Comments on: In memory of the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/ a community of Singaporeans Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:50:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jackson Tan http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-73372 Jackson Tan Thu, 14 May 2009 00:22:59 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-73372 I remember, one year ago, when this disaster came, my fellow NUS students from China were very worried and concerned. Sure, to most of them, their families were not directly affected by the incident, but seeing their people suffering from a distant land inflicts them with a helpless pain. A truly terrible incident, and it is quite an insightful collection of lessons that you've raised from this disaster. I remember, one year ago, when this disaster came, my fellow NUS students from China were very worried and concerned. Sure, to most of them, their families were not directly affected by the incident, but seeing their people suffering from a distant land inflicts them with a helpless pain.

A truly terrible incident, and it is quite an insightful collection of lessons that you’ve raised from this disaster.

]]> By: smallvice585 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-73199 smallvice585 Wed, 13 May 2009 04:25:56 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-73199 Hi vkool10% Yes, it is true that the Chinese Government is corrupt but the Sichuan Earthquake revealed that there is national solidarity among the People. One year on and the People are still fighting on for the Earthquake victims. I am not sure if the same could be said on Singaporeans - do we really share any national solidarity? Hi vkool10%

Yes, it is true that the Chinese Government is corrupt but the Sichuan Earthquake revealed that there is national solidarity among the People. One year on and the People are still fighting on for the Earthquake victims. I am not sure if the same could be said on Singaporeans – do we really share any national solidarity?

]]> By: vkool10% http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-73182 vkool10% Wed, 13 May 2009 03:30:27 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-73182 <> A lot of BS in china, govt so corrupt can use public fund to build big shiny magnificent palaces aka 7 Wonders for officials to work at & yet we are giving free $$ to them. The poorer folks there r deaf & mute anyway. Was there even any slight appreciation from their side? They are probably laughing at us: We r rich, big & powerful, ur petty cash is not even nuff for our toilet fee, & dont even think we r related, u Sporean chinese r non-chinese & only PRC r chinese. Whatever so call chinese-cultures practiced here in Spore since ur ancestors' time are long ago revolutionized by our Mao's movement. In fact, from history, since the fall of late Ming, the word chinese Han has long since lost meaning in china <> A lot of BS in china, govt so corrupt can use public fund to build big shiny magnificent palaces aka 7 Wonders for officials to work at & yet we are giving free $$ to them. The poorer folks there r deaf & mute anyway. Was there even any slight appreciation from their side? They are probably laughing at us: We r rich, big & powerful, ur petty cash is not even nuff for our toilet fee, & dont even think we r related, u Sporean chinese r non-chinese & only PRC r chinese. Whatever so call chinese-cultures practiced here in Spore since ur ancestors’ time are long ago revolutionized by our Mao’s movement. In fact, from history, since the fall of late Ming, the word chinese Han has long since lost meaning in china

]]> By: Donaldson Tan http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-73147 Donaldson Tan Wed, 13 May 2009 00:02:23 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-73147 You catch <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8044329.stm" rel="nofollow">the official Memorial Ceremony</a> for the Sichuan Earthquake here. You catch the official Memorial Ceremony for the Sichuan Earthquake here.

]]> By: kueh pisang http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-73099 kueh pisang Tue, 12 May 2009 14:59:30 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-73099 @ #6, i know a certain thio su mien will say otherwise singaporeans are rather generous. though we were not affected, most singaporeans donated rather generously. some even went over to help in the rebuilding process. such an effort is most commendable. remember, dont ever take your love ones for granted @ #6, i know a certain thio su mien will say otherwise

singaporeans are rather generous. though we were not affected, most singaporeans donated rather generously. some even went over to help in the rebuilding process.

such an effort is most commendable.

remember, dont ever take your love ones for granted

]]> By: market2garden http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-73084 market2garden Tue, 12 May 2009 13:52:57 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-73084 1st Anniversary ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqu9qZxphg 1st Anniversary …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqu9qZxphg

]]> By: red dot http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-73077 red dot Tue, 12 May 2009 13:38:08 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-73077 Had the same magnitude earthquake and destruction struck SIngapore, there would be no more Singapore, even with all the few hundred billion dollar reserves! God has been kind to Singapore, both the people and the PAP! Had the same magnitude earthquake and destruction struck SIngapore, there would be no more Singapore, even with all the few hundred billion dollar reserves!

God has been kind to Singapore, both the people and the PAP!

]]> By: smallvice585 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-73037 smallvice585 Tue, 12 May 2009 10:16:43 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-73037 The New York Times report a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/world/asia/06quake.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&hp" rel="nofollow">possible link between a government-owned dam project and the Sichuan Earthquake</a>. Below are 2 exerpts from the NYT report: ---- A Columbia University scientist who studied the quake has said that it may have been triggered by the weight of 320 million tons of water in the Zipingpu Reservoir less than a mile from a well-known major fault. His conclusions, presented to the American Geophysical Union in December, coincide with a new finding by Chinese geophysicists that the dam caused significant seismic changes before the earthquake. ---- Nonetheless, any suggestion that a government project played a role in one of the biggest natural disasters in recent Chinese history is likely to be politically explosive. The issue of government accountability and responsiveness has boiled over in China in the past year. The grieving parents of thousands of schoolchildren killed in the disaster have already made the 7.9-magnitude earthquake a political issue, charging that children died needlessly in unsafe school buildings approved by negligent or corrupt officials. ---- The New York Times report a possible link between a government-owned dam project and the Sichuan Earthquake.

