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Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV series; Entertainment;

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?

Posted on October 13, 2022 by tankoktim

=============== . 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 →

Posted in Business & Finance, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Government, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Inflation and Rising cost of living, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Medical & Health, Minimum Wage; PWM and WIS in Singapore's wage policies, Nation Building, Politics, Silver Support Scheme, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Workfare income supplement; Progressive Wage Model | Tagged income inequalty, social mobility, wealth and poverty | 2 Comments

Movies, films, and TV serials; Travels; Touristic – Places of interest;

Posted on October 11, 2021 by tankoktim

=========== . Wow, this is even more frightening….Watch the copycat on the Korean TV serial, Squid Game.We walked across the glass bridge at Zhangjiajie near Changsha in Sept 2019, some two months before the Wuhan crisis.So grateful we made it. … Continue reading →

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Laws; FICA is law: Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill (Fica) – with all encompassing broad definitions to catch all under the sky though it is aimed at the big birds, not the sparrows;

Posted on September 29, 2021 by tankoktim

================= . FICA is law now. Singapore authorities will be able to order from Thursday (7 July, 2022) takedowns of content deemed to be part of hostile information campaigns by foreign parties to interfere in domestic affairs. Let us watch … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Government, International Politics, Super Power Politics; Trade and Tariffs Friction;, Laws; POFMA: The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act; FICA - Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act;, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Misinformation - the unconditional public apologies; add in Sorry x 3, Nation Building, Politics, Security, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, World Peace | Leave a comment

Impunity? Allegations against the Civil Service by MPs in Parliament; Lawless? Falsehood on social media; Impose heavy penalties on those who spread misinformation; Some want freedom of expression and freedom of choice with no responsibilities and full impunity from prosecution or legal redress for the damage caused;

Posted on June 30, 2017 by tankoktim

========= . Immunity and impunity… Are MPs untouchable, above the law? Can they get away with ‘murder’ in Parliament? . ======== . No one is above the law, not even the president, ministers or MPs. When will the law be … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Government, Laws; POFMA: The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act; FICA - Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act;, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Misinformation - the unconditional public apologies; add in Sorry x 3, Security, Socialistic Policies | Tagged Fake news, misinformation | 1 Comment

Spiritual blessings at Bedok Reservoir and a MRT train [photos below]; Cause and effect of road accidents and untimely deaths; 5 died tragically at No. 37 Tanjong Pagar Road on 13th Feb 2021; There is no accident or coincidence on earth; Prayers for Durban roads in South Africa in 2005 [newspaper report below]; Road safety, should LTA conduct trials of lighted markings on road surface? Deaths by drowning at the Bedok Reservoir; Purification prayers by inter-religious group leaders at the Reservoir in 2011 and a MRT train in 2023; suicides at the Marina Bay areas, Singapore River, and Kallang River;

Posted on May 12, 2017 by tankoktim

.============ . Body of 21-year-old man found floating on Bedok Reservoir Several personal items such as a backpack, bicycle and alcohol bottles were found at the scene. PHOTO: Shin Min Daily News. PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2023 11:50 AM By LIM … Continue reading →

Posted in Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Medical & Health, MRT, Religions and Faiths, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Spiritual First - then mental then physical, Transport, Vehicle parking facilities, Water | Tagged Brisbane's lighted markers on roads, Embedded lights on road surface | 2 Comments

Twitter – Elon Musk has taken ownership of Twitter on 27th Oct 2022 for US$44 billion; Facebook – the Zuckerberg Meta Thing; Will the two see eye-ball to eye-ball? My posts and comments in Facebook on various social topics from mankind way of life, environment, climate change, government, politics, cost of living, etc;

Posted on April 20, 2017 by tankoktim

======== . Elon Musk says Twitter cannot become a ‘hellscape’ under his ownership and should be ‘warm and welcoming to all’ after he confirms $44b acquisition – and staff fear he’s about to wield the axe Elon Musk confirmed on … Continue reading →

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Straits Times and Dr Lee Wei Ling – No Freedom – No more writing

Posted on June 25, 2016 by tankoktim

ST Editor’s note PUBLISHED in ST Forum, 5th April 2016 In a Facebook post last Friday, Dr Lee Wei Ling said that she would no longer write for Singapore Press Holdings, as “the editors there do not allow me … Continue reading →

Posted in Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment; | Tagged Dr Janadas Devan, Dr Lee Wei Ling | Leave a comment

Letters to the press – Is editing and censoring the same?

