Rachel
I commented on Hill's and Draco's articles
I'm shocked by this incident. I thought the drivers in Singapore were all nice and warm-hearted. They always help me patiently when I don't know when to get off the bus or I've lost my things on the bus. I still believe that this is just a rare case. The driver might have some trouble and was a little moody that day. However, the quality of service he delivered should not be affected by his mood. If he had right reasons to refuse the old man to load his belongings according to the rules, he should say it at first. However, I think that people will not refuse to take SBS buses because of this. The image of the company may be affected, but not seriously.
You haven't posted the url of the original article, so I didn't know the case...but judging from what you've said, the article was about young Singaporeans got cheated when doing business in China? I agree that it's quite easy to be cheated in small businesses. Big companies are generally faithful. The economy is booming so fast tha everyone want to make the largest profit from it by whatever means. Chinese people have already got used to this phenomenon, which is very sad. I think China is still a good place to investigate. After all, there are so many chances and such a big market. However, you must be intellegent and mature enough.
2010年2月28日星期日
2010年2月26日星期五
Yvonne(Shi Yuanyuan)’s comments
Comment on Rachel’s article, from Girls & Hill
http://girlsandhill.blogspot.com/2010/02/comment-on-local-issue.html
comment on Joey’s article, from Prophet’s View
http://prophetsview.blogspot.com/2010/02/immigrants-big-headache-of-local.html
http://girlsandhill.blogspot.com/2010/02/comment-on-local-issue.html
comment on Joey’s article, from Prophet’s View
http://prophetsview.blogspot.com/2010/02/immigrants-big-headache-of-local.html
2010年2月16日星期二
Comment on social issue
Name: Ma Tianyang(Hill)
Group: Girls & Hill
URL of article:http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_490591.html
Name of article:Old man treated rudely by bus driver
SBS transit is the face of Singapore. A good impression of a client, also will give Singapore more cheers. However, the old man treated rudely on 147A (SBS 7388 L) can let us know Singapore SBS drivers become more and more lofty.
In my personal perspective, these kind of behavior was really stupid and inhuman. The old man is around 70s, that means he can not be as strong as young adults. He took a number of sacks on the bus, so there is enough space for him to load these sacks. If you do not want the old man to load his belongings, why don't you speak when the old man load his first sack?
I agree with the writer that in one day how many handicapped passengers will there be? It is just a pretext for the driver to shame the old man. It seems that client is not god in SBS drivers thought. We should know the driver do not have the right to decide who can take the bus. His behavior is out of his right. We can know how he rampant to an old man. Is it a social problem?
We all know Singapore is famous for its civilized and developed. From the only incident on the SBS, we can not say old men always treated rudely by the society. But if we always think things like this , the only result is the old will feel sad living in Singapore.
Group: Girls & Hill
URL of article:http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_490591.html
Name of article:Old man treated rudely by bus driver
SBS transit is the face of Singapore. A good impression of a client, also will give Singapore more cheers. However, the old man treated rudely on 147A (SBS 7388 L) can let us know Singapore SBS drivers become more and more lofty.
In my personal perspective, these kind of behavior was really stupid and inhuman. The old man is around 70s, that means he can not be as strong as young adults. He took a number of sacks on the bus, so there is enough space for him to load these sacks. If you do not want the old man to load his belongings, why don't you speak when the old man load his first sack?
I agree with the writer that in one day how many handicapped passengers will there be? It is just a pretext for the driver to shame the old man. It seems that client is not god in SBS drivers thought. We should know the driver do not have the right to decide who can take the bus. His behavior is out of his right. We can know how he rampant to an old man. Is it a social problem?
We all know Singapore is famous for its civilized and developed. From the only incident on the SBS, we can not say old men always treated rudely by the society. But if we always think things like this , the only result is the old will feel sad living in Singapore.
2010年2月15日星期一
Comment on local issue
Name: Li Ruixue(Rachel)
Group: Girls & Hill
URL of article:http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_489884.html
Name of article: Respect differences to ensure harmony
Singapore is known as a multi-cultural society where different religions coexist. However, differences among different cultural and religious groups may still cause problems sometimes. Is mutual tolerance and restraint the answer to these problems? I think it is obvious that understanding is a much better solution.
We have to admit that differences among different cultural or religious groups exist and will continue to exist in the foreseeable future, and people always like those who are similar to themselves. Even within a family, small differences of habits and characters among family members often cause conflicts, not to mention the big differences between different races and religions. It is impossible to standardize human beings and it is great disrespect to force other groups to adapt to one group. Cultural or religious differences may not be a problem in most parts of the world because generally there will be a dominant cultural or religious group. However in Singapore, though Chinese are the majority, people of other races are also in large numbers. There are also a lot of foreigners from all over the world. Thus the racial and religious problems are quite notable.
