Justice Bao Gong: Protest Against Buddha Bar

A couple of hundred Buddhist students held a peaceful protest outside an outlet of the international franchise Buddha Bar in Jakarta, Indonesia, as it has sacrilegiously used Buddha's name beside the word 'bar', which is a word associated with alcohol, and avoiding alcohol is the Fifth Holy Precept of Buddhism. Some of the students held up banners showing "Strip off Buddhist symbols from Buddha Bar" and called for the bar to be shut.


Source:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25144640-12335,00.html
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Indonesia/10291760.html


Budhha Bar has every right to carry on operations, but they should NOT display BUDDHIST SYMBOLS and they should NOT USE THE WORD 'BUDDHA' in their brand name.

Justice Bao Gong: To Serve & To Protect: CHEAPEST FOOD AND DRINKS IN TOWN!

Commodity Prices have FALLEN DRASTICALLY, yet there are still hawkers who sell SKY HIGH PRICES, profiteering from the cheaper commodity prices but pocketing the differences in savings.

There are however, GOOD HEARTED hawkers who continue to sell food CHEAP and provide GOOD service.

Here are some examples of the Good Hearted vendors who sell Food and drinks at Pre-year 2000 PRICES:

CHEAPEST COFFEE STALL IN TOWN AREA:
MAXWELL HAWKER CENTRE

FIRST ROW STALL PARALLEL TO MAXWELL ROAD FACING THE ROAD

(From the toilet, walk towards URA Blg, about 6-7 stalls away)

(There are 2 coffee stalls, the first one nearer to toilet is slightly more expensive,

the SECOND coffee stall is the CHEAPEST COFFEE STALL in town!)

(When you're there, look for HELEN)


Here are their PRICES: Know of any cheaper prices in town? I doubt it.
Here are their Wonderful Prices:



SUPPORT CHEAP PRICES! SUPPORT THEM! LOOK FOR HELEN!

Justice Bao Gong: Help for the Poor and Less Fortunate

JUSTICE BAO GONG: To Serve and to Protect


If you are a union member and if a family member passes away, suffer from chronic illness or become incapacitated, you can obtain assistance at the below contact numbers:

Kalau agamamu adalah Muslim, dan sedang mengalami penyakit buruk, atau menjadi janda, atau gaji tidak cukup, kamu boleh dapat bantuan dari CDC atau hubungi MUIS pada nombor telepon terlampir untuk minta pertolongan.













If your household income is low and are unable to make ends meet, or if you know someone who is desperately in need of money to survive, you can look for help in this 'HOPE' program by the Singapore Government below:
















If you are unable to work, or temporarily unable to work, or unable to work due to disability, old age or sickness, you can obtain the attached financial help from the related Government agencies.















There are also a whole list of other very useful ASSISTANCE SCHEMES for the POOR and the less fortunate, a very much appreciated initiative from the Singapore Government. More details can be obtained at the following website. You may contact them or your nearest Community Development Council (CDC) to ask for assistance :



Life is a paradise for a fortunate few who soak in the sea of plenty, but for the vast majority, many are drowning in the ocean of poverty. But worry not, as there are always help available. Many thanks to the Singapore Government who have made the necessary plans and safety net for the really poor to obtain financial assistance.

It is the middle class that will find life very hard in Singapore, because many of the middle class will NOT be eligible for these financial assistance. You will have to be very very poor in order to obtain these financial assistance.

Another way to help the squeezed middle class is probably reduce the cost of living in Singapore, or rather, reduce FOOD INFLATION. Hawker food prices has been drastically increasing with no let down in prices and something must be done. In future posts, we will highlight good hearted hawkers who sell their food and drinks cheap, unlike those Kopitiam, Koufu monopolies who sell ridiculously high prices for their drinks and food.

