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its heartening that the able ones are finally banding together to help the oppressed.
after all that support, hope the chink in the middle show some gratitude.
[h=1]Singapore should 'wean itself off the casino industry': Denise Phua[/h]Ms Phua also called for more to be done to discourage gambling by local residents. She proposed that casino entry fees be raised from S$100, and to change casino entry to an opt-in system so that only those who wish to gamble sign up.
Starting from 7th October this year, pool of numbers from which the six-number combination are selected for the lottery draw will increase from 45 numbers to 49 numbers. Though it may be harder to strike the jackpot, punters may be happy to know that the prize money for the group 1 prize will be increased to a minimum of S$1 million from the previous minimum of $500,000.
Starting from 7th October this year, pool of numbers from which the six-number combination are selected for the lottery draw will increase from 45 numbers to 49 numbers. Though it may be harder to strike the jackpot, punters may be happy to know that the prize money for the group 1 prize will be increased to a minimum of S$1 million from the previous minimum of $500,000.
[h=1]Stayers and quitters, patriots and opportunists[/h]January 7th, 2014 | by The Independent
Asian Economy
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By Augustine Low
A Malaysian Chinese daily has just reported that it carried out a survey which shows that 87 per cent of Malaysians working in Singapore are not interested in taking up citizenship here because “all they want was to earn ‘Sing’ dollars,” and that “they love their homeland Malaysia deeply”. In China, world-famous film director Zhang Yimou recently declared that he gave up his US citizenship when it was no longer useful to him.
These are the latest ominous signs to Singapore, a haven for immigrants and new citizens.
Zhang had been lambasted by fellow Chinese for getting away with violating China’s one-child policy, having fathered three children with his wife Chen Ting. Netizens questioned why he did not have his children in the United States to bypass China’s laws. His studio sent out the message that Zhang had given up his American green card more than a decade ago, adding: “He is Chinese. He wants his children to be Chinese. And he has no regrets about this.”
This immediately soothed public opinion against him. After all, who could argue with such unabashed patriotism?
Zhang had apparently applied for his green card to get his daughter enrolled into an American high school. Once this mission was fulfilled, he had no qualms about giving up his green card.
This is a great example of pragmatism and opportunism dictating the goals of citizenship in today’s world.
In Singapore, we have had numerous foreign sports talents, who, after winning medals and bagging cash, return to their homeland, never to come back to our shores. While here as citizens, they may have played their hearts out for Singapore, but all the time, their hearts were with their motherland.
Who could fault them for their patriotism and attachment to their country of birth? It would have been foolish of us to think that they grew to love their adopted country overnight. They became citizens because opportunity beckoned and once this had played out its course, they returned home.
In the book “One Man’s View of the World”, Lee Kuan Yew made it a point to emphasise that Goh Chok Tong’s daughter had emigrated: “Goh Chok Tong’s daughter married an Englishmen and live near Bradford. He visits his grandchildren who look more Caucasian than Chinese. He tells me they get along with their neighbours. But that’s because they are middle class.”
Lee certainly went out of his way to make this point, because it was an unrelated response to a question about racial tensions in Europe. He might have been a making a point to Goh too, who, when he first became Prime Minister, said that Singapore’s “good sons and daughters are expected to dedicate themselves to help others and to serve the country.”
How many more family members and relatives of our leaders have emigrated or taken up foreign citizenship? Should we feel aggrieved, given that these are the very leaders who call upon us to have more babies, to serve National Service, to accept the influx of foreigners as a necessity?
Those of us who choose to stay rooted to Singapore, despite the lure of greener pastures, should not be taken for granted. We may disagree with the government, we may feel our country is far from perfect, but we stand ready to stand up for Singapore. Recently, I came across an online posting which described patriotism as “unconditional emotional investment in our nation”. It is a good way to put it – to stay always emotionally invested when you have emigrated and are permanently half a world away from your country does not seem plausible.
But being born and bred a Singaporean, and choosing to stay on no matter what, surely that counts as abiding loyalty to one’s country.
Asian Economy
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By Augustine Low
A Malaysian Chinese daily has just reported that it carried out a survey which shows that 87 per cent of Malaysians working in Singapore are not interested in taking up citizenship here because “all they want was to earn ‘Sing’ dollars,” and that “they love their homeland Malaysia deeply”. In China, world-famous film director Zhang Yimou recently declared that he gave up his US citizenship when it was no longer useful to him.
These are the latest ominous signs to Singapore, a haven for immigrants and new citizens.
