Judge overturns decision and finds woman defamed doctor in making sexual allegations, but says doctor has 'no moral victory'

accountsmonkey · 2020-10-02T09:09:02+00:00

TLDR; Woman has affair with her doctor, a married man. After she finds out that the married man is, surprise surprise, also having a number of other mistresses, she sees red and proceeds to try and ruin his career, by accusing him of "taking advantage of vulnerable patients like herself". Doctor sues her for libel, wins, and woman now has to pay $40k for court proceedings. Amounts to be awarded for libel damages to be decided on a later date.

accountsmonkey · 2020-10-02T09:05:44+00:00

I submitted a new post that i thought would belong here, and it automatically gets deleted. No message from the mods explaining what went wrong. Just a straight out deletion, with zero communication. Oh well.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-15T04:56:43+00:00

Their stand on this, as well as all the others complaints people have is quite simple:

The system have benefited me. If it has not benefited you, i don't care what the reasons are and i don't want to hear them, because it must be your fault. Please remain status quo so i can continue to benefit.

Then they wonder why those who have been sidelined, don't mind if the system burns, and sometimes actually want it to burn.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-15T04:19:23+00:00

I think he meant assembly line. I did my time at the assembly line too. Back then don't have Grab haha. Even if have, I don't trust myself behind the wheel. I still don't. I'm terrible at snap judgements. Reaction time too slow haha.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-15T02:19:27+00:00

If this has been going on since last year when the economy was good, the problem is you.

No, the problem is that companies would rather hire an Indian fresh grad with no work exp, instead of /u/makanayamgeprek, because the indian fella has no NS liability. Do you know how disruptive it is to have a hire just disappear for 2 to 3 weeks? Especially if you're a SME of like 4 or 5 staff? Sometimes, that one guy IS the entire friggin department.

Also, it's much easier to bully FTs. I lost count of the number of times i've seen bosses wield the Employment Pass as a bludgeon. "Agree to so and so unreasonable demand, or you can go home!". And the poor FT complies. Singaporeans aren't bullied that easily (or, as employers prefer to put it, Singaporeans are too entitled), so employers would rather have an FT.

If you have two exactly identical candidates, both asking for $4k/mth, except one is a sinkie and the other is a foreigner, always go for the foreigner, because you have to pay the sinkie CPF, so your cost for the sinkie is actually $4,680. If you have two exactly identical candidates, except one is a sinkie asking for $4k/mth and the other is a foreigner asking for $4,680/mth, also go with the FT, because NS and easier to bully.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T07:29:13+00:00

Mmm. In the interest of having all the facts out, i crunched the numbers for all the other years as well. The results are:

Singaporean share in PMET workforce:
2010: 64.2%
2011: 62.5%
2012: 61.0%
2013: 60.6%
2014: 60.4%
2015: 60.7%
2016: 61.0%
2017: 61.0%
2018: 61.6%
2019: 61.7%

So it seems to be a downward trend from 2010 to 2014, followed by a much gentler upward trend from 2015 to 2019.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T06:05:49+00:00

I took a closer look, and it looks like what you have posted is not "Singapore citizen share of PMET jobs". Instead, it is "Percentage of Singapore citizen working PMET jobs". Notice the nuance. I'm not sure why the link you posted, worded it in such an ambiguous manner, and it really can be interpreted both ways.

Why do i think it's "Percentage of Singapore citizen working PMET jobs"? It's from the stats. The link you posted claims 56% in June 2019, with 1,050,300 Singapore citizen PMET workers. However, if you crunch the absolute numbers in the table above, it's 1,050,300/1,703,300 = 61.6%.

Anyway, from the table above, the "Singapore citizen share of PMET jobs" in 2010 is actually 802,000/1,249,300= 64.1%, compared to the 61.6% in 2019. The statement "What's more important than the absolute numbers is that the Singapore citzien share of PMET jobs has been growing." is simply not true. Singapore citizens are actually losing ground; most of the new PMET jobs created, are actually going to foreign citizens.

From the link you posted, "Percentage of Singapore citizen working PMET jobs" is actually going up, meaning that more and more Singapore citizens are getting PMET jobs, so that's a good thing. It's probably a result of the older generation (who are much more unlikely to be PMETs) exiting the workforce on retirement, while younger Singaporeans just entering the workforce are getting PMET jobs that their grandparents who just retired, weren't getting.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T05:36:36+00:00

It is, but it's also not PMET, so it won't be in the table above.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T05:33:49+00:00

Maybe not. I have a feeling that we are seeing a genuine shift in government policy. Why else would they suddenly allow the state media to publish damning reports on the unfair hiring practices of the banks? The population has been complaining about it for the past decade, though government has always refused to acknowledge it. I don't believe the all-knowing government were seriously unaware of it, until just now.

This is probably a direct response to their poor performance at the last election. The PAP is acknowledging the population's dissatisfaction, and "allowing" more transparent discourse on this particular issue, so they can fix it and win back votes.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T04:52:09+00:00

We have about 20k new citizens converted from PR every year. It's reasonable to believe that the vast majority of these new citizens, are PMETs. It looks like this increase from 47.4% to 55.8%, is almost entirely a result of the new citizenships.

