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http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/2008/10/mass-cheating.html

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Call to MAS - investigate mass cheating

Comment posted in my blog

Now, our MAS hold a press conference when HKMA has already achieved so much and are closed to a resolution! But our MAS STILL DON"T GET IT! Our MAS still thinks that Minibonds is just mis-sold, mis-represented to the old & un-educated.

Check first before you make this assumption. If only they bothered to even take a cursory look at the Minibond fact sheets they will know that it was designed to deceive & mislead on a mass scale. I don't know if the people & bosses in

MAS have even bothered to look at the Minibond fact sheets or are they still at 10,000 feet.MAS, please ask yourselves a few questions. Why should 1,000 Singaporeans sign a petition to ask you and Commercial Affairs Department to investigate the FIs if it is only the old, uneducated who have been cheated? If we are bluffing about being cheated, why be so silly to petition the Commercial Affairs Dept to investigate? This is mass cheating not isolated cheating. I hope you get it.

Ask yourselves why are so many people in Hong Kong & Singapore protesting not just the old and uneducated? Ask yourselves, why should the banks in Hong Kong agree to buy back ALL their customers' minibonds & not just from the old and uneducated? The banks are not silly or charitable. If it is a few isolated cases, they will only compensate these few cases. Why compensate so much more? Please open your eyes & investigate properly before you say anything.

I fully sympthize with the old & uneducated being taken advantaged of by the banks. It is totally unbecoming of the banks to do such things. But the old & uneducated are not the only ones being cheated. Do not assume that the educated cannot be cheated. MAS, you are already tardy, do not further damage your reputation by jumping to the wrong conclusions so fast without proper fact finding. We have all been taught that ASSUME makes an ASS of U&ME. Please check if what you think/say is an assumption or a fact. Please don't mess up again and cause us further anguish & frustrations.

Posted by Tan Kin Lian at 2:37 PM

Nantah dream alive

Fine is outrageous, harsh, ridiculous

Fine is outrageous, harsh, ridiculousFINED FOR THIS: The man, known only as Mr Kassim, showing how he dozed off at the park. TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG

The New Paper reported yesterday about a man fined $200 for dozing off on a bench in a park. Readers say:
Fine is outrageous, harsh, ridiculous
October 16, 2008



FROM JOSEPH ONG

I REFER to 'I didn't know it was an offence' (The New Paper, 14 Oct).

FROM JOSEPH ONG

I think it is getting ridiculous.

It's yet another example of how Singapore is a fine country.

But to impose a fine for sleeping on a park bench really takes the cake.

Firstly, how many Singaporeans know about the NParks rule? There was no signage at the parks to warn people.

Secondly, parks are created for people to relax. What is wrong with sleeping in parks?

I think the authorities are too quick to jump when it comes to rules and regulations.

FROM GALEN YEO

THANK you for the report.

It's outrageous to fine people like these and it shows the intolerance of our institutions.

NParks should give Mr Kassim his money back and give him a warning instead.

Will they fine people next for dozing off at the airport and government clinics?

Where do you draw the line?

I believe the point of having benches is for people to rest.

If they happen to doze off, so what?

Perhaps a more constructive approach is to have a designated area within parks where people can rest.

FROM PAMELA LENG

I DO not think that the no-sleeping-in-parks rule makes sense.

I have dozed off while sitting and reading at the park many times.

I think whether fines should be imposed or not depends on the circumstances.

Sure, fine me if I bring my pillows, blankets and mattress to sleep at the park.

But it's ridiculous to fine a person $200 for taking a rest.

To many people, $200 is a big sum. Even the fine for parking along double yellow lines is only $70.

FROM DAVID NG

IF most people do not know it's an offence to sleep on the park bench and the rule is not on the NParks website, how can Mr Kassim be fined?

A park is where people go to relax and enjoy a quiet moment. While doing so, they may feel sleepy and doze off and even lie on the bench.

Was Mr Kassim a nuisance to others? Did he make a scene? Were there other park users there who needed to use the bench?

I think NParks should return the money to Mr Kassim.

FROM RAMZAH OSMAN

I THINK a $200 fine for sleeping on a park bench is very harsh.

Instead of fining people, perhaps NParks should use their resources, time and energy to think of ways to prevent park visitors from committing the things they are not supposed to do.

Maybe they should install armrests on the benches to make it difficult for park visitors to lie on them.

NParks should think out of the box to solve such problems instead of taking the easy way out by fining the public.

公园板凳上打盹 被罚200元

公园板凳上打盹 被罚200元
（2008-10-15）

　　躺在公园板凳上打盹，私人巴士司机被罚200元。

　　62岁的私人巴士司机卡辛上个月1日，到淡滨尼太阳广场公园附近骑脚踏车。突然下起雨，他就到附近的公园亭子里避雨。

　　卡辛在接受《新报》访问时说，雨势逐渐变大，疲倦的他睡意难挡，就在亭子的板凳上躺下，5分钟后睡了过去。

　　约15分钟后，卡辛被两名男子叫醒，对方自称是国家公园局的稽查员，要他交出身份证检查。

　　卡辛说：“他们说我在公园内的板凳睡觉是滥用公园设施，当场开了罚单给我。我很惊讶，我完全不知道在公园的板凳上打盹是犯法的。”

　　5天后，卡辛收到国家公园局的来信，清楚注明他违例的经过，要他缴付200元罚款。

　　原本想对这起罚款向公园局上诉的卡辛，为了省去麻烦，决定缴付罚款了事。

　　卡辛说：“我相信许多人跟我一样，不知道有这样的条例。我公开这件事是要提醒他人，千万不要在公园里睡觉。”

　　国家公园局发言人说，公园稽查员在每日巡逻时，都会劝请在公园内睡觉或是蹲坐的公众，不要滥用园内设施。在公园内睡觉的公众，如果在稽查员上前劝告后即刻离开，只会接获口头警告，不会遭罚款。

　　当局也表示，被罚款的私人巴士司机在公园内睡觉被罚，主要是因为稽查员不断劝告对方不可在板凳上睡觉，他却不予理会，迟迟不肯起来。稽查员只好向他发出罚单。

　　发言人说，当局尽量打造最舒适的环境让公园使用者能安心地享受休闲时光，公众一旦滥用公园设施，如在板凳上和亭子内睡觉，都会对其他的公园使用者造成不便。

　　当局也表示，今年6月至今，已有逾10人因滥用园内设施而被罚款。

公园里不能做什么？

　　国家公园局的网页www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/上也列出一些不当的行为。

　　＊不准骂粗话

　　＊不准赌博

　　＊不得在水池内洗澡或游泳

　　＊不能用音响系统大声广播音乐

　　＊不准洗衣或洗车

　　＊不准破坏植物

　　＊不得阻碍公园进口或出口

　　网页上列出的20多个不当行为中，虽然没有包括“不准睡觉”，但网上也表明，没有列出的行为，不表示就不触犯条例。

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