Ho Ching (left), Charles Goodyear IV (right)
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s Minister Mentor was successful in dealing with the Japanese during their occupation of Singapore, successful in disengaging with Malaysia, and successful in booting the British out of Singapore.
It is ironic, that in the winter of Lee Kuan Yew’s political life and career, that his very own Temasek Holdings has lost billions of dollars, under the supervision of his daughter-in-law, Ho Ching.
Ho Ching has been charged with incompetence over certain of Temasek’s investments, particularly the investment in Merrill Lynch. However, IN LIFE, we cannot assume that Ho Ching is entirely stupid.
Charles Goodyear IV
In Lee Kuan Yew’s own media-controlled newspaper, The Straits Times, there is the photo of Ho Ching, who is made to sit next to the ‘New CEO’ of Temasek Holdings – Chip Goodyear IV. (Mr. Goodyear is an alumni of Yale University, a member of the Skulls and Bones society, the birthplace of the CIA).
The tar and feathering of Ho Ching, in public with a photo-op was most embarrassing, especially by Asian standards.
The unnecessary shaming of Ho Ching was permitted by Lee Kuan Yew who, one would assume, has absolute control over the city state. One would also assume, that Lee Kuan Yew would have replaced Ho Ching with one of his trusted cronies, as it would be so much easier to control his own person, than an American.
Does anyone really believe that Charles (Chip) Goodyear IV fell off a turnip truck, and just happened to land the job as head of Temasek?
An American, at the control panel of Lee Kuan Yew’s Temasek?
An American who would be privy to the knowledge of the management and assets of Temasek?
Singaporeans are baffled by Lee Kuan Yew’s choice of a replacement for Ho Ching.
Since when did Lee Kuan Yew allow someone else, outside of his own family, a foreigner and an American, to be in charge of his business?
Had the decision already been made for Lee Kuan Yew by the U.S., with the result that the CIA’s boy, Charles Goodyear IV will be in control of Temasek?
Singapore and Lee Kuan Yew may well be “owned” by America, making the city-state something of a 51st state, but without the benefits.
Does anyone wonder why Ho Ching bought the Merrill Lynch shares, just BEFORE Merrill tanked? The entire financial world knew that Merrill was going under. Certainly Ho Ching knew.
Does everyone believe that Ho Ching is totally daft? Or that she is working and thinking on her own with Tamasek’s investments of billions of dollars?
Ho Ching’s bad investments through Temasek, may well have been forced by the U.S., as Singapore’s contribution to the bailout of America – and more bailout money is still needed, Singapore.
Is it “Welcome to Singapore, CIA?”
wat do you expect? we need the yanks umbrella and of cos nothing is for free! all govts needing the security umbrella have to pay. the arabs have been paying for years. soon, singapore will turn to china which might provide the security it needs for a lower price……………………
Yes, the U.S. has extracted “donations” from the Arabs, including Prince Al-Aweed, who had to “invest” in Citibank, and from Abu Dhabi. Now Singapore’s turn has come. Singapore’s sovereign fund, Temasek, is now headed by an American for the purpose of extracting more money from Temasek to bail out the U.S. Yes, China might be a less expensive protector.
We need a response from Temasek’s Board regarding all the information you posted regarding Mr. Charles Goodyear IV.
This is my take:
Internationally, Singapore has many good friends, AND, people who would wish us ill. An article like this one would unsettle many Singaporeans’s mind about the competence of the Singapore Establishment even under normal circumstances, let alone the current financial state of affairs Singapore and the rest of the world find themselves having to contend with.
My take on this article is that there are forces within and without out to sabotage our Nation which is still held in high esteem by many countries round the world. My clarion call to all loyal Singaporeans out there is: Continue to be cohesive and solidly behind our Leaders. LKY does not have to prove anything to anyone abroad or at home. He has been in charge of Singapore from 1959 till now, a good half of a century. Sure he is not infallible and there have been policies that have not only been unpopular but also found to be ineffective when implemented. And there are the people who would like to see him exit the political arena.
I’m a Singaporean born in 1943 when this former British colony was for several years occupied by the Japanese. I belong to that generation of Singaporeans who have seen how Singapore has evolved from being a far-flung British colonial outpost to being a First World Developed Country. I have served with the Singapore Ministry of Education for 36 years and more have had more than several generations of Singapore passed through my hands. What I know and have experirnced is history to the generations born after 1960. I’m not a member of any political party or civic organizations. After my retirement in 1998, I have gone online and joined my fellow Singaporeans, young and old alike, in discussing and/or criticising certain policies of the PAP Ruling Party.
Lee Kuan Yew is as much feared as he is respected and held in high esteem by Singaporeans. But he has mellowed considerably in the last ten years. His sincere commitment to the well-being of Singapore is beyond the shadow of a doubt. I have read the article on Charles Goodyear 1V and thought about it.
What arouses my suspicion as to the good intention of the Writer is why he should be so concerned on our behalf. Has he had any dealings with the Singapore Government? Has he worked here and come to develop an affection for the people of this tiny Island-State? Or has he any personal agenda vis-a-vis Charles Goodyear 1V? A personal score to settle, perhaps? Is he an American Citizen resident in America? Is he not afraid that CIA might not like his uncalled for interference, assuming that what has been alleged in the said article is true?
I have come out with this response with no other motive than to warn all my fellow Singaporeans to be very wary of forces out to settle scores with the Singapore Establishment regardless of the consequences for the loyal and sincere Singaporeans who have made significant contributions to make Singapore their home for themselves and their children. Singaporeans are a hardworking people. And this accounts in no small measure to Singapore’s success as a Nation and a sovereign country. There may indeed be people wanting to take over Singapore. But why the U.S.? Do you seriously think the U.S. would want to take over Singapore to extend their influence in this part of the world? Can they not fulfil their objective by diplomatic means such as the use of ‘soft power’ tactics?
In conclusion I’d like to ask all Singaporeans to think seriously about this question: Who lives if Singapore dies?
Majullah Singapura! Hidup-lah berlama lama!!
Zhoushen
Given the current state of affairs in Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, and your leaders are faced with many questions that call for answers.
The fact that they are saying nothing, and hiding behind a cloak of secrecy is a clarion call for all Singaporeans to question their deeds and their loyalty.
You ask why I should be so concerned on Singapore’s behalf. You ask if I have had any dealings with the Singapore Government, and if I have worked in Singapore, and come to develop an affection for the people of your tiny Island-State?
My answer is clear. I have lived and worked in Singapore as Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Inland Revenue. My wife is Singaporean, and we both love Singapore.
Still my wife is very concerned about the fate of her CPF fund, given Singapore’s staggering financial losses, which would be the equivalent of $2 trillion in U.S. terms.
I have no personal agenda or score to settle with Charles W. Goodyear IV (whoever he might be). My blog is entitled, “Getting at the Truth,” and that is what I do.
Curious that you should ask if I am not afraid the “CIA might not like” my “uncalled for interference.” That, my friend, sounds like a warning to me, or even a threat. Are you part of the Singapore establishment, or the CIA, sent to warn me?
How would you know that the CIA would be behind Goodyear? Who, in fact, are you?
