Some quotes:
Our IT plans are critical to Singapore's competitive position and will improve the job chances of individual Singaporeans. It is wrong of mr brown to make light of them.
Lemme see, I know of a few dads who are out of jobs precisely because they went into the IT industry. Furthermore, I'm assuming this was in reference to mr brown's satire about the cashless system embedded in our bodies, which we know is HUMOR. and frankly, if the government screwed up once by asking as to go into the IT sector, they might screw up again. (Biotech sector anyone?)
I've been doing Swiss Market Research, and Singapore is NO WHERE CLOSE to where the Swiss are, and they have hundreds of patents, hundreds of GLOBAL players in the Biotech industry. e.g. Novartis, Phonak and they have Technopark Zurich, Technopark Winterthur, Technologiezentrum Linth and Schaffhausen Industry and Technology Center.
We have autocratic Philip Yeo and Biopolis. Score Switzerland 1, Singapore 0.
Furthermore, that comment on mr brown's autistic daughter is totally insensitive and totally CRAP. I know, these Civil Servants are likely to be PSC scholars, who have no EQ, who skip army and who think they own the whole world. You know what? You are wrong. You may have a high IQ that places you in the top 1% of the world when you are primary 6, but when it comes to the age of 36, the ability to get along with people matters more than how fast you can calculate and how much about the universe you know.
I understand where the government is coming from, with the need to raise living costs and at the same time, maintain its competitiveness in the world AND at the same time, make sure Singaporeans are not left behind. But the action of 1 civil servant just serves to highlight how high handed and how self-righteous these government officials can be. Being a future public servant, I'm ashamed.
And to think my CEO just joined the PAP. No contest in the East elections of course, but mark my words, the younger batch of Singaporeans are fed up with the PAP and LKY style politics. We are educated in the ways of Arendt, Polanyi, Hayek, and other Political Theorist. We have the education and we are not afraid to challenge the government, because the world is our oyster.
So to convince these Singaporeans to stay, these intellectual bourgeosie, and to drive the economy into the 21st century, well, it is time to take a look at the management of the country, to see if the executive is responding to the people's needs, and to be more democratic (which DOES NOT EQUAL CHAOS), and less high handed.
Until then.
lip
ranting
1 comment:
I think I sort of get your point now.
with regards to the government trying to predict the next big wave, pouring in money and stuff, I feel that like any investment, there is some risks. Similarly, for the people who decide to ride on the waves, they should make their decision independent of the government initiatives.
Isn't it this parentalistic mentality that we try to shake off? Then, why blame the government.
It really takes two hands to clap. without the singaporean mentality, the type of government that we had for the last 30+ years would not have been possible.
And, you mention all the other political theories that are supposedly better than what we have now. Why have they not succeed? why are you so sure that they are superior?
I think the government has done a great job advancing their interest. It is the fellow singaporeans that I am more disappointed with. It's always people power. I never seen a government that empowered its people.
hmm... I do see some valid points in your argument. And, I just wanted to bring mine across.
Sylvia
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