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  • Nazem Suki: Security Companies Should Consider Hiring More Malay-Muslim APOs From Malaysia

    Nazem Suki: Security Companies Should Consider Hiring More Malay-Muslim APOs From Malaysia

    May I refer 7 of my uni grad friends to Cisco Certis or any other security companies. They are keen to be a auxiliary police officers or security officers in Singapore. For obvious reasons of the good SGD salary and currency exchange rates.

    Graduated from :

    Australia Uni
    1) Queensland Uni of Technology
    2) Uni of Adelaide
    3) Griffith Uni

    Canada Uni
    4) Uni of Western Ontario
    5) Uni of Toronto

    England Uni
    6) Uni of Warwick

    USA Uni
    7) Uni of Pittsburgh

    Nationality : Citizen of Malaysia (Bumiputera)
    Gender & Age : Male in late 20s
    Employment : Employed and semi-employed
    Race : Malay
    Religion : Islam

    They are seriously over qualified but they believed the prospects and career in Singapore as security personnel is fulfilling.

    All of them, and myself discussed this prospects 2hrs ago and concluded that once they get accepted, many more will join them.

    What say you?

     

    Source: Mohamed Nazem Suki

  • Lee Hsien Loong And South China Sea – “Roared Like A Tiger, But Now Quiet As A Mouse”

    Lee Hsien Loong And South China Sea – “Roared Like A Tiger, But Now Quiet As A Mouse”

    By: Tan Jee Say

    1. In July 2016, when the Hague tribunal ruled in favour of the Philippines but against some of China’s claims in the South China Sea, PM Lee loudly and vehemently urged China to abide by the ruling, adding that only when countries respect international rules, will small nations have a chance to survive in a global world.

    2. Many events have happened in the months following the Hague tribunal. US President-elect Trump had spoken on the SCS. China had flown a nuclear bomber over the SCS. But PM Lee has remained silent.

    3. Staying quiet or making neutral remarks softly, is the right thing to do for a small nation who is not a claimant in the disputed territories. Otherwise we may provoke hostile reactions from parties directly involved in the dispute.

    4. But after roaring on the scene like a tiger and then suddenly turning quiet as a mouse 5 months later, what does this episode tell us about the leadership of PM Lee who has said ad infinitum that Singapore requires exceptional leadership to survive. What has PM Lee shown us about his tiger-turned-mouse leadership? This reminds me of the famous line in the popular beer advertisement, “Give that man a Tiger”. Yes we want a tiger, a real tiger, not a paper tiger.

    5. This tiger-turned-mouse analogy is inspired by PM Lee’s castigation of WP’s performance , “You voted for a tiger in the chamber and you got a mouse in the House” (1 September 2015). Colourful imagery, PM. Now look at yourself in the mirror.

     

    Source: https://thesgdaily.com

  • Donald Low: Singaporeans Need To Get Facts Right On Singapore’s Role In China’s Economic Modernisation

    Donald Low: Singaporeans Need To Get Facts Right On Singapore’s Role In China’s Economic Modernisation

    The Singaporeans who think that the current kerfuffle with China shows that the Chinese government has forgotten that it was Singapore that inspired China’s economic modernization (beginning with Deng Xiaoping’s visit to Singapore in 1978) really need to get their heads (and their understanding of economic history) checked.

    First, the Chinese do not forget easily.

    Second, it is simply not true that Singapore’s development story was of great relevance for China. China’s development experience of the last thirty years has a lot more in common with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan’s experience: export-led industrialization through home-grown firms rather than MNCs, industrial policy aimed at developing indigenous capabilities rather than simply importing technologies from abroad, maintenance of tariff barriers (rather than the free trade that Singapore practised) for relatively long periods to benefit local companies, financial repression rather than a liberalized capital account, relatively weak rule of law, government-business relations that are quite cosy and corrupt, etc. All these practices are more reminiscent of China’s northeast Asian neighbors than of Singapore. So it’s simply not true that our development experience was an important role model for China; it’s delusional for us to think we are—then, or now.

    To the extent that the Chinese were interested in the Singapore experience at all, it has more to do with how the state maintained law and order, political stability and one party rule in an ostensibly democratic environment.

     

    Source: Donald Low

  • PRC Government Tabloid: Punish Singapore – Melt Down Confiscated Terrexes

    PRC Government Tabloid: Punish Singapore – Melt Down Confiscated Terrexes

    China’s state run tabloid The Global Times wrote on Tuesday (29 November 2016) that the 9 Singaporean troop carriers which had been confiscated by China should be melted down at the steel mills to express their displeasure with Singapore over its military relationship with Taiwan.

    The Global Times wrote a scathing report blasting Singapore for its careless handling of its armoured vehicles and said that this implied Singapore’s failure to take China’s displeasure over the long standing Taiwan relationship seriously.

    It claimed that Singapore’s image among the ordinary Chinese people was so rotten that it was best that the PRC Govt sent the armoured carriers to the steel mills to be melted down as punishment for Singapore.

    Global Times added that Singapore should reflect on its hypocrisy and seek enlightenment in its relations with China.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Vivian Balakrishnan: Singapore-Taiwan Arrangement Longstanding, Does Not Affect Singapore’s Adherence To ‘One-China’ Policy

    Vivian Balakrishnan: Singapore-Taiwan Arrangement Longstanding, Does Not Affect Singapore’s Adherence To ‘One-China’ Policy

    Singapore will not allow any single issue to hijack its longstanding, multifaceted relationship with China, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said yesterday.

    He also said that Singapore’s training arrangements with Taiwan are long-running and not a secret, and that a large number of Singaporean men have trained there since 1975.

    “Everyone, including China, knows that we’ve had special arrangements with Taiwan for a long time and what we are doing there is no longer a secret,” Dr Balakrishnan said at The Straits Times Global Outlook Forum when asked about the seizure of Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) armoured vehicles at a Hong Kong port last Wednesday.

    He added that he had told his Chinese counterpart that Singapore values its longstanding relationships.

    The nine Terrex vehicles and equipment that were seized had been used in an SAF military exercise in Taiwan and were on an APL ship taking them back to Singapore.

    The ship was in transit in Hong Kong. Following the seizure, China asked Singapore on Monday to adhere to the “one China” policy.

    Separately, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday that “Singapore fully respects and supports the ‘one China’ policy… We play a positive role in cross-strait relations, and we will continue to do so”.

    Speaking at a visit to a military camp, Dr Ng said officials from shipping line APL met Hong Kong Customs officials yesterday.

    Mindef officials will monitor the meeting closely, he said. He hoped it will clarify the reasons and legal basis for the detention. Mindef will decide on the appropriate course of action based on its outcome.

    Asked if the incident would affect Singapore’s training arrangements overseas, Dr Ng said the SAF will continue to train abroad based on bilateral agreements.

    “We adhere to the ‘one China’ policy. Any training matters between us and other countries are bilateral, and we should not unnecessarily, until the facts come out, muddle the picture and impute various motives.”

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com