Archive for July, 2011
Oslo gunman driven by hate of immigrants

Oslo gunman driven by hate of immigrants

Associated Press, 25 July 2011 The man blamed for the deadly attacks on Norway’s government headquarters and a youth retreat was said to have been motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society. Anders Behring Breivik also told police that he acted alone, in a ‘cruel’ but ‘necessary’... 

Revisited: An epidemic of corpses in Singapore

Revisited: An epidemic of corpses in Singapore

In recent days, parts of this law-and-order city, whose murder rate ranks as low as Japan’s, resembled scenes from the American TV series Crime Scene Investigation. Against its staid nature, seven gruesome bodies have been found in various parts of the island since July 1, unrelated to each other — at a rate of... 

我向所有的新加坡人道歉,但请你们不要把矛头对象我的祖国

我向所有的新加坡人道歉,但请你们不要把矛头对象我的祖国

首先我要向全新加坡的的新加坡人民道歉,关于之前的视频我并无意恶语重击你们,从我的打扮我的腔调或许有些人会了解我那纯粹是为了娱乐,为了搞笑,只想让它成为茶余饭后的一个噱头。更没有想过什么所谓的种族歧视,我也有很多马来的印度的朋友,我们一起出去玩,一起去夜店,一起工作,相处非常融洽。 是的,或许是我考虑的不周到,没有想到可能会引发的后果,更没有更深的去体会身为新加坡人民的感受,但是我也有很多本地的朋友看了视频后仅仅是微微一笑而过,没有过多的评论,最多说我两句。我真的没有想到会带来这么大的轰动。所以真的,我发自内心的说句对不起,但所有的后果都应该由我来承担,再多的污言秽语我也认了,因为我的一时大意或许给你们带来了不该有的伤害,但绝对不是我的国家,就像你们爱你们的国家一样,我也爱她。以上是我想说的要道歉的话 接下来我想去解释一下,也希望所有人能够认真的看完,这种“有木有”文体,是现在中国网络非常流行的一种文体,网络蹿红,处处皆是。不光是新加坡的,有心的人可以去搜索一下“留学生伤不起”的类似文章或者视频,各个国家的各个版本的,这种在网络盛行的东西不在少数,我也不信你们就真的是第一次看到我所“演绎”的版本,俗话说人怕出名猪怕壮,所以我只能说算我倒霉吧。而且通过视频你们也可以明显看到我是对着电脑念得,那么好的文笔我还真写不出来,但是我自己闯下的祸那就只能悉听尊便,别人怎么说我也是他们的自由。 客套的话我真的不会说太多,我只想对所有的新加坡人说句对不起,当然你们也可以有不愉快的权利,但请你们不要重伤我的国家,矛头刺向我,我已经习惯了。还有更多的反对党派,你们也不要拿着李光耀说事,我也不是他口中所谓的“人才”,我不应该是你们进行政治活动的炒作点,请放过我,我太渺小了。 最后我希望所有新加坡以及海外留学生将我的文章转发出去,帮我澄清和给我解释的机会。我想说的是我真的很爱新加坡,不然我不会在新加坡带这么多年。 Source:... 

VIDEO: Lee Kuan Yew says it ‘cannot be helped’ that foreigners are competing with locals unequally for jobs

VIDEO: Lee Kuan Yew says it ‘cannot be helped’ that foreigners are competing with locals unequally for jobs

In other countries, foreigners are only allowed to take up jobs shunned by locals, but in Singapore, not only are they allowed to compete directly with Singaporeans for jobs which can otherwise be taken up by them, Singaporeans are now told by their supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew that they will have to accept it. Speaking... 

PM Lee: Fare hikes in public transport ‘cannot be helped’

PM Lee: Fare hikes in public transport ‘cannot be helped’

Even before the Public Transport Council (PTC) has finalized its decision whether to approve the fare hikes proposed by the two public transport operators SBS and SMRT, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is already dropping subtle hints that the hikes will be approved. During a speech made at the National Day celebration in... 

