 7 hundreds got kicked out of Canada for having false educational information for entry into institutions of higher education!
[11:52 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests..."
- - Winston Churchill
[11:53 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: they cannot change because their roots of culture is very deep (which i like) but they forget to be on global stage once out from motherland dun bring certain culture thing around
[11:53 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: 600/1,000,000,000,000
[11:53 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: more to come espically in the states
[11:53 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Singapore had its small share too!
[11:53 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but because their cheap value many company still empolying them
[11:54 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Surely, there will be no perfection!
Importantly, our screening process must be thorough and more importantly, DON'T RUSH THROUGH THE PROCESS!
[11:54 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: those who are smart will use that time in the company to grow
[11:54 am, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
It comes sooner than thought.
The next day.
[11:54 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Upskill
[11:54 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Any benefits or risks?
[11:54 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: can use AI cos it have the computing power and vast information and situtaion cases to make assessment
[11:55 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Stepping board or Step up the level of skills?
[11:55 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Be prepared as best as one can
[11:55 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Level of skills
[11:55 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Those involved in the vetting of documents for migration or work permit must have the third eyes to SEE AND SENSE!
[11:56 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: benefits is for one self as a start ; risk to company at the start is fake skilled workers will have negative impact on the team or organization
[11:56 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Hopefully, no monkey business?
[11:56 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Trust?
[11:56 am, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: long run the benefit reap by the fake talent might not be used in the company -> cos jump board to another
[11:56 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Doing business needs Capital.
Human is one key Capital!
[11:57 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: The government has started to make employers answer for vetting the paper qualifications and skills of foreign talent into our work force.
[11:57 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Over a short period of time, people will identify the fakes from the good ones!
Next is to invite these fakes elsewhere!
[11:58 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Out of our shores!
[11:58 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Two ways please!
It means if the foreign talent is not what he/she said, then B can liase with G to fire this person! Bye bye!
[11:59 am, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Talking risks or risking or don't risk at all?
[11:59 am, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Calculated risk
[11:59 am, 12/04/2023] +Frankie Wee: I bet it sure risk
[0:00 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: And be DARING AND BRAVE TOO!
HUMAN dies not a company or Country!
It's Human that matters the most!
[0:01 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: FINITE or infinite?
Previous essay on this topic! Do read again!.
How to build an exceptional team or nation?
[0:02 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: One nation can announce a mega project in the making...
while the next nation will see to its completion, on time and hopefully within budget!
[0:03 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Malaysia plans $8.5b port to keep up with regional rivals
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-plans-84-billion-port-to-keep-up-with-regional-competitors
GETTING ready for China trades?ππ€π¨π³π²πΎ
The Malaysian government has confirmed it is going ahead with the plan to build a RM28 billion ($8.5 billion) port to significantly boost the handling capacity for both container and conventional cargo at the main shipping hub of Port Klang.
[0:05 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a BIG difference."
- - Winston Churchill
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts."
- - Winston Churchill
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
- - Winston Churchill
[0:07 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: One concern is Port Klang or even Butterworth or Lankawi are all before our Tuas?
What if Lankawi should one day become a naval base to be shared by China and Malaysia?
Thank you.
[0:09 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
1. All the Ministries plan resonate with me specifically MOE, MOM, MND and MOH because my family use these government services, my siblings families use them and my close friend families use them.
2. MSF services are mainly used by lower income families.
But extremely useful as support functions for them.
[0:13 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Interestingly, cannot help to be nosy - these are the Ministries helm by 4G Leaders....
[0:19 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: 12 April, 2023
It all Start with Transparency?
"It is all about people to people, people to organisation/nation, people to the establishments and the rest of tangibles and intangibles,...prior or recent experiences and outcomes can have a psychological mindset of trusting or no trust at all!"
- - anonymity
What is trust?
A strong belief in one attribute that will bring about a high level of confidence and good outcomes.
How trust begins?
No trust can be earned or established without an absolute transparency in information, perception and rational beliefs.
"Beliefs, emotions and sentients are three synthesis of trusting or distrusting?"
- - anonymity
One extreme good example of TRUST is internet shopping. How consumers perceive and through rational thinking decide on buying a product? The more transparent (opposite is opaque) the seller describes it's product in details, relevant information and customers endorsing or favorable comments of the product all visible by all, all these clarities will pay off and the higher the chance of a successful transaction. Hopefully, a bus load of happy customers, that's to click and buy buy buy!
"In life, all of us need to sell somethings or we aren't human and makes buying seems an easier humans act...predictively through big data analytics will yield insights, foresights and no hindsight... so where are the factors of risk (blindspots)?"
- - anonymity
If we applied this model of transparency and to earn trust, we could also deploy on others marketing/selling/PR initiatives and strategies to win win win!
Human just want success! From this moment of happiness or more than satisfied, confidence is built and so is trust on a particular brand or a group of brands inside the human brains (primary or secondary consideration sets) with the primary set being either recency effects or embedded.
Belief is half way to trust?
If your believing that a brand or a product more than satisfied your needs and wants, you will likely buy and continue to trust the brand, this is knowns as a repetitive behavior (buying into it).
If your emotions saying to you to stay away from something or a brand, it will likely do so with no second thoughts! Why so? It is because the past experience dictates the actual moment and thus the momentum of decision making to do otherwise than to buy it!
If your feelings (sentients) of a person or a brand is of no mental connections or relatively unknown, it will be harder to accept/ adopt at a blink of an eye to buy a new brand or to accept this person narratives!
