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Time for G to step in and stop monitoring   The high rate of interest compared to the interest paid out for balances in the bank is not healthy   It should be capped to interest paid out for savings + 1.5% tops Any more is pure profiteering. BUT I CANNOT EXPECT THE BUFFOONS THAT CHANT - WHAT'S WRONG WITH MAKING MORE MONEY TO UNDERSTAND   Look they even can come out with excuses for COE instead of asking what happen

Drought, extreme heat and rain bombs: Southeast Asia braces for prolonged pain of incoming Super El Nino   https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/southeast-asia-thailand-intense-el-nino-2026-6311201?cid=internal_sharetool_androidphone_11082026_cna   Southeast Asia Braces for Super El Niño 2026‑27: Full Details   📌 Overview   Southeast Asia faces an exceptionally powerful “Super El Niño” event forecast to unfold in 2026‑2027, bringing severe, prolonged heat, drought, disrupted agriculture, followed later by intense storms and flooding. Experts warn impacts will be worse than historic events like 1997‑98 and 2015‑16 because the planet has already warmed ~1.4–1.5°C, amplifying every effect.   “We have never encountered a situation like this before… this event is unfolding on a planet that has already warmed by approximately 1.4–1.5°C, meaning the impacts will undoubtedly be far more severe.” — Seree Supratid, Director, Climate Change and Disaster Center, Rangsit University   “Super El Niño” is not an official scientific term — it describes an extreme episode where Pacific sea surface temperatures surge far above normal. WMO confirms the event has developed, will strengthen rapidly, with key equatorial Pacific waters forecast ~+2°C above average Jul‑Sep; peaks Nov–Feb, strongest regional impacts 4–6 months after peak. Models hint severity could exceed the record 1997‑98 event.       🌡️ Expected Impacts by Country & Sector   🇹🇭 Thailand — Highly Exposed   - Severe drought & heat: Big drops in rainfall; summer temperatures will spike sharply. - Then flip: Delayed rainy season returns with “rain bombs” — short, extremely intense downpours — potentially triggering 100‑ to 200‑year flood events after mid‑2027. - Agriculture & water: Rice/sugarcane farming at grave risk; reservoirs strained; power demand surges. Expert Areeya Obidiegwu warns severity could rise exponentially vs 2019‑2020 drought. - Urban heat: Cities face urban heat island effect — concrete/asphalt trap heat, keeping nights dangerously warm.   🇮🇩 Indonesia / 🇲🇾 Malaysia   - Fires & haze: Major risk of forest/peatland fires like 1997 & 2015 — choking transboundary haze, massive economic loss. Already ~107,000 hectares affected; government deployed task force, water pumps, irrigation rehab, drought‑resistant seeds. - Palm oil & crop losses: Output drops push prices higher.   🇵🇭 Philippines   - Less rain → water stress, farm losses, hydropower reduction, food insecurity. - Inflation risk: Bloomberg Economics estimates El Niño could add ~+2 percentage points to CPI via pricier food. - Expanding irrigation & unified national preparedness framework underway.   🇰🇭 Cambodia / 🇱🇦 Laos / 🇻🇳 Vietnam / 🇲🇲 Myanmar   - Mekong basin: Lower river flows, prolonged drought, saltwater intrusion in Vietnam’s delta, hurt fisheries, hydropower, rice fields. - Responses: Water pumping to fields, freshwater storage, cross‑border coordination via Mekong River Commission (real‑time data from 80 stations + China’s Jinghong + 13 dams).   🇸🇬 Singapore   - Less agricultural drought risk but vulnerable to: extreme heat, transboundary haze, higher food import costs. Already has heat stress workplace rules: ≥10‑min break hourly for heavy outdoor labour under high heat stress.   📈 Broader Economic & Social Toll   - Commodity shocks: Rice, palm oil output down → regional price spikes, worsens existing energy/food crises. - Hunger: UN WFP warns could push +49 million more people into acute hunger by end‑2027; CARE estimates 172.3 million already food‑insecure in hardest‑hit nations before impacts hit. - Gender: Women & girls disproportionately affected — manage shrinking household resources, absorb nutrition cuts first. - Environment: Widespread coral bleaching, hurting marine ecosystems & tourism.       🛡️ Government & Community Preparedness   ✅ Steps Taken   - Indonesia: 100k water pumps, 900k ha irrigation rehab, fire‑fighting task force, drought‑resistant seeds. - Philippines: Irrigation expansion, whole‑of‑gov’t food/water/fisheries plan. - Thailand: Cabinet ordered water reserves, agri planning — but experts say on‑the‑ground execution weak, inconsistent advice erodes farmer trust. - Mekong nations: Improved data sharing & water monitoring; aim to coordinate dam operations. - Farmers: Like Surachai in Nakhon Ratchasima — switching crops, raising drought‑resistant livestock, saving water, adapting schedules.   ⚠️ Gaps & Criticisms   - Policies often focus on research/mitigation not practical farmer support; poor communication leaves farmers gambling on crops. - Urgent advice: suspend off‑season rice, plant low‑water crops (soybean, mung bean), dig farm ponds. - Urban: Need mandatory heat safety for outdoor workers; faster green space expansion, rooftop solar, drainage upgrades.       ✍️ Summary Quote   “We need strategies for survival where water is the main factor. And we must learn how to turn global warming into an advantage.” — Surachai Parunram, Thai farmer   This Super El Niño combines natural climate force with human‑driven warming — making preparation, coordination, and adaptation critical to limit damage to lives, livelihoods, economies and ecosystems across Southeast Asia.    

The world is changing again   I think all these assessments are made based on the old textbooks   I see a new evaluation should be developed to understand this change   With extensive exposure to the internet, people develop very differently and at a very much younger age   If you guys recall the overthrow of the Bangladesh government using One Piece to rally the youths? It was unexpected because Bangladesh of all places   Also recall the bunch young girls that "protested" in Singapore. I notice that Sham did not throw them into Changi   But instead came up with explanation of this and that. That is odd as normally he would throw everything including the kitchen sink at anyone that even sound like a protest. Example the smiley face case.   Back to monitoring as we could be at the cusp of a major change