Ladies and Gentlemen,
I wonder what will it be when the 86 year old Lee Kuan Yew, the Singaporean Kim Jong Il dies, since this can happen anytime to any 86 year old man. Lee Kuan Yew is not exempted from death, even if he is Lee Kuan Yew, surely!
With people in Singapore only capable of living under some supreme leader or other, which they have been doing for the last 50 years under this man, will they happily worship a replacement, his son?
Will K Shanmugam, Lee Kuan Yew's Minister for Law smoothly switch from crawling before Lee Kuan Yew to crawling before his son?
Will the Singapore state controlled newspapers seamlessly switch from praising the father to praising the son, the new Messiah?
Will Lee Kuan Yew's judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean only too eager to bend over backwards anytime for the father similarly do it for the son?
Will the Singapore population smoothly shift from worshipping the father to worshipping the son as if nothing happened?
And will Gopalan Nair who is dying for his favorite Indian Banana Leaf curry and a Tiger to chase it down, at the Gandhi Eating House in Chander Road be allowed to land at Changi on the next SQ1 flight? (I mean the airport of course, not the building next to it)!
Or should these minions and lackeys be preparing themselves for a rather unpleasant turn of events?
I am not sure. Only time will tell. But still fascinating, even the thought of the possibilities, don't you think?
Since Lee Kuan Yew, no matter what, is 86 years old!
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Season's Greetings
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Seasons Greetings to all. And the hope that the ship of freedom for Singaporeans continues on her steady heading and even keel.
Gopalan Nair
Fremont, California
Dec 22, 2009
Seasons Greetings to all. And the hope that the ship of freedom for Singaporeans continues on her steady heading and even keel.
Gopalan Nair
Fremont, California
Dec 22, 2009
Singapore's problem. A lack of thinking people.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You may have heard the sad news of the death of Kim Peek, the person behind the character in the movie "Rain Man" played by Dustin Hoffman.
Kim Peek had a brilliant memory in his knowledge of the entire telephone book, all the zip codes in the US, English history, politics, music and everything else.
Yet he was unable to tie his own shoe lace or even put his own clothes on.
A real genius in many ways but lacking in others.
He died on Saturday in Murray, Utah at the age of 58. He is sadly missed.
But his death caused me to think of people with mental disorders. Which brought me to think about Singaporeans. Are Singaporeans a people with a split personality?
And that is in fact what Lee Kuan Yew has made Singaporeans into. A society of people who have to work and think and carry out solutions to problems.
Yet they are forbidden from the basic questions in life, such as, the right to be able to question authority on decisions that have bearing on their lives.
Let us look at this schizophrenic way of life in Singapore. A teacher in a Singapore school tells the children to be honest.
Yet she refuses to teach her children to complain when Lee Kuan Yew is himself dishonest, when he pays himself $3.7 million and several more every year as salary.
The teacher knows that the state unjustly punishes Dr. Chee Soon Juan by jailing him merely because he stood on a street corner and spoke about democracy.
Yet she refuses to tell her students that the state is wrong in their action.
A parent teaches a child to be honest and stand up for truth and justice.
Yet when Lee Kuan Yew sends Dr. Chee to jail unjustly, when Singapore's Minister for Law K Shanmugam makes illegal any form of protest, when the state abuses the law to punish government critics, the same parent tells the child not to complain.
If a psychiatrist were to be given this behavioural pattern and asked to diagnose the Singaporean, very probably the diagnosis would be like that of a schizophrenic, or someone with a serious mental disability.
Someone who has to think in a certain way and have certain value judgements, but yet is prevented from acting in accordance with it.
And this is how the average Singaporeans lives. He thinks in one way but is unable or unwilling to act according to those ideas.
And this form of dual personality, one in his mind and another in his actions, is drilled into his head from childhood and throughout his life.
And it is this lack of a thinking discerning questioning population that will continue to be an obstacle to Singapore's progress.
For a city state such as this, with no natural resources whatsoever, the most important resource available is the people.
Yet Lee Kuan Yew for his own selfish self interest, has deliberately instilled so much fear into his citizens that today they are effectively people going around with a split personality.
One in their minds and the other in their actions.
These people are not ones capable of competing in the world's marketplace of ideas and challenges. Not people capable of great things.
Take Gopalan Nair for instance.
In my case, to take one instance, I found Judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean to be completely biased and a simply a representative of Lee Kuan Yew, not a judge, in the defamation trial of Dr. Chee Soon Juan.
So the logical thing to do, as any other normal person would, is to say exactly that; which is, that this judge is biased corrupt and is misusing the law.
But the strange thing is, although everyone else who were at the trial came away with exactly the same opinion as I had, no one else, not a single other Singaporean was willing to publicly say so.
Therefore the question is, am I the only one that is mentally deranged or were the other entire population of Singapore mental defects!
I was of course imprisoned for saying it and the judge who tried my case told me that what I had done was a very serious criminal offense.
I did not think so. But the question is whether the entire Singapore population actually agreed with the judge's observation? Perhaps they did!
And after a while in Singapore, you are not sure whether you are actually in Alice in Wonderland! But since Singapore appears to chugging along for the moment at least, the other 99% of the population in the island perhaps think in this unusual double personality way.
And how do you think these people with a split personalty like this are able to compete in the world's market place of ideas innovation and change, where people are able to think and act without fear? I think not.
And that is why, Singapore is doomed to fail. The reason being it's people lack what it takes.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
You may have heard the sad news of the death of Kim Peek, the person behind the character in the movie "Rain Man" played by Dustin Hoffman.
Kim Peek had a brilliant memory in his knowledge of the entire telephone book, all the zip codes in the US, English history, politics, music and everything else.
