Nominated Member of Parliament, Mr Viswa Sadasivan, made his maiden Parliamentary speech in yesterday’s sitting of the House. He moved a Parliamentary motion in which he urged: “
“That this House reaffirms its commitment to the nation building tenets as enshrined in the National Pledge when debating national policies, especially economic policies.”
You can read the full text of his speech here. Here are some excerpts:
Read our earlier write-up on Mr Viswa’s talk on politics in Singapore: Crisis of leadership in S’pore.
Politics
Accountability requires the government to go beyond lip-service in addressing the call for greater democracy, civil liberties and choices. In the Political arena – a more level playing field especially in the management of elections and media coverage. What is increasingly demanded is fairness and justice, not just in form but substance. Yes, it is ridiculous to expect the incumbent party in government to facilitate the opposition parties to win more seats in Parliament.
But what is asked for is that the government desist from making it difficult in an unfair and undemocratic manner for the opposition to gain success – through last minute changes in electoral boundaries, or a lack of media coverage or what can sometimes be seen as biased coverage. In my view, it is the duty of a responsible government to help evolve a political climate that encourages greater interest and participation from the people. If not, people are likely to feel increasingly alienated and disenfranchised resulting in apathy and, worse, cynicism. I fear this is already happening.
New Media
But thanks to the advent of the internet and new media, there appears to be a resurgence of interest in the people to engage in debate in issues. I sense there is a growing sense of restlessness and even helplessness with what is viewed as a media that is aligned with the government.
Many in this group are now vacillating towards cyberspace, seeking out and contributing contrary viewpoints, often explicitly anti-establishment. This is gaining momentum, given the ubiquitous nature of the internet, and the growing number of net savvy Singaporeans and PRs. While some illuminating and thought provoking ideas are raised in the cyber sites, it is not uncommon to find misinformation and at times, I suspect, even disinformation circulating. The tone can be angry and sometimes downright caustic seasoned with a good doze of vulgarities!
What is giving this new ‘movement’ life and momentum is essentially the perception that the mainstream media tows the government’s line because it is required to. We can sit here and debate whether or not this is true. But for me that is not what is critical. What is important is for us to acknowledge that there is a challenge here – the mainstream media needs to gain greater credibility in the eyes of the people, and must not be seen as functioning to serve the interest of the establishment. The current situation is certainly not healthy for the government or the country as it nurtures a “them versus us” climate that could become unnecessarily adversarial.
Happiness and GDP
[L]et us now evaluate whether our economic policies have resulted in or at least contributed to happiness. GDP has always been a key indicator of economic performance. Our per capita GDP has risen exponentionally over the past 44 years. According to figures from the department of statistics, in Sing dollar and nominal terms, Singapore’s per capita GDP grew from $1, 567 in 1965 to $53, 192 in 2008, certainly one of the highest in the world. Without doubt, this is something we should be proud of and thank the PAP government for.
But when we look closer at what constitutes the GDP, there is cause for concern. According to data, profits take about 46% of Singapore’s GDP, which according to economists I spoke to, is extremely high compared to other developed economies. And from what I understand, half of this high profit share goes to the coffers of foreign-owned companies with operations here. What is left in the GDP pie to directly benefit Singaporeans is therefore a relatively small amount. According to a recent article in the Edge by economist Manu Bhaskaran, and I quote: “…This could be why even though Singapore’s per capita GDP is roughly 11% higher than Hong Kong’s, our per capita consumption is about 21% lower that Hong Kong’s. If we take per capita consumption as a better indicator of welfare, then simply going for high growth per se does not guarantee that we will achieve the best possible welfare outcome for Singaporeans….” Unquote.
Government’s responsibility to the less well-off
Yes, we don’t want to become a welfare state. But what has that got to do with an elected government’s responsibility to provide the basic needs of a small group of citizens who, it has been established, cannot fend for themselves because of illness or disability. The government’s response to calls for increasing Public Assistance grants has been that we should avoid creating a dependency on handouts which in turn could become a disincentive for working for a living. As such, the government’s view has been to provide a very basic level of assistance which will be supplemented by what the community and grassroots organisations can provide. Yes, this is possible, but why should it be an expectation imposed on them, when government does appear to be in a strong enough financial position to provide the necessary assistance directly.
