This article is taken from
http://blog.omy.sg/jackneo/archives/1617Just post here for fun... haha..
前两天，政府再次在早报告诉大家，下半年的经济会更恶化。。。
说真的，这些触目惊心的字眼最近已经是看得很厌倦了！每看一次就心惊胆跳一整天。
很多时候，很想逃避现实，暂时忘记了世界正在面临经济大萧条的吞噬，每次当你逃避现实快要成功的时候，政府就会突然间好心的提醒你，不要期待什么奇 迹了，没机会了，我用政府的身份在这里用信誉保证，下半年的恶化，已经是事实了。。。说完之后，没有继续告诉你，那下来怎么办？
真的很想知道，政府一而再，再而三的告诉大家，我们的经济将会很惨，目的在那里？？？？？
1。让大家作好心里准备，不要怪政府没有提醒你？
2。让大家要进行投资更小心？
3。让大家把钱看好，不要乱花钱？
4。就是要吓你下来会很惨了！
我不是搞政治的人，不知道这种宣布，是否还有超越我们想像的意义，很想了解，这些坏消息一再宣布，到底可以帮助已经很脆落，信心几乎崩溃的人民商家什么？
现在，全世界经济萧条谁不知道？
坏消息不断的重复，最后把还抱着乐观态度的一些人，信心也动摇了。。。
我其实心情很坏，因为字眼的运用太过直接。。。
是否可以考虑用另一种角度来说，又可以达到传达消息的目的，又看了不要那么绝望。。。
很难是吗？
当然难啦，就是难才有挑战啊。。。
正当对局势烦躁的时候，突然一个朋友送来一封信，他要我看，我看了，觉得。。。。行情那么坏，让大家笑笑一下应该是做善事吧。。。
Tolong Tolong Letter
With the release of the inflation figure of 6.8 percent, this becomes a relevant reminder…………………….TQ LCTS !
Intro: The first letter was posted last year, in one of the forums I participate in, by a person who goes by the nick “ChinChaiOne” and he named his thread “Tolong Tolong”. It was picked up by other forums, circulated around (even in govt depts) then someone who posed as an official in the PM’s office posted a reply.
OPEN LETTER COFFEE SHOP TALK
From : ChinChaiOne
28-Apr 12:15
Dear Prime Minister,
We citizens of Singapore urge you to PLEASE MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
We DO NOT NEED your help.. Every time, you mention HELP, we have to run for cover!!!
Help the poor? Raise GST!
Help traffic flow? Up ERP!
Help passenger service? Up Bus fare/MRT fare!
Help us get taxi? Raise taxi fare!
Help us get good government? Raise Minister and Civil servant salary!
Everytime YOU WANT TO HELP, we all PAY FOR IT!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU…TOLONG LAH, please, we will HELP OURSELVES, no need your help liao. We DARE NOT ask for help any more!!!
Sir, most honoured sir, I urge you NOT TO HELP Singapore INVEST also!
Everytime your wife invest, we all lose money! Kao liao, kum siah!
Just let us have a dose of bad governance, like recently the Mat Selamat case, like dat….so far, it is ok, your incompetence, we ACCEPT!
PLEASE DO NOT help us have better security! Wait we all kena PAY FOR IT!!
I believe ALL SINGAPOREANS PREFER NOT TO HAVE CRUTCH MENTALITY!
I think it is ok lah, please just take your salary and enjoy life ok?
Thank you thank you,
I am very chin chai one, any how any how, no need to help oso can one.
Following is a reply from the Prime Minister’s Office:
Date: Saturday, 2 August, 2008.
Dear Chin Chai One,
10Q you for your letter. On behalf of the Prime Minister, I am replying to your letter as follows:
As the erected party of Singaporeans, we are here to serve.
We are demon-cratic country, you are master, we gahmen servant, we serve you. You got problems we must help. You say no need our help? That means you’re not Singapore’s master. You say you run for cover? Cannot one, our police will find you.
GST is to help the Gahmen to help yourself. The Gahmen Service Tax is everywhere, you go America also have one, cannot run one.
Traffic very bad, so bad that we have to hold car racing at nite to avoid traffic jam. We believe there is no free lunch like PM’s father say before, you use, you must pay, so Every Road Pay. So you see no ERP cannot one.
Needless to say, passenger service also must pay. The increase in bus fare and MRT and taxi fare are very little already. We foresee world inflation coming: oil, steel, pay of foreign talents, etc, so we have to pay for the service.
You see, many foreign talents come to Singapore . If we don’t pay our ministers well, they will go other countries to be their foreign talents. So must raise salary to keep them. If not, Nathan, Shanmugam, Bala etc will go Indiaand work. Khaw will go Malaysia .. etc etc. Must keep them. To keep them must pay well.
You are right, any help also must pay.
To help yourself? No, it’s illegal. You mean you can build your own MRT? Run your own buses? Drive your Ba-Ong-Chia? Build your own roads? Seow liao!! Every one help himself then how? No social order lah! Ga ga ask for help, we are here to serve you.
We understand some of you have temporary problem. Don’t worry, it is only short term. We must look long term. We must invest long term. Now lose a bit don’t cow beh cow boo, long term! Yes, remember. 30 or 50 years later we will own Swiss banks, US banks, UK properties, maybe even South Pole condominiums. We must tighten our seat belt and bite our false teeth. The future very bright. As long as you continue to support the gahmen 30 to 50 years you will see bright future. So Chiang See Tong a bit lah. Also, investing is very complicated business, not easy. We must pay school fee to learn from advanced countries.
On Selamat’s case, we also must learn our lesson. We encourage life-long-learning. I learn whole life time, you learn whole life, Mr Wong Can’t Sing also whole life learning. It’s actually good. Mr Wong already apologise, don’t force a dog to jump over the wall, the wall may collapse. Old dog cannot jump high also.
Selamat’s case gives us many lessons. We must be on alert, not too complacent. Now every Singaporean know there can be a terrorist among us any time. This is the best self defence education !! PM will give Mr Wong another salary increment for that.
Also now we merge the prisons and detention centre, more space will be available now. We will build it like another IR, Integrated Retention - so those don’t want our service and thinking of doing illegal service will go there. We will pass a new law too, the expenses for stay in that IR will be deducted from your CPF money.
Remember we must be grateful to people who help us — and pay.
I hope I have explained the situation and give you the message clearly. If you still need help, please call my handphone: 9990-6767 , it’s toll-free.
By the way, Mr Chin Chai One, our pioneer Toh Chin Chai already toh long ago. So if you choose to be Chin Chin Chai Chai, you will also Toh.
10Q you again,
Reguards,
AhBeng
Grassrude secretary
