‘Leaders must be able to take criticism, acknowledge mistakes’: PM Lee

[stardawn]

At the end of the day this wayang show on fake news is an attempt by the PAP government to further restrict alternative news and opinions .

[TungYang]

Originally Posted by binhudong

I also don't understand, there was a negro who complained of racism after being called a negro

Hahaha I know who is that asshole

[skyleon]

Teachers to pay for parking in schools from August

26 Mar 2018 03:06PM (Updated: 26 Mar 2018 05:02PM)


SINGAPORE: Teachers will have to pay monthly season parking rates if they want to park their cars or motorcycles at their school car parks from Aug 1 this year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) confirmed on Monday (Mar 26).

During the school term, the monthly season parking rates for cars is S$75 for an uncovered lot and S$100 for a sheltered lot. This is lowered to S$15 and S$20 for an uncovered lot and sheltered lot respectively during the school holidays. The annual rate for parking in an uncovered lot is S$720 while that for a sheltered lot is S$960.

For motorcycles, the monthly season parking rates during the school term is S$13 for an uncovered lot and S$14 for a sheltered lot. During the school holidays, the rates for uncovered and sheltered lots are S$2 and S$3 respectively. For the full year, it costs S$123 for uncovered lots and S$135 for sheltered lots.

The Education Ministry said that different rates will be charged during school term and the holidays as demand for parking fluctuates significantly between the two periods.

"This better reflects a sense of fair charging for the teachers, and was an important feedback we took away from our consultations with school leaders on the implementation aspects of school parking charges," it said in a reply to Channel NewsAsia's queries.

The parking charges are uniform for all schools regardless of location "for ease of administration", it added.


The Education Ministry had said it was reviewing its car park policy for schools after the Audit-General's Office (AGO) 2014/2015 Financial Year report noted that the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic did not impose charges or had charges that were below the market rate.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...k-pay-10076794


Ho say liao even the teachers are not spared . PAP Government surely make more people to pay .

[skyleon]

Over a year of speculation later, teachers confirm they will have to pay between $720-$960 to park in schools

March 26, 2018

Teachers at all primary schools, secondary schools and junior colleges will have to start paying hundreds of dollars for parking at school premises from 1 Aug this year. Teachers speaking to reporters on the condition of anonymity – since they are not authorised to publicly comment on such matters – said that this new policy was announced at staff briefings in various national schools this morning.

Reporters claim to have seen documents that show that teachers who drive cars will have to pay S$720 yearly for parking in uncovered lots and S$960 for covered lots, while motorcyclists will be charged S$123 annually for parking in uncovered lots and S$135 for covered lots.

The news comes after over a year of speculation that a school carpark policy review will cause teachers to pay fees for parking on school premises. Speculation arose after he Auditor-General Office’s (AGO) last year flagged the Institute of Technical Education and two polytechnics for not imposing parking charges, or charging below market rate, for use of their car parks.

Interestingly, the AGO report did not highlight our public schools for such lapses. The Ministry of Education (MOE) had said last year on the matter: “We understand the concerns raised and we are with you in appreciating the dedication and hard work by all our teachers. We seek your patience and understanding as we are still in the process of reviewing the carpark policy for schools, bearing in mind civil service guidelines and recent AGO observations. We are taking the time to do this carefully.”

The Ministry has yet to comment on the implementation of the carpark policy review, which was initiated as park of a “clean wage policy” that is meant to make any hidden perks and subsidies for teachers transparent.


continue reading here : http://www.theindependent.sg/over-on...rk-in-schools/


To the teachers do you still want to vote for PAP ?

[skyleon]

Parking charges at 6 more military camps and bases from April: MINDEF


27 Mar 2018 11:13AM (Updated: 27 Mar 2018 11:57AM)


SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) will be imposing market rate season parking charges on six more MINDEF and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) camps and bases from Sunday (Apr 1).

In a news release on Tuesday, MINDEF said the car parks in these six camps have been deemed to have market value due to their proximity to public amenities. It did not specify which camps will be affected.

Channel NewsAsia understands that Khatib Camp and Mowbray Camp in Choa Chu Kang are among the six.

MINDEF said the season parking policy will apply to all permanent staff as well as contractors who require a car park lot on a regular basis.

This is in addition to the 10 camps, bases and related premises that currently impose season parking charges.

