On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 7:39:35 AM UTC, gera...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 9:46:28 AM UTC, thiaw...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Singapore is a small island nation in South East Asia. About 700 sq. kms. in size with a multiracial population of about 75% Chinese and racial minorities of Malays, Indians and Others.
> >
> > Before 1963, Singapore was a British colony. In 1963, under British arangement, Singapore and other British colonial territories of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak were joined together to form Malaysia. Singapore left Malaysia, under mutual agreement, to become an independent nation in 1965.
> >
> > Singapore will celebrate the 53rd anniversary of its Independence on the coming 9th Aug. What kind of a nation is Singapore today? This has evolved according to its basic strategy for survival. It has survied by standing on the shoulders of giants. First, that of its colonial master the British. As the power and influence of Britain ebbed and those of the Americans rose, Singapore switched giant, from Britain to US. The switch was made easy by both the US and Britain being English-speaking Western nations. After decades of standing on the shoulders of Britain and the US, despite being located in South East Asia with an Asian population, Singapore is thoroughly Westernised, more so than when it was a British colony. The US has been increasing its power and influence in Singapore. Economically and militarily, Singapore is heavily dependent on the US. Its foreign relationship is conducted as an ally of the US. Its society has become Westernised in general, Americanised in particular.
> >
> > What about the substantial Chinese majority in Singapore? Do they not have any influence on their nation ? They have been marginalised due to two reasons.
> > 1. Racial equality is espoused in the Constitution. The phrase "regardless of race, language or religion" is recited in the National Pledge and brandished about in official statements.
> > 2. Singapore's run an English language-based meritocracy.
> >
> > This means that it does not matter what your race is nor how good your command of your own mother tongue. Its your mastery of the English language that will determine how well you will do in life in Singapore.
> >
> > As a result, most Singaporean Chinese have gone bananas, i.e., they have become yellow outside, white inside.
> >
> > Another effect of the above racial policies is that the racial minorities have no respect for the Chinese majority. The Indians, especially, challenge the rule of the Chinese majority. They can excel in Singapore without having anything to do with anything Chinese. They publicly proclaim that they would rather a White- than a Yellow-man slave be.
> >
> > As China rises, will the influence of Chinese culture in Singapore increase? It depends on whether Singapore policy makers will switch giant from US to China. As India rises, it too would want to exert its power on Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore and its first PM, had once mentioned that in future China and India would both compete for dominant influence over Singapore. Has that future arrived?
> https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pm-lee-spore-has-developed-own-version-of-chinese-culture
>
> It may seem an inappropriate time to talk about the racial cultures of multi-racial Singapore when the world is swept up by the COVID-19 pandemic. Actually, it is most appropriate because culture defines behaviors which can have tremendous impact on public health throughout the world.
>
> In view of the current pandemic, it is time to question the social behaviors of the West, especially its emphasis on physical contact. Are handshakes, hugs, embraces and kisses the right way for greetings when people meet? The COVID-19 pandemic is making people aware that these are contagious ways to spread infectious diseases. The virus has put a stop to this. And it may not be only temporary. Even after the pandemic is over, the taboo may remain. This aspect of Western culture may be permanently changed.
>
> Another Western social behavior to be questioned in view of the COVID-19 pandemic is the chewing of bubble gum. More importantly, the disposal of the chewed gum. In the West, they are spit out or stuck onto every place imaginable. They are more than a public nuisance. A pandemic reminds us that they are a danger to public health. Proponents of chewing gum defend their behavior as the practice of individual rights and freedom. Country like Singapore which bans it is constantly being ridiculed. Now they should know who is wiser.
>
> Singapore is a nation in South-east Asia with a population of mostly Asians. But it has been much influenced by Western cultures. Chewing of bubble may be disallowed but handshakes, hugs, embraces and kisses are getting more common as ways of greeting people. Perhaps its time to return to the Asian ways of no-physical-contact greetings like a nod of the head, a slight bow of the body, clasping two hands together or placing the hand to the heart..
>
> This takes me to PM Lee’s call to develop Singapore’s own version of Chinese culture. What comes straight to mind is: Why only Chinese culture? What about Indian, Malay and Western cultures?
>
> Indian Singaporeans celebrate Ponga which is a harvesting festival in India. There’s no harvesting season in Singapore. Why should the Indians in Singapore celebrate a harvesting festival in India? Shouldn’t Singapore develop its own local version of Indian culture?