Even if we talk about doubling the Public Assistance for a 4 member family from $950 per month by $1,000 – it would amount to $36 million to benefit 3,000 families or 12,000 needy Singaporeans for a whole year! Our GDP for 2008 was $257 billion and Foreign Reserves officially estimated to be in excess of $250 billion. It is not just about providing for their welfare per se, it is about allowing them a measure of dignity as they struggle with poverty. It is about ensuring their children get good, nutritious meals and a decent level of comfort and security at home to have a decent chance at doing well in school and making it in life. It is a small investment in happiness and dignity for our citizens. I do hope the government will relent on this issue. I am confident that this is something most Singaporeans desire.
Political participation
From the late 1960s there were stringent rules that discouraged active political activism, even participation. Detention of political activists under the ISA and media controls, whether real or perceived, rightful or not, created a climate of fear that inhibited political participation. Over years, in my view, this crystalised into a political culture of apathy and disinterest. This in turn exacerbated an already fragile sense of rootedness and a lack of patriotism. Our senior political leaders have been highlighting the challenges they have been facing in persuading the best and brightest to serve in political leadership, and why salaries had to be significantly high to help them make the decision to come on board. This situation does not augur well for Singapore on many fronts – it poses problems in succession planning, retards socio-political resilience and could result in a brain drain the moment we face a serious enough crisis.
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Picture from Channel NewsAsia.
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look at this:
national day they spend lots or money to party the night and lot of performance and the cost of the whole night just to celebrate national day. who is sitting in that stadium?? we are there and guess what? almost china national who occupied it and with few singaporean. they perform the F1 and throw lots of money there,who go for the show? they gonna build casino millions of dollars have been thrown who will occupied the jobs there?singaporeans?fat hope!! foreigners for sure and bet on that. and who will go for that entertainment? so the point is the whole millions and millions of dollar been thrown into all this and when it come to helping singaporeans the goverment would give just a few peanut each to all singaporean and say ”we are trying our best to help singaporeans and carry you people up and give our helping hands”
helping hands?? our foot. what kind of helping handsyou call that if you give one peanut and you take the whole pack later?? it is the same as you borrow a loan shark $200 and you pay with interest $2000?? but this way is.they give $200 then you pay by other ways by taxes,gst, rise up in household, rise up in utilities,rise up in transportation and so on. well we guess loan shark are not the bad after all compare to how we are being treated. if they think that they care for their interest then why we singaporean have to pay so much to them?for them to build their sand castle??
we singaporeans have so much of pain.hope the rest of the singaporeans will look ahead and think. no point if can speak good english and slang up and don’t like a caucasian and act like one sitting in orchard and pretend to be in las vegas! and think they have build a palace for us singaporeans. if you think so.well,that is a graveyard mistake and probably still living in worderland of some kind of fantasy. wake up! look back from where singapore come from and what are we and what our past generation had sacrifice and how hard we are still working and giving and giving to them and what had they done for us?giving us peanut every election just to win and go on with what they are doing? we are not demanding to be rich here and expect the goverment to give us millions dollar but do sit for a moment and think of us singaporeans while they still have the chance to do so.
oh ya..forgotten.please don’t forget that rise up the m******* income to even higher so they can buy new cars,feed their family well with no worries and send their child to private schools and buy them latest gadgets and travel round the world.
4/84 = 4.76% vote against PAPPY policies (which I see is the best case. Remember all votes of MPs are confidential and with confidentiality give them the discretion for self-interest). Will it worth the hassle and effort to vote then ? Will it achieve any significant objective for opp party anyway ?
So at the end of the day, does it really matter if they vote against the Pappy if it is sure lose ?
The document that you point out do doesn’t imply anything or show anything worthy of significance, it is just show same “business as usual” routine for a vote.
Rod,
post #77,
“You may not accept what I say here but I believe the near one million foreigners in Singapore will agree with me.”
such huge claim…
post #96,
“Having a poor command of the language suggests that he/she did not or was not able to attain a high level of education which would likely prevent him/her from getting the types of jobs with salaries that are of a higher pay scale.”
having a good command in English or any other language does not translate to a higher paying job. there are many other contributing factors to career success.
“The lack of a higher education might also mean that he/she might not have the intellectual capacity to fully comprehend and articulate his/her grievance in a manner constructive to himself/herself as well as society. The end result is that such folks would, when necessary, will conveniently cast the blame on the easiest target in any society: the government.”
that is shifting the blame. people from the very poor to the very rich all pay tax in 1 way or another. govts (not just S’pore’s) have a duty to ensure that the nation progresses as a whole. not sideline or ignore the issues they are not comfortable with.
