Category Archives: Productivity

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;

Posted on March 5, 2023 by tankoktim

===================== . 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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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;

Posted on February 12, 2023 by tankoktim

=================== . 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 →

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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 →

Posted in CareShield Life insurance - permanent disabilities, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, CPF, Inflation and Rising cost of living, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, Population, Productivity, Silver Support Scheme, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Workfare income supplement; Progressive Wage Model | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Skills Future Credit..not transferable at death; not your money if you do not spend it…; S$100 Singapore Rediscovery Voucher, ended if not redeemed by 31st Dec 2021.

Posted on November 28, 2018 by tankoktim

============= . SkillsFuture fund is not transferable at death. How much has been transferred to the Consolidated Fund to date? Singaporeans should be reminded to use the fund. But not all can. . ============ . The Straits Times’ Editorial says … Continue reading →

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Singapore’s facial verification system; It is a super ICQ unmanned clearance high-tech system at Changi Airport; Will ICA improve immigration clearance at cruise centres? Learn from Narita for airport fast clearance; And we did at Changi after four years.

Posted on October 27, 2018 by tankoktim

==== . We came back via Changi T2 on 6Nov2022, and are impressed by the new walk-through unmanned electronic ICQ clearance system. We submitted the SGArrivalCard[SGAC], the electronic health declaration for Covid-19 with ICA within three days prior arrival. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Government, IT. AI, and Computerisation; Robots; Space Technology; Astral Particle Information System, MRT, Productivity, Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link Singapore to Johor; High Speed Rail KL to Singapore, Security, Social issues, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Transport | Tagged , | 5 Comments

COL – CDC vouchers and rising cost of living – Govt special Assurance Package S$800 payment to each adult in Dec 2023 with fewer criterion; The Govt has listened; S$500 in Dec 2022, and S$200 Assurance Package; CDC voucher of S$300 per family on 3Jan2023; how to keep hawkers’ costs down? Inflation – Singapore paid S$8 billion more for LNG import in 2022; Rising COL – we have PWM, WIS, MW and LQS; Reduce COL or reduce income gap with MW? MW will drive COL up, not down; WIS and PWM are far superior than MW; Factors that caused COL to rise – cost of state land accounting; public housing; COE; cost of utilities; basic food and daily necessities; transport, medical costs, etc;

Posted on August 14, 2018 by tankoktim

============== . Assurance Package: 2 million Singaporeans to receive Seniors’ Bonus and MediSave cash payouts in February 2024 The payments are part of the suite of Assurance Package measures previously announced in Singapore’s Budget 2022. Timothy Kang ·Finance Producer Updated … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Education; What is Complete Whole Person Education?, Energy, Clean and Green Electricity, Food & Drinks; hawker centres; foodcourts;, Government, GST, GST Rebates, Hawker Food -Top Favourites, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Inflation and Rising cost of living, Labour, Medical & Health, Minimum Wage; PWM and WIS in Singapore's wage policies, National Day Rally - new policies and strategies, PG and CHAS, Politics, Productivity, Silver Support Scheme, Singapore in 1960s, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Workfare income supplement; Progressive Wage Model | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

22 recommendations for the UN – submitted to the Global Challenges Foundation in Sept 2017; United Nations should set up a UN Environment Council to transform and reform the 21st century and beyond; No environment, there will be no nature, more diseases, and no life on earth; Environment is the main – to reverse it first, and make all the other UN missions become secondary; US$10b UN Green Climate Fund – what is the purpose?

Posted on May 4, 2018 by tankoktim

============== . “22 Recommendations that will transform the UN and the World” Is the UN neutral in NYC?  America did block many heads of states from visiting the UN in NYC.  Is the UN practising democracy by having the veto … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, COVID-19 coronavirus Pandemic in 2020, Divine Science. Man-made human science, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Education; What is Complete Whole Person Education?, Emergency Disaster Preparation, Energy, Clean and Green Electricity, Environment Control, Protect Nature, Government, International Politics, Super Power Politics; Trade and Tariffs Friction;, IT. AI, and Computerisation; Robots; Space Technology; Astral Particle Information System, Politics, Productivity, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, United Nations, Water, World Peace | Tagged , , , , , | 24 Comments

Mega Cities on flat land — no hydro or wind power, and inadequate land space for huge solar power farms [and those in temperate countries having four seasons, no solar power all year round]; What are the possible solutions for all mega cities [the big carbon polluters] becoming 100% users of renewable clean and green electricity ending use of fossil oil, coal and LNG?

Posted on February 23, 2018 by tankoktim

================== . Many solutions to generate renewable clean and green electricity. ========== ==== . Build a 10-storey structure [steel or concrete] and have a test run to pump water to the top, and have it retained on each floor and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bilateral Relationship with Asean nations, Business & Finance, COVID-19 coronavirus Pandemic in 2020, Divine Science. Man-made human science, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Emergency Disaster Preparation, Energy, Clean and Green Electricity, Environment Control, Protect Nature, Politics, Productivity, Roads and Expressways, Social issues, Transport, United Nations, Water, World Peace | Tagged | 11 Comments

Wi-Fi speed; ChatGPT age, Algorithms & data size; TikTok; Twitter; Facebook; Instagram; Data transmitted at 186,000 miles per second, not per minute; Data security; A day without your mobile phone? Can AI take over IT coding for maximum benefits? Three new tech to transform the whole world and health of mankind; What is Astral Particle Information System? Complete Whole Person Education? Ministerial Committee for post-COVID19 Digital Transformation;

Posted on August 30, 2017 by tankoktim

. ================== With generative AI, do we still need universities? The answer lies in the human skills that are beyond the competence of machines. Lily Kong and Lim Sun Sun. With ever-growing forms of AI at our doorstep, the future … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Divine Science. Man-made human science, IT. AI, and Computerisation; Robots; Space Technology; Astral Particle Information System, Medical & Health, Productivity, Social issues | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

Cashless; Paperless; The Govt has listened yet again; Four years of waiting; Grateful the Govt has upgraded the systems at the polyclinics – A paperless system – and pay electronically; Japan has the paperless system to cut waiting times at pharmacies; Now, ours too; What next?

