The recent SAF training incidents have attracted a lot of attention and concern. I thought it would be useful to share my views on them. – LHL

近年发生的几起新加坡武装部队军训事故受到大家的关注，也引起公众强烈反应。希望在此与大家分享我的看法。请在以下英文稿之后阅读中文稿。– 李显龙

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The recent SAF incidents have been very painful, because they cost precious lives. I know how heartbreaking this is to all of us, and especially the families. When it happens to a well known figure like Corporal (First Class) Aloysius Pang, the emotional impact on the public is greater, and the loss is even harder to take.

The SAF has put enormous emphasis on training safety. It aims to achieve zero fatalities. After every incident, we make sure the injured get the best medical care. When a soldier dies, the SAF grieves deeply. His comrades understand how his family feels, because they feel the loss keenly too. But they try to put aside their emotions to take care of the bereaved family, and continue carrying out their SAF duties.

At the same time, the SAF will investigate the incident and identify its causes. We will improve SAF processes and training, so that it does not happen again. We know zero fatalities is extremely hard to achieve. But we will strive for it, because every life is precious to us.

I speak from personal experience. As a unit commander, I was responsible for my men’s training, safety, and welfare. In a way, I was standing in for their parents.

Later, serving on the General Staff, I had to deal with training incidents, decide what needed to be fixed, whether anyone should be punished, what we must keep on doing and what we must stop. I had to account to the bereaved families, and think hard how to keep servicemen safe while still fulfilling the SAF’s mission.

As Prime Minister, I have made sure that the Ministry of Defence has capable leaders, and that when a training accident happens, the government answers, not only to the family, but also to all our NSmen and the public too. That is essential for the SAF and national service to retain public confidence and support.

I can therefore assure you that I and the SAF leadership take safety with utmost seriousness. It was so when I was there, and I am confident it is even more so today.

In war, we will have to put servicemen in harm’s way to defend the country; but in peacetime training, we owe it to our servicemen never to compromise their safety and endanger their lives.

The SAF has to carry on training and fulfilling its operational duties. We cannot outsource our security and defence to anyone else; we have to defend Singapore ourselves. Because we have a strong and well-trained SAF, Singapore enjoys peace and security, and can maintain friendly relations with other countries.

I thank Singaporeans for supporting the SAF and national service. Your support has helped us to build a strong and professional SAF, with a comprehensive order of battle, and well-equipped, well-trained, and well-motivated soldiers.

So when something goes wrong, I hope you will see things in perspective. We must never gloss over shortcomings and failures. But neither should we forget the SAF’s progress and achievements, and its contributions to Singapore’s peace and security.

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近期发生的军训事故，让人格外难过，宝贵的生命就这样结束。我非常清楚失去亲人的悲痛，对父母来说，他们失去最疼爱的儿子。如果事故涉及公众人物，如冯伟衷一等中士，民众的反应就更强烈了，更难以接受他们的离世。

武装部队非常重视军训安全， 我们会尽全力让军训达到“零死亡率”的目标。每一次发生事故后，我们都会关心受伤士兵的伤势，给他们最好的医疗照顾。对于不幸去世的战友，我们感到伤心难过，我们能体会家属失去至亲的悲痛心情，对同袍们来说也失去了出生入死的兄弟。但我们必须强忍悲伤，为他们的家人提供最好的安排，给他们最佳的照顾，并继续执行我们武装部队的使命。

同时，武装部队也会一一展开调查，找出事故发生的原因。之后，武装部队一定会加强安全体系和运作程序，确保类似事故不再发生。我知道这非常不容易。可是我们必须全力以赴，因为每个生命都是非常珍贵的。

在这方面，我有深刻的体会。身为一名前军官，我很了解需要为自己部下的军训水平、个人安全以及军中福利负责，代替父母照顾他们。

后来，身为参谋长，每当发生军训事故时，我都要出面处理，纠正过失，决定处分，对整个运作程序作适当的调整，应该改的就去改，应该做的就去做。我有义务向遇难者的家属交代。我必须想尽办法，在士兵履行使命时，保障他们的安全。

身为总理，我必须确保国防部有能干的领导团队。在军训事故发生时，政府必须向遇难者的家人交代，也要向所有国民服役人员和所有人民交代。这样，民众才会继续支持武装部队，继续支持国民服役。

所以，我可以郑重的告诉各位，我和武装部队的领导，非常重视军训安全，他们会认真对待一切事情。当年我在武装部队和国防部的时候，便是这样，我有信心现在更是如此。

战乱发生时，我们的士兵必须冲锋陷阵，他们在保卫国家时，可能身处危险，必须奋不顾身，勇往直前。不过，在和平时期展开军训时，我们必须保障士兵们安全。

武装部队必须坚持使命，不能停止军训和执行军事任务。我们不可能把新加坡的安全和国防外包给其他人，或者另外一个国家。我们的国家要由自己来保卫。有了强大的防卫，新加坡才能享有今日的和平及稳定，和其他国家保持和睦。

