Stability tops democracy, ex-Singapore leader says

"Stability for investors in Singapore is more important than the "democracy" promoted by Western media, the city-state's influential founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew was quoted as saying Monday.Lee told a meeting that the Western media "want me to listen to them, have more democracy, more protests like Taiwan -- that's a democracy," The Straits Times reported."But you calculate yourself, do you want us to make them happy or to have the investors have confidence in us? Which is good for us?" he was quoted as saying."Where do they put their money? If they think Singapore is a... chaotic country, we won't have such investments."The city-state is Southeast Asia's most advanced economy and one of the most politically stable countries in the region. Thousands of foreign firms have made Singapore their base of operations.The country's leaders say its tough laws against dissent and other political activity are necessary to ensure the stability which has helped it achieve economic success.Singapore's leaders maintain that Western-style liberal democracy is not suitable for the tiny, multi-racial nation."

Breastfeeding leads to higher IQ in babies with the right gene

"Scientists have identified a gene which leads children to have higher IQs if they are breastfed, according to a study released Monday.The study took a bite out of the nature versus nurture debate by showing that intellectual development is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors."There has been some criticism of earlier studies about breastfeeding and IQ that they didn't control for socioeconomic status, or the mother's IQ or other factors," said study co-author Terrie Moffitt, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Duke University and King's College in London."Our findings take an end-run around those arguments by showing the physiological mechanism that accounts for the difference."Researchers examined more than 3,000 breast-fed infants in Britain and New Zealand and found that the child's IQ was an average of 6.8 points higher if the child had a particular version of a gene called FADS2.This difference remained after researchers were able to rule out the influence of socioeconomic status, the IQ scores of the mother, birth weight and gestational age as factors."The argument about intelligence has been about nature versus nurture for at least a century," Moffitt said. "We're finding that nature and nurture work together."Ninety percent of the children had at least one copy of version of the gene which yielded higher IQ if they were breast-fed.The IQ scores of the other 10 percent were not influenced by breastfeeding, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The gene was studied because it produces an enzyme found in breast milk which has been associated with higher IQ. The enzyme helps convert dietary fatty acids into the polyunsaturated fatty acids that have been shown to accumulate in the human brain during the first months after birth.This enzyme and the fatty acids has been added to many infant formulas since the first findings about breastfeeding and IQ appeared a decade ago, but tests have not been able to show whether it has an impact.The authors suggest that may be because those studies did not account for whether or not the gene was present.Lab studies on rodents and primates fed supplemental fatty acids have shown enhanced abilities in tests of learning, memory and problem-solving."

Travel Malaysia 2007

Today is the last day !
Visit http://www.ebaa.sg/ for more details !

Open Letter to the Prime Minister

Mr Lee Hsien Loong
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's Office
Orchard Road
Istana
Singapore 238823

Dear Mr Prime Minister,

RETENTION OF SECTION 377A, PENAL CODEAs concerned citizens of Singapore, we support the government in wanting to retain S377A of the Penal Code for the good of our children, our families and all Singaporeans.There are many reasons why the retention of S377A is so important:S377A is a reflection of the sentiments of the majority of society. Most Singaporeans hold conservative family values and do not accept homosexuality as the norm. (see Singaporeans’ Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men and their Tolerance of Media Portrayals of Homosexuality, by Benjamin H. Detenber, Mark Cenite, et. al., International Journal of Public Opinion Research) Repealing S377A is a vehicle to force homosexuality on a conservative population that is not ready for homosexuality.Sexual preference is not about civil rights and has nothing to do with equality or tolerance. Repealing S377A would in fact be the first step towards mainstreaming the homosexual lifestyle, which has been shown elsewhere to lead to:
Calls to specify the minimum age for consensual homosexual sex;
A public education system that teaches acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle under the banner of "tolerance";
The redefinition of marriage to include (gay) civil unions and same-sex marriages, and to extend marriage and parenthood benefits to them;
Adoption by same-sex parents.
In short, repealing S377A could lead to the modification of core family values and the family unit as we know it.
The majority of Singaporeans want our children to grow up in a traditional environment that espouses healthy and wholesome traditional family values. We do not want the homosexual lifestyle to be promoted or celebrated.
We ask the Government to do what is right and retain S377A for the future of our children and our nation.

BROTHERS

The death of a triad leader brought in a chain of activities that will change the relationship of two brothers forever. When his father was killed, Michael Miu had to step up to take over the 'family business' - the triad headed by his father. While Michael tries to change the business to be a more corporate organisation, rival triad members who disapproved of his revolutionary ways frames him and Michael ends up in jail. Andy Lau plays the police inspector who has been investigating the movement of the triad, ensuring that Michael goes to jail. In the meantime, Michael calls his brother Eason to come back to Hong Kong to be the next head of the triad. Twenty years ago, their father sent Eason overseas to study for there was a prediction that the two brothers will to fight over the family business that will tear the whole organisation apart.

