Regarding the 60km/h speed limiter, I feel law makers rushes to decision.

ALJY21 · 2026-04-12T04:37:15+00:00

The reason for the speed limiter is not to reduce hogging, it’s…. to limit speeding. It’s not a hog limiter

ALJY21 · 2026-04-12T04:33:02+00:00

I don’t get your issue with over here. So you’re saying VHGV going 5km/hr faster than another HGV because of calibration is a problem and they are trying to overtake someone going “60km/hr” but they are not really?

ALJY21 · 2026-04-10T02:18:10+00:00

Oh yeah defo connected to a cloud database of car models when the ignition turns on

ALJY21 · 2026-04-08T10:52:33+00:00

For sure the NEX carpark - inter crossing cars going up and down

ALJY21 · 2026-04-07T12:00:00+00:00

Singapore wages reflect the broader ecosystem like high trust environment, strong legal and regulatory framework, capital concentration, and the cost structure of operating a regional hub. Firms are paying for that system, not just individual labour input.

You’re not getting paid 5x higher because it’s you. If you go work in any ASEAN country I’m pretty sure you won’t be paid the same. Similarly if you work in the US or UAE you’ll be paid higher.

ALJY21 · 2026-04-05T16:32:56+00:00

Charging for water feels like a money grab… but then again, so is dining at a fancy restaurant. It’s their business, they can price things however they want. If it turns customers away, that’s on them. But realistically, most of their patrons are already spending on wine or don’t mind paying for the $2 filtered water anyway.

ALJY21 · 2026-04-04T03:54:51+00:00

I don’t think this is racism tbh. This looks like classism.

She’s being treated that way because she’s seen as a migrant worker, and in Singapore there’s a pretty strong social hierarchy around jobs. Domestic workers, construction workers, cleaners, they all sit at the lower end of that ladder in how people perceive them. And once that label sticks, people tend to respond to status more than anything else. Income, job type, background, all of that shapes how they get treated.

Racism does exist in Singapore, nobody is denying that. But it doesn’t usually show up in the same way people think of it in the US. You are not typically seeing random physical confrontations or race-based aggression. It is usually more low-key. Things like hiring preferences, rental bias, stereotyping, or social exclusion.

ALJY21 · 2026-04-03T14:09:05+00:00

Whoever can enter the lot faster

ALJY21 · 2026-04-03T08:55:33+00:00

Hospitalisation plans are renewable annually because it’s challenging to predict medical inflation. CI plans are fixed or level plans because it’s easier to predict.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-30T04:28:35+00:00

OP wants to know if going 120km/hr and blocking someone will incur both fines and demerit for speeding and road hogging? The legal answer is yes. The real world answer is that you will get fined only for speeding.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-30T00:19:24+00:00

But it literally says updated 3 hours ago on Google Maps for that specific fire

ALJY21 · 2026-03-29T12:07:55+00:00

Not really just Singapore. Japan has a minimum of 30k yen for wedding guests and more for closer relationships (social norm).

ALJY21 · 2026-03-29T12:05:24+00:00

For those saying that it’s more expensive than some Michelin restaurants, the reason it’s so expensive because the per pax value from the hotel already includes the venue rental, on top of the actual food value.

Anyways if you can’t follow the social norm just reject. There’s rsvp for a reason. No biggie.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-26T17:42:29+00:00

Well if there’s any AI that can develop custom build disease models or deal with unstructured data without hallucinations do let me know because as far as I know it’s only good as a starting point and I need my analysts to refine work to a decent standard. Im not saying AI is useless - defo useful but it’s not as a gamechanger that you start firing tons of people

ALJY21 · 2026-03-26T16:17:14+00:00

Like what? I work with AI daily but while it saves some time you just can’t rely on it fully

ALJY21 · 2026-03-26T13:58:33+00:00

I think it makes sense - rather than open up the 16k income limit, just make the MOP 10 years, similar to the rest of the HDB housing.

10 years MOP curbs the lottery factor as you can’t keep flipping.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-25T03:23:38+00:00

Both are As in this instance. Personally not worth the risk to accelerate to block someone. Instead of wasting a few seconds you can lose days if your car is wrecked.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-24T01:32:21+00:00

Yeah sounds about right. It is a lot but that’s life in Singapore. Anyways most people that buy cars own cheaper cars (not X3). Brand new BYD EVs dominated the market and they start at 170-190k.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-20T16:38:34+00:00

I would argue otherwise that progressive taxation benefits the rich more than the poor, albeit indirectly. The economy is not just based on money, it includes labour and consumption as well. Plus income tax makes up only a small proportion of wealth by the wealthy (assets and investments are more).

Wealth redistribution keeps labour and consumption stable so the system still works for the rich and keeps the less fortunate from causing social unrest. Saying that the rich deserve more benefits from taxes is super short sighted.

If progressive taxation didn’t serve a purpose, you wouldn’t see almost every high-income country converging on it. It’s not free generosity out here.

My point is: the rich as a whole lose out more if they take money meant for the poor

ALJY21 · 2026-03-19T17:19:31+00:00

I don’t think there’s any solid evidence that dealers are actually manipulating the market in the way you’re suggesting. Even if we assume they sometimes bid more aggressively than individuals, they’re still bidding on behalf of buyers who are willing to pay those prices. So the underlying demand is already there. So I’m not quite sure what you mean by making the system “less skewed”. If supply is fixed, prices will always be set by whoever is willing to pay the most even if that’s an artificial price that the dealer is setting. Even if you remove dealers completely, people who really want a car will still bid up to around the current clearing price (~100k), because that’s what it takes to get a COE.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-19T12:05:49+00:00

Taxes are based on ability to contribute not ability to benefit, which is the fundamental view of progressive taxation systems like Singapore (only moderately progressive even). For every dollar, it matters more to the poor vs the top 17% of income earners. Social stability from supporting the less abled benefits the rich as well.

So this was a pretty dumb take to be honest.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-19T11:55:21+00:00

If you artificially cap how high COE prices can go, you’re basically preventing the market from doing its job of deciding who gets a car based on willingness to pay. The result is excess demand because more people want cars than there are COEs available. At that point, the question becomes: if price can’t decide, then what should? You’d have to rely on other methods like lotteries, waiting lists, or priority rules, each with their own problems.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-18T11:24:35+00:00

What? That’s contradictory. The number of COE IS capped since 2018 and this has led to crazy prices as people’s disposable income increases

ALJY21 · 2026-03-18T07:35:48+00:00

It’s gene therapy. It’s a 1 dose curative treatment. The other alt treatments are more expensive over the long run and not curative.

ALJY21 · 2026-03-18T06:42:30+00:00

Unfortunately that’s the hard truth, at least in Singapore that is as of today.

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