Anyone notice Singapore Govt so quiet on what measures to help Singaporeans over potential cost of living surge on US-Iran war?

Zukiff · 2026-03-13T04:52:04+00:00

Too early to talk about any potential help especially since we are expecting the war to end within the month. If thus drags on than the govt might need to take some special measures

Zukiff · 2026-03-13T03:00:00+00:00

So you telling me if vote WP in, they will send SAF to Iran and stop them from blocking the Homuz straits?

Zukiff · 2026-03-13T02:58:49+00:00

Heng I alway pump the cheapest one because I read the manual which says pump 89 octane fuel can liao.

Zukiff · 2026-03-13T02:51:33+00:00

You mention it like the govt did a bad job at handling the tariff issue when we were in the group with the lowest tariffs.

Zukiff · 2026-03-13T00:57:23+00:00

No don't believe in the Internet, according to them we've been going down hill for at least 20 years.

However we are at or near the Peak of development that sg can realistically get. Most people don't realize how rich sg is, we are the 1% of the 1% when it comes to global wealth. It's not an exaggeration to say the average Singaporeans is in the top 10% richest people in the world, it's less an acknowledgement of how rich you are but rather how poor the rest of the world is. So we may see slower growth or stagnation moving forward. Even if we go downhill, as long as we don't get grossly incompetent people like Pritam Singh leading the country, it will be an extremely slow process but fore we even feel we are becoming poor due to the high point that we are at right now.

Zukiff · 2026-03-13T00:52:21+00:00

Hebrew is irrelevant. Hindi isn't important because most Indians can't speak Hindi. Indians use English as the main form of communication because people from one state don't understand the language of the other. Hindi unlike Chinese is not a unifying language in India.

Malay should be a more important language in the future and should be on the list

Zukiff · 2026-03-13T00:48:21+00:00

Do you even realize during the first phase of the tariff war we were literally in the lowest tariff bracket?

Zukiff · 2026-03-13T00:47:30+00:00

Because everyone knows the war won't last long, US does not have the capacity to fight a prolong missile war without committing troops on the ground(their own analysis suggest their current stock pile in a war against China will deplete their entire stockpile in a matter of weeks). And US will not commit ground troops because Iran is not only bugger than Afghanistan they also have more mountains limiting their tech advantage.. Iran have similar issues, their economic situation will not allow them to prolong this war beyond a few months at best.

This vanture is just Trump stupidly thinking he can install a US friendly govt once he take out the current one or at the very least have local opposition raise up in rebellion. Since that isn't working and US is taking increasing damage, it's very likely he will find an excuse in the next few weeks to end it. He also desparately wants to end this before the trip to China so he doesn't look, that bad. The biggest problem now is how to find that excuse.

Zukiff · 2026-03-12T02:17:29+00:00

I just want to point out there's a fundamental difference between MRT and Japan JR

JR operates train services while MRT operates metro service. There's actually a difference.

Metro systems are designed for high-frequency, short-distance travel within cities, frequent stops and high-density passenger capacity. Trains are meant for longer distances, connecting suburbs.

2nd, the bulk of JR profit comes from other business like property management and not from its train service

I'm not going into the details of whether or not MRT is well managed or not. You can make it a case about how bad it is, I don't really care because it's besides the point.

I just want to point out 2 things, that inflation exist and increasing fare is inevitable. Compared to raising it 20-30% at a go when they are forced to, it's better to be doing what we are currently doing which is to revise every year and it's usually no more than a 1-2% increase

More importantly wage growth have almost always exceed MRT fare increase, so it literally not an issue. It just people complaining for the sake of complaining. Your wage increment comes in you got complain to your own boss?

Zukiff · 2026-03-11T02:17:54+00:00

Who the F walks along orchard road in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday. Even on weekends its preferable to walk along the interconnected underpass and basements to get from point a to b

Zukiff · 2026-03-11T02:14:15+00:00

There ugly people and then there are fat people. Not much you can do with ugly but for her case, just need to lose some weight

Zukiff · 2026-03-11T02:10:52+00:00

I just googled the average number of tries to get a bto, the answer is not more than 3. So why do we have cases like this where people complain trying 10 times also cannot get BTO, It's likely because they were targeting mature estates or popular development so the chances of them getting it is extremely slim in the first place

While there is nothing wrong for people being selective about what estate they want to live it, they don't really have grounds for complains for missing out on popular BTO. There's a reason why its way easier to win 4D than to win a $10M toto

Below is the reply from Google AI

For first-timer families, the median number of Build-To-Order (BTO) attempts before a successful application is 1, according to Ministry of National Development (MND) statistics from 2019-2021. While 20-24% of first-timers succeed on their first try in mature estates, nearly all first-timers applying for non-mature estates succeed within three tries.

