church

kazu at New Mcdonald

Susan Elliot

She is nice person and pls read about her education and her thinking!

National Day on Aug 9th

I will tell you a stories about this when I am in USA

five days ago at Mega

HAVE YOUR SAY: Government encourages more Singapore PRs to take up citizenship

I refused to give up on my USA citenship due to better Deaf life. so I prefer to stay Singaporean PR status.


SINGAPORE: The Singapore Government is moving to encourage more Permanent Residents in the country to take up citizenship.

Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said some PRs will be approached to become citizens and if they don’t do so, their status will not be renewed.

Immigration was one of many issues tackled during a dialogue session with over 200 residents from Marine Parade to gather feedback on the Prime Minister’s National Day Rally.

SM Goh did not give details on getting PRs to take up citizenship.

"Moving forward, we are going to approach some of them to take up Singapore citizenship, if they don’t then their PR will not be renewed. That’s a better way.

"We now have quite a few PRs, 500,000 in Singapore, so hopefully maybe 50,000 can be selected to become Singapore citizens, the rest can be PRs, contributing to Singapore’s economy," he said.

SM Goh was responding to a suggestion from a participant who said Employment Pass holders should take up citizenship which he believed will discourage foreign talents from working in Singapore.

Besides, SM Goh pointed out that Employment Pass holders serve as buffers where their numbers can be reduced during a downturn.

Another radical suggestion put forward was to bar foreigners from buying private property but SM Goh noted developers would just build more high—rise private apartments to counter it.

"At the moment, our policy will be, condominium, private sector. They want to buy, let them buy because they actually bring in money for Singapore. They may not actually stay there but they bring in money.

"They buy from locals, locals are happy to get the money but it’s not actually adding to space. In fact, that’s actually ideal. They buy here, they don’t drive cars, they don’t live here, we just get their money! They’re buying air!" laughed SM Goh.

Separately, SM Goh revealed it will cost S$1 billion to upgrade the train signalling system to increase capacity and reduce the waiting time for commuters.

He said problems can be resolved rationally but noted that for every solution, there are consequences.

Citing overcrowding in trains, SM Goh said the problem is expected and can be addressed.

In this case, resources have to be put in place to upgrade the system.

The cost may not be passed down to commuters directly, but SM Goh pointed out that it has to be defrayed.

Similarly, there are consequences with measures introduced in the property sector.

SM Goh acknowledged the situation has resulted in many unhappy Singaporeans, and he sought to put things in perspective.

"Those who missed out, those who can’t buy this, who can’t upgrade and so on, so we are really feeling the unhappiness, question is was the policy good?

"Unhappiness, those who are happier, in total there’s net happiness, there’s no such thing called total happiness, don’t believe in it. It’s whether we create net happiness in all this," said SM Goh.

He added it is "very difficult to satisfy everybody" and in politics, trying to make everybody happy is "impossible".

They key, said SM Goh is to "make the most number of people happy, the most number of times".

Another idea worth considering in managing transport woes is to have a "zero vehicular traffic growth".

"Let the COE take care of the number for cars on the road so when the number of cars cannot grow when the COE is so high then the roads will be freer so it’s a combination of high COEs and low ERP.

"But we have opted in the last 10 years or so to give Singaporeans the 4 wheels so we have opted for 3% growth in vehicle population and therefore use ERP to tweak it because one can argue that’s fairer." he said.

The question is to decide which is the best way forward, said the Senior Minister.

He also answered questions on why the $9,000 award to recognise the contributions of NSmen is not extended to all who have served the country.

SM Goh said authorities can consider giving older Singaporeans a token for their contributions.

"I think the old days, the financial sacrifices were much more because you were paid just a nominal sum but there were other benefits. If you were born earlier, maybe you bought your HDB flat cheaper! So you cannot argue.

"Your point is whether we can recognise in some way, token well I think we take note so that in future, they can remember the older ones, just a token, maybe past 55, help them with their medical top ups, I think that’s possible. It’s a suggestion we will take note."

SM Goh was relaxed and candid in his answers. At several points, he threw questions back, seeking a consensus on issues.

His message — that Singapore’s problems can be resolved rationally, no matter how complex, with a good dose of the Singapore Spirit. — CNA/fa

What do you think of this move? If you are a PR, would you take up citizenship?

Kenichi thought:I refused to give up on my USA citenship due to better Deaf life. so I prefer to stay Singaporean PR status.

Jaycee Chan

do you know who is he?

