Three reasons a good handshake will help at work

Posted to The Age (26/4/2016) on 26/4/2016 at 12:27 PM
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".. light touch on the (woman's) shoulder ..." can be viewed as an intrusion of private space, and must be exercised with caution. In fact I know of female would not tolerate such gesture.

While this may apply to Western business world, one must be careful and be aware of the cultural background and behaviour of the person you are dealing with.

In addition, some people would not shake hand because they are very conscious of and concerned with contamination by germs or filth. Donald Trump once admitted that he would not shake hand with people. If you see him doing so in the future, write and remind him that he has sanitise his hand.

Police must stop being so politically correct

Posted to The Age (15/3/2016) on 16/3/2016 at 1:14AM
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Introduce Glass Windows Policy now! Due to its implementation by former Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, New York has become the second safest city in the US, something beyond many people's expectation. No crime is too small, no matter what the age, sex, religion and race of the offender is. Big crime starts from small crime!

What happened last week is just the beginning of the doom of Melbourne, the most liveable City of the world. Police says similar incidents happened in other suburbs on occasion, but what has the police done to curb such disturbance from recurring so far?

Compounding this is the gangland shooting in Carlton yesterday. Bad news spread quickly, with the aid of almost instantaneous international news broadcast and social media. The once very safe Melbourne will soon be less attractive to overseas tourists.

No one should be above the laws. Laws should not work around these hooligans, but all Australians and immigrants must abide by the Australian laws.

New credit card rules for Lord Mayor Robert Doyle

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Sack Them Now!

Once upon-a-time, Australia was young and innocent, and the word "corruption" was rarely heard of. Many Australian were pointing fingers at Indonesia, China, developing countries in Asia, Africa, South America, etc. Those were the good old days when Australian politicians stood tall, representing the people honourably and with great dignity.

Australian newspapers of recent years are having a ball reporting corrupt politicians taking money directly or bribes disguising as political donations, junket tours, misusing public funds or taxpayers' money, using official credit cards for personal use including visiting brothels.

I really like to see no one, including politicians, be exempted from punishment for lack of judgement intentionally and lack the duty of care, and that the punishment should be severe enough to curb future copy cats.

Politicians should receive punishment twice that of a normal citizen making the same offence or committing the same crime.

On 24 September 2013, the Melbourne City Council adopted a Councillor Code of Conduct. It seems some of the Councillors never read the document, or they join many illiterate Australians who can read words but cannot understand the content. They do not deserve to represent the people, and should be sacked with all future entitlements stripped.

A fresh by-election should be called to replace them as soon as practicable.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton vows baby Asha will be returned to Nauru

Posted to The Age (21/2/2016) on 21/2/2016 at 12:27 PM
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I get most annoyed, probably many share my same sentiment, about queue jumpers at supermarket, ticket counter, bus stop, etc. Small matter like this gets my temperature rise. They are many well behaved refugees or "asylum seekers" patiently waiting for their turn to have their application processed, just like well behaved people queuing for their turn to be served.

If the baby is allowed to stay, what about the mother, and the immediate family? If the rest not are allowed to come and stay here, will this separation lead to a case of say a "stolen child" (as opposed to stolen generation) in the future? Is she a ward of the state or a foster child in some good Samaritan's family? Who is that kind to foot the bill to raise this child? I doubt the loud mouth do-gooders will have a bar digging into their pockets to chip in a dollar or two; even if they do, for how long?

I am supportive of the minister's action of putting his foot down. Due to his not listening to the loud voice of the demonstrators and do-gooders, he deserves my writing this comment to compliment him. If he or any minister is lenient and bends rules just to get popularity votes, our laws will soon be worse than a block of Swiss cheese. as soon as practicable.