Below are 2 exerpts from the NYT report:

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A Columbia University scientist who studied the quake has said that it may have been triggered by the weight of 320 million tons of water in the Zipingpu Reservoir less than a mile from a well-known major fault. His conclusions, presented to the American Geophysical Union in December, coincide with a new finding by Chinese geophysicists that the dam caused significant seismic changes before the earthquake.
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Nonetheless, any suggestion that a government project played a role in one of the biggest natural disasters in recent Chinese history is likely to be politically explosive. The issue of government accountability and responsiveness has boiled over in China in the past year. The grieving parents of thousands of schoolchildren killed in the disaster have already made the 7.9-magnitude earthquake a political issue, charging that children died needlessly in unsafe school buildings approved by negligent or corrupt officials.
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]]> By: today to remember http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-72909 today to remember Tue, 12 May 2009 00:35:06 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-72909 Thank for the write up..will join in for the one minute observation at 2.28. I was in Xi An when the earthquake occurred which is at the fringe of the earthquake. However, I remembered news on the devastated area as well as epic center came in rather late 2-3 days and about 1week or later respectively. Communication was cut off from chengdu for about 2 days when I tried to contact my colleagues in Chengdu and intermittent for the following week. I went to Chengdu about 1 month later and was shocked to see cracked line on condo. and falling wall tiles not everywhere but visible. Many of my local counterpart volunteer for the aids and accounts of the area was revealed when they came back. These are very young chaps and nationalistic feel was everywhere especially when MNC donated less or celebrities misconduct on the earthquake. China flag was attached to e-mail which at that time I felt uneasy. But I know that fear and mass panic for about 2 months when tremors and rumours was flying around. Thank for refreshing the memory. Thank for the write up..will join in for the one minute observation at 2.28.

I was in Xi An when the earthquake occurred which is at the fringe of the earthquake. However, I remembered news on the devastated area as well as epic center came in rather late 2-3 days and about 1week or later respectively. Communication was cut off from chengdu for about 2 days when I tried to contact my colleagues in Chengdu and intermittent for the following week.

I went to Chengdu about 1 month later and was shocked to see cracked line on condo. and falling wall tiles not everywhere but visible.

Many of my local counterpart volunteer for the aids and accounts of the area was revealed when they came back. These are very young chaps and nationalistic feel was everywhere especially when MNC donated less or celebrities misconduct on the earthquake. China flag was attached to e-mail which at that time I felt uneasy. But I know that fear and mass panic for about 2 months when tremors and rumours was flying around.

Thank for refreshing the memory.

]]> By: tiredman http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-72884 tiredman Mon, 11 May 2009 17:23:06 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-72884 A good leader will lead the people towards a good life. Leader with a selfish thought place their interest above everyone under him. This happened in China and it has been a very sad thing. It is the selfishness that leads to a wealthy country like USA into a series of financial problem and the same greed that put million of people's living at stake. In Singapore, what we are having or most of us are experiencing is the lost of real income. Who will help us? Perhaps no one until something real bad had happened. Anyone whose salary is pegged to GDP will think of his/her benefit more than the people. Will they help her/his people? Perhaps half hearted. Because of selfishness and greed of the leaders, people have to suffer in silence. Let’s pray for the dead souls. A good leader will lead the people towards a good life. Leader with a selfish thought place their interest above everyone under him. This happened in China and it has been a very sad thing. It is the selfishness that leads to a wealthy country like USA into a series of financial problem and the same greed that put million of people’s living at stake.
In Singapore, what we are having or most of us are experiencing is the lost of real income. Who will help us? Perhaps no one until something real bad had happened. Anyone whose salary is pegged to GDP will think of his/her benefit more than the people. Will they help her/his people? Perhaps half hearted.
Because of selfishness and greed of the leaders, people have to suffer in silence.
Let’s pray for the dead souls.

]]> By: Gilbert Goh http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-72869 Gilbert Goh Mon, 11 May 2009 16:33:58 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-72869 This is so true and we should appreciate what we have right here even though there are certain limtations. Count your blessings wherever you are. Life is also short and live the day to its best! Remember to observe a minute of silence at 2.28pm tomorrow as a mark of respect for those killed in the Sichuan earthquake. This is so true and we should appreciate what we have right here even though there are certain limtations.

Count your blessings wherever you are.

Life is also short and live the day to its best!

Remember to observe a minute of silence at 2.28pm tomorrow as a mark of respect for those killed in the Sichuan earthquake.

]]> By: Ghim Moh resident http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-sichuan-earthquake/comment-page-1/#comment-72831 Ghim Moh resident Mon, 11 May 2009 14:40:24 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/?p=9478#comment-72831 We, Singaporeans should count ourselves lucky. Theres no constant wars, no natural devastating disasters, no genocides, no terrorist attacks. We are in safe hands due to our government and our founding fathers. We take such things for granted that we Singaporeans like to complain like in this forum. How many times have we complained that we were hungry despite just having a last meal few hours ago. I can’t think of a better place to live in the world than Singapore. This is my home and it will always be. I will defend with my life if called upon. Peace is somethings we can never take for granted. The world is so chaotic now so lets work hard for our lives, family and country. We, Singaporeans should count ourselves lucky. Theres no constant wars, no natural devastating disasters, no genocides, no terrorist attacks. We are in safe hands due to our government and our founding fathers. We take such things for granted that we Singaporeans like to complain like in this forum. How many times have we complained that we were hungry despite just having a last meal few hours ago.

I can’t think of a better place to live in the world than Singapore. This is my home and it will always be. I will defend with my life if called upon. Peace is somethings we can never take for granted. The world is so chaotic now so lets work hard for our lives, family and country.

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