BALLS OF FURY

The day is coming. The day when being a benchwarmer just won’t cut it. Stick in the cassette of Def Leppard and get out of your rut. The time is now! Are you ready?
Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona (Tony Award winner Dan Fogler) is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez (George Lopez) recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, and to smoke out his father’s (Robert Patrick) killer – one of the FBI’s Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng (Academy Award winner Christopher Walken).

But, after two decades out of the game, Randy can’t turn his life around and avenge his father’s murder without a team of his own. He calls upon the spiritual guidance of blind Ping-Pong sage and restaurateur Wong (James Hong), and the training expertise of Master Wong’s wildly sexy niece Maggie (Maggie Q), both of whom also have a dark history with Feng. All roads lead to Feng’s mysterious jungle compound and the most unique Ping-Pong tournaments ever staged. There, Randy faces such formidable players as his long-ago Olympics opponent, the still-vicious Karl Wolfschtagg (Mr. Lennon). Can Randy keep his eye on the balls? Will he achieve the redemption he craves while wielding a paddle? Is his backhand strong enough to triumph over rampant wickedness?

Visit http://www.ballsoffury.com/indexnew.php for more details !

PROTEST

SINGAPORE, Sept 6 Singaporeans have started a rare protest against the government's pension reform plans with an online petition and a planned public protest action. An online petition against the pensions reform had drawn nearly 600 online signatures as of Thursday, while on Saturday, activists will test Singapore's ban on demonstrations by staging a symbolic "black T-shirt" protest at a popular downtown mall. Any public protest is rare in Singapore, where all outdoor demonstrations are banned and any public gathering of more than four people requires a permit. The protest takes aim at plans to make it mandatory for all Singaporeans under the age of 50 to buy annuities and which would impose restrictions on how pension savings are invested. "People are quite unhappy, partly about way the announcements about the pension reforms were made," political commentator Leong Sze Hian told Reuters. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the pension reform in his National Day speech last month, saying there was no choice as "people are living longer". To cope with a rapidly ageing population, the government is upping the retirement age from 62 years to 65 years by 2015, and up to 67 beyond that. In recent weeks, government ministers have talked about several planned changes to the Central Provident Fund , a mandatory retirement savings scheme for all Singaporeans that pays a lump sum upon retirement and can be used to pay for flats. "There is concern, but the public ought to wait for more specific details on the changes, to be out later this month," Member of Parliament Halimah Yaacob told Reuters. Singaporeans have turned increasingly to cyberspace as an outlet for their dissatisfaction. The latest petition -- on Petitiononline.com -- has drawn 580 signatures over two weeks. In the past two years, petitions against a pay-and-perks scandal at a national charity and against the introduction of casino gambling drew thousands of signatures. Saturday's protest -- announced on political blogs and online forums -- is set to test Singapore's limits on freedom of assembly, as organisers merely suggest participants turn up at 4 p.m. at the Centrepoint mall, dressed "partly" in black. Law student and online activist Choo Zheng Xi told Reuters he does not expect a strong turn-out, as other small-scale protest actions in the past months have drawn a massive police presence as well as plainsclothes policemen filming protesters.

MONEY

How much money is enough ?
Depends...
To some people , it is enough to feed themselves .
To others , it is enough for them to travel the world .
However , the big question is --- WHERE TO GET MONEY !
Anyone can give me tips on ways to get money fast & easy ?

CORPORAL DAVE TEO

-CPL Dave's parents divorce when he was 9, and had been raised by his grandma since.
-He has not been in contact with his mum.
-His younger brother, Teo Zong Yi, 11+, died several days after a road accident when he was 14. CPL Dave became withdrawn after that. The Normal Tech student eventually got expelled due to problems he had caused.
-His father had been doing time in jail since 2003.
-Girlfriend of more than three years left him for a (insert whatever u deem fit here) last April.
-His paternal grandma was diagnosed with liver cancer just 2 weeks ago.

COMEX 2007

Comex 2007 is here again!
Tomorrow is the last day.
Be there early if you want to avoid the crowd.
Be there just before closing if you want a bargain.
For those interested to know more, you can visit http://www.comexshow.com.sg/ for more details.

CAMPUS SUPERSTAR 2

CAMPUS SUPERSTAR 2 grand finale which lasted for 3 hours yesterday had the result that I expected !
Score Sheet
Round 1: Zhengning – 35Keely – 37.5
Shawn – 34.5Benjamin – 40
Round 2:Shawn – 33Keely - 32

Overall champion went to SHAWN !
He won over fans with his little cute boy image.

Visit http://u.mediacorptv.com/story.aspx?Editorial_ID=623&SubCategoryID=19 for more details !

RATATOUILLE

This movie looks cool !
I like rats !