Fortunately in Singapore, most people are able to bear the displeasure caused by these differences, and the society seems to be quite harmonious. However, the true harmony lies in people’s hearts. Tolerance is not a long-term solution because people’s tolerance is limited. Moreover, tolerance and restraint without understanding will allow the seed of hatred to grow. A society will not be harmonious forever if hatred accumulates in people’s hearts. The more hatred, the less communication there is. And this will result in more misunderstanding and in the end more hatred. People are always hoping to be understood and are reluctant to understand others. Understanding can only be achieved through communication. When people find the virtues of people from other groups, they will be more willing to understand their different characters. I think it’s OK for people to form groups according to races or religions because it feels more relaxed to stay with similar people, as long as they are not opposed to other groups.
All in all, I agree that understanding is more effective than tolerance and restraint, and to achieve understanding, we need more communication.
Group: Girls & Hill
URL of article:http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_489884.html
Name of article: Respect differences to ensure harmony
Singapore is known as a multi-cultural society where different religions coexist. However, differences among different cultural and religious groups may still cause problems sometimes. Is mutual tolerance and restraint the answer to these problems? I think it is obvious that understanding is a much better solution.
We have to admit that differences among different cultural or religious groups exist and will continue to exist in the foreseeable future, and people always like those who are similar to themselves. Even within a family, small differences of habits and characters among family members often cause conflicts, not to mention the big differences between different races and religions. It is impossible to standardize human beings and it is great disrespect to force other groups to adapt to one group. Cultural or religious differences may not be a problem in most parts of the world because generally there will be a dominant cultural or religious group. However in Singapore, though Chinese are the majority, people of other races are also in large numbers. There are also a lot of foreigners from all over the world. Thus the racial and religious problems are quite notable.
Fortunately in Singapore, most people are able to bear the displeasure caused by these differences, and the society seems to be quite harmonious. However, the true harmony lies in people’s hearts. Tolerance is not a long-term solution because people’s tolerance is limited. Moreover, tolerance and restraint without understanding will allow the seed of hatred to grow. A society will not be harmonious forever if hatred accumulates in people’s hearts. The more hatred, the less communication there is. And this will result in more misunderstanding and in the end more hatred. People are always hoping to be understood and are reluctant to understand others. Understanding can only be achieved through communication. When people find the virtues of people from other groups, they will be more willing to understand their different characters. I think it’s OK for people to form groups according to races or religions because it feels more relaxed to stay with similar people, as long as they are not opposed to other groups.
All in all, I agree that understanding is more effective than tolerance and restraint, and to achieve understanding, we need more communication.
2010年2月14日星期日
comment on local issue
comment on local issue
—Erika (Yang Yu)
Source: Chong Elena(Feb 10, 2010), Guilty of cheating charities, the strait times. Retrieved on Feb 10,2010 from http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_488810.html
I refer to the news “Guilty of cheating charities”. Stephanie Chee Jok Heng, a former management consultant of PHF (Parkway Healthcare Foundation), was declared guilty of cheating PHF. She dishonestly submitted claims for reimbursement and also made a double claim for payment.
In my personal perspective, her behavior is immoral, dishonest. She cheated the charity for personal profit, such as to pay for her daughters’ piano teaches and Chinese tutor, and to make a double claim of payment for her brother. That is not because she is lack of money, but only greedy, sort of common character for ill-gotten gains are luring for most people. Many people go astray just for they are blinded by greed temporarily, lose sense of value and make wrong decisions. In this case, Ms Chee, who has considerable income, also cheated the charity, and more than one time, suggesting that she was drawn into it like addiction. That is very unforgivable.
From another perspective, I think we should pay more attention to the welfare policy in Singapore. On the one hand, as known to many people, Singapore has many good policies, especially subsidy in healthcare. Even though, many people still cannot afford the spending in hospital. It is even said that people can only wait to die when they fall ill so it is better not to get sick. On the other hand, the regulations in Singapore are very strict, most people also behave well. It is still inevitable some people will commit a crime. Any system may lend itself to manipulation by clever people. And sometime, people are forced to err from the right path by their situations.
In China, it is fairly often that people pad the bill for company or personal purpose. Compared with China, Singapore is far more famous for its uncorrupted, clean image. Under the reform put forward by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, to reinforce suppression of corruption, and to nourish honesty with high salary, good effects are achieved through efforts.
Go back to this criminal matter. Strict regulations and investigatory organizations should be set to prevent similar occurrence, and honesty and anti-corruption propaganda should be put forward.
—Erika (Yang Yu)
Source: Chong Elena(Feb 10, 2010), Guilty of cheating charities, the strait times. Retrieved on Feb 10,2010 from http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_488810.html
I refer to the news “Guilty of cheating charities”. Stephanie Chee Jok Heng, a former management consultant of PHF (Parkway Healthcare Foundation), was declared guilty of cheating PHF. She dishonestly submitted claims for reimbursement and also made a double claim for payment.