Nothwithstanding the right for anyone to express him/herself in TOC, there are always some damned arrogant REMFs that utter nonsense in life. Of the same mould as the STTA president, LBW — their words just wouldn’t stand up to scrutiny. Notice how they use their command of English to change subject smoothly when presented with facts and figures, rather than produce a rational explanation of what they had said. At best I can say they may have the same script writers.
Anyway, Rod should now show proof that the 3600 just sworn in “new” citizens have better English than the locals whom jobs they are competing with. This is the opportunity Rod deserves, don’t blow it man! C’mon, explain using chim English also can!
I know of some highly educated individuals who spent 400 k to name “Marina Bay” as “Marina Bay”. Must be some cryptic code somewhere, my uneducated mind falters when it comes to understanding it.
just that you foreigners have good command of english doesn’t make you own singapore! you think you foreigners are better off than singaporeans? why back in your country you can’t even secure a job? go and correct your own goverment rather then invading here and trying to correct our goverment on what to do and what you foreigners deserve! what you foreigners deserve is just to pack your bags and leave us singaporeans alone!
yes you foreigners may think that without foreigners singapore economy may run down.so what?we singaporeans can make it up as long the goverment change and make things straight. we deserve better than this. people may say singaporean should be grateful that living those days and no and compare it now we are not that bad. but again why compare those days?can we buy food for 0.20cent?can we pay just 0.5cent for the transportation? so singapore picks up and all living standard has gone up the goverment should think of how much we are snigaporeans are earning. we are talking more to the fact here and not like some who talk the best english and blah blah blah their assss out! what is the point out bring out the best english they have when they don’t understand what we singaporean are facing here? just look at the basic of what is happening and we guess this good excellence english people should go around singapore each and every place and watch what is going on rather then sitting at their desk and speaking their assss english out here! go and interview as much as singaporean you can and see what they say as we had done it!! yes!! we had done it. from every zone we go on and talk to them and what we heard from them is deeply sad and when ask how you find the goverment now?
with the look at thier face. they lost all the hope in the goverment now. and they just want to go away from singapore and let the foreigners take over. even some we interview.they say. i don’t care i already had a house in malaysia,i’m not a citizen here and would not admit myself being a singaporean. just work here like the foreigner and live in malaysia. in malaysia i can feel the life and had a chance to breath. we are ashame that we singaporean had to let go our hads to the foreigners and we as a singaporean had to step out. what did they do about this?nothing!! just keep bring more and more foreigners thinking singapore will success. success with what??
we singaporeans are not asking the goverment to support us as we now are supporting the goverment too. we are not asking to provide us with gold spoon and feed us. what we are asking for is don’t put too much of pressure in us singaporeans financially,mentally,physically.
WE WANT VISWA SADASIVAN TO STAND FOR SINGAPOREANS! WE WOULD BE GREATFUL IF THERE IS A FEW PEOPLE LIKE HIM WHO WILL STAND FOR US AND NOT LIKE THE MP AND THE WHATEVER NOW JUST THINKING OF THEIR OWN INTEREST AND KEEP SAYING WE ARE DEPENDING ON THEM. VISWA SADASIVAN STAND FOR HIS PEOPLE AND HE HAS ALL IT TAKES TO GO FURTHER. WELL DONE VISWA SADASIVAN.
I still await quality responses to my three comments that warrant quality responses from one who loves Singapore. Where on earth have all the smart people gone?
By the way, Frog, your ramblings were incomprehensible, small caps and large ones alike. You might actually make a great example for my hypothesis. Thank you.
Cheers people.
98) Rod
“You were lucky to be born on to this tiny island on Earth with opportunities you clearly do not deserve but have now taken them to be a right and demanding more without fully understanding what is it you are really demanding.”
Opportunities are created by the people and utilized by them as well…we don’t wait for the opportunities to drop into our arm…
“By the way, we need to bring back the Speak Good English campaign. When Formula 1 comes next month, please close your mouths. Do not embarrass Singapore. In my eyes, that will almost be patriotic.”
