Sunday, March 29, 2009
Intelligence Quiz
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Survey: Ministers in the Prime Minister's Office
Are we having too many ministers in the Prime Minister's Office, including senior ministers? Survey.
Here are the survey results.
Ministers in PM Office
Lee Hsien Loong
Goh Chok Tong
Lee Kuan Yew
S Jayakumar
Lim Boon Heng
Lim Swee Say
Lim Hwee Hua
Ministers in PM Office
Lee Hsien Loong
Goh Chok Tong
Lee Kuan Yew
S Jayakumar
Lim Boon Heng
Lim Swee Say
Lim Hwee Hua
Thought for the week - Anger
Contributed by Ho Cheow Seng
Thoughts for the Week
"He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust." Aquinas
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"I don't know a more irreligious attitude, one more utterly bankrupt of any human content, than one which permits children to be destroyed."-- Daniel Berrigan
"I don't know a more irreligious attitude, one more utterly bankrupt of any human content, than one which permits children to be destroyed."-- Daniel Berrigan
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"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have: three meals a day for their bodies, - education and culture for their minds - and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have: three meals a day for their bodies, - education and culture for their minds - and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Cheating and the rule of law
Here is the definition of cheating in the criminal code of Singapore.
Cheating – Whoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or intentionally induces the person so deceived to do or omit to do anything which he or she would not do or omit if he or she were not so deceived, and which act or omission causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to that person in body, mind, reputation or property, is said to "cheat". For example, A cheats if he intentionally deceives Z into a belief that A means to repay any money that Z may lend to him when A does not intend to repay it, and thereby dishonestly induces Z to lend him money. Cheating is punished with imprisonment of up to one year, or a fine, or both.
A Singapore lawyer told me that the attorney general will only prosecute cheating when it is in the public interest. So, if a citizen is cheated and lodge a complaint, the attorney general may not take up the case.
My friend told me that in America, the attorney general will look out for cheating cases and prosecute the culprits. They do not wait for a complaint to be lodged.
It seems that the system is different between Singapore and America. I am not sure what is meant by "the rule of law", when the law is only enforced at the discretion of the authority.
Cheating – Whoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or intentionally induces the person so deceived to do or omit to do anything which he or she would not do or omit if he or she were not so deceived, and which act or omission causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to that person in body, mind, reputation or property, is said to "cheat". For example, A cheats if he intentionally deceives Z into a belief that A means to repay any money that Z may lend to him when A does not intend to repay it, and thereby dishonestly induces Z to lend him money. Cheating is punished with imprisonment of up to one year, or a fine, or both.
A Singapore lawyer told me that the attorney general will only prosecute cheating when it is in the public interest. So, if a citizen is cheated and lodge a complaint, the attorney general may not take up the case.
My friend told me that in America, the attorney general will look out for cheating cases and prosecute the culprits. They do not wait for a complaint to be lodged.
It seems that the system is different between Singapore and America. I am not sure what is meant by "the rule of law", when the law is only enforced at the discretion of the authority.
MAS consultation paper: Unlisted investment products
Read the proposals contained in this consultation paper.
Here is an explanation by a law firm.
I conveyed the views contained in this paper to the CASE forum on 28 March 2009.Publish Post
Survey: motor insurance claims
Give your views on how to prevent sharp increase in motor insurance premiums. Survey.
Here are the survey results.
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