You can obtain further information at this website:
http://www.ncss.org.sg/home/index.asp


* The above information is only a short summary of assistance available. For full details and conditions that apply, do contact your nearest CDC for clarification. The contents and opinions stated in this website are solely from Mulia of justicebaogong and we are publishing this in the hope of reaching out to the families and individuals who are truly in need so as to enable them to find the financial help that they may urgently need.

Justice Bao Gong: SAVE MONEY on your Telephone Line!

Good day everyone,

This post is a gentle reminder to all Singaporeans that on 1 January 2009, Singtel will INCREASE its FIXED LINE TELEPHONE SUBSCRIPTION to $110 / year for residential customers & $160 / year for business customers.

Those who has fixed line and wish to save some money amidst the economic downturn and rising inflation can call 1633 starhub and request to apply for a free fix home line. You can also choose to keep your existing home line number if you wish at no charge.

For the convenience of Justice Bao Gong's readers, press the following to speak to someone:

PRESS:
1633,
1 - For English or 2 - for Mandarin
4,
2,
4, and wait for customer service officer to speak to you.

You still need to fax/ email some forms to them.
Download these forms HERE.

Congratulations, you have SAVED MONEY.


References: (Click below)

* Singtel increase fix line rates
* Starhubs gives FREE fix line !


Your humble servant of
Justice Bao Gong

Justice Bao Gong: Who's Causing the JAM? Part 2: Taxi HOGGERS

Below are Taxis CAUGHT BLOCKING AMBULANCES & CAUSING TRAFFIC JAMS BY HOGGING THE EXTREME RIGHT LANE & REFUSING TO KEEP LEFT:

The below taxi was blocking the ambulance for quite some stretch along the CTE until he saw us standing on the bridge with the camera and started to filter left. Shortly after, another taxi from the same company turned right and cut into the path of the ambulance, despite the ambulance's flashing lights!





This white ROADHOGGING Taxi is holding up traffic in CTE. All the whole trail of cars behind him cannot overtake as he is hogging the extreme right lane.




Yet another ROADHOGGING blue taxi BLOCKING everyone's way in the CTE and thus causing slow moving traffic as vehicles behind cannot overtake because of these hoggers.





Another taxi (yellow colour) causing us to pay HIGHER ERP charges because of his ROADHOGGING. Notice all the frustrated vehicles behind him who are trying to overtake but are unable to because he is blocking the extreme right lane AND GOING SLOWER THAN THE LORRY in the middle lane.





Yet another ROADHOGGING Taxi HOGGING the extreme right lane, causing traffic JAM. Drivers behind this ROADHOGGING taxi cannot overtake because taxi refuse to keep left & is driving slower than the traffic on the centre lane.




If you have been wondering why you are paying higher ERP Charges, now you know why. In future posts, their number plates will be revealed so that the public knows who are these inconsiderate drivers BLOCKING AMBULANCES and CAUSING TRAFFIC JAMS BY HOGGING THE EXTREME RIGHT LANE & REFUSING TO KEEP LEFT.

Send us your comments on what solutions you have to ease the JAMs on the expressway and how to SAVE more LIVES by enabling ambulances to move more freely on the roads.

Your humble servant of
Justice Bao Gong

Motorcycle Deaths: Do Not Hog the Right Lane

Good day fellow motorists,

There has been a recent spate of fatal motorcycle accidents which are alarming. Amidst Singapore's growing population of humans and vehicles, life is getting more and more stressful, hectic and fast paced. Everyone is rushing, to work, to home, to make ends meet, rushing to find the next pay cheque to pay the bills. As such, motorcyclists have to be very careful on the roads because plenty of vehicles are in a hurry.

If you are a slow or new rider, some GOOD ADVICE would be to KEEP LEFT and avoid the extreme right lane, especially so if your motorcycle is a small capacity bike, which lacks the torque and power to out accelerate the mass of cars on the roads.

An example of a motorcyclist endangering his own life would be the below biker road hogging the extreme right lane. If the car driver is impatient and is trying to overtake, the biker is placing himself at risk because the driver behind is in a hurry and wants to overtake as soon as possible but is unable to because the bike is hogging the extreme right lane. As such, there is a possibility that the car may just try to overtake anyway with whatever space he can find and squeeze the biker off the lane, causing danger to the motorcyclist.