>
> What about Singapore’s own version of Western culture? Blind imitation of Western culture makes the nation look silly. Take Christmas for example. This island is in the tropic. It is hot and humid all year round. Yet Singaporeans stupidly imitate the West in celebrating Christmas. Winter snow. Coniferous Christmas tree. Even red-nosed reindeer.
> How about Singapore’s own version of Christmas? A tropical Christmas of sunshine instead of snow, coconut or banana palm instead of coniferous tree, mouse deer instead of reindeer?
>
> What about Singapore’s own version of Malay culture? This is dominated by Islamic culture. Can Singapore develop its own version of Malay culture without antagonising the Islamic world?
>
> Why should Singapore develop its own version of its racial cultures? Just to be different from those of the ancestral homeland of its different races? That would be wrong. The COVID-19 pandemic has given us the answer. A culture should be changed for the sake of public health. As mentioned in the beginning, culture defines behaviors which can have tremendous impact on public health throughout the world. Regardless of race, language or religion, aspects of cultures that endanger public health should be discontinued. If eating of wild lives can cause viral infection, then it should be banned.
>
>
> For Singapore, the first one that comes to mind is the Malay culture of using hand instead of toilet paper. This poses an obvious danger to public health. It should be discontinued. This serves not only the Malays but all Singaporeans better than promoting the sales and consumption of halal food.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporean-33-who-allegedly-hurled-racist-remarks-attacked-undergraduate-at-east-coast-park

What have our Ministers and President got to say about this?
This is blatant racist attack on a member of the Chinese majority by a member of the racial minority.
ST reported it without giving away the racial identity of the racist. If a Chinese were to be the culprit of a racist attack, verbally or physically, his/her racial identity would be identified straight away.
If you check the records of police or the court, you will find a strange statistics in Chinese majority SG - the Chinese are often the victims of violent racial crimes like beatings, murders and rapes committed by members of the racial minorities.
This is in stark contrast to Malaysia. Over there, no Indians would dare molest or rape Malay girls.

On Monday, July 5, 2021 at 3:08:06 AM UTC, dosai prata wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 7:39:35 AM UTC, gera...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 9:46:28 AM UTC, thiaw...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Singapore is a small island nation in South East Asia. About 700 sq. kms. in size with a multiracial population of about 75% Chinese and racial minorities of Malays, Indians and Others.
> > >
> > > Before 1963, Singapore was a British colony. In 1963, under British arangement, Singapore and other British colonial territories of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak were joined together to form Malaysia. Singapore left Malaysia, under mutual agreement, to become an independent nation in 1965.
> > >
> > > Singapore will celebrate the 53rd anniversary of its Independence on the coming 9th Aug. What kind of a nation is Singapore today? This has evolved according to its basic strategy for survival. It has survied by standing on the shoulders of giants. First, that of its colonial master the British. As the power and influence of Britain ebbed and those of the Americans rose, Singapore switched giant, from Britain to US. The switch was made easy by both the US and Britain being English-speaking Western nations. After decades of standing on the shoulders of Britain and the US, despite being located in South East Asia with an Asian population, Singapore is thoroughly Westernised, more so than when it was a British colony. The US has been increasing its power and influence in Singapore. Economically and militarily, Singapore is heavily dependent on the US. Its foreign relationship is conducted as an ally of the US. Its society has become Westernised in general, Americanised in particular.
> > >
> > > What about the substantial Chinese majority in Singapore? Do they not have any influence on their nation ? They have been marginalised due to two reasons.
> > > 1. Racial equality is espoused in the Constitution. The phrase "regardless of race, language or religion" is recited in the National Pledge and brandished about in official statements.
> > > 2. Singapore's run an English language-based meritocracy.
> > >
> > > This means that it does not matter what your race is nor how good your command of your own mother tongue. Its your mastery of the English language that will determine how well you will do in life in Singapore.
> > >
> > > As a result, most Singaporean Chinese have gone bananas, i.e., they have become yellow outside, white inside.
> > >
> > > Another effect of the above racial policies is that the racial minorities have no respect for the Chinese majority. The Indians, especially, challenge the rule of the Chinese majority. They can excel in Singapore without having anything to do with anything Chinese. They publicly proclaim that they would rather a White- than a Yellow-man slave be.