“Operationally ready National Servicemen who are going for their in-camp training and other operationally ready National Service activities will continue not to be charged for parking their cars in all camp/bases,” said MINDEF.

Channel NewsAsia understands that the season parking charges are S$120 per month for covered car parks and S$90 per month for open-air car parks.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...april-10079268


Ho sia liao now MINDEF staff also have to pay car park fees .Might as well all Ministry and Stat Boards should also charge staff for car park fees . So you guys still want to vote for PAP ?

[FunnyHippo]

PAP is going to Fark the pants of teachers also...
From 1 August teachers must pay season parking to park their cars in the school car park...
Remember to thank the 70% hor...

[sharklaserscom]

Congratualation

[skyleon]

Reporters Without Borders: Waste of time over consultation since Parliament is 80% controlled


March 27, 2018


In what seems like too good a deal to be true, the Singapore Select Committee yesterday (Mar 27) announced that their invite to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) “still stands” and they are happy to wait for the two international freedom advocacy groups to send in their representative.

The invite however is most likely a guise for the dictatorship to charge the representative for falsehoods. The HRW and RSF has earlier published a condemning report, titled “Kill the chicken to silence the monkeys”, and labelled the comprehensive 192-page document that wrote extensively on Singapore legislation as “fake news”.

The HRW has earlier rejected attending the Singapore hearing and slammed Law Minister K Shanmugam for his “irrelevant and ridiculous” accusation claiming that their absence is a sign of their report is “indefensible”.

The RSF wrote on it’s website pointing out a consultation on the PAP-controlled Parliament is a waste of time:

“Given the alarming legislative precedents in the city-state, RSF shares the deep concern that Singaporean defenders of the freedom to inform have expressed about this proposed law, which they suspect will be yet another tool for censoring dissent. We take note of the declared desire of Singapore’s authorities to listen to civil society’s views. Unfortunately, with the ruling party controlling 80% of the parliament, we fear that this law will be adopted without any real debate and without any significant amendments, which means this consultation would be pointless.”



continue reading here : http://statestimesreview.com/2018/03...80-controlled/

[skyleon]

Why don’t NGOs who like to whack S’pore attend the Select Committee’s public hearings?

Don't shy leh.

By Sulaiman Daud | 6 hours


It’s WrestleMania season, and the WWE’s stars are getting ready for the biggest show of the year.

One of the most anticipated matches is between John Cena and the Undertaker. They have yet to meet face-to-face, but will do battle and find out who’s the better man.

But it would be a real shame if after all the hype, the Undertaker failed to appear at WrestleMania and left Cena all alone in an empty ring.

That’s kind of what it felt like when international NGOs Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières or RSF) have yet to show up and give evidence to the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods.


Time to step up

The Committee are currently holding public hearings on ways to tackle deliberate online falsehoods.

They have invited people from all walks of life to give evidence, so it can hear their concerns and suggestions before producing their own report for Parliament.

So far representatives from academia, the media, tech companies, and members of the public have been heard.

If you have ideas for how the government can tackle the problem of falsehoods, or even want to criticise their policies, then this would be a great opportunity.

After all, these hearings are conducted in a public setting, with both international and local media present. And whatever is said would be protected by the laws of Parliamentary privilege.

For people based outside Singapore, the Parliament Secretariat has indicated in some cases that it would even fund their travel costs.

Shots fired

So it’s quite puzzling to hear that representatives of two rather famous organisations, HRW and RSF, have yet to attend any of these hearings, or made any plans to do so.

Consider that HRW recently published a report named “Kill the Chicken to Scare the Monkeys” – Suppression of Free Expression and Assembly in Singapore.

As you might have guessed from the title, it’s about how Singapore’s laws threaten such freedoms.


continue reading here : https://mothership.sg/2018/03/human-...ngs-singapore/

[skyleon]

Blogger Han Hui Hui removed from Select Committee hearing after disrupting proceedings


29 Mar 2018 04:08PM (Updated: 29 Mar 2018 05:25PM)


SINGAPORE: Blogger Han Hui Hui was on Thursday (Mar 29) removed from a public hearing by the Select Committee on deliberate online falsehoods.

She held up a stack of papers, prompting a security officer to ask her to leave the room.

According to Shawn Danker, a photographer who attended the public hearing, the stack of papers had the image of a book cover printed on it, which read: "Authoritarian Rule of Law: Legislation, Discourse And Legitimacy in Singapore."

