Chitchat Terrex - How to turn a complete fuck-up into a positive gain

Its like a rape victim thanking her rapist for helping her to take a shower and finding her panties after what happened.

Here is summary of things the rape victim is pleased with
- PM thanks HK CEO for the close cooperation and resolving the matter.
- APL will work closely with Mindef and SAF to ensure smooth repatriation of the vehicles
- Ng Eng Hen confirms that it will take the direct route home - This to them must have been a hardest decision for the Minister and the Govt of Singapore.
- Ng Eng Hen also wants to ensure that we get the vehicles by Chap Goh Mei - another masterstroke here where complete fuck-up is now associated with an auspicious event
- APL despite the Chinese New Year Period and that many people are on leave will make special arrangement to transport the vehicles back

Firstly should there not be a inquiry for the fuck-up? Pointless holding an internal disciplinary and sending two people to Siberia and pretending that Singaporeans are waiting eagerly to see the Terrex as though it was the only thing on their mind. And what has the Terrex got to do with Chap Go Mei. Why the need to rush it back so urgently. And why the fuck are we thanking the CEO of HK.



http://mothership.sg/2017/01/ng-eng...ship-back-hopefully-in-time-for-chap-goh-mei/

Ng Eng Hen: Terrexes will take a week to ship back, hopefully in time for ‘Chap Goh Mei’
January 25, 2017
Ng said that the shipment will take a direct route back to Singapore from Hong Kong.

Martino Tan
Singaporeans, who are still concerned about the state of China-Singapore relations and our terrexes, can heave a sigh of relief.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released the following statement:

On 24 January 2017, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Leung Chun-ying replied to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s earlier letter to inform him that the Hong Kong authorities have completed their investigations, and will be releasing the SAF Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles and other equipment to the Singapore Government through the carrier. This is a positive outcome. Prime Minister Lee has replied to Chief Executive Leung to thank him for Hong Kong’s cooperation in resolving this matter.

In a doorstop interview today, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen had provided a more detailed update about the likely transport plan of the terrexes:

“MINDEF and SAF are in close communication with the carrier APL and assisting them to ensure that there is a smooth repatriation of the SAF terrexes.

When the terrexes are released by Hong Kong customs, APL has told us that they will make special efforts to expedite the process, despite this being a Chinese New Year weekend, as you can imagine. Many countries, when Chinese New Year approaches, many companies will be on leave but APL said they will make special efforts. And they also informed us that they will transport the terrexes directly from Hong Kong back to Singapore without any intermediate stops. Even then, that seal of passage from Hong Kong to Singapore directly will take about a week.

Hopefully, the terrexes can leave Hong Kong soon and arrive back in Singapore to celebrate reunion for Chap Goh Mei. And that’s our hope. We will keep Singaporeans updated about the progress and the journey of the SAF terrexes.

Chap Goh Mei, in Hokkien dialect, refers to the 15th night of Chinese New Year or Feb 11 this year.

Resolution after two months

The nine Terrexes were seized by Hong Kong’s authorities on November 23, 2016.

Three meetings between the SAF-contracted shipping line APL and the Hong Kong Customs did not yield any new information.

The Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) — the highest-level forum between Singapore and China — will meet next month in Chongqing, after the annual meeting was postponed last year.

Chen Xiaodong, the Chinese Ambassador to Singapore Chen Xiaodong, said in a speech on Monday that Singapore is a good friend and partner of China.

He added that while bilateral ties may not always be “plain sailing”, China “is ready to work with the Singaporean side to build upon our experience, inject more positive energy to our relations and bring more benefits to our peoples”.

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Hardly interested in the 'official timeline' of events, what i do want to know is:

1. What sort of behind closed doors promises were made between sinkies and the chinks to resolve this issue, with the PRCs its always quid pro quo (you don't have to deliver now but you owe us later)

2. Was the Chindian minister even involved at all in the negotiations or is there a special someone that the politburo would prefer to talk to?

Despite multiple efforts and the use of back channels, PRC refused to negotiate. It was always going to be returned, just that they needed time to examine the equipment. They did not even give a hint on anything. In the end the Singapore government started to deal with the HK authorities and their Customs who anyone with a half brain knows that they have no say.

wikiphile said:

Hardly interested in the 'official timeline' of events, what i do want to know is:

1. What sort of behind closed doors promises were made between sinkies and the chinks to resolve this issue, with the PRCs its always quid pro quo (you don't have to deliver now but you owe us later)

2. Was the Chindian minister even involved at all in the negotiations or is there a special someone that the politburo would prefer to talk to?

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scroobal said:

Despite multiple efforts and the use of back channels, PRC refused to negotiate. It was always going to be returned, just that they needed time to examine the equipment. They did not even give a hint on anything. In the end the Singapore government started to deal with the HK authorities and their Customs who anyone with a half brain knows that they have no say.

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then this is worse than i thought if the commies don't even want to talk because it indicates they have all the leverages and we only have mouths and anus open to receive what they want to shove in.

All that backdoor relationship cultivating and the copious amount of baijiu drank over the years have come to naught.