So the human cognitive skills and processings are meticulously complex with many wirings waiting to connect into channels of the thought process in deriving a decision whether is a simple one or a highly mind boggling decision of life or death.
How can we soothe the brain?
One way is to start getting the conditioning program on a right path! Any out of the path will mean a correction of behavior and thus a new effort will have to be introduced to straighten the intended path.
The programming of the human minds is such a diverse and deviatiing ecosystem to amend for any intentional. If the proposer wishes to challenge these complex and changing mindsets, it needs to carefully lay out a detailed plan of implantations, interventions and corrections.
Sights and Sounds?
Two keys power drivers of trust is to see and to hear or to listen!
Seeing and listening are believers of all information gathering whether is a fact or a total or partial fake! It is that simple and ignorantly easy to first distort and second to divide a human opinions and views of any given tangible or intangible! It is morally wrong to tweat fake information and nowadays with the abundant of digit platforms of news and videos that are beyond control thus addon to the information war on the in-betweens versus fakes versus facts!
What about the expanded big data?
Physical measurements of human features, eyes and eyebrow, voice, written messages, digital connections, oral or digital communications, actions, transactions and locations are highly values data sets to architect an inclusive knowledge bank for analytics and generative outcomes using ultra high speed computing through augmented AI.
One interesting feature of the human facial expression is the eyes and the accompaniment of the eyebrow! The two expressions will tell the truth in a person's behaviors and speeches such honesty, mischief or and the level of trustworthy! (ie. secret service agent with sunglasses!)
- - in progress - -
[0:21 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "In life, all of us need to sell somethings to others or we aren't human and makes buying seems an easier humans act...predictively through big data analytics will yield insights, foresights and no hindsight... so where are the factors of risk (blindspots)?"
- - anonymity
[0:24 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Hypothesis:
Society?
We are basically different generations in one compact to start with, the previous, the present and the new millennials!...
[0:32 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Like cambodia!?
[0:35 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Myanmar is a valuable sea and rail port.
[0:38 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Reread history of Burma! How the french and British did it! Up to the 1960s
In compounded benefits, Myanmar + Cambodia is like the entire Iran...all because of the trades route!
Thank you
[0:42 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Also Singapore many JV with China on eco city projects will ensure China goods come to Singapore ports.
Eg. Chongqing land and sea connectivity, greater bay area, Suzhou, Tianjin, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou etc.
[0:43 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
So important to support and vote a capable government.
Don't any how play with the votes.
Else we are playing with our lives and our livelihoods.
[0:43 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "you see, world history is like the biggest non fiction book in writing, from the prologue and into the subsequent chapters, full of stories and is still a work in progress, hopefully it doesn't reach the epilogue page...!"
- - anonymity
[0:44 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Also don't piss off China - insisting new citizens must take English test.
[0:46 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: An awakening and smart answer!
Thanks, Danny!
[0:48 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Benefits or η倴!
[0:48 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Because casually our leaders talk to China in mandarin.
Talk to Malaysia leaders in malays.
And talk to Indonesia leaders in bahasa indonesia.
We only talk to western leaders in English.
[0:48 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart..."
- - Nelson Mandela
[0:49 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
When I talk to China national, I also speak to them in mandarin not English.
Only in projects, I speak English because there are many technology, technical terms and business mandarin that I am not proficient with.
[0:51 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Sense of closeness and belongings!
[0:52 pm, 12/04/2023] +Jimmy Chew: Hahaha should do all the four official languages to be safe. India is the next superpower. Don't play play
[0:53 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Myanmar got played out by china/Pakistan over the sale of j7 fighter jets.
[0:53 pm, 12/04/2023] +Jimmy Chew: In every rise of an empire there's always it's demise
[0:54 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
We also JV with:-
1. Indonesia on Kendall industrial park,
2. JV with Vietnam on quite a couple of industrial parks
3. JV with India in Chennai industrial park, Uttar Pradesh industrial park
4. JV with Malaysia in iskandar.
So goods will have to come to Singapore ports.
[0:56 pm, 12/04/2023] +Boon: Meritocracy is important but how should it be applied to the different social strata that Singapore already have? For many ordinary residents, driving taxi or Grab seems to be the final semi retirement or retirement job they can do. Even if they have skills, benefits of retraining courses and years of valuable experience, for those who wants to set up a small biz to continue their skills, they can’t afford to do so. Sg high rentals by landlords sets a very high bar to entrepreneurship as it raises the risks and costs to small and medium enterprises including pop up shops. High rentals favour those who can pay the rent. Those with skills but without the capital can only work for those who can pay the rent. This means experienced and skilled workers can’t afford to come out on their own to set up their own trade. Is this meritocratic? Would the high rental and other cost of doing biz further stratify society between landlords and tenants, and excludes those of our experienced aging population who wants to continue to be active working?
[0:57 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Yes.
This is what I mean.
Be careful with oppositions suggestions and scrutinized it very carefully.
It sometimes look good on paper - but will sabo us and bring our country down.
We must have many insights, foresights, hindsights, 360 degree sights to ensure whatever suggestions we make are sound and robust - not populist that appeals to voters but will sink us down the road.
[0:58 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Another smart and foresighted person!
Jimmy , Thank you!
[0:59 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
That's why our government send Indian Ministers to talk to India government in Tamil.
Send Malays Ministers to talk to Malaysia and Indonesia in malays.
Of course our PM and heavyweight Ministers will also be there.
[0:59 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Sharp comment!