Your motive is not, as you say, “to warn all my fellow Singaporeans” of threats against the “Singapore Establishment.”
You ask if the U.S. “would want to take over Singapore to extend their influence in” your part of the world?
My friend, whoever you are, the U.S. has already taken over Singapore. How else could Charles W. Goodyear IV (whoever he is) become head of your Temasek Holdings.
And THIS was the e-mail I received from my friend very recently.
Harding,
The e-mail right down below was the one forwarded to me and which contained an article which showed your name as the writer.
—– Original Message —–
From: Jong Jit Lui
Subject: Fw: Is Chip Goodyear an Imposter?
—– Forwarded Message —-
Subject: FW: Is Chip Goodyear an Imposter?
MUST READ
Factualness not guaranteed…trust at yr own peril…
just passing on…pls dont kill the messenger.
Let’s sincerely hope the contents of the article in the web-site link below are NOT true …otherwise Singapore may be in Deep Shit !!
Never totally trust the Westerners ; many of them are crooks thru & thru !!
Go to http://www.johnharding.com and read the articles
—– Original Message —–
Go to http://www.johnharding.com and read the articles
He Zhoushen – Thanks for forwarding me your friend’s email! It shows how concerned Singaporeans are over their government. It really validates the information in my blog.
John Harding: Re. Your article dated 07/02/09…
If indeed what you have said is true about Ho Ching being coerced by the U.S. into making investments against her better judgement leading to colossal losses by Temasek, then how do you reconcile this ‘fact’ of yours with the judgements you have passed on her in your various paragraphs of the same article? Are you not being inconsistent and unfair to her by putting her in such bad light, and in particular, what you have said about her father-in-law allowing her to suffer ‘unnecessary shaming’?
And if, according to your reply to one of my responses which I can’t find posted anywhere on your site here, you and your wife love Singapore and Singaporeans dearly then why are you writing this article and having it circulated online. The tone and the language of your article on the whole do not indicate love but rather all that is contrary to what ‘love’ would entail. And that would be hypocrisy of the highest order.
Further, if one were to read the very first page of the first chapter of the book entitled:”Escape from Paradise” jointly authored by you and your wife, both your intention and that of your wife toward Singapore becomes indeed indubitably clear. No, my friend, you are no friend of Singapore. You might have a score to settle with LKY but why do it such that all innocent Singaporeans may also have to suffer because of your wish to take revenge against LKY for reason(s) only you and your wife would know best.
Also you have been selective in publishing our exchanges on your site; selective in the sense that the exchanges published show you to be the ‘hero’ and shows up me in a bad light. Please be a gentleman and publish all our exchanges for all your readers to read.
I do not know who or where you are located but, as I’ve said in one of my responses to you, I tend to react very strongly when foreigners attempt to meddle in the domestic affairs of Singapore, and in the process, cause vast numbers of innocent Singaporeans to suffer greatly on their accounts. Such foreigners are not just being meddlesome but they are also callous and inhumane’.
The West, and in particular the avaricious and despicable professional crooks in the U.S., have caused great suffering to millions of people all over the world in recent months. Why do you have to add your dose of ‘poison’ which you term as ‘love’ for the people of Singapore.
Also do remember the days of extra-territoriality are over.You have wittingly or otherwise commited an act, by allowing your article to be circulated online in Singapore, tantamounting to sedition as a foreigner, and of TREASON in the first degree if you happen to be a citizen. Yes the ISD and perhaps, you may be right, the CIA too, are only too glad to welcome you to Singapore. And if you must and will, do let them know who your relatives by marriage are. They might come in handy at the appropriate time.
Majullah Singapura! Long Live Singapore! Singkapor Bung Sway! Bung, Bung, Sway!
zhoushen/miteymouse007
My take is He Zhoushen is one of the little Lee Kuan Yews who go about downsizing and demolishing the opponents of his master (there are many around in Singapore and many have felled under their free hand authority of adjudication never mind where the justice stands).
I think He Zhoushen should stop making his contributions here. A lot of us true Singaporeans can smell a fish from the water. I may be speaking for myself in this instance but I think a lot of other Singaporeans stand behind me when I say we are are fed up of reading all the pro-PAP propaganda which He Zhoushen and the likes of him spout all the time.
People like him never questions when a state owned corporation with billions of public money at its disposal start investing at the micro level, take for example the stupid foray into a tuition related investment in Australia which subsequently turned out to be a con job. The point was not in losing money (people lose money all the time in their investments). The first point is that a state owned corporation had been conned. And the second one is that it should be looking at macro investments instead of being retailed faced. Where was He Zhoushen when all the rot surfaced?
So I say to him, please stand aside and let us true Singaporeans have access to views about market making news and views from all sources, even alternative sources as the case may be – because we are wise enough to differentiate the chaffe from the wheat. May he can’t differentiate them but he should stop insulting the intelligence of all Singaporeans that we are like him.
Still on the same subject, I would like to elaborate a bit on what I meant by Singaporeans wanting to have free access to market making news and views and not those censored and desseminated through the state “controlled” press.
As an example let me retrospect to many years ago (in the early 90′s) when there was a report about a horse from the stables of the Polo Club (off Thomson Road) running amok and out into the busy main road whereby it was unfortunately knocked down by a vehicle. The news report appeared in a small column of The Straits Times (ST) and was brief. That was it. What was not reported was on why the horse became berserk and ran out of its stable. People like He Zhoushen probably wouldn’t even bother to care about that. The real issue of the matter was that a helicopter had landed at the Polo club premises causing pandemonium among the horses in the stables. Unfortunately for this particular horse the gate of its stable was not closed at that time which allowed the confused and frightened animal to gallop off by instinct. If that was it, this piece of information would have appeared in the ST. Obviously there was more to it to required ST evoke self censorship. For the enlightenment of He Zhoushen and his kind (who have been starved of total information and been fed with misinformation) let it be known that that helicopter had no official clearance nor permission to land there (which evokes the question of who its occupant or occupants could have been to have acted in such an unrestrained manner). Insiders say the helicopter was carrying the Sultan of a neighbouring Malaysian state – so it becomes a political issue because it amounted to a political stand off (and that was probably the reason for the censor’s snip).
This event was excerbated further when a few weeks later the Malaysian marine police detained several small Singaporean vessels carrying amateur and sport fishing enthusiasts off the coast of eastern Johore for illegal entry into its territorial waters. Of particular importance was a yatch which seemed to the target of their dragnet. Very skimpy and brief details were reported in the ST at that time, as is usual (the yatch was not even mentioned). However, insiders and those Singaporean fishing enthusiasts involved tell a different picture. It was a tit for tat and the yatch was the main subject of the Malaysian police’s attention because it belonged to a relative of Lee Kuan Yew (LKY).
The point I am making here is that Singaporeans are not getting total and free news and views from every available sources (the situation since then is a bit different with the advent of internet and twitter, facebook etc)). I remember evrn an ex-PAP stalwart, its first Chairman and an ex-deputy prime minister, DreToh Chin Chye, commented at one time (after his retirement) that he could not.understand why LKY continued with his policy of misinforming Singaporeans (it was reported in the ST). This misinformation happend many times. In the early 70′s LKY was quoted in the ST that there would be no generals in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) from the present batch of senior SAF officers (speech given in an address to encourage scholars join the SAF on the basis that such batch would emerge peioneer generals). But this was a fallacy as within weeks existing Col. Winston Choo (WC)was made its first general! WC was, of course, related to LKY’s deputy prime minister Goh Keng Swee.
