Are you ready for 7 million people on tiny Singapore?
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JannettLee:
Oversight is referred to the above-mentioned in pink[/quote]But my post was referring to the exact opposite!! The one that was embedded in pirates reply to which you agreed to!pirate:
[quote=\"Irrelevant\"]As Singapore govt spending as % of GDP is less than half of these developed countries, we will need to ramp our our healthcare spending very significantly to match theirs.
It's not a matter of deciding let's spend x% of GDP on healthcare. It's a matter of deciding what needs to be done to make healthcare more affordable for Singaporeans, and then project how much it will cost. A question such as \"how many % of GDP we should spend on healthcare\" is putting the cart before the horse.
Given that Singapore gov had underspent on public healthcare for the last decade or two, it is natural that it has to spend more just to play catch-up.
Yeah, yeah. Some would question my statement that we had underspend on healthcare for the last decade or two. But the fact remains that we had underbuilt hospitals (90% occupancy rates!) and underproduced doctors. Yep. I am from the generation where students get rejected from medical school because their results were too good and were told to go do engineering. \"We don't want all our top students doing medicine.\" Hence the present shortage of hospital beds and the need to import FT doctors. Hence our present inadequate medical school capacity (cannot get enough qualified teaching staff!) and the necessity for the gov to pay to send our kids to overseas medical school. I don't even want to talk about the shortage of nurses. -
3Boys:
If you cut NS to 1 year, you will have no one to come in and beat us too. You thought others didn't come in is attributed to our defence?
The point of NS is that we are serious about defence and we fight to win. Right now, there is no one in the region that can come in and beat us, NO ONE.JannettLee:
You really can't comprehend! Who is Moron?
As I said, you don't go for war and why asked our boys to flight war? If other want to walk into our backyard, you thought you can flight?
The budget can be cut by having the boys to do a shorter NS. say for 1 year instead. Why other countries can do with less duration for NS? why can't Singapore? South Korea is a very good example and yet they are in the war threat all the time but still can do with shorter NS.
Please quit embarrassing yourself.
You don't argue for the sake of arguing. I'm asking to cut defence budget but not asking to abolish defence. -
3Boys:
But my post was referring to the exact opposite!! The one that was embedded in pirates reply to which you agreed to![/quote]It is their oversight that Singapore gov had underspent on public healthcare for the last decade or two, that's why we have to spend more just to play catch-up that I agreed to.
Oversight is referred to the above-mentioned in pinkJannettLee:
[quote=\"pirate\"]
It's not a matter of deciding let's spend x% of GDP on healthcare. It's a matter of deciding what needs to be done to make healthcare more affordable for Singaporeans, and then project how much it will cost. A question such as \"how many % of GDP we should spend on healthcare\" is putting the cart before the horse.
Given that Singapore gov had underspent on public healthcare for the last decade or two, it is natural that it has to spend more just to play catch-up.
Yeah, yeah. Some would question my statement that we had underspend on healthcare for the last decade or two. But the fact remains that we had underbuilt hospitals (90% occupancy rates!) and underproduced doctors. Yep. I am from the generation where students get rejected from medical school because their results were too good and were told to go do engineering. \"We don't want all our top students doing medicine.\" Hence the present shortage of hospital beds and the need to import FT doctors. Hence our present inadequate medical school capacity (cannot get enough qualified teaching staff!) and the necessity for the gov to pay to send our kids to overseas medical school. I don't even want to talk about the shortage of nurses.
Hope this clarifies. -
JannettLee:
Oversight is referred to the above-mentioned in pink[/quote]But my post was referring to the exact opposite!! The one that was embedded in pirates reply to which you agreed to!pirate:
[quote=\"Irrelevant\"]As Singapore govt spending as % of GDP is less than half of these developed countries, we will need to ramp our our healthcare spending very significantly to match theirs.
It's not a matter of deciding let's spend x% of GDP on healthcare. It's a matter of deciding what needs to be done to make healthcare more affordable for Singaporeans, and then project how much it will cost. A question such as \"how many % of GDP we should spend on healthcare\" is putting the cart before the horse.
Given that Singapore gov had underspent on public healthcare for the last decade or two, it is natural that it has to spend more just to play catch-up.
Yeah, yeah. Some would question my statement that we had underspend on healthcare for the last decade or two. But the fact remains that we had underbuilt hospitals (90% occupancy rates!) and underproduced doctors. Yep. I am from the generation where students get rejected from medical school because their results were too good and were told to go do engineering. \"We don't want all our top students doing medicine.\" Hence the present shortage of hospital beds and the need to import FT doctors. Hence our present inadequate medical school capacity (cannot get enough qualified teaching staff!) and the necessity for the gov to pay to send our kids to overseas medical school. I don't even want to talk about the shortage of nurses. -
As I said, they try to cool 20% private property market when the property bubble is in 80% HDB property market & commercial & industrial properties and causing the high inflation! :slapshead:
JannettLee:
Like I expected CM7 can't cool the property market!
Looks like CM8 is coming soon......................................................... :evil: (please also target commercial properties now and regulate REIT to cut business cost!)
New private home sales jump by 43% in January
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1254423/1/.html
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SINGAPORE: Sales of new private homes in Singapore jumped by about 43 per cent on-month in January 2013, despite the latest round of cooling measures introduced last month.
According to the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), 2,013 units of new private homes - excluding executive condominiums - were sold in January, compared to 1,410 units sold in December 2012.
A URA spokesperson said about 60 per cent of the 2,013 units were sold before January 12 - before the latest cooling measures took effect.
The remaining 40 per cent of the units were transacted from January 12 onwards.
The data released by URA on Friday showed that 350 units of new private homes located in the core central region were sold in January.
Meanwhile, developers moved 376 new units in the city fringe and 1,287 units in the suburban areas. -
Are you stalking me Janette? The person with delusions of correctness is you. I’ve already replied to your question, go check.
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JannettLee:
:yikes:
Sorry hor, I didn't ask to abolish NS completely but asked to cut defense budget to very minimum.
Why spend so much money? we are not going for war, even if we do, you thought we can win the war ?
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3Boys:
You know nothing about this matter, don't talk as if you even have a clue.[/quote]You understand? let me 洗耳恭听！
If you cut NS to 1 year, you will have no one to come in and beat us too. You thought others didn't come in is attributed to our defence?JannettLee:
[quote=\"3Boys\"]
The point of NS is that we are serious about defence and we fight to win. Right now, there is no one in the region that can come in and beat us, NO ONE.
Please quit embarrassing yourself.
You don't argue for the sake of arguing. I'm asking to cut defence budget but not asking to abolish defence.
All I know is many countries are cutting their defence budget including US and also reducing their NS term(for those mandatory). Why Singapore is not following suit? They are so many foreigners here in Singapore, you thought our neighbors dare attack us? -
JannettLee:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
You understand? let me 洗耳恭听！
All I know is many countries are cutting their defence budget including US and also reducing their NS term(for those mandatory). Why Singapore is not following suit? They are so many foreigners here in Singapore, you thought our neighbors dare attack us?
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3Boys:
I'm still waiting le :evil: :laugh:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:JannettLee:
You understand? let me 洗耳恭听！
All I know is many countries are cutting their defence budget including US and also reducing their NS term(for those mandatory). Why Singapore is not following suit? They are so many foreigners here in Singapore, you thought our neighbors dare attack us?
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