Yet he was unable to tie his own shoe lace or even put his own clothes on.
A real genius in many ways but lacking in others.
He died on Saturday in Murray, Utah at the age of 58. He is sadly missed.
But his death caused me to think of people with mental disorders. Which brought me to think about Singaporeans. Are Singaporeans a people with a split personality?
And that is in fact what Lee Kuan Yew has made Singaporeans into. A society of people who have to work and think and carry out solutions to problems.
Yet they are forbidden from the basic questions in life, such as, the right to be able to question authority on decisions that have bearing on their lives.
Let us look at this schizophrenic way of life in Singapore. A teacher in a Singapore school tells the children to be honest.
Yet she refuses to teach her children to complain when Lee Kuan Yew is himself dishonest, when he pays himself $3.7 million and several more every year as salary.
The teacher knows that the state unjustly punishes Dr. Chee Soon Juan by jailing him merely because he stood on a street corner and spoke about democracy.
Yet she refuses to tell her students that the state is wrong in their action.
A parent teaches a child to be honest and stand up for truth and justice.
Yet when Lee Kuan Yew sends Dr. Chee to jail unjustly, when Singapore's Minister for Law K Shanmugam makes illegal any form of protest, when the state abuses the law to punish government critics, the same parent tells the child not to complain.
If a psychiatrist were to be given this behavioural pattern and asked to diagnose the Singaporean, very probably the diagnosis would be like that of a schizophrenic, or someone with a serious mental disability.
Someone who has to think in a certain way and have certain value judgements, but yet is prevented from acting in accordance with it.
And this is how the average Singaporeans lives. He thinks in one way but is unable or unwilling to act according to those ideas.
And this form of dual personality, one in his mind and another in his actions, is drilled into his head from childhood and throughout his life.
And it is this lack of a thinking discerning questioning population that will continue to be an obstacle to Singapore's progress.
For a city state such as this, with no natural resources whatsoever, the most important resource available is the people.
Yet Lee Kuan Yew for his own selfish self interest, has deliberately instilled so much fear into his citizens that today they are effectively people going around with a split personality.
One in their minds and the other in their actions.
These people are not ones capable of competing in the world's marketplace of ideas and challenges. Not people capable of great things.
Take Gopalan Nair for instance.
In my case, to take one instance, I found Judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean to be completely biased and a simply a representative of Lee Kuan Yew, not a judge, in the defamation trial of Dr. Chee Soon Juan.
So the logical thing to do, as any other normal person would, is to say exactly that; which is, that this judge is biased corrupt and is misusing the law.
But the strange thing is, although everyone else who were at the trial came away with exactly the same opinion as I had, no one else, not a single other Singaporean was willing to publicly say so.
Therefore the question is, am I the only one that is mentally deranged or were the other entire population of Singapore mental defects!
I was of course imprisoned for saying it and the judge who tried my case told me that what I had done was a very serious criminal offense.
I did not think so. But the question is whether the entire Singapore population actually agreed with the judge's observation? Perhaps they did!
And after a while in Singapore, you are not sure whether you are actually in Alice in Wonderland! But since Singapore appears to chugging along for the moment at least, the other 99% of the population in the island perhaps think in this unusual double personality way.
And how do you think these people with a split personalty like this are able to compete in the world's market place of ideas innovation and change, where people are able to think and act without fear? I think not.
And that is why, Singapore is doomed to fail. The reason being it's people lack what it takes.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Gopalan Nair. The dilemna of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have read more than once that Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew has run out of ideas on what to do with the troublesome Gopalan Nair.
Which naturally gives me a great deal of satisfaction.
The problem with my situation, as far as they are concerned, is this. Singapore Dissident is a blog that can be read by Singaporeans and anyone else in the world. They naturally don't like what I write and they don't want local Singaporeans to read it, because it gives the locals, undesirable ideas, such as opposing the despotic regime.
Let me give you an example. I write in my blog that Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's Minister Mentor is a thief because he pays himself $3.7 million a year and much more secretly. My description of him as a thief is therefore accurate.
Therefore reasonably, I should be able to say this in Singapore or elsewhere in the world.
In Singapore however I cannot say this even if it is true, because there is no rule of law and the dictatorship will have me arrested. So no one in Singapore will dare to say this.
However because I live in California, I can say this with impunity, simply because it is true. And since there is rule of law in America, I do not have to fear arrest.
And this difference in what one can say depending on where one is situated is what makes Lee Kuan Yew and his Singapore lackeys mad.
From California, I not only criticize Lee Kuan Yew and his government as a bunch of thieves, I also call them corrupt and a government that manages to say in power by misusing the law.
And all these are facts.
As it is I am already causing tremendous damage to this dictatorial regime in Singapore. My writings continue to be read in Singapore and people all over the world who have an interest in the country.
So when Singapore puts out a false statement that it has a credible legal system in the island, it will be read together with my reports which refutes such claims as nonsense.
And because there is ample evidence that Singapore misuses the law for it's politcal ends, what I write is more likely to be believed than what they write.
It is impossible to know exactly how much damage it does to Singapore's efforts to hoodwink the the rest of the world and Singaporeans, but no doubt some damage is being done.
I am hoping others in the world who know Singapore would take the effort to say it as it is without fear and better still, when Singaporeans themselves take heart and do it within Singapore, openly criticizing the dictators and their unjust system, not incognito, but openly identifying themselves.
On that day, when that happens, Singapore will finally become free.
As for Gopalan Nair, I hope they will not resort to eliminating me through assassination; because that is all they can do to shut me up.
Short of that happening, Lee Kuan Yew can expect these pages to continue full steam ahead.
And it's unstoppable readership to grow a hundred fold.
