Saturday, May 08, 2021

Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster

 I share my views about the Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster.

It appears to be quite bad, but it actually shows that it is not bad after all.

WOTC - Travel bubble

 Wisdom of the Crowd: 57% of the respondents said that it is safe to open up the travel bubble.


Wisdom of the Crowd - New Issues

 

1. What are your views of the restructure of Singapore Press Holdings

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Restructure of SPH

 I share my view about the restructure of Singapore Press Holdings from the perspective of a free media.

WOTC - Help from China

 Wisdom of the Crowd: 63% of the respondents said that India will not accept the help of China to fight the covid pandemic.

Thursday, May 06, 2021

Economic coercion

In Anchorage, Alaska, American secretary of state Anthony accused China of economic coercion against its ally, Australia. What does it mean?

Wisdom of the Crowd - New Issues


1. The government has imposed restriction to return to phase 2 of circuit breaker.

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Wednesday, May 05, 2021

WOTC - Role of ASEAN in Myanmar unrest

 Wisdom of the Crowd: 32% of the respondents are optimistic about the role of ASEAN in helping to resolve the internal unrest in Myanmar.


Chip shortage

 People are now talking about the "chip shortage" affecting the production of cars, mobile phones and a host of other products.

What is the cause of this chip shortage?

Provide statistics of hospital admissions due to covid


The Ministry of Health provide daily statistics of number of cases of covid infections - broken down by imported cases, dormitory cases and community cases.

I suggest that they should include an additional statistic - number of hospital admissions due to covid.

The current reporting regime scare the ordinary people. They think that each case will lead to a disastrous outcome.

I suspect that most of these cases in the community are mild and asymptomatic. They do not lead to hospital admissions.

During the past months, we have several hundred cases, including many imported cases, which do not require hospital treatment.

People do not die from the cases. They will die only from severe infection that require hospital treatment and intensive care that was not successful.

If the additional statistic on hospital admission is provided, it will help the general public to focus on the real risk and not be alarmed with the small number of cases that do not cause any harm.

We should also be aware of the harm that can be done to the economy, to the businesses, to livelihoods that can be caused by extreme and unnecessary measures to disrupt the normal daily activities.

We should also consider the adverse effort of the lockdown or circuit breaker on the mental health or financial stability of the entire population. This can also lead to an increase in suicide and family violence.

We need a balanced approach to access the real risks of health and the economy.

I hope that the ministerial task force consider my suggestion.

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Tuesday, May 04, 2021

Wisdom of the Crowd - New Issues


1. What are your views about the divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates

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WOTC - Risk of reinfection

 Wisdom of the Crowd: 69% of the respondents are not concerned about the risk of reinfection of previously infected people.


Focus our effort on the real risks

 We should focus our effort on the real risks and avoid being distracted by low risks.


Monday, May 03, 2021

Wisdom of the Crowd - New Issues

 

1. How should a developed country help the less developed countries?

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WOTC - Open our borders

 Wisdom of the Crowd: 75% of the respondents said Singapore should continue to open our borders.

Election process in America

 It is very expensive and time consuming to carry out election in America. Yet, the process can be subject to fraud.

New York Times.
A few years ago, Bladen County, N.C., made national headlines. In 2018, Mark Harris, a Republican, beat out his Democratic opponent for a congressional seat, but the election was later thrown out and a new election was called after his campaign was investigated over suspicions of absentee-ballot fraud.
But according to some local residents, the authorities got it all wrong. They say there’s a powerful group still at work in the county, tampering with elections, bullying voters and stealing votes — a Black advocacy group, the Bladen County Improvement Association PAC. These accusations have never been substantiated, but they persist.

Bitcoin and bitcoin cash

 I learned some useful information about the use of bitcoin and bitcoin cash for making international payments.


Do not over react to the covid pandemic in India

 I share my view about the seriousness of the covid pandemic in India and how it may affect Singapore.

Sunday, May 02, 2021

A disappointing drop in price for Nano Dimension

 I hold 4,000 shares of Nano Dimension (NNDM) at $7.58 USD.

The stock opened on 25 April at $9.00, up 10% over the previous close. I gave an order to sell the stock at $9.20. I thought that it could easily reach this price based on the strong momentum.
I was unlucky. It did not hit my target price.
The stock had since dropped to $7.34. The drop of $1.66 (difference between $9.00 and $7.34) amount to $6,640 on my 4,000 shares.
I will hold the shares and wait for it to reach $9.00 again.

WOTC - When will next prime minister takes over?

 Wisdom of the Crowd: 88% of the respondents expect the next prime minister to take over after the next general election or afterwards.


Unable to complete the One Pass registration process

 Sing Tel makes it difficult for me to register to receive my statement in soft copy. They expect me to register an One Pass account. I am unable to complete this process in spite of attempting several times.


Here is my latest experience.