I was saddened to hear that the Indian gang rape victim has passed away after succumbing to the injuries. I like many others are puzzled by the extend of the injuries after reading about the removal of intestines. After news from various sources start appearing, it becomes clearer but very shocking. What animal will do such thing? One thing for sure, the culprit will be 'very well treated' in prison and especially Indian prison.
News from Singapore Media.
News circulating in social media.
News from huffingtonpost.
Whatever it is, the singapore media appears to be the poorest in terms of getting closer to the truth.
Good news is that being the least emotional and least positive has no correlation to our life expectancy according to the Lancet report. Looking at where all these statistics are going, seems like we are headed to grow into a land of grouchy old men and women.
Honestly speaking when I see this by the Gallup polls, I thought we are among the lowest but not necessarily right at the bottom. I had to see it for myself to believe. Well, I am a fan of statistics.
After checking it out, we are really the least positive in the world. What the Fxxx? Is there a worldwide conspiracy to project a bad image of us? Was it done by the opposition party (just kidding)? Did some Singaporeans offended someone in the Gallup polls? Maybe someone somehow carry the 'choke seat with tissue paper' culture overseas?
First we were the least emotional of the lot and now this. I am skeptical of the least emotional story as if you try cutting into someone else's lane in Singapore while driving, you see if the other party is emotionless. You will quite often see or hear colourful display of gestures or languages.
Here are the rankings.
If you want a clearer look at the bottom of the heap, here it is.
Poor Khaw Boon Wan... He seems to be under heavy fire in Facebook from Netizen since the Michael Palmer's scandal erupted. Not surprisingly, the press did not pick up on this. Most of the many earlier comments has been deleted. Many have since re-posted new comments. It has become a 'you delete i post again' battle. I think most people are upset with the double standard. I guess they are still struggling to learn how to use the new media and internet. New media cuts both ways. It can gives you good free publicity very fast as well as bad ones.
Netizens accused him of being very vocal on the opposition party's Yaw Shin Leong's case while keeping mum on PAP's Michael Palmer's. They are asking him to answer his own questions. You can still see the video clip here in the last Hougang by-election Youtube.
The question is should he clarify? I am pretty sure this cross his mind too as being silent don't seem to be a good choice either. But then again, what do you expect him to say? Sorry for not expecting one of our own to also fallen on sin and lust?
Better be quick if you want to see the comments or it will be gone again soon.
I have heard people asking about what is happening to Singapore lately. Why are there more scandals or corruption cases heard lately? Hot on the heels of the CNB's chief case is the Michael Palmer's case. I don't think human nature has changed much over the past few years. The main difference i think would be the rise of the internet. This has leveled the playing fields for everyone and taken away much power from those traditional medias. It is really hard to hide nowadays. If the media doesn't want to publish for certain reasons, there's always someone out there ready to use the internet to spread the message. Then the media will continue to lose it's credibility. I guess it is fair to say internet makes the world a fairer place. It helps every David out there fight the Goliath.
I would say the greatest risk to malaysia's property prices in the short term could be the politics. This is a hot topic in Penang and it is also likely to become one in Johor. Property prices have risen by a few folds rapidly in the last few years and the politicians are likely to use this as a card to play. May want to be cautious before the elections.
Check this out! The article says that the malaysian government will decide by Q1 next year on the High Speed Rail project. If this happens eventually, the time to get from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur will only take 90 mins by train instead of 6 hours by car.
This is surely one ranking that most country won't want to be in. We are aware about the corruption there (especially their traffic police) but to top the world is rather surprising. They top the world in the Bribe Payers Survey 2012 by Transparency International. Over 3000 executives from 30 countries where asked if they had lost a contract in the past year from competitors paying bribes and 50% of Malaysians said yes.
Guess Malaysians are crazy about money and Singaporeans crazy about sex.
I have been wondering what's the difference between the Peter Lim's motorcity and UEM's autocity. Now i think they are the same thing but depending from who's perspective. Not a very difficult problem to solve as usually whoever put in more money gets to name it. I think that's how things works in this world : )
This opens up a whole lot of opportunities even though it is built for the super rich to rev up their seldom used super cars. If servicing our car or tyre change cost 30-40% less there than here, i might drive across the causeway too. Or imagine if they design a servicing package for the car that includes massage, food, movies, etc...many car workshops in Singapore may close shop. This trade doesn't look so promising in Singapore moving forward.
One thing for sure, this is the final nail in the coffin for the stalled Changi Motor Hub. The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) may be looking at Peter Lim as their white knight but he is no fool. Just by comparing one key fact will make SSC look like an amateur. The Johor site is freehold versus the 30 year lease in Changi. Think this alone is a no brainer. Oh and I forgot to mention that the Johor site is twice as big. If SSC knows how to count, it may be better to use that piece of land for other use or they should just return the land to the government. Let's not let pride gets in the way for the better use of our limited resources.
This is the other piece of rare development in Singapore that's halted (1st one is Big Box in Jurong). There's something about major projects related to sports that I have no confidence in. They seem to be a magnet for major flops. Remember the youth olympic that's 3 times over budget ($104 to $387) and now this white elephant? Some really bad decision makers somewhere.....
Here we are again. Top of the world in Infrastructure according to Mercer.
Beating even the efficient Germans and the Hong Kongers. Maybe they didn't read about the SMRT train breakdowns, flooding or ponding , traffic congestions......
*Mercer’s City Infrastructure Ranking 2012 is based on measures of: Electricity, Water Availability, Telephone, Mail, Public Transportation, Traffic Congestion & Airport Effectiveness.
Seriously, are Singaporeans really least emotional? It appears so according to the latest Gallup report.
Read this heading in the papers a few days back. First thing that came to my mind is ' Are you kidding? His partner is none other than the Johor Royal Family, why wouldn't it be approved? '
Anyway, definitely good news for fellow investors in Johor but perhaps not so good news for the planned mid-valley JB mega-mall. Peter Lim is also building a mega-mall here and this is right after the causeway. Is Johor big enough for 2 mega-malls?
