Singapore assistance to Haiti earthquake

[Freestylers09]

Not right leh, i did a calculation, dunno correct or not.

 

If Spore reserves = $300 billion

and they give = $50 000

 

then if your saving = $100000

then you should give = $0.017 only leh, not $5000.

 

If give $5000 then the gov should give $30 billion liao. Someone check my maths see correct bo?

 

 

u damn zai la

[Parkingidiot]

Not right leh, i did a calculation, dunno correct or not.

 

If Spore reserves = $300 billion

and they give = $50 000

 

then if your saving = $100000

then you should give = $0.017 only leh, not $5000.

 

If give $5000 then the gov should give $30 billion liao. Someone check my maths see correct bo?

 

 

still got $300billion reserves meh? I thought they lost like nearly half in gambling on overseas investment failures?

[Fcw75]

I am not asking you to give $50k, I am asking you to give $5k.

 

We are chicken and duck talking...forget it.

[Fcw75]

Mai seow seow arhhh . . . US$50,000 will make us number 1 kiam kana.

 

We love to be number 1 you know??

 

 

Taking number 1 lah but when giving different story.

 

You see the newspaper article that I posted on the first page, the red bar for Singapore is so faint.

 

[Fcw75]

actually, if we bring this situation to a smaller scale....

 

take example one of your colleauge's family member pass away. everyone donating "white gold". If you don give and tiam tiam, no one will know. Even if they know, they willn't comment anything cause it is up to you. But while everyone donating $10, $20 (colleague of your level) and even $50, $100 (your manager, senior manager), you donate $1.......

 

Very good example. I am surprised that ST even did that chart up.

[Mustank]

wait like renci and nkf how?

[1l0v3you]

wait like renci and nkf how?

never thought of that.

but my friend jio me together donate one so together die lor hahaha.

 

but i'm sure the money will be used spent in a wise manner

[Mustank]

acutally, when sg went to indo's assistance in the form of heli, plane, armoured vehicle and boat to distribute medical assistance, food, water..........i was very proud of what we did

 

we did not take the easy way out of donating money

 

what food can a US$50 note buy a poor little kid in haiti?

 

what they need now is not money but all the heli, plane, armoured vehicle and boat to distribute medical assistance, food, water..........

 

who can do all this? who is the best person? -----------------US military (bec they are located next door), UN (but UN take just too dman long to do anything. Even the EC is more powerful than UN)

 

do we need to donate money to them?

 

i really don think so....But if UN undertake such an operation, member country must pay

[Ahtong]

acutally, when sg went to indo's assistance in the form of heli, plane, armoured vehicle and boat to distribute medical assistance, food, water..........i was very proud of what we did

 

Yah. Felt so proud when CNN was reporting from Indo and in the background there was a C-130 with Singapore markings. I wonder if RSAF have any transports and heli in America.

[Mustank]

what reaaly needs to be done is getting big brother (aka usa) to organise aid relief efforts

 

key issue is transporting the aid to the right people

 

then all the people who wanna volunteer set up camps to distribute blanket, food, water, medecine can sit in big brother's b-52 for a free ticket in (our c130 is like mosqioto compared to the angmo's b52)

 

remember the china's recent mega earthquake? helis couldnt go in because there were no place for the helis to land

 

what they need is bull dozer to clear a path into the city and pure human labour to manaually carry in the supplies because all the 4 wheel drive or even track vehicle cannot get into the city

 

giving lots of money can earn us a fall of fame

 

but sending in the guys with the supplies direct to the poor kid on the street, priceless

[Lightbringer]

It will do certain people good to realize that faked humility is actually very insulting to the intelligence of the not-so-stupid folks that abound in this forum. I guess everybody goes through a certain phase of life that takes a while for them to grow out of, eh?

 

In any case, a good point has been raised here: the US and the UN are in the best position to deliver relief efforts to Haiti due to its geographical proximity, and European nations next. It would be nonviable for Singapore to provide direct aid to Haiti at this point of time, not to mention almost entirely inefficient. This is in contrast to similar situations in Indonesia and Aech where Singapore did indeed respond rapidly and efficiently.

 

$50k is a small amount to be donated as relief funds, I agree. But I am disturbed by comments from certain people that it is better to not give at all and hope to escape notice and hence ridicule, rather to donate such a small and measly amount and suffer mocking on the international stage. 2 key points are being missed here - at the onset of the disaster, there was very little news filtering through from Port-au-prince and there was no concrete picture on how serious or widespread the damage was; and it is definitely better to donate $50k than to not donate at all. If our Govt indeed chose to remain silent and not donate at all in the hope of escaping notice, I would be more deeply troubled than their paltry donation of $50k, as that speaks volume about the character and complexion of the current Govt.

 

In any case, it is still early days, and let's wait and see how much further the Govt will step up their efforts to provide relief funds or aid to Haiti, eh?

[Mustank]

whoa your level of angmo makes me

 

no wonder my teacher always say me can count cannot write

[RadX]

Hmmm...any truth?

 

 

US Quake Test Goes

[Fcw75]

South Korea increased their finanical aid from US$1 million to US$10 million.

 

South Korea also dispatched a 35-member search and rescue team to Haiti, which arrived Sunday.

Edited January 18, 2010 by Fcw75

[Alim]

when the country is richer, they donated more

 

when country poorer, they donated less

 

simi logic?

 

just wondering china and taiwan also quite rich,why they need donation from other countries?this i abit dont understand..unless to maintain some internationally good relationship..but still need donate ?

 

Not only donate more, can send DART also...

 

Singapore donate US$200k...

[Alim]

still got $300billion reserves meh? I thought they lost like nearly half in gambling on overseas investment failures?

 

Don't use the word GAMBLE lah, use the word that makes up from PM's surname and his wife's given name.

[Hermitage]

Wah lao eh! Damn malu man! This is the kind of news I'll completely understand if they wanna keep it under wraps! But NO, must publish and now we Singaporeans dunno where to hide our face when travelling overseas!! Idiots!!

[Zniper]

ask all those up there each to cough out 1mth of their salary, i tink anytime hit millions...