[0:59 pm, 12/04/2023] +Jimmy Chew: Sorry. I was saying it in jest π
[1:00 pm, 12/04/2023] +REACH: π’ Topic π’
Following President Halimah Yacob’s address at the opening of the new session of Parliament on Monday night, several government ministries released their addenda, or public statements of their respective plans, on Tuesday.
π¬ What are your views on the various ministries’ plans and which resonated the most with you?
Below are highlights from some ministries’ addenda.
π Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Diversify education pathways to recognise different strengths, interests, and learning needs.
- Provide stronger support for mid-career workers to reduce their opportunity cost for training
π Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
- Professionalise skilled trades, by working with NTUC to offer better salaries, chart clearer progression ladders, and improve the image and attractiveness of these jobs.
- Launch CareersFinder, a feature on the MyCareersFuture portal to help workers plan their next career move using data and artificial intelligence, in beta form in the third quarter of 2023.
π Ministry of National Development (MND)
- Work with Singaporeans to refresh social compact on housing, so that it continues to be affordable and accessible, and estates remain inclusive, cohesive, and sustainable.
- Maintain a steady supply of housing by completing almost 40,000 homes in 2023, and close to 100,000 homes from 2023 to 2025.
π Ministry of Health (MOH)
- Implement Healthier SG in the next few years to focus on preventive care.
- Help seniors age well (e.g. expand network of active ageing centres, and remodel their operations so that more seniors can benefit from them)
π Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)
- Implement the Singapore Made For Families 2025 plan where families will have easier access to support at the community level (e.g. parenting programmes)
- Enhance pre-school education to be more inclusive and expand early intervention services to support children with developmental needs
- Deliver comprehensive, convenient and coordinated social services with partners and volunteers by streamlining touchpoints and workflows, so families can get help quickly
ππΌ More inclusive meritocracy with opportunities throughout life: Ministries’ agendas at a glance: https://str.sg/i4Qd
ππΌ Supporting learners at all stages of life, uplifting those in need: Ministries’ work ahead: https://str.sg/i4Qg
ππΌ Singapore will update housing, planning strategies to reflect current concerns: Desmond Lee: https://str.sg/i4Qx
ππΌ Supporting medical advances requires rethink of healthcare financing policies: Ong Ye Kung: https://str.sg/i4QN
[1:02 pm, 12/04/2023] +Boon: Sg seems to be encouraging and emphasizing vocational skills over academic grades - which is great. But for parents considering vocational skills for their children, when these children grows into craftsmen and women, are they also only be able to compete for employment in large organizations? What’s the opportunities for these homegrown artisans to strike out on their own and start their biz in Sg?
[1:04 pm, 12/04/2023] +Boon: There is an opportunity by our leaders to address the high rental and cost of doing biz in Singapore for MSMEs, which can promote meritocracy for different social strata and help build a more resilient aging population.
[1:04 pm, 12/04/2023] +Jimmy Chew: I am grateful we have good leaders who have foresight and intelligence to bring us to the next chapter. My only concern is that "words are cheap" the substance is in the meaningful delivery and completion and execution of the said objectives. Hopefully it's not like some countries.. hope and hot air
[1:05 pm, 12/04/2023] +Boon: Meritocracy sounds good. But we need to be careful of the tyranny of meritocracy - where what is considered “merit” is defined by those who are successful and misses the ordinary people of the society.
[1:05 pm, 12/04/2023] +Jimmy Chew: Or corporate speak "Wayang only" for the people
[1:09 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "Every historical statement in the world is believed on authority. None of us has seen the Norman Conquest or the defeat of the Armada. None of us could prove them by pure logic as you prove a thing in mathematics. We believe them simply because people who did see them have left writings that tell us about them: in fact, on authority..."
- -C S Lewis
[1:22 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Partially correct
[1:22 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Yes
[1:32 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Why is it partially wrong?
[1:53 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
MND
First I will like to address some pain points in housing that are raise several times in REACH, but I think the trajectory is good - that solutions are coming and look effective to address them :-
1. High rental costs in housing - that are putting pressure on expats and poise to drive them out of Singapore.
But market supply of housing is turning - and more private and HDB flats are available driving the rental cost down.
2. The high BTO and resale flats price, long wait for BTO flats beyond 3 years are also being address :-
a. Dampening demand with anti-speculative measures.
b. Increase supply of flats and private housing.
c. Provide higher housing grants for new couples and families with children.
The recent BTO launches indicate prices are trending down.
[2:16 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: 12 April, 2023
On The Top of the World and Below?
What we know of?
It is a common practice to fill the board seats with people of expertise and experience. More than less, all of these board members are accountant or lawyer or engineer or scientist or ex-policymaker or owner. Just plant the best women/men and things will be smooth? Isn't it true?
These highly qualified professionals are supposed to co-steer/ decides an organisation or an entity to their best abilities and capable at identifying blindspots. They are selected strictly on Merits!
Are we missing something here?
People to people relationships? Or we assume that all or part of the board has such intellects that are excellent at people skills? Or we assume that having attained a highest order of knowledge, naturally these experts will have almost all the know-how to deal with especially people below in a resourceful, dignified, sincere and compassionate manner?
Is this meritocracy? Or a handful of experts called it the Tyranny of Merits?
- - in progress - -
[2:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/CuRqY81Nric
It must be kidding...?
[2:27 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cnainsider/buddhist-monk-ceo-kazuo-inamori-save-japan-airlines-jal-bankrupt-913931
Lessons?
