Overseas?
Well......I have gave it some thought and I do feel that I will do better out there then staying in Singapore. Everything is just going haywire here. Being part of the sandwich people in Singapore, the latest budget announced by the government provides things which are totally insignificant to us. The government policies are alwyas geared towards the poor (naturally) and the filthy rich! Sigh. The way I see it, come the next elections, the ruling party will definitely lose one GRC. I wonder which one they will sacrifice then? Now that we are getting more credible opposition parties, I do really hope to hear more alternative voices. Them NMPs are just not up to standard! If you are an MP, you stay an MP, why are you working in some other business? The pay packet of an MP is already astronomical figures, why couldn't they concentrate on their jobs of being an MP?
Many many moons ago, when I was still in my teens, I often complained to my mum about people leaving Singapore and not giving the government a chance or Singapore a chance. Now many many moons later, I am starting to see the reasons why many of them leave. It is not that Singapore is any bad, great education system (well, mostly route larning), good security, pretty ok public transportation, pretty ok living environments. However, too many of their policies are geared towards getting people to come to Singapore. Recently, a senior statesman lamented the brain drain occurring in Singapore and how we had to get more people from overseas to come in to plug this brain drain. This policy though has often been laughed at by the foreigners who come in to plug the brain drain only to leave later on. Comments like, "Your government is so stupid. Give us so much benefits to get us here when they should know full well that Singapore is no more than just a stepping stone for us to Europe or US." really does make one wonder why we still persist in gettinng foreigners in. Just today, an article in the New Paper was talking about the Foreign Talent Scheme that the sporting faculties in Singapore and how, for those who have succeeded, have packed their bags and left after making a name for themselves here and, for those who failed, have deprived promising young local born and bred Singaporeans from being given the same opportunities. Let's be truthful here, how many of the students at the Singapore Sports School will really make it to the big stage when we have policies where the Sports Association can easily go out and pluck a prodigy who is supposedly more talented but due to competition in their own country is not being able to shine? This is just giving false hopes to these our very own born and bred young sporting talents.
I remember during the previous administration (well, since independence, Singapore has went through 3 administrations, albeit all from the same ruling party), efforts were made to woo Singaporeans who had left to return and make Singapore their home again. It is however sad to note that this policy has been neglected or maybe cold storaged for policies which will supposedly bring in more foriegn talents. The government has to realise that if they do not cherish their citizens, the very people who are born and raised in Singapore, they will soon be left with a country full of foreigners and elites who pour scorn on the less well to do.
Many many moons ago, when I was still in my teens, I often complained to my mum about people leaving Singapore and not giving the government a chance or Singapore a chance. Now many many moons later, I am starting to see the reasons why many of them leave. It is not that Singapore is any bad, great education system (well, mostly route larning), good security, pretty ok public transportation, pretty ok living environments. However, too many of their policies are geared towards getting people to come to Singapore. Recently, a senior statesman lamented the brain drain occurring in Singapore and how we had to get more people from overseas to come in to plug this brain drain. This policy though has often been laughed at by the foreigners who come in to plug the brain drain only to leave later on. Comments like, "Your government is so stupid. Give us so much benefits to get us here when they should know full well that Singapore is no more than just a stepping stone for us to Europe or US." really does make one wonder why we still persist in gettinng foreigners in. Just today, an article in the New Paper was talking about the Foreign Talent Scheme that the sporting faculties in Singapore and how, for those who have succeeded, have packed their bags and left after making a name for themselves here and, for those who failed, have deprived promising young local born and bred Singaporeans from being given the same opportunities. Let's be truthful here, how many of the students at the Singapore Sports School will really make it to the big stage when we have policies where the Sports Association can easily go out and pluck a prodigy who is supposedly more talented but due to competition in their own country is not being able to shine? This is just giving false hopes to these our very own born and bred young sporting talents.
I remember during the previous administration (well, since independence, Singapore has went through 3 administrations, albeit all from the same ruling party), efforts were made to woo Singaporeans who had left to return and make Singapore their home again. It is however sad to note that this policy has been neglected or maybe cold storaged for policies which will supposedly bring in more foriegn talents. The government has to realise that if they do not cherish their citizens, the very people who are born and raised in Singapore, they will soon be left with a country full of foreigners and elites who pour scorn on the less well to do.
posted by Prosage at 10:37 pm
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