Friday at 11:42pm · LikeUnlike · .Lina See omg.. you really met Jackie's son?? so lucky!
Yesterday at 12:26am · LikeUnlike · .Diana Lim lina,u're right.jaycee came here yesterday for filming chinese variety show.kenichi,i notice that u often run into celebrities here than ur homeland.u're lucky:)
Yesterday at 12:41am · LikeUnlike · .Johnson Goh oh damn it, u r so taste!!
Yesterday at 7:32am · LikeUnlike · .Karen Tan-Wright yup,i agree with diana that kenichi always ran into celebrities unlike us!So unfair!hahaha...he is always excited to share what he had met with celebrities whenever he reached home.Roll eyes at him!hee...
15 hours ago · LikeUnlike · .Priscilla Sim Hi Karen , haha...i als...hehe
9 hours ago · LikeUnlike ·

Hari Raya day for Malay friends in Singapore

Yesterday, I was typing wrong way of thinking about malay between chinese due to polities reason. I am sorry! anyway, I saw outside the old thing. I knew that Hari Raya is coming sooner, and wanted to go to visit Hari Raya at Malay village in Singapore. I am goign to taken photos too. I wanted to eat Hari Raya foods smile!
15 hours ago Friends Only ·
Comment ·LikeUnlike · View Feedback (7)Hide Feedback (7)
Kartini Wilke, Alvin Yee, Priscilla Sim and 2 others like this..
Kartini Wilke eat all the foods!!!trust me u will love it!!
7 hours ago · LikeUnlike · .Maya Snowycat bro, can come to my house for raya, please bring your wife and son along.. =)
6 hours ago ·

copy cat for photos!

Kenichi loves to keep looking at his favourite photo-me and kazu where we looked natural.That photo of me and kazu was taken by Kazay but I thought that she tried to take photo of him but he did not want to look at camera so that was how we looked like that. So Kenichi asked me to take photo of him and Kazu recently below.what a copycat he is!hahaha...

That photo is Kenichi's favourite photo.That's why he wants to "copycat" the position way in the photo.hee...Kazu was 1.5 years old only.That day,we were waiting for bus to go to mrt for church.Thanks to Kazay "stealing" photo of us :)


Latest photo taken at bus stop near my house last saturday (24.07.10) .Kazu was looking at buses coming...

Lau Pat sat on Last Saturday

Two weeks ago at Mega Zip

An American, Katy Perry is in Singapore.

"Wait, everyone wants me in my bikini, right? I mean I just feel that nobody's in the pool, no one even cares."

Wendy's Resturant

"The red hair girl at Singapore started to eat my onion." (I know you will saying huh?!, you will understand why I am saying this sooner.:)
July 24 at 12:25am

The red hair girl at Singapore likes to eat my onion again.
Sunday at 9:51pm

The red hair girl at Singapore is happy to eat my onion again. ha
5 minutes ago

The red hair girl at Singapore may be happy to have Deaf Singaporean to work for her.

My favorite ads: "where is the beef?"(1985) by actress Clara Peller. I am working for Wendy resturant in Singapore! lah! That photo was "The red hair girl"!!! which I was talking about this! smile!

Girl learnt to write her name at Agape School

pls read this articles! smile

Update of my work

July 17: I got fired at Wavehouse
JUly 23: I started to work at Wendy's resturant, The red hair girl started to eat onion. ha
July 26: I will starting to work at Mega Zip from noon to 7pm.

Ipad in Singapore

People line up outside an Apple reseller retail shop during the launch of the Apple iPad in Singapore July 23, 2010. The iPad became available to the public through retailers in Singapore on Friday, making it the first place in southeast Asia to do so.

Sushi-hungry Japan sells monster tuna

TOKYO (AFP) - – A monster tuna caught off Japan turned heads at a Tokyo fish market Friday, where the 445 kilogram (981 pound) bluefin -- the biggest caught here since 1986 -- sold for 3.2 million yen (36,700 dollars).

"Many of the people who work at the market have never seen a tuna that big," said an official of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which runs the Tsukiji fish market, the world's biggest seafood market.

The fish, which was auctioned at 7,200 yen per kilogram, had already been gutted and cleaned of its gills, meaning it must have weighed more when it was caught off Nagasaki prefecture this week, the official said.

"It is extremely rare to see a tuna heavier than 400 kilograms," he said.

The biggest Japanese tuna sold at Tsukiji was a 496-kilogram beast caught in April 1986 -- but the biggest tuna from the world's oceans to be sold here was a Canadian fish caught in 1995 weighing 497 kilograms.

Decades of overfishing have seen global tuna stocks crash, pushing some Western nations to call for a trade ban on endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna.

Japan consumes three-quarters of the global bluefin catch, a highly prized sushi ingredient, known in Japan as "kuro maguro" (black tuna) and dubbed by sushi connoisseurs as the "black diamond" because of its scarcity.

A piece of "otoro" or fatty underbelly can cost 2,000 yen (22 dollars) at high-end Tokyo restaurants.

Fan tries to put cap on World Cup

Spain clinches World Cup

Saturday and Sunday, I worked from 6 30am to 450am. There had a lot of people to watch this game for world cup final.

Giant monitor lizard causes stir in HDB estate

SINGAPORE : A giant monitor lizard caused a stir in Rivervale in Sengkang estate on Sunday afternoon.

The lizard, which was about two metres long, was tied up by residents.

Rescuers from the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) removed the rope and tape.

A spokesman from ACRES said the creature appeared to be very tired and upset.

They have released it to a suitable habitat that is approved by the National Parks Board.

ACRES said the monitor lizard could have used the drain to get to the housing estate after a heavy downpour. — CNA/ms