Bring in an outsider to solve the insides and existential issues!
Where were the blindspots not spotted by the experts or more than meet the eyes?
[2:29 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: aka cannot ownself check ownself lor
[2:31 pm, 12/04/2023] +REACH: π’ Topic π’
Following President Halimah Yacob’s address at the opening of the new session of Parliament on Monday night, several government ministries released their addenda, or public statements of their respective plans, on Tuesday.
π¬ What are your views on the various ministries’ plans and which resonated the most with you?
Below are highlights from some ministries’ addenda.
π Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Diversify education pathways to recognise different strengths, interests, and learning needs.
- Provide stronger support for mid-career workers to reduce their opportunity cost for training
π Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
- Professionalise skilled trades, by working with NTUC to offer better salaries, chart clearer progression ladders, and improv…
[2:46 pm, 12/04/2023] +Liz: Nothing at all on single parents! What a disappointment!
[2:47 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
MOE and MOM
1. I certainly agree with MOE approach not only to focus on academic pathway, but also turning the focus on vocational skills and different strengths.
But these vocational skills and strengths - must be recognised by the Government, Industries and Businsess - and must be willing to pay for such skills and strengths in terms of salaries, remunerations or income.
Hence MOE working closely with MOM, industries and the Government become imperative - on how to structurise, provide accrediation and recognise such vocational skills and strengths.
Unlike mainstream academic achievements and accrediation - whereby we have Degree certs, Diploma certs, ITE certs, GCE certs, PSLE certs - whereby Government, Industries and Business readily recognise and equate them to working knowledge and skills ---- these refocus vocational skills and strengths similarly need such recognition and accredition ---- whereby employers can easily associate the recognition and accredition - to the skillsets that are brought to the organisation and translated into workable skills that the organisation needs - and pay the salaries, remuneration and income to these workers.
This will be the long challenge that MOE need to work out.
2. I always have a soft spot for mid career workers - as their financial commitment is very heavy - having to feed themselves, their spouse and children and sometimes their parents and in-laws.
In addition, they will have to pay off housing loans and day-to-day living expenses. Not a joke, the financial pressure is heavy.
Hence, ensuring mid-career workers continue to be relevant in their skillsets and valuable to the organisation, continuous learning, upskill, unlearn, relearn --- become important.
I think all the channels for Skillfuture are open to mid-career workers.
The devil is in the detail.
Mid-career workers need to be motivated to get themselves trained.
Organisation must support and chart out a career pathway for them - and not dump them for cheaper labour source --- when going get rough.
Union, Government must support and see how to work with workers and business - in a structured manner --- that mid-career workers can work and continue to work to be useful tot the business until they officially retire with sufficient income to retire comfortably.
I think the goal is very clear - and workers, business, Unions and Government knows that.
But devil is in the detail --- and how to execute it to achieve the goal ----- that give mid-career workers "a piece of mind" minus the anxiety of job insecurity -- as job disruption, business disruption are aplenty - due to tech disruption, proliferation of AI etc.
[2:55 pm, 12/04/2023] +Elena Woo: For 2. If the salary does not increase after the training or upskill also useless.
[2:58 pm, 12/04/2023] +JC: ππΌ Supporting medical advances requires rethink of healthcare financing policies
I'm glad to see the recognition from Minister OYK on the importance of rethinking our healthcare financing approach - he is right that we are on the verge (or have already started entering) a new era of medicine where advanced diagnostics, genetics, AI and regenerative medicines will create significant breakthrough in many aspects of healthcare. Unfortunately most healthcare financing systems around the world, including Singapore - is still very much anchored in an outdated paradigm that is based on volume consumed.
[3:00 pm, 12/04/2023] +JC: My feedback to MOH here is to encourage broader engagement and canvassing of ideas so that Singapore can be one of the 1st countries in the world to implement the right reforms that can enable our system to be ready for the future of healthcare.
[3:00 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: after training u still have or can get a job is very lucky in todays market espically once cross certain age
[3:00 pm, 12/04/2023] +JC: Sometimes these ideas will need the collaboration of the industry (which is conspicuously left out from Minister OYK's statement).
[3:06 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Hi Liz,
Can you give us insights as to how single parents are coping with lives?
We can then find ideas to uplift this forgotten group.
Thank you!
[3:07 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Exactly my sentiment.
In mid career workers, their salary already very high.
Business can easily employ 2 or more fresh graduates with new ready skills to take over.
Why business need to spend time and money to train mid career workers and then still pay higher salaries to mid career workers?
It will be very lucky business still keep mid career workers at that high salary with newly learned skill sets.
Looking at what happens in the current industries, many mid career workers eg. 50 years and above face the reality of pay cut, unexplained demotion to take a lower pay or even unexplained reason of termination.
Getting high salary is a rare gem - like asteroid from outer space.
[3:08 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: actually is what is happening on the ground, many of my griends who are mcw are of certain calibre
[3:09 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but because of their age -> deems as old, not up to date but many companies forget these lot of mcw comes with experienced which their new hire from whatever university and country will not have and still need learning curve
[3:10 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: yes experienced is a very subjective but when the stuation calls for it the company will know why they are paying that mcw that value
[3:12 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: on the flip side there is a handful of mcw who think because they had been long in the company the salt they eat more than the rice of the yuppies
[3:12 pm, 12/04/2023] +JC: π Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Diversify education pathways to recognise different strengths, interests, and learning needs.
