Chee Soon Juan issues urgent statement on declining birth rate due to FT policy and cost of living

[dr.wailing]

Does the Pap know Cecas have already hogged senior positions and now forcing locals out from companies?

Of course they do.

Anyone raised this issue in parliament?

What's the point of raising it in Parleement?

Such questions have to first obtain approval to be discussed in the subsequent parliamentary sitting.

Even if such questions are approved, the PAP gabrament will assign Cotton Chan or Ms Vivian B. who doesn't work at MOM to answer them.

I'm sure MOM has all the data

Of course it has all the data.

What's more MOM is using AI to help it enhance their policies.

 

[mojito]

Does the Pap know Cecas have already hogged senior positions and now forcing locals out from companies?

Anyone raised this issue in parliament?

I'm sure MOM has all the data

Don't say ceca. They are Singaporeans now.

 

[bigozt]

STFU MAD DOG CHEE, GNNBCCB!

He alone set the SG Oppie movement by 20 years!!

 

[JohnTan]

I highly doubt birth rates are going to rise even if you fully sponsor all the costs of raising children.

In third world societies, by simply making the society more dangerous and taking away people's money, birth rates soared.
Ironical that birth rates plummeted when people have more money but think that they don't have enough to raise kids

 

[nabeifuckpap]

STFU MAD DOG CHEE, GNNBCCB!

He alone set the SG Oppie movement by 20 years!!

2015 GE it was chao sinkies who set the opposition back by 10 years by giving PAP 70% mandate, want to blame it's all voters fault oppo tried their best

 

[Sideswipe]

2015 GE it was chao sinkies who set the opposition back by 10 years by giving PAP 70% mandate, want to blame it's all voters fault oppo tried their best

yeah. nevertheless the oppo should engage the people more often like regular walkabouts to promote their cause, not just appear during election period.

 

[True Believer]

The Govt knows the problem, hears our feedback about the hardship brought by their policies, but do they ever listen?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

The Govt knows the problem, hears our feedback about the hardship brought by their policies, but do they ever listen?

They do listen but do fuck all bcos any u turns make them look bad

 

[superpower]

The Govt knows the problem, hears our feedback about the hardship brought by their policies, but do they ever listen?

They listen, they hear, but they don't care because they can't empathize with the people's hardship, owing to the obscene salaries they're drawing which put them in the top 1% bracket.

 

[True Believer]

They listen, they hear, but they don't care because they can't empathize with the people's hardship, owing to the obscene salaries they're drawing which put them in the top 1% bracket.

Hearing is the ability to use the ears only; that is what Pay And Pay does. In contrast, listening is a skill that requires the govt to use their senses: including seeing, hearing and the sense of touch. Hearing only uses the ears, while listening requires the use of their brains to interpret the message, and act on it. That is totally missing from the MIW.

 

[True Believer]

They do listen but do fuck all bcos any u turns make them look bad

The Govt hears our feedback, but does not listen to our complaints nor act on them.

 

[superpower]

Hearing is the ability to use the ears only; that is what Pay And Pay does. In contrast, listening is a skill that requires the govt to use their senses: including seeing, hearing and the sense of touch. Hearing only uses the ears, while listening requires the use of their brains to interpret the message, and act on it. That is totally missing from the MIW.

Your command of English is wanting: you got it the other way round.

In idiomatic usage, 'listen' means paying attention to, e.g. listening to the people, listening to music. 'Hear' doesn't just refer to the biological perception of sound, but to actually capturing and internalising what you perceive, e.g. 'I hear you'. (Of course a doctor would use 'hear' to just refer to perceiving sounds, but that's another usage altogether.)

That's why there's this English phrase: "You listen but do not hear; you look but do not see."

Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.’

 

[k1976]

Leememeber....70% has sirpok Heng Ong Huat Okay?

 

[True Believer]

Your command of English is wanting: you got it the other way round. In idiomatic usage, 'listen' means paying attention to, e.g. listening to the people, listening to music. 'Hear' doesn't just refer to the biological perception of sound, but to actually capturing and internalising what you perceive, e.g. 'I hear you'. (Of course a doctor would use 'hear' to just refer to perceiving sounds, but that's another usage altogether.) That's why there's this English phrase: "You listen but do not hear; you look but do not see."

I will quote from Matthew 7:6: “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces." I do not wish to cast pearls before swine, as that would be wasting my time offering something that is helpful and valuable to someone who does not appreciate nor understand it.

 

[superpower]

I will quote from Matthew 7:6: “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces." I do not wish to cast pearls before swine, as that would be wasting my time offering something that is helpful and valuable to someone who does not appreciate nor understand it.

Thank you.

It's painful to watch you pontificate on matters you have little knowledge of, using a language that you're not very proficient in. Not to mention your bigotry and judgmental attitude that's so typical of many fundamentalist Christians I know.

 

[k1976]

welcome to Singapore

 

[mojito]

STFU MAD DOG CHEE, GNNBCCB!

He alone set the SG Oppie movement by 20 years!!

U prefer pap approved oppies? Wayang abit be four elections? Then go buck to slip for five ears?

 

[k1976]

U prefer pap approved oppies? Wayang abit be four elections? Then go buck to slip for five ears?

U mean Blue ish the New White?

 

[True Believer]

It's painful to watch you pontificate on matters you have little knowledge of, using a language that you're not very proficient in. Not to mention your bigotry and judgmental attitude that's so typical of many fundamentalist Christians I know.

I will give you an English lesson now out of the kindness of my heart, so that you do not continue to make a fool of yourself on this forum. I sincerely hope that I am not casting pearls to a swine.

Hearing is a physical process, but listening is a mental one. We are able hear a speech without listening to it, but we cannot listen to a speech without hearing it.

Hearing is a passive action when we hear sound waves reach our ears, regardless of whether we pay attention to them or not. An example is: "I heard a dog barking outside my house."

Listening is a conscious act of perception when we are paying attention to the words or sounds around us. An example is: "I listened carefully to the Prime Minister's explanation."

 

[k1976]

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