Category Archives: Population

A healthy population; Expand community healthier physical activities; Live and age well; Building more hospitals and clinics not the long-term solution; Rising cost of healthcare is a concern; Add reward element, increase incentive in the push for healthy living; Also: reward those who live healthy lifestyles; Successful ageing – Live and age well – ageing gracefully; How? Caring for the aged with low retirement CPF funds – retirement adequacy;

Posted on March 18, 2020 by tankoktim

  ===================== .   A healthy population will result in many benefits to the self and the society as a whole: higher productivity due to less down time; greater medical cost savings in hospitals and clinics; and less mental and … Continue reading →

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2019 Budget – my 28 suggestions

Posted on January 10, 2019 by tankoktim

2019 Budget  – my 28 suggestions: I hope MOF Heng Swee Keat will include one or two of my suggestions in the 2019 Budget, which will be announced in Parliament by him on 18th Feb 2019. What will be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets 2018, etc., Business & Finance, CPF, Government, Govt's Budget, GST, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, Minimum Wage; PWM and WIS in Singapore's wage policies, Politics, Population, Properties, Silver Support Scheme, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Taxation, Transport | Tagged | Leave a comment

China’s development – 35 years cycle – by 2035 and 2070? After 1949, 1984, and 2019, and COVID-19 Pandemic in 2019; What will the world be like in 2054, in 35 years cycle? China’s fruition after three cycles of 35 years [from 1949 to 2054: 35 years x 3]? This is the 21st Holy century; Some people want Rights without responsibilities in big cities; China’s Tang Ping trend, or lying down flat; China youths have joined calls to get out of the gruelling rat race; Life in the dark ages 1822, 1922, and in 2022; 100 years later, we will become primitive to those living in 2122;

Posted on December 31, 2018 by tankoktim

================= . Will the China HSR rail to Laos reach Bangkok soon, and link on to the port on the west coast of Thailand for access into the Indian Ocean and by-passing the Malacca Straits?   ======   China has two port … Continue reading →

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‘Millionaire’ Singaporeans; how to be the No. 1 Hub: to attract 10,000 world richest billionaires to red dot? Pandora Papers – tax evasion; Investing or speculating on the stock exchange; The rich and poor Singaporeans – who can afford what? Who can plan their retirement to live comfortably with no financial anxiety? How many Singaporeans have S$30,000 net cash in their bank accounts? Financial advisers – are they themselves multi billionaires/millionaires?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by tankoktim

======= . Be the next Hub: How to attract and encourage some 10,000 world richest multi-billionaires [not millionaires] to bring their wealth and take up residence in Singapore? Can we aim for the next Hub: A Billionaire Hub? What can … Continue reading →

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SG100 – What should Singapore focus on? Water and Electricity are threats to Red Dot’s economic wellbeing; When will we have surplus electricity and desalinated water? Should we compare Singapore with Germany or Scandinavian countries?

Posted on April 19, 2017 by tankoktim

================ . Now we have awakened that water is not the only threat but energy too. Solar power in red dot will not be enough to replace LNG to generate electricity that we need. Never. We have to seek solar, … Continue reading →

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240,000 domestic helpers; Part-time home cleaning services company; Including basic care of children & elderly; Employers’ brutality of domestic helpers; The domestic helper’s case [accused for theft by the employer] on appeal, the guilty charge was acquitted by the High Court; Foreign workers and the 2014 Population White Paper – will harmony at workplaces fix productivity woes and GDP growth?

Posted on January 8, 2017 by tankoktim

================ Part-time home cleaning scheme…. ======== . Part-time home cleaning scheme expanded to include basic care for children and elderly Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok, and join our Telegram channel for the latest updates. Published March 14, 2023 in … Continue reading →

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Ageing and Work; Retire early, able to live longer? True or untrue? Retiring at 60 or 70 for better health during the twilight golden years? Getting old – Writing memoirs for posterity; Unable to write, please record it on video;

Posted on December 3, 2016 by tankoktim

.==================== . Memoirs? If one cannot write, please record it on video. ======== . . Speaking up for Asean in the battle of narratives Whether it is the Viet occupation of Cambodia or the US-China contest, powerful narratives can shape … Continue reading →

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Destiny & Karma; How many destinies are given to human beings at birth; Why are we born as humans and the purpose of human lives? Gender: male, female; Inequality at birth and at death, why? Addressing gender equality and the disabled; Where should it begin? What is inequality and yet absolute equality? Are we born equal? Why born as a man or a woman? Who decide? Why are we born in the East and not in the West? Who decide? Is there true equality in life? Algorithm and inequality?

