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"East wind" started blowing towards ruling party's camp site last night, at end of rallies, right after 4opp parties, raised right fists to recite the Pledge, noticed? It is a battle between "head" & "heart". History (George Y knows this well)reveals that strong "head" with no or little "heart" lose in all kinds of battles that involve human. - All $$$ & profit make ones' hearts "blind", ears deaf. - Hearts make one cry, whether young or old, unite. - With all hearts and no heads can't survive. - Both must be equally exercised. - Put country at top of the world is no wrong. Domestic issues already at "door step" still don't know? - Need slapping, otherwise, all die.

A smart lawyer indeed. All the 3 good news are typical examples of :以其人之道,还治其人之身. What's the different between "average" & "median"? HDB web shows the "median" transacted price over various "towns", not "constituencies".The constituencies, under the hand of ruling party, work like a "rubber band". This "rubber band" have either strank/expanded & included/excluded the "towns" every 5 years. So, all residents get confused, who starts first? You know I know. Question is: how to justified what the ruling members & CSM have said? I'm sure, not solid answer. Ok, those who passed elementary maths know that "median" is the "centre" number of a series of numbers when these numbers are laid from the lowest to the highest, without taking the "quantity" into consideration: example: 1,2,3,4,5, "3" is the "median". Say price for 4A= 350k,360k,370k,380k,390k. Then the "370K" is reflected as "median", irregardless of how many of 350k or 390k were transacted. "Average" is [(q1x350k)+(q2x360k)+(q3x370k)+(q4x380k)+(q5x390k)]/(q1+q2+q3+q4+q5). So median or average is better reflecting the price?

Bro Kaliman, sorry to "steal" this thread for the no-so-related subject. This round is a "head" vs "heart" election. My prediction: Opp will capture: 2SMC & 2GRC + 1 "black horse".

WP's Chen SM announced 3 good news to aljunied residents during rally on 4/5/11 , one of the good news is that the average value of model 4A resale in hougang is higher than "elsewhere in HDB towns", based on the past 12 month transaction: Anyone know what he was talking abt?

HDB announced to build 1. 16,xxx flats (BTO, DBSS, EC)in 2010 2. 22,000 flats (BTO, DBSS, EC) in 2011. May be MORE to come. Now with the: -NWC recommendation to increase wage, when to implement?? -CPF contribution capping to increase from $4,500 to $5,000, when to implement?? -The review if ceiling increase will take 6 months, applicable to BTO only, as DBSS, EC already in the range of 8k-10K. Impacts foresee: - Takeup rate of DBSS/EC will dramastically slide down, all would-be buyers stay aside and wait. - Developers(CDL, Sim Lian.....)"swear seow" - kena the "arrow" from little-good-for-nothing, have to come out with "secret weapons" to sell, sell & sell existing ones(EC & DBSS). - Those looking for resale, due to 8k capping, pull a brake and wait. Who "swear seow"? COV, resale price. Why put the caps here & there to disturb the free market? Then modify the caps here & there again - too free, nothing to do? Then now say "sorry". Gave you the vote of confidence kena treated like monkey being kicked here & there, very fun hor?

I attached some links here, not much related to the thread, but can tell the sincerity degree as to "sorry", who opened the floodgate ambitiously, how Grace Fu & Mah reacted as to public housing then (2008-2009), the 3C tactics. How the MND treated the LUP programme in Hougang(Imagine if you were the chairman of Hougang TC, how you feel) http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/01/11/grace-fu-hard-to-predict-short-term-demand-for-housing/ http://houganger.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html See how thelittle good-for-nothing "smoked" around with 3C Data Point #1 (Oct 7 2009) - 80% first try applicants offered BTO flat. 96% second try applicants offered BTO flat. Data Point #2 (2007) - 67% of first try applicants reject offer. Data Point #3 (May 2008) - 52% of first try applicants reject offer. Catch any ball? http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/12/panicky-hdb-releases-more-bto-flats-to-allay-widespread-fear-of-shortage-in-public-housing/comment-page-2/ http://wp.sg/2009/10/no-basis-for-mp-not-to-announce-lift-upgrading/ http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=67657.0

Once parliament is dissolved, there is "no government" liao. No more MPs, PM, SM, MM... These ppls no longer holding the "then" authorised "capacities" liao. 5 yr 1 time, like chinese zodiac 60 yr 1 cycle. No longer holding the MP title, cannot hold "meet the people" session. Police will catch. Media should be educated while in transition between parliament dissolving to GE, all coverages/reports should not coin someone as PMxxx, SMxxx, MMxxx. Correct addressing is "then PMxxx", "then SMxxx", "then MMxxx", "then MPxxx", during this period, till confirm authorisation after GE by Singapore Constitution, got it?

Just for info http://img135.imageshack.us/i/announcemente.png/

Minister Mah revealed yesterday that the income ceiling for new BTO flats could be raised to S$10K after the GE. Or the income ceiling may be waived off. What will be impacts? Good? No good?

