Just because you had a friend who slapped his girlfriend in public doesn’t mean women in Singapore generally have a lower status than in China or the West. Domestic violence exists everywhere, even in the West. In my personal circles, I don’t know of any woman who suffers from domestic violence. Many women here are well-educated and an important part of our workforce, and many women have made it to the higher echelons of management in the corporate world and the civil service. Women’s rights are also protected by law. So I would disagree with you that women here have a lower status.
@pgobserver2547 ай бұрын
You are correct. In Singapore, the Women's Charter holds significant authority when enforced. Should a woman report being slapped to the police, the legal consequences for the man are severe. Similarly, if a wife refuses sexual relations and her husband persists, he can indeed be charged with rape under Singaporean law.
I don’t think women have generally low status in singapore. Couples that I know of respect one another. If the couple find themselves mismatched, they just divorce. Reading from news so far, family violence only happens to low income families when the girls cannot be independent and the man is not highly educated.
I can understand where you are coming from for most of your opinions. However there are some misconceptions about plastic/styrofoam packaging vs paper packaging that you might have that I hope to explain. Yes plastic might not be as biodegradable as paper but it actually takes alot more energy to produce paper packaging than plastic packaging. Plastic are also more durable and it's less likely you need a second one due to one tearing. In terms of recycling, most paper packaging are coated or are contaminated by food and thus are difficult to recycle. In Singapore, most of our rubbish are burnt to produce energy and the fumes are filtered. In terms of environment conservation, plastic actually works better for Singapore as long as all the plastic are properly disposed in the bin. Of course bringing your own containers would be an even better option and this has become a pretty popular option during the pandemic where takeout packaging were in short supply and many people started doing that to help the shops. I do agree that the government can do more in terms of recycling prepackaged food items. They could maybe provide guidelines to manufacturers to indicate helpful instructions on how to separate the packaging into parts or improving the design to make separating easy. I am always impressed by how many of Japan products have this despite them being one of the highest plastic usage country in Asia.
@elainetan38227 ай бұрын
Appreciate your views. You are objective and very gracious in your words.
About the auntie commenting about China Chinese couldn't speak or understand English, I reckon she did it out of kindness so that the hawker/whoever it is, could better communicate with you. Undeniably, most China Chinese are unable to communicate in English. One can't tell unless specified. By the way, elderly from much older generation were mostly illiterate so they only speak in dialect(s)
@calvinow21727 ай бұрын
Westminster parliamentary republics like india, South Africa, Singapore usually have such head of states. 建议你参考新加坡总统制在这几方面的特点1)民选 2)国家储备的角色3)委任高级政府人员
I really love your videos and viewpoints, so real!!! For such a developed country m, Singapore’s recycling is backwards. We insensate all our trash so sorting of trash is not strictly imposed. A lot of our places are not providing single use pastiche bag and straws now. The drinks in a bag is more of a cultural thing where back in the days people buy drinks and hang it in their transport as there isn’t a designated cup holder. So it became a habit. Many younger ones dint really like it too. I’m also so sorry that you had to meet that aunty who said that to you. I love it that you told her off, she needs that. I hope you understand that there a large influx of Chinese who doesn’t follow social norms and made a huge fuss. Making many locals had bad impression of the whole group.
@liuanne95557 ай бұрын
@nana0126 Who are you to feel sorry of that aunty‘s act? 那位Aunty有自己的社会经验与平常和中国人交流的感受自然对他说出她的观点。我并不觉得她有冒犯页子的地方… 反而是像你一样的一些自认为自己是新加坡人,然后替新加坡人去胡乱道歉的人才真正的在冒犯新加坡的人!
@zanlee52727 ай бұрын
Nana, James said that this happened more than 10 years ago when he was in Singapore. It is not a recent incident. Means at that time, there is no influx of China ppl coming into Singapore. The aunty is just trying to help. She is not looking down on James. At most she is impatient n feels that communication could be improved n more effective if both hawker n customer converse in Mandrian. There is a saying: Do it right each time, every time. Efficient n Effective.
@nana01267 ай бұрын
@@zanlee5272 Yes, agree that it could be that she was impatient... lol yes being efficient is such a sg thing!!! Through the influx of Chinese be it workers, students and their caregivers were already high 20 years ago...
@nana01267 ай бұрын
@@liuanne9555 I believe we are all entitled to our opinions... so do you 😅 Initially, I was puzzled as to why you were upset.... I might be wrong but i suspect it's the understanding of the use of "sorry". From my understanding of the video, I believe that James did feel kinda discriminated against, so I felt sorry for what he had experienced. In English, when we use sorry it doesn't only mean apology (道歉), correct me if I'm wrong. For example, if you had a bad day.... I would say "hey I'm sorry to hear about your day..." am I apologizing? no. "自认为自己是新加坡人" I didn't 自认为 I am Singaporean, born and bred. Interesting for you to start by asking who am I... back at you ! lolol jkjk Anyway, I really like this channel and the platform for us to have liberal discussions like this...
one important function of the president is to guard the country reserves. Any ruling party that wishes to dip into the reserves require the approval of the president. So in a sense the president is part of check and balance.