From the creators of "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles", RATATOUILLEtells the story of a rat named Remy who dreams of becoming a great Frenchchef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat ina decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewersof Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant madefamous by his culinary hero Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangersof being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of afine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion ahilarious ad exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Parisupside down.Find out more about the movie at http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille

RAPE

Last week a 3 year old girl in >South Africa was beaten and raped. She> > > > >is still> >alive. The man >responsible was released on bail yesterday. He> > > > >is walking the >streets. If you are too busy to read this then just> > > > >sign your name >and forward this on.> > > > >The Government is planning to close the child >protection unit and > >this> > > > >is a petition against it. This is a >very important petition. It is an> > > > >essential part of the justice >system for children. You may have > >already> > > > >heard that there's a >myth in South Africa that having sex with a > >virgin> > > > >will cure >AIDS. The younger the virgin, the more potent the cure. > >This> > > > >has >led to an epidemic of rapes by infected males, with the> > > > > >correspondent infection of innocent kids. Many have died in these > > >cruel> > > >rapes.> > > > >Recently in Cape Town , a 9-month-old baby was >raped by 6> >men. Please> > > > >think about that for a moment. The child >abuse situation is now> > > > >reaching catastrophic proportions and if we >don ' t do something, > >then> > > >who will?> > > > >Kindly add your name >to the bottom of the lis t and please pass this > >on> > > > >to as many >people as you know.> > > > >If you are signature no.: 1000 - please forward >the mail- lis t to> > > > >childprotectpca@saps.org.za Please don ' t be >complacent, do > >something> > > > >about the kids of South Africa .> > > > > >You can make a difference. That child is fighting for life.> > > > >This >is just 1 of the million cases of child abuse, so please pledge> > > > > >your support and help keep CPU (CHILD PROTECTION UNIT) open. Please> > > > > >give your support to the petition and ensure that it goes to as> >many> > > > > >people as possible.> > > > >Please don ' t just leave it, make a >difference.> > > > >In order to write your name copy this message and paste >it in a new> > > > >mail (compose). Or click on forward and add your name >to the lis t > >and> > > > >send it on to others. Again, if you are number >1000 please send this > >to:> > > > >childprotectpca@saps.org.za> > > > >> > > > > >01 - Jackson Kennedy ( Australia )> > > > >02 - Eugenie Knight >Draper ( Australia )> > > > >03 - George Spiteri ( Australia )> > > > >04 - >Susie Dureau ( Australia )> > > > >05 - Tim McCarthy ( Australia )> > > > > >06 - Megan Gleeson ( Australia )> > > > >07 - Susie Gleeson Byrne ( China >)> > > > >08 - Fiona Darrigan( China )> > > > >09 - Elizabeth >Hyland ( >Dubai> >UAE)> > > > >10 - Margaret Winstanley ( Australia )> > > > >11 - >Kate Williams ( Hong Kong )> > > > >12 - Shari Boyanton( England )> > > > > >13 - ayelet shariv ( israel )> > > > >14 - Inbar Goren ( Israel )> > > > > >15 - Dafna Gal ( Israel )> > > > >16 - Ruth Moushinsky( Israel )> > > > > >17 - Aviv Moneta ( Israel )> > > > >18 - becky leinwand ( israel )> > > > > >19 - Frances Derhy ( Israel )> > > > >20 - Merav Hernando ( Israel )> > > > > >21 - talia schneider ( Israel )> > > > >22 - Sharon Aviv ( Israel )> > > > > >23 - Liora Engler ( Australia )> > > > >24 - Abigail Fry ( England )> > > > > >25 - Robyn Elmslie ( Australia )> > > > >26 - Stephanie Fuller ( >Hong Kong )> > > > >27 - Tanya Burrows( Australia )> > > > >28 - Martha> >E >Morrison ( Australia )> > > > >29 - Gordon