Another such event was the unfortunate suicide of national development minister, Teh Cheang Wan (TCW), back in the late 80″s. At first, LKY vehemently denied having visited TCW the night before his demise. But later, after relentless pressures, notably from TCW’s wife among others, he admitted that he had stopped by the minister’s house, but only for a while ! And there were many other instances. But the point is that except for a the few privy ones (the insiders and those materially involved) the general Singapore populace are fed spoonfuls of politically sensitive news, with bits and pieces here and there that do not tell the full story.
So, a website such as this, when presenting readers (from not just Singapore but elsewhere) which interesting news and views is a breath of fresh air. The validity of such views as presented (as in Chip Goodyear’s case) can provide us readers with greater insight without neccessarily consuming them as the gospel truth. It offers us a wider perspective to form our own judgement. Unfortunately for He Zhoushen he is living in a very confined space.
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True Singaporeans are very testicular, unlike the Mr. Low’s who would want to have their writings posted but lack the manhood to disclose their real names in full to the real Singaporeans. My stand as usual is to have no dealings with these ‘politicised eunuchs’.
Fyi. I posted my responses to you and the Mr. Low ‘fella’ on your website 3 times. Each time upon completing my writing, I clicked on ‘Please Submit’. The screen went blank for a split second and then your web-page appeared again with my writing, in the space provided at the site, totally erased.
And now you are asking me to post my writing on your website on my own? Either you have not properly read my several protests to you via e-mail or you are conveniently abdicating your responsibility as a host of an online website. I have posted my writings on other websites online and have never encountered the kind of problem that I have with yours. Clearly you are in denial mode.
As I have said in an earlier e-mail to you, FAIRNESS and INTEGRITY are not part of the Modern american and western culture, but, like all Emerging Countries, you can learn TO BE.
The Protestant Founding Fathers of ‘the land of the fleeced and the home of the knaves’ had laid the foundation of what they believed would become a great nation. If they were alive now to witness the sufferings and miseries your scumbag countrymen…the Madoffs, the Lehman Crooks and their Ponzi or “pungsai” schemes, just to cite only 2 of numerous similar scams… had caused their own countrymen, not to mention the suffering caused to the REST of HUMANITY, they would have had been only too happy to suffer a second death, this time, by commiting ‘hara kiri’, the only way that the Great Japanese Samurai Warrior would die an honourable death in acceptance of their failure to live up to the expectation entrusted to their charge.
Come on, John, people who live in glass houses shouldn’t indulge in throwing stones at others lest they do greater damage to themselves even as they are exposed in the nude.
And here’s something for the likes of the nodescript Mr. Lqw to chew on:
“Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.” – Bertrand Russell
Wow. Mr He Zhoushen is getting emotional and all worked up. I must have touched on something very sensitive.
Cool down Mr. Self-Declared Representative of Singaporeans In General. The world is not crashing onto Singapore. We believe in whatever we want to believe – so said Demosthenes. You can believe in whatever you want, that is your right.
From the tone of your outpour of emotional stuff I will not give any rebuttal to the comments you make. I don’t think it will make any material difference to the issues. Like I mentioned earlier, Singaporeans are not that naive nowadays so I will leave it to readers from Singapore (and all those who tune into this forum) to form their own opinions. The jury’s out there.
I rest my case.
Take care not to overburn.
Low: Thanks for the excellent comment with the interesting details illustrating how the news (or lack thereof) is disseminated in Singapore.
I don’t know He Zhoushen thinks his comments are not getting through – I can see them – loud and clear.
John
I posted a reply to Mr. Low and clicked on ‘Please Submit’. And again I was unsuccessful this time because I allegedly did not provide my e-mail address. And this was just less than 5 minutes ago. Surely you aren’t going to tell me to re-post! You’re playing ‘dirty’ here. Sorry I have to ‘get at the truth’ at your expense here, but you asked for it.
He Zhaoshen again! Ho hum – it’s you again. Either you are playing a game, or you are not computer savvy.
I have no time and there is no way for me to tweak comments. Your comments do seem to appear, so it would appear that you are playing a game.
Have fun!
Mr He Zhaoshen
There is no need to post me any reply because I don’t think I would like to engage you in any further discussions on the issues in this forum as it is not my nature to engage in conversation or otherwise with people who are reactionary and who gets easily agitated, and who use deviant kind of language, including name calling, on their respondent. I certainly did not practised this.
Although I wouldn’t consider your earlier rebuttals to both my posting and Mr. Harding’s as ‘mudslinging’ in nature, still I find it rather uncomfortable for my liking. I prefer proper civilised talk, if not, retort.
On another note, I would also take this opportunity to let you know that, like you, I have also experienced a few times my draft posting in the box being hijacked to another area or the page being refreshed (with my draft and e-mail, etc all in blanks). It is something I believe a few of the contributors here must have also experienced. Sometimes it may be due to our keying in error (e.g. hitting in between two letter heads, etc) and other times it may be due to server error (as you know this site is operated by WordPress and they have thousands of pages in use at any one time all over the world). As you can see, I have never lodged any complaint on this. It may involve a little inconvenience having to re-do all over again, but just get up and re-do it. That’s all. I didn’t have the mental or psychological make-up to think that the admin or site operator is behind this (i.e. targeting me specifically or you or anybody for that matter). This line of thinking is a bit absurb because it would mean admin has to sit by his pc an monitor his site 24 hours, 7 days a week in order to catch the draft posting when the writer is on line.
Take care.
It’s clear to me that you do not know what sportsmanship or fair play is all about, John. I have posted innumerable pieces of my writing at various websites but have never encountered any of the kind of problem I’ve encountered at your website.
I know for a fact that as Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Inland Revenue under the late Hsu Tse Kwang your job was that of an IT consultant. So you are very ‘techno-savvy’ and can do all sorts of mischiefs to people on your site who are in your blackbook.
That being the case it makes no sense for me to continue participating at your website. So pl.,I’d like to ask that I be ‘UNSUBSCRIBED’ from your site with immediate effect. However you are welcome always to post your comments on the REACH website which has an Editor who is is neutral and very positive.
Mr Harding
The REACH website is a one managed by the Singapore government. Needless to say the ‘editor’ (more correctly it should be termed the admin) can never be neutral for the very fact that it is not a third party site but one that is controlled by the establishment. Criticism of government policies are, at best, usually mild and are confined to economics, cultural or other issues. Critical opinions on political issues are out of bounds. If you want to hear all the good stuff about Singapore and the achievements made by the government, this is the site to visit. If you want to hear alternative views from the other side of the fence (as a judge would in any impartial court of law) this is not the site to spend your time on.
So it should be quite clear who the people are (and where their alignment is)who visit this site. Need I say more?