@DennisKoh-x1c7 ай бұрын
In Singapore we have a lot of important ladies roles holder, be it Government, Opposition MP, Private organisation, NGO......etc.
Our recycling is doing very well even tar now using recycled materials, no straws no plastic bags now even buildings materials some are recycled materials
The alcohol law is much stricter nowadays, and as a singaporean, I love it. People who drink usually make a scene after they get tispy and it is really annoying. So it is best to keep all the people who drink in a pub or bar and they can annoy each other. 😂 As for somking law it can improve such as building more enclosed smoking room. I feel the law should enforcement smoker to only smoke in those close smoking room in public open spaces. By doing so is nonsmokers don't have to smell their bad cigarette smells when we walk pass them.
In Singapore now. Plastic paper for takeaway meals or groceries is now chargeable. I have experience with Chinese citizen in Singapore. I have no problems with those citizen who are my co-workers but my impression of travellers coming to eat or shops is not really good when I see the whole group’ behaviour in the public area. 😂
It is hoped that our Sg govt could learn from Japan to educate & inculcate its people how to recycle, upkeep cleanliness & hygiene at public spaces from nursery to secondary school. Such education should not just be on classroom civic lessons but actual good practices through the 12 yrs good practice will eventually become an inherent habit. They will then teach and educate their own kids when they get married & have children. In Japan people down anyhow discard / dispose refuse, the toilets are clean no smell of urea even in outskirts area. In Australia, the BBQ pits in forested parks & toilets are very clean too. This is very important for Sg as more & more foreigners migrate here and need to educate all.
All you have to do is Google "Singapore Landfill" and it will lead you to NEA's page on Semakau Landfill. Where exactly do you think the ashes from incineration is going?
Vast import of Indian nationalities, especially in the IT/Technology field. It is common for Indian hiring managers to bring in their 'entire village'. It this a common issue in Canada ?
@ianlim86557 ай бұрын
The same goes for Philippine and China HR as well, it is very rare to see them integrating into the local society.
SG’s recycling is horrible and backwards, especially compared to Taiwan or Japan. Use of single use straws are almost gone now. Most fastfood softdrink cups now have built in drinking mechanism designed into their caps.
@OnlyDrunkenTruth7 ай бұрын
thaiwan bury trash but plastics do not decompose. Singapore incinerate trash to produce electricity, no plastic pollution issues. Straw is actually not a problem but many food chains pretend to stop straws actually to save cost.
@kennySg1017 ай бұрын
Taking a more pragmatic approach. If u take a very purist way, one is supposed to wash plastic bottle b4 you dump also need to cut and flatten also. In water scare SG, not recommended.
@waihwangtan16627 ай бұрын
@@kennySg101 i actually do wash the bottles before recycling. Dont want the residue to contaminate the rest of mixed bin.
In my 60 years in Sg, I have not seen any men slapped their girlfriend or wives. Not known among my family or friends too. We are quite equal. Surprised to hear your view about this. Recycling wise, there is room for improvement. I seldom take away food or order home delivery. I don't have much to throw. Will recycle even smaller plastic food packaging for throwing trash.
@wumpratt7 ай бұрын
The plastic bag rule caused me to purchase oversized thrash bags for my home. End result = less convenience for me, spending extra money on oversized trash bags. More plastic wasted on these oversized trash bags that serves only 1 function instead of 2 functions the shopping bags serve(carrying stuff and trash bag) Very poorly thought out policy that does nothing but waste people's money and doesn't help the environment
@Joe-gf6vn7 ай бұрын
Are you OK? This is not about you. Not all plastic bags get reused as trash bags. Those that aren't create extra unnecessary waste. People aren't - and shouldn't be - generating so much trash that they require the amount of plastic bags that supermarkets give away anyway. It makes no sense. There's definitely going to be wastage there. You mean you buy food and groceries and the trash generated from them end up occupying the same volume of the plastic bag you put them in ah? You will just end up with people generating waste and stockpiling plastic bags to be used later for trash bags. There's more than is required for trash. If they stop giving out plastic bags, then you have the right amount of bags to collect your trash. No waste there. And, please buy appropriate sized trash bags and use them as carriers for your shopping first if you're so desperate to get 2 uses out of them.
