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Chitchat Ho Ching skilfully eases herself into politics

scroobal

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Just a few days before GE2015 polling day she took her first step into politics by writing an article how the country has progressed well clearly in support of her family. As expected the article went viral. Prior to that her comments were on everything from trivia to science and including tips on gout.

Behind the scenes she is known for her skilful handling of politics and surviving despite so many bad judgements on major investments.

This post sounds innocuous but it is not the usual way she post. This is meant for the Chinese educated audience who are very important segment of the electorate and politically more sensitive and aware.

I would expect this surreptitious manner of easing herself politically not only in support of her husband but to sow the seeds for her son in the next 2 to 3 years.

The rise of the Empress Dowager as we breathe and live.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=515989775255528&id=100005335308340HO Ching
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On Chinese helicopters in the Oxford English Dictionary:
I was so surprised to read that the OED had just included the term "Chinese helicopter" as part of their new Singlish entries.
I had only heard this being used in my late teens in the early 1970s, listening in on the chatter of NS boys from English stream schools explaining this term they had learnt during their BMT about their NS mates from Chinese stream schools.
They had also told stories about being scolded by their sergeants for being "blur like sotong" too, not to mention the expectations and disciplines of "stand by bed".
However, with a bilingual education system since, we no longer have separate English and Chinese stream schools for decades.
Most if not all of the younger generation of Singaporeans would not have heard of "Chinese helicopters", while “blur sotongs” remain alive and current in their vocabulary (even though we now know better that sotongs are actually quite smart and not at all blur).
Mr Adam Reutens-Tan also described it as a "rediscovery" of the term, when he wrote to the Straits Times forum on this topic recently.
Unlike blur sotongs, the Chinese helicopter has obviously fallen into disuse for decades.
Hence my surprise to see this term resurface in the OED of all places.
Given its lack of currency in the Singlish lexicon today, I would support the petition to remove this term from the OED entry
 

chongpangchixwings

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Behind the scenes she is known for her skilful handling of politics and surviving despite so many bad judgements on major investments.

This post sounds innocuous but it is not the usual way she post. This is meant for the Chinese educated audience who are very important segment of the electorate and politically more sensitive and aware.

She did hit a small jackpot recently when Temasek invested in Jumbo. IPO was 25 cents and they probably got it much cheaper. It is a small gain though if one looks at the big picture but it is a buy low and looking good to sell high scenario.
 

scroobal

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Temasek has done always done well in local investment. Its the foreign ones that have failed miserably and repeatedly. It show how insular she and the team are. They are also in a better position to move the goalposts to get the results. Despite the fact that they recruited in-country experts in US, India etc, they never got it right. They need an industry wig such as Chip Goodyear but he wanted to get rid of her confidants and had to go.

Look at the strings of international failures where billions have been lost. Look at her track record with Micropolis and Chartered Semiconductor which involved her direct involvement. Both were soaked in blood. Short arse Dhanabalan had the cheek to suggest that she had the courage to cut the losses early.

When she invested in the Foreign big boys like UBS, Barclays, etc her reputation across the World was rising. Now quiet like a church mouse. So time for her to fiddle in local politics as least the local press would not touch her if she dropped the ball repeatedly.

She did hit a small jackpot recently when Temasek invested in Jumbo. IPO was 25 cents and they probably got it much cheaper. It is a small gain though if one looks at the big picture but it is a buy low and looking good to sell high scenario.
 

chongpangchixwings

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The next step is to ease her in via a GRC ?

From scroobal's post above.

I would expect this surreptitious manner of easing herself politically not only in support of her husband but to sow the seeds for her son in the next 2 to 3 years.

I tend to concur with this observation that it is not about her entering the political arena in the manner you posted, but to provide some weight for the current and the future. She has her support base, you can be sure about that.
So it is an opportune time to play the big fish in the small pond. Cest la vie.
 

scroobal

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Bro, I expect the other daughter-in-law to enter the arena for her son.

From scroobal's post above.

I would expect this surreptitious manner of easing herself politically not only in support of her husband but to sow the seeds for her son in the next 2 to 3 years.

I tend to concur with this observation that it is not about her entering the political arena in the manner you posted, but to provide some weight for the current and the future. She has her support base, you can be sure about that.
So it is an opportune time to play the big fish in the small pond. Cest la vie.
 

blissquek

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The next step is to ease her in via a GRC ?

We will dread if she weasel her way into the top post...The first Lady President..citing in Asia , Taiwan and S Korea has lady Presidents.

Then we will be in real trouble....thousands will throw in their towels and move out.
 

Brightkid

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HC being holding the country's purse by its balls, and her recent every oversea trip with Loong, on tax payers expense of course, there's probably a plan being executed to more likely elevate her to be President, given the wayang of Elected-President review council in the works. An immediate appointment of HC, or her son or SIL's son to any important position leading towards PM post is not likely under this scenario, being too obvious. More likely another seat warmer in interim while HC be President.

I believe HC will never allow anyone other than her own son to assume the PM seat. My guess is LHL, being what he seems to be, do not have a say in this matter.

