154th Editorial See Beh Doo Lan Sporns This Week!

[makapaaa]

As if Sporns owe his/her granfather's money!

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->What really is the matter with some Singaporeans? They will not deign to return food trays after they are done in foodcourts. They cheat on parking coupons, and they think car seat belts are for sissies. For what is hardly the newest trick, they jaywalk like, as the Singlish phrase goes, 'it's their grandfather's road'.
In the first six months of the year, 3,821 people were caught jaywalking, compared to 2,070 in the same period last year. Offenders can be fined $20 on the spot. They can also be charged and fined up to $1,000, and face a jail term of up to three months.
But more than the penalties, don't they realise they are risking life and limb every time they dodge traffic to run across a road, when they should be crossing at signal junctions or designated pedestrian paths?
On many two-way roads, metal railings have been put up along the divider to stop these miscreants, but what happens? The determined ones climb over the railing to take their short cut. And it is not as if the nearest traffic lights are a 100m sprint away.
In Japan, ever the model society, pedestrians not only walk to the traffic lights, but they also wait until the green man lights up before they cross, even when there is no traffic.
Spot fines can be raised, but that's taking the easy way out. One must ponder why Singaporeans have not developed the habits and instincts that go with Singapore's status as a developed, rules-based society. Must it take generations more to smoothen out the rough edges? Good habits and civic pride can be taught, and the schools and parents should be doing it. Among the 160 jaywalkers The Straits Times spotted over two hours in a random test last Sunday, many were in their teens and 20s. Have they learnt nothing about civilised conduct? Is this bravado, a rebellious streak, laziness, a death wish or what?

 

[blackmore]

It is the subtlest form of aggression against the establishments. Most are not outright crazy like the Chees to go head on with the gabrament. So what people jaywalking is because the can, People littering when a bin is near them is because many are disgusted with the government rules. And the list goes endless on.

 

[madmansg]

yes. I take as much free things and also get away with littering everywhere as govt still own me backpay of 2 years of NS.

 

[Wisely]

Yeah and we pay more and more for papers just to read this stuff about us.

What's really the matter with SPH? They hike their prices every 5 years and say it's the first adjustment in 23 years.

 

[po2wq]

no u-turn syndrome ...

 

[DIVISION1]

This is a problem that SM Lee has said will take a few generations more to change. However, as we import foreign talents from developing countries, this may increase a few more generations. We understand the challenge of changing mindsets and are trying our best to improve civic mindedness in Singapore. The Straits Times serves to drive the need for civic mindedness. Please appreciate the efforts of our esteemed newspaper.

 

[clinton666 is aPARIAH DOG]

As if Sporns owe his/her granfather's money!

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->What really is the matter with some Singaporeans? They will not deign to return food trays after they are done in foodcourts. They cheat on parking coupons, and they think car seat belts are for sissies. For what is hardly the newest trick, they jaywalk like, as the Singlish phrase goes, 'it's their grandfather's road'.
In the first six months of the year, 3,821 people were caught jaywalking, compared to 2,070 in the same period last year. Offenders can be fined $20 on the spot. They can also be charged and fined up to $1,000, and face a jail term of up to three months.
But more than the penalties, don't they realise they are risking life and limb every time they dodge traffic to run across a road, when they should be crossing at signal junctions or designated pedestrian paths?
On many two-way roads, metal railings have been put up along the divider to stop these miscreants, but what happens? The determined ones climb over the railing to take their short cut. And it is not as if the nearest traffic lights are a 100m sprint away.
In Japan, ever the model society, pedestrians not only walk to the traffic lights, but they also wait until the green man lights up before they cross, even when there is no traffic.
Spot fines can be raised, but that's taking the easy way out. One must ponder why Singaporeans have not developed the habits and instincts that go with Singapore's status as a developed, rules-based society. Must it take generations more to smoothen out the rough edges? Good habits and civic pride can be taught, and the schools and parents should be doing it. Among the 160 jaywalkers The Straits Times spotted over two hours in a random test last Sunday, many were in their teens and 20s. Have they learnt nothing about civilised conduct? Is this bravado, a rebellious streak, laziness, a death wish or what?

Wait till all these motherfcukers go to China and they will sing a different tune.

