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In Singapore, How Malay Is Malay?

PAP MP Halimah Yacob spoke to state media Straits Times distancing herself from her Indian father by insisting that she is Malay and that she qualifies to stand for President:

“I have been certified as a member of the Malay community four times in the past general elections: in 2015, 2011, 2006 and 2001.”

However the half Indian-Malay PAP MP has an Indian father and a Malay mother, and hence she should be defined as a minority race, thereby disqualifying her from the racist Presidential election reserved for only the Malays. In fact, the Malay culture dictates that children of mixed marriages follow their father’s race and not their mother. This further disqualifies Halimah Yacob as a Malay.

A minority group comprises of Indians and mixed blood like Eurasians. Under Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s newly-written Constitution, S R Nathan’s two-time presidency exhausted the turns of minority races. Also, according to Malay welfare group Mendaki, mixed blood Indian-Malays do not fall under the “Malay” category and these mixed blood were referred to the Indian welfare group Sinda.

Although PAP MP Halimah Yacob qualified as a Malay candidate in four general election occasions under the PAP GRC ticket, it appears her identity card does not specify “Malay”.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong broke the Constitution demanding that a racist election be held that disqualify candidates by their race. The dictator made arrangements to re-write the Constitution to his interpretation and pushed for his preferred PAP candidate, Halimah Yacob to contest.

However, the clumsy Prime Minister made a serious mistake without checking that Haliamh Yacob actually belongs to the minority race. The dictator PM had to revise the definition of “Malay” for Halimah Yacob to qualify. According to the Lee Hsien Loong-controlled presidential committee, any non-Malay who identifies as a “Malay” and “belong” to the Malay community will be a Malay.

Halimah Yacob is Lee Hsien Loong’s first choice as she is a woman and she wears a tudung in office. The Singapore dictator wants to be praised for letting the first Muslim woman become a head of state for the country.

Source: www.scmp.com

July 31, 2017
Halimah Yacob Must Make Up Mind About Running For Presidency

This position is not for Prima Donnas.

You do not play hard to get, dance around speculations and play games with Singaporeans.

If you want to be our President, convince us that you want the office.

Look at Farid Khan and Salleh Marican. Despite knowing that they do not meet the eligibility criteria of $500 million dollars of the shareholder’s equity, it did not stop them from coming forward, calling a press conference and showing conviction that they are ready to answer to the calling.

Madam Halimah, on the other hand, is hesitant.

One day she says she is focused on her job as a speaker and as an MP and the next, she says she is seriously considering the position.

Even her ‘announcement’ yesterday was from a leaked source.

Eh hello makcik. Why like that leh?

You want or don’t want? Please don’t act coy. The Presidency is a serious business.

Source: www.thoughtssg.com

July 29, 2017
Cancer-Stricken Mother Loses Subsidy After Raising Funds Through Crowdfunding

A single mother with cancer has been cut off from medical and social assistance subsidy schemes after raising $900,000 in donations.

Ms Tam Chek Ming, 46, is the first publicly known case to have financial aid terminated due to being able to raise funds on her own.

This comes at a time when individual appeals online have garnered up to six-figure sums in donations.

While Ms Tam managed to raise funds online, social workers said people caught in financial emergencies should still turn to government aid schemes first, and warned that crowdfunding has its risks for donors and fund-raisers.

Ms Tam learnt in 2015 that she had ovarian cancer. Despite chemotherapy, her cancer progressed from Stage 1 to 4. For the past two years, her medical bills were subsidised by Medifund, a social safety net to help poor Singaporeans pay for medical treatment – specifically those unable to pay their bills even after subsidies, insurance, Medisave and cash payments.

Ms Tam also made crowdfunding appeals – one in April last year and another this April – saying she had to fight her cancer to stay alive for her five-year-old son.

She went on crowdfunding pages Give.asia and Generosity and has raised $771,692 and US$80,047 (S$109,000) respectively so far.

In May, a Medifund committee from the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, where she was receiving treatment, examined her access to Medifund as part of a regular review and subsidies were stopped last month.

A spokesman for the institute told The Straits Times: “The committee assessed that Ms Tam no longer needed to rely on Medifund assistance for her medical bills based on her current financial resources; and that Medifund amount can be used to help other patients with more immediate needs.”

She used to be on Comcare, a national aid scheme for those with low income, for three months from November last year but did not return to renew her assistance in January.

A second application in May this year was rejected “as she was assessed to have sufficient savings”, said a spokesman from the Ministry of Social and Family Development, which oversees the scheme.

Ms Tam declined to comment. In her posts on crowdfunding pages, she had said she sold off all she could sell in her two-room flat and skipped meals so her son could eat.

She also said the immunotherapy she needed was not covered by Medifund or other schemes. Generally, a dose is required every 21 days and costs about $6,000.

Social service experts ST spoke to said the Government made the right move to stop her financial aid, so help can be given to others. They also said if her donations are used up and she needs more money again, she can reapply for subsidies.

Source: www.tnp.sg

July 29, 2017
Confessions Of A Former Law-Intern: Bosses Used Young People With Financial Obligations As Pawns

I had the misfortune of working at a boutique IP law firm for two weeks back in the days as an intern (hated it), and I noticed how strongly the bosses encouraged the young, unsuspecting associates to buy cars, buy houses, get married, and have kids. And whenever any of the senior associates had a new kid or purchased a new car, they were praised and glorified, so this created a peer pressure system where every employee competed with each other to see who can “establish their lives” and “live it up” the quickest.

If you work in one of these companies, be very careful about listening to your boss.

Well, OF COURSE they want you to increase your financial obligations/liabilities or at the very least sink into a consumerist mode where you’re unable to live frugally anymore even if you wanted to. If they had it their way, they want you to also surround yourself with equally-high-paying friends and friends who’re married with kids, so that you yourself are also sucked into these high-spending, low-happiness lifestyles.

The more money you need to spend each month, the more dependent you’ll be on your job. The more dependent you are on your job, the weaker your bargaining power vis-a-vis your boss. The weaker your bargaining power vis-a-vis your boss, the less you get paid, the rarer you get promoted, and the less balls you have to leave your job or even demand better working conditions that you rightfully should be entitled to for working hard. Family men with mortgages and car loans and young children are the best candidates for employers with a power trip — it’s like the ultimate wet dream to push these sorry men around, because they have no choice but to swallow their pride and put up with all the bullshit you can rain on them. It even becomes a game to these bosses: they try to push the limits more and more (watch “Office Space” where Bill pushes Milton to the edge, and Milton still takes it) just to see what they can get away with, gleefully.

I feel like an idiot for having to say these explicitly, but the behavior of some of my peers just convinces me that they don’t even know what’s going on.

Source: NUS Confessions #39374

July 29, 2017
Enterprising Singaporeans Reselling Limited Edition NS50 G-Shock Watches At Huge Profits

A limited-edition Casio G-Shock watch model released to coincide with 50 years of national service this year has proved popular with Singaporeans, with several stores selling out the timepieces within hours of sales starting. The watches cost $269.

A check by The Straits Times on online marketplace Carousell at 9.30pm on Friday revealed seven people selling the coveted watch at higher prices ranging from $280 to $400. One seller was offering his at $2,699.99.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

July 29, 2017