- Provide stronger support for mid-career workers to reduce their opportunity cost for training
I think MOE should invest even more aggressively in life-long education, building a nation that is world leading in reskilling and retraining. For this to be successful, we may have to overinvest rather than trying to calibrate the optimum level of spend.
Additionally, given entrenched ageism across all sectors of the economy/job-market - I think MOM needs to be more aggressive in implementing policies - even affirmative action - that can be more supportive of older employees. Start first in the public sector so that the private sector can see that the Govt is serious about this.
[3:13 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
I concur.
But many businesses don't think it this way.
They only look at cost.
Look at how the big tech in US treat their staff - twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Salesforce, etc.
[3:14 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: π
[3:14 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: which is the truth Danny, business who do not want to have cost. Another theory i been poison the mind of many other -> Business owners better remember who is running their daily ops and making the business run ... is not the CEO is the ants on the grounds .. so when enuff is enuff profits
[3:15 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: frankly the west are snaping themsleves in the foot for it is them who created this corporate culture of CEO who must be paid in millions
[3:16 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: some companies like local companies really reward their long serving staff well (is just only a portion of their profit) and it shows appreciation and that's why loyalty to the company is injected
[3:18 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Hence it must be a structure calibrated approach with the Government, Union, business and workers - to ensure we can still uphold the holistic employment up to officially retired age.
It is not easy, the devil is in the detail.
There must be a willing Government, a willing Union, a willing business and a willing workers.
[3:18 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but experienced is something what is hard to market and convince companies to accept
[3:18 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: agree is beyound man on the street to comprehend or suggest, this one really need the scholars to come in
[3:26 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
MOH
1. I agree with the MOH approach -- focusing on "Preventive Healthcare" to pre-empt the onset of illness.
I also agree with the early detection and early treatnent to prevent illness from turning serious - and prolong the lifespan of our population.
2. I also agree with many ageing programme - to help seniors age well and healthy.
Note : as for MSF - as I have not been in touch with many of the social welfare services to uplift the lower income group - cannot comment much.
But can see that lower income groups do get many support from MSF to uplift them.
[3:28 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: To be pragmatic, corporation or a business would expect the newly hired to start RUNNING AND KICKING!
That's efficiency and costs saving too!
As for upskilling and updating of knowledge on a continuous basis, these are wants more than what the average worker needs!
[3:30 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: The idea of an organisation is like a big machinery!
It needs to move forward regardless of Human, because all human are disposable and money can buy new humans!
That's pragmatic!
Is it correct thinking or short slighted or morally questionable?
[3:33 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Then comes AI, this big disruptor!
Does an organisation start investing or investigate how to use AI to cut costs and importantly, cut the other variables that is HR!
AI doesn't need holidays nor MC!
That's transformation in the making!
Of cos, not all jobs or roles will go later but sooner it will be compromised by AI, it can be up to 50% headcount lost!
[3:34 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: The lesser the variables, the better/faster an entity will do!
[3:36 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: That's why,... The experts of yesterday and today will be Jurassic by the end of the day after tomorrow!
Don't be OVERLY excited/glorified over the hanging diplomas, it's gonna be useless soon!
[3:37 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: You need more than CREATIVITY to pit with AI!
[3:40 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: What's the dynamic of this AI?
More than 20,000 nano chips in sync. Each chip is measured at 2 nanometers thin, stacks and rolls at one go!
So how will the brightest brains outpace this simple modelling!
All of the above is today, NOW WIP!
[3:42 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "No parts are the best,...to further simplify the production...!"
- - Elon Musk
[3:44 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: 12 April, 2023
To: Distinguished Leaders and All Honorable Members
In a likely scenario of a global market fragmentation, nations will need to do either one or all that is to diversify, to specialise and to differentiate their keys competitive products, goods and services to circumvent any chocks in the supplies chain, enable regional and global competitiveness and most of all, not to cause a multi years slow down in their economic growths.
"No parts are the best,...to further simplify the production...!"
- - Elon Musk
Determination & Resilience!
Malaysia semiconductor annual global production stands at 13%!
Perhaps, one way out of the US economic shackles on China is for China to relocate (diversify) part of its electric vehicles overseas, this ins…
[3:46 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Maybe MSF can look at how to address the needs of single parent.
[3:47 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "Perhaps, the manufacturing of semiconductors is the HIGHEST complex and the HIGHEST precision engineering since mankind touched down on the surface of the moon!
- - anonymity
[3:47 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: How to help the single parents? Ways?
Thank you.
[3:49 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
I run out of brain juice on single parent.
Better let MSF to look at it.
[3:50 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Let's test the ChatGPT.... easiest than thinking and thinking...
Mankind is GETTING more efficiently and at the same time slacking...
[3:51 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: MSF knows all!
[3:52 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Using human brain now...
Tax incentives
Child Care subsidies
Flexible work hours
Restraining order to PROTECT the children and or single parent
[3:58 pm, 12/04/2023] +REACH: π’ Topic π’
Following President Halimah Yacob’s address at the opening of the new session of Parliament on Monday night, several government ministries released their addenda, or public statements of their respective plans, on Tuesday.
π¬ What are your views on the various ministries’ plans and which resonated the most with you?
Below are highlights from some ministries’ addenda.
π Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Diversify education pathways to recognise different strengths, interests, and learning needs.
- Provide stronger support for mid-career workers to reduce their opportunity cost for training
π Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
- Professionalise skilled trades, by working with NTUC to offer better salaries, chart clearer progression ladders, and improv…
[4:17 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: To: Our Distinguished Leaders, MOM, MOH and All Honorable Members
"Let's investigate deeper,..."
