Comments on: Is the Singaporean population shrinking? – Part 2 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/ a community of Singaporeans Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daily SG: 21 Dec 2007 « The Singapore Daily http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4005 Daily SG: 21 Dec 2007 « The Singapore Daily Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:59:05 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/#comment-4005 [...] Strangers in a Strange Land - Insane Polygons: Problem Solving the Elite Way Part 3 - The Online Citizen: Is the Singaporean population shrinking? - Part 2 [...] [...] Strangers in a Strange Land – Insane Polygons: Problem Solving the Elite Way Part 3 – The Online Citizen: Is the Singaporean population shrinking? – Part 2 [...]

]]> By: Robert HO http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4004 Robert HO Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:32:35 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/#comment-4004 RH: 1. Singapore is just a Hotel, with employees, guests and physical assets. The CEO management has no real interest in employees, guests and assets except in keeping it all functioning smoothly to make the most profits out of it all so that they can justify their pays and bigger pay hikes. 2. Thus, as in a Hotel, citizens, PRs, temporary workers, etc, are all irrelevant as distinctions in themselves and their only value is in how much they add to the bottomline and the emoluments of the CEO and BOD. 3. The CEOs find this Hotel perspective clarifies their minds wonderfully. Just focus on the bottomline [GDP] and massage it to as high a number as can be without inviting too much scepticism or disbelief. Keep it higher than the other Sinic-cultural countries if possible so that it would seem to be the 'achievement' of LKY LHL Cronies rather than a simple set of Sinic-cultural values and attitudes evolved over 5,000 years that are the Real Reasons for the success of the Sinic-cultural countries; since none of them have a LKY as ruler and are doing incredibly well and better than Singapore. RH:
1. Singapore is just a Hotel, with employees, guests and physical assets. The CEO management has no real interest in employees, guests and assets except in keeping it all functioning smoothly to make the most profits out of it all so that they can justify their pays and bigger pay hikes.

2. Thus, as in a Hotel, citizens, PRs, temporary workers, etc, are all irrelevant as distinctions in themselves and their only value is in how much they add to the bottomline and the emoluments of the CEO and BOD.

3. The CEOs find this Hotel perspective clarifies their minds wonderfully. Just focus on the bottomline [GDP] and massage it to as high a number as can be without inviting too much scepticism or disbelief. Keep it higher than the other Sinic-cultural countries if possible so that it would seem to be the ‘achievement’ of LKY LHL Cronies rather than a simple set of Sinic-cultural values and attitudes evolved over 5,000 years that are the Real Reasons for the success of the Sinic-cultural countries; since none of them have a LKY as ruler and are doing incredibly well and better than Singapore.

]]> By: souless http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4006 souless Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:27:42 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/#comment-4006 if we have a businessman, a banker and an economist to run shop, we will all be digits. we are already digits. if we have a businessman, a banker and an economist to run shop, we will all be digits.

we are already digits.

]]> By: Why? http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/12/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4007 Why? Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:29:23 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/is-the-singaporean-population-shrinking-part-2/#comment-4007 Some years back, someone wrote to ST to ask what criteria Immigration used when it awarded citizenship to two PRC construction workers who had a pay dispute with their ex-employer. Immigration gave some lame 'they met the criteria' non-reply. How come they can't be honest and say their ethnicity was a big factor. Some years back, someone wrote to ST to ask what criteria Immigration used when it awarded citizenship to two PRC construction workers who had a pay dispute with their ex-employer. Immigration gave some lame ‘they met the criteria’ non-reply. How come they can’t be honest and say their ethnicity was a big factor.

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