Posted on April 6, 2016 by tankoktim

I said it many times before, and I shall say it again: . When the coast is clear, many who have axes to grind, and some might have even bigger axes than others will explode and publicly expose their feelings … Continue reading →

Posted in Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment; | Tagged Cheong Yip Seng, Dr Janadas Devan, Dr Lee Wei Ling, Editing and Censoring, Lee Kuan Yew, Letters to the press, OB Markers | Leave a comment

ST Forum’s invitation – me to be profiled in ST: Writer of the week? I have declined the offer; Not for me, a person who has nothing; Writing to the press – use plain simple words;

Posted on December 14, 2015 by tankoktim

=============== . I am grateful to receive the offer from ST Forum to be profiled in ST. Do I deserve to be profiled? I am far from being a prolific writer in the Main Stream Media. I have replied to … Continue reading →

Posted in Education; What is Complete Whole Person Education?, Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Misinformation - the unconditional public apologies; add in Sorry x 3 | Tagged ST Forum, Writer of the Week | Leave a comment

Gratitude. First Command: Be absolutely grateful for everything; Gratitude for materials. Is it the end of Materialism? Even end of Capitalism? Commodity super cycle? Have gratitude for everything, day and night;….even oxygen, our lives, time and space we occupy; We own nothing; All materials are given for humans to live healthily, comfortably, safely and happily…be grateful for everything; No environment, no nature, there will be no life, but more diseases; When will new diseases strike humankind, and how? Grateful: Why dogs wag their tails? Humans do not have to;

Posted on November 1, 2015 by tankoktim

======== . Gratitude… Let us do not raise our voice against loved ones…spouse, children… It harms feelings and cause unhappiness, not happiness. It is against having love, harmony and unity… . ========= . I am grateful able … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Environment Control, Protect Nature, Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, Food & Drinks; hawker centres; foodcourts;, Government, International Politics, Super Power Politics; Trade and Tariffs Friction;, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Medical & Health, Politics, Religions and Faiths, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Spiritual First - then mental then physical, Water, World Peace | Tagged comfortably, food and drinks, God-centred, happily, human-centred, material things, material-centred, Not to judge, safely | 6 Comments

Politics…non interference by outsiders, and foreign backers; Political blackmail or harassment; Become beholden?

Posted on October 8, 2015 by tankoktim

============= . The Online Citizen taken offline, ahead of deadline set by IMDA after failure to declare funding Attempts to access the TOC website returned an “access denied” error.PHOTO: THE ONLINE CITIZEN Rei Kurohi UPDATED SEP 16, 2021, 6:03 PM … Continue reading →

Posted in GE2020 on 10th July 2020; and one year later;, Government, Laws; POFMA: The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act; FICA - Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act;, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Medical & Health, Misinformation - the unconditional public apologies; add in Sorry x 3, Politics, Social issues, Socialistic Policies | Tagged Hepatitis C, Political blackmail, political harassment | Leave a comment

Wokeism; The contest of ideology and ideas; Some want freedom with no responsibility; Some want more CCTV cameras at hot spots; Pragmatism: The temporary law for TraceTogether token in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021; Wokeism, be socially conscious of inequalities, and injustices with eyes wide open; spiritually or physically? “Cancel Culture” on social media and the Internet.