Posted on January 17, 2016 by tankoktim

======= . How many destinies are given to each person at birth?  Not sure, please ask your religious leaders.  Hope they do not apply human wisdom or logic to give the answer. Why are we born as human beings on … Continue reading →

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Racism; Racial stereotyping; Multi-racial and racial intolerance; Our racial composition is different from those of many countries. What is the difference? Does the minority want more and what is at stake? …Completely no discrimination and inequality by race, or skin colour? Chinese Privilege? Be sensitive to others when in the midst of a group of different racial mix; Singapore’s time in Malaysia taught us tolerance. Singapore is blessed by providence;

Posted on November 19, 2015 by tankoktim

==== The origin of all human beings is one.   All are brothers and sisters, breathing the same oxygen, have red blood but different types, have DNA but different combinations, but have different skin colour [imagine monochrome skin colour, even … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Abandoned houses: PGs and MGs – ageing population; Make a Will? Make a Lasting power of attorney? Why? Lonely elderly man a dementia in nursing home, S$1m cash savings, no LPA; Fast ageing population and ageing problems of the elderly; Abandoned houses in Japan; In Singapore, some old folks died in loneliness, and their bodies were not found for months…; Ageism – negative attitudes towards the elderly;

Posted on August 26, 2015 by tankoktim

======== . Source: SBS News There are millions of empty homes in Japan, so one group is offering them to in need single mothers. . =============== . . In Singapore, will it be possible for Govt to allow VWOs [by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, PG and CHAS, Population, Properties, Singapore in 1960s, Social issues, Socialistic Policies | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

$2000 more in baby bonus from 2015; In this Covid-19 Pandemic crisis, S$3000 one-off grant for each baby born on or after 1st Oct 2020 to 30th Sept 2022; In the 2021 Budget: second babies from January 2021 to get up to $9,000 in Child Development Account; How to encourage the old couples to have a child?

Posted on August 26, 2015 by tankoktim

======== . More importantly it is how the Govt should encourage them to have babies. It is all about money, and anxieties of late-marriage babies. Solutions? . ===== What will make a better Singapore? What are the missing links? ======= … Continue reading →

Posted in GE2020 on 10th July 2020; and one year later;, Government, Medical & Health, Politics, Population, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Destitute Persons Act (CHAPTER 78)..,.S$3b for seniors….Ageing, but will the destitute be in loneliness? Who will qualify as a destitute under the Act? What are the government’s public assistance and HDB housing for the destitute?

Posted on August 26, 2015 by tankoktim

====== . Cardboard as bed in Seoul:   · A photo of an Underground Pass in Seoul – a night for the homeless. Is there an underground pass in red dot for the destitute too? If there is, it will … Continue reading →

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What will be in PM Lee’s 2015 National Rally Speech before the GE?

Posted on August 8, 2015 by tankoktim

What will be in PM’s Lee National Day Rally Speech on 23rd August 2015?   What will the PM say to the nation at the National Rally Speech before the General Election, which is expected to be held in early Sept … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget 2016, GE2020 on 10th July 2020; and one year later;, Government, Govt's Budget, Politics, Population | Tagged , | 1 Comment

PMETs; Should we give more technicians the professional title? Letting in FTs and FWs..how do we check their background, etc.; Skills and work experiences?

Posted on July 25, 2015 by tankoktim

======= . Skills and experience.. What else is missing? What else is more important than S&E? . ====== . Forum: Skills and experience are hard to measure . PUBLISHED4 HOURS AGO on 30th August 2021 in ST Forum. There have … Continue reading →

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UN …should the UN lease a land or islands to house refugees? – can Singapore make a proposal that some countries cannot refuse? A Singaporean – the UN Under-Secretary-General in charge of the Economic Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) in 2007; As for the refugees, will a leased island give temporary shelter and a workable solution? Is the UN lame, unable to obtain an island-lease for the refugees? China has leased land along the Mekong River for economic development; Should the UN lease islands for 10 or 100 years to house the refugees? Should the G20 countries fund the UN to pay for the lease of the islands?

Posted on June 29, 2015 by tankoktim

====== . Singapore, a tiny red-dot island nation of 713 sq km, population of 5.6m, will need more land space.   Which country [in Asean or far away] is game, not overly nationalistic, able to lease a piece of land … Continue reading →

Posted in Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, International Politics, Super Power Politics; Trade and Tariffs Friction;, Politics, Population, Religions and Faiths, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, United Nations, World Peace | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

National Reserves and the sale of state land; Future generations – how much National Reserves do they need?

Posted on June 13, 2015 by tankoktim

=========== . In 2003 I wrote: Future generations have to stand up, work hard, build on the infrastructures that they inherited and maintain them well like we do today for the next generation. It is the gumption, the moral ballast … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, CPF, Government, Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], National Reserves, Politics, Population, Productivity, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Taxation, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback | Tagged | 4 Comments

Garbage Cleaning – learn from Madrid; Use less plastic bags; Reduce e-waste;

Posted on June 12, 2015 by tankoktim

========= The 4Rs [reduce, reuse, repair, recycle] rather than create more e-waste. Do humans seek the messages on the walls for all mankind from this pandemic? Is it the end of materialism? Or is materialism forever, and it will ever … Continue reading →

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Reincarnation and our ancestors – about half the world’s population is not allowed to believe in reincarnation; Which half is correct? Or, both halves are correct; Are humans born equal? Yes and no. True and yet untrue; The lady with three breasts; Why? What is the cause of ‘gender dysphoria’?

Posted on June 12, 2015 by tankoktim

============= . Child prodigy… An old soul? Where does it stem from? Reincarnation? Rebirth? The link: https://www.facebook.com/TharmanShanmugaratnam/posts/pfbid02M9CrHSV982RaH6WrhrrfNnuxMcswp9dnANNMpdjbN4YiV13Y65TkBY173C8aRPTfl Tharman Shanmugaratnam in Facebook: 18h  · 3rd Jan 2023. This is sheer genius at three years. Mum must have been dreaming of calligraphy when he … Continue reading →

Posted in Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, Population, Religions and Faiths, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, Spiritual First - then mental then physical, World Peace | Tagged , , | 1 Comment