Hahaha, John and Low or is it John Low…my point precisely is that since you are a ‘pot’, you shouldn’t call ‘a kettle black’. Aren’t you operating in the same way that the ST, as alleged by you or you both, is operating? Dear, dear, and you ARE some Professor?
Where might is master, justice is servant: Proverb
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity: Martin Luther King, Jr.
As people who have grown up in a society founded upon principles implicit in the above quotes, what else may other people expect of you but all that would make this world that much more imporished.
The last paragraph above should read:
As people who have grown up in a society founded upon principles implicit in the above quotes, what else may other people expect of you but all that would make this world that much more impoverished.
I hate to say this but this guy is really nuts I think. To please his childish fantasy and naive objectivity I shall let him have the last say on the matter, if it pleases him as such.
Thank you Mr He for your 3 very entertaining responses. Good day to you and goodbye.
Getting at the Truth…John Harding and Mr. Low exposed?
JH was engaged by the late Hsu Tse Kwang(former Comptroller of Inland Revenue, Singapore) as an IT consultant. John Harding has said in his ‘self-portraiture’ that he was an Assistant Deputy Commissioner of the Inland Revenue, Singapore.
He worked and lived in Singapore for some years and that was how he got to know May-Chu. The latter is one of the great grand-daughters of one of the Aw brothers of Haw Par Villa fame. May Chu eventually married J. Harding and so that is how she cames into possession of the appendage, ‘Harding’, which she has attached at the tail-end of her name. Thus May-Chu Harding.
The couple co-authored “Escape from Paradise” which was available to the public at the major bookstores in Singapore. I bought a copy from Kinokuniya and read through about 60% of the book before chucking it aside because it was 90% pure merde, or is it turd?
To continue with the Aw brothers, it had been said that both decided to leave Burma, at different time, despite having done very well in business in that country where they were resident for many years. It was also said that they left their business network intact before they migrated to several places in Southeast-Asia, including Singapore.
In Singapore the Aw brothers continued to do famously well and were placed in the same wealth-league as Tan Lark Sai, Lee Kong Chian and the Shaw Brothers. Incidentally the word ‘Haw’ means “Tiger” and ‘Par’, “Leopard”. Being sharp businessmen, the Aw brothers courted the elites of the Colonial Establishment, the Lim Yew Hock regime and later the then pro-Socialist PAP which had a strong Left of Centre faction comprising many Chinese-educated students and trade-unionists.
Then after LKY & his PAP comrades had disposed of the Chinese-educated Left-Wing fundamentalists (LKY’s claim here), the Aw brothers fell out with the PAP which was the Singapore Government of the day immediately upon Singapore’s attainment of independence. It was said that the Aw brothers were apprehended for opium smuggling. They also ran into trouble with the Royal Family of Brunei, and one member of the Aw family was detained by the Brunei Government for some illicit activities, so it was said, for a period of time.
Meanwhile by the first half of the 1980′s [date stands corrected] JH had already become an Occidental appendage of the the Oriental Haws.
So dear Readers, you would by now have understood why J.H. is so anti the PAP. BUT my point is why he should cause anxiety for the innocent Singaporeans by making false and libellous allegations about the Singapore Government being forced to help bail out the near bankrupt U.S. at one point in time recently, and, that Singapore might well have been, again according to him, already the 52nd state of the U.S.?
We can understand that John Harding, for personal reason(s), may be very unhappy with the PAP Government, and in particular, the MM Lee Kuan Yew. But why get Singaporeans all jittery by means of scare-mongering in the form of spurious ‘revelations’ about Singapore.
Also he has cleverly duped someone claiming to be a Singaporean, and who courageously gives his name only as ‘Mr. Low’, into taking sides with the former by adding to the JH-spurious-and-libellous tales. However if Mr. Low is sure and sincere that what he has written at John Harding’s site is true based on investigation or ‘sources’ privy to Mr.Low, then he(Mr. Low) owes Singaporeans the obligation as a fellow-Citizen, to tell-all at sites such as theonlinecitizen.com.sg which would be only too happy to post his writing.
Indeed the ‘mysterious’ Mr. Low would be doing all Singaporeans a favour because if he could prove that his case against the PAP and MM Lee Kuan Yew was water-tight, then the PAP may well be voted out in the next GE should the PAP be unable to counter and prove beyond the shadow of a doubt, in a Court of Law, Mr.Low’s case to be false and born of malice.
In fact, I would only be too glad to be of service to Mr. Low in whatever way he might find me of use, if indeed he has irrefutable ‘information’ about the PAP which Singaporeans in general do not know and which ‘information’ Mr.Low would, out of a sense of duty and loyalty to fellowmen and Country, want to disseminate amongst our citizenry. Do remember Mr. Low that the Country is bigger than the Party to which one owes allegiance. So come clean, reveal your name in full and damn the PAP. THIS is the gauntlet I throw down to you. By all means take your time and consult your “Professor’ John Harding about my challenge to you.
I await your decision in regard to my challenge with a sense of keen anticipation.
My initial and very first posting regarding the standing of Mr He Zhaoshen has not been wrong. It was just an educated guest but as it turned out from his ensuing reply and the very recent one above it proves to readers on this forum without any doubt that he is indeed one of the little Lee Kuan Yews.
There is no need to know more about my background. I am merely reporting first hand news from very reliable sources (people with material involvement in some of the episodes that were related). No one ask the reporter of any newspaper about his qualifications or background on the news that he writes. If need be, I suggest you go check with officials in the palace of the Sultan of Johore (for the case involving the galloping horse at Thomson Road) and to the Royal Malaysian Police – the Johore Marine police division (regarding the Singaporean fishing boats and the specific yatch belonging to the Cheng family member of the Wing Tai Group that were held by the Malaysian police for trepassing into Malaysian territorial waters -please don’t bore me with your ignorance that you are not aware that the Wing Tai Group is related to our MM). Check with your other governmental departments (yes you are a government agent that’s a fact you just confirmed with your uncontrolled burst of rage above) on how the matter concerning the detained vessels were settled. I can tell you to refer to the Foreign Affairs Ministry to save you time. It was done through diplomatic channel. And let me tell you further that at that time only those fishing enthusiasts with relevant passport were allowed to return home. Those who had no passport with them (there were quite a few) were detained. Any offer of composition were denied and refused because in the words of the policemen on duty the orders were from the top (meaning political leadership). What more do you want to know ? Those fishing guys were victims of political collateral damage, and they were known to the few Malaysian policemen because they fish there very regularly at the same spot and never had been harassed by the men in uniforms. And that was the reason why the Malaysian policemen were apologetic to the Singaporeans. If they had trespassed Malaysian waters it was subject of criminality and unless the guys were diplomatic staff they would not be immuned to their sovereign laws but yet the matter was ‘settled’.
As for the postings I made regarding our MM they appeared in The Straits Times at those relevant period. Go and check up on them in the archives if you have the time. They were not false and there was no malice. Why don’t you go and ask Mr Winston Choo to confirm whether he is Dr Goh Keng Swee’s brother-in-law or not. Take $1,000 from me if he denies it. Pay only $1 if he tells you yes.