Pears (NSW Australia )> > > > > >30 - Patricia Pears (NSW Australia> > > > >31 - Bette Bishop(NSW >Australia )> > > > >32 - Vaeda van Lieshout ( Victoria , Australia )> > > > > >33 - Zac Oldfield ( Vic , Australia )> > > > >34 - Julie Woodberry ( Vic >, Australia )> > > > >35 - Patrick Rigby ( Vic , Australia )> > > > >36 - >Joshua Rigby ( Vic , Australia )> > > > >37 - lesa woodberry(vic.aus)> > > > > >38 - Tania Pantalleresco ( Vic , Australia )> > > > >39 - Abbi Fendyk ( >Australia )> > > > >40 - Angela Lancerotto ( Australia )> > > > >41 - >Nicole Grech ( Australia )> > > > >42 - Rochelle Many ( Australia )> > > > > >43 - Melissa de Leo ( Australia )> > > > >44 - Shereen Santiago ( >Australia )> > > >> > >45 - Lisa Vella ( Australia )> > > > >46 - Simon >Smithson> > > > >47 - Renay D ' Amico ( Australia )> > > > >48 - John Green >( London , UK> > > > >49 - Sandra Powell ( London UK )> > > > >50 - >Charlene Jones ( Perth , Australia )> > > > >51 - Helen Stathakis ( Perth , >Australia )> > > > >52 - Anna Rogers ( Perth , Australia )> > > > >53 - >Helen Barwick ( Perth , Australia )> > > > >54 - kerry summerton [ adelaide >Australia ]> > > > >55 - Kadina Gregory ( South Australia )> > > > >56 - >Fillmore Family ( South Australia )> > > > >57 - E Stiesch ( South >Australia )> > > > >58 - K Craig ( Australia )> > > > >59 - E Cleveland ( >Victoria , Australia ) 60 - S Flanagan ( Australia > >)> > > > >61 - >M.Gliddon( Australia )> > > > >62 - J Gliddon (> >Australia )> > > > >63 - >R Maher ( Australia )> > > > >64 - L Morrison ( Australia )> > > > >65 - P >Woods ( Australia )> > > > >66 - C Morrison Australia )> > > > >67 - S >Morrison ( Australia )> > > > >68 - J Morrison ( Australia )> > > > >69 - R >Woods ( Australia )> > > > >70 - T Draper ( Australia )> > > > >71 - L >Gentle ( Australia )> > > > >72 - Campton ( Australia )> > > > >73 - J >Beale ( Australia )> > > > >74 - L Malamoo-Jib ( Australia )> > > > >75 - >R.Backo ( Australia )> > > > >76 - Raymond D. BLANCO ( AUSTRALIA )> > > > > >77 - B.Toby ( Australia )> > > > >78 - Annie Webster ( Australia )> > > > > >79 - Maz Clarke ( Australia )> > > > >80 - Jenny Cooper( Australia )> > > > > >81 - Russell Cooper( Australia> >)> > > > >82 - Ben Cooper Australia)> > > > > >83 - Lauren Smith ( Australia )> > > > >84 - Tests Hynes ( >Australia )> > > > >85 - Casey Symons ( Australia )> > > > >86 - Claudia >Beinhoff ( United Kingdom )> > > > >87 - Kerry Weddell ( South Africa )> > > > > >88 - Diana Diboll ( Australia )> > > > >89 - Christen Allen ( >Australia )> > > > >90 - Lair Hayward ( Australia )> > > > >91 - Lenore >Hayward ( Australia )> > > > >92 - Jordan Toomey ( Australia )> > > > >93 - >Katy Howe ( Australia )> > > > >94 - Kerstin Thurston ( Australia )> > > > > >95 - Marie Tatters> > > > >97 - John Ross ( Australia )> > > > >98 - >Susan Ross ( Australia )> > > > >99 - Gloria Grant Australia)> > > > >100 - >George Grant ( Australia )> > > > >101 -> >Vicki Remington Australia )> > > > > >102 - Melanie Close ( Australia )> > > > >103 - Lyn Shepherd ( >Australia )> > > > >104 - Judith CASs ells ( Australia )> > > > >105 - >Isabel Bourg ( Australia )> > > > >106 - Ester Pereira ( South Africa )> > > > > >107 - Holder Pereira ( South Africa )> > > > >108 - Anatolia Mabokela >( South Africa )> > > > >109 - Ed Vienna ( South Africa )> > > > >110 - >Carlos Belo ( Maputo Mozambique )> > > > >111 - Joao Rues >(Maputo-Mozambique)> > > > >112 - Sara Americano (Maputo-Mozambique)> > > > > >113 - S Afarnia Tirana (Maputo-Mozambique)> > > > >114 - Eugenia Comical >(Maputo-Mozambique)> > > > >115 - David Enhancement (Maputo-Mozambique)> > > > > >116 - Maria Ant Afarnia Burros ( Maputo - Mozambique )> > > > >117 -> > >Francisca Abraham Ad Silva ( Maputo - Moa A ~ambique)> > > > >118 -Millie >Whitehead ( Maputo )> > > > >119 - RenïA?EBooysen> > > > >120 - Sonja >Venter ( Mozambique , Maputo )> > > > >121 - Nahida Karimo ( Maputo )> > > > > >122 - L Pereira ( Mozambique )> > > > >123 - Guambe, ( Maputo )> > > > > >124 - Costa, Liliana ( Maputo , Mozambique )> > > > >125 - Guimar Ãf£es, >Helu?a Maputo , Mozambique )> > > > >126 - Em?ia Tembe (Maputo >MoÃf?