#1 “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

#2 “Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.”

Joseph Goebbels is not exactly the role model most of us would want for anything Singaporean…

http://www.propertyguru.com.sg/news/2010/1/27071/hdb-resale-prices-surge-3-8-to-hit-record-high

Now , all have to be delayed. The price went up again just when i thought i was getting near. The goal post shifted , again, so to speak.

sigh.

i must stop this madness. I have decided. Its this time or no more chance. I dare not imagine my future.

Q: Who knows how many would have voted for the PAP if there is no walkover?
A: ???
See if you can answer this question.
Does the DOS knows too?

Not be surprise if they can cooked up a story later and the whole nation would be a total walkover without anymore GE by just telling you more and more people are threatening the internal security of the nation, possible? yes of course!

interestingly, each and every time, cpf is tweaked with petite interest adjusted, is still unable to meet with the ever increased inflation cost.

for the younger generation, getting to be married before age 30 and a hugh housing loans for 25 – 30 years. By then, both in age 60 – so today cpf for the younger generation is to pay for your H igh D ebt B urdens. don even think that both cpf are sufficient for your gracfully retirement.

ThinkAll @”Debt becomes a social, economic and political control.”
LKY publicly said it is his intention to get singaporeans into debt (read: heavy debt) as a way for them to “have a stake in the system” and not “rock the boat”.
The unsuspecting usual singaporean may think nothing about this and might even agree with him, yes people need to be motivated to work and work towards the better good of singapore – but they only need to realize that this means the PAP government is literally imposing crippling indirect taxes on the people and subject them to a lower standard of living which they would otherwise have. (which could develop a viable domestic market – never quite understood the PAP argument that domestic market is based solely on population size. surely disposable income is a better gauge?)
To add insult to injury, the huge capital proceeds from land and property sales are funneled and redirected eventually to our GLCs Temasek, GIC…etc which suddenly owes no transparency or obligation, or for that matter, pay interest to the people of singapore whose money they used.
Not to mention singapore is a highly volatile economy with no social safety net. High debt exacerbates the financial and social stress on singaporeans which indirectly leads to low, almost non-existent birth rates, which leads to the PAP government having the excuse to import foreigners which further increases the social stress factor.
So perhaps singaporeans should stop and think about the symptoms of their lives and question the root causes of them.

really blur leh, 3room now cost ~S$250000,

how to survive?

economy dont know recover or not?

pray 2010 can help all people in this country…

aiyoyo

Sharing of experience:

As part of SOP, when a point is to be published, it has to be supported by data from certain statistic. So this was the conversation that took place:

Self confessed professional statistician (S) : Sir, what conclusion that you want to derive from this data?

Boss (B): That it is white in color.

Personal Secretary to Boss (P) : But then majority of our data is black. What to do??

S : Don’t worry. As a professional statistician, it is my job to find the right data sampling, with the right statistic method, to produce the right conclusion, that it is white in color.

P : But how can you do that?

S : Leave it to me.

B : That is why I need professional to be around. They know how to work things out in proper way.

So, in simple statistics terms, this is what S did:

1. S tried to find a very complex and recursive sampling procedure that will generate a sampling data that has majority white in color. (Please note that the actual data is majority black in color).
2. Then S tried a find a matching statistic method to produce the desired outcome, that is a conclusion that it is white in color.
3. Having all steps1 and 2 completed, then S and P work together to find justification to each of the above steps, both in statistic and in layman terms.
4. Final conclusion is submitted to B for brainstorming. All likely questions are mapped out, and corresponding answer are formulated.

So, I guess that explains some points that you mentioned about statistic. But then again, not all statistician belong to this category. Many still have true good heart.

1) Do Singpaoreans have the right to know the actual cost?

2) Do HDB have the right to keep the actual cost secret?