> > >
> > > As China rises, will the influence of Chinese culture in Singapore increase? It depends on whether Singapore policy makers will switch giant from US to China. As India rises, it too would want to exert its power on Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore and its first PM, had once mentioned that in future China and India would both compete for dominant influence over Singapore. Has that future arrived?
> > https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pm-lee-spore-has-developed-own-version-of-chinese-culture
> >
> > It may seem an inappropriate time to talk about the racial cultures of multi-racial Singapore when the world is swept up by the COVID-19 pandemic. Actually, it is most appropriate because culture defines behaviors which can have tremendous impact on public health throughout the world.
> >
> > In view of the current pandemic, it is time to question the social behaviors of the West, especially its emphasis on physical contact. Are handshakes, hugs, embraces and kisses the right way for greetings when people meet? The COVID-19 pandemic is making people aware that these are contagious ways to spread infectious diseases. The virus has put a stop to this. And it may not be only temporary. Even after the pandemic is over, the taboo may remain. This aspect of Western culture may be permanently changed.
> >
> > Another Western social behavior to be questioned in view of the COVID-19 pandemic is the chewing of bubble gum. More importantly, the disposal of the chewed gum. In the West, they are spit out or stuck onto every place imaginable. They are more than a public nuisance. A pandemic reminds us that they are a danger to public health. Proponents of chewing gum defend their behavior as the practice of individual rights and freedom. Country like Singapore which bans it is constantly being ridiculed. Now they should know who is wiser.
> >
> > Singapore is a nation in South-east Asia with a population of mostly Asians. But it has been much influenced by Western cultures. Chewing of bubble may be disallowed but handshakes, hugs, embraces and kisses are getting more common as ways of greeting people. Perhaps its time to return to the Asian ways of no-physical-contact greetings like a nod of the head, a slight bow of the body, clasping two hands together or placing the hand to the heart.
> >
> > This takes me to PM Lee’s call to develop Singapore’s own version of Chinese culture. What comes straight to mind is: Why only Chinese culture? What about Indian, Malay and Western cultures?
> >
> > Indian Singaporeans celebrate Ponga which is a harvesting festival in India. There’s no harvesting season in Singapore. Why should the Indians in Singapore celebrate a harvesting festival in India? Shouldn’t Singapore develop its own local version of Indian culture?
> >
> > What about Singapore’s own version of Western culture? Blind imitation of Western culture makes the nation look silly. Take Christmas for example. This island is in the tropic. It is hot and humid all year round. Yet Singaporeans stupidly imitate the West in celebrating Christmas. Winter snow. Coniferous Christmas tree. Even red-nosed reindeer.
> > How about Singapore’s own version of Christmas? A tropical Christmas of sunshine instead of snow, coconut or banana palm instead of coniferous tree, mouse deer instead of reindeer?
> >
> > What about Singapore’s own version of Malay culture? This is dominated by Islamic culture. Can Singapore develop its own version of Malay culture without antagonising the Islamic world?
> >
> > Why should Singapore develop its own version of its racial cultures? Just to be different from those of the ancestral homeland of its different races? That would be wrong. The COVID-19 pandemic has given us the answer. A culture should be changed for the sake of public health. As mentioned in the beginning, culture defines behaviors which can have tremendous impact on public health throughout the world. Regardless of race, language or religion, aspects of cultures that endanger public health should be discontinued. If eating of wild lives can cause viral infection, then it should be banned..
> >
> >
> > For Singapore, the first one that comes to mind is the Malay culture of using hand instead of toilet paper. This poses an obvious danger to public health. It should be discontinued. This serves not only the Malays but all Singaporeans better than promoting the sales and consumption of halal food..
>
> https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporean-33-who-allegedly-hurled-racist-remarks-attacked-undergraduate-at-east-coast-park
> What have our Ministers and President got to say about this?
> This is blatant racist attack on a member of the Chinese majority by a member of the racial minority.
>
> ST reported it without giving away the racial identity of the racist. If a Chinese were to be the culprit of a racist attack, verbally or physically, his/her racial identity would be identified straight away.
>
> If you check the records of police or the court, you will find a strange statistics in Chinese majority SG - the Chinese are often the victims of violent racial crimes like beatings, murders and rapes committed by members of the racial minorities.
>
> This is in stark contrast to Malaysia. Over there, no Indians would dare molest or rape Malay girls.