Based on your typos, and countless errors…perhaps you can either avoid speaking and avoid typing…that will be patriotism…
“I arrive at this conclusion because I realise that an individual, or a peoples for that matter, cannot expect a perfect solution to every issue.”
That doesn’t mean we don’t strive towards a near perfect solution…and if Inventors think like Mr Rod…i guess there will never be innovations in this world…
“You may not accept what I say here but I believe the near one million foreigners in Singapore will agree with me. They have experienced other realities around the world. They like what we have here.”
Are you so sure about that? you must be having the ability of omniscience….or maybe it is just jumping to conclusion…
“Frankly, whenever I read about critical comments by irrational, uninformed, grammatically-challenged Singaporeans I feel a great sense of anger, embarrassment and curiosity.”
Frankly, when I read comments made by Rod, which are generally irrational, uninformed, grammatically-challenged with lots of typos I feel a great sense of anger, embarrassment and curiosity.
Rod, before you pop in here to criticize others and their languages…look at yours first…a pot calling a kettle black? what a joker…
Hi Rod #114,
Responding to your anti-Singapore comments would imply that they contain legitimate concerns about Singaporeans and Singapore. Why would anyone want waste time on your illegitimate rantings?
117) Oxford Dude
I just wasted the time that you mention…thanks for reminding me ;-)
To 98 rod lol you got a bang from someone.lol
Based on your typos, and countless errors…perhaps you can either avoid speaking and avoid typing…that will be patriotism…
98rod
what you mean by: ” By the way, Frog, your ramblings were incomprehensible, small caps and large ones alike. You might actually make a great example for my hypothesis. Thank you
Rod,
post #98
“When Formula 1 comes next month, please close your mouths. Do not embarrass Singapore. In my eyes, that will almost be patriotic.”
did you realise that major events like the F1 race & YOG next year depend very much on the goodwill of volunteers who are largely unpaid?
1. if you have an issue with the quality of spoken english perhaps you should take a more pro-active route & voice your concern to relevent authorities to look into the issue, instead of putting others down.
2. with S’pore trying to attract tourists from the many countries, your assumption that only english as a language medium is flawed (much less perfection). case in point, the emphasis in MSM on chinese language to engage in an emerging economy- China.
your elitist attitudes does not bode well for S’pore’s future.
Am I the only one here who thinks that Rod isn’t here for a debate? He’s just here to pick a fight. Seriously, anyone who really has some measure of common sense or intelligence would not say the things that he’s saying.
XiiAoGeNgEnX
“Am I the only one here who thinks that Rod isn’t here for a debate? He’s just here to pick a fight.”
you are not alone. ;)
@121) XiiAoGeNgEnX on August 24th, 2009 12.28 am
@122) mice is nice on August 24th, 2009 12.34 am
This person is not picking a fight, just taking opportunity to show what he/she learnt in English lessons.
@113) Rod on August 23rd, 2009 6.04 pm
@116) Oxford Dude on August 23rd, 2009 6.36 pm
@117) Yamamoto on August 23rd, 2009 6.37 pm
“….I still await quality responses to my three comments that warrant quality responses from one who loves Singapore. Where on earth have all the smart people gone?….”
Expecting quality responses to garbage postings? Sure TOC/blogs are free space but this person must be real cheap.
I also have a hypothesis, also not supported by research, blah, blah…..I heard quite often some mothers dropped their babies on their heads when they were young. Those babies grew up thinking the world is flat & the universe revolves around them. The remedy, wise men advised, is to drop these people on their head again to hopefully reverse the process. No helmets allowed for max. effect.
Apologies to the TOC community — garbage begets garbage. No worries if the editor remove this comment.
rod
did you realise that major events like the F1 race & YOG next year depend very much on the goodwill of volunteers who are largely unpaid?
VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE LARGELY UNPAID?? REALLY? GUESS WHAT ROD,YOU GOT TO GO DEEPER TO SEE THINGS. MAYBE YOU READ TOO MUCH NEWS RATHER THEN GOING DOWN THE GROUND TO VIEW IN ALL ANGLE.
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Soon, our Pledge will read as, “We the RESIDENTS of Singapore”, given the government’s latest practice of reporting the unemployment figures based on Residents not Citizens. Clearly, the government does not distinguish PRs from Citizens.
On healthcare subsidy, the public fund for healthcare subsidy is finite. Every dollar spent on subsidizing the PRs is a dollar less to subsidize Citizens. So, the government is subsidizing PRs at the expense of us Citizens.