我由衷感谢各位给予武装部队和国民服役的支持。你们的支持，让我们建立了一个强大又专业的武装部队。我们的军队拥有完整的编制，士兵们也拥有完善的个人装备， 个个训练有素，有着坚定的意志，保卫国家。

发生事故时，我希望人们可以站在另一个角度来看待问题。政府不会敷衍了事，草率处理任何过失。不过，我们也不该忽视武装部队这些年来，所取得的进步和成就。以及他们对我国的繁荣与稳定所做出的贡献。

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深入Facebook員工崩潰的恐怖真相

我看過一條 2013年 ‘蘋果’ 動新聞説 每日運送到堆填區的廢膠以噸計, 政府卻不扶助產業發展導致 “廢膠迫爆堆填區” 的標題. 其實2020年全球最大的堆填區是社交媒體.

像Facebook每日上載超過3.5億張照片, Youtube每日上載超過四十三萬小時的影片內容.

可想像到這個人類 ‘推填區’ 有幾多個 ‘膠’ 啦.

大家好又是我暗網仔, 今日我們第一集的 ‘你不知道的事’ 系列會分享一些普遍你不會知道, 但應該要知道的事.

上年sundance電影節出了一部名 ‘The cleaners’ 的德國記錄片講述content moderator (內容管制員) 的工作. 全天候8至10小時, Content moderator就是坐在電腦前幫一些像Facebook的平台, 是否適宜在該網站出現?

片中拍攝地點位於菲律賓馬尼拉的office. 一個個隔間著moderator在按 ‘ignore’ it means the post remains on the website和’delete’ which means the post is taken down.

合同工的moderator也希望有一日能成為該平台的正式員工. 甚至到美國工作, 但大部分也是outsource公司聘請回來的.

2017年67%的美國人口日常使用Facebook, 到2019年下降到61%的美國人口會使用Facebook. 但實質Facebook總用戶數目是有所增加的.
Facebook近年市場發展由第一世界國家擴散到剛有網絡的第三世界國家. (Show burma civil war) 一個任何人也能分享自己的地方, 其實可以看到什麼呢?
恐怖分子的血腥影片, 自殘片段, 兒童色情, 虐待動物, “ignore” “delete” 是content moderator貧貧接觸的.
2019年6月美國媒體網絡The Verge在Youtube上載了一條 ‘inside the traumatic life of a Facebook moderator’ 得到主流媒體的關注.

“The video depicts a man being Murdered. Someone is stabbing him dozens of times, while he screams and begs for his life. Chloe feels an overpowering urge to sob. She leaves the room and begins to cry so hard she has trouble breathing. No one comforts her. This is the job she was hired to do.”
目前Facebook有意將gim視影片的工作交給AI去做. 但準確性會否能和真人一樣呢? 社交媒體需要乾淨的平台讓用戶能花最長不間斷時間在該網站上. 要低成本達到這個目的需要不同國家找lim ga勞工然後迫使他們24小時不停 “ignore” “delete” 的開工.


網上資訊揭發了一些Facebook 一些恐怖的真相. I want to start by saying a disclaimer: the points from this point forward are allegations from various individuals and not empirical facts. Additional information are quotes taken from mainstream new sources.

根據Phoenix arizona州科技公司一些ex員工表示: moderator每天正常有15分鐘休息時間, 30 分鐘午飯時間, 9分鐘 “wellness time”

工作環境非常惡劣. 一間800人的公司只有一個洗手間. 可能因為工作上要看的東西的性質, 常常會有員工在後樓梯用大麻和喝酒. 性慾按耐不住在停車場性交. 上司性騷擾下sook. 而我本人的角度: 這麼一個地方跟地獄沒分別.



Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen people hurting themselves and others on Facebook— if we’re going to build a safe community, we need to respond quickly.

The cleaner記錄片的尾段講Facebook近期社會上得到的各個爭議. 但content moderator現在真正成為熱點的原因可能是緬甸現在的政治事件. New York Times指出現在該地方的內戰是軍方利用facebook去加強的. And so many people were fooled into the war.

為facebook講的是: 樹大招風. A total of 2.8 billion people use facebook. I remember when I was kid my favorite movie was the social network that talked about Mark zuckerberg creating Facebook. The initial reason he did that was because the prestigious Phoenix club at Harvard didn’t accept him. He hated them. So he made his own club, facebook. That was exclusive to him and the people he deemed fit. And I guess in some way today, facebook has now become the Phoenix club he once hated. Only now he is on top, and facebook is the most non exclusive, exclusive club in the world.

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