What do you really know about law to threaten by way of association that …..”prove beyond the shadow of a doubt, in a Court of Law, Mr Low’s case to be false and born of malice.”? What case ? Libel or scandal? Where is the libel on our MM or any of the leaders that I may have mentioned? Where is the scandal? Where is the malice. I am merely a reporter of reports appearing in our state owned newspapers (articles you have missed reading in your earlier years) with details being corroborated from various sources with direct material involvement in some of the events. If you have the courage dont lead your bull charge at me with all your fired up rage – go ask our MM Mr Lee Kuan Yew personally himself whether he had said initially that he never visited the late Mr Teh Cheang Wan the night before he died. Then ask MM whether he later retracted that statement to admit that he had seen the late Mr Teh on that critical last night but only for a while (this phrase ‘for a while’ is very critical and had to be put into print because it was a very sensitive line, the importance of which I cannot disclose to you because at your level I do not think you have the state clearance or authority from MM’s security detail to be privy to the reason).
After you have approach our MM and Mr Winston Choo and have the answers to those questions as well as the details from our Ministry of Foreign Affairs please get in touch with me through this website. Then I will disclose to you who I am and all the things you want to know about me.
And for the education of your seemingly confused mind Mr John Harding is not my ‘professor’ nor a friend nor my idol. I came across his website by chance and started contributing some postings because I view his site as a credible alternative news site.
You talk legalese without actually knowing what the terms ‘scandalous’ and ‘libelous’ mean. Where is the malice ? I have in no way injured the integrity of character of our MM, or Mr Winston Choo or anyone mentioned in my postings. Why should I ? None of them have done me any personal injustice or damage. What I said about them are freely available in the archives of our newspapers, if only you would take the time to go through before charging in with your weapons all drawn.
Remember go and check with our MM and Mr Winston Choo.
Let me tell you that Mr He Zhoushen, there are still a lot of things you do not know about the currents below the water surface. There are things which I can bring up and post in this forum because they already have become public knowledge in print (the newspapers) and there are those which I cannot divulge because of qualified priviege, and there are still things which I cannot disclose because of state security reasons, and there are also things which cannot be disclosed due to preservation of religious harmony reasons.
This is as much as I can disclose regarding what I know and my sources.
And by the way Mr He Zhaoshen what you wrote in your previous posting about Mr Harding duping me is scandalous material, You might want to retract that statement or subject yourself to Mr Harding’s disposition.
And your statement regarding me as “someone claiming to be a Singaporean” is untrue. Although it did not contain any libellious material. But there is malice in that statement because it is intended to injure my integrity and so put a lesser weight on the credibilty of the events and things I have said at this forum. You might also want to retract this statement.
As to your proposition – I believe you should direct your superiors in your office to log in to the website Yeocheowtong.com and then get them to sue the publisher(s). Our government leaders are aware of this site let me tell you this. But they have taken no court action on the things disclosed there. Have you read some of the disclosures there yet? Go gang wash them and sent your legal armies there. But before you do I think it would be advisable to check with our MM first, because there is a reason for their non-action in that area.
So now Mr. Low you are saying you aren’t a Singapore Citizen when in a posting above written some few days ago you wrote the following:
“I think He Zhoushen should stop making his contributions here. A lot of us true Singaporeans can smell a fish from the water.”
You are not only ‘less than testicular’, you are totally void of what would qualify you to be called ‘a man’. Either you have a pitifully short memory or you are a despicable coward trying now to retract what you had so boldly written just recently…refer to my quote from your posting above.
I refrain from responding to you to give you enough rope to hang yourself and like the unthinking ‘nut’ that YOU are, you recklessly swallowed the bait. Right from the get-go you have been irrelevant in your reaction to my reasoned response. Allow me to elaborate
I was suddenly cut off in the midst of my writing. But I will persist in continuing from where I left off above:
Allow me to elaborate to elaborate a little. I received 2 unsolicited and identical e-mail correspondences from John Harding dated 10/01/09 af 3.16 pm. Both the e-mail correpondences contained libellous allegations concerning Singapore posted by John Harding at his own site. I do not know why JH had sent those 2 e-mail correspondences to me when what they contained were exactly the same material over which we had crossed swords. Nonetheless I responded to the ‘repeated’ allegations against the Singapore Establishment. Then lo and behold a Mr.Low, implicitly claiming to be a ‘…true Singaporean…’ entered the fray libellously calling me ‘one of the little Lee Kuan Yews who go about downsizing and demolishing the opponents of his master…
He Zhaoshen states in his comment, “Meanwhile by the first half of the 1980’s [date stands corrected] JH had already become an Occidental appendage of the the Oriental Haws.”
In the 1980s I had no idea who the “Oriental Haws” were. I have never met any of the Aw family, aside from my wife.
She, as a woman in Chinese culture, at least that of the Aws, had no standing in her family. Although she graduation from Singapore’s top school, Raffles Institution, her family refused to let her continue her studies at the university level.
He Zhoushen is a typical example, found all over Singapore forums, of an argumentative backer of the PAP, the ruling party in Singapore since its expulsion from Malaysia.
He Zhoushen’s comments serve as an example of those who may not be familiar with Singapore, of the Singapore PAP mentality.
Again some unseen hand at the host’s end tried to prevent me from writing what I have to write to clear the air. But I will persist to the end. Why are you both afraid now? what is it that you are both afraid of that you should try to want to sabotage my effort at telling the world the truth about you? So here goes:
Then lo and behold a Mr.Low, implicitly claiming to be a ‘…true Singaporean…’ entered the fray libellously calling me ‘one of the little Lee Kuan Yews who go about downsizing and demolishing the opponents of his master… .’ Please read Mr. Low’s uncalled for reply to what I had written in response to JH and decide for yourself if he was not irrelevant. And irrelevantly he continued with his futile chaffings and rantings in several postings, one after another. And now, true to a man devoid of shame and integrity, Mr. Low is saying I have ‘libelled’ against him in his latest posting above… ‘by the way Mr He Zhaoshen what you wrote in your previous posting about Mr Harding duping me is scandalous material…’.
To cut a very long account short, it is crystal clear that in making the several allegations against me in his latest posting, immediately above my current piece, Mr. Low does not understand one fundamental principle of the English Language which is that words in isolation have no meaning. Words arranged in a certain order or pattern acquire meaning and intention from their context(s). Prove to me, Mr.Low, that I have libelled against you and when I am convinced that whatever you might have to say is correct and true, I will apologise and retract my statement like a gentleman who has been schooled in the fine Asian tradition of fairness, truthfulness, being gracious, and displaying integrity at all times in my dealings with friends and foes alike.
To be very frank, I’m tired of this exercise in futility but my sense of justice upbraids my conscience for letting TRUTH down. So the truth is, as you unwittingly now admit, that you are not a Singaporean ot Singapore Citizen. You are simply a friend or follower of JH who boldly lobs stones, at people whom you are not able measure up to, in the comfort of the knowledge that you may easily seek refuge afforded you by distance. What more, then, need I say? Let the Readers of this site be our judge.
Goodnight!