@wumpratt7 ай бұрын
@@Joe-gf6vn @Joe-gf6vn yes I'm fine. And I have never said that using less plastic is a bad thing. There are good policies and there are bad policies....and in this case...It is just a very poorly thought out policy. it's akin to the claim that "EVs reducing pollution" which is actually false as the pollution just gets outsourced to somewhere else and not locally. The total use of plastics will not change in any meaningful sense.....hence...a poorly thought out policy that did not consider human action/reaction. And no, I do not keep food waste inside my trashbin for a week just waiting for the trash bag to fill up and attract cockroaches. The trash goes out of the house within the day if there's food waste in it regardless of how full the bag is. It's not just me who have these opinions. Basically everybody within my social circle has the same experience. In the end, most of them choose to just fork out the extra 5c for those bags. Nothing has changed except higher consumer costs and extra plastic wasted produced in the form of single use trash bags that we have to buy. In my 4 decades+ on earth, every single plastic bag that I used to carry groceries home have never been just thrown out without being reused for other purposes. I believe I have done my part in making sure these bags have more than 1 use in them. And please don't lecture me about how other's actions on wasting these plastic bags are somehow my fault.
@Joe-gf6vn7 ай бұрын
That doesn't even make any sense and you and the people you hang out with are creating this problem for yourselves. You are also either straight up lying or contradicting yourself in saying you only had one use for the plastic bags you're buying and that you bought big sized bags when you needed smaller ones since you have to throw them out everyday. Buy the appropriate size bags, use them to tor shopping, use them for trash. Don't buy big size bags then complain complain complain. By the way, we got to this point in time in the first place precisely because of the kind of mentality people like you have. You only want the convenience but you do not want to pay the price for it. Guess what? With that kind of mentality, things will never change for the better and every policy is going to be poorly thought out. So, good luck with that.
@wumpratt7 ай бұрын
@@Joe-gf6vn keep raging man, you are gonna change alot of minds by acting like this. those trashbags I bought were oversized and no, at that point of time there were no stocks of bags that were appropriate for my tiny bins I use in my home. so i have 2 choices....make do with these oversized trashbags and buy smaller ones in future, or throw them out(like you are raging that i should do right now). who in the right mind brings these black trash bags to shopping? your mind ok or not? so if I buy these plastic bags bring it to shop for my groceries then bring it back to use it as trash bags....somehow that means i'm using less plastic than what it was before? can you even basic math? i'm sorry, but i focus on practicality and results. not utopian thinking that everybody's mentality have to change to fit my beliefs. if a policy does not produce results or redirects the problem elsewhere, then it is a poorly thought out policy that fixes the surface but not the root of the problem. problem = alot of plastic use policy comes out, discourages people from using one use bags thru a plastic bag "tax" people turn to 1 use trash bags = same amount of plastic waste created. = nothing has changed fundamentally = poorly thought out policy clearly thought up by naive people who do not live in the real world with real normal people.
@Joe-gf6vn7 ай бұрын
Who's raging? And who's telling you to throw away the existing plastic bags you already have? And who's telling you I'm trying to change anybody's mind by replying? People can just comment on something if they disagree with it what, as simple as that. It's hilarious that you would consider yourself 'normal' when you don't even know there are plastic bags of various sizes readily available for sale since forever. That you don't even know this says a lot about you. You are not even making any sense. You are just making things up, finding excuses, creating problems for yourself and then complaining about it. You are determining whether something is well thought out or not based just on your individual preference and convenience. I already told you the overall number will be less since the wastage through the inevitable waste of plastic bags just being used as carriers and thrown away is reduced. At the end of the day, you're just unhappy you now have to pay for the plastic bags, isn't it? What practical la, what utopian la, what it really means is you just don't care and want to continue things as they were. It's hilarious and ironic that you will talk about it being utopian since it's you who refuse to accept the very non-utopian idea that there are inconveniences and costs that we have to accept if we want things to change. It's YOU who wants to pretend to live in a utopia, not me. That's all there is to it. All you have to do is say you don't want to pay.
@JenOng-r8n7 ай бұрын
hahah....try being rough (just raising your voice) to women now.... Females are gettting higher and higher education in every generation, men have adapted to new way when interacting with women. Mutual respect is important
Your one friend who slapped his girlfriend does not represent females in Singapore as any lower than males, now a day most females have higher education and earn just as much and maybe even more capable. So one incident among the 5 million population doesn't qualify as any inequality. If anything I think it was your friend who did not know how to respect his girlfriend and everyone around.
@RobL-ej3es7 ай бұрын
Oh @chweehar : please don't be Surprised! James yeeki is a Canandian Educator. Same feathers usually floats together lah!!! Don't U know meh!!
@lightbox19747 ай бұрын
Today u touched on many advanced issues. U need to do more in-depth research before concluding.
Thanks for your assessment. Yes, Singapore indeed need to do more on recycling but irony people from Japan, Taiwan, etc. They find sorting out their rubbish are troublesome amd inconvenience. Only certain days the rubbish collectors will come to collect. As for women rights, we have the Women Charter Act to protect the ladies, it is very rare for someone to slap his girlfriend or wife. A personal protection order can obtain from court to prevent such abuse. Also in divorce cases, the law gives the women the right to claim alimony and maintenance for her and children. For drinking cases, Singapore has harsh laws against drunk driving and rude behavior in public which disturb the rest.