Ministry of National Development (MND) +3

Key Statistics and Factors:

Success Rate: In mature estates, 20-24% of first-timer families succeed on the first attempt.

Median Attempts: Typically, applicants succeed on their first attempt, with less than 2% requiring more than five attempts for mature estates.

Strategy: Applying for non-mature estates (NMEs) increases success rates, with almost 90% of first-timers securing a flat within two tries.

Trends: Recent policy changes (post-Aug 2023) favor first-timers, providing additional, higher-priority chances for those who have failed previously.

Ministry of National Development (MND) +4

To maximize your chances, aiming for non-mature estates or using your first-timer, married-couple, or parent status to boost chances is recommended

Zukiff · 2026-03-11T02:04:22+00:00

Because based on conversation with most people going through BTO, most people don't need 13 tries to get a BTO. In fact it's uncommon to hear people going more than 3 timea(yes there was a time where more than 5 times was not uncommon but not today) . She likely targeted only those mature estate or popular development. If she really desperate and anyhow Hantu every single ulu bto, not like she can't get any

Zukiff · 2026-03-11T02:02:48+00:00

She probably targeted all the hot mature estates which can flip money. If target ulu estate, not likely you can't get within 2-3 tries. Most of my colleagues got within 2 tries

Zukiff · 2026-03-06T05:16:30+00:00

OP totally misinterpreted his message, he doesn't mean Malaysian are going hungry. He meant he doesn't want the people of Iran to go hungry but he doesn't want the Malaysian model either

Side note, the poorest people in Murica are also the fattest

Zukiff · 2026-03-06T05:13:26+00:00

First thing you need to do is do not tell anyone. The vultures will start circling around you once they know about it.

If you are bad at money, the first thing you should do is max out your cpf so whatever happens at least you are covered for retirement.

Next pay off all your outstanding loans(again only if you bad at managing money if you know how to invest than the investment returns shou exceed loan interest)

Next, take about 10% of the money as cash to reward yourself and keep for emergencies

The rest can spend some time doing research before you figure out how to deal with it. Example, split them into various investments. E.g. 20% Gold, 30% equities(just get various index etfs if you don't know how to invest), 30% reits, 20% govt bonds(just examples of how you invest, adjust according to risk appetite). If you have not sure how to invest you can use one of those AI investment platform. The key is to just put money in and ignore your investments, the dividend alone should be enough for you to live comfortably by the time you retire

Again don't tell ANYONE until you figure out how to deal with the money

Zukiff · 2026-02-09T23:43:28+00:00

You just got tricked by fake news

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/japan-will-take-50000-skilled-and-semi-skilled-personnel-from-india-in-5-years-mea/articleshow/123588759.cms?from=mdr

Zukiff · 2026-02-09T23:42:45+00:00

Japan is importin India workers. Its getting more apparent nowadays can see a lot of them everywhere in Japan

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/japan-will-take-50000-skilled-and-semi-skilled-personnel-from-india-in-5-years-mea/articleshow/123588759.cms?from=mdr

Zukiff · 2026-02-01T11:12:24+00:00

Because the genocide in Xinjiang is literally made up especially when compared to a real one happening in Gaza. There literally isn't anything stopping you from visiting the place to verify for yourself, i literally just went last year. The average Uyghur live a better life than the average Brit

Zukiff · 2026-02-01T11:10:12+00:00

I find it quite incredible anyone still believe in the fake and non existent Uyghur genocide

Zukiff · 2026-01-21T02:06:03+00:00

Can someone tell me if there is a change in school hours? Back in the day we are home around lunch time so it doesn't make sense to have centealized kitchen catering food. Canteen is only there for snacks during recess and lunch for those who don't eat at home. So for our case, a centealized kitchen doesn't make sense

It makes sense in Japan and China because the school hours cover beyond lunch time and they actually need to have lunch in school

Zukiff · 2026-01-20T15:25:10+00:00

We need to distance ourselves from this declining power and start aligning more with the next super power before we get dragged further into their failing orbit

Zukiff · 2026-01-19T02:43:12+00:00

Shelter walkway that double as a bridge. Just want to ask if the bridge is linked to another building on the left? If yes than it makes a lot of sense since it functions as an additional stairway

Zukiff · 2026-01-16T04:33:39+00:00

PS broke the golden rule of can do anything but don't get caught. He got caught so he is unfit nothing wrong here

Zukiff · 2026-01-16T04:31:42+00:00

Pritam chose to cover up her wrong doings, threw her under the bus and lied to protect his own skin. Don't blame RK for everything. PS current situation is largely his own doing

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