LWL's recent outburst of 'dynasty' was probably a result of internal struggle happening within the family.
 

scroobal

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This one guaranteed Empress Dowager. She is the type that will hide and pull the strings. Notice she had hidden behind Temasek after she was crucified over 1996 purchase of Micropolis by Sing Technologies which she headed. In 2002 she moved to Temasek and thereafter need to answer SGX except her husband.

We will dread if she weasel her way into the top post...The first Lady President..citing in Asia , Taiwan and S Korea has lady Presidents.

Then we will be in real trouble....thousands will throw in their towels and move out.
 

scroobal

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God's gift to Singapore.

This is a remarkable story of a young Crescent School girl, the eldest daughter of a retired businessman who went on to run one of the most successful sovereign funds, achieving an impressive 18% annualised return and doubling its value since she took the helm of the fund in 2002.

This is a story of perseverance, resilience and single-mindedness to achieve, to be better than anyone, to reach for the skies and go where no man has gone before.

The formative begins in 1976, when this young local engineering graduate with first class honours joins the Ministry of Defence and within 6 years becomes the Deputy Director of Defence Science Organisation. In 1985 in the same year of her marriage she is receives the prestigious Public Administration Silver medal. In 1987 she leaves the civil service to taste the tough world of the private sector. She joins Singapore Technologies and goes on to climb the corporate ladder on pure grit and merit.

In March 1996, Singapore Technologies purchases Micropolis an American Hard Drive maker despite HP exiting the market known months earlier for its tight margins and Micropolis failing to make a profit for the last 3 years. 19 months later, liquidators PWC are called in with 1,300 losing their jobs in Singapore. Then Minister of Finance Richard Hu reveals in Parliament that the total loss is $630M (not $340M as widely reported). In later years, former cabinet Minister and the Chairman of Temasek S Dhanabalan hailed her courageous act of stemming the losses by exiting the business.

What is little known is that within days of the purchase, Al Shugart, the owner of Seagate, the largest private employer after Singapore Airlines with 18,000 employees complains to the Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that Government of Singapore is now directly competing with his company. and that Mdm Ho is Deputy Chairman of EDB and thus privy to his company's investment plans thru EDB and in what appears to be a conflict of interest situation.

To date there has been no other Singaporean since independence that has achieved so much as Mdm Ho Ching. In March this year, Temasek opened its London Office and this week in New York, 17 years after recording the largest loss in Singapore's Corporate history, a record yet to he broken.

Then there is the story of Australian Kindegarten chain ABC Learning which was purchased for $427M in 2008. When ABC began to struggle with its share price sliding, Temasek increased its stake by another 12 million shares, 6 months later the company collapses and it then emerges that its registered office is in a Condominium. Then there is the story of UBS, then there is story of Global Landing, and then ................................
 

shittypore

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We will dread if she weasel her way into the top post...The first Lady President..citing in Asia , Taiwan and S Korea has lady Presidents.

Then we will be in real trouble....thousands will throw in their towels and move out.

The whole Cabinet is happy, they get their Millions and the Familee has full control over Spore. Even if the 3 million Sinkies swim away, the Familee will not lift a finger to stop any, why shld they? Here, its clear, you work and pay your dues to the Familee and thats it.
 

Papsmearer

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Just a few days before GE2015 polling day she took her first step into politics by writing an article how the country has progressed well clearly in support of her family. As expected the article went viral. Prior to that her comments were on everything from trivia to science and including tips on gout.

Behind the scenes she is known for her skilful handling of politics and surviving despite so many bad judgements on major investments.

This post sounds innocuous but it is not the usual way she post. This is meant for the Chinese educated audience who are very important segment of the electorate and politically more sensitive and aware.

I would expect this surreptitious manner of easing herself politically not only in support of her husband but to sow the seeds for her son in the next 2 to 3 years.

The rise of the Empress Dowager as we breathe and live.

Simi lancheow shit are you talking about this time? Whore Jinx ease herself into politics? Are you fucking insane? Her hubby is already king shit, why does she need to go into politics? What can she achieve in politics that she cannot already do now, as her role of wife to the PM? She wants to change foreign policy? She wants to implement something in the country? All she has to do is just lean over and tell the husband to do it. And you base your whole assumption that she is going into politics on one FB post? U are nuts.

By the way, I have some news for you. Her surviving the major bad investments in Stomasick is not because of some adroit political manuevring, but its by simple virtue she is the wife of PeeM and DIL of Old Fart. In other words, she is untouchable and made of teflon in the Temasek Boardroom. She could pull out a gun and shoot Dhanabalan dead in a meeting, and they will all say Dhana killed himself and committed suicide.
 

krafty

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When she invested in the Foreign big boys like UBS, Barclays, etc her reputation across the World was rising. Now quiet like a church mouse. So time for her to fiddle in local politics as least the local press would not touch her if she dropped the ball repeatedly.

ho jinx's investment in UBS also incurred large losses.
 

Hans168

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hope she enters politics.......... many sgian want to show her how much she is despised if not hated
 

zhihau

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Just a few days before GE2015 polling day she took her first step into politics by writing an article how the country has progressed well clearly in support of her family.

Look at how Temasek is funding this new nature park at Mandai, I think we can squeeze 15 million people in Singapore.
 
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