And I thank every reader for their support and their work in disseminating it.
Thank you my friends.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
I have read more than once that Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew has run out of ideas on what to do with the troublesome Gopalan Nair.
Which naturally gives me a great deal of satisfaction.
The problem with my situation, as far as they are concerned, is this. Singapore Dissident is a blog that can be read by Singaporeans and anyone else in the world. They naturally don't like what I write and they don't want local Singaporeans to read it, because it gives the locals, undesirable ideas, such as opposing the despotic regime.
Let me give you an example. I write in my blog that Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's Minister Mentor is a thief because he pays himself $3.7 million a year and much more secretly. My description of him as a thief is therefore accurate.
Therefore reasonably, I should be able to say this in Singapore or elsewhere in the world.
In Singapore however I cannot say this even if it is true, because there is no rule of law and the dictatorship will have me arrested. So no one in Singapore will dare to say this.
However because I live in California, I can say this with impunity, simply because it is true. And since there is rule of law in America, I do not have to fear arrest.
And this difference in what one can say depending on where one is situated is what makes Lee Kuan Yew and his Singapore lackeys mad.
From California, I not only criticize Lee Kuan Yew and his government as a bunch of thieves, I also call them corrupt and a government that manages to say in power by misusing the law.
And all these are facts.
As it is I am already causing tremendous damage to this dictatorial regime in Singapore. My writings continue to be read in Singapore and people all over the world who have an interest in the country.
So when Singapore puts out a false statement that it has a credible legal system in the island, it will be read together with my reports which refutes such claims as nonsense.
And because there is ample evidence that Singapore misuses the law for it's politcal ends, what I write is more likely to be believed than what they write.
It is impossible to know exactly how much damage it does to Singapore's efforts to hoodwink the the rest of the world and Singaporeans, but no doubt some damage is being done.
I am hoping others in the world who know Singapore would take the effort to say it as it is without fear and better still, when Singaporeans themselves take heart and do it within Singapore, openly criticizing the dictators and their unjust system, not incognito, but openly identifying themselves.
On that day, when that happens, Singapore will finally become free.
As for Gopalan Nair, I hope they will not resort to eliminating me through assassination; because that is all they can do to shut me up.
Short of that happening, Lee Kuan Yew can expect these pages to continue full steam ahead.
And it's unstoppable readership to grow a hundred fold.
And I thank every reader for their support and their work in disseminating it.
Thank you my friends.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Singapore. A word of thanks to Singapore Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng for sending Dr. Chee Soon Juan to jail for a week for distributing a flyer.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
No, I have not gone out of my mind when I say this.
If you really thought about it, we have to thank Singapore Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng for sending Dr. Chee Soon Juan to jail for a week for distributing a flyer.
What I am trying to do just as everyone else who wants to see democracy in Singapore, is to expose the repressive policies and the abuse of law in Singapore.
And each time Lee Kuan Yew and his minions abuse the constitution, the law and the rights of Singaporeans, the cause of freedom moves ahead one step closer to it's goal, as even more people are reminded yet again how bad it has become.
And now, with this Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng sending Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Gandhi Ambalam and Chee Siok Chin to jail for a week each just for distributing a flyer, this judge has in fact served the cause of freedom in Singapore by demonstrating to the world, yet again that Singapore has no rule of law and the Constitution has no more value than scratch paper.
These are the astonishing facts, (astonishing because no one should ever be arrested let alone convicted on these facts) in this case.
On Sept 06, 2006 outside Raffles City Shopping Center, in downtown Singapore, a few days before the World Bank/ International Monetary Fund Meeting, Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Gandhi and Siok Chin had distributed a leaflet which contained the words "Tired of being voiceless 2nd class citizens in your own country without any rights? Sick of ministers paying themselves millions of dollars while they tell you to keep making sacrifices for Singapore?".
You may not believe this if you are not Singaporean but truly, just for distributing a flyer containing these words to the public, Singapore District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng on Friday December 18, 2009 in the Subordinate Courts of Singapore, sent these 3 Singaporeans to jail for a week!
Each time a tyrant abuses the law to punish his opponents unjustly, the victim of course suffers harm, but in fact the tyrant hurts himself much more. It is in fact one more nail in his own coffin.
Lee Kuan Yew and his servants and minions can say, as many times as they want, through their state controlled newspapers, lies and half truths that they have rule of law but each time one of his judges does this sort of thing, no one in his right mind can ever believe them! A false judgment such as this proves as plain as daylight that if Singapore has rule of law, then the moon is made of cheese after all!
By helping to expose these injustices, such as, by this judge sending these innocent citizens to jail, he is clearly and categorically confirming yet again that Singapore has no real laws to speak of, its courts are no better than Kangaroo courts and the law is what pleases Lee Kuan Yew at any point of time.
This decision, as with all the other unashamed blatant instances of the abuse of law, will continue to subject the Singapore legal system and it's judges to derision, odium, ridicule and contempt in the eyes of right thinking Singaporeans and will help to hasten the end of this one party dictatorship sooner than we think.
And for that we have to thank Lee Kuan Yew's judge Ch'ng Lye Beng. He is, if you really thought about it, on the side of freedom and the rule of law. He has helped to expose once again the misuse of the law in Singapore. Thank you very much, Ch'ng Lye Beng.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
No, I have not gone out of my mind when I say this.
If you really thought about it, we have to thank Singapore Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng for sending Dr. Chee Soon Juan to jail for a week for distributing a flyer.
What I am trying to do just as everyone else who wants to see democracy in Singapore, is to expose the repressive policies and the abuse of law in Singapore.
And each time Lee Kuan Yew and his minions abuse the constitution, the law and the rights of Singaporeans, the cause of freedom moves ahead one step closer to it's goal, as even more people are reminded yet again how bad it has become.
