tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11995604.post5015574812602409891..comments2023-04-30T17:12:27.488+08:00Comments on Bad News on the Doorstep: The minister should resignSleepless in Singaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13927516918590494932noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11995604.post-18671492701208657372008-04-28T21:33:00.000+08:002008-04-28T21:33:00.000+08:00I am a lay-man who doesn't know much about law but...I am a lay-man who doesn't know much about law but the govt really needs to revise existing laws regarding detention camps. So much talks on the danger posed by JI - sabotage, placing of bombs at vital installations, religious extremists and so forth. Then why are these JI connected people are just being detained? In my view they should be in prison in the first place pending thorough investigation into their hideous activities. It is the govt that passes the bills in parliament to safeguard public interests and not to wait for something to happen then takes corrective action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11995604.post-70163380401223319552008-04-28T15:56:00.000+08:002008-04-28T15:56:00.000+08:00WKS should at least resign as Home Affairs Minsite...WKS should at least resign as Home Affairs Minsiter. <BR/><BR/>If you look at the pics at the MHA site, the window handle is fixed to the frame using screws. Why saw off when you can just unscrew? Either real cartoon superintendent or it's all part of a scripted story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11995604.post-65823808606140346752008-04-28T09:51:00.000+08:002008-04-28T09:51:00.000+08:00Sometimes I am puzzled over why our motorists need...Sometimes I am puzzled over why our motorists need to speed like demons in such a crowded Singapore traffic environment, interpersed with many traffic lights. One of my suspicions is that some motorists got a 'kick' out of speeding disregarding to loss of lives from their recklessness. To reinforce my reasoning I would like to relate a story. Years back when I was working in the Port, an officer offered me a lift home, but he cautioned me that he was a terribly fast driver and I should not let out 'green shit'(frightened in hokkien) during his break-neck speeding . Nevertheless I took up his offer. Just imagine he covered the whole journey from Tg Pagar to Braddell Road, with traffic lights in between, in about twenty minutes. I quickly said thank you to him, and bolted, in my mind never to accept a lift from him again. However I must say I did not shit anything green during my encounter with this 'speedy Gonzales'.Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489706873295639555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11995604.post-49217503958302181882008-04-27T22:22:00.000+08:002008-04-27T22:22:00.000+08:00Even before the ink on my post has dried, so to sp...Even before the ink on my post has dried, so to speak, another colosal accident involving a huge trailer has occured on the PIE as reported in the front page of today's Sunday Times. You can imagine what speed the guy was travelling at to come down in such a spectacular fashion.Sleepless in Singaporehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927516918590494932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11995604.post-83690530439575390482008-04-27T21:26:00.000+08:002008-04-27T21:26:00.000+08:00I think DPM Wong position is untenable that is why...I think DPM Wong position is untenable that is why another MP is now understudying his job and waiting to take over anytime, but why the delay? It boils down to the question of 'face'. For a PAP minister to resign over a breach of security safeguard is a serious blow, amounting to a failure - a word which does not exist in the govt vocabulary, nothwithstanding that this party is holding power for nearly fifty years (since 1959) - a world record by any standard in a democracy. In Japan the opposite is true. A minister would allow 'his head' to be chopped off first before anyone, should his staff down the line committed an unforgiven mistake, but then it is Japanese culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com