Mr LKY will agree on what Dr M said in his blog
Although Mr LKY and Dr M were rival when they were PM of Singapore and Malaysia respectively and they hardly agreed on anything with each other, I think this time Mr LKY will agree on what Dr M said in his blog article, A Weak Government is not good for Multi-racial Malaysia. To certain extent, I agree with Dr M as well.
Politically, the opposition is the enemy. Being forced to work with the opposition is not undemocratic but it shows up the weakness of the Government.
A weak government is not good for multi-racial Malaysia. It leads to unwarranted challenges against its authority. Governments cannot please everybody. If a Government cannot be firm and is forced to flip-flop there will be a lack of confidence which does not augur well for the smooth implementation of policies or project. Some people might already have noticed this.
A Government with little need for opposition support would be better able to disregard the sniping that all Governments must face. It should however take note of opposition views and respond where necessary.
Tags: blog, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, LKY, Malaysia, Singapore
SNOB.ru - Elite and Russain version of Facebook?
Apr 28, 2008 Around the Word, Life
A Russian tycoon is going to launch a website called SNOB.ru, “to help rich and successful Russians to connect with people just like them”, and it is by invitation only.
The person behind the plan is Mikhail Prokhorov the Russia’s 5th richest man with estimated wealth of USD22.6 billions. He is single.
SNOB.ru, looks interesting.
Taken from Times Online:
Mikhail Prokhorov plans invitation-only website – called Snob
He is a playboy billionaire and reputedly Russia’s most eligible bachelor. But what Mikhail Prokhorov really wants to be, it seems, is a snob.
Mr Prokhorov plans to set up an invitation-only website – called Snob – to help rich and successful Russians to connect with people just like them. The networking site will be followed by a magazine of the same name and Snob TV, a channel aimed at viewers with “high-class tastes”.
Mr Prokhorov, 42, is rated Russia’s fifth-richest man with estimated wealth of $22.6 billion (£11 billion). He came to attention last year when French police in the ski resort of Courchevel detained him briefly during an investigation into an alleged high-class prostitution ring. He was released without charge.
The project aims to tap into the lifestyle of a social and business elite whose money-no-object appetite for extravagant parties and luxury brands have turned Moscow into one of the world’s most decadent cities.
Russia’s energy-fuelled economic boom has helped to create an estimated 110 billionaires and 131,000 millionaires. The Snob.ru site, an elitist variation of Facebook, will start in June, followed by the magazine a month later and the TV channel in November as part of a $150 million project funded by Mr Prokhorov.
“There are networking sites for all types of people but none for the sort of educated, independent and successful professionals that mix in my social circle. We want to create this closed online club where people can talk to each other,” Andrei Shmarov, Snob’s general director, told The Times. “Such people are not poor as a rule, but wealth will not be the only criterion. A scientist who demonstrates professionalism and success could also be with us.”
He said that the company would send invitations to 5,000 people to join the site. Others would be allowed to join if at least two existing members recommended them. The Snob title was chosen as an acronym of the Russian words for fulfilled, independent, educated and successful. The Times English Dictionary defines a snob, however, as someone “who behaves condescendingly to others”.
“You have that meaning in England because of your historical antagonism between the middle classes and the aristocracy. But there is no such conflict in Russia and snob has a different meaning for us,” Mr Shmarov said.
“It’s what you would call a self-made man – somebody who has not inherited their wealth but achieved it for themselves and gained a right to be snobby. In Russia, we are all a little bit snobby this way.”
Snob TV will broadcast for only five hours a night. Mr Shmarov said: “Nobody wants to watch TV for longer than that each night and we will guarantee to show only first-class programmes.
“If we show a concert, for example, it won’t be the Spice Girls or Tatu but the Rolling Stones in Belgrade or an Ella Fitzgerald performance.”
The project is Mr Prokhorov’s first venture into the media after making his fortune in metals and minerals. He explained his interest in the new venture on his blog, saying: “I think it would be very good if Russia became a world leader not just in energy, but in the creation of new intellectual products too, like new media.”
So, who is interested to join the club?
$2 food in Singapore
I normally do not appreciate what the world 155th (is it 155? can’t remember but not far from it) ranked press reported. However, I must complement this 2 reporters, Samantha Eng and Aw Cheng Wei, for the efforts. By the way, I never know that there are actually quite a lot of affordable hawker food in east side, like Bedok and Tampines. Good for me, hehe.
Taken from Straits Times:
Charles & Keith, Pedro Men warehouse sale
For Charles & Keith and Pedro Men lovers.
Tags: Charles & Keith, fashion, Pedro Men, promotion, warehouse sale
Man jumped onto MRT track, died
From AsiaOne:
MRT service disrupted
Singaporeans once again faced MRT service disruption as they headed for work this Monday morning, when a man was found dead on the train track at the Choa Chu Kang MRT Station.
Police received a call at 8 am that a man had fallen onto the track. The man, a Chinese in his mid-40s, was pronounced dead at 8.30 am.
A portion of the North-South line was affected. According to signs flashed at MRT stations, there was no train service from Yew Tee station to Bukit Gombak station towards Jurong East station.
Singapore Civil Defence Force and Singapore Police Force personnel were seen at the scene, which has been cordoned off. Police are now investigating the case.
Another sad case. And round of complains coming. May he rest in peace.
Tags: commit suidide, MRT, Singapore
When they need money, they give me very nice title
Apr 7, 2008 Life
I never know that I am a “GOLD alumni”. GOLD leh, don’t pway pway ok? Not silver, no bronze, but GOLD ok? So I am the Graduate Of the Last Decade. Quite lousy short form, should be GOTLD right?
Except for the alumni magazine, almost every other mails they sent me are asking for donations, or invitation for some functions, events and the purposes of functions/events are for donations, donations and more donations. Seems like the purpose of keeping alumni is for donation?
Anyway, sorry lah, your this lousy GOLD alumni is surviving in life and job, every day is a challenge. I got no money to donate to you. By the way, do you have any fund that can help your surviving alumni?