And now, with this Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng sending Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Gandhi Ambalam and Chee Siok Chin to jail for a week each just for distributing a flyer, this judge has in fact served the cause of freedom in Singapore by demonstrating to the world, yet again that Singapore has no rule of law and the Constitution has no more value than scratch paper.
These are the astonishing facts, (astonishing because no one should ever be arrested let alone convicted on these facts) in this case.
On Sept 06, 2006 outside Raffles City Shopping Center, in downtown Singapore, a few days before the World Bank/ International Monetary Fund Meeting, Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Gandhi and Siok Chin had distributed a leaflet which contained the words "Tired of being voiceless 2nd class citizens in your own country without any rights? Sick of ministers paying themselves millions of dollars while they tell you to keep making sacrifices for Singapore?".
You may not believe this if you are not Singaporean but truly, just for distributing a flyer containing these words to the public, Singapore District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng on Friday December 18, 2009 in the Subordinate Courts of Singapore, sent these 3 Singaporeans to jail for a week!
Each time a tyrant abuses the law to punish his opponents unjustly, the victim of course suffers harm, but in fact the tyrant hurts himself much more. It is in fact one more nail in his own coffin.
Lee Kuan Yew and his servants and minions can say, as many times as they want, through their state controlled newspapers, lies and half truths that they have rule of law but each time one of his judges does this sort of thing, no one in his right mind can ever believe them! A false judgment such as this proves as plain as daylight that if Singapore has rule of law, then the moon is made of cheese after all!
By helping to expose these injustices, such as, by this judge sending these innocent citizens to jail, he is clearly and categorically confirming yet again that Singapore has no real laws to speak of, its courts are no better than Kangaroo courts and the law is what pleases Lee Kuan Yew at any point of time.
This decision, as with all the other unashamed blatant instances of the abuse of law, will continue to subject the Singapore legal system and it's judges to derision, odium, ridicule and contempt in the eyes of right thinking Singaporeans and will help to hasten the end of this one party dictatorship sooner than we think.
And for that we have to thank Lee Kuan Yew's judge Ch'ng Lye Beng. He is, if you really thought about it, on the side of freedom and the rule of law. He has helped to expose once again the misuse of the law in Singapore. Thank you very much, Ch'ng Lye Beng.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
A letter from Ding Ting in London
THE USE OF "ASIAN VALUES" BY THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT, SINGAPORE'S PENAL SYSTEM AND SOCIETY AT LARGE.
The Singapore government likes to use "Asian values" and "Asian culture" to explain the things that are “uniquely Singapore”. Caning, death sentences, police permits for assembly and speech, harsh penal punishment, a parliament that is one party with about 82 out of 84 MPs from the PAP, and the list goes on and on.
Singaporeans are always told that western liberal democracy do not work well in Singapore because we are Asian. And today, I have read online K. Shanmugam said in the newspapers that liberal democracy leads to slower development and a lower quality of life, with more tensions within our society.
The newspapers are state controlled by the way. No wonder the news are always bright and cheery and the only complaints that get published are those about mrt, buses, and all kinds of minor issues. Publishing them allows the newspaper to say "Look we do publish criticism too alright!” In reality, you will never get an article in the newspaper saying that “PAP’s policy on xxxx is a failure and it doesn’t work at all” which the British, Americans and citizens of the free world receive.
Back to K Shanmugam’s point that liberal democracy leads to lower quality of life and slower development.
Well, I guess liberal democracy does indeed lead to lower quality of life and more tension within society. That is why Europe, North America , Australia and New Zealand all have lower quality of life compared to Singapore. It is also true that liberal democracy leads to slower development which explains why many of these countries have GDP per capita (nominal) that are 10k USD or more than Singapore. These countries are all in chaos and their citizens are suffering indeed.
Perverted versions of democracy such as those in Russia, Malaysia and Singapore lead to higher quality of life. People in these countries are living the high life.
It is also apparent that the Americans, Europeans and Australians are all dying to give up their citizenships for a Singaporean one because Singapore's system works so much better, or so we are told by the government.
Oh hang on..... it is actually the other way around. Singaporeans are dying to immigrate into Australia, North America and Europe. These countries have a much higher quality of life and lesser tension within society. At my recent class gathering 4 years ago, I found that 40% of my ex classmates are now living in these countries.
Mr K. Shanmugam goes on to say that only the PAP can deliver good governance.
I have no doubt about that Mr K. Shanmugam. I have learnt over my years in Singapore (when I was still in Singapore) that the PAP are god sent. They are men and women of the highest calibre that cannot be found anywhere else in Singapore or the world.
Mr K. Shanmugam then goes on to mention something about younger voters being more educated and demanding liberal democracy. He then goes on to argue that the best systems are those that fit the society they govern.
Firstly, you either have democracy or you do not. What is democracy if it is not liberal? What in the world is a “closed democracy”? It is not democracy at all. Such democracies are pseudo democracies or hybrid regimes. A hybrid regime is what the Economist classifies Singapore as in its 2008 democracy index survey.
Yes, the younger educated voters will demand democracy. You cannot lie and pull wool over their eyes like you can do with the uneducated voters who can hardly string together a proper sentence in English. The educated voters will be able to discern and make the right decisions. They have seen the world. They know what is right and wrong. They know the best way forward.
The question is, can democracy exist in predominantly Chinese societies? Or is the Singapore government right in saying that as Asians, we do not yearn for democracy and democracy cannot work in Asian/Chinese societies, it is our Asian culture.
The truth is liberal democracy can exist in predominantly Chinese society.