On National Service, the government dare not get PRs to do NS lest they pack up and go. Male Singapore Citizens, however, have nowhere to go. So, we are compelled to do NS dutifully. We commit our time and risk our lives, to provide the secured environment for our foreign counterparts to continue their lives here uninterrupted, studying, working, raising their families, and going on holidays.
A Minister drawing $1million salary has failed in his responsibility to increase the birthrate. Consequently, the government is freely handing out PR and Citizen statuses. Some might think that this Minister has not performed too badly since the birthrate has not dropped further. However, the current low birthrate might simply be at a natural steady state.
Half the Singapore population is foreigners and PRs who are not keen to become Citizens. In times of trouble in Singapore, they have somewhere else to go to. Sadly, Citizens are stuck here.
theforgottongeneration,
post #123 on August 24th, 2009 7.00 am
“This person is not picking a fight, just taking opportunity to show what he/she learnt in English lessons.”
there is no need to prove it, not here loh.
hi Frog,
post #125 on August 24th, 2009 9.35 am
did you misquote?
128) mice is nice on August 25th, 2009 11.16 pm
mice, you mean misquote as in?
may god bless singaporeans
Poor Rajaratnam
singaporeans future is in his hand and he has gone away.
LKY knows well what he is capable of and lky mind risk in peace once he know rajaratnam has gone
viswa sadasivan seems to be the new genaration the new rebirth of our late father rajaratnam
Singa,
post #129 on August 26th, 2009 11.04 am
“mice, you mean misquote as in?”
sorry Singa, i think TOC deleted a comment.
i quoted Frog’s comment in post #124 (was post #125 then), on August 24th, 2009 9.35 am. i quoted the date & time as well to acertain that the post number #?? matches the date & time.
my enquiry was to Frog.
133) mice is nice on August 27th, 2009 3.51 pm
Sorry mice coz i didn’t get the message and maybe was deleted.
Viswa should join KJ in RP to fight the PAP!
Wow there is a lot of negativity in Singapore.
I’m Singaporean, born and bred here and very happy to be here. Granted life isn’t perfect on our tiny isle but life isn’t bad at all. Granted, I always want more but I also have enough.
Having lived and worked overseas, in the USA no less, I don’t find it more attractive than living in Singapore. I chose to come back to Singapore.
It’s safe in Singapore and seriously, most people aren’t destitute here. There is a section of society that is disadvantaged but certainly not destitute.
Truth is, I do find it sad when I read all these angry comments. It is quite sad that a lot of Singaporeans really don’t appreciate what they have in Singapore. So many take take safety, security, stability, prosperity and a roof over our heads so lightly.
And I really hate the anti-foreigner, jingoistic and xenophobic sentiment that seems to have taken hold over so many people in Singapore. If people come to Singapore, work hard, pay their taxes and be generally good people all round, then why should I hate them. Being Singaporean born and bred doesn’t equate good person. God knows too that before Singapore became a nation, all my ancestors, my parents included, weren’t even technically Singaporean. God knows too that without the help of foreigners, several of our currently thriving industries would never even have gotten off the ground. Without them, our city-state would be a lot dirtier and several of our factories would have closed down from the lack of labour.
And I hate this elitist attitude when it comes to the English language. If we really are to measure our right to proclaim ourselves as Singaporeans based on our ability to use this language, a huge proportion of Singaporeans would fail and many would fail quite spectacularly too. And the really ironic thing about all this is, our National Language is actually Malay and how many of us can actually speak Malay. English was merely chosen because it was a neutral language, the most obvious language to pick as the lingua franca of this land because our ex-colonial masters were the British.
And when ever someone like me says something positive about this nation and the current crop of politicians, we are insulted and yelled down by the very posters who claim they want democracy and FREEDOM of speech. Instead of a reasoned argument, I’m often subject to name calling and assumptions that I must most certainly be a PAP crony. Ironic but true which is why I’m going to write my “I think it is great here” post and then high-tailing out of here never to come back again.
Dear Mr. Viswa, This is the first time i am sending an email comment to someone regarding Government matters. I was attracted to read the article in the Straits Times, which mentioned that your speech was rebutted by MM Lee. I also managed to hear the exact statements of your speech and MM lee’s.
