Tuesday, March 20, 2007 22:00
Proud to be Singaporean?
In Citizen Speak, Main Stories • 854 views • 6 Comments
From New Sintercom
The government has been attracting foreign workers, especially the highly skilled ones, to work and settle in Singapore. It has also urged Singaporeans to accept these foreigners as one of them. The given reasons being needs these workers to keep the economy growing and to stay competitive in a globalized world. Very valid reasons but the government seems to have overlooked the other part of the equation.
In this globalized era, the world is competing on human resources and talent. The government should, therefore, not only try to attract foreign talents to its shores but also nurture and retain its own talents. SM Goh had recently admitted that Singapore is losing its best and finest. If nothing is being done, the trend is likely to continue as a recent survey showed that half of the youths interviewed wanted to migrate to other countries.
Read the full article in New Sintercom.
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ney reed
a academic was telling me the other day about how he has been hearing a lot of expats calling Singapore a “cash n carry” place which implies they are not proud to be Singaporean either.
Singapore is just a place for me, although I’m Singaporean… What this means is that I do not feel that it’s home. With no sense of belonging, how will I even feel proud to be in this country???
I stayed in a small town in Australia before and felt that the people there are friendlier, more helpful and live life (not just blindly pursuing material comforts). Well, I feel a sense of belonging there. Even with it’s lack of facilities and convenience, I feel proud to belong to such a wonderful place…
chelza
im proud to be a songaporean and really proud to deslare so.food paradise,safe and secure,high level of education,great library facilities,sophisticated malls to hang out at…………..whats there more to ask?
George
The question is what have we to be proud of? A clean city? A free democractic society? A fair and just country? I am a Sinkaporean but I am not proud of it because in my many travels I found myself defending the country records on human rights and our justice system. I am runing out of excuses and begining to see some of the strangers’ view. Democracy is never tidy and gahment come and go. There will be good and bad gahment but democracy will ensure the bad will be voted out. A one party state with no opposition is a just a perfect setup for corruption. It may not happen now but what about the future?Would paying ministers million dollar wages consider corruption by different means? Destroying opposition parties using the state legal system fall into this corruption ? There were many questions that I do not have an answer. A healthy country with multi party contesting an election is what the world would like to see e.g real choices.
Al Jazeera
If the below is really true, I think the PAP MP should really brush up on this EQ
http://kementah.blogspot.com/2009/10/blue-on-blue-part-6-fathers-pain.html#comments
Thanks to the PAP’s hegemony and lack of freedom and civic rights, people has no sense of ownership, therefore no belonging, therefore no pride. The country becomes a hotel.