There are only 4 countries in the world that are predominantly Chinese - China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
China is a communistic country, no doubt about it. But look deeper and you would see their citizens are busy immigrating to Europe, North America and even Singapore. I am sure we all have witnessed the growth of the PRC populace in Singapore. Why? They want a better life that is why. They want to enjoy more democracy, more rights. They want to have human dignity.
Hong Kong is now part of China. It is governed under the "one country two systems" rule. Just recently, Hong Kongers took to the streets in hundreds of thousands to march for democracy and universal suffrage. Hong Kongers are especially critical towards interference from the Chinese government in their territory. In 1997, when Hong Kong was to be handed over to communistic China, Hong Kongers were running all over the world desperate to take up a second citizenship before the handover. Hong Kong politicians were practically begging the British to grant them right of abode in the UK so they can escape communist rule. This goes to show how much Hong Kongers value their democracy and rights.
Taiwan has also showed that democracy can function in a majority Chinese society. The Taiwanese are certainly not western, in fact they don’t even speak English at all yet taiwan has a functioning democracy that ranks 33rd in the world. The Taiwanese refuse to rejoin mainland China for this very reason. They would rather risk open war with China than give up their democracy and rights. In Taiwan, there is a healthy functioning liberal democracy. The people have smiles on their faces.
Taiwan has showed that democracy can function in an Asian or Chinese society. The reality in Hong Kong, China and Singapore has showed that Chinese people year to live free. They yearn to have rights and democracy.
Liberal democracy is hardly a western concept like what Singapore's government would have us believe. How do you define western in the first place? To define something as western and eastern is very infantile. Each sovereign country has its own culture and language. Even in western Europe alone, each country has a distinct language and culture. A German can hardly understand a British. An American can hardly understand a Taiwanese. Yet they come together in their respect for human rights and democracy.
Even in the UK, they have had a long history of dictatorship under the monarch. They have had a terrible history of human rights abuses and torture. Not unlike Singapore, they used to hang and cane people in their recent history. But do they sit around and say lets continue such practices because it is part of British culture? No. They look forward, they choose to change for the better. They do not choose to say this is the British way of doing things and we must have such a system (dictatorship, caning, hanging, torture machines, taking children from their parents and sending them to far away places) in place to fit our society.
The same goes for the French, Germans, Taiwanese, Japanese, Australians, and every other enlightened nations in the world. They all had histories of human right abuses and torture. They all chose to change things and not wallow in their close mindedness and say, lets continue on as it is part of our culture.
The Singapore government likes to keep saying that this is our "Asian" culture, hence, we have to avoid liberal democracy. Hence, we cane people and hang people. Hence, we use very harsh punishment even for minor criminal offences.
To understand how ridiculous many of the punishments in Singapore are as compared to international standards, I will compare the punishment for some offences in Singapore against Australia.
Petty drug use - In Singapore it is 9 months jail. In Australia, it is a very small fine.
Drug trafficking - In Singapore it is the death penalty. In Australia, it is 6-9 years jail.
Overstaying your work visa for 3 months - In Singapore you will be jailed and caned. Permanent scars will be left on your buttocks. In Australia, they won't even jail you. They will just invite you for a chat and book you on the next plane home.
Almost every punishment in Singapore is manifestly excessive by international standards to be honest. The punishments DO NOT fit the crimes. Why? Because Singaporean's have no or little individual rights. That is the truth.
Or if you choose to believe the government, it is due to "Asian values". No doubt, there are plenty more perverted explanations the government can come up with to pull the wool over your eyes.
So is the Singapore government really a fervent believer in "Asian values" as they would have us believe?
Asian values dictate that you serve public office without wishing for extreme riches, you serve because you want to better society and your country. These are the teachings of Confucius and many Chinese heroes, "Yue Fei" being one of them.
If our MPs truly believe in their own trumpeted version of "Asian values", why do they raise their salaries into the highest in the world then? The Top 30 highest paid politicians in the world are all from Singapore!
A friend of mine once joked that Chen Shui Bian of Taiwan should not have embezzled 15 million USD. He should have taken a leaf out of Singapore's book and raised his own salary legally to 3 million USD a year by passing a bill in parliament. Within 5 years, he would have 15 million USD in bank.
Why does the Singapore government honour dictators like "Prime Minister" Thein Sein of Myanmar who plunder and murder their own people by naming flowers after them? (Dendrobium Thein Sein).
In Singapore, the teenage vandal gets caned and jailed while a dictator who subverted the will of democracy in his own country and abused human rights has a flower named after him along with the whole suite of VIP treatment. What a joke.
I can understand a government playing host to Myammese dictators to facilitate talks to advance human rights and help the people of Myanmar. But when a government names flowers in honour of dictators, it disgusts me to no end.
In all other developed countries such as America, Canada, UK, their cabinet ministers have no problem commanding million dollar salaries in the private sector too. But they do not demand million dollar wages as MPs. Why? Because they know it is public service, the spirit is in serving the taxpayers and country, not the tax payers and country serving them.
Also, unlike private sector jobs where you can be sacked at an instant, MPs have security of tenure for half a decade. The fame gained in public service would also provide many lucrative opportunities once one retire from public service. It would be ridiculous to peg public sector MP wages to private sector.
"Asian values" are used by Singapore government when it is convenient and when it advances their agenda. "Asian values" are thrown out the window when it is does not advance their agenda.
I am Chinese too. The Chinese certainly did not invent paper by insisting that their culture is to use stones. The Chinese also did not invent cannons and gunpowder by insisting that their culture is to use wooden arrows.
The bottom line is this - Every improvement in society and science is made by looking forward and not backwards. Yet the Singapore government continues to look backwards and say that “Asian values” dictates Singapore cannot do this or that.