Is this the right time to relax the fight against COVID-19? There is a new, more infectious and virulent variant of virus from India. It's spreading among the community. Learn below about the danger posed by this Indian virus, according to a Taiwanese program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTEiPcoV1ec

There are doubts about the currently available vaccines in combating against this virus.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/27/will-vaccines-protect-us-against-the-delta-variant

The deadliness of this virus may have been under-reported by India.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/india-has-undercounted-covid-19-deaths-by-hundreds-of-thousands-families-and-experts-say-11624795202

With such a virus within our midst, we should be tightening, rather than relaxing, the defensive measures against the pandemic.

Reporting of the virus in ST is very sympathetic to India. It's now only reported as the Delta variant, no indication whatsoever that this variant originates from India. It was not the case for China. Long after WHO issued advice against naming the virus after a country, ST continued to refer to the China or the Wuhan virus.

On Monday, July 5, 2021 at 3:16:01 AM UTC, dosai prata wrote:
> On Monday, July 5, 2021 at 3:08:06 AM UTC, dosai prata wrote:
> > On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 7:39:35 AM UTC, gera...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 9:46:28 AM UTC, thiaw...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > Singapore is a small island nation in South East Asia. About 700 sq.. kms. in size with a multiracial population of about 75% Chinese and racial minorities of Malays, Indians and Others.
> > > >
> > > > Before 1963, Singapore was a British colony. In 1963, under British arangement, Singapore and other British colonial territories of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak were joined together to form Malaysia. Singapore left Malaysia, under mutual agreement, to become an independent nation in 1965.
> > > >
> > > > Singapore will celebrate the 53rd anniversary of its Independence on the coming 9th Aug. What kind of a nation is Singapore today? This has evolved according to its basic strategy for survival. It has survied by standing on the shoulders of giants. First, that of its colonial master the British. As the power and influence of Britain ebbed and those of the Americans rose, Singapore switched giant, from Britain to US. The switch was made easy by both the US and Britain being English-speaking Western nations. After decades of standing on the shoulders of Britain and the US, despite being located in South East Asia with an Asian population, Singapore is thoroughly Westernised, more so than when it was a British colony. The US has been increasing its power and influence in Singapore. Economically and militarily, Singapore is heavily dependent on the US. Its foreign relationship is conducted as an ally of the US. Its society has become Westernised in general, Americanised in particular.
> > > >
> > > > What about the substantial Chinese majority in Singapore? Do they not have any influence on their nation ? They have been marginalised due to two reasons.
> > > > 1. Racial equality is espoused in the Constitution. The phrase "regardless of race, language or religion" is recited in the National Pledge and brandished about in official statements.
> > > > 2. Singapore's run an English language-based meritocracy.
> > > >
> > > > This means that it does not matter what your race is nor how good your command of your own mother tongue. Its your mastery of the English language that will determine how well you will do in life in Singapore.
> > > >
> > > > As a result, most Singaporean Chinese have gone bananas, i.e., they have become yellow outside, white inside.
> > > >
> > > > Another effect of the above racial policies is that the racial minorities have no respect for the Chinese majority. The Indians, especially, challenge the rule of the Chinese majority. They can excel in Singapore without having anything to do with anything Chinese. They publicly proclaim that they would rather a White- than a Yellow-man slave be.
> > > >
> > > > As China rises, will the influence of Chinese culture in Singapore increase? It depends on whether Singapore policy makers will switch giant from US to China. As India rises, it too would want to exert its power on Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore and its first PM, had once mentioned that in future China and India would both compete for dominant influence over Singapore. Has that future arrived?
> > > https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pm-lee-spore-has-developed-own-version-of-chinese-culture
> > >
> > > It may seem an inappropriate time to talk about the racial cultures of multi-racial Singapore when the world is swept up by the COVID-19 pandemic. Actually, it is most appropriate because culture defines behaviors which can have tremendous impact on public health throughout the world.
> > >
> > > In view of the current pandemic, it is time to question the social behaviors of the West, especially its emphasis on physical contact. Are handshakes, hugs, embraces and kisses the right way for greetings when people meet? The COVID-19 pandemic is making people aware that these are contagious ways to spread infectious diseases. The virus has put a stop to this. And it may not be only temporary. Even after the pandemic is over, the taboo may remain. This aspect of Western culture may be permanently changed.