- - anonymity
Primary Care Plan (PCP)
A designated clinic based on area or zone for all migrant workers.
It is an annual insurance plan payable yearly premium of $138 for migrant workers.
One example is The Star Med Specialist Centre
A sparkling building standing tall in Farrer Park.
As for the quality of service, it is far below standards compared to our Polyclinics!
It is timely for MOM and MOH to investigate or better still a surprise blitz checks or covert ops on all these medical centres for the hundred of thousands migrant workers!
First, it was the dorm issues during Covid and recent days of food delivery and hygiene issues. Please do not let …
[4:18 pm, 12/04/2023] +~L: Agreed! Small detail, but single fathers should be able to claim tax relief on cost of a domestic helper. Why is that only available to women?
[4:19 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: WOMEN CHARTER
[4:19 pm, 12/04/2023] +~L: These tax reliefs are only available to mothers, not fathers: https://asinglelove.sg/single-parent-info-6/
[4:19 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: when man is involved is nothing usually very rare we get stuff
[4:21 pm, 12/04/2023] +~L: What's also odd is that these tax reliefs for women are only available to working married women (who likely enjoy a dual income household already) so single mums get almost nothing (and single dads get absolutely nothing)
[4:32 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Hi L, good to hear from you again.
Good points, why doesn't father in the tax breaks?
Thank you.
[4:33 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Good and QUIK thinking! Ah Heng, thanks!
[4:37 pm, 12/04/2023] +Grace: Men are usually left out oops. Just look at boy clothes vs girl clothes options!
So many musicals and shows that is skewed to girls (barbie.. frozen..) and the boys leh? Hmmmm
[4:38 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Hi Grace, what a great perspective and insights too!
More?
Thank you.
[4:39 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Boys are blue and girls are pink?
[4:39 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: ok den i turn table around ahh
[4:39 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Pls turn and take turns too!
[4:39 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: women had been saying they are at the loosing end of the local society -> so i pose NS to them and what happen all shout is shit
[4:40 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: cos when is national service all shrink and scream like witches
[4:40 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: if want to be equal ladies in our countries should serve NS too and NS should not be limited to mindef roles
[4:41 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: it can be education / health care / social services
[4:41 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: also if wanna be equal den women charter have to be scrap , in the 50s and 60s it make sense
[4:42 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: π³
[4:42 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: now where many are educated the review of this charter should be review and be updated
[4:42 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: a man charter should be established too to prevent misused of women charter
[4:43 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: now that's equal
[4:43 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: π
[4:45 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Minded position is ... no women for NS!
[4:45 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: den dun call for equality
[4:45 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Taiwan has enlisted young women...
[4:46 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: like mentioned NS should not be bound to mindef appt .... should be open up to other sector of the society
[4:46 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Soft Skills..to save lifes during calamities not just war war war!
[4:46 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: if can of cos bound them to military life to discipline these princess
[4:46 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: British law, just like 377A
[4:46 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but since our princess are so princess and queen yeah send them to other areas of society serving appt
[4:47 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: i think isreal so that too
[4:47 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: If they are willing, why not!
[4:47 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: of cos i am all for gers to be in NS
[4:47 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Princess and duchesses....they are VOTERS!
[4:47 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but if they cannot is it not good to start serving and loving your national in another way
[4:47 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: Guys are voters too
[4:48 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but no matter how we vote we are bound BY FORCE to serve
[4:48 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Pls check the latest demographics of young males vs young females!
[4:48 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: and if ppl think by turning against a mid engine govt just for a decision then they really are immature society
[4:48 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Don't make the ladies angry or you will have RESTLESS NITES!
[4:48 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: cos look at our opposition are they in a position to run even a bloody company
[4:49 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: then they better wake up their idea who is the one protecting the country when shit hit
[4:49 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: or they rather get rape and be comfort ladies again
[4:49 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: reality of war
[4:49 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Go speak face to face, listen and learn from them, what's their perspective?
[4:50 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: kudos t those in combat position for the ladies
[4:50 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Run Liao lor!
[4:50 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: still need to speak already mentioned they are witches
[4:50 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: no time for them to run
[4:50 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Wait wait...ah Heng
[4:50 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: the modern days of wars still cannot eliminate such acts
[4:51 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: witches a sin hear NS term they already scream hahahahaa
[4:51 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: so whenever local gers talk about equality i bring up ns and the topic end
[4:51 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "young soldiers afraid of bullets while the old soldiers are afraid of bombs?
"ε°ε ΅ζεεΌΉ, θε ΅ζηΈεΌΉ?"
[4:51 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: time change hahahaha
[4:52 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: old and young afraid of drones hahahaha ukraine war drone more terrifying den missiles
[4:52 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: NS aka no signal!
[4:52 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: yeah immediate radar spolit!
[4:52 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: so when we talk about equlity singapore men i am with u
[4:53 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: we should get more rights socially
[4:53 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Ok, amend to drone. No more bullets or bomb!
[4:53 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: and also the handicapp and mentally disable i feel for them also
[4:53 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: By right socially correct,
By left?
Center?
[4:54 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Very tough and need more efforts and compassion!
[4:54 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: at this point not marketing but i hope we can lend our support to establishment who give these mentally or physically challenge firms support - like swensen and an eatery in bendemmer (red building)
[4:55 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: https://www.apsn.org.sg/apsn-delta-senior-school/
[4:55 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: mcdonald use to have such position but like now a days no more
[4:55 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Soon, self serving and robotics!