Singapore has shown that the government can build an elaborate system that claims to be "democratic", yet go against the spirit of democracy by utilising their grip on parliament to amend the constitution and pass numerous laws to severely maim the practice of democracy in reality.
This is the main reason why a multi party parliament and democracy must exist in Singapore.
Democracy exists in Taiwan, that is the reason why Chen Shui Bian couldn’t legally raise his wages to 3 million USD a year even if he wanted to. The parliament in Taiwan, being democratic and multi party would certainly have not accepted such a ridiculous preposition.
When Singapore mentions the words "Asian values" you better run and hide because it is most likely bad news for you. Most of the time, "Asian values" has become nothing more than a code word to take away the citizens' rights and dignity.
Asian values!
RUN!!!
In my case I have ran all the way to Europe.
Sincerely,
Ding Ting In London
(Proud citizen of the UK now).
The Singapore government likes to use "Asian values" and "Asian culture" to explain the things that are “uniquely Singapore”. Caning, death sentences, police permits for assembly and speech, harsh penal punishment, a parliament that is one party with about 82 out of 84 MPs from the PAP, and the list goes on and on.
Singaporeans are always told that western liberal democracy do not work well in Singapore because we are Asian. And today, I have read online K. Shanmugam said in the newspapers that liberal democracy leads to slower development and a lower quality of life, with more tensions within our society.
The newspapers are state controlled by the way. No wonder the news are always bright and cheery and the only complaints that get published are those about mrt, buses, and all kinds of minor issues. Publishing them allows the newspaper to say "Look we do publish criticism too alright!” In reality, you will never get an article in the newspaper saying that “PAP’s policy on xxxx is a failure and it doesn’t work at all” which the British, Americans and citizens of the free world receive.
Back to K Shanmugam’s point that liberal democracy leads to lower quality of life and slower development.
Well, I guess liberal democracy does indeed lead to lower quality of life and more tension within society. That is why Europe, North America , Australia and New Zealand all have lower quality of life compared to Singapore. It is also true that liberal democracy leads to slower development which explains why many of these countries have GDP per capita (nominal) that are 10k USD or more than Singapore. These countries are all in chaos and their citizens are suffering indeed.
Perverted versions of democracy such as those in Russia, Malaysia and Singapore lead to higher quality of life. People in these countries are living the high life.
It is also apparent that the Americans, Europeans and Australians are all dying to give up their citizenships for a Singaporean one because Singapore's system works so much better, or so we are told by the government.
Oh hang on..... it is actually the other way around. Singaporeans are dying to immigrate into Australia, North America and Europe. These countries have a much higher quality of life and lesser tension within society. At my recent class gathering 4 years ago, I found that 40% of my ex classmates are now living in these countries.
Mr K. Shanmugam goes on to say that only the PAP can deliver good governance.
I have no doubt about that Mr K. Shanmugam. I have learnt over my years in Singapore (when I was still in Singapore) that the PAP are god sent. They are men and women of the highest calibre that cannot be found anywhere else in Singapore or the world.
Mr K. Shanmugam then goes on to mention something about younger voters being more educated and demanding liberal democracy. He then goes on to argue that the best systems are those that fit the society they govern.
Firstly, you either have democracy or you do not. What is democracy if it is not liberal? What in the world is a “closed democracy”? It is not democracy at all. Such democracies are pseudo democracies or hybrid regimes. A hybrid regime is what the Economist classifies Singapore as in its 2008 democracy index survey.
Yes, the younger educated voters will demand democracy. You cannot lie and pull wool over their eyes like you can do with the uneducated voters who can hardly string together a proper sentence in English. The educated voters will be able to discern and make the right decisions. They have seen the world. They know what is right and wrong. They know the best way forward.
The question is, can democracy exist in predominantly Chinese societies? Or is the Singapore government right in saying that as Asians, we do not yearn for democracy and democracy cannot work in Asian/Chinese societies, it is our Asian culture.
The truth is liberal democracy can exist in predominantly Chinese society.
There are only 4 countries in the world that are predominantly Chinese - China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
China is a communistic country, no doubt about it. But look deeper and you would see their citizens are busy immigrating to Europe, North America and even Singapore. I am sure we all have witnessed the growth of the PRC populace in Singapore. Why? They want a better life that is why. They want to enjoy more democracy, more rights. They want to have human dignity.
Hong Kong is now part of China. It is governed under the "one country two systems" rule. Just recently, Hong Kongers took to the streets in hundreds of thousands to march for democracy and universal suffrage. Hong Kongers are especially critical towards interference from the Chinese government in their territory. In 1997, when Hong Kong was to be handed over to communistic China, Hong Kongers were running all over the world desperate to take up a second citizenship before the handover. Hong Kong politicians were practically begging the British to grant them right of abode in the UK so they can escape communist rule. This goes to show how much Hong Kongers value their democracy and rights.
Taiwan has also showed that democracy can function in a majority Chinese society. The Taiwanese are certainly not western, in fact they don’t even speak English at all yet taiwan has a functioning democracy that ranks 33rd in the world. The Taiwanese refuse to rejoin mainland China for this very reason. They would rather risk open war with China than give up their democracy and rights. In Taiwan, there is a healthy functioning liberal democracy. The people have smiles on their faces.
Taiwan has showed that democracy can function in an Asian or Chinese society. The reality in Hong Kong, China and Singapore has showed that Chinese people year to live free. They yearn to have rights and democracy.
Liberal democracy is hardly a western concept like what Singapore's government would have us believe. How do you define western in the first place? To define something as western and eastern is very infantile. Each sovereign country has its own culture and language. Even in western Europe alone, each country has a distinct language and culture. A German can hardly understand a British. An American can hardly understand a Taiwanese. Yet they come together in their respect for human rights and democracy.
