2020 Vision -- Get Back to Work

When I saw in the Emails the Headline Above, not down under, from NEWS.com.au -- yes, I have a soft sport for all things Oz! Its generous government paid my wages for 13 short years, remember? -- I thought NegaraKu caught the eyes of the matey media of another Lucky Country!:):)
Yes, I deem Malaysia and Australia God-blessed, with endless sunshine above, and white and black beaches and beautiful people sen-surround, and untold mysterious treasure chests of minerals down under. And off ts azure waters from like our of The Deep (Still remember Jacqueline Bisset?) and Jaws (steal remember white shark!).

Here's the minding the store story that my friend Ancient Mariner blogged about two days/dies ago:

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
A Confessional ? Had lunch with my hometown friend Desiderata Chong at Lingam's (yes, thats right) Curry House today in Seremban. He suggested that perhaps its a "confessional" of sorts that the NST (no, not the New Shit Times) front paged its editorial with the banner headline 'Get on with the job" today."Enough is enough," it said. Very strange coming from the UMNO owned rag.Read the editorial in full and readers' comments, here.I rather thought that its a bit late in the day now that the Barisan Nasional's nightmares have just begun.
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DESIDERATA: Yes, please read the full story -- the UMNO guys represented by UMNO-organ NST actually confessed it has been a 'hole series of wayang and sandiwara! And I share my salty sailor boyz'2almostgiantofaman's view It could be a classic case of Bolting the stable's gate after the horse has bolted! But this expression may not be understood if you have now an ex-MB just rebirthed as a Minister in Pak Lah's diehardCabinet who could not -- yes, self-confessed in a kangaroo court?! -- fill in properly the Oz Immigration form.


Now the Aussie version which mis'-led Desi to believe those fair-dinkum blokes careth so much about UMNO-oh-No's cuntfessional! (the BOLDED part is mine, not Capt Yusof eh!)

An article from The Daily Telegraph:

2020 vision - get back to work and stay there

April 18, 2008 06:42pm

MOTHERS and grandparents will be encouraged to get back into the workforce and the retirement age could be pushed back under a plan to deal with an ageing population.

A landmark report, outlining a plan to help today's 30-year-olds, will be presented by New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma to the 2020 Summit this weekend. Experts predict that, without an action plan to keep Generation X and the baby boomers working and healthy, the NSW Budget will be in a $14bn per year deficit by 2030.

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The Towards 2030 report suggests more than 300,000 people who would otherwise retire should stay working. It then warns that the number of people in NSW aged over 100 will go from 1300 today to 7800 by 2030.

Mr Iemma said the 30-year-olds of today could be facing retirements lasting 20 to 30 years and said he would be using the report to lean on the Federal Government for more resources. "The demographic challenge, especially its financial impact, is immense," Mr Iemma said. "Closing that fiscal gap will require a sustained effort to keep government spending in check and, most importantly, a greater willingness by the Commonwealth to share its considerable resources with the states."

The report states that there are currently about 331,000 people in NSW who are near retirement age and who were not in the workforce - a number that the State Government is expecting will only increase unless mature-age workers are encouraged to stay employed.

And the report says there are nearly three million Australians who could be working but are not, particularly men aged 25 to 54 and mothers aged 25 to 44.

Caroline Nikiforidis, 29, of Earlwood said she and her husband hoped to retire early but were prepared that they would probably have to work for longer than the current retirement age. "It's definitely going to get harder," Ms Nikiforidis said. "I think, if the Government introduced paid maternity leave it would give women more opportunities, it's beneficial for workers because they know they'll have a job they can rely on and it's better for careers because it give more stability."

DESIDERATA: Just to spice up thy day, especially those in the search for happiness -- like Max Ehrmann and hisGOoDfriend (hGf) Desi do da day! -- here's a snippet:)

~~ Inter:nude: after a break fromBlogger.com-- the usual after installing IE Version se7en, unlucky break! -- I logged back in, and the information at dashboard says: Post 2020. What a coincidence. Hey, you punters, BUT-lah a few BIG and a few small, something's icy hanging on de Wall! 's ice-scream-lah, wahtelse! Send Desi bucketfools,OK! ~~

From theSun, page 14, according to a Reuters report, you wanna join the bandwagon in search of another elusive dream, then follow Desi to Chicago, knot Texas:)

People become happier with age: Survey

CHICAGO: Happiness increased along
with age, according to findings from a
three-decade-long US survey released
on Wednesday. Between 15% and 33%
of 18-year-old Americans were likely to
say they were very happy, with women
happier than men and whites happier
than blacks, based on findings from
the survey conducted bewteen 1972
and 2004.

The older epople got, the more
likely they were to report being
happy, with slightly more than half of
respondents in their 80s saying they
were very happy.

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Now my dear mGf, art thou ap, AP, ap?

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