Posted on July 27, 2017 by tankoktim

======== . Cashless and Paperless;  The cashless society.. a one card system. No card you cannot move around in society. You will become history. When? It is all about money. Cash only. Some retail shops accept only cash, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, CareShield Life insurance - permanent disabilities, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Food & Drinks; hawker centres; foodcourts;, Hawker Food -Top Favourites, IT. AI, and Computerisation; Robots; Space Technology; Astral Particle Information System, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, PG and CHAS, Productivity, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Digitisation Age; No software, the hardware is a dumb machine; Super computers need softwares early/earlier not months or years later; What is Deepfakes; An age of 21st century super fast computers; IT, AI, Robots….all are still at a primitive stage; AI must evolve to take over coding of computer programmes to speed up the super computer age; What is Modern Algorithms? IT world and the super chips in the post-Covid-19 age; What is Astral Particle Information System? What impact will the APIS have on the lives of human beings in 2123, and beyond?

Posted on May 29, 2017 by tankoktim

.============================== . Quote: “What this strange awareness within us is, no one has ever explained. Gurus and saints, of every creed and religion, have investigated over the millenniums and attempted inadequate explanations.” Why without science, religion is blind? What is … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Divine Science. Man-made human science, IT. AI, and Computerisation; Robots; Space Technology; Astral Particle Information System, Productivity, Social issues | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Budget 2017, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Inflation and Rising cost of living, Labour, Medical & Health, Politics, Population, Productivity, Social issues, Socialistic Policies | Tagged , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Business & Finance, CPF, Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, Labour, Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], Medical & Health, Population, Productivity, Social issues, Socialistic Policies | Leave a comment

Go high-tech to make expressways safer; Should we raise the speed limit on expressways? Safety on roads and expressways, potholes are not the only causes of accidents; Lights embedded on the roads in Sydney and Brisbane to improve road safety;

Posted on September 21, 2016 by tankoktim

========== . I am grateful to ST for placing my letter in ST Forum Online on 19th Sept 2016, “Go high-tech to make expressways safer.   [Please see JPEG format below]. The wait was not in vain after a wait … Continue reading →

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Trolley barcode system could help deter irresponsible use – but make theft of a trolley a criminal offence under the law.

Posted on August 8, 2016 by tankoktim

============== . Become a criminal offence, and police report will be made? How are you going to trace the culprit with the police report if there is no registration of the person in the first place? ========== No other solution? … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Environment Control, Protect Nature, External and Internal Auditing, Food & Drinks; hawker centres; foodcourts;, Hawker Food -Top Favourites, IT. AI, and Computerisation; Robots; Space Technology; Astral Particle Information System, Productivity, Social issues, Socialistic Policies | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

LTA’s use International Standards for road management – good enough for red dot? Intransigence remains strong? Use technology more, be a Smart nation.

Posted on May 19, 2016 by tankoktim

=========== LTA’s intransigence remains. Why? ======= Forum: LTA committed to building an inclusive public transport system UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO on 3rd Jan 2023 in ST Forum. We agree with Ms Emily Yap Yong An on the importance of having … Continue reading →

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Road bullies; Abusing public officers, SPF officers, and security officers; Fighting and violence in public; Traffic to flow smoothly – how? How to improve our road network? Red-amber-green turning arrows;

Posted on April 6, 2016 by tankoktim

============ . Bentley driver arrested after threatening to run down security officer at Red Swastika School A Bentley is shown pushing against the security officer who stood in front of the vehicle to prevent it from entering the primary school. PHOTOS: … Continue reading →

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OHWS Policies & Procedures for all….at all workplaces, including military camps and training sites, etc; Accidental deaths at workplaces; Workplace safety;

Posted on March 25, 2016 by tankoktim

================ . Man arrested after worker dies unloading steel bars in Tengah executive condo construction site The worker was unloading steel bars from a lorry crane with a colleague when the boom of the crane fell, hitting the worker and … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Emergency Disaster Preparation, Labour, Medical & Health, MRT, Productivity, Total Defence, Transport | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

An innovative economy; Singapore-Australia Green Economy Agreement signed; Economy without the oil and gas sectors; To re-look at Singapore’s dependence on fossil oil and LNG; To remain competitive when more countries become 100% users of clean and green energy; 11 countries going for renewable green energy; Will more follow from now to 2031? Import clean and green energy from neighbouring countries [have JV solar and wind power projects on their uninhabited islands?] and what are the investments’ SWOTs?

Posted on January 18, 2016 by tankoktim

========== . Singapore and Australia to look at new strategic areas of cooperation: PM Lee AFP Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) shakes hands with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (left) during their meeting at Parliament House in Canberra … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Finance, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Energy, Clean and Green Electricity, Environment Control, Protect Nature, GE2020 on 10th July 2020; and one year later;, Government, Govt's Budget, International Politics, Super Power Politics; Trade and Tariffs Friction;, Nation Building, Politics, Productivity, Socialistic Policies, Transport | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

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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