VIDEO: PRC ‘talent’ hurled racist slurs at Singaporean minority women

VIDEO: PRC ‘talent’ hurled racist slurs at Singaporean minority women

Barely one month after a 24 year old PRC deliveryman Zhou Hou was exposed for making racist remarks against Singaporeans online, another PRC ‘talent’ from Shandong province became an instant ‘celebrity’ in cyberspace for videotaping himself taunting Singaporeans. 21 year old Wang Peng Fei (王鹏飞)... 

Better growth is achieved at the expense of a better society

Better growth is achieved at the expense of a better society

Dear Mr Supremo LKY, Quote:the more talent that you have in a society, the better the society will grow,” Let me first discuss the first part of this statement “more talent in a society”; In any society, the demographic is a bell curve. It is a given, whether you like it or not. That means you will have your fair... 

新加坡‧批評華語太爛英語怪異‧中國留學生上網罵新加坡人

新加坡‧批評華語太爛英語怪異‧中國留學生上網罵新加坡人

星洲日報, 23 July 2011 一名中國留學生上網大罵新加坡人,還批評新加坡人的華語爛,不說“工作”而說在“做工”,聽起來像做粗工,掀起網民爭議。 在新加坡留學的一名中國學生,在Youtube上載自拍錄像,大罵新加坡人。這名男生自稱“新加坡妖嬈哥”,在錄像中戴上大眼鏡,用深色口紅涂上夸張的大嘴唇,說話調高聲調,並高舉蘭花指,作出一些女性化的動作,或是要掩蓋自己真實的樣子。 不滿須留新工作幾年 他先是說,留學生畢業後一定要在新加坡工作幾年,就像簽了賣身契。隨後扯到新加坡天氣熱,但新加坡人一進入辦公室還是要穿外套,讓他不能理解。 他又說,新加坡式英語是一門獨立的語言,說法跟外國的英語有偏差,如果問人Subway(地鐵)在哪裡,新加坡人只會以為你要吃Subway連鎖店的三明治。 他也批評新加坡人的華語,不說“工作”而說在“做工”,聽起來像是在影射做粗工。不少網民認為他說法偏激,有欠公平,既然選擇在新加坡念書,就應該嘗試入鄉隨俗。 蔡志禮:說“做工”是受方言影響 華文學習研究院院長蔡志禮博士受詢時說,新加坡人說“做工”,是受到方言說法的影響,不是因為我們的祖先是苦力,也沒有意思要影射別人做粗工。 他認為,這名學生應該有國際觀,不要認為全球的華語用法都要跟中國一樣才是正確的,更不要過於敏感。 如切議員張有福說,來到新加坡的外國人,都應該尊重新加坡的文化,不應隨意批評,就如新加坡人到國外,也應該尊重外國的文化一樣。 淡濱尼議員馬炎慶說,只要不是在新加坡土生土長的人,來新加坡都有一定的適應和過渡期,但他們應嘗試瞭解新加坡社會。例如點菜時有很多選擇,就是在新加坡的生活情趣。 “我以前在倫敦念書,也有人問我新加坡人是不是住在樹上,新加坡是不是中國的一部份等,我只能以正面的心態去面對。” 中國學生批評甚麼? ●雖然外頭天氣熱,進入辦公室還是得穿外套 ●英語和別人不同,不知道Subway是地鐵 ●不說“工作”而說在“做工”,似在影射做粗工 ●以為中國沒有高樓大廈,中國人都吃不飽 ●點菜時太多選擇,點完都餓死了  Read More →

Tony Tan asked his Facebook admins to ‘restore’ deleted comments marked as ’spam’

Tony Tan asked his Facebook admins to ‘restore’ deleted comments marked as ’spam’

After being exposed by TRE earlier for deleting critical comments on his Facebook page, PAP-endorsed presidential candidate Dr Tony Tan now made a dramatic U-turn to ‘restore’ them. In a short note posted on his Facebook, Dr Tan said: “I have asked the family members and friends who help me administer... 

Nathan urged Malay-Muslim community to bring down divorce rates

Nathan urged Malay-Muslim community to bring down divorce rates

For the second time in a week, President S R Nathan found himself in the media spotlight again to ’show’ that he is doing ’something’ deserving of his $4 million dollar a year salary. Speaking at an event organized by the Islamic Religious Council, MUIS, Mr Nathan said Malay Muslim organisations... 

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