Zhang had been lambasted by fellow Chinese for getting away with violating China’s one-child policy, having fathered three children with his wife Chen Ting. Netizens questioned why he did not have his children in the United States to bypass China’s laws. His studio sent out the message that Zhang had given up his American green card more than a decade ago, adding: “He is Chinese. He wants his children to be Chinese. And he has no regrets about this.”
This immediately soothed public opinion against him. After all, who could argue with such unabashed patriotism?
Zhang had apparently applied for his green card to get his daughter enrolled into an American high school. Once this mission was fulfilled, he had no qualms about giving up his green card.
This is a great example of pragmatism and opportunism dictating the goals of citizenship in today’s world.
In Singapore, we have had numerous foreign sports talents, who, after winning medals and bagging cash, return to their homeland, never to come back to our shores. While here as citizens, they may have played their hearts out for Singapore, but all the time, their hearts were with their motherland.
Who could fault them for their patriotism and attachment to their country of birth? It would have been foolish of us to think that they grew to love their adopted country overnight. They became citizens because opportunity beckoned and once this had played out its course, they returned home.
In the book “One Man’s View of the World”, Lee Kuan Yew made it a point to emphasise that Goh Chok Tong’s daughter had emigrated: “Goh Chok Tong’s daughter married an Englishmen and live near Bradford. He visits his grandchildren who look more Caucasian than Chinese. He tells me they get along with their neighbours. But that’s because they are middle class.”
Lee certainly went out of his way to make this point, because it was an unrelated response to a question about racial tensions in Europe. He might have been a making a point to Goh too, who, when he first became Prime Minister, said that Singapore’s “good sons and daughters are expected to dedicate themselves to help others and to serve the country.”
How many more family members and relatives of our leaders have emigrated or taken up foreign citizenship? Should we feel aggrieved, given that these are the very leaders who call upon us to have more babies, to serve National Service, to accept the influx of foreigners as a necessity?
Those of us who choose to stay rooted to Singapore, despite the lure of greener pastures, should not be taken for granted. We may disagree with the government, we may feel our country is far from perfect, but we stand ready to stand up for Singapore. Recently, I came across an online posting which described patriotism as “unconditional emotional investment in our nation”. It is a good way to put it – to stay always emotionally invested when you have emigrated and are permanently half a world away from your country does not seem plausible.
But being born and bred a Singaporean, and choosing to stay on no matter what, surely that counts as abiding loyalty to one’s country.
3 SMRT staff found to have tuberculosis
[FONT="]Three SMRT staff members – two train drivers and a crew manager – have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).[/FONT]
[FONT="]The trio, who were from Tanah Merah station, were diagnosed with the disease four to six weeks ago, a Straits Times report on Saturday (6 August) said.
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[FONT="]Two were found to have latent TB while the other was found to have active TB, which is contagious. Non-infectious latent TB can develop into active TB if left untreated.[/FONT]
[FONT="]SMRT staff from the Tanah Merah station have since been screened although the number of people tested remains unknown. Results of the testing should be out in a few weeks, the report said citing sources.[/FONT]
[FONT="]An SMRT spokesman said that the company has been actively working with the authorities to carry out contact tracing and that the process is ongoing. The two latent cases are not linked to the active one, he said.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Separately, a Health Ministry spokesman said, “The risk of transmission to persons who are not close contacts of a TB case – for example, through casual, brief contact – is very low. Screening is thus generally not necessary for commuters should public transport staff be infected.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]Two infectious disease specialists mentioned in the report also concurred that the risk of infection faced by commuters is likely to be low.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Three SMRT staff members – two train drivers and a crew manager – have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).[/FONT]
[FONT="]The trio, who were from Tanah Merah station, were diagnosed with the disease four to six weeks ago, a Straits Times report on Saturday (6 August) said.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Two were found to have latent TB while the other was found to have active TB, which is contagious. Non-infectious latent TB can develop into active TB if left untreated.[/FONT]
[FONT="]SMRT staff from the Tanah Merah station have since been screened although the number of people tested remains unknown. Results of the testing should be out in a few weeks, the report said citing sources.[/FONT]
[FONT="]An SMRT spokesman said that the company has been actively working with the authorities to carry out contact tracing and that the process is ongoing. The two latent cases are not linked to the active one, he said.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Separately, a Health Ministry spokesman said, “The risk of transmission to persons who are not close contacts of a TB case – for example, through casual, brief contact – is very low. Screening is thus generally not necessary for commuters should public transport staff be infected.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]Two infectious disease specialists mentioned in the report also concurred that the risk of infection faced by commuters is likely to be low.[/FONT]
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