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Friends? True genuine friends? Casual or temporary acquaintances, a passing phase; Respect and accept all as temporary, as casual in a short space of time in one’s life on Earth; Change attitude towards others, the casuals passing by, accept their behaviour, attitude, words and actions with compassion, kindness, patience; not judging them or have friction; My prayer on reaching 30 years as a Kumite in March 2024.
. =========== . What is a friend, and how to attain a true friend? What are the prequisites, the basics to have a genuine true friend, and what is only like a causal acquaintance, temporary acquaintance, a passing phase, out … Continue reading
Elected President in office: events and speeches;
====================== . The criss-crossing of cultures will help enrich our identity as Singaporeans: President Tharman We must make it possible and natural for people to develop proficiency in each other’s cultures. President Tharman Shanmugaratnam UPDATED FEB 14, 2024, 12:52 PM … Continue reading
NATO will be in Asia to encircle China from the Pacific, not Atlantic; It is US’s intention to provoke China by proxy wars; Google for the US’s China Task Force Report, which is not for peace;
=============== . Paul Keating labels NATO chief a ‘supreme fool’ and ‘an accident on its way to happen’. – The Guardian. Stoltenberg is not only a fool but a closet #racist White #supremacist who feels that the Chinese must be … Continue reading
APEC Summit in SF on 15th Nov 2023; Xi and Biden met for four hours on the sidelines of the Summit; What are the key issues on the table?
. =========== . What Xi got out of his meeting with Biden The summit has been vital for the Chinese President’s bid to stabilise the domestic situation, and potentially to gain more access to US businesses. Tom Harper UPDATED 20 … Continue reading
A new world order of peace over 77 years from now to end of this century; what and who will decide mankind’s future? Not all the present world leaders will be alive by 2050; the 19th and 20th centuries of gunboat diplomacy are over, history. Now is the 21st Holy Century;
========== . 19th and 20th centuries were times of darkness in the East and the Far East. The Western powers with gunboat diplomacy could militarily rule the world in the Far East. They did so with free reign to plunder … Continue reading
Xi-Biden met in SF on 15th Nov 2023 at sidelines of APEC Summit; To ease superpower rivalry and geopolitical tensions; How will the US’s bashing of China end, and when?
============= . ‘Planet Earth is big enough’: Biden, Xi vow to ease tensions US President Joe Biden (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ week in Woodside, California on … Continue reading
Singapore Turf Club – the end is near in 2024; How not to shut it down? Use the airspace above expressways?
============= . It will take great political will to change course in land usage. Does the PAP or the opposition has that will, and who has a stronger will and foresight? ====== There are other solutions to free up precious … Continue reading
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Moon mission, probes and landings;
=============== . Japan’s SLIM moon lander enters lunar orbit on Christmas, Dec 25th, 2023. BYAMIT MALEWAR DECEMBER 27, 2023 16:46 IST in inceptivemind.com The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) was successfully … Continue reading
Would it be a fight against China and the CCP till the end? If there is no CCP in China, will there be more fights, and proxy wars? Will the deadly US’s China Task Force Report end in the rubbish bin of history? Possible or impossible, or possible only over the dead bodies of USA? A broken China into bit and pieces, why?