Even in the UK, they have had a long history of dictatorship under the monarch. They have had a terrible history of human rights abuses and torture. Not unlike Singapore, they used to hang and cane people in their recent history. But do they sit around and say lets continue such practices because it is part of British culture? No. They look forward, they choose to change for the better. They do not choose to say this is the British way of doing things and we must have such a system (dictatorship, caning, hanging, torture machines, taking children from their parents and sending them to far away places) in place to fit our society.
The same goes for the French, Germans, Taiwanese, Japanese, Australians, and every other enlightened nations in the world. They all had histories of human right abuses and torture. They all chose to change things and not wallow in their close mindedness and say, lets continue on as it is part of our culture.
The Singapore government likes to keep saying that this is our "Asian" culture, hence, we have to avoid liberal democracy. Hence, we cane people and hang people. Hence, we use very harsh punishment even for minor criminal offences.
To understand how ridiculous many of the punishments in Singapore are as compared to international standards, I will compare the punishment for some offences in Singapore against Australia.
Petty drug use - In Singapore it is 9 months jail. In Australia, it is a very small fine.
Drug trafficking - In Singapore it is the death penalty. In Australia, it is 6-9 years jail.
Overstaying your work visa for 3 months - In Singapore you will be jailed and caned. Permanent scars will be left on your buttocks. In Australia, they won't even jail you. They will just invite you for a chat and book you on the next plane home.
Almost every punishment in Singapore is manifestly excessive by international standards to be honest. The punishments DO NOT fit the crimes. Why? Because Singaporean's have no or little individual rights. That is the truth.
Or if you choose to believe the government, it is due to "Asian values". No doubt, there are plenty more perverted explanations the government can come up with to pull the wool over your eyes.
So is the Singapore government really a fervent believer in "Asian values" as they would have us believe?
Asian values dictate that you serve public office without wishing for extreme riches, you serve because you want to better society and your country. These are the teachings of Confucius and many Chinese heroes, "Yue Fei" being one of them.
If our MPs truly believe in their own trumpeted version of "Asian values", why do they raise their salaries into the highest in the world then? The Top 30 highest paid politicians in the world are all from Singapore!
A friend of mine once joked that Chen Shui Bian of Taiwan should not have embezzled 15 million USD. He should have taken a leaf out of Singapore's book and raised his own salary legally to 3 million USD a year by passing a bill in parliament. Within 5 years, he would have 15 million USD in bank.
Why does the Singapore government honour dictators like "Prime Minister" Thein Sein of Myanmar who plunder and murder their own people by naming flowers after them? (Dendrobium Thein Sein).
In Singapore, the teenage vandal gets caned and jailed while a dictator who subverted the will of democracy in his own country and abused human rights has a flower named after him along with the whole suite of VIP treatment. What a joke.
I can understand a government playing host to Myammese dictators to facilitate talks to advance human rights and help the people of Myanmar. But when a government names flowers in honour of dictators, it disgusts me to no end.
In all other developed countries such as America, Canada, UK, their cabinet ministers have no problem commanding million dollar salaries in the private sector too. But they do not demand million dollar wages as MPs. Why? Because they know it is public service, the spirit is in serving the taxpayers and country, not the tax payers and country serving them.
Also, unlike private sector jobs where you can be sacked at an instant, MPs have security of tenure for half a decade. The fame gained in public service would also provide many lucrative opportunities once one retire from public service. It would be ridiculous to peg public sector MP wages to private sector.
"Asian values" are used by Singapore government when it is convenient and when it advances their agenda. "Asian values" are thrown out the window when it is does not advance their agenda.
I am Chinese too. The Chinese certainly did not invent paper by insisting that their culture is to use stones. The Chinese also did not invent cannons and gunpowder by insisting that their culture is to use wooden arrows.
The bottom line is this - Every improvement in society and science is made by looking forward and not backwards. Yet the Singapore government continues to look backwards and say that “Asian values” dictates Singapore cannot do this or that.
Singapore has shown that the government can build an elaborate system that claims to be "democratic", yet go against the spirit of democracy by utilising their grip on parliament to amend the constitution and pass numerous laws to severely maim the practice of democracy in reality.
This is the main reason why a multi party parliament and democracy must exist in Singapore.
Democracy exists in Taiwan, that is the reason why Chen Shui Bian couldn’t legally raise his wages to 3 million USD a year even if he wanted to. The parliament in Taiwan, being democratic and multi party would certainly have not accepted such a ridiculous preposition.
When Singapore mentions the words "Asian values" you better run and hide because it is most likely bad news for you. Most of the time, "Asian values" has become nothing more than a code word to take away the citizens' rights and dignity.
Asian values!
RUN!!!
In my case I have ran all the way to Europe.
Sincerely,
Ding Ting In London
(Proud citizen of the UK now).
Friday, December 18, 2009
Singapore's role models, a bunch of crooks.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You would expect any government to see to it, their leaders are seen to be men of integrity. That is provided of course that it needs the support of it's people.
Not so in Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore. They don't need your support. What they need is your obedience, your fear of them, which they ensure by force; just as you will expect from a military government during wartime; and that my friend is present day Singapore.
Take Lee Kuan Yew, the Singapore strongman. Does he care what people think when he pays himself $3.7 million a year and a lot more secretly? And what sort of a role model is that for a leader of a country, who is seen no better than a thief!
Take his controlling every newspaper in the country. What is he, a leader of a democratic country or is he a fascist? Does he care what people think? Not one bit!