[4:56 pm, 12/04/2023] +Grace: I think men and women have complementary and different strengths and we must recognise that some things women can do and men cannot do (and vice versa) so we just need to acknowledge and support one another as a harmonious society ππΌπ«ΆπΌ
[4:57 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: https://youtube.com/shorts/cAJUX0Xrajc?feature=share
[4:58 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Aspiration! Yes!
Thanks, Grace!
[5:00 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Women tend to have higher staying power over men, this means the tenure of a job!
Women tend to have steadier hands in moments of emergency!
Women are less likely to STRAY from otherwise a beautiful relationship!
Are all the above true or biased?
[5:01 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: Ideally is yes ... so those women who ask for equality will have to understand Grace point and if still cannot then they better come up a better reason to address the NSF void for ladies
[5:01 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Importantly, women DO NOT start WAR!
[5:01 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: U SURE!!!!!
[5:01 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: hahahahahahhaa
[5:01 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Tonite go ask your counterpart!
[5:02 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: u are asking all couple to dig a pit for a good fight on a mid week hahahahaha
[5:02 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: You laughing, all of us too... laughed!
[5:03 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "If you are good, you are never afraid of darkness!
If you are guilty, you will be afraid of thieves at the bow of a ship and afraid of ghosts at the stern of it!"
- - anonymity
[5:05 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "θΉε€΄ζθ΄Ό，θΉε°Ύζι¬Ό！"
[5:05 pm, 12/04/2023] +Jimmy Chew: Train them like boys. Take all roles if they can. They have better endurance and detailed minded. Boys tend to be Mama's boy
[5:06 pm, 12/04/2023] +Jimmy Chew: Look at the Ukrainian women fighters
[5:06 pm, 12/04/2023] +Jimmy Chew: Or the Russian women fighters in WW2
[5:10 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Geography?
[5:10 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Geography?
[5:10 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: How about Asian women or vietnamese?
[5:12 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Our females are generally still soft.
[5:13 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: They are a blady joke
[5:13 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: thus send them to soft national service type
[5:13 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: i very kind never ask them to take up cleaning HDB estate already this area need alot of help also
[5:14 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Soft skills and hard skills....
Soft power vs Hard Power...
Peoples' power!
[5:14 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Start from young age.
[5:14 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: they where got soft
[5:15 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: ask them lazada / taobao / spftee shopping they soft skills come into grab skill
[5:15 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: The well off need to put in personal time and not just throw money for recognition
[5:15 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Parents spoil them or the environment is just too comfortable?
[5:15 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Totally agree
[5:16 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Coming out party! That's one way the Rich initiates/intro their next lineage to Society?
[5:16 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Universal!
[5:17 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: not understand what u mean put these organisation that help these less abled people , need our support also
[5:18 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: "Benefit others but not yourself!
In today's world, competition is fierce (compete), and people ignore the concept of value to others (values). Don't be greedy for immediate benefits (benefits). Giving benefits to others will bring even greater returns in the future (abundance)!"
- - always unknown
[5:19 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: cos some people will give very bad review without knowing what these companies are doing
[5:20 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: and i always give these group of staff a very good thumbs up (it helps them to be better and know that someone can see their hard and positive work )
[5:21 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: The well off need to put themselves in the shoes of those unfortunate in society to understand and feel their predicament. Easy to give money and collect awards for recognition.
[5:22 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: η倴永δΈδΌεδΊ!
BENEFITS outlast all!
[5:23 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Not possible, though a handful lots do try their best!
It's a real world we are living in!
Unless we look BEYOND the REALITY and you will see the rainbow!
[5:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: charity and empathy and respect starts with one self no need to care about others
[5:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: Not impossible Either
[5:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: MONEY can buy conveniences
Money can only decrease unhappiness, in moments!
MONEY is not everything and sure Cannot solve all things?
[5:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: if u do your bit me do my bitit will help those in need
[5:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: This!
[5:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: can ask US the kind of money printing and debt limit increased
[5:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Hang it at the office main lobby or entrance!
[5:25 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: 38 trillion in debt not never bankrupt for them
[5:26 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Just digitally add ten more 0!
Ah Heng!
Thank you!
[5:26 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: add x times of zero also does not matter to them
[5:27 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: cos it never matter to them
[5:27 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but to others bet THEY will be the first one to call for the country to be invade / shut down / take over / etc
[5:27 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: so money can resolve problem US is an example hahahaha
[5:28 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Let's recall today's key points....
Humans are disposable...
Human dies
Corporation and country never dies so does economy!
The rest is FEAR at play in peoples mind?
[5:28 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: USA is a blady joke
[5:28 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: any living thing will die
[5:29 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: but business have to remember who are the ones that is really driving the company
[5:29 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Laughed, laughing, many analysis calling it the END OF THE DOLLARS!
NOPE! don't discount the Green back!
[5:29 pm, 12/04/2023] +Ah Heng: same for the workers class dun think you are darn important
[5:29 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Yes!
[5:29 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Disposable!
[5:29 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Who needs who most!
[5:31 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: For example, there is perhaps a long list of potential candidates for the top jobs say a CEO or an MP!
There will be willing folks or hungry ones!
That's pragmatic and isn't it politics too?
[5:32 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: Since we talk so much about business...
Let's talk politics, what is this thing?
[5:33 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: What is politics?
What did Plato say about politics?
Plato believes that conflicting interests of different parts of society can be harmonized...
How about Mark Twain?
"They should be changed frequently, and for the same reasons..."