John Harding has been meddling with the various postings submitted by me, his friend Mr. Low and that of his own good self. By this I mean his re-arranging or juxtaposition of the pieces of writing submitted, from their original sequence to the sequence as it stands even as I’m penning this latest response in protest against his dishonesty. He chides the Straits Times for a whole series of ‘misdeed’ even as he continues to commit the very same misdeeds that he accuses the Straits Times to be guilty of. Why John, why do you behave like a snake-oil peddlar? No wonder America is where she is today…at the very nadir of the scheme of things. Alas!
Mr He Zhaoshen I am totally astounded by the comments and accusations you are making about me. I just cannot understand how you cannot read the lines clearly. There has been no ambiguity in my writing. Somehow you have, as usual, misread the fine words in print and jump the gun on various issues without actually interpreting what they really mean.
Fact 1) I have never claimed to be a Singaporean. These are your words. I have never claimed to be Singaporean for the fact that I AM A SINGAPOREAN. With my right as a citizen I have no need to claim my ‘Singaporeaness’ to you or to anyone. My status has been guaranteed by the provisions of our Constitution the day I was born at Kandang Kerbau Hospital decades ago.
And that is why I referred to the passage where you mentioned “…someone claiming to be a Singaporean…” as untrue. I was referring to the aspersion you cast in the paragraph not to the semantics in that particular phrase (it was used as a reference point). A decent and reasonably educated man would have known that.
Fact 2) I have no ties with Mr Harding. He is not a friend nor acquaintance of mine. I only got to ‘know’ him through cyberspace when I came across this website of his sometime in August 2009. I do not agree with some of his insights and I have no knowledge whatsoever whether he has any axe to grind with the Singapore Government, and I have not read his book “Escape To Paradise”.
Fact 3) I am not ‘mysterious’ as you have pointed out a couple of times. I am very real – I exist just as you are existing now. so if I am ‘mysterious’ by your definition you are just as ‘mysterious’ to me and to anyone tuning in to this forum.
Fact 4) I have no axe to grind with our government or leadership. On the contrary to what you think, I respect our MM Mr Lee Kuan Yew as an astute statesman of high repute. I accept it for a fact that our MM’s leadership over the past 40+ years has been instrumental in moving the republic from 3rd world to 1st world status, and in the process churning out a GDP per capita income of Singaporeans to above US $50,000 ranking Singapore somewhere between 5th to 7th position among the world’s richest countries on a per capita income basis (depending on which of the 3 statistical sources you want to use).
The competence of our government cannot be denied. MM Mr Lee’s style of leadership cannot be equated to be the most democratic. He is a pragmatist and his policies are based, depending on which state matter he thinks deserves to be on the top of the order of priority. And that is why most of the time you get primary laws being enacted first and the working details (bye-laws)following much later (after due deliberation has been done).
Since you have mentioned the Aw family, I will depict you with an account of what I meant by “act first details later” type of crisis management. In 1972/1973 Slater Walker Securities bought over the controlling stake of Haw Par Brothers International Ltd from Mr Aw Cheng Chye’s family for a certain consideration through a married deal. The reason for the sale had been unclear (there were rumours that the Aw family were under financial duress and such kind of talk, etc). If it was just a sale of controlling stake in a ordinary commercial enterprise there would not have been a story behind this episode.
There were under-currents. Haw Par Brothers was the holding company of Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd. Our Banking Act precludes any foreigner or foreign owned entity from owning more than 30 % of the capital structure of any locally incorporated bank. Slater Walker Securities. a British entity, had not ran foul of the law here because it had not bought over any direct shareholding in Chung Khiaw Bank. But it had gained indirect control over the bank through its newly acquired controlling stake in its parent company, Haw Par Brothers. This was, in essence, control exerted through indirect means. Now there was no provision in the Banking Act (then) or nor in our Companies Act which put a legal impediment on such a course of action. But it was a travesty that needed to be tweaked because the event violated the spirit of the Banking Act.
MM Mr Lee had to act, and he did not have the privilege of a legal instrument to do so. It was a situation demanding “act first laws later”. He brought Mr Michael Walker (Slater Walker Securities) and the patriachs of our four big banks together and stated in no uncertain terms of his unhappiness at the insidious takeover attempt and made a now famous statement that “..there is no such thing as an English gentleman nowadays.” A lot of Singaporeans have heard about this phrase but few knew it originated from MM Mr Lee, with still fewer having the knowledge on the event in which it was first coined. MM Mr Lee demanded in no uncertain terms that he wanted Slater Walker Securities to transfer their indirect controlling stake back to any one of the four local bankers, but he was astute enough not to place conditions on this such that it would be purely upon commercial terms. At that time only Mr Wee Cho Yaw of United Overseas Bank Ltd had the available and free financial resources to mount this sudden re-takeover at such a short notice (the liquidity status of UOB has always been a key mark of this bank as even in the recent meltdown in the financial industry UOB was the bank with still the highest level of capitalisation). And that was how UOB came to control Chung Khiaw Bank, in the process turning Slater Walker corporate raider with a big financial kill overnight (a handsome profit to boot). Immediately after this saga, the relevant provisions of the Banking Act were subsequently amended in Parliament to avoid such an embarassing event from ever occuring again. These are the facts.
I may agree with MM Mr Lee and his team of ministers to most of the policies that were carried out over the last few decades (or course there were some which I clearly objected). In general, I think our government has mostly got it right with their policy making decisions over the years although there were also some failed policies in between. What I credit them with is their ability to look forward and making credible projections down the line (although I must say this only became a trade mark over the later years onwards).
What I take issue with his leadership is on his policy of dissemination of information through state controlled media, as well as his Machiavellian way of getting things done. Did you know that most of the execution of his policies were and still are carried out using the Machiavellian approach? Unfortunately for Machiavelli his Italian Prince did not abide by his philosphy, but at least if he is up there somewhere he would be pleased to know that an ensuing Asian political leader had put them to good use and elevated that country to a high pedestal, and thereby vindicating the philosphy behind his writings.
Mr He Zhaoshen you should simmer down a bit and not let your rage take control over you. That way you can still participate in a gentleman’s discourse and relevant issues. Do not indulge in base language and name calling or other forms of deviant behaviour. You have degenerated to the level we term as ‘mudslinging’ which may appear offensive to other readers of this forum.
Also, Mr Harding may be laughing his pants down on your mistaken belief that I and he are one and the same person, or that I am a friend of his, or that he had ‘conned’ me into his camp, all of which are obviously not true. Please do not write any more stupid things (my apologies for using this word) to debase and make a mockery of yourself not just to Mr Harding and other readers who may be following the trial of the correspondences here. As for me, I harbour no ill feelings towards you because I think you are rather patriotic. My advice to you is not to get overboard and carried away by your patriotism.
Having said that, I would like to tell you that I am not less patriotic than you. In fact, I can emphatically state here that I am many miles more patriotic than you are. I have done my two and the half years military service to the nation, during which time serving in the most dangerous vocation in service. And I have not a bit of regret for having done that, meaning if I have to re-live that period again I would have no qualms or complain to do it all over again. Have you done any ‘national service’ to the nation. If you have not, please do not question my patriotism because I have placed my life on the line for the nation and you have not.
Take care.