Posted on October 5, 2015 by tankoktim

======== . The well-learned intellectuals believe that humans are born equal and yet some know it is untrue. They know friends or loved ones who are transexual, and some have three or six breasts. We know humans are not animals … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, COVID-19 coronavirus Pandemic in 2020, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Education; What is Complete Whole Person Education?, Emergency Disaster Preparation, Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, Government, International Politics, Super Power Politics; Trade and Tariffs Friction;, IT. AI, and Computerisation; Robots; Space Technology; Astral Particle Information System, Laws; POFMA: The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act; FICA - Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act;, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Medical & Health, Misinformation - the unconditional public apologies; add in Sorry x 3, Nation Building, Politics, Population, Religions and Faiths, Security, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Spiritual First - then mental then physical, Total Defence, Transport, World Peace | Tagged CCTV cameras, racism, social inequalities, TraceTogether; social injustices, Wokeism | Leave a comment

Politicians..are they lawmakers, social workers, estate managers, etc?

Posted on August 23, 2015 by tankoktim

Is a politician, representing the people in Parliament and is a lawmaker, a worker too? ======== What is the job of a leader, the boss, the one who makes the decision, the one who gives instructions and direction for the … Continue reading →

Posted in GE2020 on 10th July 2020; and one year later;, Government, Labour, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Politics, Productivity, Social issues, Socialistic Policies | Tagged human relationship, lawmaker, member of parliament, MP, politician, politics, social worker, why work, work | Leave a comment

Higher ABSD wef 16th Dec 2021 and 26th April 2023, and more cooling measures; The ‘99-to-1’ loophole to avoid paying ABSD? 35% ABSD on Living Trust; foreigners have to compete in the top-end property market and not in HDB public housing; URA want feedback on next 10-year plans; Conservation of pre-war buildings; Paya Lebar Airbase for redevelopment; Have laws for developers of condo [like having bicycle parking bays, and car park lots] to provide lockers in public and carpark areas, hidden wiring and piping for installation of bidet; What is Govt’s role to avert chaos in property market? Have mortgage tax as another form of wealth tax on the rich;

Posted on November 25, 2014 by tankoktim

========== . It is all about money. It is one of the best form of wealth tax, an indirect tax and I hope the tax collected will be best used for the sake of the lower income groups and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Government, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Nation Building, Properties, Singapore in 1960s, Socialistic Policies, Taxation, Transport | Tagged attention-grabbing headlines, property meltdown, sensational news reporting | 1 Comment

Email list proves govt is listening; and the public service centre at the new Our Tampines Hub…

Posted on September 15, 2013 by tankoktim

Public Service Centre at “Our Tampines Hub” …Preview Launch of Phase 1 on 27th Nov 2016. “Public Service Centre at the OTH has an e-lobby that operates 24hrs. It is a one stop centre where services from multiple agencies like HDB, … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback | Tagged Feedback to government | Leave a comment

Not only Govt’s website, but also feedback by the public; Is feedback to the Govt effective? Govt should set up a website to coordinate feedback from the public; Where and how to give feedback to Govt agencies? Will the Govt listen to feedback, respond and take action? Is the Govt responsive?

Posted on September 15, 2013 by tankoktim

====== . What is missing? Feedback is equally important, and should be coordinated to reduce duplication. I said: Is feedback to the Govt effective? Govt should set up a website to coordinate feedback from the public; Where and how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback | Tagged Feedback to Govt | Leave a comment

Media – mutual trust and freedom of the press; SPH Media Trust (SMT) wef 1st Dec 2021; ST Media a new entity; Khaw Boon Wan as SPH Media Trust chairman; Is Straits Times news dying with the under 30s? Big Tech vs Big Media fighting for survival; Is MSM business a dying business? SPH has transferred SPH Media to the new not-for-profit entity [SMT], a company limited by guarantee (CLG);

Posted on September 5, 2011 by tankoktim

======= . SPH Media Group announces leadership changes at The Straits Times and The Business Times (Clockwise from top left) Editor-in-chief of the English/Malay/Tamil Media group Warren Fernandez, editor of The Business Times Wong Wei Kong, BT’s current executive editor … Continue reading →

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The 5th Estate….; July2002 -writing to ST Forum FOC; now most of it are in www like in blog; name calling in social media in bad taste…;

Posted on June 25, 2011 by tankoktim

On ST’s justification of letters fit to print – Part 2 By Tan Kok Tim 11 July 2002 I refer to your “All the letters that are fit to print” (ST, July 11th). You have written such an article before … Continue reading →