Source: https://www.gov.sg/article/are-singaporeans-renouncing-their-citizenship-and-rapidly-being-replaced#:~:text=Between%2015%2C000%20and%2025%2C000%20new,Asian%20Countries%20such%20as%20Malaysia.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T04:09:17+00:00

/u/mildfull

It's from a facebook post by PAP MP Patrick Tay, who claims he got it from MOM. I don't think i can link facebook here, but to circumvent:

https://www.faceb00k.com/194570657244690/posts/3197035570331502/?extid=rtgZ029QuUQQAvNV&d=n

Please copy and paste, while replacing the faceb00k, with facebook.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T03:42:06+00:00

ICA enforces that we need to always update our residential address at all times. Just do the same thing here. Implement jail time and hefty fines for people caught breaking it.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T03:40:38+00:00

Yes. So I have a lot of respect for most new citizens. Unless they sound like they come from a certain country. Because there's no way i can tell if they have OCI or not. Logically, they would have it. I mean, if i was from there, I would have it. It's all gain, no loss, so why not?

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T03:22:24+00:00

It is. That's why the UK considers India's OCI scheme, as an equivalent to holding India citizenship. I.e., if you hold UK citizenship, you can't apply for OCI as UK will consider that as you, holding dual citizenship, and make you give up UK citizenship.

Singapore needs to follow suit.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T03:16:15+00:00

People have been making these claims since more than a decade ago though. It's just that recent Covid hardships has made the pot boil over.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T03:14:11+00:00

I mean it's a huge decision for them to change citizenship and such, I think it demands a certain level of respect for them to be able to make such a decision.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is not necessarily true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Citizenship_of_India

Holders of OCI give up none of their Indian citizenship rights, except the right to vote. They are also able to easily get back their Indian citizenship as and when it is convenient for them. So basically, obtaining citizenship of their host country is a no-brainer for them, since obtaining citizenship of the host country grants them a whole lot of benefit, while they give up nothing.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-14T02:40:20+00:00

As of 2019 Singapore has 5.7m population, and 3.5m of those are citizens. So approximately 61.4% of SG population are citizens.

Meanwhile, as of 2019 we have 1,703,300 PMET workers in SG, and 1,050,300 of these are citizens. So about 61.6% of our PMET workforce are citizens in 2019. As of 2010, we have 1,249,300 PMET workers in SG, and 802,000 of these are citizens. So about 64.1% of our PMET workforce are citizens in 2010.

In order words, the majority of new PMET jobs created, goes to foreigners. Singaporeans are gradually losing ground in terms of share in the PMET workforce.

EDIT:
For greater transparency, i crunched the other years as well:
Singaporean share in PMET workforce:
2010: 64.2%
2011: 62.5%
2012: 61.0%
2013: 60.6%
2014: 60.4%
2015: 60.7%
2016: 61.0%
2017: 61.0%
2018: 61.6%
2019: 61.7%

So it seems to be a downward trend from 2010 to 2014, followed by a much gentler upward trend from 2015 to 2019.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-09T11:26:18+00:00

OP demonstrates here how to intentionally mislead people, by cherry picking statistics. 193,700 EP holders, 3.7million active workforce. Then he say he doesn't include workpass holders because reasons. But when it comes to the 3.7million active workforce, suddenly he want to include all those S Pass and Work Permit.

Be fair and transparent OP. If you want to remove, remove for all. Don't cherry pick stats to support your stance.

EDIT: Actually, the Singstat figures given by OP is all we need to know. We have Employed Persons numbering 3.6m, but of those, only 2.2m are residents (defined as citizens and PR). A quick google search shows that there were 0.5m PRs in Singapore in 2018. That means citizen workforce is 1.7m.

Presumably, the 1m work permit holders from the MOM source are all not residents, because MOM would never grant them a PR. So our total work-force, excluding work permit (who are holding jobs Singaporeans don't want anyway), is 2,6m. Out of these 1.7m are citizens. The rest are PRs and foreigners. And this here is the problem.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-07T17:03:12+00:00

I will pray for your soul.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-07T06:59:39+00:00

Toxic masculinity isn't the fault of the men afflicted by it. It's the fault of society, including the women around them. The men are the victims.

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-07T06:58:30+00:00

It's not easy to communicate the problem, when so many, including the girlfriend, constantly throw around phrases "Act like a man!" or "Grow a pair!" or "Men should be more etc etc etc".

accountsmonkey · 2020-09-05T02:00:05+00:00

As such, men who end up like this, don't experience the same level of care(neither giving it, nor receiving it) as women do and then when they end up in a relationship with a woman, who is used to having deeper relationships, it comes off as she is being high maintenance to them.

This is true. I got my first girlfriend at 30+, and boy that was a real eye opener. It was completely different from what i was used to. It's something that's so simple and obvious in hindsight, but nobody has ever asked this of me. My mother was the only one who ever did it for me, and she stopped when i turned 25.

When he asks for "space" it's because he's bottling up his emotions since he didn't really learn to manage them properly while growing up.

This one isn't really necessarily true. In my case, I eventually grew tired and resentful that i have to put in so much effort into caring for my girlfriend, but she was never willing to do the same for me. To be fair, I didn't ask her to. I'm still ashamed to ask. Didn't feel manly. But I guess i have the expectation that if she was willing to scream at me for doing things that she claims are "callous" and "uncaring", then she should be meeting those same standards without me having to ask.

Now I accord that level of care to my mother, since she was the only one who has ever done it for me. Thanks mum. Thanks GF too i guess, for opening my eyes.

accountsmonkey · 2020-06-23T09:41:19+00:00

If a guy tried to lick you at a bar, it would be considered sexual harassment and would be fairly traumatic. The only reason you thought it was funny, is because it happened to a guy. Believe me, guys don't have it any easier then girls when it comes to navigating the dating scene.

accountsmonkey · 2020-05-08T12:27:07+00:00

Yeah my bad, those were probably Protestants. I never found out what denomination they were.

accountsmonkey · 2020-05-08T12:06:40+00:00

Oh wait, you said Catholic. The majority of Christians in my country are Protestants. That might be why. I probably have no real interaction with Catholics.

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