~ambique)> > > > >127 - RAUL ALMEIDA - Maputo> > > > >128 - Latif, >Abubacar A. - Maputo/Mozambique> > > > >129 - Teresa FerrÃf£o - >Mozambique> > > > >130 - Rosa Maria> > > > >131 - Nhancolo, Odete( Maputo , >Mozambique )> > > > >132 - Estev Ãf£o Chumaio> > > > >133 - GAWANA >MBAZIMA(MAPUTO-MOZAMBIQUE)> > > >> > >134 - Pioris, TeÃf >³filo(Maputo-Mozambique)> > > > >134 - Inocencia >M.F.C.Cantengo(Maputo-Mozambique)> > > > >135 - >Ubisse,I(Maputo-Mozambique)> > > > >136 - SALOMAO MUIANGA ( MAPUTO CITY )> > > > > >137 - [SANDRA ELIZABETE MACARINGUE MAPUTO/MOZAMBIQUE]> > > > >138 - >OTILIA ROGERIO BEMBELE - MAPUTO / MO Ãf?¡AMBIQUE> > > > >139 - Bernardo >-MAPUTO/MOÃf?¡AMBIQUE> > > > >140 - Leonor Sheila >Pene'wuda'(Mpto-Mocambique)> > > > >141 - FATIMA MAPUTO-MOZAMBIQUE)> > > > > >142 - Samuel Uamusse ( Maputo , Mozambique )> > > > >143 - Sandra Caniat >Karimo ( Maputo , Mozambique )> > > > >144 - Lutfe Karimo ( Maputo , >Mozambique )> > > > >145 - Kayla Caniat Karimo ( Maputo , Mozambique )> > > > > >146 - Kyandra Caniat Karimo ( Maputo , Mozambique )> > > > >147 - >Monica Vasconcelos> >Roberts> > > > >148 - Eric Vasconcelos Roberts> > > > > >149 - Andre Vasconcelos Roberts> > > > >150 - M Ãf¡rio Filipe >GuimarÃf£es ( Brazil )> > > > >151 - Claudia Ferreira ( Brazil )> > > > > >152 - Deborah Cunha ( Brazil )> > > > >153 - Acyr Luz ( Brazil )> > > > > >154 - Maria Eduarda Guimar Ãf£es ( Brazil )> > > > >155 - Leandro >Quadros ( Brazil )> > > > >156 - Priscila da Luz GuimarÃf £es( Brazil )> > > > > >157 - ï¢?ESarah Iss ï¢?E( Maputo - MoÃf?~ambique)> > > > >158 - >ï¢?E>Paulo CamÃfµ es (Maputo-MoÃf?~ambique)> > > > >159 - ï??EMaria >Teresa CamÃfµes (Maputo-MoÃf?~ambique) 160 -> > > > >ï¢?EJosï >¢?ECamÃfµes ( Maputo - MoÃf ?~ambique)> > > > >161 - ï¢EDalila Nordine >Maputo-MoÃf ?~ambique)> > > > >162 - ï¢?EEusÃf ©bio> > >Abdulla(Chimoio-MoÃf?~ambique)> > > > >163 - Tina NYOMBO ( Angola - >Luanda )> > > > >164 - Bern ?ia da Flora NYOMBO (Angola-Luanda)> > > > >165 >- Vanda Soares ( Luanda - Angola )> > > > >167 - Andreza Vasconcelos >(Luanda-Angola)> > > > >168 - Ãf ' ngela Chagas ( Luanda - Angola )> > > > > >169 - Fernanda IZATA ( Luanda - Angola ) 170 - Malvina Teixeira> > > > > >(NY-USA)> > > > >171 - ï ¢?EANTONIO IZATA ( Luanda - Angola )> > > > > >172 - Ulisses da Cruz Luanda - Angola )> > > > >173 - Josï??EAlexandre >de Oliveira ( Belgium )> > > > >174 - Beto Figueiredo ( U.K. )> > > > >175 >- ï??EMANUEL LEMOS DA SILVA LUANDA-ANGOLA)> > > > >176 - ï¢?EZulmira Gon >Ãf?~alves (Benguela-Angola)> > > > >177 - Rayssa Peairo ( Angola )> > > > > >178 - ï??EEMÃf?LIO SILVEIRA F.> >MESQUITA (BENGUELA ï¢?EANGOLA)> > > > > >179 - ï¢?EMathias LourenÃf?~o ( Luanda ï¢?EANGOLA) 180 - ï> > > > > >¢?ECarlos Cepeda ( Luanda Angola )> > > > >181 - ï¢?EN Ãf¡dia Cruz ( >Luanda ï¢ ?EAngola)> > > > >182 - ï¢?ETidiane Nahary ( >Luanda?¯Â?EAngola> > > > >183 - ï¢ ?EVanessa Jackson( USA )> > > > >184 - >Walter Afonso ( Luanda Angola )> > > > >185 - Paulo Maria Francisco ( In >Luanda , Republic of Angola )> > > > >186 - ï ¢?ELopes do Nascimento (In >Benfica-Luanda, Republic of > >Angola> > > > >)> > > > >187 - Tony Domingos >(in Viana-Luanda, Republic of Angola )> > > > >188 - ?¯Â?ECruz Junior ( >Luanda ï??EAngola)> > > > >189 - ï¢?ERuth Saraiva ( Luanda ? ¯Â?EAngola) >190 - Sandra Louro(> > > > >Luanda - Angola )> > > > >191 - Luciano Fonseca >( Praia> >Cape Verde)> > > > >192 - Nezi Brito ( Hanson - USA )> > > > >193 >- Carlos Brito(Oslo-Nooruega)> > > > >194 - Maia Brito(Oslo-Noruega)> > > > > >195 - Esma Alissi(Oslo-Norway).> > > > >196 - Shayma Alissi (Surrey-UK)> > > > > >197 - Ane Haugen(Surrey-Uk)> > > > >198 - Anders Solvang (Sydney- >Australia)> > > > >199 - Marte Lajord Fr Ãf¸seth (Tromsï?? 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Harry Potter 7 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out !
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LI HONGYI