======== Will China test the hypersonic missiles publicly with media as observers – hit a moving target more than 1000 km out at sea. Possible? Impossible? If tested, it can act as a deterrent against world hegemony by aircraft carrier … Continue reading
Singapore: Covid-19 – Phase 6 wef 13th Feb 2023; Govt issued White Paper on 8th March 2023; Is the end of this pandemic far away, end 2025? New variant detected on 24th July 2023;
================ . Today, 8th July 2023 is the 146th day of Phase 6 of Covid-19 in red dot. [13th Feb 2023 to 8th July 2023]. Covid-19 infection does not discriminate or differentiate by religion. Prayer is not enough for everyone … Continue reading
Travels and the tourist attractions; tourism and the travel industry; invisible earnings; travel while young; the medical travel industry; travel insurance; airlines and cruise ships; space tourism;
===================== . A mentality of spending now when young and pay later over the years. Will banks support this by giving loans and for the person to repay the loans over 30 years from earned income, which will rise over … Continue reading
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US and China – Tensions in the Taiwan Straits; the provocation, the bashing and the tensions continue; Provocation by both sides over Taiwan? Who promote and provoke proxy wars? Both sides know the reality of mutual annihilation; it is a deterrence for them not to press the N button to end it all;
========================= . 19th and 20th centuries were times of darkness in the East and the Far East. The Western powers with gunboat diplomacy could militarily rule the world in the Far East. They did so with free reign to plunder … Continue reading
China’s Belt and Road Initiative; China’s link into the Indian Ocean by-passing the South China Sea, the Straits of Malacca, the Sunda Straits, and the Straits of Singapore;
========= . On Feb 20, 2023, the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3bBPzWHON0 #China#port#trade#economy China has invested tens of billions of dollars and built six very important large ports. And these ports are distributed in many countries, but they will make the United States … Continue reading
WWW; AI and IT; wireless WIFI; – unseen technology; AI must take over software coding for maximum benefits; Next stage – the unseen realm Astral Particle Information System? Fast computers must be matched and supported by super fast, super intelligent, well designed, fully operational computer softwares in quick time; Time is money; Delayed or no software in support, the computer hardware is useless, a dumb junk machine;
=================== . A world without IT and AI today, no computer, no handphone, nothing…. Is IT bad and cause humans to suffer? Does AI make humans stupid? Will IT and AI control humans? Please learn how to pull out the … Continue reading
US’s Foreign Secretary Blinken visited Beijing on 18th June 2023; The US’s China Task Force Report [CTFR]; It is not for peace, … not for world peace; It is for conflict; Taiwan is on the American chessboard;
============= . Key takeaways from Chinese FM’s meeting with Blinken in BeijingCGTN CGTN news on 19th June 2023.Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang (3rd L) holds talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing, China, June … Continue reading
2023 Budget – Public feedback closed on 13 Jan 2023; MOF Lawrence Wong delivered the SGBudget2023 speech in Parliament on 14th Feb 2023;
====== . Parliament approves $123.7b Budget as debate ends with call for MPs to avoid polarisation, populism Goh Yan Han Political Correspondent UPDATED 7 MAR 2023, 6:39 AM SGT in Straits Times. SINGAPORE – Parliament here must avoid going down … Continue reading
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World Cup at Qatar, Dec 2022; Argentina won against France in the Final; Go back to basics – train the kids to be all round midfielders first;
. =========== . World Cup: Argentina fulfil ‘destiny’ to be crowned champions after beating France 4-2 on penalties UPDATED DEC 19, 2022, 5:00 PM SGT in Straits Times. LUSAIL, Qatar – Argentina clinched their third World Cup with a 4-2 … Continue reading
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Singapore of the future, the age of the 4-G – to become a single society? Overcoming income inequality? True causes of wealth and poverty; What kind of government policy can eradicate the income gap between the top 10% and the bottom 20% in any society? Broader meritocracy, how?
=============== . Meritocracy, how? Education: What is Complete Whole Person Education? Work: What is “Work with the aim to help others become more efficient”? Workfare and Welfare: It is all about money. Where does money come from? Does it grow … Continue reading
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Is the UN neutral in New York City? The UN flag was stained in blood in 1950; When will the UN GA vote to shift the UN HQ from NYC to Geneva? Is the veto vote in the UN Security Council a democratic practice at the UN? Who gave the veto power to the UN SC Council, when and why?
========= . Is the UN neutral? Is the veto vote a UN democratic practice? ====== . What is the ultimate aim in the US’s China Task Force Report? Please google for it. It is not for peace. It is for … Continue reading
G7 countries and the rest; Now G8, Russia is the 8th; Spiritual capitalism in a Spiritual Civilisation? Only five communist countries on earth now; What will replace communism, capitalism and democracy in this 21st Holy century? Is there a truly and genuine democratic country on earth?
. =============== . G7 vs the rest. The G7 is an informal grouping of seven of the world’s advanced economies, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The G7 became the G8 in 1998 when … Continue reading
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