Dream on Mr. He Zhaoshen…
“Fact 1) I have never claimed to be a Singaporean. These are your words. I have never claimed to be Singaporean for the fact that I AM A SINGAPOREAN. With my right as a citizen I have no need to claim my ‘Singaporeaness’ to you or to anyone. My status has been guaranteed by the provisions of our Constitution the day I was born at Kandang Kerbau Hospital decades ago”.
The above is an excerpt from Mr.Low’s latest response to my latest posting at JH’s site. I’m sure readers who have been following this thread of to-ing and fro-ing involving Low, John and me would have had, by now, a good measure of Low’s competence in the English Language. It is therefore ironical that given his level of competence or lack thereof, he would want to enter the arena of syllogism and indulge in verbal gymnastics. I can literally feel the goose-bumps surfacing all over my body even as I write this response.
As the Bard has said in one of his plays,”…there’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lips…” or sth. to that effect. If only Mr. Low had a morsel of integrity, he’d have had done the only decent thing to save his ‘face’, i.e. to own up that he had slipped on the occasion. And the readers of your site, John, would have had been less harsh in their judgement of Low as a human being. After all didn’t someone say, “To err is human, to forgive, divine”?
Low has also categorically said in the same latest response that JH is not his friend. Is it also not strange that John who chooses to designate himself as the ‘ADMINISTRATOR’ of his site should praise Low’s writing so lavishly and generously as to assess Low’s writing as deserving of the ‘Excellence’ grade?
So as Low takes JH’s side against Singapore and Singaporeans, JH in return pats Low on the back. What else do you call such sports if it is not one of mutual, er, … well out of respect for our gentler counterpart reading this transaction, I’d leave it to your imagination as to the appropriate word I would have had used.
Mr. Low was born at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital which began operations as the world’s largest ‘baby-delivery hospital’ some time in the 1960′s at the earliest[I stand corrected hereas to the exact date]. Apparently Low either has not bothered to read my postings closely or he is suffering from ‘amnesia’. Let him read thro’ my various postings again and see if he would be able to let us know when I was born. If he has not heard of the following song, then he would be several decades younger than I am. So here goes:
I Love My Malaya
I love my Malaya,
Malaya is my home;
Japanese time we wern’t free
Now we suffer more
After the dogs gone,
Monkeys come, Malaya is my home;
Come dear brothers and sisters
Let us wait no more. [2nd stanza sung 2X]
Let me now share with Low the original in Mandarin:
Wo ai wo de Malaiyah,
Malaiyah shi wo de zhia;
Jipen shi hoeu pu zhi eu
Xian zhai kern khong khu.
Sui chih koeu chee hoeu zhi lai,
Malaiyah shi wo de zhia
Siong tee mern kern jie mei mei
Bu nern zhai dern dai.
Sui chih koeu chee hoeu zhi lai
Malaiyah khong khu hai;
Siong tee mern kern zhia mei mei
Bu nern zhai dern dai!
I put my life on the line when I joined in the fight against the British imperialists as an innocent boy hardly 10 years old.
You, as a much younger person, have not had the privilege to be exposed to life during war-time. You have also never tasted life under a cruel regime such as the one that invaded, occupied and ruled Singapore for 3 years
Let me draw readers’ attention here to the fact that I constantly have to put up with sudden termination of my writing by ‘some ghost’ at the host’s end. But I will persist to the end. And I will endure. So here I go again:
You, Low, have never witnessed a racial riot where all white men were taken for Dutchmen and when apprehended, either dragged out of their cars and beaten to near death. Invariably the cars were set fire to.
You have also not seen disruption to normal daily life caused by workers on strike who go chanting down the narrow streets of colonial Singapore. And yes, there was also a near blood-bath between the 2 major ethnic communities in Singapore immediately after the Japanese withdrew from Singapore even as the British forces were on their way to re-occupy their far flung colonial outpost in the Far-East. Those were times that no Singaporean(s) would want to go through again.
Now do you understand, Mr. Low, why I responded in the manner I did when John Harding posted an article online that potentially could cause instability and unrest in my Homeland? And you were naive and perhaps not experienced enough to see through JH’s subversive intent and so readily stood shoulder to shoulder with JH against your Country and your Countrymen. And you have described this act of yours as your putting your life on the line for your Country? You, Low, have committed an act tantamounting to treason for which, in some other countries, the punishment is death.
So now my ‘countryman’ who is the one who may be said to be presumptious and ‘jumping to conclusion’ without first doing some necessary spadework?
Please note typographical error in the 4th but last paragraph of my write-up immediately above. The said paragraph shoud read :
You, Low, have never witnessed a racial riot where all white men were taken for Dutchmen and, when apprehended, dragged out of their cars and beaten to near death.
Mr He Zhaoshen
There are other readers out there. I would courteously request you to stop your nonsensical postings here. I am a bit annoyed at your misplaced works of literary art.
If I may also peak for others who share the same sentiments here, we think its high time you move on. You are appearing to us as very erratic and I for one never read the contents of your recent postings anymore because they contain a lot of rubbish. It appears you have an axe to grind with the admin of this website. That’s a personal thing which you can persue with him elsewhere (maybe through e-mails). But please keep the airwaves of this forum free.
We wanna hear fresh voices and fresh opinion pieces, not the same old usual rant from what now appears to us a sore loser from a boxing match. From a third party point of view, you appear to us as ‘mentally unstable’. Pardon my rudeness, but perhaps you should go visit Woodbridge for a check up on your mental condition because I can see a lot of pent up anger in your writings. You should continue to take your medication if it is the case of your having recently been discharged from there.
I would say the comments put in by the said Mr Low have been very controlled and sensible, not to mention that they have been very enlightening indeed. Sad to say, I cannot say the same for yours.
Go see a doctor (pyschiatrist). You have too much hatred in you.
AND PLEASE DON’T BORE US WITH YOUR STUPID VERSES! wE’VE HAD ENOUGH!
And Mr He Zhaoshen, please dont write any reply to my posting above. I don’t want to be drawn into any arguments with a guy with an unbalanced mind. Because you see, the more you write the more stupid and absurd you appear to us readers. So if you know what’s good for you, stay clear.
But most importantly, I dont want you to monopolise this web page. Like I said, we want to hear from others.
By George that was a good one ! Pun intended.
That’s right Mr He Zhaoshen, I agree with George.
You should stop all that racket. Its rather annoying.
I thought there was an earlier entry here by a “George” who wrote in to debunk Mr He and requested him to stop posting all the nonsense?
I was responding to his comments.
In any case, Mr He please don’t send any more postings here regarding the subject matter. Other readers are bored by your insanity.
I thank you in advance for giving us some peace.
And by the way Mr He do you want to know what my impression I have regarding this “boxing match” you are engaging with the administrator of this web page and the other writer Mr Low?
Well, objectively from a third party point of view without having to “take sides” as you would put it, here is my assessment as follows :
1. On the administrator (that should be Mr Harding, right?). Well he strikes me to be a man with who likes to poke fun at others to drive in a point or two. That’s okay. I do not know whether he is playing any game behind the scene but I think he is honestly trying to get some messages across to his readers through alternative news sources for the benefit of readers on his website.