"She began holding it up shortly after she sat down," he told Channel NewsAsia. "On and off she went from between holding (the papers) up and (down) on her lap."

The incident happened at about 3.05pm, during an exchange between Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam and historian Thum Ping Tjin.

Ms Han insisted that she was holding "blank papers" and refused to leave the room.


"No, these are just blank papers. Look, I'm just trying to write my notes here ... I don't want to miss his hearing," she said. "I want to follow his hearing which is why I purposely came here."

She was eventually removed by female officers and a five-minute break was called.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...after-10086870


She really need to do something constructive and not to create unnecessary nuisance to the public .

[skyleon]

Han Hui Hui physically removed from Select Committee hearings after disrupting proceedings

March 29, 2018

Blogger Han Hui Hui was physically removed from the chambers in Parliament after she disrupted the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods’ final day of hearings today.

Han disrupted the proceedings by holding up an image of the cover of a book, as historian Thum Ping Tjin was delivering his testimony in front of the Committee, which included Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.

The book cover image Han was holding up is from a book entitled “Authoritarian Rule of Law – Legislation, Discourse and Legitimacy in Singapore”, written by Minister Shanmugam’s first wife, Jothie Rajah.

Parliament staff confiscated Han’s papers and told her to leave the chambers but she refused to do so. Insisting that she was holding “blank papers”, Han was heard saying: “No, these are just blank papers. Look, I’m just trying to write my notes here … I don’t want to miss his hearing,” she said. “I want to follow his hearing which is why I purposely came here.”

She reportedly added: “I want to sit here because I want to follow the hearing…What else you want from me? I already give you my papers…What did I do wrong? Can you give me an official paper to say I cannot stay?”

A female staff member responded, “Either you walk out on your own or I bring you out.” to which Han replied, “I’m not going.” She was then physically lifted out of the chambers by three female staff members.

A five-minute break was called in the chambers after Han was ejected from the room. A Parliament spokesperson told reporters that Han was removed from the chambers for creating a disturbance in Parliament while the Committee was hearing evidence. The representative added: “This was after she was requested to leave, but refused to do so.”



continue reading here : http://theindependent.sg/han-hui-hui...g-proceedings/

[jacky43]

“You ignore and suppress what is inconvenient,” said Shanmugam, asserting that Thum had failed to reach the standards of an objective historian. At one point, Shanmugam even made reference to the notorious Holocaust denier and self-styled historian David Irving.

“I’m suggesting to you, based on what you have said to us, what we have seen is not scholarship, but sophistry,” added the minister, which Thum vigorously disputed.

In response to Shanmugam’s numerous attempts to pin him down to an answer, Thum said in an exasperated tone, “Are you going to go through the ‘yes or no’ thing, or can I give a nuanced answer?”

At the end of a long exchange about purported communist conspiracies in the region and communist tactics, Thum drily remarked, “Very successfully too, since Malaya was taken over by the Communist Party. Oh no wait, they weren’t, were they? My mistake.”

The historian was referring to the 1948-1960 period when then Malaya was battling the communists and eventually managed to suppress their insurgency with the help of the British. Many historians agree that the communist movement in the region was crippled at the end of the Malayan Emergency.

Thum’s comment prompted the minister to quip, “Yes, I know that you can’t resist some jokes now and then.” To which Thum said, “Life is short.”

Speaking to reporters after his testimony, Thum said that he did not expect his work to be “dissected” to such a degree. “In some ways, it’s very flattering that the Minister of Law and Home Affairs takes such a keen interest in my work. What other academic in what other country would have a minister grilling him for six hours about one article?” he said wryly.
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How can born locals not know that in the middle of all conversations we divert to other countries. Sort of we talk on local foods, w/o notice we channel to another countries and forgot the main topic.

That is auntly Lucy styles created to brain wash people in this red dot. Never fall into the traps.

[NotMyPresident]

Originally Posted by sharklaserscom

Congratualation

Yes definitely congratulations .

[NotMyPresident]

Originally Posted by skyleon

Han Hui Hui physically removed from Select Committee hearings after disrupting proceedings


continue reading here : http://theindependent.sg/han-hui-hui...g-proceedings/

Don't know what on earth is she doing .

[wazaqi]

Originally Posted by NotMyPresident

Yes definitely congratulations .

Congratulations too .