That good old Orwell?
"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics'. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia..."
And lastly, the one, Confucius?
"that politics can be successful only if the people in power are virtuous. Confucian political philosophy is therefore a kind of perfectionism..."
[5:56 pm, 12/04/2023] +REACH: π’ Topic π’
Following President Halimah Yacob’s address at the opening of the new session of Parliament on Monday night, several government ministries released their addenda, or public statements of their respective plans, on Tuesday.
π¬ What are your views on the various ministries’ plans and which resonated the most with you?
Below are highlights from some ministries’ addenda.
π Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Diversify education pathways to recognise different strengths, interests, and learning needs.
- Provide stronger support for mid-career workers to reduce their opportunity cost for training
π Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
- Professionalise skilled trades, by working with NTUC to offer better salaries, chart clearer progression ladders, and improv…
[6:09 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Rising COVID-19 cases in Singapore driven by XBB subvariants; MOH says infection waves expected 'from time to time'.
Recent weekly official figures showed the highest surge so far this year, with cases climbing since the beginning of last month. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid19-pandemic-increasing-cases-xbb-variants-health-ministry-doctors-endemic-3411821
[6:09 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
Btw, should encourage people who are coughing and sneezing to wear mask in public.
Notice that those in public coughing and sneezing don't wear mask.
[6:11 pm, 12/04/2023] +Grace: Like normal flu and cough.. only cultures like Japan are more civic minded..
[6:16 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: One truth is, it seems more people are coughing (not long Covid) and tested positive too!
Any wave in progress?
Any data to share?
[6:46 pm, 12/04/2023] +REACH: Dear Contributors,
⏰ We will be closing the chat in 15 minutes ⏰
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan π
[6:51 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
1. Notice 1 stall assistant, he is having a running nose, but he don't wear mask when preparing food.
2. A young man in a super market is coughing and sneezing.
He blow his nose into his tissue.
But he is not wearing mask and he look unwell.
3. Just now saw a middle age man sneezing and blowing his nose onto a grass patch - but he is not wearing mask.
The urgency to protect others from sickness is gone the moment covid endemic is declared.
[6:51 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: π³π€¦♂️π
[6:53 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
The best one is one auntie queue in front of us to buy a chicken rice. She cough right into the plate of a French youth. The youth look at her, and he bring his plate looking lost, don't know to order another one or eat it.
[6:54 pm, 12/04/2023] +Rama: π
[6:54 pm, 12/04/2023] ☸️ Danny εΏ:
She is not wearing mask as she cough.
[6:57 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: One moo essay and did shalt we meeteth on friday...?
[6:59 pm, 12/04/2023] +Smiley face: 12 April, 2023
"Trust and the Challenges of the Generational Gaps"
"small mind talks about people, mediocre mind talks about events and big mind talks about ideas..."
- - Eleanor Roosevelt (Former First Lady of USA 1933-1945)
Society (time & gaps)?
We are basically different generations in one compact to start with; the previous, the present and the new millennials!
Society itself is full of flaws that makes us as human a divest species of opinions and views of all things under the sun! (a political beings?)
What effects or impacts will it bring to the present moment; that is a diversity of needs and wants and each individual has its own self interest at heart? These millions of lives (billions) of aspirations will traject the policies of economic, political, military and last but not least, to a different degree of social chaos and disintegrations, society to society, developing nations to the developed nations!
How can a society come as one to truly make inclusiveness a reality or it may be an impossible task that is beyond the reality of today's and tomorrow's society?
So what are the ways to resolve in order to soothe the millions of souls?
How to earn and collect the mileage of trust? Once you earned it, you win it all!
Trust is one good starting point to tackle embedded issues of existential threat! Consequentially, without trust whether at the lay grounds up to the highest grounds of nation to nation (politicians to politicians), how to begin the beguine in searching for a soluble path?
Commitment is another enforcer of trust! All promises made must be fulfilled or better not to commit!
Channel of communications or the new generation would called it 'social platforms'. How well are these mass media of communications bridging and reaching to specific audience or simply a one size fits all approach just to broadly cast it out? Our civil service, ministries and agencies must work doubly hard or triple their efforts to ENERGIZE the entire team to SERVE and to SERVE MORE!
Relationship building takes a long time to cultivate and it is a formative and lasting tool of trust and trusting each other over a long period of time. One sweet opportunity is the MPS and community activities, use these chances to build many bridges! (η±ζ°ε¦ε). It is not how many citizens an MPS served, it is the total number of successful requests and or mitigations that matters most!
Its not about spending the weekly schedule of 3 hours but most importantly, it is a chance, it is a precious time to meet face to face in conversations (or unpleasant ones) to strike multiples alliance with your electorates! Building bridges or demolishing them?
All elements of trust will need to be tested over time, no short cuts nor one size fits all or half hearted efforts in forming a robust order of lasting trust!
So much said, one thing true about human is the WILLPOWER (least to abundant) of individuals regardless of their socio status or stations in life; knowingly that trust is a powerful force of the basic human instincts and trust will always be the root causes to the many humanly created problems from the past history and into the unknown future; all out of distrust/no trust of one another! Is it true to say so?
Only by taking smarter, prudent and calculated benefits (cast aside doubts) and the creation of multiple trusts; hopes and aspirations will emerge and the rest of the unsolved problems will resolve itself slowly one at a time!
- - in progress - -
[7:00 pm, 12/04/2023] +REACH: Dear Contributors,
We will be closing the chat for today.
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan π
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