 

[makapaaa]

This is a problem that SM Lee has said will take a few generations more to change. However, as we import foreign talents from developing countries, this may increase a few more generations. We understand the challenge of changing mindsets and are trying our best to improve civic mindedness in Singapore. The Straits Times serves to drive the need for civic mindedness. Please appreciate the efforts of our esteemed newspaper.

Since u admit that "foreign talents" are the cause of social ills, shld they not be called Foreign Trash? By blaming Sporns instead, is not the 154th LYING? And by calling them "esteemed", are u not an equally BIG LIAR? Learn how to talk cock properly in future, yeah?

 

[DIVISION1]

Foreign trash is a clear misnomer. They do have talent and skills that our local Singaporeans do not have. To equate their personal failings as as a sign of trash would be talking in the tune of moniker Clinton666. Singaporeans also are to blame for bad manners. If our own people have bad manners, how can we present ourselves as good models for our developing country foreign talents to follow?

 

[makapaaa]

Foreign trash is a clear misnomer. They do have talent and skills that our local Singaporeans do not have. To equate their personal failings as as a sign of trash would be talking in the tune of moniker Clinton666. Singaporeans also are to blame for bad manners. If our own people have bad manners, how can we present ourselves as good models for our developing country foreign talents to follow?

Name the skills and talents they have that Sporns don't.

So are u turning back to blame Sporns for FTrash's trashy behaviour after your lies and contradictions are being exposed?

 

[snrcitizen]

Yeah and we pay more and more for papers just to read this stuff about us.

What's really the matter with SPH? They hike their prices every 5 years and say it's the first adjustment in 23 years.

Join the ever growing majority. Don't subscribe to or purchase anything SPH prints and sell. You can still get your news from the internet.

I stopped subscribing long ago after I realised that SPH is another propaganda arm of the PAP and became extremely non-objective in their reporting. Used to go through the forum in fuckwarezone until they sold it to SPH and has since been an OB zone for me.

Why subject yourself to their brain washing?:(

 

[The_Latest_H]

Thanks for belittling all ordinary Singaporeans for not listening to your "news", dear ST.

 

[qwerty]

It is the subtlest form of aggression against the establishments. Most are not outright crazy like the Chees to go head on with the gabrament. So what people jaywalking is because the can, People littering when a bin is near them is because many are disgusted with the government rules. And the list goes endless on.

that is very true... i used to be a law abiding citizen. waiting for the lights to turn green, holding on to my trash until i find a rubbish bin and so on.

until the unfairness of the society started to affect me. Now, i just hack care, as long as i dun get caught.

Do so much but in the end get left out for what? So just do as you pleases and you might be a happier man.

 

[SIFU]

Name the skills and talents they have that Sporns don't.

So are u turning back to blame Sporns for FTrash's trashy behaviour after your lies and contradictions are being exposed?

ah neh and ah neh hold hand, hug hug, kiss kiss..

sporean can??

 

[NobleEagle]

that is very true... i used to be a law abiding citizen. waiting for the lights to turn green, holding on to my trash until i find a rubbish bin and so on.

until the unfairness of the society started to affect me. Now, i just hack care, as long as i dun get caught.

Do so much but in the end get left out for what? So just do as you pleases and you might be a happier man.

ya why be a law abidding citizen? to pay n pay n make the garment richer, make stupid rules so tat we must walk further to take a stupid cab even thou we are paying extra for CBD rates, and listen to garment and donate obediently to charitable organization to see our money kena pockered left pocket in right pocket out back to garment?

 

[DIVISION1]

It is the frog in the well mentality that makes Singaporeans uncompetitve and unreliable.
Perhaps if our low strata of Singaporeans go overseas and work, they will realize what level of skills of the lack of it they possess. Why don't you name and list the skills and talents that Singaporeans have. For a person living on an island with no resources and a small physical area, you make claims greater than the 6.6 billion population and big world out there.

The lies and contradictions that you perceive are due to your myopic and limited vision.
This does not include your inability to think rationally. Grievances you have with the political establishment has exceeded the scope of rationality. Perhaps a recommendation letter to a mental institution will help.

 

[hummingbird]

This is a problem that SM Lee has said will take a few generations more to change.

Indeed many generations have passed .. many changes have taken place .. but then did you see him change??

 

[scoobyhoo]

you could not see any foreign labourers jaywalkers been booked. most are singaporeans.