After today, another 2 more days, then 1 cooling day, "action" day follows. Secret weapons from all parties are flying around with all the "analogies" what tiger, mushroom, tree, co-drive, rojak....the "east wind" or "Q bxxb"(sorry, this word highly sensitive)yet to come, but can hear some "cracking sound" in the long-built castlet. As usual, the $ also flying around the whole island, what growth...NWC recommendation, upgrading, $4500 cap raise to $5000, 1st timer flat buyer cap may raise to $10k/per month, or even no cap. Feel "suddenly" got so many $$$-related "fall down from the sky", at the "5-yr-1-time" interval. Must be the Marina fs, set correctly, as a whole??? 4 more days to come will know if the "FS" is set good or no good. I'll try to make some prediction after the rally, or on the cooling day, on the outcome. Just prediction only hor, don't laught if bo chun.

The wonderful part of the net is you are able to see the "what you see is what it is", unlike those in the media, alway present those THEIR-defined "best" to the audience. What ones see in such situation is always "one-sided".

Allow me wind the time 5 yrs back what GCT has pledged abt the $80Mil to Potong Pasir & $100mil to Hougang "provided" PAP teams won. http://www.royong.com/showthread.php?t=21 http://news.asiaone.com/print/News/The+Straits+Times/Story/A1Story20071107-34899.html Where the money come from? National development Ministry! MDM's money come from??? ALL the taxpayers. Really want to have close look at his face when he raises his right fist to heart level and pledge the NATIONAL PLEDGE during national day. If got chance to see him face to face, will tell him he is destroying the core pillars of Justice & Equality which the nation is built upon. Once, he had given me good image as humble,down to earth, caring, cleared many red tapes in gov bodies..... Chiam CT uses to recite the National Pledge during rally. I've asked ppl to send message to WP's chief to do the same, especially (this year at this time)at end of each rally, to ask everyone who present in the rallies, regardless of race, language, religion, political parties, to raise the right fist to heart level and recite the National Pledge. To hammer everybody's heart. If WP fails to do so, it is "天意“.

Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said on 2/5/11 that the "majority" of the population were not concerned about the ministerial pay, based on his personal survey? Or board daylight dream?. It's getting closer to our neighbour's Dr. M liao. http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4814321 http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=40298&view=findpost&p=634390 Majority "don't concern" because they don't know & don't understand the "secret component" which make up half the pay. If this "secret componet" is made known, you'll surprise to see everybody cares.

Remembered not long after LHL stepped in politic, while I studied economic subject in SIM, and his has mentioned "invisible hand" serveral times in his speeches. He believed strongly in "invisible hand"(free market). Of course, now he also well aware the visible hand can make the invisible hand works.

Last Sun morning, as usual, MIL was doing marketing at Bedok blk 216, walking along the narrow alise and ran into an aunties shaking hand with WP's Glenda Han (Uncles' killer). MIL was just behind this aunty. Aunty kept holding Glenda's hand and said in hokkien: "Your face very swee leh, much better swee than in the pciture....", MIL could walk through the crowded aisle and said aloud to aunty: "Face swee no use leh, brain swee then got use", Han siad "sorry" and retracted back her hand. MIL passed through. Yesterday, 7 early 8 early at 8+am ran into LHL & HC at bedok blk 538 market, as it was raining, a "subsevant" shade HC into a sheltered area, after that the umbrella remained on her head. We (+mil) were abt 5 meters away, MIL saw this & botahan and said aloud a few times in teochew: "got rain meh?" " gor rain meh". The umbralla remained on HC's head. MIL then said aloud: "If i got a cardboard on hand, sure will chiong to shelter her", all the ppls laught, then the umbrella "off".

Oops no, the "correct" saying should be: The visible hand makes the invisible hand works! Adam Smith's theory can't work in singapore liao.

Well said, "invisible hand" does this job.

Still don't believe? http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4667-800-for-us-millions-for-themselves read George's reply to Chee in 2009 http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/2668-george-yeo-minister-salaries-has-secret-component Read letters exchange between SDP & PSD: keyword: "public domain" http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/2685-govt-continues-to-evade-revealing-ministers-pay. You are right to say that those "figures" released over the net are not "actual". Even George himself also doesn't know because of the "PB" component in the "compensation package" structure. However, from Public Service Department's press release, can "agar agar" these figures - not far from those in the net!. Don't forget we have the "Standing order 44". Dr Chee who holds a doctorate title also don't understand the wage structure and the "actual" figures, not to mention you and me. Hope this clears some doubts.

Search "2/3M48", try understand the "codes" to the grades. http://www.straitstimes.com/mnt/html/nadyne/2007/tables/salaries.html, 2008. http://wp.sg/2007/04/ministers-pay/, 2007 april, read how she fight back. http://app.psd.gov.sg/data/PSD%20press%20release%2024112010.pdf ......