A Tale Of Two Cities:Singapore And Jamaica

[Baddaz]

claaat... jawge yuh find form... big up da post yah... agree wid yuh wholeheartedly...

[Baddaz]

good revisionist argument don1... cant agree with you on it though, when put in the context of the times...

however, it is history... like jawge seh, we need to move on with solutions to the current dire situation in which we find ourselves...

[Willi]

Of course the strong must help the weak.

I have no problem with this line of reasoning.

Quality is quality, no matter where it comes from.

Buckley went to KTHS (in very poor conditions) and is one of the best mathematicians Jamdung has ever produced!

[Mosiah]

YES!

[Don1]

Ah suh di ting set boss is only so mi si Ja ah go move forward.

Mi ah go do suppen fi Maldon nuh worry.

Yuh nuh haffi dweet alone...start a support group...whey yuh ah wait fah?
...ar a jus chat yuh love chat?

Peeple whey jus love chat mi nuh tek dem serious....(also peeple ooh just chat fart)

Good works deh deh fi perform...strait

[Willi]

No,

Its a country.

The airport not in the city, for example.

[Don1]

good revisionist argument don1... cant agree with you on it though, when put in the context of the times...

however, it is history... like jawge seh, we need to move on with solutions to the current dire situation in which we find ourselves...

Mi nuh mine di revisionist tag in dis case ...when wi young, brite an naive (ala 1970s Manley) wi feel wi cyan move mountains with a table fork....but something always intervenes..... HARSH REALITY.

Hindsight is 20/20 and while I can say I support 100% Manley's GOALS then (as a likkle likkle but aware yute) and moreso now....when looking at his METHODS and RHETORIC in the context of:

1. A Seaga led Opposition prone to violent confrontation

2. A diehard JLP base of maybe 40% of the population

3. The massive propensity of Jamaicans to reject diktat & authority (unlike say...Singaporeans!)

4. A violent Cold War environment where we were mere pawns in the Great Game...compounded by US regimes hostile to ANY display of independent thinking

5. The virtual stranglehold US capital (and their local agents) had on the economy

That is the context of the 1970s .....I can say and have said over a long period of time that his METHODOLOGY was not one of a wise leader...but one of a naive politician.

With the above forces arrayed against him....failure & further suicidal division was INEVITABLE.

He should have used his charisma and power to make the entire country (not just PNPites) come around to the truth that our way to progress was/is lifting up the poor and despised... that task calls for a NATIONAL DIALOGUE to find CONSENSUS.

It is as true today as it was true in the 1970s.

Ah jus suh di ting set... fi mi.

[Willi]

Good summation.

Michael also was subject to ego stroking that took him off track. Seaga's ego is legendary as well.

Both PNP and JLP had and still have VERY evil supporters that have way more influence than they should. Takes an evolved soul to navigate that terrain and still remain grounded and resolute to the purpose at hand.

[Don1]

Good summation.

Michael also was subject to ego stroking that took him off track. Seaga's ego is legendary as well.

Both PNP and JLP had and still have VERY evil supporters that have way more influence than they should. Takes an evolved soul to navigate that terrain and still remain grounded and resolute to the purpose at hand.

Yep..Manley did ave one lady pon fi mi road ah stroke.. ego included

[Willi]

Who Dracruzzi?

LoL

[Don1]

Who Dracruzzi?

LoL

Rad ah Karrection...strait

[Willi]

How you suh sure it strait?

LoL

[Don1]

How you suh sure it strait?

LoL

somehow I knew that was coming .... there i go again...anedda set up

[Mosiah]

Singapore's capital?

Capital City of Singapore

(from Wikipedia)

[Willi]

Singapore consists of 63 islands, including mainland Singapore. There are two man-made connections to Johor, Malaysia — Johor-Singapore Causeway in the north, and Tuas Second Link in the west. Jurong Island, Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and Sentosa are the largest of Singapore's many smaller islands. The highest natural point of Singapore is Bukit Timah Hill at 166 m (545 ft).[41] The south of Singapore, around the mouth of the Singapore River and what is now the Downtown Core, used to be the only concentrated urban area, while the rest of the land was either undeveloped tropical rainforest or used for agriculture. Since the 1960s, the government has constructed new residential towns in outlying areas, resulting in an entirely built-up urban landscape. The Urban Redevelopment Authority was established on 1 April 1974, responsible for urban planning.[citation needed]
Singapore has on-going land reclamation projects with earth obtained from its own hills, the seabed, and neighbouring countries. As a result, Singapore's land area grew from 581.5 km2 (224.5 sq mi) in the 1960s to 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi) today, and may grow by another 100 km² (38.6 sq mi) by 2030.[42] The projects sometimes involve some of the smaller islands being merged together through land reclamation in order to form larger, more functional islands, such as in the case of Jurong Island.[citation needed]
Under the Köppen climate classification system, Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate with no distinctive seasons. Its climate is characterized by uniform temperature and pressure, high humidity, and abundant rainfall. Temperatures range from 22 °C to 34 °C (72° to 93 °F). On average, the relative humidity is around 90% in the morning and 60% in the afternoon. During prolonged heavy rain, relative humidity often reaches 100%.[43] The lowest and highest temperatures recorded in its maritime history are 19.4 °C (66.9 °F) and 35.8 °C (96.4 °F) respectively. June and July are the hottest months, while November and December make up the wetter monsoon season. From August to October, there is often haze, sometimes severe enough to prompt public health warnings, due to bushfires in neighbouring Indonesia. Singapore does not observe daylight saving time or a summer time zone change. The length of the day is nearly constant year round due to the country's location near the equator.[citation needed]
About 23% of Singapore's land area consists of forest and nature reserves.[44] Urbanisation has eliminated many areas of former primary rainforest, with the only remaining area of primary rainforest being Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. A variety of parks are maintained with human intervention, such as the Singapore Botanic Gardens.[citation needed]