In my personal perspective, her behavior is immoral, dishonest. She cheated the charity for personal profit, such as to pay for her daughters’ piano teaches and Chinese tutor, and to make a double claim of payment for her brother. That is not because she is lack of money, but only greedy, sort of common character for ill-gotten gains are luring for most people. Many people go astray just for they are blinded by greed temporarily, lose sense of value and make wrong decisions. In this case, Ms Chee, who has considerable income, also cheated the charity, and more than one time, suggesting that she was drawn into it like addiction. That is very unforgivable.
From another perspective, I think we should pay more attention to the welfare policy in Singapore. On the one hand, as known to many people, Singapore has many good policies, especially subsidy in healthcare. Even though, many people still cannot afford the spending in hospital. It is even said that people can only wait to die when they fall ill so it is better not to get sick. On the other hand, the regulations in Singapore are very strict, most people also behave well. It is still inevitable some people will commit a crime. Any system may lend itself to manipulation by clever people. And sometime, people are forced to err from the right path by their situations.
In China, it is fairly often that people pad the bill for company or personal purpose. Compared with China, Singapore is far more famous for its uncorrupted, clean image. Under the reform put forward by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, to reinforce suppression of corruption, and to nourish honesty with high salary, good effects are achieved through efforts.
Go back to this criminal matter. Strict regulations and investigatory organizations should be set to prevent similar occurrence, and honesty and anti-corruption propaganda should be put forward.
2010年2月12日星期五
complaints against lawyers are going up
As far as I know, in Singapore, lawyers have very high social status, have high incomes and are respected a lot by people. Also, being a lawyer is very difficult in Singapore because of strict requirements, selections and rules. But thanks to these, the public trust lawyers indeed and speak highly of them. When faced with conflicts, people are used to turning to lawyers for help firstly, which indicates that lawyers are upright and trusty in people’s mind.
However, in recent years, complaints against lawyers have been going up in Singapore. Most of the complaints are about “inadequate professional service” which including delays by lawyers, diputes over fees or failing to deliver on promises; and “lawyer misconduct” which can range from serial overcharging to filching cients’ money. Some lawyers think some complaints are caused by a communication gap which can be exacerbated by a cultural gap when the clients involved are foreigners.
From the complaints, we can see that some of the lawyers are involved in some behaviors which break the law. This is a terrible thing, since lawyers can be seen as ones who know and learn laws best. If they take advantages of the laws to do crimes, the consequences are obviously quite serious.
Besides, if the complaints against lawyers are continuously going up, there will be quite negative effects on all of the lawyers. With the complaints rising, people may start to doubt whether lawyers are trusful enough to be depended on. Permanent complaints may distroy the good reputation of lawyers.
What is more, since there are more and more complaints, maybe there are more and more conflicts which need lawyers to be involved in to solve. Although the living conditions become better and better, people still need to care about their spirit civilization, the society need to be more harmonious. But in opposite, this also indicates that people are becoming more and more familiar with laws, and more and more people know they can protect themselves by laws, which means the democracy and the legal system are being improved.
By Yvonne (Shi Yuanyuan)
However, in recent years, complaints against lawyers have been going up in Singapore. Most of the complaints are about “inadequate professional service” which including delays by lawyers, diputes over fees or failing to deliver on promises; and “lawyer misconduct” which can range from serial overcharging to filching cients’ money. Some lawyers think some complaints are caused by a communication gap which can be exacerbated by a cultural gap when the clients involved are foreigners.
From the complaints, we can see that some of the lawyers are involved in some behaviors which break the law. This is a terrible thing, since lawyers can be seen as ones who know and learn laws best. If they take advantages of the laws to do crimes, the consequences are obviously quite serious.
Besides, if the complaints against lawyers are continuously going up, there will be quite negative effects on all of the lawyers. With the complaints rising, people may start to doubt whether lawyers are trusful enough to be depended on. Permanent complaints may distroy the good reputation of lawyers.
What is more, since there are more and more complaints, maybe there are more and more conflicts which need lawyers to be involved in to solve. Although the living conditions become better and better, people still need to care about their spirit civilization, the society need to be more harmonious. But in opposite, this also indicates that people are becoming more and more familiar with laws, and more and more people know they can protect themselves by laws, which means the democracy and the legal system are being improved.
By Yvonne (Shi Yuanyuan)
2010年2月5日星期五
Yvonne(Shi Yuanyuan)'s comments
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http://girlsandhill.blogspot.com/2010/01/comment-on-st-forum.html
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http://girlsandhill.blogspot.com/2010/01/comment-on-st-forum.html
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