> > >
> > > Another Western social behavior to be questioned in view of the COVID-19 pandemic is the chewing of bubble gum. More importantly, the disposal of the chewed gum. In the West, they are spit out or stuck onto every place imaginable. They are more than a public nuisance. A pandemic reminds us that they are a danger to public health. Proponents of chewing gum defend their behavior as the practice of individual rights and freedom. Country like Singapore which bans it is constantly being ridiculed. Now they should know who is wiser.
> > >
> > > Singapore is a nation in South-east Asia with a population of mostly Asians. But it has been much influenced by Western cultures. Chewing of bubble may be disallowed but handshakes, hugs, embraces and kisses are getting more common as ways of greeting people. Perhaps its time to return to the Asian ways of no-physical-contact greetings like a nod of the head, a slight bow of the body, clasping two hands together or placing the hand to the heart.
> > >
> > > This takes me to PM Lee’s call to develop Singapore’s own version of Chinese culture. What comes straight to mind is: Why only Chinese culture? What about Indian, Malay and Western cultures?
> > >
> > > Indian Singaporeans celebrate Ponga which is a harvesting festival in India. There’s no harvesting season in Singapore. Why should the Indians in Singapore celebrate a harvesting festival in India? Shouldn’t Singapore develop its own local version of Indian culture?
> > >
> > > What about Singapore’s own version of Western culture? Blind imitation of Western culture makes the nation look silly. Take Christmas for example. This island is in the tropic. It is hot and humid all year round.. Yet Singaporeans stupidly imitate the West in celebrating Christmas. Winter snow. Coniferous Christmas tree. Even red-nosed reindeer.
> > > How about Singapore’s own version of Christmas? A tropical Christmas of sunshine instead of snow, coconut or banana palm instead of coniferous tree, mouse deer instead of reindeer?
> > >
> > > What about Singapore’s own version of Malay culture? This is dominated by Islamic culture. Can Singapore develop its own version of Malay culture without antagonising the Islamic world?
> > >
> > > Why should Singapore develop its own version of its racial cultures? Just to be different from those of the ancestral homeland of its different races? That would be wrong. The COVID-19 pandemic has given us the answer. A culture should be changed for the sake of public health. As mentioned in the beginning, culture defines behaviors which can have tremendous impact on public health throughout the world. Regardless of race, language or religion, aspects of cultures that endanger public health should be discontinued.. If eating of wild lives can cause viral infection, then it should be banned.
> > >
> > >
> > > For Singapore, the first one that comes to mind is the Malay culture of using hand instead of toilet paper. This poses an obvious danger to public health. It should be discontinued. This serves not only the Malays but all Singaporeans better than promoting the sales and consumption of halal food.
> >
> > https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporean-33-who-allegedly-hurled-racist-remarks-attacked-undergraduate-at-east-coast-park
> > What have our Ministers and President got to say about this?
> > This is blatant racist attack on a member of the Chinese majority by a member of the racial minority.
> >
> > ST reported it without giving away the racial identity of the racist. If a Chinese were to be the culprit of a racist attack, verbally or physically, his/her racial identity would be identified straight away.
> >
> > If you check the records of police or the court, you will find a strange statistics in Chinese majority SG - the Chinese are often the victims of violent racial crimes like beatings, murders and rapes committed by members of the racial minorities.
> >
> > This is in stark contrast to Malaysia. Over there, no Indians would dare molest or rape Malay girls.
> Is this the right time to relax the fight against COVID-19? There is a new, more infectious and virulent variant of virus from India. It's spreading among the community. Learn below about the danger posed by this Indian virus, according to a Taiwanese program.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTEiPcoV1ec
>
>
> There are doubts about the currently available vaccines in combating against this virus.
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/27/will-vaccines-protect-us-against-the-delta-variant
>
>
> The deadliness of this virus may have been under-reported by India.
>
> https://www.wsj.com/articles/india-has-undercounted-covid-19-deaths-by-hundreds-of-thousands-families-and-experts-say-11624795202
>
>
> With such a virus within our midst, we should be tightening, rather than relaxing, the defensive measures against the pandemic.
>
>
> Reporting of the virus in ST is very sympathetic to India. It's now only reported as the Delta variant, no indication whatsoever that this variant originates from India. It was not the case for China. Long after WHO issued advice against naming the virus after a country, ST continued to refer to the China or the Wuhan virus.