Take his handpicked Tamil Indian Minister for Law K Shanmugam. Does he care that people think of him no better than a errand boy for the predominantly Chinese government in Singapore; being selected as a show piece for the Indian Singapore community as an example of Lee Kuan Yew's racial fair mindedness! Recall Tariq Aziz, the former foreign minister, a Catholic in Sadam Hussein's government of Iraq, a member of a community whom he would have normally eliminated in ethnic cleansing.
Take his judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean who is shamelessly willing to send Dr. Chee Soon Juan to prison and abuse the law to bankrupt him with monstrous damage awards merely because he criticized her master Lee Kuan Yew and his son. Is this the sort of role model for a judge in Singapore, a woman without any scruples or shame whatsoever, who would be prepared shamelessly to "prostitute her position as a judge for personal gain".
Take the journalists who work for the state controlled press in Singapore who daily write propaganda in praise of Lee Kuan Yew and his government while denying any right of reply or publicity for the ideas of those in opposition? Are these the sort of journalists that are the role models for men and women aspiring to careers in journalism?
Take the average Singaporean father and mother. What sort of people are they? Simply cowards. Their standard advice to their children is better to live like a coward in fear of Lee Kuan Yew, than to stand your ground on principle, integrity and conviction. These children quietly go about their lives in Singapore totally indifferent to whatever goes round about them that affect their lives. What sort of cowards are these. The children of these Singapore parents?
They are a bunch of cowardly yes men and women without any integrity or courage whatsoever. A bunch of bums. The lot of them.
But there are a few and a growing number who are different. Lee Kuan Yew and his fascist government misunderstand Singaporeans. They are all not as helpless or ignorant as you think. Those who have the knowledge of this abuse and the education to go with it, are simply withdrawing cooperation to such a government.
They are resigning from government positions. More and more of the young refuse to enter government service for the shame and lack of any integrity that goes with the job.
With my writing and that of others, a growing number of Singaporeans are beginning to realize that doing nothing is not an option but a recipe for disaster. And they are beginning to realize that it is shameful to live in bondage and what is more, there is no need to live like that.
Singaporeans are also keenly aware that the 86 year old bully Lee Kuan Yew has to weaken and die, if not today, at least tomorrow. So they are beginning to realize that something has to be done, and they are beginning to do it.
I have received information that young students have made copies of these blog postings and have begun to distribute them at street corners such as Orchard Road. Many have been actively and continually distributing information about this blog Singapore Dissident to their friends and thereby increasing the readership. All these are good signs which can only mean a change for the better.
So don't let up, expose these crooks, because that is exactly what they are.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
You would expect any government to see to it, their leaders are seen to be men of integrity. That is provided of course that it needs the support of it's people.
Not so in Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore. They don't need your support. What they need is your obedience, your fear of them, which they ensure by force; just as you will expect from a military government during wartime; and that my friend is present day Singapore.
Take Lee Kuan Yew, the Singapore strongman. Does he care what people think when he pays himself $3.7 million a year and a lot more secretly? And what sort of a role model is that for a leader of a country, who is seen no better than a thief!
Take his controlling every newspaper in the country. What is he, a leader of a democratic country or is he a fascist? Does he care what people think? Not one bit!
Take his handpicked Tamil Indian Minister for Law K Shanmugam. Does he care that people think of him no better than a errand boy for the predominantly Chinese government in Singapore; being selected as a show piece for the Indian Singapore community as an example of Lee Kuan Yew's racial fair mindedness! Recall Tariq Aziz, the former foreign minister, a Catholic in Sadam Hussein's government of Iraq, a member of a community whom he would have normally eliminated in ethnic cleansing.
Take his judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean who is shamelessly willing to send Dr. Chee Soon Juan to prison and abuse the law to bankrupt him with monstrous damage awards merely because he criticized her master Lee Kuan Yew and his son. Is this the sort of role model for a judge in Singapore, a woman without any scruples or shame whatsoever, who would be prepared shamelessly to "prostitute her position as a judge for personal gain".
Take the journalists who work for the state controlled press in Singapore who daily write propaganda in praise of Lee Kuan Yew and his government while denying any right of reply or publicity for the ideas of those in opposition? Are these the sort of journalists that are the role models for men and women aspiring to careers in journalism?
Take the average Singaporean father and mother. What sort of people are they? Simply cowards. Their standard advice to their children is better to live like a coward in fear of Lee Kuan Yew, than to stand your ground on principle, integrity and conviction. These children quietly go about their lives in Singapore totally indifferent to whatever goes round about them that affect their lives. What sort of cowards are these. The children of these Singapore parents?
They are a bunch of cowardly yes men and women without any integrity or courage whatsoever. A bunch of bums. The lot of them.
But there are a few and a growing number who are different. Lee Kuan Yew and his fascist government misunderstand Singaporeans. They are all not as helpless or ignorant as you think. Those who have the knowledge of this abuse and the education to go with it, are simply withdrawing cooperation to such a government.
They are resigning from government positions. More and more of the young refuse to enter government service for the shame and lack of any integrity that goes with the job.
With my writing and that of others, a growing number of Singaporeans are beginning to realize that doing nothing is not an option but a recipe for disaster. And they are beginning to realize that it is shameful to live in bondage and what is more, there is no need to live like that.
Singaporeans are also keenly aware that the 86 year old bully Lee Kuan Yew has to weaken and die, if not today, at least tomorrow. So they are beginning to realize that something has to be done, and they are beginning to do it.
I have received information that young students have made copies of these blog postings and have begun to distribute them at street corners such as Orchard Road. Many have been actively and continually distributing information about this blog Singapore Dissident to their friends and thereby increasing the readership. All these are good signs which can only mean a change for the better.
So don't let up, expose these crooks, because that is exactly what they are.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
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