Singapre’s “politicians having a phobia of being attacked by either Malaysia or Indonesia . . . ”

Jakarta invaded the tiny East Timor in 1975.

Mr Sheikh Ridingcherokee do you do comtemporary history?

“I live in Malaysia and Singaporean to us is a race of mechanical or computerized Robots with gross attitute problems and its politicians having a phobia of being attacked by either Malaysia or Indonesia or both together.”

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2183&Itemid=178

Check out above. You’re darn right we have the phobia. So what do you suggest we do?

Singapore does not have them. We have on PM under the armpits of papa. And an old man who seems to be unable to die.

Hi, your first part is credible, but there is no need for you to point any fingers or criticise anyone…. People who reads it may take offence. =)

Crude = weakness
Refine = power, strength

If you point fingers, or has any unproven accusations, like many others above who resort to using insults and sarcasms to prove their points, it will just make your credible ideas sound weak. =)

Thanks for sharing a good life in Canada. For one iota, Singaporeans will suffer under the prolonged rule of PAP if change is not courageous made by the very people under such authoritarian, despotic and neopotic rule of a one party failure system.

Critics should confine comments to context of the article. History of gun ownership and racial atrocities towards natives and other races are irrelevant in this forum.

Likewise, the blatant sex trade in Geylang and other HDB neighbourhood cannot be blamed on the Singapore education system. Please do not digress and confuse the readers.

SLK’s self-righteous and authoritative lecture on my ignorance of Canadian history based on his tabloid knowledge of Canadian history is naive and presumptuous on his part. My grandfather paid a $500 head tax to immigrate to Canada more than 80 years ago. He lived through turbulent times of injustice done to Chinese Canadians – the racial riots, burning of Chinatown, job discrimination, the Chinese Exclusion Act, no property ownership bylaw, etc., etc. There were exclusive districts where Chinese were not permitted except if you were servants. The Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1947 and July 1st was named Canada Humiliation Day to remind younger generations of the injustice done and never to be repeated. It is later proclaimed the National Day of Canada.

Most of the issues of injustice mentioned have been addressed and resolved amicably. The Prime Minister of Canada had personally apologized to all Chinese Canadians about the unjust Head Tax directed towards the Chinese Canadians in the past and made financial compensations to all those who suffered. The First Nations (natives) issues were also settled but I would not go into detail due to limited time and space.

Canada has evolved over the past fifty years to be a model for racial harmony. The country has people from practically all parts of the world as citizens living together harmoniously.

My article was written without malice. It was to show the differences between the two education systems and the effects on our children and society. There are pros and cons. In the end, it is to each his own.

I was expelled from school at sec.two in Singapore. Had I not immigrated to Canada, I would never been able to work my way up to be the CEO of a USA medical equipment manufacturing company and put my three children through universities and am now comfortably retired. Everyone is entitled to his opinion and where he wants to live. There is no necessity to use gutter politics to prove your case.

Yours truly,
Cheong Wing Lee

Time and tide wait for no man. We live in this world for such a short period of time. How much time do we have for our loved ones? Spend it on your family, instead of competing excessively and unnecessarily. If you have kids, spend more quality times with them and not push them unnecessarily by forcing them to go for tuitions or do assessment books or whatever. For there is no true gain in the knowledge anyway.

Fortunately, for me, I realize this much earlier than you, and my parents are still around. Time will tell you, how true is what you have said….

Good luck!

So you believe that competing for grades = better grasp of knowledge?
Think again

Thank you for your concerns. Time will tell. =)

our school does teach a bit of critical thinking. In General Paper of JC, we learn to think critically to issues and comment on them.

But with students mainly concern with their grades, most people will definitely invest more time in their main subjects like maths and sciences instead of GP. Because to think critically takes time, but to score well in those subjects is an easier task! Just bury yourself in books and you can do well. Not so for critical thinking. Hence mostly simply cant be bothered with GP, unless it is so much more important to them… like those who already mastered other subjects, or those who want to be lawyers where GP grade is important.

Of course that would preclude having a free press.

I have been working here in Singapore for the last two years and am thinking of doing my masters in Canada. After that I may decide to get a Canadian PR because I believe not only the education system there is better than in Singapore but the social welfare aspects are also better.

The Canadian government takes good care of her people’s welfare, especially the young and the very old. They do not simply brush their old folks aside like what is happening in Singapore over the last few years that I have observed. Therefore, after knowing what the Singapore government is doing with its own people, I am afraid I would not like to be treated as such. That is why I have not applied to become a New Singapore Citizenship when I was offered.

To many of us, we know what the Singapore government’s interest is in offering us the scholarship so freely but we also have our own mind to think for ourselves, to take care of our own individual interests in the long run.

We, of course, appreciate the kindness shown to us but we have to think deeper in the interest of our future and our children’s future.

Singapore is great, but just a stepping stone to assist us in our pursuit of a better future somewhere else!