About Meritocracy – Talent is Overrated!
When we were young and Singapore was young, we believe in the kind of meritocracy that PAP had preached. We believe because it seems logical. Forget about how rich or poor the boy is, forget about his lineage, forget his inherited traits, the test of his ability to succeed in life lies in the battle field of examinations. The...
SMRT Déjà Vu
It is quite amazing, that instead of the SMRT CEO looking and researching abroad or otherwise, to see how its decrepit train system can improve given the continuance of its less than sterling performance, it is the Transport Minister doing that. PAP’s ‘nuts and bolts man’; Khaw Boon Wan, is now telling SMRT to copy Taipei...
Pithy Observation (Part 2)
The Gini Story How unique is PAP with regards to their thinking and conceptual manipulation of State craft? And if you look back at the inchoate of PAP it was rather common for its time. PAP was anti-government and anti-colonialists. They supported rumbustious Unions that had agitated with riots and strikes. They backstabbed...
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