Comments on: Pay per view – Nee Soon South new year countdown

By: zen

zen — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:09:56 +0000

Sigh, it’s supposed to be an enjoyable celebration, just get on with life!
Din’t know have to pay until i saw this page i’m not from nee-soon, $2 or $5, chin chai lah! Better than going Marina Bay. The only thing i hate about them is ERP, paying so much yet traffic still jam like donkeys

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:26:25 +0000

“2 dollars or 5 dollars also wanna comprain. typical singaporeans”
Who complain in the first place ? It is the government who complain to themselves and behind the scene about giving it free to lose money as it is now behaving as a commercial entity, and then simply pass the cost to the public, typical government’s mentality.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:21:17 +0000

2 dollars or 5 dollars also wanna comprain. typical singaporeans

By: mm

mm — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:10:13 +0000

i thought they need to pay the residents instead since it’s invading residential space and creating noise to those who want a peaceful time?

By: I also wonder

I also wonder — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:01:01 +0000

Yes Loop,
They cancelled because the ticket sales was bad so money was reimbursed to those that had purchased the tix earlier. But I think its the one on the floating platform not the Marina one.
I also wonder if people at the nearby high level flats manage to peek into the exclusive party? If they can next year might change to underground shelter so no one can hear, see anything from the exclusive celebrations.

By: loop

loop — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:44:36 +0000

Its the same with the countdown party at Marina Bay. U are suppose to pay. There were news that the Marina Bay countdown party tickets were not selling well??