As bikers, we should have the responsibility to take care of our own safety. So the best bet would be to AVOID HOGGING the right lane and KEEP LEFT.

With regards to cars driving fast (Not much opportunity to do so now in Singapore), the Traffic Police is just waiting to book them. Our problem in Singapore is that Traffic Police do not seem to be interested in booking ROAD HOGGERS, thus contributing to the already bad problem of congestion and higher ERP charges.

This would lead us to our future topic of Singapore's FUTURE: What lies ahead for the next generation. Bookmark (Ctrl D) us to keep updated of our latest posts.



Your humble servant of
Justice Bao Gong

Justice Bao Gong: Who's Causing the JAM?

Good day everyone,

In today's post, we have researched and gathered evidence of the inconsiderate RoadHOGGERS that are the reason behind why there are more and more ERP Gantries and why ERP charges are going higher. These inconsiderate ROADHOGGERS could also be the cause of the deaths of some unfortunate victims in ambulances which they have blocked on the expressways. Who are these morons?

We have gathered evidence showing some of the road hoggers contributing to the JAMS along Central Expressway (CTE). They REFUSE TO KEEP LEFT but instead HOG THE RIGHT LANE and go slower than the trucks on their left, causing the perennial jams along the CTE because all the few hundred cars behind them who wants to go faster cannot because they are blocked by these ROAD HOGGERS (If you observe carefully, there are no cars in front of these ROAD HOGGERS (hogging the extreme right lane) but a long queue of cars BEHIND THEM. ie THEY ARE CAUSING THE JAM).
Watch these videos of these ROAD HOGGERS causing the jam and even BLOCKING AMBULANCES:

The Problem is exacerbated by the fact that Traffic Police do not seem to be interested in booking these road hoggers: They seem to be more interested in causing more jams by booking fast moving vehicles rather than road hoggers. Ask around your friends: When was the last time they were booked for road hogging? They probably struck more 4D lottery than been booked for road hogging. Ask around again who's been booked for speeding: probably everyone except the road hoggers.

So, do you think the attitude of the traffic police has resulted in a country of road hoggers: Who cares if I'm causing the jam, Traffic Police are not going to book me anyway, but if I am considerate and go faster so as to filter left to let traffic behind me past, I'll get booked by Traffic Police for speeding. So, is the Traffic Police actually contributing to this problem of road hogging and traffic jams because of their system of booking people. What's your take on this?

So what is the SOLUTIONS to reducing the traffic jams? Traffic Police or Land Transport Authority should BAN these inconsiderate ROAD HOGGERS from using the extreme right lane or

First time Road Hogging offence: Fine $10,000
Second time Road Hogging Offence: Fine $100,000
Third time Road Hogging offence: Banned from Driving on extreme right lane & Fine $200,000.
Okay, the above is a bit too harsh, as much as I would like it to be implemented. But if the law was passed, you can be sure the roads would definitely be more free flowing. Solutions after the videos.

If you're wondering why :
Singapore always kena TRAFFIC JAMs? Why more and more ERPs? Why ERP Charges More and More EXPENSIVE?
CHECK OUT the CAUSE of it here:
(We noticed that TAXIs form the BULK OF THE ROADHOGGING & something must be done about it: In our future posts, we will show the motoring community ALL THE TAXIs HOGGING the extreme right lane. One cannot see the cause of the jam while on the road, but from these videos, one will understand why the CTE is jammed and slow moving: because of these slow Road Hoggers taking their Sunday Drive to the right lane during peak hours)





SOLUTIONS TO EASE THE TRAFFIC JAMS
What one should do is to ALWAYS KEEP LEFT, even though you claim you are travelling at speed limit. In Singapore, LIFE IS HECTIC and there are always people rushing. Don't block their way by hogging the right lane.