"Lawrence send me this email, say it is write by Prime Minister Lee Hsian Long son, call Hong Yi. He say this 2LT Hong Yi send his email to minister, minister mother, minister mistress, minister maid, chief of army, chief of army mother father, and all the signal battalion, from CO to storeman, OC to clerk. Kanena so hiong ah! Lawrence say he scared kena MSD call him go aircon room lim kopi, so he delete all the unit name and people name. Fucker always so kia see. I read the lancheow email, wah lao eh! So long ah! Must be scholar NSF write one, write until so long the email. Is like story book like that! I take so long to read because the cheebye Lawrence put so many blank here blank there, and the PM son use a lot of fucking big word, make me take 2 hour to read finish. But after reading the long mother story email, it look like the LTA X quite the kwai lan, keep siam the DO duty, call people cover him, AWOL, nabei what kind of fucked up regular is this officer? (Actually, how come the LTA name is call X? I never hear before people got this kind of name X? He think he is some tua kee pop star issit? Call himself X) This LTA X also stupid one. Want to tua also don't tua the son of the Dragon Prince Prime Minister lah. Never use his cheebye brain. Now Hong Kan by Hong Yi liao lor! If I am a sign-on officer and I am together same unit as the prime minister son, I not only wun slack, I will be more on the ball than the chief of army ok? I will aim to be fucking Best Sword of honour medal winner officer of the Whole Singapore! Wait he open his mouth at the dinner table tell his PM father I am a cho bo lan officer how? I agree with PM son say the officer standard is cheebye standard. Drop a lot from my time liao. You ask me, what is a good officer? A good officer is the kind who know how to take cover and don't kena caught! Hahahahaha!!!! This LTA not only dunno how to take cover, he try to eat snake IN FRONT OF THE PM SON! Stupid until cannot stupid liao! The OC of the LTA and the PM son is another fucked up regular ocifer. I tell you, regular always protect regular backside one. That is why in the army got so many fucked up officer, and lazy, no -use NCO who after hide inside the army so long, eat sleep talk idle, when they come out to normal working world cannot get any job. The PM son already tell you, oi! this LTA is a mother fucker. You never punish him because want to protect his regular backside. Now see lah! Sure the OC also will kena poke backside liao. Charge until ka chng peet! See how far his army career go now. Sure kena post to become OC of some fucked up area-cleaning leaves-sweeping unit. Become Kumlando Unit OC hahahahahaha! If the PM son tell you one of your LTA is King of Eat Snake, you are the OC you better say "Yes sir! I charge him now sir! I now send him go DB jiak hong sir! I now cut off his lancheow give you as present sir!" Now see lah! Become Henta Kaki Company OC liao lor! Dun forget this one is his Grandfather Army ok? Hahahahahaha!!! But this kind of complain email only son of the prime minister can dare to send one. Army always very like to tell the man must follow chain of command. Means you small fish must complain to your small fish OC first, then your small fish OC tell his small fish CO, then your CO tell his wife, and go to sleep. If you or me send this kind of email, and send to so many fucker, we sure kena charge until our lampah drop. You and me we are the hokkien peng, must diam diam, don't so hero, or else sure kena mark one, sure no canteen break one. Anyway we in army that time where got time write this kind of email complain this complain that? Army time is best time to go and cheong and fuck ger, not waste time fuck officer! Hahahaha!"
Here's the original letter 'Prince' Li sent:

"From: 2LT Li Hongyi, _____ PC, _____Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2007 9:36 AM
To: ___ ____ ____, Minister, MHQ; MG ______ ____, CDF, CDF Office; BG -___ ____ ____, COA, COAOFF; COL _______, CSO, _______; zz All in ____, _________Cc: zz All in ________, _____; zz ALL IN ____, _____; zz All in _____, _____; zz All in ______, ______
Subject: A complaint about the quality control of SAF officersDear Sirs and alI,
I am about to disrupt my national service to pursue further studies, and this will likely be my last email sent out for the next half a decade. Unlike the common "ORD letters" that you read, this letter unfortunately cannot be as cheerful. I am using this last opportunity to issue a letter of complaint against the quality control of officers in the SAF, more specifically against LTA X. During my time as his subordinate, LTA X was AWOL on at least 2 counts, attempted bribery, and lied to his subordinates and his superior officer. The battalion HQ has effectively given no punishment, and has not even made these infractions known to the rest of the battalion.
Let me first give you some background. I am the ____ ____ platoon commander from __________. In order to maintain operational readiness my duties are performed at _____ camp where our ops bus and servers are instead of at stagmont camp where our battalion is. The company is structured like so
OCCentre HeadPC
The duties are therefore shared between the PC's, PS', and the Centre Head. LTA X is the centre head of the __________.
LTA X, was originally supposed to be on duty at _____ Camp as the duty commander for the _______ on the 20th and 22nd of April, a Friday and Sunday respectively. I was on duty on the 21st of April that Saturday, to minimize the changing over, I contacted him and asked if he would like to swap duties for the Saturday and Sunday. To this he agreed, and thus he was to be on duty on the 20th and 21st of April.
On the Friday however, LTA X called to inform me that he was busy during the day, and if I could cover for him until the evening. To this I agreed to do so. At about 1600 hours, I received a call from LTA X, informing me that he was on the way and that I could leave first, thought this would result in a time where there would be no duty commander in camp, he informed me that this had already be cleared with our OC. I therefore left camp.
On Sunday the 22nd of April I arrived back in camp to take over duty from LTA X. After he had left camp the men informed me that he had not arrived in camp on Friday at all, and that he only arrived in camp at 1800 hours on Saturday the 21st of April. On Saturday they had tried to contact him to ask his whereabouts, to which he told them that he was in fact in _____ in ______ camp getting some work done. The men contacted their counterparts in ______ camp to verify this, however no one in______ camp had seen LTA X. 1 further confirmed with the ______ duty personnel on Saturday that none of them had seen LTA X, this was also with confirmed with that day's BDO.
This news obviously was very distressing, I confronted LTA X regarding this information to which he confirmed that he only arrived in camp on Saturday at 1800 hours, but that he was at _____ for a while then left later to run some errands. Upon learning that I was to bring this information to our OC, LTA X then made an offer to do some of my duties for me to which I declined, his words were "You know if you need me to help you do some of your duties.."
On Wednesday after I had completed my personal investigation and confirmed that these events had indeed transpired, I informed our OC of these offences. Our OC spoke to LTA X regarding these issues, and let him off with a warning.
I would like the story to end here, however LTA RX was again on duty at ____ Camp for _________ on the following Saturday the 28th of April. At 0030 hours on Sunday the 29th of April I received a message from the duty personnel. The duty personnel of the platoon had just spotted LTA X's car, a white Mitsubishi lancer driving out of camp. I responded by telling them to check all the car parks and look for LTA X in camp. I received a call at about 0115 hours, the duty personnel informed me that they had checked the whole camp, and that LTA X's car was no where to be found. They also informed me that LTA X was no where to be found, not in any of the bunks nor any of the offices.
On Monday the 20th of April when I arrived back in ______ Camp for work, I confirmed with both the guard commander and the duty officer for Saturday the 28th of April, that at white Mitsubishi lancer had indeed driven out of camp at about 0030 hours on the 29th of April. This latest information was told to our OC.
When confronted by our OC, LTA X told him that indeed it was his car driving out of camp, he claimed however, that it was not him driving the car but that he had lent it to friend to drive out of camp. After checking with the person in question this was established to be untrue. Finally, LTA X admitted that he had lied, and that is was he who had left camp.
I have been informed that LTA X was to be given 10 extra duties, though this may be considered an extremely light punishment there is a further problem. To date, which is to say, 2 months from the incidents, none of the duties have been published in the battalion RO, in addition, LTA X has not served any of the extra duties he was supposedly awarded. In addition, this system of leniency is not consistent throughout the battalion, or even the company. The following was published in the RO on 1 1th of June 2007:
SXXXXXXXX CPL _____ ________ Non-compliance with a lawful duty or order. stoppage of Leave for 7 days
This was the punishment for CPL ______ for leaving camp an hour before he was supposed to. This was published less than a week after his infringement. If you were to calculate the time AWOL alone, LTA X was missing for a minimum of over 20 hours. This does not take into the account the fact that he repeated the crime less than a week after being reprimanded the first time. This does not take into account the lying to his superior officer. This does not take into account the fact that he is an officer, and thus should be even more liable than corporal.
Absence without leave22. -(1) Every person subject to military law who is absent without leave from service in the Singapore Armed Forces or from the place where he is lawfully required for the time being to be shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any less punishment authorised by this Act.(2) It shall be a defence for any person charged under this section to prove that his absence was a result of circumstances over which he had no control.
this is where the report ends and the editorial begins. LTA X's continued service in the SAF is an embarrassment the entire officer corps. In the SAF we are constantly being told that we have very high standards expected from our officers. As an officer cadet any one of these actions would have you put immediately out of course. Here you have a person who lied to his subordinates, went AWOL, attempted to bribe a civil servant, went AWOL again not even a week after being reprimanded, then lied to cover himself, and tried to implicate another person in these lies. He discarded his second chance just days after being given it because he thought he could get away with it. I how ask you what exactly are these high standard that we speak of? I am realistically asking you how much worse than this can an officer really go? Does a person have to commit armed robbery or murder before he fails these supposedly "high" standards of officers in the SAF? I simply fail to understand how someone who would undeniably fail the standards expected of a cadet or even a private can continue to be an officer.
The decisions of the battalion HQ are equally saddening. How can a lower standard of discipline be expected of officers than of men? In the our society, when a police officer commits a crime he is held to an even higher standard, and given even greater punishment than a normal citizen, this is because he has betrayed the very values it is his duty to uphold.
I was told that one of the reasons this was so was that they did not wish to ruin his career with a summary trial. However the SAF is not a charity organisation and does not owe anyone a career. I feel that as a regular his status as an officer and his career should be under even closer scrutiny than that of an NSF, to intentionally withhold such information is effectively tricking the SAF into continuing to pay someone whom if all is known, has no place in the organisation.
Another reason told to me for LTA X's lighter punishment was that it is in light of the work he has done for the battalion, I feel this is unacceptable for several reasons. Firstly in our country we do not mitigate punishments based on past achievements, Durai was not excused despite the amount of money he helped NKF raise, and a doctor would not be excused from molestation no matter how many lives he has helped save. Secondly such mitigation is nothing more than justified corruption and no different from a criminal paying off the police to escape arrest, the very thing we fight so hard to keep out of our society, Finally even if the previous two points are conceded, what LTA X did was not a mistake, mistakes are done by accident. What he has demonstrated is a systematic failure of character and unacceptable as an officer.
Even if you attribute the lack of punishment to extreme leniency, the decision to not inform the battalion is even more suspicious. Especially in a _____ unit such as _________ where the importance of being on duty cannot be over emphasized, to not even inform the battalion of the occurrence is to send a signal that there is nothing wrong with his actions. If it was unintentional it shows gross negligence for something which is clearly an important matter, and if intentional shows a level of corruption that I need not elaborate on.
While some might say this is just a small matter, a story of a single bad officer, the fact that it was not dealt with more severely is indicative of a bigger problem. It shows the lack of quality control being practiced for the leaders of the SAF. The following quote was taken from the army's own intranet homepage:
"In the 3rd Generation SAF, the quality and commitment of our people will continue to be the most important determinant for advancement" - Member of Parliament Ms Indranee Rajah
We can take criticism about having second hand equipment, outdated training methods, and even questionable relevance to modern day operations. But one thing that cannot be tolerated is a reputation for having bad leaders. Such a reputation would compromise Singapore's defence credibility far more than using refurbished tanks or old training manuals.
While I may only be a 2nd lieutenant, I am a citizen of this country. And as a citizen I have the right to demand high standards from the leaders of the SAF While it is true that high standards are hard to come by and even harder to enforce, for such events to come to light and yet nothing be done about it is to say the very least, unacceptable and disappointing.
Yours Sincerely,2LT Li Hongyi -"