By: stay safe

stay safe — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:41:41 +0000

it depends how much you pay
pay nothing get nothing
pay peanuts get peanuts
pay mountain get mountain
end of the day depends how much you wan to pay

~~~~~ stay safe at TOC
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tip #2: use anonymous web servers or proxies (google for list) to counter tracking

By: tiredsingaporean

tiredsingaporean — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:40:03 +0000

Thats the sure thing will happen to these elites when there is some slight improvement in the economy, worst they may even start paying themselves from those backdated cut or unpaid salaries during the bad times.

By: me

me — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:29:03 +0000

up their pay cheque? the moment the economy has any hints of recovering, their pay cheques will up IMMEDIATELY.

By: xiaoming

xiaoming — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:10:20 +0000

event is sponsor and still need squeeze money from people, when is the next schedule for our elite to up their pay check again?

By: Parka

Parka — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:32:08 +0000

pigscanfly – That’s a very good point. I didn’t think of it myself.

By: pigscanfly

pigscanfly — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:13:56 +0000

to parka, i like your wording: “to keep people away” even though it says it’s for “community bonding”.

if the aim is to manage the crowd, won’t it be better to ask pple to go collect free tickets like what they are STILL doing for ndp???

it’s very obvious, the tc did intend to make some $$$.

By: Gilbert Goh

Gilbert Goh — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:04:26 +0000

I realised that our country is a money making machine. From the moment we step out of our patrents’ apron strings, we are being subjected to monetary pressures. We need to pay for higher HDB houses, ERP charges if we drive, higher fares for MRT and buses, costly taxi meter charges and even tiolet usage that could costs us $0.20 per visit. Kopi kept rising and now I paid $1.00 for one cuppa in my favourite coffee shop.

There is nothing free here except for the air that we breathe and with that we are all being subjected to the 7% GST charges that cut across all people within the country. No one is spared from the poorest to the richest.

One wonders why this obsession to collect so much money for the govt coffers?Are we in desperate shortage of money? The last I heard is that we are almost 300 billion in the black in our reserves. How much did we really lost in our investment pursuit during these past few years? One also wonders why we collect close to $2 billion of sinking funds for the town councils. IS the money used wisely for the good of the people? Are we so kuaisu that we need to over collect to prepare for wild storms ahead?

There is nothing that is free here anymore.

The constant strive to top up the govt coffers is so relentlessly done that one wonders why is this so? The govt also provides so little to the people in terms of welfare incentives. With means testing in effect now, the cut back on healthcare subsidy will certainly be obvious.

PA (public assistance) recipients now collect only a paltry $330 a month. With no unemployment benefit, no pension welfare and certainly no cheap healthcare now, one wonders why the govt collects so much and gives so little away?

Though we are a First world country in status, our people sadly all live in third world condition. The shell looks nice and solid but the core is almost bare and suffering. It is like a durian that looks good on the outside but once you peel off the thorns ,the flesh is rotten and not tasty at all.

We have good HDB houses but were made to break a limb to repay mortgage loans for thirty years. We save up in our CPF but our retirement is always being delayed and the minimum sum keeps rising until we cant really enjoy the fruits of our labour anymore. We have jobs but the wages are so depressed becuase of the foreign talents that we cant really survive well nowadays.

Many people have never step into the Esplanade for a event nor visit any night spot due to the high cost involved. Some even don’t eat in a restaurant for fear of over spending. Many also window shop and don’t buy anything espeically in this current financial crisis.

Many foreigner friends who visited Singapore often ask me why SIngaporeans seldom smile when they are out in the streets. I told them that we are too engrossed on trying to find money to pay up our bills that we cant really smile alot these days.

By: Blindman

Blindman — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:44:01 +0000

Hi all

I think the main logic behind the 2 dollars was to help the poor, This is to discourage the poor from spending 2 dollars , just like the GST was created to help the poor.

It has nothing to do with making a profit…….. or leaving the poor behind.

Staying Together and Moving Ahead…. no one is left behind……….

By: Parka

Parka — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:36:38 +0000

Actually, I think the price for the entry is not to earn profits but to keep the crowd to a manageable size.

In other words, the price is to keep people away.

By: moshedyan

moshedyan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:28:34 +0000

[i]1) A true story. on January 4th, 2009 11.10 am Further to Rafiz Hapipi comments,sad to say, many Singaporeans do not appreciate anything if it is free.

I was told this story by a friend who is helping Tan Kin Lian to help the minibonders.

One volunteer has been told by a minibonder: “I don’t know what is your agenda since you are not an investor”.[/i]

as mentioned before
i am a cold heartless person
in terms of charity
luycky for me
none of my upstairs aunties was burnt in this minibonds fiasco..
i tried to assist whatever way i can
but liked i said before
when elections times
come
they still cried for leekuanyew mederka party…
so
the 33% of us
will alway be
LANLANED………….

By: jefj0901

jefj0901 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:08:00 +0000

I thought all this community concerts are usually free. If they charge then don’t go. Anyway, how exciting can it be with all the “star-studded” line up??

By: A true story.

A true story. — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:10:05 +0000

Further to Rafiz Hapipi comments,sad to say, many Singaporeans do not appreciate anything if it is free.

I was told this story by a friend who is helping Tan Kin Lian to help the minibonders.

One volunteer has been told by a minibonder: “I don’t know what is your agenda since you are not an investor”.

Another volunteer has had misrepresentations made abt him. This person making the representations has also made wild accusations abt Mr Tan.

One other person, treated Mr Tan as though Mr Tan was his servant, making insinuations about him. “Nonetheless, the proof of his sincerity lies in his actions. Would he be willing to disclose all the lawyers that he spoke to, and let the investors make a choice?”.

This after Mr Tan had explained to this person that he (Mr Tan) was not making any recommendation.

While Mr Tan and the two guys have received private emails of support, no minbonder wants to publicly support them, or rebuke the accusers.

By: Cm Liew

Cm Liew — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:59:54 +0000

Holly shit !

By: sobri

sobri — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:29:45 +0000

OK…………..so now we must start preparing early for the National Day celebrations!

Maybe we should hold an auction for NDP tickets! They are in great demand!
So why not?

I suggest 20% of the fund be given to charity.
20% to assist people during the recession
20% to offset the cost of the celebrations
40% to return to the general public , in the form of something like the GST offset.

Thus, even those who do not receive a ticket, or have never got tickets for the past NDP will enjoy something.