He may be rushing to take a loved one to hospital, and there you are hogging the right lane, causing the jam and no one can overtake because of you. A Life could be LOST BECAUSE OF YOUR INCONSIDERATE ROADHOGGING & REFUSAL TO KEEP LEFT!

If you like to travel on the extreme right lane (Because its faster, and you are the type of driver that don't like to change lane or not confident enough to change lanes), PLEASE DO CHECK YOUR REAR VIEW MIRROR AND FILTER LEFT WHEN YOU ARE BEING TAILGATED. YOU ARE BEING TAILGATED BECAUSE THE CAR BEHIND WANTS TO GO FASTER BUT YOU ARE BLOCKING THE RIGHT LANE (WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE OVERTAKING LANE, in case you haven't realised), and he cannot overtake on the left because the left lanes are for slower moving vehicles. If you think he is speeding, then that's the job of the Traffic Police, who is ALWAYS looking to book fast cars & its not for you to stop him from speeding by ROADHOGGING.

If you insist on hogging the extreme right lane, you are risking the ire of the hundreds of motorists that are caught in the JAM that is caused by YOU. And if you happened to be flashed and horned by the tailgater and you insist on hogging the right lane, there is a high possibility that the whole bunch of drivers would just come out of their cars and give you a free nose job, and you have no witnesses because everyone behind you wants to rearrange your face.

Singapore is already a very stressful and expensive place, Don't Create Road Rage and Don't risk being bashed up by insisting on Road Hogging and Blocking everyone else on the Expressways.

And don't be the cause of the HIGHER ERP charges.

Be Considerate, KEEP LEFT.

(Photograph from : My Paper)

ACCIDENT: APPEAL FOR WITNESSES!

There was an accident involving a taxi who has collided into a motorcycle at the junction of Xilin Ave and Changi South Ave 3.

We appeal to the public to step forward to witness for the motorcyclist, who was turning right when the taxi collided into him.

The motorcyclist vaguely remembers a White Mini Cooper driving behind him and is appealing to this White Mini Cooper driver to step up to be his witness.

We also appeal for other motorists who happened to be present to kindly contact us to provide your much needed witness statements. Yes, we all know that the red tape created by the various Singapore ministries are a waste of time, but we appeal to your compassionate side to come forth to witness for the poor bloke: In Singapore where more and more cars are added into the roads in tandem with the increasing number of ERP Gantries which serve as a CASH TAP for the Government where in times of this financial crisis where their coffers are low, this is one method to boost its treasuries. Just build more ERP Gantries, and before any violent objection surfaces, they inject more COEs to let the COE price fall, and the Singaporean sheep roars into cheers, forgetting about the new ERP Gantries & that they'll start paying more: The government is the ultimate maestro when it comes to making money and keeping the population in check.

With more and more cars on the road, chances of accident will be higher, and you COULD BE NEXT. And when that happens, you would be appealing for witnesses. Time to pause a while, think about the last time you did a GOOD DEED. Please pass this around your friends and if you have witnessed this accident, please do contact us. Your good heart will not go unnoticed.

BUDDHISM:
~Be near when help is needed, but far when praise and thanks are being offered.
Take small account of might, wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten. Instead, nurture love within you and and strive to be a friend to all. Truly, compassion is a balm for many wounds.~ Dhammavadaka
(http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/resources/buddhist_quotes.html)

CHRISTIANITY:
"Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." Psalm 82:3-4
(http://home.snu.edu/~HCULBERT/poor.htm)

HINDUISM:
Mercy is heaven itself; to be good, we have all to be merciful. Even justice and right should stand on mercy.
(http://www.vivekananda.net/Quotations/G-M.html)

ISLAM:
Allah doesn't like unjustice. He loveth not those who do wrong. If you end up suffering injustice, we do not know what Allah has planned in the bigger picture of things. Allah is The Just; and will bring justice. If not now, then in the hereafter.
(http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/pearls.html)

Your humble servant
Justice Bao Gong