First time in my entire life, at the age of 54, I heard the most absurd and in a way the most stupidest statement from MM Lee. He mentioned about Indians being not the same with the malay in a very diplomatic way. But why had he to mention about Indians and the bhramins? What does he know about Bhramins? And what has Bhramin got to do in this issue. Did the so called bhramins pioneered in Singapore? Now why was the issue of black and white brought into Parliment?
Are the indians black? Are the chinese White? What about the Malays? I want this article highlighted so for once and for all, the matter of the “pot call the kettle black” will be stopped. An asian comparing with the Europeans is firstly assholic. Secondly, Euporeans are truly white, African are truly black. The extremes in both colors. An indian is actually brown. A chinese is actually yellow. A malay is actually light brown. Now , this is being down to earth.
Now, if Indians are a square pegs in a round hole, then, are the chinese round pegs in a square hole? Both the Indians and the chinese forfathers equally were people from their native land, came to Singapore looking at greener pastures? The Indian forfathers footprint are here in Singapore as much as the chinese. Indians equally share every right and ownership in Singapore. I was born and brought up in Singapore. Where else is my country if not for Singapore? Who has the right to call a citizen by birth, a square peg in a round hole? Those who were not born in Singapore might be the ones to be called a round peg in a square hole.
Sir, the problem is with old age. Once you reach a certain age, one should have the wisdom, humbleness and generousity to gracefully step down and allow the so called mentored lives and ways go on. Otherwise the older you get the messier you become. Lets not mess up things here. Singaporean and its team of well groomed leaders, under the watchful selection and choice of MM lee are well taught and equipped to handle the nation. Let nature and the real concern force “God” take care of the rest. I believe it was God who employed a man called Lee Kuan Yew to give this island called Singapore a face lift. And i also believe God has paid Lee Kuan Yew handsomely. This earth and its fullness belongs to God.
Lets us come back to earth and get this straight into our heads. No individual preson or race is to be intimidated by mortal soul. God the owner of all the land on earth will defend and protect the neglected and the innocent. Knowingly or unknowingly lets not sow differences in the hearts and minds of the younger generations. If this nation has followed the terms and conditions of the PAP for all these years, it is because, the people were taught to know good and bad. So, even now they are willing to listen and be careful what we teach them, especially what we say in Parliament where all are listening. One last humble advice. Whether big or small there must be an age cap to retire.
Oops, forgot to mention something. I am an ex-convict and my crime dates back 30 years. Now, by the grace of God, i am a totally reformed man. Since the time, I was given the chance to vote, i have voted for PAP and I will still continue to vote for them. Lets agree, they have the tools to make what they have made upto date. All I am interested is, never forget all those souls and their decendents who have contributed in small ways or in bigs way to the prosperity of this nation. Atleast remember, unlike many countries, people in Singapore have subjected themselves and made life easy for the ruling party to concentrate and develop this nation more easier and speedily. We gave, or maybe our forfathers too, the PAP ample room to move and work it out with ease and peace. Its time PAP should give back to us. I sincerely believe, thousands of people in this tiny nation have work behind the screens. People who have pray and are still praying for this nation and its leaders. God is directly involved with this nation, so better be careful. Joe
Hi Joe, read your comments with great interest. Commendable inferences that u have drawn. Look the likes of MMLee and his team were faced with some very incredible challenges. Decisions were made “Austere” in itself maybe. It was needed,, it worked. The man is getting on,, surely the good that he has done outweighs his bad. I am making this statement as a singaporean who served my country enjoyed every minute of it and now living abroad and have travelled and worked in some parts of the world that u have never seen. You have running water,your toilets are emptied, the switch of a button u run your computers TV etc. Think for one minute,, all that is taken away from you, what happens?? It is the hope of governments to secure votes and most times,,people become insignificant. There was a team in the 1960`s that seriously put a plan together and executed it for the benefit of the Singaporeans at the time. Name me a country that has achived so much in foreign reserves,, provided emergency quatitative easing within its workforce. Decision are not easy,, u cannot compare your politics to the rest of the world. Singapore is very unique and will be. By making racial distintions,, it will partition the already very fragile nature of the world that we live in. Singapore has united it`s people to a cause for survival and existence. When you take your passport abroad,, watch how the host country treats you,, with extreme care and respect. So don`t wish for something you have very little knowledge. Viswa is a statesman,, he represents the voices of singaporean,, that is balance rightfully.
God Bless