LAST DAY OF MY LIFE

Tomorow may be the last day of my life...
What should I do during my last few hours of freedom?
Should I lose my virginity before its too late?
Should I spend all my money now?
Who can I blame?
TOO MANY REGRETS IN MY LIFE !

SMOKING BAN STARTS ON 010707

Starting on 010707 smoking will be banned in all of singapore's nightclubs! I think this will have a huge impact in the nightlifes of singapore. Will the clubs like MOS , ZOUK , ST JAMES POWER STATION attract more non-smokers or will they lose their smokers patrons?
FOR ME TO KNOW & FOR YOU TO FIND OUT!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Wishing all fathers a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
For me, i invited my father to a buffet lunch!
The restaurant is fully booked but i still can get a table as i got lobang!
Due to my lobang, I also got more discount!

UP & UP

OMG !
GST WILL INCREASE FROM 5% TO 7% NEXT MONTH!
I WONDER WHEN WILL GST HIT 10% !

THE PC SHOW 2007

The PC Show 2007, Singapore's Longest-running and Most Successful Microcomputer exhibiton, will be making its 17th presentation from 31 May-3 June at Suntec Singapore Halls 601-603. Following a successful showcase in 2006 with more than 400 exhibitors chalking up on-the-spot sales of over $20 million from the 827,000 visitors, the PC Show 2007 will present another significant and exciting showcase for all exhibitors and visitors. For more information, please visit www.thepcshow.com.sg

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VESAK FESTIVAL 2551

Tonight at chinatown, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum will have a soft opening. Visit www.btrts.org.sg for more information.
There will be prizes waiting for those who can tell me what is 2551!

HAPPENING IN SINGAPORE

School holiday starts now! Nothing to do? Check out my blog for latest information.
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For food lovers, go to the singapore food expo.
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