2. On Mr Low. He appears to be very knowledgeable in the details and under-workings of various events happening in Singapore, and I think he may have some form of access to state security matters (maybe he is actually a government agent or an ex- agent?). Nevertherless, he writes well – is concise, have a lot of control in what he is writing with a good sense of discretion. I can read between the lines that he would like to let loose more things and facts but probably is held back due to some commitment he has had or something like that. He writes in a gentlemanly fashion even in the face of wild and frivolous accusations and language made by Mr He. So he’s got my thumbs up.
3. Mr He. Is there something evidently wrong with his mental make-up? George was quite right when he mentioned that he is erratic and full of anger. I would say, from the tone and manner of his writings, he is sufferring from some form of disorder. Psychiatrists call it “inferiority complex syndrome”. And that is why he is always quoting from sources here and there to show readers he is widely read and knows a lot of philosophical things. These are clearly manifestations of people suffering from inferiority complex (and thats an official pyschological profile trade mark straight from medical school books). Mr He attempts to write in a well educated literate way but gets carried away when the sub-concious part of him takes control and then his writings suddenlys turn into the violent types, what you would term as wanting a physical showdown to prove he is right (or more superior, etc) – yet another typpical syndrome of such a disorder. Needless to say his comments are at times incomprehensible (I believe even to himself) and other times pitiful (as if a cry in the dark for help).
That’s my assessment of the matter. Really Mr He you should go see that doctor before the situation gets worse, especially if you are reaching a more advanced age (some adults reaching age 65 and beyond are prone to such erratic moods and behaviour because the dying brain cells get replaced at a slower rate as our ge progresses. That’s why senility and dementia often occur to those whose depreciation rate is faster than normal). From your writings Mr He appears to be above that age (since he mentioned by inference his living through the years of the Japanese occupation) and it is my advice that he should swallow his pride and do himself that favour by going to seek medical help soonest possible.
I pray for you Mr He. Get well soon.
It is rather strange for all the Singaporeaness that he seems to claim He Zhaoshen wasn’t born at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Where was he born ? In a kampong house ? How could he not have known KK Hospital had been in existence since 1924 (officially under that name) although it had its beginnings in 1858 which was known as General Hospital then. And to think He Zhaoshen quoted the 60′s as the time frame KK Hospital was established. Is he a Singaporean at all? How could a typical Singaporean not know about KK Hospital and get such basic information totally wrong?
I remember Mr Low asked him to go check with Mr Winston Choo and Minister Mentor Mr Lee Kuan Yew on the issues that were raised. That would once and for all satisfy his need to verify the truth of the matter (or falsity as the case may be). Can I ask He Zhaoshen whether he has done that? Secondly the said Mr Low also asked him a very pertinent question – whether he had served national service for his country like all able bodied full blooded Singaporean men have gone through. He avoided answering that basic question.
Why is that so ? (1) He is not a man? (2) He is not able bodied (having some defects) so was excused from duty? (3) He went AWOL (escaped national service by running away) and then return decades later to pay a fine and have the matter compounded? Which of the case is it I now ask him.
If he fell outside the compulsory age of 18 when the laws pertaining to national service enlistment were activated in 1967 then he would have escaped this dragnet. Yes, I use the word ‘escaped’. If he was so concerned about the things happening to Singapore under the Japanese occupation and then the post war years riots, etc why didn’t he volunteered his service for the nation even if he may have been above the age of 18 at the time national service was enforced? He was still young and able bodied then (unless he fell under category 2 above).
So I also ask the question why didn’t he enrol for service to the nation? Afraid of getting killed in the line of duty if there was another invasion ? Or he could have joined the Police Force to help maintain law and order in case those vicious riots occur again. Yes, why didn’t he?
Oh no you don’t He Zhaoshen don’t come round and change subjects again everytime you are cornered and caught with your pants down. Turn around like the man you claim to be and answer all those questions.
I just want readers here to know that I have abstained from making any comments although I have been following the series of correspondences appearing here on a fairly regular basis.
He Zhaoshen’s sidetracking and avoidance of the national service question being posted to him touched the very limits of my tolerance. National service is the trade mark of manhood for all male citizens in Singapore, a compulsory stint of duty to nation and society and every single male citizen in Singapore has gone through it. And you have a guy here claiming all his manliness and patriotism for the country and all that holier than thou attitude and when the magic words ‘national service’ is mentioned he cowers and changes subjects.
All of us male Singaporeans have put our lives in the defence of the country in our youth, and if ever a war ever occurs, we would be very regretful for having to fight and risk our lives protecting people like him.
So now there is another John. Interesting that all the Johns are on your side, John Harding. And the latest entry into the fray, another “eunuch” who fears to givehisname in full, is a John Tan who says he is giving his views objectively. But he’s not just giving his views. He’s also giving his medical opinion. Are you a medical doctor by the way, Johnny boy? You must also be another ‘cultural banana’ yellow outsideand white inside. If you are an Asian and a Chinese then why on earth give yourself an English name John? Do you feel inferior being a Chinese and think that appending an English name to your Surname would raise your status in the “Land of the fleeced and the knaves”?
Incidentally, though I hesitated saying it I have to now which is that I, whom, John Tan has said to be suffering from inferiority complex is now takingon 3 opponents in the “ring”. Come on Johnny boy, your posting clearly indicate that you are a “straw-man”.
Again while typing my reply all that I had typed was blotted out distracting my train of thought in the process. This has happened to me each time I try to compose a reply. Sometimes when I have finished writing, I’d click on “Please Submit”. The the next moment I see my name in red prints flashed for several seconds before everything I had written simply disappeared. I have protested against this underhand way of getting at me to the Aministrator, John Harding. And of course he protested his innocence in return but strangely my writing which I thought was wiped out appeared at the site the next day.
And now I have to take on 4 opponents at JH’s side. As the Administrator JH should play the role of facilitator but contrary to expectation JH takes side with his 3 cronies. Now either ther are 3 cronies plus JH OR JH is playing at the game of impersonating. If there are 4 Johnnies, then it is only too obvious that they are all indulging in “mutual maturbation”, metaphorically speaking, that is to say.
Finally, Jim: He is too dull to figure out that like his father, there was no National Service for people of my generation. Idiot!!
Jim, but why Jim? As if that wd. raise your standing in the land of the white bhawana. And you resort to irrational allegations and name calling simply because you are unable to debate. People like you demean the sites you visit and I’m surprised Prof. JH allows you to participate at his site.In Singapore you would have been barred from participating for no other reason than that you have not enough brains to follow a series of exchange and say sth. sensible or worth one’s time looking at what you’ve written.
Now for John Tan: He’s a pretentious pompous ass; and that’s evident in his taking upon himself the role of literary critic, medical doctor and chairman of an online debate. And another cultural banana whom the late Mahatma has disposed of with famous poetic rebuke:
Discarded by the West,
Despised by the East
They stand as living monuments
Of Western adultery.
Of course I don’t expect Johnny Tan to understand what the Mahatma meant. He all effervescence, frothing at the mouth and in the words of the Bard:
Like a fool, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
So don’t waste my time JH, if you cannot take me on. I’ve calledyour bluff more than once and that’s enough to damn you to ‘kingdom come’.